Welcome to Exit Is Now, a podcast that shares the real stories of business owners and industry experts. Presented by the authority in exit planning, Exit Planning Institute (EPI), and hosted by EPI’s President, Scott Snider. Scott has over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience and is an expert in the exit planning industry. Hear how Value Acceleration comes alive from some of the top advisors in the industry, as well as successful business owners. Exit is now, plan accordingly.
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This podcast is for individual interviews on the Scott Horton Show. See the Q & A show feed to hear Scott answer listener questions and for the full show archives. Scott Horton is the author of Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, and is the host of the Scott Horton Show podcast. He has conducted over 5,500 interviews with authors, journalists, activists, and whistleblowers on the most important foreign policy issues since 2003.
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Scott Wise from Ghostly Gateway Paranormal Investigations. Paranormal Gateway Paratalk Podcast. A journey into ALL THINGS PARANORMAL! The show will include other paranormal teams, paranormal enthusiasts, paranormal celebrities, paranormal authors, and our teams' experiences and evidence from past investigations to play on the show! These audio files were converted from our Internet Radio Shows broadcasted from Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch. Thanks For Tuning In!
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Finance is being pulled apart by the forces of frontier technology. From AI, to blockchain and DeFi, mixed reality, chatbots, neobanks, and roboadvisors — the industry will never be the same. Here is the blueprint for navigating the shift.
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The Mountain Stage Podcast is the complete recording of the entire live show. It features songs that were cut from the radio broadcast, and it is the only place you can hear the full finale song. New episodes become available about 10 days after the premiere broadcast date. We have Spring and Fall seasons of new broadcasts, so if you heard a recent show but don’t see it at the top of the feed, just scroll back a few weeks or use the search function to find a specific artist.
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Join hosts Anna Linvill, and Tarik Ghiradella for conversations with contemporary composers about music, life, and what’s happening in the genre defying world of classical music today. The Composer’s Studio is a place where living art is made, a place without boundaries where inspiration can come from anywhere from birdsong to heavy metal, Vivaldi to the hum of a vacuum cleaner. Classical composers today are no longer confined to the concert stage or the cathedral but contribute to film scor ...
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5/9/25 Ted Snider on the Difficulties Hindering the Ukraine-Russia Negotiations
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31:47Ted Snider joins the show and provides an update on where things stand with the negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Snider argues that the Trump administration’s effort to help forge a permanent peace deal is being hampered by unrealistic expectations from both sides and Western European governments pushing to keep the war going. Discussed on t…
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Carving Businesses From Businesses: Lasting Company Growth
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51:16In this episode of "The Exit is Now" podcast, host Scott Snider sits down with Kris Snyder to go back to the early days of Vox Mobile. While many know him today through Ninety, they discuss how carving out Vox from another company led to lasting growth, what it was like to build through a recession, and key lessons from his first venture-backed bus…
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5/9/25 Joseph Solis-Mullen on What’s Happening Between India and Pakistan
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58:12Scott brings professor and Libertarian Institute Fellow Joseph Solis-Mullen to talk about the recent violence that broke out between India and Pakistan. Solis-Mullen puts the dispute over the northern region of Kashmir into context before he and Scott dig into the specific events that led to this Indian military operation and Pakistani response. Th…
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1,054 - Al Stewart, Livingston Taylor, Sweet Honey In The Rock, The Nighthawks, and Cristina Vane
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2:29:27This episode was recorded on April 6th, 2025 at Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, VA. The lineup includes Al Stewart, Livingston Taylor, Sweet Honey In The Rock, The Nighthawks, and Cristina Vane. https://bit.ly/4lWtFIyBy West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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5/2/25 Kyle Anzalone on the Unending Nightmare in Gaza
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51:58Kyle Anzalone joins the show again to go over all the latest developments related to Gaza. They start with the aid ships in the Mediterranean en route to Gaza that appear to have been attacked by a drone. They then take a broader look at the state of things in the strip, take stock of the ongoing level of US support for Israel’s campaign, piece tog…
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5/2/25 Bill Pepin on How Tariffs Are Threatening Your Morning Coffee
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21:52Scott is joined by Bill Pepin, the owner and roaster of Moon Does Artisan Coffee, for a look at how Trump’s tariffs are throwing the global coffee market into chaos. Pepin explains that the continental US cannot physically grow the coffee Americans demand and runs through how new trade barriers are cutting off supply lines that do not have alternat…
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400 Startups Building the Post-Web Economy, with Outlier Ventures Founder Jamie Burke
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1:01:30Lex chats with Jamie Burke - founder of Outlier Ventures, about the current state and future of Web3, decentralized finance, and the metaverse. Jamie highlights Outlier Ventures' impressive growth, with a portfolio of around 400 startups, and discusses successful projects like IOTA and Fetch.ai. The conversation delves into the open metaverse, emph…
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1,053 - Loudon Wainwright III, Janiva Magness, John Ellison & Joe Beard, Dan Navarro, and Ali McGuirk
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2:22:04This episode was recorded on March 21st, 2025 at Kodak Hall in Rochester, NY. The lineup includes Loudon Wainwright III, Janiva Magness, John Ellison & Joe Beard, Dan Navarro, and Ali McGuirk. https://bit.ly/4jxGpUBBy West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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4/25/25 Daniel Davis on Why a Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal Is Not Likely in the Near Future
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51:39Daniel Davis returns to the show to run through all that’s happening right now related to the war in Ukraine. He and Scott start with the state of things on the front, where Davis says things are not going well for Ukrainian forces. They then look at the negotiations, speculate on Trump’s plan and dig into why Davis does not think a peace agreement…
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4/25/25 Jason Ditz on Israeli Operations in Syria and Lebanon
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29:44Scott interviews Jason Ditz about the latest news concerning Israel’s actions in Syria and Lebanon. They discuss Syria’s new Islamist leader’s apparent willingness to normalize relations with Tel Aviv, the Israeli occupation of Syrian territory, the Turkish regime’s interests in Syria, the Israeli goals in Lebanon and more. Discussed on the show: “…
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1,052 - MC Taylor Goldsmith Show, Kat Edmonson, Ken Pomeroy, Jonny Fritz, and Scott Mulvahill
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2:12:07This episode was recorded on March 9, 2025 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV. The lineup includes The MC Taylor Goldsmith Show (featuring Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes and MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger), Kat Edmonson, Ken Pomeroy, Jonny Fritz, and Scott Mulvahill. https://bit.ly/4iftS6O…
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4/15/25 Kathy Sanders on the True Story of the OKC Bombing
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1:29:55Scott interviews Kathy Sanders, who lost two of her grandchildren in the Oklahoma City bombing and has spent the years since trying to get to the bottom of what really happened that day. Sanders tells Scott about her experience arriving quickly on the scene after the attack before they dive into all she’s been able to piece together and how she’s w…
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The $500MM Startup Making Payroll Painless, with Gusto Co-Founder Joshua Reeves
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42:44Lex interviews Josh Reeves, co-founder of Gusto, a company specializing in payroll, HR, and benefits solutions for small businesses. Josh shares his journey from academia to entrepreneurship, highlighting the challenges and strategies involved in building Gusto. The discussion covers the evolution of technology from Web 2.0, the importance of under…
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Industry Trends and Statistics with Amy Wirtz
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43:38In this episode of "The Exit Is Now" podcast, host Scott Snider sits down with Exit Planner of the Year, Amy Wirtz, to discuss the upcoming Exit Planning Summit at the Sunseeker Resort in Charlotte Harbor, Florida. Their discussion focuses on the latest industry trends and statistics that are shaping the world of exit planning. As the Summit approa…
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1,051- Larkin Poe, Victoria Canal, Raye Zaragoza, Ron Pope, and Christian Lopez
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2:19:19This episode was recorded on February 16th, 2025 at the Canady Creative Arts Centerat West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV. The lineup includes Larkin Poe, Victoria Canal, Raye Zaragoza, Ron Pope, and Christian Lopez. https://bit.ly/3RWmKBeBy West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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4/10/25 Bill Buppert on the Prospects for War in Iran and Northern Mexico
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41:35Scott interviews Bill Buppert about two potential conflicts that some groups within the Trump administration appear to be pushing for. They start with the reported interest shown in carrying out direct military operations against the Mexican cartels. Scott and Buppert discuss why this would be a terrible idea and that it would likely not stay conta…
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4/10/25 Max Blumenthal on Israel’s Control over America’s Middle East Policy
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56:16Scott brings Max Blumenthal of The Grayzone back onto the show to discuss developments in the Middle East. They start with a recording that The Grayzone recently published in which AIPAC leaders were bragging internally about having total control over Trump’s foreign policy team. That leads into a broader discussion of AIPAC’s playbook when steerin…
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4/10/25 Ted Snider on American Operations in Ukraine and the Current State of the War
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33:52Scott interviews Ted Snider about some articles he wrote recently about the war in Ukraine. First they look at an article published recently in The New York Times that detailed the length the US was going to, on the ground, to help Ukraine fight the Russians. Scott and Snider discuss the significance of the article before finishing with a look at w…
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1,050- The Headhunters, Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters, David Berkeley, Buffalo Rose, and Crys Matthews
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2:14:14This episode was recorded on February 2nd, 2025 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV. The lineup includes The Headhunters, Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters, David Berkeley, Buffalo Rose, and Crys Matthews. https://bit.ly/42AWjHvBy West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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4/4/25 Jeff Deist on the Lessons Libertarians Need to Learn from Trump’s Success
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52:33Scott is joined by Jeff Deist to talk about the political situation we find ourselves in and how it should impact the strategies used to push for more liberty at home and fewer interventions abroad. They discuss Trump’s foreign policy, tariffs, the national debt and more. Discussed on the show: Ex America by Garet Garrett The Great Deformation by D…
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4/4/25 Matt Taibbi on Government Censorship, Russiagate and Why he’s Suing a Congresswoman
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39:35Matt Taibbi returns to the show to discuss his recent testimony in front of Congress. They start by quickly going over the false claim one Democratic Congresswoman leveled at Taibbi before he testified and why he’s now suing her for $10 million. They then get into the meat of his testimony, which leads them onto a discussion of government censorshi…
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Reinventing Traditional Services through Modern Platforms, with David Snider CEO of Harness Wealth
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38:59Lex interviews David Snider - founder and CEO of Harness Wealth. David shares his extensive fintech journey, including his pivotal role at Compass, a real estate technology firm. He discusses the challenges of aligning agents with new technology and the evolution of Compass's business model to empower agents with better tools and incentives. Transi…
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Crafting a Thriving Culture: Next-Gen Leadership & Business Mindset
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44:44In this episoide of "The Exit is Now" podcast, host Scott Snider sits down with KC McKenna, President of St. Edwards High School, to talk culture, next generation leadership, and how McKenna is a business owner in his own sense. Together, they deep dive into what makes a culture and how fostering that culture can create a workplace employees want t…
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1,049 - Oliver Wood, Stephen Wilson Jr., Dar Williams, TopHouse, and Cloud Cult
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2:23:54This episode was recorded on January 26th, 2025 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV. The lineup includes Oliver Wood, Stephen Wilson Jr., Dar Williams, TopHouse, and Cloud Cult. https://bit.ly/4hTzT8LBy West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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3/20/25 Gary Vogler on the Haifa Pipeline and How Oil Drives Middle Eastern Geopolitics
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1:37:29Scott interviews Gary Vogler about the book he published last year with the Libertarian Institute: Israel, Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War. Vogler explains his background managing oil in Iraq on behalf of the Pentagon. They then dive into Vogler’s insights about how the oil trade—especially the secret oil trade between Israel and its regional neigh…
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3/24/25 Jesse Trentadue and Richard Booth on the OKC Bombing Cover-Up
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2:05:57Jesse Trentadue returns to the show after a long hiatus for a deep dive on the Oklahoma City bombing with Scott and Richard Booth. The three explore what we know about what happened, how it differs from the official narrative and what most likely explains the gaps in our knowledge. Discussed on the show: Oklahoma City Bombing Archive In Bad Company…
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Paranormal Gateway Paratalk - Episode 108-Guests - Phantom Detectives
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1:07:14Joshua Chaires is the Director/Founder of Phantom Detectives LLC. He is a paranormal investigator, writer, researcher, musician, and publicist. Chaires got interested in the supernatural at an early age while watching Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack. His interest in the supernatural peaked in 2002 when he had the opportunity to investigate The…
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Paranormal Gateway Partalk - Episode 107 - Guest - C.L. Thomas - Paranormal Author and Fine Arts Spirit Artist
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59:34C.L. Thomas travels widely every year as a fine arts photographer and writer exploring various afterlife research, OBEs, metaphysics, folklore, and lectures at events. C.L. does "Spirit" art upon request. She is the author of the haunting memoir "Dancing with Demons" and the acclaimed historical-fiction novel “Speaking to Shadows”. C.L. is the crea…
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Paranormal Gateway Paratalk - Episode 106 - Eric Wood - Guest - Host Of "Paranormal Highway"
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1:05:48Embark on a journey with Eric Wood along the Paranormal Highway, delving into the enigmas of the unknown. Accompany Eric as he investigates evidence related to Bigfoot, UFOs, and various other paranormal occurrences while also gaining insights into the Mandela Effect. Participate in this exploration to unveil truths and expand your understanding. I…
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1,048 - Kip Moore, Joy Clark, Brad Tursi, Andrew Marlin Stringband, and Matt Mullins & The Bringdowns with guest host David Mayfield
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2:22:08This episode was recorded on December 8, 2024 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV. The lineup includes SKip Moore, Joy Clark, Brad Tursi, Andrew Marlin Stringband, and Matt Mullins & The Bringdowns with guest host David Mayfield. bit.ly/4iwypCoBy West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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How Metronome is Building the Revenue Engine for AI, with CEO Scott Woody
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49:32Lex interviews Scott Woody, CEO and founder of Metronome, a usage-based billing platform. Scott shares his journey from academia to entrepreneurship, detailing his experiences at UC Berkeley, D.E. Shaw, and Stanford, where he studied biophysics. His tenure at Dropbox, where he tackled billing system challenges, inspired the creation of Metronome. T…
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3/20/25 Ken Klippenstein on How the US Would Wage War on Iran
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46:20Ken Klippenstein joins Scott to discuss some articles he recently wrote about the plan the American government has for fighting a war with Iran. They start with a discussion of Trump’s strikes on the Houthis of Yemen and then get into all Klippenstein’s learned about how Washington would go about fighting a hot war against the Iranian regime. Discu…
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3/14/25 Muhammad Sahimi on how Trump’s Return and Israel’s War are Affecting Iran
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58:54Scott brings Muhammad Sahimi back on the show to talk about recent developments in Iran. They discuss the Trump administration’s relationship with the Iranian regime, the political dynamic within Iran and much more. Discussed on the show: “'Max pressure' 2.0 on Iran could trigger a nuclear crisis” (Responsible Statecraft) “How Iran quietly buttress…
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Leadership Pipeline: Strengthening Owner Ties and Growing Future Leaders
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54:51In this episode of The Exit is Now podcast, host Scott Snider sits down with Greg Merrill and Andrew Shantz to discuss deepening relationships with owners and cultivating the next generation of leaders within a company. Together, they explore how fostering trust, developing leadership, and aligning business priorities can create a foundation for su…
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