Funny Business - with Deedre Daniel and Guest: Nate Fleming
Shut Up and Say Something!® with Deedre Daniel
Release Date: 09/17/2022
Shut Up and Say Something!® with Deedre Daniel
Did you start a new job? Or have you been at your job for a while, but your boss or many of your coworkers are new? If it feels like you are working with strangers, then now is the time to build stronger relationships at your job. This episode contains: 🎙 A short outline of what you should do to establish your professional brand and relationships to set yourself up for success at your new job. 🎙 Lists of professional and personal questions to ask your new coworkers and boss, which will help you quickly build rapport and trust, understand the culture at the company, and what is expected...
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Some of Deedre's favorite tales to go with cocktails. Although they are probably unsafe to share in most corporate environments, they should bring you some smiles and points to ponder over your weekend with your adult friends and family. 🎙A close encounter with the scary ghost girl from the movie, The Ring. 🎙How accepting an invitation from a stranger led to a lesson in self-acceptance. 🎙A talking parrot who let the cat out of the bag. 🎙Bonus Track: The most romantic thing Deedre's husband ever said to her.
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Have you recently lost your job or are worried you will be let go soon? Perhaps you are thinking about quitting your job in the future. Listen to this list of tips and ideas to help you through this major life transition. (Please share this with your friends who need the information.) Below are links to resources you may find useful. Check back as new resources will be added in the future. U.S. Government Healthcare Links: An article from Bankrate about what to do with your 401K. (Please read other articles and talk to your financial advisor, too). . Online Therapy...
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Do you think artificial intelligence will eliminate or enhance your job soon? Deedre talks about how artificial intelligence entertained her with an interesting conversation while she recovered from a bad bout of the flu. 🎙Her interesting encounter with Writesonic, the “better version” of ChatGPT, and how you can use it in your personal and professional life - including launching a unicorn startup today! 🎙Interesting conversations with artificial intelligence, like its commentary about God, how to kiss up to your robot boss in the near future, and how to milk a cockroach....
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Deedre tells a story about an abandoned puppy that led her to give a stranger $1,000 one year later. Deedre flies solo in this 13-minute episode, which was recorded on Friday the 13th.
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A selection of our favorite conversations. Use this time to catch up on older episodes before we release new ones in 2023!
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Highlights from the first season of the Shut Up and Say Something!® podcast. Huge thanks to our guests, who contributed to over 30 hours of interesting, inspiring, and educational conversations for our new show in 2022. Selecting only four minutes of footage was the most challenging task because there were so many fascinating topics to choose from. We target Fridays for new episodes, and our goal is to release them at 11:11 AM Eastern. Each platform seems to have different processing times, which means the latest episode may not appear on your favorite streaming platform right at 11:11 AM...
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Do you want to leave your job? Do you want an entirely different career, but don't know where to start or think it is too late to make that kind of change? Listen in as Maria Scarangella and Deedre Daniel talk about: 🎙 Figuring out when it is the right time for you to leave your job for other opportunities. 🎙 The “Sunday Scaries” and what they signal to you. 🎙 The importance of determining your values and finding a career that aligns with them. 🎙 Understanding that you don’t have to do one thing forever. You can change career paths at any time. ...
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Do you want to travel more but think you don't have the money to do it? Do you stay home and watch Netflix because you think that is the only entertainment you can afford? Do you want to start a writing side hustle? Trent Modglin is the publisher, writer, and creator of three popular Chicago magazines. He talks to Deedre Daniel about: 🎙 How Deedre became a Florida State University alumnus without technically graduating from the institution. 🎙 How Trent turned his passion project (which was also a creative way to score free event tickets, restaurant meals, and beers) into a...
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Your dreams won't chase you, so why not chase them instead? Jae Choe is the owner and Master Instructor of the famed Karate Beyond dojo in Lakeland, Florida. He talks to Deedre Daniel about: 🎙 The importance of following your passion and finding ways to incorporate it during various stages in your life. 🎙 Side hustles. 🎙 The modernized approach he takes in teaching karate at his dojo. 🎙 Why he thinks you should do yoga in your thirties, forties, and beyond. 🎙 A “super-hero” gene that prevents armpit odor. 🎙 “Interesting” internet money-making schemes....
info_outlineAdults don't laugh enough. And part of the reason is that we filter ourselves too much, so we fit in. Learning to trust your instincts, let go of past mistakes, loosen up and laugh with others are the building blocks to stronger connections with others.
Nate Fleming is a comedian who specializes in improvisational techniques.
In this episode, we discuss:
🎙How improv comedy forces you to focus on the present.
🎙How your past doesn’t play as big of a role in your future as you might think.
🎙How good comedy is honest, and how honesty comes from a place of feeling.
🎙Loud Quitting & Living the Life You Choose.
🎙Creating a workplace culture of collaboration and creativity.
🎙How comedy will find you - if you allow space for it.
🎙Everyone’s faking it.
🎙Turning failures into wins.
🎙The thin line between failing and failure.
🎙The importance of being wrong.
🎙The importance of being interesting.
🎙The reasons why big comedy movies don’t exist anymore.
And so much more!
As always, we end with some questions from The Very Interesting Game Show® - stick around to hear Nate’s innovative ideas in the energy sector, monetary policy, and how to get the perfect night’s sleep and avoid wrinkles.
Bio:
Nate Fleming is a consummate performer. Not an English professor, though, so he doesn't even know if that word is used right, or even what it means. Either way, he has trained at Second City in Chicago, ComedySportz in Richmond, VA, and Chicago, iO Theater in Chicago, The Annoyance in Chicago, and a few other workshops around the places. He has a degree in film and has yet to put it to use, but man, oh man, does that make him a critic. He is an aspiring Touring Stand-Up Comedian with an extremely lackluster Hour Special streaming on Amazon. You can find him at open mics doing his best impersonation of a bombing comedian, or you can find him on all the Social Medias with the name Nate Fleming.
Do you know someone who lives a fascinating life or looks at the world through the lens of humor? Nominate them to be on a future episode by simply sending several ridiculous and intriguing questions about them to [email protected]. No need to send a BIO or fill out a lengthy application! If your nominee is selected, you will receive a shout-out on that episode, a SHUT UP and SAY SOMETHING!® sticker, and a mug of your choice from the merch page on interestingconversations.com.
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Originally recorded on September 13, 2022