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Women and ShakespeareS5: E5: Claudia Mayer on Designing for Shakespeare PlaysSend us a textClaudia Mayer discusses designing for Shakespeare plays, including Macbeth, The Tempest, and The Merchant of Venice.For a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.comClaudia Mayer's co-production company: https://jvproductions.co.uk/Interviewer: Varsha PanjwaniGuest: Claudia MayerResearcher: Iris Kobrock Producer: Caroline LehmanTranscript: Benjamin PooreArtwork: Wenqi WanSuggested Citation: Mayer, Claudia in conversation with Panjwani, Varsha (2025). Claudia Mayer on Designing for Shakespeare Plays [Podcast], Series 5, Ep.5. http://womenandshakespeare.com/Insta: e...
2025-05-2340 min
Currently ReadingSeason 7, Episode 8: A Lady of Yore + Advice For Our Past Readerly SelvesOn this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:Bookish Moments: Feeling like a lady of yore and how bookstores contain the best peopleCurrent Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading latelyDeep Dive: answering the question “What is some advice you would tell your past readerly self"?”The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading livesShow notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the...
2024-09-2300 min
Currently ReadingSeason 7, Episode 8: A Lady of Yore + Advice For Our Past Readerly SelvesOn this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: Feeling like a lady of yore and how bookstores contain the best people Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: answering the question "What is some advice you would tell your past readerly self"?" The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on...
2024-09-231h 01
Voices of Baby LossSupport for siblingsThis episode shares stories from bereaved parents and siblings and handles the subject of baby loss, bereavement and grief. This week Jen and Caroline discuss how best to support siblings after loss. They discuss tools to help you have conversations with siblings who were expecting to have a brother or sister as well as for siblings that arrive after loss. The first guest in this episode is Emma Poore. After losing her daughter Lydie, Emma faced the reality of breaking this heart-wrenching news to her nearly four year old son George and then later to her...
2022-11-1551 min
Discipled Leader: Inspiration from a Fortune 500 Executive for Transforming Your Workplace by Pursuing ChristEp. 11 - Disciple: As a disciple, make other disciples. As a leader, change your world.Discussion about the importance of sharing your faith in the workplace and how to be a change agent w/ Holly Mattingly Cunningham, former Fortune 100 beverage industry executive and owner of a coaching/consulting practice focused on developing next-generation leaders. Questions and lessons explored in this episode: Many Christians find it difficult to share their faith in the workplace. Why do you think that is? Tell us about a time when you were a change agent in the workplace and the role your faith played? You might be the best chance for many and the only...
2021-09-2435 minDiscipled Leader: Inspiration from a Fortune 500 Executive for Transforming Your Workplace by Pursuing ChristEp. 10 - Yield: As a disciple, exchange your life. As a leader, live and learn.Discussion on the role sanctification plays in a leader’s life and the importance of having a growth mindset w/Drew Meadows, an Atlanta GA area, insurance executive and Christian Leadership Concepts alum. Questions and lessons explored in this episode: How self-aware do you think you are? How well do you learn from your experiences? How can you improve in this area? Do you know someone who puts others first? What are the positive qualities that you admire in the person? How can you model the individual’s behavior in the future? Do you have a c...
2021-09-1737 minDiscipled Leader: Inspiration from a Fortune 500 Executive for Transforming Your Workplace by Pursuing ChristEp. 9 - Choose: As a disciple, choose joy. As a leader, delight others.In this episode, we discuss the role joy plays in a leader’s life, dealing with adversity, and the power of encouragement w/Todd Edstrom, an Atlanta GA area, young professional commercial real estate associate. Questions and lessons explored in this episode: When is the last time you encouraged someone? How can the principles of encouragement in this chapter help someone who has lost confidence, faced challenging circumstances, or failed at something? Have you ever worked with a delightful leader? What were the qualities about the person you admired most? What was his or her i...
2021-09-1036 min
Being Human with Steve CussS7E2 - Preston PooreCorporate business leader Preston Poore has more than two decades of upper-level management experience, including as director of franchise leadership at The Coca-Cola Company. He has also worked for The Hershey Company, Dale Carnegie Training, Ralston Purina, and AmSouth Bank.In addition, Preston is a minority shareholder and small-business owner of Numerica Corporation, an air, missile, and space defense company based in Fort Collins, Colorado. He serves on the board of directors and as corporate secretary.Preston is a certified John Maxwell Team coach, speaker, and trainer.He served on a Young Life...
2021-08-3043 minDiscipled Leader: Inspiration from a Fortune 500 Executive for Transforming Your Workplace by Pursuing ChristEp. 8 – Stand: As a disciple, stand tall. As a leader, overcome fear with faith.In this episode, we have a discussion on spiritual warfare in the workplace and how to overcome your leadership fears w/ Rick Dunn, Fellowship Church Lead Pastor in Knoxville, TN, Life Reframed podcast host, and author. Questions and lessons explored in this episode: Are you experiencing spiritual warfare? If so, how do you know? Are you winning or losing? If you are losing, what can you do? What are your greatest fears? How do they impact you? How can you begin to overcome them? What role does courage play in leadership, and why is it i...
2021-08-2742 minDiscipled Leader: Inspiration from a Fortune 500 Executive for Transforming Your Workplace by Pursuing ChristEp. 7 - Flee: As a disciple, resist the devil and he will flee. As a leader, ask, “Is it worth it?”Discussion on avoiding temptation in the workplace, personal accountability, and how to handle criticism w/Isaac Cudzilo, an East Tennessee area, young adult logistics professional. Questions and lessons explored in this episode: Have you ever thought about the consequences of sin? What are your “Is it worth it?” questions? What specific steps do you need to take to improve your success in handling testing and temptation? When will you take these steps? How do you practice accountability in your life? Whom could you ask to partner with if you don’t currently have a regular ac...
2021-08-2033 minDiscipled Leader: Inspiration from a Fortune 500 Executive for Transforming Your Workplace by Pursuing ChristEp. 6 – Talk: As a disciple, pray without ceasing. As a leader, keep calm in the stormDiscussion on the role prayer plays in a leader’s life and handling anxiety w/ Dean Crowe, Founder, and CEO of Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research. Questions and lessons explored in this episode: Do you trust God and believe that he is in control? Why or why not? Are you experiencing God’s peace, or are you struggling with anxiety? If the latter, how is anxiety holding you back and limiting your prayers? Why is prayer important in a leader’s life? What role does perseverance play in leadership, and why is it important...
2021-08-1337 minDiscipled Leader: Inspiration from a Fortune 500 Executive for Transforming Your Workplace by Pursuing ChristEp. 5 – Confess: As a disciple, keep short accounts with God. As a leader, be honest to the core.Discussion on workplace integrity and the role that confession plays in a leader’s life w/Caden Hill, a Charlotte NC area, young adult sales, and consulting professional. Questions and lessons explored in this episode: Honesty is the top-quality people desire in a leader. Why do you think it is so important to leadership? Have you ever been in a circumstance where your integrity was tested? How did you apply the principles of staying true, building accountability, and speaking up? What happened, and what did you learn? Have you ever been honest with someone, and th...
2021-08-0632 minDiscipled Leader: Inspiration from a Fortune 500 Executive for Transforming Your Workplace by Pursuing ChristEp. 4 - Believe: As a disciple, take God at his word. As a leader, cultivate God-confidence.Discussion on the theological term, “assurance,” our source of confidence and the role it plays in a leader’s life w/ Allison Liddle, 3 times best-selling author, business owner, motivational speaker, leadership trainer, and Launch podcast host. Questions and lessons explored in this episode: In your own words, what does the theological term “assurance” mean? Why is important for Christians to understand? Are you self-confident or God-confident? How have you cultivated God-confidence in your life? When did you last trust God, embrace change, and experience growth in the workplace? When was the last time you took a risk and...
2021-07-3034 minDiscipled Leader: Inspiration from a Fortune 500 Executive for Transforming Your Workplace by Pursuing ChristEp. 3 - Love: As a disciple, love God and others with all you’ve got. As a leader, give up without giving up.On this episode, we discuss the importance of motive in the workplace and how to be a sacrificial leader w/ Caroline Shannon, a young professional public relations executive specializing in crisis management. Questions and lessons explored in this episode: What motivates you? When in a leadership capacity, how do you examine, act, and reflect on your motives? What is the connection between love and leadership? Can you name some sacrificial leaders in your life? Maybe a parent, friend, teacher, coach, mentor, or manager? What did they sacrifice to help you? How will you sacrifice to h...
2021-07-2334 minDiscipled Leader: Inspiration from a Fortune 500 Executive for Transforming Your Workplace by Pursuing ChristEp. 2 - Seek: As a disciple, invest time with God. As a leader, seek God when making decisions.On this episode, we discuss the importance of daily quiet times and making sound decisions with speaker and author of the best-seller Managing Brand You Ira Blumenthal and his son, Fortune 100 beverage industry senior executive Eric Blumenthal.Questions and lessons explored in this episode: Where do you find wisdom? Why is wisdom crucial in leadership? Tell us about your daily quiet times. Why is this the most important time of the day? When did you last seek God’s direction? What happened? What happened when you did not seek God’s direction? How do you curre...
2021-07-1640 minDiscipled Leader: Inspiration from a Fortune 500 Executive for Transforming Your Workplace by Pursuing ChristEp. 1 – Introduction: Why Excellent Leadership Depends on DiscipleshipIn this introductory episode, Preston Poore describes why Discipled Leader was written and how it will help Christian businesspeople develop Christlike character, influence others, and change their world. Then, John Featherston, Chick-fil-A Senior Director, shares his insights on integrating one’s faith into the workplace.Questions and lessons explored in this episode: Faith in the workplace goes beyond holding a bible study, praying for others, being honest, or even not being risqué in the workplace. What does it look like for you? How do you “show up” every day at work? Do you remember when the l...
2021-07-0242 min
Christian Business Leader with Darren ShearerPersonal Discipleship and Corporate Leadership (w/ Preston Poore) On this episode, we're joined by Preston Poore. Preston has more than two decades of upper-level management experience, including as director of franchise leadership at The Coca-Cola Company. He has also worked for The Hershey Company, Dale Carnegie Training, Ralston Purina, and AmSouth Bank. In addition, Preston is a minority shareholder and small-business owner of Numerica Corporation, an air, missile, and space defense company based in Fort Collins, Colorado. He serves on the board of directors and as corporate secretary. Preston is a certified John Maxwell Team coach, speaker, and trainer. He served on a Young Life committee, was an elder and m...
2021-07-0124 min
MBA Secrets26. MBA Secrets - Interview With Caroline Poore, UGAThis is our second interview with a UGA MBA, but it is a very important one! Caroline Poore shares her experiences as a young woman in a traditionally male-dominated industry and how her MBA has helped knock down barriers. For more must-have resources, head over to https://www.mbasecretspodcast.com
2021-03-2322 min