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UnHacked46. Cybersecurity Meets Financial Planning with Eric BrotmanEric D. Brotman, CFP®, is the CEO of BFG Financial Advisors, President of Brotman Consulting Group, LLC, host of the Don’t Retire… Graduate! podcast, and author of the award-winning book, Don’t Retire… Graduate!Use code "unhacked" for a 25% discount on Eric's book: https://dontretiregraduatebook.com/ In our pre-interview meeting, Eric said: “Very few things keep me up at night. Not stocks, not capital hill, but having my identity stolen and company infiltrated.” And he has a great reason for this. Several years ago his company was hit with a ransomware attack.2025-03-2644 min
ASCEND PodcastS2 - E36 - Expert Session - Dr. Shelley Dempsey and Dr. Lara Lomicka Anderson (University of South Carolina)Co-hosts Jared Tippets & Eric Kirby sit down with Shelley Dempsey and Lara Lomika Anderson from University of South Carolina to talk about retention strategies on their campus. This episode was recorded at the National Symposium on Student Retention in early November 2024.2024-11-2113 min
Leadership Launchpad ProjectHow to Lead Innovation through Fun & Trust with Eric RoselliEric Roselli, Co-Founder of ZaiNar, joins Rob Kalwarowsky on the Leadership Launchpad Podcast to talk about how to create a culture of innovation & fun through building trust in your team.
Eric is an MIT mechanical engineer by training who led teams for three different generations of Corvette at General Motors. After earning his MBA from Stanford, he joined his experience bringing together complex systems for long term operations and sustainability with the ability to lead talented teams. Eric has extensive knowledge of cars and their direction of the future, lending his expertise to ZaiNar’s mobile location an...2024-09-1736 min
Welcome To Tonight's Tale: A “Faerie Tale Theatre” PodcastA Shelley Duvall TributeIn this special tribute episode, Emily and Eric pay their respects to the beautiful Shelley Duvall who passed on July 11, 2024 at the age of 75. Several guest cohosts also stop by to say a few words and to reminisce about Shelley and her legacy that she left behind in Hollywood through her many acting and producing credits. Shelley was a special person and talent that will be missed by many.2024-07-2921 min
Bite-Sized Dental Marketing#2: Shelley Bostrom on Clear Aligner Success & Dental Team Dynamics In this episode, Eric is joined by Shelley Bostrom, founder of Align My Practice. Shelley draws on her extensive background across the dental industry to share transformative strategies for dental practices, with a special focus on integrating clear aligner technology. She underscores the importance of team education, dedicated leadership, and fostering a patient-centric culture. The conversation explores the significance of building upon existing patient relationships and employing strategic marketing efforts to elevate treatment acceptance and drive practice growth. Gain insights into addressing the hurdles of staffing, adopting new systems, and how these challenges affect practice growth.2024-05-2426 min
Gruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 74: Paul Stephani - The Weepy Voiced KillerPaul Stephani was the youngest of ten children. His mother remarried his stepfather when Paul was 3 years old, although he claims his stepfather was abusive towards him and his siblings when he came into their lives. Paul moved to Saint Paul, Minneapolis later on in his life taking on various jobs but just couldn’t keep one and would blame this on the fact that as a child he was diagnosed with epilepsy. He finally met a woman by the name of Beverly Lider and the two married in 1970 and had a daughter together, although that relationship would not wo...2024-03-1824 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 73: The Murder of Shad ThyrionTaylor Coronado met Shad Thyrion when they were in middle school and later dated one another in high school. Although that relationship didn’t last, they did remain friends after high school. One night on February 21st, 2022 Taylor picked up Shad from his mother’s house at around 9:30pm. They drove to her apartment on Eastman Avenue and there one of their friends joined them to hang out and smoke weed. After this friend left both Shad and Taylor smoked meth and injected Trazodone. After going back to Shad’s mother’s house, they engaged in sexual intercourse but one of t...2024-03-0431 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 72: Murders of Dorothy Scott & Bernd Brandes/Survival Story of Gayle Corris
Dorothy Scott was enjoying a night out with co-workers when she noticed one of her co-workers did not look well and had a red mark on his arm. Dorothy and another one of her co-workers, Pam Head, decided to take him to the emergency room where they found out he had been bitten by a spider. Dorothy and Pam sat in the waiting room for their friend to be released. After being released Dorothy left them to go get her car in order to pick them up but when she hadn’t returned after a couple of minutes her co...2024-02-2737 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 71: Nannie Doss - The Giggling GrannyNannie Doss grew up working on a farm and quitting school by the 6th grade as her father was very controlling and abusive. When Nannie was just 9 years old her family took a train to see family but while on the train it made a sudden stop making Nannie hit her head on a metal pole located in front of her, Nannie was not the same after that. She went on to marry her first husband at just 16 years old producing 4 children. Although, the two youngest would die suddenly from what appeared to be food poisoning. After many people...2024-02-1237 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 70: Kurt CobainKurt Cobain was the first born to each side of his family, so he was a spoiled little boy. He grew up drawing and singing at a very young age although by the time he was 9 years old his parents were going through a divorce, and this really tore him apart. He began using drugs, smoking, and drinking alcohol at a young age and didn’t have a stable living situation. After high school Kurt started to form the band Nirvana while dating different women before meeting his future wife Courtney Love. The two used many drugs throughout their re...2024-02-0535 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 69: Serial Killer - Joel RifkinBernard and Jeanne Rifkin adopted Joel three weeks after he was born. He was bullied a lot in his younger years of life which ultimately left him by himself most of the time. Joel started to have deep disturbing thoughts about hurting women and unfortunately, he made those thoughts a reality. He ended up murdering 17 women in the New York area even dismembering some of them. Sadly, a couple of them have never been found or identified.
2024-01-2350 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 68: The House of Horror - The Turpin FamilyAfter meeting at church and eloping at a young age Louise and her new husband David Turpin continued practicing their religion as Pentecostal Christians. As a part of their belief, they were to have numerous children because, “God called on them to do so.” The couple went on to have thirteen children, ten daughters and three sons. Although, after the oldest child was born and attended school for a short period of time David and Louise realized they needed to homeschool their children. By 2014 the Turpin’s were living in a filthy one-story home located in Perris, California. When 2018 came a...2024-01-1640 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 67: Adam Strong18-year-old Rori Hache was last seen leaving a hospital without being seen by a healthcare professional but where did she go and what happened to her? 12 days later a fisherman and his grandson came across a female torso which would later be identified as Rori Hache. Thankfully answers to where the rest of her body was would come soon than later but would she be the only victim?
2024-01-0827 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 66: Serial Killer - Ronald Gene SimmonsRonald Gene Simmons spent 20 years in the military and retired as Master Sergeant. During his time in the military, he and his wife Becky had 7 children together although Ronald would later be investigated for fathering his daughter’s child and this is when he moved the family in fear of being arrested. This move would be the last for the Simmons’s family as Ronald snapped one day on not only his wife but his entire family.
2024-01-0124 min
The Eric Zane Show PodcastEZSP 1199 - EZ on Public Radio with Shelley Irwin!The Great Food Giveaway 4* We're raising money for food with any extra paying for feminine hygiene products for those in need at our Thursday 12/21 event. You can help by donating cash. Venmo, PayPal (I prefer Venmo or CashApp as they don't charge a fee - IMPORTANT: Please keep donation under $600 on PayPal) - @ericzaneshow, CashApp accepted. Thank you.**Save 50% on Factor Meals! Go to FACTORMEALS dot com slash zane50 and use code zane50 for 50% off***Get a FREE 7 day trial to Patreon to "try it out."*Watch the show live, daily at...2023-12-201h 55Gruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 65: JonBenet RamseyJonBenet Ramsey a beautiful little 6-year-old girl who won many beauty pageants at such a young age. December 25th, 1996 Christmas day the family woke up, opened presents, and then attended a Christmas party that night. Although the next morning would be the worst days of their lives when Patsy finds a ransom note and her daughter missing.
2023-12-1247 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 64: Serial Killer - Robert BerdellaAs a young child Robert Berdella was bullied so he spent a lot of his time alone painting, writing to pen pals, and collecting coins and stamps. Unfortunately, while growing up his father physically and emotionally abused both Robert and his younger brother Daniel. Eventually Robert graduated from high school and enrolled at an art institute although that only lasted a couple years when he unenrolled himself because of his behavior at school. From there Robert turned to a life of murder holding his victim’s hostage while torturing them in unimaginable ways.
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...2023-11-2735 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 63: The WatcherDerek Broaddus had just become the senior vice president at his insurance company, so he and his wife Maria were looking to buy a new home to move into with their three children. They finally found their dream home and purchased it on June 6th, 2014. It was located in Westfield, New Jersey at 657 Boulevard. Although letters started showing up in their mailbox saying some very odd things. The Broaddus’s realized that they had a stalker on their hands.
2023-11-2129 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 62: Yuba County FiveOn Friday, February 24th, 1978 in Yuba City, California five men were on their way to Chico State to watch a basketball game together. After a successful win for their team the five men headed back home to Yuba City but what happened next is still a mystery to this day.
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2023-11-0633 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 61: The Murder of Timothy O’BryanOn Halloween night in 1974 8-year-old Timothy and his 5-year-old sister were looking forward to a night of trick or treating with their father and the neighbors. After a rainy night of collecting candy Timothy asked his father for a piece but when Timothy ate a Pixy Stix he had received, his life would end just an hour later.
2023-10-3120 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 60: The Salem Witch TrialsIn this episode Eric tells us about the Salem Witch Trials.
2023-10-1716 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 59: The Toolbox KillersAfter years of criminal activities from the hands of both Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris the two crossed paths while in jail. They came up with plans to harm young women in horrific ways once they were both released and that is exactly what they did.
2023-10-1738 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 58: The Murders of Peter Fabiano, Karl Jackson, and Maria AdamsIn this week's episode we talk about three different murder cases that occurred on Halloween night. The murder of Peter Fabiano, Karl Jackson, and Maria Adams. Three lives lost over gruesome and senseless acts.
2023-10-0215 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 57: Serial Killer - Kenneth McDuffKenneth McDuff started committing crimes at a young age, so police knew exactly who he was in the town of Rosebud, Texas. After going to prison on multiple occasions he just kept getting released back into society. Kenneth turned to murder terrifying the community and unfortunately, he would become an American serial killer.
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2023-09-1927 minLeadership Launchpad ProjectMental Health, Urban Meyer and Professional Sports with Eric Kussin
Eric Kussin, Founder of #SameHere Global, joins Susan Hobson & Rob Kalwarowsky from Elite High Performance. We talk about mental health, Urban Meyer & the University of Florida Football Documentary and bringing the mental game to professional sports.
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I’m giving you...2023-09-181h 01Gruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 56: The Murder of Rebecca BliefnickRebecca Bliefnick was intelligent and extremely driven to get where she wanted to be. She was married, had three young boys, and had worked at various hospitals. Life was going great until Rebecca and her husband Tim decided to get a divorce in 2021 after 13 years of marriage. For the next two years they fought, got restraining orders against one another, and had many court hearings. Tim was fed up with all of it and decided that he needed to make a change and take Rebecca out of the picture.
2023-09-0415 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 55: Serial Killer - Pedro LopezIn this week's episode Eric talks about serial killer Pedro Lopez also known as the Monster of the Andes. Pedro is believed to have murdered over 300 girls spanning from 1969 to 1980 in Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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2023-08-2818 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 54: The Boozing BarberAt just 16 years old Gilbert Jordan dropped out of high school and began drinking vodka on a daily basis. Gilbert started to frequent bars where he would find vulnerable woman or sex workers that he could drink with to the point that they would become unconscious. Once they were incoherent, he would take them to his barbershop or hotels where he would continue to pour alcohol down their throats ultimately killing them leading police to believe they died from alcohol poisoning or an accidental death.
2023-08-2222 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 53: The Murder of Kim WallKim Wall grew up in Sweden but traveled all over the world while becoming a freelance journalist. After finding out about inventor Peter Madsen and his submarine The Nautilus, she decided to reach out and try to get an interview. On August 10th, 2017 Peter and Kim were set out on The Nautilus for about two hours for Kim to get her story. After two hours went by and there was still no sign of Kim, Peter or the submarine Kim’s boyfriend alerted the coast guard. A huge search was set out to find The Nautilus, but nothing was fo...2023-08-1630 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 52: The Manson Family MurdersIn this episode Eric and Shelley talk about The Manson Family Murders and the tour they took with Graveline Tours all about The Manson Family Murders.
2023-08-0944 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 51: The Murder of Kelly Anne BatesKelly Anne Bates was only 14 years old when she met James Patterson Smith while babysitting one day. The two began dating without her parents knowledge because he was quite a bit older than her. Her parents were horrified when they found out two years later about the relationship and that Kelly planned to move in with him. James had a history of abusing women, and it unfortunately did not end with Kelly.
2023-08-0115 minGruesome and UnnaturalEpisode 50: The History of Serial KillersThis week’s episode is brought to you by Gruesome and Unnatural’s host Eric. Eric tells us about the history of serial killers dating all the way back to 331 B.C. From witches to werewolves and even the execution wheel.
2023-07-2430 min
#NoLimits with Shelley KenowAspiring Medical Student Sidetracked by Accident Eric WestacottView on YoutubeLearn more about quadriplegiaContact Eric Westacott Law FirmLearn more about Shelley KenowIntro music by Garren HughesEric was in his final semester of undergrad study, looking forward to becoming a medical student when the unthinkable happened. Eric was trying for home plate when he made a split-second decision that changed the trajectory of his life forever.2023-07-2051 min