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Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!They Named a Disease After Him (It’s Okay, it’s a Good Thing)The dude was short, real short. A runt. A pipsqueak. Shorty-short-stuff. Diminutive. And he was sickly to boot. Only five-feet three-inches tall with what’s now called Trigeminal Neuralgia. And yet, this guy fully earned the title, “Giant”. His is this season’s final episode, the capstone episode, for a reason. This Cambridge short-guy was as BIG as it gets.
2025-11-2811 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Hey! That Storyteller is Writing Stories . . . With a Paintbrush!Movie kingpins George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg are two of the greatest storytellers of all-time. They tell stories through thousands of frames of film. Star Wars. Jaws. Indiana Jones. But there's one storyteller Lucas and Spielberg look up to as THE greatest because he told great stories in just ONE frame. He was local. So were some of the faces in his famous frames.
2025-11-2111 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Thank Goodness You Didn’t Decide to Raise Chickens!Seventy-eight years old and what to do, what to do? Raise chickens? Nah. Pancake dinners? Nope. I know! I'll order that paint set from the Sears catalog, hang a painting in the White House, put some on postage stamps, and get my mug on the covers of Time and Life magazines. Yah, that's what I'll do!
2025-11-1408 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Finally! A Big-Pharma Global Business We Can Love!Big global pharma companies do NOT illegally exaggerate claims about the efficacy of their products, right? RIGHT?? Get your bragging pants on because here's a fun story about one of the world's first global drug businesses, one that made big claims but always kept it legal.
2025-11-0712 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!If You Plant It, It Will GrowYou already know JB Rice ran a seed company here. But did you know how big it was? Did you know about his Civil War service? His work with the Fire Department? The Police Department? The local water company? The Fair? The Niagara Falls Bank? He planted it all . . . and indeed it grew!
2025-10-3112 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!The Little Milltown Boy Who (unintentionally) Helped Kill Little MilltownsHis was the biggest machine ever built in the 19th Century. Its physical size was enormous. So was the impact it had on societies, urbanization, and (sadly) the slow decline of the world's small milltowns. You'll never see the sign for Greenwich's Corliss Avenue the same again.
2025-10-2412 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Huh?! She Was Worried Nobody Would Take Her Seriously?! . . . Seriously?!Hey, if Buffalo Bill Cody thought she was cool, then she was cool! U.S. Presidents also thought she was cool. Queen Victoria too. Congress thought she was cool-maybe even cool enough to be carved into Mount Rushmore. All that, and she was worried nobody would take her seriously? Oh, you've gotta hear this one!
2025-10-1712 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Grand Ol' OwlsMohican War Chief? Tribal Orator? Native leader who dealt with English Governors? Who met with Henry Hudson? Did you know that a great Mohican Chieftain made his home and headquarters right here in what we now call Eagle Bridge? Learn about all this and why we call the Owlkill . . . the Owlkill.
2025-10-1010 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Farmer? Uhh, Yeah, Right. The Guy Was a Poet and He Didn’t Know It.Of all the places to live, this dude chose to live here. Why? Because, according to him, “locality gives art”. But apparently it does not give expertise at farming with cows. Oh, and who knew that’s what "peripatetic" means? . . . Umm . . . this will all make sense when you listen to this episode.
2025-10-0308 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Yo, I Think It’s Finally Time to Write That Constitution-Thingy, Mr. MadisonThe United States Constitution is one of the greatest political documents in human history. Did you know that events near here and one particularly angry, sort-of-hermit-who-ended-up-in-our-local-hills-guy was a key figure in bringing about that famous document? Come take a fun “audio-hike” in our hills and let's explore a bit of American history.
2025-09-2609 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!A Pair of History's Coolest SouvenirsThe "Shot Heard 'Round the World" was not fired in Cambridge, New York. But for sixty years, the pistol believed to have fired that world-famous shot was kept, yes indeed, right here in Cambridge.
2025-09-1907 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!More "Paul Revere" Than . . . Paul RevereThe world would be different if not for the American Revolution, and the Revolution if not for Saratoga, and Saratoga if not for Bennington, and Bennington if not for . . . why yes, a man from Cambridge. Too much of a stretch to say all that? Maybe not.
2025-09-1212 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Don't Forget Nothing! . . . and Other Rules for Winning WarsThere are few guiding-principles documents that endure for centuries. E.g., the Magna Carta, the U.S. Constitution, and the Art of War by Sun Tzu. Did you know one such enduring document springs from this very area? It's still in use today, and it helps keep us safe.
2025-09-0507 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Some Very Old Souls Who Were Not Old King ColesThink the European settlers were the first to discover this beautiful area? Maybe the Mohicans or Iroquois? Oh, no. This place we call home—it goes waaayyy back.
2025-08-2907 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!A Giant in San Francisco Who Was Not a San Franciso GiantFrom the Cambridge Band to the World's biggest stage. Go ahead and Google Camille Saint-Saens, then consider how big you'd have to be for Camille to dedicate a composition to you. A giant? Heck, yeah.
2025-08-2210 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!How Guiteau Got To the End of His Rope". . . Charles J. Gateau shall be hanged by the neck . . . until he be dead . . . " Never heard of Guiteau? How about Lee Harvey Oswald? John Wilkes Booth? A Cambridge man takes center stage.
2025-08-1509 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Oh Mr. Chunka Marble, the Doctor Will See You NowCivil War Surgeon? Poet-Pal with Walt Whitman? Landscape designer for PT Barnum? Oh yes, and this Cambridge native did much more to shape and sculpt his amazing contributions.
2025-08-0809 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Throw That Hand Grenade . . . Oops . . . I Mean Throw That Baseball!Did you know our area can brag about a Major League Baseball pitcher? This one was coached by a Hall-of-Famer and umpired by an ump immortalized in a Norman Rockwell painting that hangs in Cooperstown. And our pitcher put his promising career on the back burner to serve his country.
2025-08-0111 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!The Spirit Moved the Bishop, Then the Bishop Moved the Conquistador, Then They Moved the BishopWho gets to move the body of Ponce de Leon, famous explorer and conquistador? Not you or me. But, one Cambridge native did just that—and did it in broad daylight!
2025-07-2508 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Now Clapp Your Hands for the Boss Lady!Did you know that Susan B. Anthony was NOT the only big-time suffragist from the Cambridge area? When you hear how Anna made a huge impact on her state and her nation, you'll want to "Clapp" Your Hands for the Boss Lady!
2025-07-1808 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!He Pretty Much Failed at Keeping Portland WeirdPortland, Oregon prides itself on being "weird". One Cambridge, NY native turned out to be a colossal failure, a complete loser . . . when it came to keeping Portland weird. He's also why so many Portland places are named "Cambridge".
2025-07-1110 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Shaken, Not Stirred, Up in "The Grove"Big-time spies right here in Cambridge? Oh yes! Learn about "Crusader" and his Ashgrove spy-buddies, about wealth-from-guano-Ivar, about elite-racehorse-breeder and fortune-heiress-Josephine, and about their pal Ian who made the spy game world-famous.
2025-07-0408 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!On, Brave Old Army Team!This is the first of two Brag-on-Cambridge stories that feature a scene at the 1893 World's Fair. How about a big-time lawyer, a national college baseball champion, a national college football champion, and a successful Army-West Point head football coach? And yes, it's all one bragworthy, Cambridge-born person.
2025-06-2710 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Mowers and Reapers and Rakes, Oh My!The largest farm machinery manufacturer in New York State? In the United States? In the world? Oh, yes. And to cap it off, how about the French Legion of Merit awarded by Napoleon III? With all that, we shouldn't be surprised that he hired Abraham Lincoln as his lawyer.
2025-06-2009 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Live Oak Was a Live Wire (But Not a Saint)They called this Cambridge man "Live Oak". He was a self-made giant of business and a candidate for President of the United States. Learn how Civil War muskets were named for him and how his ship took 30,000 lbs. of gold to the bottom of the Atlantic. Today when in NYC, you can visit the place named for him and walk the bridge he built. Oh yes, Live Oak gives us much to brag about!
2025-06-1315 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Jethro Would Plow All He Could If Jethro Wood Could PlowEpisode 5: Jethro Would Plow All He Could If Jethro Wood Could PlowSay what? His invention is on par with Robert Fulton's inventions? More impactful than Eli Whitney's cotton gin? He was a pen pal with Thomas Jefferson? His story became a key reason for U.S. Patent Law? . . . Oh yes, so get your Cambridge-bragging-ears on, come with me and let's "plow" our way through this episode!
2025-06-0611 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!“Vly” Like an Eagle – or – “Vly” Me to the MoonEpisode 4: “Vly” Like an Eagle – or – “Vly” Me to the Moon Do you know Cambridge produced a titan of the music business, someone the New York Times called "the dean of the American record industry", someone who was honored with a Grammy Trustees Award, someone who discovered and became dear friends with Hank Williams? . . . It all got started when he began plucking on a jaw harp for local farmers.
2025-05-3012 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!He Showed His Mettle and Earned His Medal When He Saved Uncle Billy’s BaconEpisode #3: He Showed His Mettle and Earned His Medal When He Saved Uncle Billy’s BaconKnow someone from the Pacific Northwest? Want to brag to them about how Cambridge impacted their area? We hope to soon visit my wife's family out in Tacoma, Washington. I'm going to have some fun when I get there because I'll absolutely wear them out with this episode and some endless Cambridge-bragging. Tacoma is home to much that is named for the star of this episode, a native of Cambridge, New York. He gives us much to brag about.
2025-05-2309 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Give the Man a Cheesehead Hat!Episode #2: Give the Man a Cheesehead Hat! Hey, if you ever go to Green Bay . . . or maybe if you know somebody from Green Bay . . . or if you ever just watch a Green Bay Packers NFL game on TV . . . well, here's another way to do a little Cambridge-bragging.
2025-05-1606 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!Thieves! They Stole Our Lake!Episode #1: Thieves! They Stole our Lake!Cambridge is here on the map. Salem is there. Lauderdale in the middle, right? . . . Right??? And James Lauderdale . . . he's from Cambridge . . . right? I'm confused . . . hey, come along with me because we must get to the bottom of this!
2025-05-0908 min
Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!IntroductionWelcome to: Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You! 30 Fun, Easy, Cambridge-area Stories to Brag About and Impress Your Friends. This Introduction explains what this podcast is all about - and why I call it the "Don't Let That One Stoplight Fool You!" podcast. Get ready to learn a bit of local history, to have some fun, and to brag just a bit about Cambridge.
2025-05-0908 min
Learnings from Leaders: the P&G Alumni PodcastGerry Preece, on purpose and friendship“ What we need is meaning, purpose, something to wake up in the morning and go do that matters. You're living life to the fullest when you're doing something you believe in that matters, that makes a difference.”
Gerry Preece is a 22-year veteran of P&G leading agency strategic sourcing and marketing operations —building purchases/procurement organizations around the globe in areas such as media, advertising agencies, promotions, commercial production, digital marketing, and public affairs. After retiring from P&G, Gerry served as Executive Director at The Matthew Kelly Foundation,. He's also consulted with the 4As, GSK, and many o...
2025-02-1659 min
Small Spark Theory: a marginal gains approach to new business and marketingEP76: A buyer perspective | Tina Fegent
In recent episodes, we’ve talked a lot about change and uncertainty, the persistent undercurrents unsettling our new business efforts and impacting our client relationships.
So, it seems a perfect time to speak to someone who has an unrivalled perspective of the agency and client dynamic – Tina Fegent.
From becoming one of the first marketing buyers in the UK over 25 years ago, Tina has set up and led procurement teams at some of the largest buyers of marketing services and led commercial teams at leading UK agencies.
In this episode, we discuss the shif...
2023-05-0939 min
Small Spark Theory: a marginal gains approach to new business and marketingEP76: A buyer perspective | Tina FegentIn recent episodes, we've talked a lot about change and uncertainty, the persistent undercurrents unsettling our new business efforts and impacting our client relationships. So, it seems a perfect time to speak to someone who has an unrivalled perspective of the agency and client dynamic – Tina Fegent. From becoming one of the first marketing buyers in the UK over 25 years ago, Tina has set up and led procurement teams at some of the largest buyers of marketing services and led commercial teams at leading UK agencies. In this episode, we discuss the shifts in...
2023-05-0439 min
#MediaSnackEpisode 231: The Evolving Role of ProcurementIs there anything in marketing more misunderstood than procurement?Reports and guidelines published recently by WFA and Association of National Advertisers illustrate the evolving and increasingly influential role played by procurement in marketing success.For this episode of #MediaSnack LIVE, we joined with the industry's leading marketers and procurement experts on LinkedIn Audio to unpack the role of procurement and its blossoming partnership with astute marketing leaders. Our show is LIVE and we invite anyone that joins to ask questions and share perspectives. In this show, we covered how the view of procurement...
2023-03-2047 min
20% - The Marketing Procurement PodcastThe Innoficiency ProblemBlair puts forward his Innoficiency Principle—the idea that innovation and efficiency are mutually opposable goals—and discusses why the “Marketing Procurement Problem” can be explained by this principle. Blair Enns https://www.winwithoutpitching.com/ https://twitter.com/blairenns https://ca.linkedin.com/in/blairenns Leah Power https://theica.ca/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/institute-of-canadian-agencies https://www.linkedin.com/in/leah-power-she-her-3486998/ The Innoficiency Problem https://www.winwithoutpitching.com/the-innoficiency-problem/ Buying Less for L...
2022-10-0634 minSmall Spark Theory: a marginal gains approach to new business and marketingEP30: Rethinking procurement | David Meikle | How to Buy a Gorilla
We’ve touched on the subject of procurement over a number of episodes in this series so far, and it’s a topic I wanted to come back to and delve a little deeper.
Much of the time I deal with small to medium sized agencies, all specialists in their respective fields, many of whom are working with large brand owners with significant purchasing power. Such accounts can be transformative for an agency looking to grow – the opportunity to do the kind of work that is high profile enough that in turn, it will attract more, equally prestig...
2019-07-0100 minSmall Spark Theory: a marginal gains approach to new business and marketingEP30: Rethinking Procurement | David Meikle | How to Buy a GorillaWe've touched on the subject of procurement over a number of episodes in this series so far, and it's a topic I wanted to come back to and delve a little deeper. Much of the time I deal with small to medium sized agencies, all specialists in their respective fields, many of whom are working with large brand owners with significant purchasing power. Such accounts can be transformative for an agency looking to grow - the opportunity to do the kind of work that is high profile enough that in turn, it will attract more, equally prestigious n...
2019-07-0131 min
2Bobs—with David C. Baker and Blair EnnsA Beginner's Guide to NegotiatingDavid gets into Blair's head to get his 10 basic negotiating tips that he has worked with clients on over the years. LINKS "10 Negotiating Tips" (with 5 bonus tips) "Selling in One Lesson," 2Bobs episode 49 Buying Less for Less: How to avoid the Marketing Procurement dilemma, by Gerry Preece Negotiating with Backbone: Eight Sales Strategies to Defend Your Price and Value, by Reed K. Holden TRANSCRIPT DAVID C. BAKER: Blair, today we are going to talk about 10 really interesting ways you can get your spouse...
2019-02-1335 min