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Stories of BeingCan AI Remind Us of Our Human Potential? with Lee SchofieldIn episode 1 of Season 3 of Stories of Being, I talk to Lee Schofield, founder of Future for Now, a company that helps businesses integrate AI technology and automation in a very real and practical way.I was hesitant to reach out to Lee as I have many reservations about AI and how it will impact the way we relate to ourselves and each other. However, I strongly believe in the need for conversations with those we think we don’t agree with and this conversation proved that when you can sit and talk with someone, and actually li...
2024-06-241h 18
The Court Case Podcast#69 - Phillip Schofield - Our Verdict!After an important break, Podcasting's best couple James and Sweet Tee are BACK and better than ever.Late to the party but bringing the best judgement you can trust, the duo spill the beans on the Phillip Schofield drama that has plagued the tabloids this year. A brand new segment called 'The People's Verdict' as well as some juicy 'Courting with James' follow.For more episodes and bonus content, visit out website!To stay up to date with all things Court Case, follow us on Instagram!To...
2023-07-081h 14
Best Friends Who...Phillip Schofield DRAMA, Bella CRIES To James & Exposing Each Others BEIGE FLAGS!Bella and James REVEAL their CONTROVERSIAL Philip Schofield replacements, CRYING over a loss of a celebrity and EXPOSING each others 'Beige Flags' all in this Latest Episode of BFWF!
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2023-06-0149 min
All About HRJames Schofield Lays Out a Process for Creating a Culture of Trust, Respect & Communication.Episode 29: James Schofield lays out a process for creating a culture of trust, respect, and communication.
3/22/23
James and I talk about his passion for “creating environments where people feel they are trusted and respected”. James presents his team’s process for helping organizations systematically approach the structures and learnings needed to foster this type of organizational culture. During the podcast, we have a conversation about pay equity/equality that is insightful. He shares the framework of that process with us on this podcast and it’s a fantastic approach!
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2023-03-2142 min
Behind the Bottom LineThe Fortune TellerDRAMA: Simon Cassandra is a fortune teller - not with a crystal ball or Tarot cards but with computers. He works for the government, trying to model future scenarios to help ministers make their decisions. There's only one problem - they don't like listening to experts.
But perhaps Mr Camille, a barber working at the famous barber's shop Frederick Hobbs in London, will pay attention. His life could depend up on it ...
This episode was first published in Business Spotlight in 2016.
2022-09-2416 min
UTOKing with GreggEp 49 | UTOKing with James Schofield | Toward an Adequate Philosophy of BeingEpisode 49, Gregg welcomes James Schofield. He is a "generalist philosopher," professor, and author of A Phenomenological Revision of E.E. Harris's Dialectical Holism, which aims to synthesize 4E cognitive science and Bohm's philosophy of physics into a common metaphysical system that provides a solution to the hard problem of consciousness. He has twice been on Voices with Vervaeke (find the links below). In this episode, he shares with Gregg his journey and the basic outline of what an adequate philosophy for consciousness looks like and how James' frame syncs up with UTOK.
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2022-04-111h 33
The Secular FoxholeJames Madison, News Sandwich, and Value for Value in the PodosphereOur show commemorates James Madison's birthday, March 16th. We recommend his Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments. Then we discuss topics in our news sandwich segment, and talk about the value for value model in the podosphere.Call-to-Action: After you have listened to this episode, add your $0.02 (two cents) to the conversation, by joining (for free) The Secular Foxhole Town Hall. Feel free to introduce yourself to the other members, discuss the different episodes, give us constructive feedback, or check out the virtual room, Speakers' Corner, and step up on the digital soapbox. Welcome to our new pl...
2022-03-1633 min
Behind the Bottom LinePeril in Venice - Episode 6: Tourist tripEmily has left the Advanced Centre for Wellness and Meditation and is now supposed to be spending a week in Venice with her friend Filippo Cimino. Filippo takes her to have lunch with some good friends of his who run a restaurant, but on their way back to their hotel, Emily has a shock. In the newspaper she reads that a guest she met on the island, Jason Tucker, has died of a drug overdose in Berlin. Could this have anything to do with the founder of the centre, Caliban Leone?
Music by JuliusH...
2021-11-1016 min
Behind the Bottom LinePeril in Venice - Episode 5: Da BiancaEmily is enjoying her stay at the Advanced Centre for Wellness and Meditation on the island of Pacelli in the Venetian lagoon, but there are some disturbing things about the place. Why has Caliban Leone, the founder of the centre, got a full-scale chemical laboratory in his cellar? What caused the argument between the centre’s cook, Paolo, and Caliban’s sinister henchman Milos? And what is Maria, Emily’s fitness coach, hiding?
Music by JuliusH from Pixabay
2021-11-0323 min
Behind the Bottom LinePeril in Venice - Episode 4: Night fightEmily wants answers to the questions that have been bothering her since she arrived at the Advanced Centre for Wellness and Meditation on the island of Pacelli. Why are boats arriving on the island in the early hours of the morning? And what is in the herbal tea that the guests drink before their early-morning yoga class that made her behave so strangely?
Emily needs answers from Caliban Leone, the mysterious founder of the Centre. But will he give them to her?
2021-10-2717 min
Behind the Bottom LinePeril in Venice - Episode 3: Emily takes a tripEmily has met some of the bizarre other guests on the island of Pacelli at the Advanced Centre for Wellness and Meditation, including Sergei – the video installation artist from Moscow, Jason Tucker an obnoxious DJ from England, and the extravagant Dotty van Meese with whom Emily shares an interest in Tarot card reading and pug dogs. Today, Emily gets into her health regime properly, and things are about to get a little weird.
Music by JuliusH from Pixabay
2021-10-2017 min
Behind the Bottom LinePeril in Venice - Episode 2: What's on the cards?Emily has arrived in Venice and travelled across the lagoon to the island of Pacelli and the Advanced centre for Wellness and Meditation, run by the charismatic Dr Caliban Leone.
Now is the time for her to meet the rather peculiar other guests, staying on Pacelli, and have a Tarot reading done for her by the exotic Dotty van Meese.
Music by JuliusH from Pixabay
2021-10-1319 min
Behind the Bottom LinePeril in Venice - Episode 1: Journey to PacelliIt's the year a shark is spotted swimming down the Grand Canal in Venice, and young executive Emily Lee badly needs a holiday. She decides to travel to the Advanced Centre for Wellness and Relaxation on the small island of Pacelli in the Venetian lagoon for some yoga, warm weather and excellent food.
But is the Centre and its charismatic founder, Dr Caliban Leone, everything it should be?
Music by JuliusH from Pixabay
2021-10-0615 min
Behind the Bottom LineTrailer for Season 6 - 'Peril in Venice'Behind the Bottom Line is back on the audio waves for season 6 on October 6 with a detective story, 'Peril in Venice'. Join Emily Lee as she travels from Munich to the island of Pacelli in the Venetian lagoon for a well-deserved holiday at the Advanced Centre for Wellness and Meditation. The question is, will she manage to return?
2021-09-2705 min
FIRSTAR Let's chAT: an Athletic Therapy podcast | Official Podcast of WFATTSession 91 (September 26 2021): Dr Lee Schofield. OPPORTUNITY BEGETS OPPORTUNITYSend us a text with your feedback from this session! Dr Lee Schofield OPPORTUNITY BEGETS OPPORTUNITY. Dr. Schofield is the medical director and lead physician with the Canada Soccer Women’s National Team, and a team physician with Skate Canada’s national figure skating team. Dr. Schofield most recently had the honour of working with Canada Soccer at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where the women’s team won their first gold medal! He is the Chief Doctor for the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, and has also worked at various domestic and internat...
2021-09-2751 minThe Secular FoxholeJames Valliant on Leonard Peikoff’s lecture, “Modernism and Madness”Martin and I again have James Valliant as guest to discuss Leonard Peikoff’s early 90’s Ford Hall Forum talk, Modernism and Madness, where he draws parallels between today’s cultural descent and schizophrenia.Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:Ford Hall ForumModernism and Madness (1993)Madness and Modernism: Insanity in the Light of Modern Art, Literature, and Thought by Louis A. Sass.The Romantic ManifestoThe Painted Word by Tom WolfePrimacy of Existence vs. Primacy of ConsciousnessKant vs Rand - Rucka Rucka AliWhiplash (2014 film)WokeThe Emperor's New ClothesEpisode 27 (33 minutes) was recor...
2021-08-1633 min
Behind the Bottom LineDouble Trouble - Episode 10: The origin storyWhat was the real-life background to 'Double Trouble'? In this last episode of season 5 of Behind the Bottom Line find out about:
the original model for 'Double Trouble'
the influence of a disaster back in 1968
how advertisements torture me
how I choose the names for my characters
You will also get a sneak preview of season 6 which will be coming to a podcast player near you at the beginning of October 2021.
Image by Kurt Bouda from Pixabay
2021-08-1612 min
Behind the Bottom LineDouble Trouble - Episode 9: Jemima finds outTim, Nick and Wanda are now in London filming the Xaewoo Motors commercial with Lady Lois. So far, things have been going well, but Jemima Madison, the boss’s daughter, isn’t stupid and she’s starting to ask a lot of questions.
What will happen if she finds out what's been going on?
Image by zl2ifb from Pixabay
2021-08-0919 min
Behind the Bottom LineDouble Trouble - Episode 8: On setTim has found a way to bring his brother, Nick, Wanda and Lady Lois up to London to film a commercial for Xaewoo Motors. But can a goat act? And will the twins really get away with fooling everybody for very much longer?
Image by Marcel Langthim from Pixabay
2021-08-0219 min
Behind the Bottom LineDouble Trouble - Episode 7: Timothy Aldridge - advertising geniusTim Aldridge needs to come up with a new advertising campaign for the Madison & Oggers client, Xaewoo Motors in less than a week. Will his longing to escape London and get back to his farm help the creative juices flow?
And what about his brother Nick trapped by floods on the farm? Is he simply flirting with Wanda, the Polish agricultural student, or is this something more serious?
Image by butterflystroke from Pixabay
2021-07-2618 min
Behind the Bottom LineDouble Trouble - Episode 6: Timothy learns a lessonAfter his unfortunate encounter with Tanya Mischkovich in a restaurant, Tim Aldridge is desperate to leave London and get back to his farm. But a visit to a cheese shop which sells his very own 'Aldridge Blue' cheese makes him realise that he has been guilty of avoiding his business responsibilities, and when he does get home, he's going to have to make some changes.
Meanwhile, Nick is finding out that being trapped in a dark cellar isn’t always such a bad thing. Especially if you’re in that dark cellar with Wanda …
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2021-07-1918 min
Behind the Bottom LineDouble Trouble - Episode 5: Dating JemimaTim is still in London pretending to be his twin brother Nick, an advertising executive for the company Madison and Oggers.
But things are about to get tricky for Tim: Jemima Madison, Nick's ex-girlfriend, has invited him out on a date. Can he keep her fooled, especially as she starts getting more than a little bit friendly?
As for Nick, back on the farm he's advising Tim's wife Gwyneth on how to write a seduction scene for her latest romantic novel. But is the technique he describes starting to work a little too well on W...
2021-07-1219 min
Behind the Bottom LineDouble Trouble - Episode 4: Nick learns a lessonTim is finding out that his brother’s life in London is more complicated than he realized. His colleagues are competitive, he has to create a new advertising campaign for a car in only a week, Nick’s ex-girlfriend wants to get back together with him and that’s before he’s even met the boss, Louis Madison...
Image by Ulrike Leone from Pixabay.
2021-07-0519 min
Behind the Bottom LineDouble Trouble - Episode 3: Madison and Oggers / Timothy in TroubleTimothy Aldridge has to leave his beloved farm and the quiet countryside to go up to London to take the place of his twin brother Nicholas – an advertising executive – at an important meeting, after Tim, his wife Gwyneth and a goat called Lady Lois accidentally knock Nick out.
It’s only supposed to be for one meeting, but then Nick finds flooding has left him trapped on the farm and his brother Tim trapped in London pretending to be a top businessperson. What could possibly go wrong?
Image by bstad from Pixabay
2021-06-2819 min
Behind the Bottom LineDouble Trouble - Episode 2: Crisis at work / The floodNick Aldridge's relaxing weekend down in the countryside on his brother Tim's farm is suddenly interrupted by a call from London. Who's calling Nick late on Friday evening and what on earth can they want? And how will Tim, Gwyneth and Wanda react?
Image by Lara Badioli from Pixabay
2021-06-2121 minThe Secular FoxholeJames Valliant on Ayn Rand's Essay, Faith and ForceToday we bring back one of our favorites, James Valliant, an Ayn Rand scholar, whom along with Martin and I, discuss Miss Rand’s seminal essay, "Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World." Don’t Miss It!Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern WorldWhat You Can DoAuguste ComteDeontological ethicsCollectivismOminous Parallels"Pure reason"RacismPersonal Destinies: A Philosophy of Ethical IndividualismJohn Herman Randall Jr.The Ayn Rand SocietyAge of EnvyEpisode 22 (40 minutes) was recorded at 10 PM CET, on May 14, 2021, with Ringr app.
2021-06-1540 min
Behind the Bottom LineDouble Trouble - Episode 1: Aldridge Farm / Meeting WandaTimothy and Nicholas Aldridge are identical twins with very different lives. Timothy runs the family farm in a quiet part of the south-west of England while Nicholas is a senior manager for the advertising company Madison and Oggers in London.
One wet weekend both their worlds change for ever. Nick has an accident and has to stay on the farm, so Tim secretly takes over his brother's job in London. Follow them from one comic disaster to another as they find success, love and happiness when chaos enters their lives.
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2021-06-1420 min
2021-05-0400 minMENTALInside the Mental Health UnitOn the day of my discharge from the high dependency mental health unit, I talk about my experiences in hospital and the different people I met there.
2021-05-0432 min2021-04-1439 min
The Talent TankEP 42 James SchofieldA play on the triumph and losses in performance and life. The Talent Tank podcast will navigate the inner workings of lifestyle, lives, family, teams, careers, programs, and technology in and around the offroad motorsports industry. What breeds success with your Talent Tank on full, failures when its on empty. From the journey to the Starting Line to take that Green Flag, on to exploring trials and tribulations on and off the track in pursuit of victorious achievement and the Checkered Flag.Success and result driven define James Schofield @schofield526 of DIY Fab Parts. Join us on this...
2021-04-121h 49
Behind the Bottom LineNegatron NickHeard of the ‘boil the dog’ approach to change management? No? Then you need Sheona Hakovski, motivation trainer from San Diego. She’ll soon have your people leaning in, giving 110% and boiling dogs … or is it frogs?
Find out in ‘Negatron Nick’
This story appeared in Business Spotlight in 2018
2021-04-0615 min
Behind the Bottom LineTeamwork"Think positive, talk positive, feel positive!"; "Your attitude is your altitude!"; "Together we achieve more!"
Don't you just HATE office work slogans? And even worse than the slogans, are the managers who try and use them to motivate their teams.
Poor Mr Finkel thought he could use them to whip a difficult team into shape. But he hadn't met Julie and Paula ...
This story appeared in Speak Up in 2015
Image by Robin Higgins from Pixabay
2021-03-3014 min
Behind the Bottom LineThe InterviewThings are so bad for Cuthbert Trill he has decided to end it all. He's lost his job, his wife's run off with his best friend, and now a wave has just washed his glasses out to sea. Still, he could probably manage to drown himself if it wasn't for the annoying stranger on the beach who wants to interview him for a job. Why won't they understand that this is not the right moment?
This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2015.
2021-03-2315 minMENTALFood and Mental HealthAn off the cuff podcast that is vaguely about the effect of food on our mental health.
2021-03-1616 min
Behind the Bottom LineThe DebtJimmy King was a star on the football pitch, worshipped by thousands. Now he's just a sad old man in a care home were nobody likes him, waiting to die.
But there's one fan who still remembers what he was like in his glory days and she owes him everything she's achieved in life. Can she find a way to repay her debt?
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
Photo by Call Me Fred on Unsplash
2021-03-1616 min
Behind the Bottom LineThe BookDerek Ebdon is an art forger of such exceptional skill that the experts find it impossible to tell if a work is created by him or by one of the old masters.
But one day he buys a book with occult powers, and things start to go badly wrong.
This story was first written for Business Spotlight in 2017.
Music: A Hand In The Dark - Underbelly & Ty Mayer
Image by Jazella from Pixabay.
2021-03-0915 min
Behind the Bottom LineHeaven plcPatrick Power has recently been relocated from his job as Head of Public Relations in a large corporation on earth to ... Heaven plc. But he's not happy with working his way up the heavenly hierarchy slowly, he wants to be the Commissioner's assistant and he wants the job now. The question is, how can he get rid of the present occupant, the Archangel Gabriel? Maybe it's time to use his PR weapons ...
This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2018.
Image by Please Don't sell My Artwork AS IS from Pixabay.
2021-03-0217 min
Behind the Bottom LineThe greatest reality show on earthWhat would you do if you found a dragon in the boot of your car?
Jonathan and Susan are going on holiday when they find the last remaining dragon in Britain, Tatzl, has smuggled herself into their car and is trying to escape from the zoo that they work in. Should they help her return to her home in the mountains of Bavaria or should they turn her in? The two of them have a difficult moral decision to make ...
This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2016.
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2021-02-2318 min
Behind the Bottom LineChange Agent 001Britain has left the European Union and Her Majesty's Secret Services are having to find ways to generate income. When Agent 001 joins BeSoft Toilet Tissue as a Change Agent consultant he find that his set of skills can be surprisingly useful. The question is, whether the company shares his opinion ...
This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2018.
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2021-02-1615 min
Behind the Bottom LineAnother death in VeniceVenice, 1948 and a lonely young Englishwoman makes friends with the mysterious Miss Winterleigh. What is the secret that keeps Miss Winterleigh attached to the city, and what does it have to do with the cemetery of San Michele?
This story was first published in Speak Up magazine in 2016.
Photo: original.
2021-02-0921 min
Behind the Bottom LineEmpty Screen Inspiration“No, my lord,” protested Amanjia, struggling to free herself from Borridor’s arms as the thin silk dress that barely covered her firm bosom strained to preserve her modesty...
It's Sunday and our hero has to write a boring motivational speech for the company chairman when he'd much rather be working on book 2 of his fantasy trilogy 'Hallindale - The chronicles of wind'. What can he do to force himself to produce the corporate nonsense expected of him, when all the time his mind is with Amanjia and Prince Borridor? Could a crossover be helpful?
This s...
2021-02-0219 min
The Schofield Stories#23 James Sills: The Power of MusicMusician and Singer James Sills joins me on the show to share his story and talk about all things related to music and mental health. James is a choir leader, singer, and former music teacher so has seen first hand the impacts of both music and mental health. As a choir leader, James has used his position to make a difference and bring people together through the power of music, such as working with the homeless, and virtually though lockdown bringing the world together. James' book "Do Sing" discusses the positive impacts a group of men coming together to...
2021-01-311h 03
Behind the Bottom LineEpisode 5 - The making of 'Vixen'Ever wondered how an author puts a story together? Explore with me the background, ideas and impulses that lead to the creation of 'Vixen'. Find out about magical Japanese foxes, toxic masculinity and supernatural appearances late at night on deserted roads...
SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't done so already, I recommend you listen to 'Vixen' episodes 1-4 BEFORE listening to this episode.
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2021-01-2116 min
Behind the Bottom LineVixen - Episode 4 - Death in the nightColin Sutherland is starting to panic. A strange encounter with the fox when the family is out driving, and cryptic messages left on the answering machine from Inspector Hüttl in Frankfurt about his ex-mistress Yasmin Tilki, give him the feeling of being trapped. But instead of asking for help from Flora and the children, he lashes out at them, driving them away.
Then a noise outside in the dark makes him think he might at least be able to deal with Princess Jasmine …
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2021-01-0811 min
Behind the Bottom LineVixen - Episode 3 - MagicColin's behaviour has become increasingly peculiar after a phone call from Inspector Hüttl of the Frankfurt police and the repeated appearances of a mysterious fox his children have named Princess Jasmine.
Over Christmas itself, things seem to calm down, until the family has to drive along a quiet, foggy road late at night ...
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2021-01-0610 min
Behind the Bottom LineVixen - Episode 2 - Frankfurt callingColin Sutherland has flown back to Ireland from Frankfurt for Christmas with his family. But all is not well: his ex-mistress has disappeared in mysterious circumstances and the police are now looking for her. Meanwhile an anonymous postcard with a picture of the Hotel in the Süd Tirol they stayed in together has arrived at his home. The fact that his garden is visited at night by a fox shouldn’t be a big deal, so why does it upset Colin so much?
And then Inspector Regina Hüttl from the Frankfurt police decides to give him a...
2021-01-0411 min
Behind the Bottom LineVixen - Episode 1 - Home for ChristmasMeet Colin Sutherland: rich and successful with a loving wife and two adorable children. He’s got everything worked out … or has he?
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2021-01-0211 minMENTALBipolar Disorder: An IntroductionA brief introduction to what bipolar disorder is and what it means to live with it.
2020-12-0806 min
Behind the Bottom LineAgile ConsequencesHUMOUR: the mischievous Julie and Paula are back, causing chaos in a pharmaceutical company as they take charge of a team of chemists trying to develop an anti-depressant with no side-effects. Drugs, alcohol, lust ... what could possibly go wrong? This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2017.
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2020-11-2515 minMENTALTrip to HospitalMy trip to hospital this morning and what can be learnt from it for myself and others.
2020-11-2315 minMENTALAn Introduction to Anxiety and Other Mental IssuesMental health in Australia: an introduction from lived experience.
2020-11-2206 minMENTALMENTAL: IntroIntroduction to the upcoming MENTAL podcast with James Schofield, who has bipolar disorder and is on the spectrum.
2020-11-2200 minThe Secular FoxholeInterview with James ValliantMartin and I have a great discussion with author James S. Valliant about his two books, focusing on his most recent, Creating Christ: How Roman Emperors Invented Christianity.Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:The Passion of Ayn Rand’s Critics - The Objective StandardCreating ChristCreating Christ, the book on AmazonAnalyzing Paul Krugman’s New York Times Smear of Ayn Rand - New IdealWhy Christmas Should be More Commercial by Leonard PeikoffThe New Testament Versus the American RevolutionAuthors mentioned: Robert EisenmanJames AtwellRobert PriceRoger WilliamsIsaac KramnickWarren Fahy
2020-11-1948 min
Behind the Bottom LineNew PerspectivesFABLE: Thomas had everything he wanted in life, money, friends and an endless supply of charming companions. But one day all these pleasures turned to ashes in his mouth when he went blind. Thomas promised a huge reward to whoever could help him see again, but when a little old man managed to do just that, Thomas wasn't sure if he liked what he saw any more.
This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2014.
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2020-11-1816 min
Behind the Bottom LineChanging ChairsDRAMA: Kingsley Adams is a CEO asshole. But if he's your CEO, there isn't very much you can do about it. Or that's what people thought until someone found the password to his secret bank account and leaked details about insider trading to the press. But who was it? And how did they get the information?
This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2016.
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2020-11-1116 min
Behind the Bottom LineDr DynamicDRAMA: Mike Smirch is chief gossip reporter for the magazine Titillation. The kind of stories he writes are ones about royalty in trouble, actors snorting coke in nightclubs or reality TV stars dying of cancer.
But when he signs up for a workshop in 'Dynamic Positioning' with the charismatic therapist Bela Horvath, he has to learn an uncomfortable truth.
This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2017.
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2020-11-0415 min
Behind the Bottom LinePEAS for EmDee, the caring chatbotHUMOUR: What do you feel about chatbots? Do you talk to Siri? Do you chat with Alexa? It might be impressive what these chatbots can do, but that's nothing compared to EmDee. She can paraphrase your words, look inside you, she can empathize with you. But is that what you want?
This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2017.
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2020-10-2818 min
Behind the Bottom LineHateDRAMA: Mickey Jones was a bully as a child, terrorizing his way through school and inspiring fear in all around him. Years later our storyteller thinks he has met him again at a party and tries to get revenge on his childhood tormentor. But is Michael Jones, CEO for an investment bank, the same person as Micky Jones, North London thug?
Whoever he is, the guests at this party are going to experience an evening unlike any other.
This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2018.
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2020-10-1415 min
The Schofield Stories#13 Mini James: All Things Music & Mental HealthArtist Mini James joined me on the show to talk all things music and mental health. You may recognize Mini's voice as he wrote, produced and performed The Schofield Stories intro & outro music which you hear on every episode. Despite being fairly new to the music industry, Mini is making his mark as an artist, developing his own style and producing a range of music. It was fascinating hearing how Mini got into music and the challenges he was and still is faced with in the music industry. We also talked about mental health, with regards to the struggles...
2020-10-1150 min
Behind the Bottom LineSide EffectsSUSPENSE: Professor Johnny Hampden, the most brilliant scientist to ever work at Klaxx Pharmaceuticals, has a very good reason to fear side effects. Join him over a brandy and he might tell you the terrible story of Sergeant Norman and a mysterious plant from the depths of the jungle.
This story was first published by Business Spotlight in 2016.
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2020-10-0715 min
Behind the Bottom LineThe Devil in the DetailsSUSPENSE: Successful corporate lawyer Henry Fist is having a well-deserved drink as he relaxes on his well-deserved holiday on the Cayman Islands when he gets a visit from a young admirer of his work, Nick Mephistopolous. Is Henry about to get something else well-deserved?
This story was first published by Business Spotlight in 2016.
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2020-09-3014 min
Behind the Bottom LineDragons' DenHUMOUR: Edward, a refugee from Sierra Leone living in Berlin, has an opportunity to find a sponsor for a business idea he has. But will somebody really be interested in sponsoring a snail farm?
This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2017.
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2020-09-2317 min
Behind the Bottom Line99 per centHUMOUR: Julie and Paula have to organise a 300th anniversary event for a bank. But with a tiny budget, a radical ex-boyfriend and his band, not to mention gift bags sourced from a bankrupt sex shop, this party isn't going to go smoothly.
The ever-popular Julie and Paula first had this adventure in Business Spotlight in 2012.
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2020-06-1114 min
Behind the Bottom LineVideo GamesHUMOUR: what lengths are you prepared to go to get yourself a nice assignment? Roddy, Björn, Florian and Petra are all desperate to win the starring role in a video being made about their department within the European Commission, and solidarity between them quickly breaks down as they compete to become the cool, sexy face of the modern librarian.
This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2012.
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2020-06-0415 min
Behind the Bottom LineCyber RomanceSuspense: What would you do with immortality and the powers of a god? You'd put things right in the world you say? But how do you think you'd behave if you found there was something you couldn't get, however powerful you believed yourself to be?
Watch out world - Helen's cyber stalker can't handle rejection and things are about to get rough...
This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2013.
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2020-05-2913 min
The Schofield StoriesEpisode 19: James HaydenTedx Speaker and Author James Hayden joins me on the show to share his story. Having a stutter hasn't held James back from his career, writing a book about stuttering, or speaking on stage. An inspiring story that everyone can take something from.
2020-05-2448 min
Behind the Bottom LineCastles in the airHUMOUR/CRIME: Horst and Jim are two con-men, down on their luck. Desperate to make money they come up with the ingenious scheme of selling unwanted castles in Germany to gullible Americans. All goes well until Howard Schmidtlein III from Texas walks into their office and rumbles their fraud. But he has an interesting proposal for them ... This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2014.
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2020-05-2114 min
Behind the Bottom LineSteam SolutionsROMANCE/STEAMPUNK: Can you imagine an alternative world where steam powered airbuses are the transport of choice and children learn how to fix a boiler in kindergarten? Now come on a first date with Ernest and Millicent and discover London as it might have been ...
This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2013.
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2020-05-1416 min
Behind the Bottom LineWeight ManagementHUMOUR: Do you want your boss to know how much you weigh? is it acceptable if the lift tells you to take the stairs? Would you like your canteen register to tell the rest of the canteen what you plan to eat for lunch? Topfoods PLC wants to help its staff become the best version of themselves, but which version is that exactly?
This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2014.
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2020-05-0714 min
Behind the Bottom LineLosing FaceCRIME: What would you do if you found out your partner was cheating on you? You could throw them out, you could forgive them, you could try counselling ...
Or you could do what Rose does and get your revenge. A very nasty revenge.
This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2012.
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2020-04-3015 min
Behind the Bottom LineThe CBOHUMOUR: Do you know the secret to success in any corporation? Professor Thomas Kozlowsky, the man the US media called 'the business guru to the business gurus', does. And if you get him drunk enough, he just might tell you ...
This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2014.
Photo - Pixabay.
2020-04-2314 min
Behind the Bottom LineThe Birthday PartyHUMOUR: Birthday parties are funny things, each culture has its own traditions and ways to celebrate. Antonio finds that what is perfectly normal in Venezuela gets a little lost in translation when transferred to Brussels...
This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2014.
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2020-04-1614 min
Behind the Bottom LineTop DogHUMOUR: Would your dog do a better job in the office than you? Toby, a young Jack Russell thought he could, and for a day he and his master changed places. While his master ate kibble and went for walks in the park, Toby got to chase Jilks, the ghastly but efficient company salesman, and meet the lovely Miss Lucy Honeycomb. Where his master has failed, will Toby succeed?
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2020-04-0913 min
Behind the Bottom LineVoby - the accidental guruMEDIA SATIRE: When Julie Blossom accidentally becomes an overnight YouTube celebrity, she and her friend Paula embrace the opportunity to become the go-too source for any media outlet looking for good sound-bites from Britain's youth. But Julie's enemy, Goldfish Man, has different ideas and will do anything to bring her down. The question is, how low will he go?
This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2012.
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2020-03-0422 min
Behind the Bottom LineFull MoonHUMOUR: What do you know about the people in your company? I mean, what do you REALLY know? Nick Samuel is asked to explore the diversity of employees at Topfood plc so his boss, JJ, can win an award. But what Nick finds out is really not at all what JJ is expecting.
This story appeared in Business Spotlight in 2011.
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2020-02-2612 min
Behind the Bottom LineTurning the tablesHUMOUR: A young manager, worried that his team hates him, takes them on a team-building weekend into the Welsh hills. But what should be a bonding experience turns into a nightmare when one of the team members goes missing...
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2020-02-1914 min
Behind the Bottom LineA murder of crowsHORROR: Dr Gayle Jamieson trains crows in a research lab to see if they can perform useful tasks for the military. But when her boss, Professor Lang, abuses the trust she has created between birds and humans, the birds extract a terrible revenge...
Photo by Pixabay
2020-02-1219 min
Behind the Bottom LineThe TipFABLE: Tony Spark needs money for his start-up and he hopes to get it from a business angel, Archibald Gabriel. But to get the money, Tony has to pass a little test. Will he pass the test and - more interestingly - would you?
This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2011.
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2020-02-0515 min
Behind the Bottom LineMr DimkinMURDER: When you're caught in a traffic jam and you look at the concrete walls of the bridge or the tunnel that's alongside your car, what do you see? Could that be a face looking back at you? Mr Dimkin could tell you, but would you want to know?
This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2012.
2020-01-2913 min
Behind the Bottom LineThe King of SpinHUMOUR: Meet Tim Hatchett - master manipulator, prince of PR - the owner of Hatchett Job PR agency, the agency that will manage your company's reputation when even your own PR manager throws in the towel.
When Global Power Solutions wants the British government to build a nuclear power plant near London, nobody thinks they have a chance of persuading them. But with Tim involved in the process and willing to fight dirty, things might get a little radioactive.
This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2013.
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2020-01-2215 min
Behind the Bottom LineJulie and MeHUMOUR: Julie and Paula are told to organise the hotdesking arrangements in the company they work. They quickly find that they can turn this authority to their advantage and pretty soon, most of the office are buying them presents to get favourable treatment. But what happens when they go on holiday? This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2011.
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2020-01-1616 min
Behind the Bottom LineBusiness ClassHUMOUR: Pampered executive Mr Taylor is used to always having the best when on a business trip. But how will he cope when his efficient new assistant, Colin Smith, starts enforcing the company's new travel code? This story was first published in Business Spotlight, 2012.
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2020-01-1616 min
Behind the Bottom LineThe CocktailMURDER: Jasper Slink is a successful young trader in the City of London who is not above using devious means to make a profit. But is sharing his most recent cunning plan with Smitty, the head barman at the "Bull and Bear" wine-bar, such a good idea? This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2010.
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2020-01-1613 min
2020-01-1500 min
James Schofield Ministries PodcastThe Ministers Episode 3 - Worship and CreativeIn this third episode of The Minister Series, I spoke with Toney Toney, Worship Team Member and Creative Director of the church, about how worship ministry is a direct result ministry but creative ministry is a more back-end, complimentary ministry that accentuates the other ministries.
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2019-05-2723 minJames Schofield Ministries PodcastThe Ministers Episode 2 - Kids and ConnectionsOn this second episode of our first discussion series, I spoke with Carmen about her experience both as a Kids Ministry Pastor and as a Connections Pastor and how behind-the-scenes ministry is just as important as face-to-face ministry.
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2019-05-1819 minJames Schofield Ministries PodcastThe Ministers Series - Episode 1In this first episode of the first series of the podcast, I go over ministry and what it really means.
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2019-05-1220 minJames Schofield Ministries PodcastSet In StoneI go over our theological viewpoints being set in stone when really the only set in stone thing needs to be Jesus being at the center.
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2019-05-0924 minJames Schofield Ministries PodcastCross To BearIn this episode, I go over our crosses to bear and how we can share the burdens among ourselves and lay the burdens at the feet of Jesus.
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2019-04-2921 minJames Schofield Ministries PodcastHoliday ChristiansIn this episode, I talk about Christians who only come to church on holidays.
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2019-04-2427 minJames Schofield Ministries PodcastCompassion & How to Get It BackThis episode I go over compassion, what it means and how to get it back.
Excerpt(s) from TWELVE STEPS TO A COMPASSIONATE LIFE by Karen Armstrong,
Copyright © 2010 Karen Armstrong. Reprinted by permission of Vintage Canada/Alfred A. Knopf
Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. All rights reserved.
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2019-04-1441 minJames Schofield Ministries PodcastSacrifices Aren't SacrificesIn this episode during Lent, I talk about sacrifices and how they really aren't sacrifices in the grand scheme of things.
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2019-04-0625 minJames Schofield Ministries PodcastLove Trumps AllI'm back for season 2! In this episode, I talk about love and how we need to get back to approaching everything with love.
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2019-03-0256 minJames Schofield Ministries PodcastBorn AgainWhat does it mean to be born again? How is being born again in Christ the same as our physical births? On International Podcast Day, we dive into these questions and figure it all out!
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2018-10-0126 minJames Schofield Ministries PodcastHidden Purpose Hidden TestsWe talk to Jessica Sturm, former vice president of Michigan State University's Sexual Assault Intervention Crisis Team and participant in the Every Two Minutes documentary about her walk with God and the events leading up to her agnosticism and eventual journey back to God.
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2018-08-1236 min