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BankTalk PodcastThe ABA Core Committee and 2024 Survey Results | BankTalk Episode 118Debbie Whiteside of the ABA and Trey Maust, Chairman of ABA’s Core Platforms, join us to discuss the ABA Core Committee's position and their 2024 Core Platforms Survey Results. With over 70% of banks submitting feedback to the group, we discuss trends and themes that stood out while looking ahead at what’s next.Send us a textPresented by Remedy ConsultingTechnology Contract Negotiation & System Assessments, T&C Improvements, and FI Strategic Planning.For more information on BankTalk:BankTalk WebsiteSubscribe to BankTalk NewsRemedy Consulting WebsiteRemedy Link...2025-04-0127 min
Read This InsteadEpisode 16: The Wife Upstairs pt. 1Reader, we hated it.2023-10-241h 01
Read This InsteadEpisode 14: The Fault in Our Stars, pt. 2If you listened to part 1 slowly, you could try listening to part 2 all at once! In this episode, we'll talk about Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch vs. The Fault in Our Stars and why it's a privilege to have our hearts broken by Theo, Boris, and Popchik. Also featuring the debut of our newest podcast segment, Read This Instead Writing Challenges!2023-08-181h 19
Read This InsteadEpisode 13: The Fault in Our Stars pt. 1Our opinions are stars we tried to fathom into this podcast. Join us for Part 1 where we do a deep dive into John Green's era-defining YA novel The Fault in Our Stars, then for Part 2 where we'll compare and contrast Green's work with Donna Tartt's absolute masterpiece The Goldfinch! After all, some books are better than other books.2023-08-171h 31
Read This InsteadRead This Instead: Scarlet by A. C. GaughenWhat if Will Scarlet was actually a disguise for...someone really obnoxious? Join us this week for a discussion of A.C. Gaughen's Robin Hood retelling, Scarlet!
See the book trailer for Scarlet here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e87UkdqDUek2023-06-031h 45
Read This InsteadRead this Instead #11: Dark Academia Round-up Part 2Last week we talked about everything we love about Donna Tartt's The Secret History. Join us this week to hear our thoughts on four much lesser imitations of this modern classic - Bunny, The Cloisters, If We Were Villians, and The Maidens! Are we letting these titles in our exclusive Greek study club, or are we pitching them over the cliff in the woods?2023-03-101h 19
Read This InsteadRead This Instead #10: Dark Academia Roundup Pt. 1Slap on your billowing cape and old-fashioned spectacles, brush up on your ancient Greek, carefully place a few of The Right Books behind you as props, and join us for Part 1 of a mega-round-up of dark academia books. In Part 1, we'll be discussing Queen Donna's masterpiece The Secret History, the OG Dark Academia novel that launched a thousand rip-offs, and in Part 2 we'll be evaluating the merits of four of those rip-offs (Mona Awad's Bunny, Alex Michaelides' The Maidens, M.L. Rio's If We Were Villains, and Katy Hays' The Cloisters)!2023-03-031h 03
Read This InsteadEspresso Shot: Valentine's Day Reading & RomanceJoin us for a (only slightly late!) Valentine's-themed Espresso Shot to chat about rom-coms, favorite literary OTPs, classic romances, and more!2023-02-2037 min
Read This InsteadRTI #9: The Death of Jane LawrenceJoin us for the insane fever dream that is Caitlin Starling's The Death of Jane Lawrence! An alternate-history-Gothic-fantasy-romance set in a universe where you can literally divide by zero to do math/magic!2023-02-031h 43
Read This InsteadRead This Instead #8: Divergent Pt. 2: Two Trains Diverged on a Dystopian TraintrackWe return to the scene of the crime to finish up our thoughts on Veronica Roth's Divergent! Join us to hear more about Four/Tobias, Hunger Games rip-offs you might not have ever noticed before, and best of all, several dystopian books of past and present that you can Read Instead.
(btw, still getting the hang of this podcasting thing and that's why we keep talking about getting ready for Christmas in this episode - pretend you're in a time machine!)2023-01-201h 11
Read This InsteadEspresso Shot: New Year's 2023!Come join us as we discuss our hopes, goals, resolutions, and bookish dreams for 2023!2023-01-1357 min
Read This InsteadEspresso Shot: The Ten Book Commandments!Join us for a super-fun episode all about our Ten Book Commandments: the Thou Shalt Nots of fiction! Number 10 will surprise you. Doctors hate it!2022-12-141h 09
Read This InsteadRead This Instead #7: The Hating GameCome join us as Sarah gazes into the serial killer eyes of Sally Thorne's The Hating Game!2022-11-2154 min
Read This InsteadRead This Instead #6: High FidelityTop 5 Reasons You Should Listen to this Episode:
1. Love or hate the book, we'll give you lots of food for thought!
2. We have great recommendations for other books at the end
3. We'll make you laugh
4. You can hear my horrible attempt at a British accent
5. You can come continue the discussion on our Instagram! @read.this.instead
Book Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285092.High_Fidelity2022-11-101h 23
Read This InsteadEspresso Shot: Maria Tatar's The Heroine with 1001 FacesCome sip that espresso with us as we talk about Maria Tatar's new book, The Heroine with 1001 Faces! We hope your brain is hungry because this episode is jam-packed with food for thought!
Link to info about the book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56769530-the-heroine-with-1001-faces
Links to other interesting things from this episode:
https://venngage.com/blog/heros-journey/
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls052754941/
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheHerosJourney
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheSevenBasicPlots
https://en.wikipedia.o...2022-11-081h 00
Read This InsteadRead This Instead #5: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestWe're diving into a real classic this week with our look at One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest! Love this book or hate it, come hear our thoughts and recommendations for books we think tackle these themes better. 2022-10-281h 32
Read This InsteadEspresso Shot: Worst of YA, Dinner with Literary Characters, the Akinator, and more!Come join us for another Espresso Shot of bookish content!2022-10-2151 min
Read This InsteadRead This Instead #4: Where the Crawdads SingHop in your rowboat and cruise down the swamp to hear our thoughts on Delia Owen's Where the Crawdads Sing! Full disclosure, we know this book was super popular, but it honestly didn't butter our Southern-fried biscuits. Love it or hate it, come join us!2022-09-231h 21
Read This InsteadEspresso Shot: Favorite Book Tropes, Dream Movie Adaptations, Prose v. Story, and MORE!Welcome to Espresso Shots, where we give you a quick jolt of content to tide you over until the full-bodied roast of our fortnightly book review episodes! On today's Shot we're talking about some of our favorite book tropes, what books we'd like to see become movies, who we'd cast in them, prose v. story, childhood books, how we find new books, favorite (and least favorite) classics, and more! Time to take a shot!2022-09-1643 min
Read This InsteadEpisode 3: DivergentOK people...we thought about what you would like to hear, used our smarts to create an episode, were (mostly) nice to each other throughout, told the truth about what we thought, and believe it or not, we were continuously jumping on and off moving trains while recording. That can only mean one thing...we're DIVERGENT!!! Fortunately for the rest of you one-trait losers, you can check out this episode to hear our selfless, smart, kind, true, brave, and SUPER SPECIAL UNIQUE thoughts on Veronica Roth's YA dystopia.If you don't get sidetracked by a mind-control serum...2022-09-091h 02
Read This InsteadEpisode 2: A Peter Pan SidequestIt's good form to come hang out with us as we take a slight detour at the second star to the right! We'll be talking about all things Peter Pan and setting the stage for some future episodes on contemporary retellings of classic tales. The Disneyland Peter Pans are counting on you to tune in!2022-08-271h 04
Read This InsteadEpisode 2: A Peter Pan SidequestIt's good form to come hang out with us as we take a slight detour at the second star to the right! We'll be talking about all things Peter Pan and setting the stage for some future episodes on contemporary retellings of classic tales. The Disneyland Peter Pans are counting on you to tune in!2022-08-261h 07
Read This InsteadEpisode One: The Lost ApothecaryIt's Sarah Penner's The Lost Apothecary vs. Laura Hankin's A Special Place for Women and Greer Hendricks' & Sarah Pekkanen's You Are Not Alone! A fog-free historical London, self-poisoning via essential oil, and the world's fastest college admissions department await!2022-08-2156 min
Read This InsteadTrailerWelcome to Read this Instead, an original podcast!2022-08-2101 min
Building Championship MindsetsThe Power of a Word | DisciplineIn this episode, Dr. Amber Selking speaks with Redford Maust about the word discipline. Redford asked himself what will it look like in 10 years when he’s 80 years old? What does he want it to look like? He shares with Amber why these questions helped him choose discipline for his word of 2021 and how focusing on the word joy helped him get through 2020. About Building Championship Mindsets Welcome to “Building Championship Mindsets. | the Podcast!” From the LockerRoom to the BoardRoom, our purpose is to help individuals, teams, and organizations understand and leverage the power of Mindset and Leadership to drive results a...2021-03-0830 minBuilding Championship MindsetsLead to Win - Leadership Interview with Justin MaustWelcome to “Building Championship Mindsets. | the Podcast!” From the LockerRoom to the BoardRoom, our purpose is to help individuals, teams, and organizations understand and leverage the power of Mindset and Leadership to drive results and achieve sustainable performance excellence. Dr. Amber Selking is the Mental Performance Consultant for Head Coach Brian Kelly and the Notre Dame Football team, and does speaking and training for sports teams and business organizations around the globe. She is an adjunct Professor in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where she teaches Strategic Human Resource Management. Prior to returning to gradua...2018-03-051h 00
Success is a ChoiceJohn Maxwell Leadership Coach Justin Maust Justin Maust is a certified speaker, trainer and coach for the John Maxwell Team. His business, athletics, and youth leadership experience provides him a unique ability to connect with any audience. His personal “hold nothing back” style will challenge you to live life full of passion and stay focused on your mission. In 2012, Justin founded Leader Legacy Inc. with a passion to develop leaders, inspire teams, and build world-changing legacies. Justin is also a Professional EOS Implementer, serving companies across Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. His home base is in South Bend, Indiana, but he travels anywhere within a 4 h...2017-12-2028 min