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Absolute Cuts With Mark Nelson & Ryan CullenAbsolute Cuts #119 - NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION (Christmas Special)"Merry Christmas. Shitter was full"
Episode 119 of Absolute Cuts sees hosts Mark Nelson and Ryan Cullen discuss the 1989 tree felling, sled crashing, cat frying classic National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Ryan and Mark discuss Mick McCarthy, why some kids shouldn't get Christmas presents and how Clark W Griswold is the horniest movie Dad.
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2025-12-231h 23
The Business of Benefits Podcast59. The Big Lie in Healthcare: Nelson Griswold on How Employers Can Cut Costs & Improve CareWelcome back to The Business of Benefits Podcast, your no BS, no sales guide to real solutions in employee benefits.Today, host Chelsea Ryckis sits down with Nelson Griswold of Next Gen Benefits to unpack the so-called “big lie” in healthcare and show employers how to take control of cost and quality. Nelson Griswold is a leading voice in employer-sponsored healthcare reform and author of Healthcare’s C-Suite Solution, Fixing American Healthcare, and Life and Death Decisions in the C-Suite. He helps CEOs and CFOs manage healthcare like a supply chain and turn overspend into free cash flow. Nelson explains w...
2025-09-0442 min
Risk & ResolveWhy Your Doctor Shouldn't Be a Bureaucrat with Nelson Griswold, Founder & Conference Chair at ASCEND Agency Growth & Leadership SummitNelson Griswold, founder and chairman of the NextGen Benefits Network, joins us to discuss his mission to revolutionize employer-sponsored benefits and protect America's private healthcare system through innovative supply chain management strategies.• Passionate about preserving private healthcare to maintain innovation and avoid government-run systems like those struggling in the UK and Canada• Helping employers manage their healthcare supply chain by steering employees to highest quality providers• Counterintuitively, highest quality care often costs less because good surgeons don't make mistakes requiring additional procedures• Many NextGen plans eliminate out-of-pocket costs for employees who use recommended high-quality provider...
2025-04-161h 00
Broken HealthcareBreaking the Status Quo in Healthcare with Nelson Griswold | Broken Healthcare Podcast #19Are you fed up with the high costs and inefficiencies of our healthcare system? In this episode of Broken Healthcare, I’m joined by Nelson Griswold, a pioneer in the anti-status quo movement, to explore the flaws in today’s healthcare model and actionable solutions to create real change.We dive into Nelson’s journey from political consulting to transforming employer-sponsored health plans, revealing the systemic issues that keep healthcare broken. You’ll hear eye-opening stories about misaligned incentives, unnecessary procedures, and the shocking risks of low-quality care. More importantly, we discuss how you can protect yourself, your fam...
2024-11-211h 38
Higher VoltageGot Education? - Reframing the Value of Higher EdKevin Tyler is joined by Lauren Griswold of Boise State University and Chris Nelson of the University of Utah to discuss the collaborative efforts of institutions to reshape the public perception of higher education’s value. Hear strategies for unified messaging, building partnerships and engaging communities to drive enrollment and combat declining trust in higher education.
2024-11-1441 minHigher VoltageGot Education? - Reframing the Value of Higher EdKevin Tyler is joined by Lauren Griswold of Boise State University and Chris Nelson of the University of Utah to discuss the collaborative efforts of institutions to reshape the public perception of higher education’s value. Hear strategies for unified messaging, building partnerships and engaging communities to drive enrollment and combat declining trust in higher education.
2024-11-1441 min
L'étrangerSHOW #486 : Consimili Knots Turndown
1. skullflower - pattern of flickering leaves
from 'Call of the Void' digital (UK, 2024)
2. Andy Heck Boyd - the hamburger hills
from 'a lemonheads' digital (USA, 2024)
3. D'urban Moffer & Oramier Griswold - The Cripple
Courtesy of the artists, 2024
4. Stephen Pastel and Gavin Thomson - Square Peg In A Black Hole
from 'This Is Memorial Device' digital (Geographic Music, UK, 2024)
5. Abysse Des Âmes - Käänteinen toisinto ajassa
from 'Mielen Lujittama Hulluus' digital (SATATUHATTA, FIN, 2024)
6. Соломенные Еноты - Память котят и утят
from 'Итог-революция' digital (RUSS, 1993)
7. newyorkflow - POP
from You Tube, 2024
8. Primpce - “Opercolatrice Zanasi Ima AZ40” (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
from You T...
2024-07-132h 00
Canadian Club of TorontoAttacking Canada’s Productivity ProblemChief Sharleen Gale (First Nations Major Project Coalition & Fort Nelson First Nation), John Ruffolo (Maverix Private Equity) & Carolyn Wilkins (Princeton University’s Griswold Center) with Kevin Carmichael (The Logic)
2024-04-2353 min
Fantasy Football HustlerThe League Season 2, Act 1 (2010) Film BreakdownEPISODE 32, Act 2Join Alex, Bogard, & Nelson for this Silver Screen Breakdown of this 2010, fantasy football classic recap of season 2 of THE LEAGUE! Be sure to watch past episodes and make sure you follow on all podcast platforms!Mark Duplass - Pete EckhartStephen Rannazzisi - KevinNick Kroll - RuxinPaul Scheer - AndreJon Lajoie - TacoKatie Aselton - Jenny EPISODE 31Join Al...
2023-09-0458 min
Silver Screen BreakdownsThe League Season 2 (2010) Series Breakdown, ACT 1EPISODE 32, ACT 1Join Alex, Bogard, & Nelson for this Silver Screen Breakdown of this 2010, fantasy football classic recap of season 2 of THE LEAGUE! Be sure to watch past episodes and make sure you follow on all podcast platforms!Mark Duplass - Pete EckhartStephen Rannazzisi - KevinNick Kroll - RuxinPaul Scheer - AndreJon Lajoie - TacoKatie Aselton - Jenny EPISODE 31Join Al...
2023-09-0458 min
Silver Screen BreakdownsVegas Vacation (1997) Movie ReviewEPISODE 31Join Alex, Bogard, & Nelson for this Silver Screen Breakdown of this 1997, cult classic VEGAS VACATION! Be sure to watch past episodes and make sure you follow on all podcast platforms!Chevy Chase as Clark W. GriswoldBeverly D'Angelo as Ellen GriswoldEthan Embry as Russell "Rusty" Griswold. He was portrayed by Anthony Michael Hall, Jason Lively, and Johnny Galecki in the previous films.Marisol Nichols as Audrey Griswold. She was portrayed by Dana Barron, Dana Hill, and J...
2023-08-251h 17
The Health & Wealth Power HourTransforming Healthcare and Employee BenefitsIn this podcast episode, Deborah Ault and Nelson Griswold discuss the challenges and opportunities of reforming the healthcare system in the United States. They share their experiences and backgrounds in the healthcare industry, while also emphasizing the importance of quality healthcare and separating it from health insurance.Throughout the episode, the guests delve into the high cost of healthcare and insurance premiums, the misaligned incentives between employers and insurance companies, and the need for genuine medical management. They also highlight NextGen Benefits plans as a possible solution to these issues.By the end of...
2023-04-2045 min
Everything Is UpDisrupting The Healthcare System: Success Coaching for Effective Leadership Tools Taking You Beyond the Status Quo with Nelson GriswoldExperience a content-rich and thought-provoking podcast with other healthcare professionals and founders who are experts in their field. Every week, with host Tammera Hollerich, Everything Is Up exploring the current healthcare system, how to optimize it, and challenges that people face within it. On this episode, Tammera interviews Nelson Griswold, the founder and CEO of NextGen, a Tennessee-based healthcare consulting firm and co-founder of a peer-to-peer network of healthcare advisors and consultants, about patient outcomes and the impact of the healthcare industry. Nelson shares his thoughts on the current system, current challenges and practical solutions for employers. In addition...
2023-03-0854 min
The Granite List LiveDisrupting the Benefits Industry & Fixing the U.S. Health Care SystemWe're coming to you LIVE from this year's ASCEND Conference in New Orleans. To kick the series off, we sit down with Nelson Griswold to discuss the purpose of the conference and how it plays into his mission to reform and preserve the private health care system.
2023-02-0712 min
ValuClarityNelson Griswold and delivering value by delivering better for less.Nelson Griswold leads Next Gen benefits, a consultant-to-consultants who teaches benefits experts how to deliver better healthcare to employee populations at lower cost. We talked about how he does that, how so much of his effort is devoted to selling through a channel of healthcare consultants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-11-1437 min
Proud To Be NCSDEpisode 4 - The Wonderful World Of KindergartenFor the first time this school year, the Proud To Be NCSD Podcast moves out of the studio and into school classrooms…but not just any rooms! In this episode, we’re talking about all the excitement…and exhaustion…that comes with teaching fantastic, frenetic, filterless five-year-olds during the first six weeks of school. Curtis sits down after school with the ever-energetic kindergarten team at Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary: Angela Nelson, Anna Tsoi, and Karen Griswold.
2022-10-2028 min
LOL SoberIf it's going to be funny later... why not laugh now?If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!I am in a pretty spiritual place these days. Key word: pretty. By that, I mean, I have moments almost every day where I want to pull my hair out about something. That’s probably common amongst addicts and alcoholics… actually, that’s probably a human thing, isn’t it?One thing I noticed rece...
2022-08-0406 min
The Ovation Show w/ Dan LabroadRevolutionizing the Healthcare Industry with Michael Gorton and Nelson GriswoldIn this episode, Dan LaBroad speaks to Michael Gorton and Nelson Griswold about the state of the U.S. healthcare industry and what needs to change. Michael Gorton is a 14x Serial Entrepreneur who has created tens of billions of dollars in net worth from companies he has started.. As one of the pioneers of telemedicine and digital health, Gorton helped create, what is becoming a trillion-dollar industry. Nelson Griswold is chairman of the NextGen Benefits Network and founder and chairman of the ASCEND Agency Growth & Leadership Summit. He is a nationally-known agency reinvention and growth expert,
2022-02-111h 03
THE COUNTERFEIT SLEEP® PODCASTTCSP 52 -- Get Rid of the Health Care Middleman with Nelson Griswold (part 2)Get Rid of the Health Care Middleman with Nelson Griswold |
Here is the episode for listeners who want to spend less and get more!
This is part 2 of our conversation with Nelson Griswold, health care benefits visionary. If you haven’t listened to part 1, go ahead and download episode 51 now.
In episode 51, you learn:
How your workplace health care plan repels the top talent you’ve worked so hard to attract and
The jaw-dropping truth behind the online physician directories. (I can tell you after hearing Nelson’s insider insight, I will never use one again!)
After you listen to episode...
2022-02-0546 min
THE COUNTERFEIT SLEEP® PODCASTTCSP 51 -- Health Care Plans: Get More for Less with Nelson GriswoldHealth Care Plans: Get More for Less with Nelson Griswold |
And so it continues…the disruption of just about everything in the way we do business, including how we attract and retain top talent. Offerings like video interviews, remote opportunities, and even full “work from home” positions are now common. These and other employee-centric modifications make a business more attractive to top talent.
But in this high-stakes game of talent attraction, there is one offering that’s been overlooked. And it’s a valuable one…valuable to both employees and employers alike.
So what is this valuable but overlooked offering? Your workplace...
2022-01-2941 min
Best Seller PodcastBreaking Through the Status Quo by Nelson GriswoldNelson Griswold, author of Breaking Through the Status Quo: How Innovative Companies are Changing the Benefits Game to Help Their Employees and Boost Their Bottom Line tackles a very timely topic: healthcare costs. Griswold argues that “healthcare has become the second or third largest P&L line item, for every company in America.” He states that the problem lies with insurance companies telling CEOs, CFOs and other decision-makers they have no control over the cost of insurance. This is the biggest mistake companies are making – they have adopted that mentality for so long but the tide is slowly turning with the...
2021-11-2619 min
Dysrupt Healthcare PodcastLeading the Employee Benefits Revolution, with Nelson GriswoldLester Morales interviews Nelson Griswold, Founder of NextGen Benefits Network, to discuss the politics of healthcare and how insurance companies get away with consistently providing employers with less quality for more money. As a former public policy think tank member, Nelson goes in-depth about some of the issues surrounding politics and the American healthcare industry. The two benefits experts also touch upon actionable steps employers can take towards providing the highest quality of accessible and affordable healthcare independently.
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2021-07-0752 min
Making it Personal with Bishop William JoensenPriestly Ordination of Five Men - 6/18/21Bishop William Joensen visits with Father PJ McManus, pastor of Christ the King Parish in Des Moines, and Father Trevor Chicoine, pastor of St. Peter and Paul Parish in Atlantic, St. Mary Parish in Anita, canonical administrator at Our Lady of Grace Parish in Griswold and director of the Office of Worship. They are two of the emcees at next Friday’s ordination of five of our seminarians into the priesthood and they’ll tell us everything we need to know. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with...
2021-06-1828 min
The Ovation Show w/ Dan LabroadNelson Griswold and Healthcare BenefitsIn this episode, Dan LaBroad speaks to Nelson Griswold about Healthcare Benefits. Nelson Griswold is the Founder and Chairman of the NextGen Benefits Network. The NextGen Benefits Network is a national alliance of business consultants who work with CEOs and CFOs who want to take control of their health care spending to manage costs, improve the quality of care, and eliminate their employees’ out-of-pocket health care costs. https://nextgenbenefits.networkThis podcast is hosted by Dan LaBroad, CEO of Ovation Health & Life Services. https://ovationlife.com/Powered by Work Innovators Network https://www.workinnovators.com/
2021-04-2628 min
Great Lakes ChurchGood News, Part 1: Why is the Birth of Jesus Good News? // Dave Nelson As Christmas inches closer, our lives can quickly spiral into holiday chaos. It’s easy to be entirely consumed by last-minute Christmas shopping and decorating our houses like the Griswold family, but this year more than ever it’s important that we focus on the hope, joy, peace, and love that is found in the GOOD NEWS of Jesus’ birth.
2020-11-2937 min
All Business with Jeffrey HayzlettThe New Rules of Engagement in Healthcare and Cybersecurity with Nelson Griswold and Matt PreschernWe’re kicking off “Get America Back to Work” week with two heavyweights in their respective industries. Healthcare is in the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic. We all know where to go if we need treatment, but few of us understand the complex healthcare ecosystem. Cost is a big concern for customers, employers, and hospitals and today’s first guest is trying to change that. Nelson Griswold is Managing Director, NextGen Benefits Network where he helps businesses get the coverage their employees deserve without breaking the budget. Hear why he thinks your business needs a healthc...
2020-05-0451 min
It's about the triple aim!Valid Points: Meet Nelson Griswold President Bottom Line SolutionsOn this episode of Valid Points, our guest is Nelson L. Griswold President of BottomLine Solutions a Nashville based NexTGen Benefits Consulting and Advisory firm.
You can follow Nelson's work on the web via www.insurancebottomline.com and on twitter @nelsongriswold
Do mark your calendars for the ASCEND's'Agency Growth & Leadership Summit'January 9-12th, 2020 - Dallas, TX where top benefit firm leaders discover innovative strategies and industry solutions to grow their business.
Details on Ascend can be found at www.attendascend.com
Finally, for more cutting edge insights into the emerging value based health benefits advisory space be sure to subscribe...
2019-11-2727 min
Betamax Video ClubNational Lampoon's Christmas VacationHo ho ho!
It's still Christmas, so here is one of my favourite festive movies, the third in the Griswold Vacation saga.
Returning guest is Ben Baker, author of The Festive Double Issue - Forty Years Of Christmas TV and The Long Quiz Goodnight. Ben's previous appearance was on the Garbage Pail Kids episode, no come back, don't go!
The film wasn't released in UK cinemas so the number one song was the Band Aid 2 one which was Christmas number one in 1989.
2018-12-051h 06
Black-Eyed N BluesWhite Horse | BEB 326Playlist:
James Armstrong, Early Grave,
Stone Stanley, Beast Inside,
Bumper Jackson, White Horse,
The Tearaways, Little Bit Of Love,
Joyann Parker, Take My Heart And Run,
Waydown Wailers, Back Door Woman Blues,
Steve Howell And The Mighty Men, Bacon Fat,
Danielle Nicole, Crawl,
Keeshea Pratt Band, Have A Good Time Y’all,
The Norman Jackson Band, Water Faucet,
Lurrie Bell & The Bell Dynasty, Gone To Main Street,
Jeff Jensen, Pretend Forevers,
Bridget Kelly Band, Trouble In Texas,
Buddy Guy, Blue No More (with James Ba...
2018-06-132h 12
Cine por los codos1X14: El de John Hughes¡HEMOS LLEGADO A FIN DE CURSO!
Y qué mejor manera de despedir la temporada que repasando la vida, la obra, e intentando resolver el misterio tras los últimos años del tristemente desaparecido John Hughes, quien, en un periodo alucinantemente corto, se convirtió en uno de los cineastas más influyentes de la historia del cine. Encontraréis todo esto y mucho más!
INTRO: Las travesuras de fin de curso de Óscar y Toni, la cantidad de exámenes que dan en España vs. Reino Unido, pelis poco apropiadas para ver en el cole y los muy distintos comienzos a...
2017-07-034h 41
Black Mountain Institute PodcastBlack Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #131: Breaking Silence: Women Writing on Crime, Conspiracy, and Cruelty - 03/14/16Black Mountain Institute welcomes three extraordinary writers who explore the myths and untruths of society and culture through the stories of silenced women. The stories of female truthtellers is the key to understanding a society’s (often corrupt) power structure. Maggie Nelson is an American poet, critic, and author of five non-fiction books, including the recent bestselling The Argonauts. Eliza Griswold is a poet, journalist and non-fiction author who writes for The New Yorker. Sally Denton is a journalist and author of eight books of narrative history, including The Profiteers: Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World that will be...
2016-11-1600 min
Hit the Mark!Episode 196: Hit the Mark at the 17th Annual Del Close Marathon!For the 3rd year in a row we are at DCM. Featuring:Phil Jackson, Martin Ryder, Darrel Haynes, Scott Friedstein, AJ McKeon, Amy Secunda, Josh Phillips, Clif Henning, Stefan Schuette,Cory Willis, Patrick Cotnoir, Ken McGraw, Kyle Ewert, Austin Rye, Ryan Haney, Hunter Nelson, Ari Voukydis,
Brian Kelly, Rob Spenser, Mike Still, Andy Bustillos, Zach Willis,Jon Henry, Alex Otis, Jewel Galbraith, Brady O’Callahan, Max Cardilla, Eliza Kingsbury, Mike Luciano, Chris Griswold, Kiera Jefferson, Erin Triplett, Marshall Louise, Jaime Lutz, Lily Brown, Ann Marie Yoo, Jon Bershad
Also the sound is crazy towards the end, I did the best i...
2015-06-021h 27
The ShiftShapers PodcastEp #25: Back to the Sales Basics - With Nelson GriswoldThis week, it is a privilege to be speaking to a principal of Bottom Line Solutions, Nelson Griswold. Nelson is a prolific public speaker and columnist whose audiences know him as a thought leader and authority in the area of consultative selling. He is also the author of the industry best-seller book, Do or Die.I invited Nelson to the program to talk about the shift that PPACA has brought and why going back to the basics of selling is the way to go. Don’t miss this episode’s advice from one of the leading sales auth...
2014-09-2826 min