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You Are The GenreSeason 1 Finale! - [Tim Barnes] Is The Genre? w/ guest host Rob SchulteTables get turned as former guest Rob Schulte (Vanderpump Robs) interviews You Are The Genre host Tim Barnes as part of the Doin' It with Mike Sacks podcast. Tim also uses this time to give listeners the YEARLY NUDGE toward upgrading to a paid subscription to the newsletter to further support the podcast an newsletter!Subscribe now /Give a gift subscriptionRob Schulte is a self-proclaimed influencer who uses his powers of editing and charisma to produce more podcasts than what most people would consider “humanly possible.”Listen to episodes a week earlier than...2024-11-1847 min
The Practice of Nonprofit LeadershipPlanning Matters More Than Ever: Election Reaction From Tim and Nathan.Send us a textIs it possible for leaders to truly navigate the stormy seas of political upheaval with grace and purpose? On today's episode, Tim and Nathan provide their thoughts about the election and the ongoing rhetoric and conversation on social media, in the news media, and face to face. The discussion also centers on responding correctly as nonprofit leaders and actions that can be taken to do so.Nonprofit leaders are encouraged to take the following actions:Be strategic in your responseGet input from the BoardTake the time to get di...2024-11-0919 min
You Are The Genre[Tim Platt] Is The GenreTim Barnes chats with comedian Tim Platt about telling jokes through music, the impact of Jim Carrey, and the inspiration behind his new comedy record, TEETH LIKE BEAK, out now out now with Abso Lutely Records.Bandcamp AppleMusic AmazonMusic SpotifyTim Platt is a comedian, actor, and musician based in Brooklyn, NY. His debut comedy album of jokes and songs, TEETH LIKE BEAK, is dropping in September 2024 with Abso Lutely Records. He was selected as one of Comedy Central’s Up Next Variety Comedians at Clusterfest as well as a Kickstarter Creator-In-Residence. Along with being a cas...2024-10-281h 04
You Are The Genre[Tananarive Due] Is The GenreTim Barnes chats with horror novelist and screenwriter Tananarive Due about balancing the worlds of screenwriting with prose writing, and taking the leap from journalism to fiction.TANANARIVE DUE (tah-nah-nah-REEVE doo) is an award-winning author who teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA. She is an executive producer on Shudder's groundbreaking documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. She and her husband/collaborator, Steven Barnes, wrote "A Small Town" for Season 2 of Jordan Peele’s "The Twilight Zone" on Paramount Plus, and two segments of Shudder’s anthology film Horror Noire. They also co-wrote their upcoming Blac...2024-08-261h 03
You Are The Genre[Andrew Nadeau] Is The GenreTim Barnes chats with comedian/writer Andrew Nadeau about his early fascination with jokes on TV, navigating a comedy career while managing a chronic illness, and launching the social media branding company (Tim hopes that’s the right way to describe it) Persona Essential.Andrew Nadeau is a writer and comedian known for specializing in personal content creation. From first working with names like Netflix, Nasdaq and Redpoint Ventures Andrew’s background as a stand up led him to focus on writing for the voices within a company rather than just the company itself. Beyond just social medi...2024-06-171h 04
You Are The Genre[Mychal Denzel Smith] Is The GenreTim Barnes chats with writer Mychal Denzel Smith (Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching and Stakes Is High) about his passion for mysteries, early attempts at screenwriting, and grappling with perception as he navigates his career.You might also recognize Mychal from Tim’s [TEXT MESSAGE] interview with him for the newsletter:Mychal Denzel Smith is the author of the New York Times bestseller Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching and Stakes Is High, winner of the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction. He is a Puffin Fellow at Type Media Center, and Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at Hun...2024-06-101h 07
You Are The Genre[Molly McAleer] Is The GenreTim Barnes chats with comedy writer and podcaster Molly McAleer about her journey from blogs, to television, to her own Solid Listen podcast network.Molly McAleer is one of the three co-founders of the popular female friendly website HelloGiggles and a writer for CBS’s Two Broke Girls. She has worked in traditional and online media for over a decade and prides herself on her ability to spot talent in the wild. She used this skill while successfully helping to develop hundreds of young writers at the website she co-founded, Hello Giggles. After reintroducing herself to the podca...2024-03-251h 04
You Are The Genre[Freddie Nunez] Is The GenreTim Barnes chats with musician/singer/songwriter Freddie Nunez about how his journey from ballads, to rock, to country intersected with his path toward sobriety.Freddie’s recent work includes Missin’ You, Trains of Faith, and Left Hand Path.He's loaned his voice to Laurence Made Me Cry for her album Diary of Me, provided the title music for the comedy podcast It's All True, with Tim Barnes, before working with Terry Caudill (Flashlights) for his his album, Heaven's in Your Head. Fans and supporters relate to his constantly evolving sound, to the expan...2024-03-1859 min
You Are The Genre[Rob Schulte] Is The GenreTim Barnes chats with podcaster Rob Schulte about his journey from high school theater to producing podcasts at networks like Maximum Fun, Team Coco and Sonar + hosting his own Vanderpump Robs podcast about the Bravo series ‘Vanderpump Rules.’Rob Schulte is a self-proclaimed influencer who uses his powers of editing and charisma to produce more podcasts than what most people would consider “humanly possible.”He also has a live show coming up March 30, 8pm at The Pack Theater in Los Angeles.Listen to episodes a week earlier than the rest by selectin...2024-03-1157 min
You Are The Genre[Mary Rambaran-Olm] Is The GenreTim Barnes chats with literary historian, paleographer, and activist Mary Rambaran-Olm about her love of 80s cartoons, yarn work, and revealing the diverse history of the medieval era. Dr. Mary Rambaran-Olm is a public scholar who examines the many contributions of non-white people in early England, despite it often figuring in scholarship as a uniformly white period. Relying heavily on cultural theorist Stuart Hall and post-colonial theorist Dipesh Chakrabarty, she explores both the rich contributions that non-white people made to the culture of early Medieval England from the fifth to the eleventh century.Listen to...2024-02-2648 min
You Are The Genre[James III] Is The GenreTim Barnes chats with actor, comedian, writer, and comic book creator James III about navigating the industry through multiple genres and mediums. And, in the process, learns how a childhood interest in cartoons led to a lifetime of avoiding labels — the same way Bugs Bunny avoids Elmer Fudd.James III is an American writer, producer and actor best known for Co-Creating and Co-Starring in the Netflix sketch series Astronomy Club (2019). James served as a Consulting Producer on the Nickelodeon series Young Dylan (2020) and was a Staff Writer on the reboot of All That (2019)....2024-02-1956 min
You Are The Genre[Milly Tamarez] Is The GenreTim Barnes chats with comedian Milly Tamarez of the Go Touch Grass podcast about her journey from doing every possible extra curricular activity in Florida to being a comedic multi-hyphenate in New York. Milly most recently wrote for ABC's The Celebrity Dating Game, Jason Biggs’ Cash At Your Door on E!, WWE’s Friday Night Smackdown, NPR's weekly news quiz show, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. Milly is also co-host for a female-led political and pop culture podcast, The Betches Sup.She’s also one of the creators and producers of Flexx (a satire magazine for pe...2024-02-1258 min
You Are The Genre[Steven Castillo] Is The GenreIs Steven Castillo a standup comic, filmmaker, sketch performer, or sketch writer? Who cares?! He’s Steven FREAKIN’ Castillo! And he joins Tim Barnes in a conversation that charts his path from making home movies with his siblings to writing for Saturday Night Live. Listen to episodes a week earlier than the rest by selecting a paid subscription to the newsletter!Merch and more are coming soon at YouAreTheGenre.comCREDITS:* Host: Tim Barnes* Guest: Steven Castillo* Theme Song: “You Are The Ge...2024-02-0556 min
You Are The Genre[Eliza Cossio] Is The GenreFor this inaugural episode of You Are The Genre, host Tim Barnes welcomes Eliza Cossio — who accidentally inspired Tim to create the podcast during a text interview in his Letters From African America newsletter. Together they chart her path from being a little girl questioning religion in California, to writing for The Daily Show in New York and later embracing her inner genre by moving back to the west coast to write on shows like This Fool on Hulu, Our Flag Means Death on MAX, and One Day At A Time on Netflix as well as directing and writing he...2024-01-151h 02
It's All True!Tim's New Podcast! "You Are The Genre"Tim Barnes introduces listeners to the You Are The Genre podcast featuring clips from upcoming interviews with Eliza Cossio, Mike Sacks, Ashley Ray, Steven Castillo, Zach Cherry, Milly Tamarez, James III, Freddie Nunez, and Greg Iwinski.Tune in for new episodes every Monday! Or, become a paid subscriber to listen ahead each week. For instance, paid subscribers can listen to the first full episode of the podcast with Eliza Cossio now!CREDITS:* Host: Tim Barnes* Theme Song: “You Are The Genre” by Freddie Nunez* Music Engineer: Adam Smith (@a_scug...2024-01-0805 min
You Are The Genre[This Trailer] Is The GenreTim Barnes introduces listeners to the You Are The Genre podcast featuring clips from upcoming interviews with Eliza Cossio, Mike Sacks, Ashley Ray, Steven Castillo, Zach Cherry, Milly Tamarez, James III, Freddie Nunez, and Greg Iwinski.Tune in for new episodes every Monday! Or, become a paid subscriber to listen ahead each week. For instance, paid subscribers can listen to the first full episode of the podcast with Eliza Cossio now!CREDITS:* Host: Tim Barnes* Theme Song: “You Are The Genre” by Freddie Nunez* Music Engi...2024-01-0804 minThe Practice of Nonprofit LeadershipMastering the Art of Budgeting for Non-Profit Organizations - Part 1Send us a textReady to supercharge your non-profit's budgeting process? Join us, your hosts Tim Barnes and Nathan Ruby, as we disclose the keys to effective financial planning for non-profit organizations. We guarantee you'll walk away with actionable strategies to align your budget with your organization's mission, identify opportunities, and assess what's working and what's not. Our candid conversations will highlight the importance of thinking big and planning strategically, giving you the tools you need to flourish in the non-profit world.Here are the 5 key points when putting together your nonprofit budget:2023-11-0835 minThe Practice of Nonprofit LeadershipSummer School for Leaders: Enhancing Your Skills through the Lens of Elementary MathSend us a textAre you ready to sharpen your leadership skills this summer? No school bus or homework involved, just a fresh perspective on leadership through the lens of elementary math. Join your hosts, Tim Barnes and Nathan Ruby, as they challenge you to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, not numbers, but aspects of your personal and organizational leadership. Tune in and let's go back to summer school together!Resource Mentioned in the Podcast: Atomic Habits by Jame ClearSupport the show2023-06-2825 minThe Practice of Nonprofit LeadershipNonprofit Financial Statements And The Story They Tell.Send us a textNumbers. Especially numbers on a financial statement. Did you realize that numbers tell a story...the story of the priorities, focus, effectiveness, and challenges of an organization.On today's episode, Tim and Nathan dive into the primary financial statements that a nonprofit should have and the story they each tell. Tim breaks down each statement and what to be looking for. 4 practical tips are provided to Executive Directors on what to do with the financial statements and what to look for.Here are three links to resources that...2023-05-3138 minThe Practice of Nonprofit Leadership3 Types of Nonprofit Events and How to Use ThemSend us a textGolf tournaments, 5ks, or banquets. Are you planning an event for your nonprofit?On today's episode , Tim and Nathan discuss the 3 primary types of nonprofit events and how they best fit with you and your organization. They answer the question as to whether every event is a fundraiser, share the key secret to every event, and provide a "pro tip" at the end of the episode.The Hosts of The Practice of NonProfit Leadership:Tim Barnes serves as the Executive Vice...2023-05-2432 minThe Practice of Nonprofit Leadership3 Documents to Pay Attention to Before It's Too Late.Send us a textOften the things that are important but not urgent are set aside and forgotten...until it's too late. On today's episode, Tim and Nathan discuss three of those items: Board meeting minutes, Donor notes, and Bylaws. The items are discussed as to their importance and practical steps to keep them updated and ready to use are shared.The Hosts of The Practice of NonProfit Leadership:Tim Barnes serves as the Executive Vice President of International Association for Refugees (IAFR) and can...2023-05-1732 minThe Practice of Nonprofit LeadershipMental Health and the Executive DirectorSend us a textMay is Mental Health Awareness Month and today's episode is focused on how Mental Health can impact an Executive Director's leadership. Mental Health expert and national youth speaker, Brittany Richmond, joins Tim and Nathan to discuss his important topic.For more information about Brittany's work or to contact her, you can go here.Mentioned in this podcast: The Gap and Gain by Dan SullivanThe Hosts of The Practice of NonProfit Leadership:Tim Barnes serves as the...2023-05-1033 minThe Practice of Nonprofit LeadershipSocial Media and the NonprofitSend us a textOn todays episode, Tim and Nathan discuss social media policy and practice with Sabrina Burkiewicz , an independent communication consultant. Some of the topics they explore are:Why does a nonprofit need a defined social media policy and what components should be part of an effective policy? Who is included in the policy and what happens if the policy is violated?What is the best way to use social media as a nonprofit?How should social media be used in a crisis?Sabrina Burkiewicz has 18 years of corporate and nonprofit pu...2023-05-0331 minThe Practice of Nonprofit LeadershipPerfectionism....The Challenge to DelegationSend us a textAs a follow up to Episode 75 on Delegation, today's episode of PNPL looks at how perfectionism gets in the way of nonprofit leaders ability to delegate. In their discussion, Tim and Nathan provide 4 actions to take that can help stop perfectionism getting in the way of needed delegation.The Hosts of The Practice of NonProfit Leadership:Tim Barnes serves as the Executive Vice President of International Association for Refugees (IAFR) and can be contacted at tim@iafr.org. Nathan Ruby serves as...2023-04-2622 minThe Practice of Nonprofit LeadershipMeetings...Yes, No, Or Just Send An Email?Send us a textDo you feel like your life is just a series of meetings? Do you really need all those meetings when leading a nonprofit?On today's episode, Tim and Nathan dive into "all things meetings". In their discussion they explore the following questions: What are the typical kinds of meetings in a nonprofit? What makes for a successful meeting?How do you know when you need a meeting and or when you don't?Resource mentioned in the podcast: Death By Meeting - Patrick LencioniThe...2023-04-1934 minThe Practice of Nonprofit LeadershipGetting Everyone On The Same PageSend us a textThere are lots of stakeholders in a nonprofit organization, from the Board to staff, volunteers, and donors. One of the big challenges for an Executive Director is help them all get on the same page, ensuring organizational alignment.On today's episode, Tim dives into the topic of organizational alignment by sharing 3 benefits that comes from being organizationally aligned and 5 actions that an Executive Director can take to help move all the stakeholders to operate on the same page.The Hosts of The Practice of NonProfit Leadership:2023-04-1213 min