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Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture PodcastAvalon: Deep Thoughts About Family, Money Psychology, and Waiting to Cut the TurkeySend us a text"Where are the people who know where the people are?"On today's episode, Tracie introduces Emily to the 1990 Barry Levinson film Avalon, the director's love letter to Baltimore and his own Jewish immigrant family. The movie follows the Krichinskys from 1914 through to the 1960s as the large, tight-knit, extended family moves, changes, assimilates, and fractures. As a lifelong Baltimorean and the great-great-granddaughter of a Jewish immigrant from Europe, Tracie feels seen by Levinson's story, and she recognizes the ways in which American culture, money, and changing technology have altered f...2025-05-0651 min
The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie RootThe Bold and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie Root, With guest Jana LaneSend us a text🎙️ The Bold and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie RootFinding Your True North with Life Coach Jana Lane✨ Episode DescriptionHave you ever felt like you were going through the motions, living a life that looked great on paper but left you wanting something more?In this inspiring and heartfelt episode, Tracie sits down with *Jana Lane*, the vibrant and wise “True North Life Coach,” who shares her bold journey from decades in retail and mortgage to a life of purpose as a transformational coach. After moving...2025-04-1542 min
The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie RootThe Bold and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie Root, with guest Lisa CondonSend us a textThe Bold and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie Root, with guest Lisa Condon🎧 Episode Summary: In this episode of the Bold and Brilliant podcast, Tracie is joined by Lisa Condon, a life strategist and business coach. Lisa shares her inspiring journey from corporate life to creating a fulfilling career helping others discover their purpose, values, and passions. Lisa also talks about the bold decision that transformed her work with clients and how she helps them achieve their personal and professional goals through value-based and gratitude-focused conversations.✨ What You’ll Learn in This...2025-03-1832 min
The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie RootYour BOLD New YearSend us a textEpisode Title: Your Bold New YearStepping Into Brilliance in 2025🎙️ Episode Summary: In this Bonus episode of the Bold and Brilliant Podcast, host Tracie Root shares powerful messages about what it means to have a bold new year. Drawing inspiration from the Bold New Year Summit hosted by The Gather Community and including clips from some of the amazing speakers from that event, Tracie encourages listeners to step into 2025 with bravery, ownership, leadership, and decisiveness. This episode is perfect for entre...2025-03-1315 min
2 Knit Lit ChicksEpisode 298: Tracie Wears a Nerf FootballRecorded Saturday, February 22, 2025  Barb and Tracie are both appalled at what has been happening since the Trump inauguration. What can we do? Call your representatives Sign up at Indivisible - STOP THE TRUMP-MUSK COUP February 28 - Economic Blackout - no purchases in person or online. thepeoplesunionusa.com is planning a series of boycott days - I will post the link and all of the dates in the show notes  Please join our  Colorwork KAL! Here are the details:  Starts 2/1/25, ends on 5/1/25  Any project with colorwork - could be stranded...2025-02-2559 min
The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie RootThe Bold and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie Root - Put more Life in your LifeSend us a textThe Bold and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie Root - Put More Life in Your LifeAre you truly living your life, or just going through the motions? In this heartfelt solo episode, I’m diving into what it means to put more life into your life—how to step out of survival mode, say YES to yourself, embrace community, and take bold action to create the life you truly want. After experiencing deep personal loss and navigating major life transitions, I realized that choosing to be fully prese...2025-02-0421 min
The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie RootThe Bold and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie Root - From Gather to The Gather CommunitySend us a textEpisode Summary: In this episode, Tracie Root shares the story of how Gather evolved into The Gather Community, exploring the lessons learned along the way—from transitioning from in-person events to creating an online community during the pandemic, to overcoming obstacles and building a supportive space for women to thrive.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:How Tracie transitioned from a corporate career to becoming a coach and entrepreneur.The journey of creating an in-person space for community events in Santa Cruz, California.Challenges faced duri...2025-01-2114 min
The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie RootThe Bold and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie Root - Be BOLD in your Life and BusinessSend us a textBe BOLD in Your Life and BusinessWelcome to the Bold and Brilliant Podcast! In this empowering debut episode, Tracie Root, founder of The Gather Community and your host, shares her deeply personal and inspiring journey of launching a podcast that's been a dream for years. This episode is filled with insights, encouragement, and actionable steps to help you be bold in your life and business.Highlights from This Episode:The Bold Vision Behind the Podcast: Discover how Tracie turned her dream into reality...2025-01-2115 min
Indispensable PeopleFostering Authentic Relationships in Faith CommunitiesSend us a textHave you ever considered how your church community perceives and includes people with disabilities? This thought-provoking episode of Indispensable People, featuring Tracie Corll—teacher, pastor, and missionary—compels us to confront the often overlooked and challenging realities faced by individuals with disabilities within the church and society. Tracie shares heart-wrenching personal experiences and deeply moving stories of individuals who feel misunderstood and underrepresented. She emphasizes the critical need for churches to create inclusive programs and opportunities, enabling everyone to serve and be part of the community. Through the story of a woman misled abou...2024-09-0615 min
Metafit Metamind PodcastEp 89 - Navigating Life & Career Changes and Building Resilience with Tracie RootSend us a textIn this week's episode of the Metafit Metamind Podcast, I had the honor of hosting Tracie Root, an inspiring coach and community builder. Tracie opens up about her journey from a corporate career in Silicon Valley to becoming a widowed mother, and eventually transitioning into a successful coach.We dive into her experiences of balancing ambition with personal well-being, the impact of significant life changes, and the transformative power of mindset and personal growth.Tracie also shares valuable insights on the importance of choice and the interconnectedness of mental...2024-08-1832 min
Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture PodcastDeep Thoughts about Jurassic ParkSend us a textHold on to your butts!On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Emily shares her analysis of the 1993 film Jurassic Park. She describes the thrill of being the target audience for a summer blockbuster (she was 14 when it came out) and her discomfort with how the book portrayed the only two female characters as an annoying child and a cardboard cutout with breasts. She and Tracie talk about how the film that teaches us that life finds a way makes for an unexpected (and unintended) allegory for the importance of re...2024-07-161h 11
Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture PodcastDeep Thoughts about The Last UnicornSend us a textMagic! Do as you will!Tracie brings her deep thoughts about the 1982 animated film The Last Unicorn, a lesser-known but beloved part of the traumatizing 80s movie canon. With gorgeous animation–the studio went on to become Studio Ghibli–this film tells an odd story about how mortality allows us to feel regret and reminds us there are no happy endings because there are no endings. Tracie and Emily’s conversation ranges from sublime (the gendered nature of power) to the ridiculous (I’m engaged to a Douglas fir!) and enjoys many pit...2024-07-091h 18
Digital Business Your WayBuyer Behavior vs Business Success: When it feels like tension, what do you do?Adapting to Changing Buyer Behaviors in a Sophisticated MarketIn this episode of Cocktails, Coffee, and Conversations™, host Tracie Patterson explores strategies for business owners to understand and adapt to changing buyer behaviors amid heightened market sophistication. Tracie debunks the myth that 'no one is buying' and emphasizes the importance of details, differentiation, and loyalty in offers. She discusses how consumer behavior is a reflection of economic trends and encourages listeners to adjust their business tactics accordingly. Tracie also introduces her Speakeasy Sales Salon™ program, designed to provide personalized coaching and business strategies for sustainable success.00...2024-06-2512 min2 Knit Lit ChicksEpisode 288: I will get it started post hasteRecorded Wednesday, June 12, 2024 Book talk begins at 16:04  Our Summer Top KAL is has ended. Thank you so much to everyone who participated, and please listen to the end of the episode to hear our list of prize-winners.  Our annual Mother Bear KAL has begun and will run until August 31. To find out all about this wonderful charity, please go to Mother Bear Project website.  Talk bears with us in the Mother Bear Chatter thread and post your finished bears in the FOs thread.  Any bears you have knit in 20...2024-06-141h 06
Digital Business Your WayAMA: Layering Excitement with Transparency and What to Do When You Don't Know EverythingLayering Excitement and Overcoming Expert Fears in BusinessIn this episode of 'Cocktails, Coffee, and Conversations™' with Tracie, she answers listeners' questions about how to balance excitement with conscientious selling and how to handle fears of not having all the answers as a supposed expert. Tracie offers practical advice for capturing ideas without judgment, aligning them with audience needs, and reframing fears to contribute meaningfully to conversations. She also shares a free resource on creating effective 'Work With Me' pages and encourages business owners to embrace transparency and authenticity.00:00 Introduction to Cocktails, Coffee, and Co...2024-06-1119 min2 Knit Lit ChicksEpisode 287: That's My Tale of WoeListen Recorded on May 28, 2024 Book talk begins at 22:55 ANNOUNCEMENTS and NEWS: Our Summer Tops KAL is almost over, going until to June 1, 2024. Prizes winners will be announced in Episode 288! Our next KAL will be our annual Mother Bear KAL.  DATES:  6/1/24 - 8/31/24 To find out all about this wonderful charity, please go to Mother Bear Project website.  Talk bears with us in the Mother Bear Chatter thread and post your finished bears in the FOs thread.  Tracie and Barb had a discussion about the excellent...2024-05-311h 02
Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture PodcastDeep Thoughts about the Spice GirlsSend us a textI really really really wanna zig-a-zig-AH!On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Tracie and Emily delve into the global phenomenon of the Spice Girls. Tracie explains how she saw the inevitability of Spicy world domination while living in London in 1997 and decided to embrace the manufactured pop group’s grrl power, despite feeling leery of the mixed messages these sexualized young women were sending. Though the group became a feminism gateway for a number of young girls (and inspired Adele!) and emphasized the importance of friendship and solidarity, the sist...2024-05-211h 12
Digital Business Your WayCreating lasting fans & buyers with The HowIn this episode, Tracie challenges the common marketing advice that discourages sharing the 'how' in sales messaging. She argues that by detailing how a product or service fits into a potential buyer's daily life, marketers can connect more deeply with their audience. Tracie emphasizes the importance of demonstrating the practical application of solutions, rather than just theorizing about their benefits. She uses the example of healthy living to illustrate how people struggle to translate general advice into actionable steps that fit into their busy lives. Tracie suggests that by showing customers how a product or service can realistically be...2024-05-0710 min
Digital Business Your WayLabeling vs. Describing in Sales: Unveiling the True Meaning of WordsIn this 'Cocktails, Coffee, and Conversations' podcast episode with Tracie, we reframe sales messaging for a positive impact where the focus is on the importance of properly understanding and utilizing sales terminology, particularly 'pain points' and 'objections', in messaging. Tracie describes the common misconception that makes sales language seem negative and suggests a shift from simply labeling to more descriptive, insightful communication. She emphasizes the significance of recognizing 'pain points' as the audience's current situation and 'objections' as their need for more information rather than outright rejections. The episode also introduces the concept of an 'offer' as a strategic...2024-04-2316 min2 Knit Lit ChicksEpisode 285: We're Just Wearing Our Most Luscious Sweaters TodayRecorded on April 15, 2024 Book talk starts at 25:36 Our Summer Tops KAL has begun and goes until to June 1, 2024. It needs to be an adult-sized top that you consider to be appropriate for use in the summer, and we will leave the parameters of that to you! Come chat with us about summer tops on our KAL thread, and check out our Summer Tops bundle for pattern ideas! Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom  EVENTS Tracie and Barb will NoCKRs - April 25-28, 2024 at the St Francis Retreat Center...2024-04-181h 11
Digital Business Your WayAMA: The Lead Magnet Dilemma and StrategyMaximizing Lead Magnet Effectiveness and Audience EngagementIn this episode of Cocktails, Coffee, and Conversations, host Tracie discusses the importance of selecting and creating the right lead magnet for your audience to support your business effectively. She answers a listener's question about improving a lead magnet that isn't performing as expected. Tracie emphasizes the need to align lead magnets with one's brand and overall offer suite and the significance of understanding one's audience to achieve better conversion rates. She also touches on the role of traffic sources and their impact on conversion. The conversation includes insights on...2024-04-0922 min
Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture PodcastDeep Thoughts about Veronica Mars with Joanna ChurchSend us a text“This face right here is my over the moon face.”This week, Tracie and Emily welcome Joanna Church to share her Deep Thoughts about the television show Veronica Mars. Between trying to recap the telenovela-sounding plot to Tracie (coma babies! children switched at birth! a school bus that drives off a cliff and explodes!), Joanna explains how this hilarious teenage noir teaches us that there is no justice, people cannot reinvent themselves, only become who they truly are, and that all we can hope to have is meaningful relationships. Grab...2024-04-091h 12
Digital Business Your WayYour Power as a Business Owner: From Pressure to Empowerment in Digital EntrepreneurshipIn this episode of Cocktails, Coffee, and Conversations, host Tracie, a business rebel and digital entrepreneur, explores the challenges and misconceptions around selling within the online business realm. Tracie discusses how the fear and negativity surrounding sales tactics can drive entrepreneurs to either extreme approaches or complete avoidance, potentially harming their business. Emphasizing the power of choice in how we present and conduct our business, she encourages listeners to take active steps in reshaping their sales approach to align with values that reject oppressive systems and embrace genuine, positive change. By observing, analyzing, and acting on our...2024-04-0318 min
Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture PodcastDeep Thoughts about Trading PlacesSend us a textLooking good, Tracie! Feeling good, Emily!On this week’s Deep Thoughts, Emily analyzes Trading Places, the film that taught her what a short sale is, how a bookie works, and that she is most definitely a money nerd. While the film offers a pointed critique of capitalism and racism, it undercuts its own message with the truly weird train/costume party scene and the random bikini-clad women on the beach at the end. Tracie and Emily also tell the story of how Jamie Lee Curtis happened to be at Emily’s we...2024-04-021h 052 Knit Lit ChicksEpisode 284: They Go to the Dumpster Behind the McDonalds Listen Recorded on Saturday, March 30, 2024 Book talk starts at 20:45 Our Summer Tops KAL has begun and goes until to June 1, 2024. It needs to be an adult-sized top that you consider to be appropriate for use in the summer, and we will leave the parameters of that to you! Come chat with us about summer tops on our KAL thread, and check out our Summer Tops bundle for pattern ideas!  Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom  EVENTS  Tracie and Barb will NoCKRs - April 2...2024-03-311h 002 Knit Lit ChicksEpisode 283: The Acid Green Is Not Functioning as a Neutral?Recorded on March 14, 2024 Book talk begins at 21:00 Our Summer Tops KAL has begun and goes until to June 1, 2024. It needs to be an adult-sized top that you consider to be appropriate for use in the summer, and we will leave the parameters of that to you! Come chat with us about summer tops on our KAL thread, and check out our Summer Tops bundle for pattern ideas!  Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom  EVENTS Tracie and Barb will NoCKRs - April 25-28, 2024 at the St Francis...2024-03-1754 min
Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture PodcastDeep Thoughts about Rocky Horror Picture ShowSend us a textLet’s do the time warp agaaaaaain! (Except with ongoing enthusiastic consent this time, mkay?)This week, Emily and Tracie talk aboutthe beloved 1975 film Rocky Horror Picture Show. From its influence on culture, fashion, music, and film to its catchy AF songs, there’s a lot to love in this genre-bending gender-bending mashup of B horror/sci fi, musical theater, drag culture, and comedy. But despite Rocky Horror’s important strides forward for LGBTQ acceptance, there’s some ugly (and period appropriate) disregard for consent.Listen in as Emily and Trac...2024-02-1351 min
Exotic Pets™Did Tracie's Childhood Rabbit Need Orthodontics?#253: Dr. Doug Mader explains how important dental care is for all rabbits and what happens when it is neglected. He answers Tracie's question about whether her childhood veterinarian really did suggest braces for one of her rabbits with buck teeth.2024-02-1219 min2 Knit Lit ChicksEpisode 279: It's Definitely a CakeRecorded on January 7, 2024 Book talk starts at 13:26 Our annual Fall Sweater KAL is almost over!  Stay tuned for our next KAL which will be announced in Episode 280. Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom EVENTS Tracie and Barb will be at: Northern California Knitting Retreat (fondly known as "NoCKRs) April 25. - 28, 2024 KNITTING Tracie finished: NOT ONE DAMN THING Barb Finished: Donner by Elizabeth Doherty. Using Knit Picks Lindy Chain in the Sage Brush colorway Tracie is Working on: Jen by Josée...2024-01-1253 min
Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture PodcastDeep Thoughts about Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern TEASERSend us a textIt takes a special person to impress a dragon.In this bonus episode, Tracie shares deep thoughts about the science fiction and fantasy novel series the Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey. From her early exhilaration of discovering fantasy novels with female protagonists to her current discomfort upon realizing the essentialist nature of dragon/rider pairings, Tracie shares with Emily how McCaffrey’s world made her a reader…and why it deserves a second look with a more critical eye.Throw on your earbuds and join us as we batt...2024-01-0915 min
Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture PodcastDeep Thoughts about The NeverEnding StorySend us a textThe Nothing, depressed horses, and dead moms–The Neverending Story! (Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh…)For this week’s episode, Emily shares her deep thoughts with Tracie about the 1984 film The Neverending Story, a childhood favorite with seriously dark undertones. She talks about how the original story was written as an anti-authoritarian fairy tale by a German survivor of the Third Reich, why she still gets goosebumps when the Childlike Empress knows about the children watching the film, and the surprising fact that Emily and Tracie’s father considered taking a hammer to their VHS copy of...2023-11-2848 min
Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture PodcastDeep Thoughts about Fraggle RockSend us a textThe Trash Heap has spoken! NYEAH!This week, Tracie takes a deep dive into Fraggle Rock, the 1980s children’s TV show that Jim Henson hoped would bring about the end to war (really!). The Fraggles, Doozers, Gorgs, and Silly Creatures of Outer Space (not to mention an anthropomorphic pile of trash) taught children how to resolve conflicts with people who are different from them, respect the traditions and beliefs of others, and listen rather than assume. But even a well-intentioned and adorable show from the mind of a genius can of...2023-11-1454 minDeep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture PodcastDeep Thoughts about Anime with Lynette DavisSend us a textFrom Dragon Ball Z to Sailor Moon, Studio Ghibli to Death Note, anime is a major hole in Emily and Tracie’s pop culture knowledge. So they were delighted to welcome writer, spiritual director, mental health peer advocate, and self-professed Blerd (Black nerd) Lynette Davis on the show to share her experience of being an anime fan since childhood.The wide-ranging discussion covers everything from Emily and Tracie’s misconceptions about anime (it’s a medium, not a genre) to what gate-keeping can look like in fandoms that are predominantly white and ma...2023-11-0759 minDeep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture PodcastDeep Thoughts about Disney's Robin HoodSend us a textOdelaly and Criminitly! The 1973 animated Robin Hood (with the foxes) is as familiar as matzo-ball soup, but what’s lurking in the comfort?From treatment of gender (not only a lack of representation but also the performance of gender) to the surprisingly (or maybe not-so-suprisingly?) anti-anti-authoritarian message to the quietly queer-coded villains to the stick-to-your-own-kind romantic pairings, Tracie and Emily have a lot to unpack from those dancing and singing anthropomorphized animals. Even with all of what they uncover, the sisters remain enamored by the solid acting, delightful score, and beautiful⏤and...2023-10-2456 min
Lightbringers: Illuminating the Deeper Meaning of the Crime-solving Devil TV ShowLucifer 211 + 212 "Stewardess Interruptus" & "Love Handles"Send us a textSometimes, Tracie and Emily have so much overthinking to impart, they make lists so as not to miss anything. This is one of those times. “Stewardess Interruptus” and “Love Handles” have one of Lucifer and Chloe’s sweetest moments and one of their sexiest. These episodes force characters and audience rearranging mental furniture around Lucifer’s sexuality, and they have Tracie and Emily rearranging their ideas of which character they most resemble (turns out it’s Luficer’s admirer/stalker, Suki Price (Diana Bang)). As is often the case, the sisters’ discu...2023-10-1930 min