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itsfreddycruz
- May 20
- 1 min
I’m outing myself.
For months, Speke Podcasting has had a YouTube channel. But it’s been dormant for quite some time. It’s a damn shame, too, because...
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itsfreddycruz
- May 15
- 1 min
Meet Bubbles
Bubbles is one of the most beautiful dogs I've ever met. She loves her life. She has humans who love her, friends all over the world, and...
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itsfreddycruz
- May 13
- 1 min
Five tools for the scrappy podcast host
As a podcast host, you're always on the lookout for tools and resources to help streamline your workflow and take your show to the next...
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itsfreddycruz
- May 8
- 1 min
My worst job ever
This is me, fresh out of high school during the mid-90s, washing machine parts for my mom's employer. I think they were for oil rigs. Who...
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itsfreddycruz
- May 6
- 2 min
I never planned for any of this
Never say never, I suppose. In the spring of 2022, I humbled myself. And when I say “humbled myself,” I REALLY humbled myself. I applied...
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itsfreddycruz
- May 1
- 1 min
We're not old, their way of thinking is
What if Ray never cooked his first burger? What if Vera never designed her first dress? What if Julia never wrote her first cookbook?...
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itsfreddycruz
- Apr 29
- 2 min
The future of communications
Never before in history has it been easier to share our stories with the world. Yet most of us never will. But those who do—and choose...
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itsfreddycruz
- Apr 22
- 1 min
Fire them
If your employer has ever done any of the following: -Said you’re overpaid -Guaranteed you’ll never get a raise -Constantly reminded you...
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itsfreddycruz
- Apr 17
- 1 min
Just start already!
Seriously. Do it. Go. Chop chop. S-T-A-R-T. Launch the podcast. Send the pitch. Record the video. Press publish on the blog. Etcetera....
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itsfreddycruz
- Apr 15
- 1 min
A tale of two Teslas.
One morning, I went for a jog and about halfway through my four miler, a lady in a white Tesla honked at me and made a gesture I could on...
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itsfreddycruz
- Apr 10
- 1 min
Why nobody listens to your podcast
Perhaps the biggest hindrance to your podcast growth is actually not that big. It's small talk. Seriously, cut the chatter at the...
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itsfreddycruz
- Apr 8
- 1 min
The media landscape will never not change
Like it or not, the media landscape will continue to decentralize. Decentralized media means the everyday business/organization doesn’t...
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itsfreddycruz
- Apr 3
- 1 min
Just. Keep. Going.
What do you do when it feels like you have no gas left in the proverbial tank? You make like my daughter Angelina and leave it all on the...
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itsfreddycruz
- Apr 1
- 1 min
The real reason why podcasters give up too early
People hate indifference. That's because it's the actual opposite of love. At least you know what you're getting when you encounter hate....
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itsfreddycruz
- Mar 25
- 1 min
Do something about 'just' doing something
It's not right to be just. Let me explain. In episode one of Everything Why, Mike Martin made an excellent point about how some of...
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itsfreddycruz
- Mar 22
- 2 min
The power of hard things
An ear changed her life. For Dr. Angela Sturm, it’s the famous story about sitting in on a surgery and watching the doctor (who’d...
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itsfreddycruz
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Make pain your ally
When was the last time you pushed through the pain? I'll go first. Most of 2016. During the span of eight weeks, my grandmother died of...
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itsfreddycruz
- Dec 18, 2022
- 2 min
A podcast interview that reiterated the importance of preparation
Over the past few weeks, I've been making the podcast rounds, promoting my new novel Allow Me to Ruin Your Christmas. And despite having...
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itsfreddycruz
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
Wabi-sabi!
I once spoke with author Gary Lippman book We Loved the World But Could Not Stay. The book itself is quite impressive. He wrote THREE...
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