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Episode 149: Lacee Smith | Payson, Utah city council candidate. Why I’m running and why you should care.

Welcome back to the program everyone and whomever else is listening.

 

My guest today is Lacee Smith. She is currently running for one of the open seats on the Payson, Utah city council. 

 

With local elections just a week or so away, we’re talking about why she is passionate about running and why it’s important for you to exercise your voting rights. 

 

In the past, only a small percentage of eligible city voters turned out. People are losing faith in and disillusioned with the governmental process and fearful of a percieved “good ole boys” club mentality where decsions are made and money is spent without the approval of the citizens. 

 

She wants to bring a whole new set of eyes to the city which will foster a more transparent relationship between the residents and their government.

 

Love her or hate her, you’ll always know where she stands on the issues.

 

Voting Information - https://www.votelaceesmith.com/vote

Social Media Contacts
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/laceemae/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/lacee.smith2017

 

#LaceeSmith #PaysonCityUtah #PaysonCityCouncil #PaysonCityCouncilElections #TransparentGoverment #Vote #ExerciseYourRight #UtahVoting #GoodOleBoyNetwork #ForThePeopleByThePeople #WeThePeople #LocalGovernment #UtahCountyVoting 

Episode 148: Attorney Brian Swan | Burnett vs NAR - Dissecting what the verdict really means.

My guest today is Brian Swan. He is a principal broker and attorney with over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry. Most agents know him through Stringham Real Estate School where he was the President for several years. Through his experience in sales, brokering, education, and law, his experience lends him an expertise in the industry that few, if any, have. He now operates his own brokerage, V Real Estate Agency where he focuses on training and coaching his agents to think like lawyers, perform like business owners, and rise to a higher level in their real estate practice. 

Brian is on the program today to add some clarity to the many discussions being had by brokers and agents all across the country and how this could change the real estate industry and prepare for it.

 

Brian's Social Media Contacts

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bri.swan

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brianxswan/

 

Recommended source options to followup on the verdict

https://www.rismedia.com/

https://www.housingwire.com/

https://www.inman.com/

https://therealdeal.com/

 

#MLS #NAR #NationalAssociationOfRealtors #BuyerAgents #VBrokerage #BrianSwan #SubAgency #UtahRealEstate #UAR #UtahAssociationOfRealtors #UtahCentraAssociationOfRealtors #UCAR #SaltLakeBoardOfRealtors #WashingtonCountyBoardOfRealtors #RealEstateLaw #Verdict #RealEstateStatusQuo #KellerWilliams #BerkshireHatahawayHomeServices #ColdwellBanker #ParrishPodcast #ParrishTheThoughtPodcast #BurnettVNAR #SitzerBurnettVerdict

 

Episode 147: Cary Snowden | The obituary whisperer.

Welcome back to the show everyone and happy Halloween to those of you into all the dark and spooky things.

Today, in light of the passing of Friends superstar, Matthew Perry and all the recent and and not-so-recent celebrity passings, my guest is Cary Snowden. He has been writing some of the most creative and heartfelt celebrity obituaries I’ve ever seen.

Jump on in for a stroll into the macabre, the funny, the witty and sometimes a little heartbreak as we talk about his connection to the famously departed.

Here is Matthew Perry's Obituary

Matthew Perry has left the building.

As one of the 'Friends,' Perry entertained the world and influenced culture through the 1990s in what was then the most popular sitcom TV had ever produced. Friends was huge, with many of my peers hosting weekly watching parties. We all loved it. Lynne and I still watch reruns as late as this week. Friends produced quotes and drama that were repeated and discussed at every company water cooler for the next week. Perry played Chandler Bing, a quick-witted Friend who offered the voice of reason to roomies Ross and Joey. He was my favorite on the show, and by the sound of it, probably yours, too. He did a handfull of other shows and a movie or two, but Friends will always be his legacy. He was terrific, and has left us far too soon. Drowning in a hot tub. 54.

 

Contact Cary Today
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/csnowden
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/snowydancer/

#ObituaryWhisperer #LeavingTheBuilding #DepecheMode #Fletch #ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding #SoAndSoDied #Prince #SuzanneSomers #MatthewPerry #MatthewPerryDied #Friends #CarySnowden #SnowyDancer #ObituaryParty #WriteYourOwnObituary #Macabre #ObituaryBoardGames #HasLeftTheBuilding #HistoryOfTheDead #DigitalCemetary #MatthewPerryDies #MatthewPerryDead

 

 

 

 

Episode 146: Author Jenny Tedjamulia | Finding out what dragons like to do.

Today my guest is Jenny Tedjamulia, author of the Tales with Scales dragon book series with a focus on the first book, ⁠What Dragons Like To Do⁠. 

Jenny is a wife, mother and creator of dragons. She takes us on a scary, funny and inspirational dive into the why behind her passion for pairing up these special dragons with children and how her books have helped many kids, learn to read and stimulate their creativity.

Connect with Jenny and Tales with Scales on social media and email. She is available to speak to school groups, church groups and any group that will lend an ear.

⁠Facebook⁠ - https://www.facebook.com/taleswithscales

⁠Instagram⁠ - https://www.instagram.com/taleswithscales/

Email - yldlite@gmail.com

#DragonBooks #ManInTheArena #DragonTales #TalesWithScales #SkinnyBooks #ShortBooks #DragonPuppets #SupportEachOther #ShouldaCoulda #PileOfShoulda 

Episode 145: Justin Hutchins | The real estate market had a fever. It was sick.

Welcome back to the show everyone.

My guest is Utah real estate broker, Justin Hutchins with ⁠Legacy Group Real Estate⁠. We talk about the Utah housing market and how it’s not as dark as it may seem if a buyer or seller has a highly trained and caring expert in their corner guiding them through the labyrinth that is the current real estate market.

He is not only a professional guide but also a geniune friend. Oh and he may have mentioned the "Z" word that rhymes with pillow a couple of times.

Contact Justin Today

⁠Instagram⁠ - https://www.instagram.com/hutchsellshomes/
⁠Facebook⁠ - https://www.facebook.com/hutchsellshomes.broker

#LegacyGroupRealEstateUtah #HutchSellsHomes #BurnTheBoats #NeverLookBack #Zillow #RyhmesWithPillow #CareerChange #FaithOfPeter #WalkOnWater #CouldaShoulda #SecurityIsAir #ToughLoveApproach #SellingUtahCounty #UtahRealEstateMarket #UtahRealEstate

Episode 144: Kris Kristensen - Part 4 | Dying would have been easy. Living is the hard part.

Hello Parrish the Thoughters. Yes that is a word and you are my groupies. Enjoy your place in the club.

My guest today for the fourth time is my friend ⁠Kris Kristensen⁠. For those that are joining us for the first time or if it’s been a minute, three years ago, Kris was diagnosed with stage 4 ⁠Chondrosarcoma⁠, an aggressive bone cancer in his pelvis and was literally weeks from the disease taking his life. To save him, doctors performed a grueling surgery called a Pelvectomy. Yes it’s as harrowing as it sounds. The entire left side of his pelvis had to be amputated and in the process he lost a perfectly good left leg.

Needless to say his life was forever changed and this interview is part 4 in a series of life check-ins to see how he is often winning the battle to get his life back to a somewhat normal state and also a deep dive into the darkest recesses of his soul where he often ends up while trying to make sense of the why behind this new journey. 

He tells me that dying would have been easy. Living is the hardest part.

Below are links to the previous three episodes of his journey.

⁠Interview #3⁠ - The doctors took my leg and now my career won't have me back...yet.

⁠Interview #2⁠ - 9 months with my new leg and an MBA in life.

⁠Interview #1⁠ - I complained and it saved my life.

⁠Kris' Blog Journey⁠

#⁠Chondrosarcoma⁠ #CancerSucks #Amputee #AgeDiscrimination #DisabilityDiscrimination #CancerIsntADeathSentence #RabbitHole #Perserverance #GOAT #ServeSomeone #WinningAtLife #DontGoDownTheRabbitHole #TheRabbitHole #PhantomPainsAreReal #Rolodex #GoingInAnotherDirection #CancerSurvivor #SickOfCancer

Episode 143: Jacob Mayer | I’m a gay man and don’t do gay pride.

Ladies and Gentlemen, cats and dogs, friends and foes, welcome back to another episode of the show.

As ⁠Pride Month 2023⁠ is long in the rear view mirror, I have on the show with me today a good friend since high school, Jacob Mayer. Jay is a middle aged gay man who no longer embraces what gay pride has morphed into over last 10 to 15 years.

Contact Jay: jacob.mayer.actual@gmail.com 

Balanced views: If you or someone you know would like to be on the show to talk about why you think pride month IS a good thing please reach out to parrishpodcast@gmail.com 

#PrideMonth #LoveIsLove #Stonewall #LGBTQ #Gay #Democrats #Republicans #ThomasSowell #ContentOfCharacter #Conservitarian #MiddleOfTheRoad #Centrist #Leftism #RightWing #YoureJustGay #GayPride #LesbianPride #Libertarian

Episode 142: Officer Dexter Pitts | 9/11 inspired me to join the Army. Let me tell you why.

Today we’re talking with Dexter Pitts, a 12 year veteran officer in Louisville, Kentucky area and Irag war veteran.

In the wake of the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we talk about the reasons that fateful day motivated him to join the Army when he was 18 and his perspective in hindsight.

 

CONTACT DEXTER

Read his book, I ⁠Am Pitts, Memoirs of an American Patriot⁠

Listen to his podcast, ⁠I Am Pitts⁠

Email Dexter, iampitts@yahoo.com

YouTube Channel, ⁠I Am Pitts⁠

⁠Facebook⁠

⁠Instagram

#911 #IraqWar #WarOnTerror #OsamaBinLaden #WeaponsOfMassDestruction #NineEleven #IAmPitts #Duped #GovernmentLies #WarPropaganda #ServeWithHonor #IraqVeteran #ThankAVet #ThanksForService #TerroristAttack #NYC911 #TwinTowers #WorldTradeCenter #AfghanistanWithdrawl #IED #MuslimAmericans