https://www.charliekeaton.com/theblog daily 0.75 2025-11-03 https://www.charliekeaton.com/theblog/2021/2/show-notes-jerry-fuentes monthly 0.5 2021-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1627456648327-6V7GXB19F01XQG4FS1SN/STLFT+Cover+-+FINAL+Ep+6+-+Jerry+Fuentes.jpg The Blog - Show Notes: Musician Jerry Fuentes To see him now — making records for a major label and touring the world with a rock icon — you’d never guess how close musician and producer Jerry Fuentes came to missing out on his dream: four days and $400. Dropping in via Zoom from his home studio in Nashville, the Last Bandoleros frontman walks us through the early days of Texas burger joints and tourist traps, his hardscrabble Brooklyn years, and the big break in Los Angeles that almost never happened. He also explains how technology has changed the music-making process, what he’s learned from (and about) frequent collaborator Sting, and why his own band’s biggest blessing is also a curse. Enjoy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1627530851036-CGVTWXOHY52GNOKCWB0A/Podcasts_%28iOS%29.svg.png The Blog - Show Notes: Musician Jerry Fuentes - Listen on Apple Podcasts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1627530922145-HFA6RB66MP7P0OAFLZ56/Spotify_Icon_RGB_Green.png The Blog - Show Notes: Musician Jerry Fuentes - Listen on Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1627530850390-0U88GTR72QAB4RUYI2KH/1200px-Google_Podcasts_icon.svg.png The Blog - Show Notes: Musician Jerry Fuentes - Listen on Google Podcasts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1627530850769-ANT8Q0686SL0GPEVQ9QA/pocketcastslogo.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Musician Jerry Fuentes - Listen on Pocket Casts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1627530850434-PJXFI0M4RDZNBTMFO5VT/anchorlogo1.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Musician Jerry Fuentes - Listen on Anchor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1627530904781-XARBJY53J2BYS09VK0A6/icon-breaker.png The Blog - Show Notes: Musician Jerry Fuentes - Listen on Breaker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1627522513402-93BLQPNR6REQ4EKEPECJ/bottlerock.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Musician Jerry Fuentes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1627522513530-8ZMA3QVD8516K60DW52M/denverdayofrock.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Musician Jerry Fuentes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1627522514356-YMMIC2DPVYCAI42VYTMK/mavericksbandoleros.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Musician Jerry Fuentes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1627522513900-QOJFCUYFWFMI6VCOBS1H/schellraiserfest.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Musician Jerry Fuentes https://www.charliekeaton.com/theblog/2021/7/the-trouble-with-aaron-rodgers monthly 0.5 2021-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1626901054932-NIPGHBSXDC4YBM8L5FXJ/1080px-Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_%2827034365009%29.jpg The Blog - The Trouble with Aaron Rodgers - Make it stand out photo credit: Erik Drost https://www.charliekeaton.com/theblog/2021/2/show-notes-kara-peck monthly 0.5 2021-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1624336362623-YB6TKK95O4PO23MLZ5YT/Athleta.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Kara Peck (B Lab US & Canada) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1624336363204-9FVQMEDN3KQC4HTQSIP3/rhino.png The Blog - Show Notes: Kara Peck (B Lab US & Canada) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1624336362749-4643VHTRDC4S7DPFGHAW/beauty+counter+1.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Kara Peck (B Lab US & Canada) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1624336363241-6SCGTXLR3GR4VY1E9D66/body+shop.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Kara Peck (B Lab US & Canada) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1624336363770-G6J0MZ4O76DTE00ITW6D/toms+shoes.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Kara Peck (B Lab US & Canada) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1624326733749-DXV833M78KSET4VTO9K8/Better+Business.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Kara Peck (B Lab US & Canada) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1624326732877-SZQY3VKQ8AWB3H1YDZAL/natural+capitalism2.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Kara Peck (B Lab US & Canada) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1624337513267-2BEAQOEB09EMM2D6FBKD/brene+brown+3.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Kara Peck (B Lab US & Canada) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1624327737639-1C0QSQMO77Q6P4Q99YOD/Allbirds+Data.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Kara Peck (B Lab US & Canada) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1624338628935-VAUWH3Z65TE1GHLJMK7B/STLFT+Cover+-+Kara+Peck+3+Alt+Medium.jpg The Blog - Show Notes: Kara Peck (B Lab US & Canada) As Senior Director of Strategy and Partnerships for B Lab U.S. & Canada, Kara Peck has her hands in Business Development, Community Development, Strategy, and Partnerships for companies of all shapes and sizes -- which is no accident, since B Lab's mission is built around the idea that the power of business should be used for good. Globally there are more than 4,000 Certified B Corporations in 77 countries, each of which opens itself up to be tracked and evaluated on things like environmental performance, public transparency, and legal and social accountability. The idea is to redefine success as a more comprehensive metric that includes not just bottom-line profit, but also the level of positive impact companies have on employees, communities, and the environment. Kara dropped in (via Zoom) from her home in Colorado to talk about women in leadership, the cost of true innovation, and what it means to be a conscious consumer. (For good measure, we also cover climate change, cookie dough, and the carbon footprint of her running shoes.) Enjoy. https://www.charliekeaton.com/theblog/2021/2/show-notes-tommy-calvert monthly 0.5 2021-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1622340658380-3FKA5APQVGX77FP2O4ZR/calvert2.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Commissioner Tommy Calvert - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1622341135368-RIIRAAEK4MF0TFQK1E5U/calvert1.jpeg The Blog - Show Notes: Commissioner Tommy Calvert - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1622172006041-9DNM5677Z8MTWRBMFDPG/STLFT+Cover+-+Ep+4+-+Tommy+Calvert+V2.jpg The Blog - Show Notes: Commissioner Tommy Calvert In his second term as Bexar County (TX) Commissioner, Tommy Calvert is one of five chief executives responsible for governing America's 16th most populous county, which is seated in San Antonio and covers 1,200 square miles of south-central Texas. Calvert's list of accomplishments is dizzying: He's the youngest Commissioner in Bexar County, and also its first African-American Commissioner. He's negotiated multi-million dollar deals and chaired committees overseeing everything from Cyber and IT to the land usage of a major Air Force base. He's served on the National Committee for US-China Relations Young Leaders forum. He made the San Antonio Business Journal's 40 Under 40 list. He once led an organization that raised $50 million to fight human trafficking. He's flown a fighter jet. In this installment of Something To Look Forward To, Calvert shares his unique insight into several front-page issues he’s intimately connected with — from energy to immigration to law enforcement and beyond. https://www.charliekeaton.com/theblog/2021/4/the-emotionally-ambivalent-2021-nfl-draft-preview monthly 0.5 2021-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1619593296365-G5VG7FQXQ53SRS3DSKO7/Emotionally+Ambivalent+Draft+Guide+2021.jpg The Blog - The Emotionally Ambivalent 2021 NFL Draft Preview photo: Martin Reisch | unsplash https://www.charliekeaton.com/theblog/2021/2/show-notes-mike-wiebe-1 monthly 0.5 2021-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5567f94ee4b0f6712c3383b1/1618555664289-Y4O3ZWAF7EOI7QA9HHBN/STLFT+Cover+-+FINAL+Ep+3+-+Mike+Wiebe.jpg The Blog - Show Notes: Musician and Comedian Mike Wiebe As frontman for bands like Drakulas and The Riverboat Gamblers, Mike Wiebe is known for a theatrical, no-holds-barred style of performance — famously, he once broke a rib and collapsed a lung while playing a gig at South by Southwest, but finished the set anyway. But there’s more to Mike than being, in the words of the Austin Chronicle, a “shirt-wearing Iggy Pop.” He also has roots in comedy and filmmaking, and he seems, at any given time, to have about half a dozen projects in play. In this installment of Something To Look Forward To, Mike walks us through all of that — along with digressions into the “Baptist-y microaggresions” of his childhood hometown, how death-metal bands allocate their corpse-paint budget, and the time Bruce Springsteen compared him to James Brown. 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He’s perhaps best known for Those Who Can’t, the TV show he starred in, co-created, and co-wrote with long-time collaborators Andrew Orvedahl and Adam Cayton-Holland. But Ben has also been fronting bands since he was 15 years old, and his interests run the gamut from the poetry of punk rock to obscure American history to the petty larceny of manipulating Columbia House’s ill-fated mail-order CD business. He also loves movie Westerns, Cat Stevens, and the joy of finding the exact right word to take a joke from good to great. And just like that, it's another episode of Something To Look Forward To. 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His new adventure series follows super-spy Eric Swan -- a happily married, deeply covert agent whose consciousness can be uploaded from one body to another when he dies. The most recent installment, Field Agent, was released in December. We discuss the big ideas behind the Swan books, what life was like as an Air Force brat moving from Texas to Italy to Alaska every two years, the best one-sentence book review of all time, and which long-running TV series tops the list of all-time great spy stories. Plus, Dom shares some under-the-radar book and band recommendations. And just like that, it's the first-ever episode of Something To Look Forward To, with author (and my father) Dom Testa. 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