In this special Christmas episode, we take a look at a short section of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol that never seems to make the movie. It's a literary-cinematic montage where Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present take wing across countryside and sea to get a deeper glimpse into the working persons holiday celebration during the industrial revolution. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Shane MacGowan left behind scores of friends and loved ones. And scores more fans and admirers from afar. And some of us who didn’t fully understand how important the songs are to us until now. Now that he’s gone. Shane gave us all a gift. Of poetry. Of friendship. Truly, and maybe more toward the end of his life, of love. A gift for which we all should be grateful. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sometimes those things are physical, product-like things you can hold in your hands. Other times, those things are services or businesses or in the case of what we’re going to talk about today, experiences.Things that you live through. Things that impact you in a sensory way. Things you can remember and take with you always. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

I feel bookended this summer. We lost Walter back in July. In a rush. An emergency. Unexpected. This one was different. A known-known. He was old. A beautiful old boy. And ill. We knew it. But he kept on going. And loving life. But we knew it was coming. And it wasn't any easier knowing that. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Scott Mann is that rarest of birds in the jungle - a native of central Florida. He is an entrepreneur, a tech enthusiast and tech professional, developer of websites and maker and executor of marketing strategies. He is a true digital nomad. And Emmy award winner. Founder of Highforge, the creative marketing collective which we will talk about at length and most importantly for this show - he is a transformer. He grew an extraordinarily successful digital agency that he transformed utterly from the ground up into a collective of talented, creative people who execute the marketing needs of their clients at the highest levels of efficiency.

They say you don't get to choose your family, but you can choose your friends. And sometimes, out of the blue, unexpectedly, you find yourself needing to say goodbye. And it hurts. Deeply. Dog people get it. Not-dog people don't. But for my money, there is no truer, no more caring, more loving friend than your dog. We had to say goodbye to Walter this week. And I wanted to share everything that meant to me, with you. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ashley is a friend and a colleague. We've worked together. She's a mom of three kids. A wife of a husband who is a healthcare professional. And she is a writer. And an entrepreneur. And newly a podcaster. And what she does is help people, particularly women, learn and grow into their own freelance writing businesses. We talked about a lot of different things from where her family comes from to how people assume things based on her name or background. We also talked about truth. And journalism. And why it remains important as a vocation even in today's world. Maybe because of today's world. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Breaking news in the golf world: the PGA Tour announced yesterday that they would, in a complete 180 from their previous moral position, merge their operations with the renegade LIV golf tour funded by the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In this short Hot Type episode, we take a brief look at what's going on, what they're proposing to remake golf into and what it means to those of us who care about golf and international sports. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A special, solo episode of The Forge where I walk through a list of 100 things I believe. It's an exercise in paying attention and being intentional about the things you do and knowing why you choose to do them. Might not be a bad exercise for you all to try, too. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

David McLay Kidd is one of the most recognized architects in golf around the world and designer of some of the most well-known and beloved courses of the last two decades. But, this isn't the typical golf interview. It's about a designer and artist who makes very large things of beauty and utility and fun and adventure all on a grand scale and a living canvas.