December 22, 2025 • 32 mins
John & Heidi share funny stories of people doing weird things... plus John chats with a guest. We visit with Steven Galanis CEO of Cameo
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The John and Heidie Show. This is the John and
Heidie Show podcast. The John and Heidie Show is a
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Dakota that can be heard on over three hundred radio
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are listening to the podcast version right now. Here's John
and Heidi.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
It's the weekend. My beautiful bride is at my side. Hello, Heidi.
How's it going? I am also good. I'm excited to
visit with my guest today. I bet you've probably not
heard the name Stephen gallanis and I'm probably saying it wrong.
I'm going to find out how to say it, because
that's not a name most people know. But here's what
you're going to know. You're going to know what he created.
He created a little thing called Cameo. So you see
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all these celebrities doing videos. It was his idea. OK
So he came up with this idea. And I'm pretty
sure I'm going to get the story from Steve. But
I'm excited to visit with Stephen. He is the CEO
of Cameo, and I read a thing that says that
they do like a ton of their business. I don't
like half maybe of their videos between Black Friday and Christmas.
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So right now, where people are going, I'm gonna get
a video of somebody from my dad or from my
brother and cousin. So anyway, I'm gonna chat with him
and see where this idea came from. It's all coming
up the Heidie Show. Thank you so much for listening
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(01:29):
my beautiful bride, Heidi. What you got from me?
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Heidi? Well, this weekend we're going to enjoy some sangria.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Oh, there you go. Your mom likes those, doesn't she?
Speaker 3 (01:39):
She does. It's a little too sweet for me. I
don't care for it. But it consists of apples and
oranges and brown sugar and orange juice and brandy and
some Spanish red wine.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
It's like a salad with booze in it, kind of
is there you go. I've got a link to that
drink and the show notes for today at John and
heidishow dot com from izzy Gym.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
If you've got a Pokemon collection that you're looking to sell,
I'm looking to buy it. No collection too big or
small will buy it all. If you have a collection,
or your kids have a collection, just reach out.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
When you tell you what it's worth.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Most people have no idea what's sitting in their closet.
Stuff you bought for a dollar back in the day
could with thousands today. If you have a Pokemon collection
that you don't need, you can sell it and get
money for things that you do need. Reach out to
us at ezygim dot com.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
Again, that's izzyesgim dot com.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Now surveys and studies and such. It is the weekend.
I bet there's a lot of folks that have parties
this weekend because holidays are like this week you know,
right now. So if you're going to a holiday party,
you've probably had this where it's that awkward. You know,
I want to go, but how do I leave? There
is an art to the depart Experts say it's a
skill that can serve you well at any gathering any
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time of the year, but this time of the year
we just have a lot of them. So communication. Researchers
call this leave taking behavior. Leave taking behavior includes two
key parts. First, make a clear exit statement like well,
going to head out or it's time, without excuses or
hedging that could invite people to persuade you to stay
for a bit. Second, at a short compliment to the
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host like great party, ending with gratitude keeps the focus
on them, not your departure. Humor can help too, with
light lines about being tired or full or whatnot. Sneaking
out without saying formal goodbyes is a very well they say,
it's an increasingly acceptable pot as long as you said
it quick, thank you afterwards. So if you go, hey,
(03:32):
didn't get a chance to say goodbye, wanted to say
you might want to get a plunger for that bathroom,
you know whatever.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Maybe not that I disagree on all right, I agree,
say goodbye, long, goodbye, big hugs, you know all that
fun stuff surveys, ND studies and such on The John
and Heidie Show.
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Remember Ricky Lake.
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Oh, I love Ricky. She always seemed like a neat lady.
Recently a lady named Patty Scallion. She's an artist. She
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Speaker 3 (04:33):
I did see that.
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I saw she got these photos back. I love that.
After her home burned down, apparently somebody got some photos somehow.
I don't know how they got them, if it was
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surprise romance were met with enthusiasm by many, she said
that we're not really romantically involved. She said, I adore Liam,
but we are better friends in full honesty. So it
sounds that explain it.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Well, yeah, it's nobody's business. But yeah, too bad that
didn't work out. Yeah, they both seemed pretty smitten, sir.
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Speaker 2 (05:59):
Heidi, did you know that you can't snore and dream
at the same time, although I think you might do that.
She has the craziest most wild dreams. Says when you're
in ramsleep, the stage where most dreaming occurs your brain
paralyzes the muscles respond responsible for snoring to prevent you
from acting out your dreams. This means that if you
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are snoring, it's likely you're not in a deep dream state.
It says likely, doesn't say it's impossible. So I don't know.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Interesting.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Jury is still out on that. We don't know everything,
but now we know this shoe. Thank you so much
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joke of the day with my beautiful bride, Heidi Small.
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What's left for headache?
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Why didn't the pepper practice archery?
Speaker 2 (06:56):
I have no idea.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
It didn't have an arrow.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Didn't have an arrow? Oh that was kind of dumb.
Do you know who's going to repeat it me? I'm
going to tell that to twelve people today. I do
that all the time. By the way. You know that
I steal your dumb jokes, do you I do. I
share them with people and then when they laugh.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
I'd like to apologize.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Now when they laugh, I don't tell them. But if
they don't laugh, I go. If that was from Heidi,
so there you go. Joke of the day on the
John and Heidi Show.
Speaker 5 (07:23):
I'm Chris from Izzy Jim.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
If you've got a Pokemon collection that you're looking to sell,
I'm looking to buy it.
Speaker 5 (07:28):
We're based in the Midwest.
Speaker 6 (07:29):
We're buying collections from all over the country.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
I effect to get an idea of what.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Your collection is worth is head on over to izzygim
dot com and shoot us a no stuff you bought
for a dollar back in the day if there were
thousands today. If you have a Pokemon collection that you
don't need, you can sell it and get money for
things that you do need. Reach out to us at
izzygim dot com.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
Again, that's izzys Jim dot com.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Time now for the scoop of the day. Remember that
raccoon they got drunk and passed out in the bathroom
after a little Virginia liquor store break in Plus Friday.
Turns out it's a repeat offender, the free Bandit went viral.
The trashed Panda is what they called him. Well, he
hit a couple other nearby spots, including a karate studio
and the DMV, where he helped himself to some snacks.
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The raccoon spent a night at the shelter to sober
up before being released. Nearby Animal Protection officer Samantha Martin
says he's a smart little critter and noted the animal
somehow keeps finding his way back inside these buildings. Officials
hope the raccoon has learned a lesson, but admit he
seems to be living his best life. That panda is
what they're calling him, has a bunch of drinks named
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after him. Now too, did you know?
Speaker 3 (08:38):
I love that adorable?
Speaker 2 (08:40):
So for those of you who are unfamiliar with the story,
back a month ago now almost, they found this little
critter passed out in the bathroom at a liquor store
and he had drank a bunch of booze. Since then,
he's become the spirit animal of many. I actually saw
somebody online said they're getting a tattoo of that panda,
so I think that might a bit much. But a
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bunch of fans have actually raised some money over one
hundred thousand dollars through trash panda merchandise, and they're going
to be releasing some raccoon inspired cocktails now. Each comes
with its own description and ingredients. One is called the
Rye Rascal sour Rye Whiskey, lemon juice, maple syrup and
ghoststura bitters whatever that is and tangy and rich is
(09:24):
what they say. That is trash panda, old fashioned bourbon,
brown sugar and GHOSTA am I saying that right angles? Okay,
whatever orange bitters topped with smoke salt or brown sugar
for a rummaged rummaged vibe and then midnight mask jin
fizz gin lemon juice, all all this stuff anyway, I've
got the whole story. It's in the show notes for
(09:46):
today at John dheidishow dot com.
Speaker 7 (09:50):
Show.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Thank you so much for listening to the John and
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You can get all of the details for right now
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John and Heidi Show. I have Stephen Galanis from Cameo
and this is such a fun thing. Steven, and again
we're gonna chat with Stephen about what they do at Cameo.
But between now and Christmas, we're gonna probably see quite
a few cameos because what a cool gift to give
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somebody a video of their movie star or sports star
saying their name. I think it's just a really fun idea.
Speaker 7 (10:27):
I agree. That's why we sell thirty percent of our
entire year between Black Friday and Christmas Day. Now, that's very,
very popular.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Against Stephen is with Cameo. And when I say you're
with Cameo, like Cameo is your baby? Like this is
your thing, isn't it.
Speaker 7 (10:43):
I founded Cameo about not just over nine years ago
at this point, and I have been CEO the whole
time because nobody's kicking out.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
I love that. Now, Stephen, how in the world did
you come up with the idea for Cameo because this
is like hugely popular. Now, where did this idea come from?
Speaker 7 (11:00):
Pretty crazy story. We actually had the idea for Cameo
at the last place you think you're going to have
your big idea at my grandmother's funeral. Oh wow, I
was driving my now so founder home. And his background.
My uncle is a movie producer in Hollywood. He did
movies like Rambo and Tonan and lived Survivors. They did
a bunch of movies. So a bunch of people from
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his film producing world had flown into the day for
Brischicagio for my grandmother's funeral. One of those guys had
been a former business partner of Mind, and I picked
him up and I was driving him downtown to get
a cocktail after and then was taking him back into airport,
and he was telling me about a problem he was
having as a new NFL agent who had the idea
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of maybe finding a big defensive lineman with a big
personality and putting him in my uncle's movies to maybe
find the next Jason Momoa or the next rock right
like back door into finding the next Rambo or Tonin.
So he signed this guy, Cassius Marsh. But Cashius was
a you know, thrown draft pick out of UCLA. He
was a backup defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks at
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the time, and Martin was very frustrated because he couldn't
find any off the field income for you know, this
player that he was represented. And he told me, but
he's like, I know, he's a superstar, And he showed
me a video of Cassius congratulating this guy Brandon, I'm
becoming a father. And Brandon, who the video is for,
was a very high up marketing executive at Nike. He's
(12:27):
from Seattle, he loves the Seahawks, and Martin got him
a video to graduating Brandon on becoming a new father.
So imagine Cassius Marsh is driving in LA He's got
no shirt on, he's all tatted up, he's wearing a
Seahawks hat, and he goes, hey, Brandon, it's Cashius Marsh
from the Seahawks. Heard about your son, Maverick. If he
gets your athletic ability, I know he'll be planning for
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the Seahawks one day. Bill Hawks. And Martin showed me
this video and he's like in the best part. That
guy put it on Instagram and said it was the
best gift he ever got, just like you were describing
at the top of the show, and immediately the light
bulb moment went off. I'm like, Martin, we should tell
those that's a new autograph.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Absolutely, it is the new autograph. In a sense, it's
better than an autograph. This would be like if an
autograph could say my name and say a personal message
to me then it would be like that, but it's
like this is the thing now.
Speaker 7 (13:20):
Right, And on top of that, you know, I'm looking
in my office where I have a bunch of jerseys
and you know, sports paraphernalia because that's what I like.
But in the digital age, people want things for their
Facebook wall, they want things to post on Instagram, they
want things to post on TikTok. It's kind of your
digital wall, right, and that's where you put you know,
the new autograph and just like anything that's kind of
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new and enhanced, like it's it's just a better version
of it. It's personalized, it's authentic. They're seeing your name,
they know something about you. Even the process of getting
a cameo for someone, it's like doing a Hallmark and
picking the right perfect card for someone because you have
sixty thousand athletes after celebrities on there. So it's not
all about getting stoop dogg or somebody really say. It
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might be like I know you love this show and
this particular character in the wire, and like I want
him to make a cameo for you, and it just
shows how well you know something.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
And dad's are always tough to buy a gift for it,
so you're like, he doesn't need another tie, he doesn't
need socks. This is a really cool gift idea for dad,
especially if he's a sports fan and he's got a
certain team that he likes, or if he likes a
certain TV show. How cool would it be for dad
to get a video of a sports star, a movie star,
TV star talking to him saying your name, saying hey,
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your kids think you're doing a great job. And Dad
gets this amazing video and he goes, wow, apparently I
did something right.
Speaker 7 (14:41):
Hundred versett right. You would be very hard pressed. Like
we run the gamut from priests to astrologers to astronauts
and Navy seals and NFL Hall of Famers and ballerinas
and reality TV, like no matter what they like, there's
something for them.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
I think it's really cool. And Steven, I love the
not only did you have this idea, you actually did it.
There are people that have great ideas but they never
actually do it. So again, I just love the fact
that you have this idea that was a little wild,
a little different. Who knows if it was going to work,
but you tried it and it worked well.
Speaker 7 (15:13):
Thank you. And you know one thing I'm excited about
in this new world where AI can actually help people
take their ideas and scale it without without technology skills.
I actually think that it's gonna Unleasha Cambrian explosion of
new entrepreneurs. It's kind of funny during you know, the
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kind of late season. I was at the Comes game
with my cto Dom. You know, there's forty thousand people
at Wrigley Field, and I asked, how many people in
this stadium right now do you think can actually write
code or build a website or an app? And about
one percent of the American population could code, so that's
like four hundred people. And I said, Dom, how many
people here have had an idea? Right? And he's like
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forty thousand. And the problem is if you have your idea,
you either didn't you don't know how to code yourself,
you didn't know anybody that knew how to code that
can help you, or you didn't have money to pay
somebody to go do it. And this is even if
you've got conviction and you're like I am willing to
take the risk and make it happen. So it's so limiting,
you know, from the top of funnel of who could
actually build a technology company. And as someone that has
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never written a line of code myself, like, I was
very lucky to have a co founder that I went
to college with that I knew, I trusted, because otherwise,
you know, you could get breed blood dried. But now
with these new tools that exist, like anybody could go
to something like Lovable and put their idea and build
a website and it's really awesome.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
And again, I just love the fact that you did this.
There's so many people that have a great idea and
they take it to the grave. Folks, if you've got
an idea, get out there and try to do it.
I don't know if it's going to be the next Cameo,
but it could be. And again, congrat Steven for all
the success you're having with Cameo.
Speaker 7 (16:54):
Thank you. And you know, like I tell my team
all the time, it was easy. Everyone would do it.
And really it just starts with like having an idea
that you can't stop thinking about. Yeah, I was. I
was at a very comfortable job at LinkedIn when I
had the idea, and it was maybe three months after
having the idea. I'm sitting in Nicaragua and New Year's
day with some of my old coworkers from LinkedIn, and
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one guy asked me, he goes Steven, if someone built
this idea and became a billionaire and he didn't try,
did you live with yourself? And for me, like, the
answer was so obviously no, bring my brain chemistry stage
that second and I never went back and I've been
at it ever since.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
I love that. Now, what would you say as a
CEO of cameo? Is there anybody on there that you
kind of shocked? You're like, wow, I can't believe we
got this person to do CAMEO with us.
Speaker 7 (17:40):
Well, you know, the top of my list for years
had been Chances the Rapper or Chicago based company, and
you know, he's someone that joined for the first time yesterday.
I've been after him for nine years. But one in
particular that I think is always so two that are
really cool VINCENTE. Fox, the former president of Mexico makes
an amazing Camio and h as well as Steve Wadsley
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at the founder of Apple, Like you can go get
advice from one of the great technologists of our time.
So there's so many cool people, and you know it's
not just you don't need to just love sports or
reality TV like you you know another one. I was
just with Ed Buyers, the former SHOOTEAM six commander and
the greatest Medal of Honor recipient and you know he's
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on Cameo. You can get him to pump you up
or like give you a pep talk. So it's just
it's so amazing. Uh, you know all the talent that
are there. So I highly encourage people go to cameo
dot com, Go window shop, go browse like you'll get
lost and it's really fun.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
That's awesome. Again, our guest, Stephen galanis the CEO and
founder of cameo dot com. Steven, thank you so much
for taking the time to chat today.
Speaker 7 (18:49):
Thanks for having me again.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
The website is cameo dot com. I've got a link
to that in the show notes for today. At John
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Heidi Show.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Time Now for the movie quote of the day with
My beautiful Bride. Heidi over here. Guessing which movie this
is from, You're gonna probably get It's from nineteen eighty seven.
This is right in your wheelhouse. Nobody puts baby in
a corner.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
Oh, dirty Dancing. That's an easy one.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Johnny Castle said that in Dirty Dancing. Yes, yes, that
is very, very correct. That is your movie quote of
the day on The John and Heidi Show.
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The Jonanheidi Show.
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As we head to the News to Me newsdesk with
my beautiful Brian Heidi Small, what do you have for me?
Speaker 3 (20:14):
Heidi, Well, you know who Thomas Edison is.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Oh, everybody reviews.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Him as this amazing genius who invented all kinds of things.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
The light bulb mainly. Turns out, maybe.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
He didn't invent as much as we kind of thought
he'd There is.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
A lot of people that think that he was stealing
other people's stuff.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
Well, the person who actually invented the light bulb first
was a British chemist named Joseph Swan. He figured out
how to make it possible in the eighteen fifties and
eighteen sixties. With his experiments, it looked like a modern
light bulb, but it had a carbon filament that would
burn out after only a few minutes. Edison took his
design without credit or acknowledgment, Oh wow, and then replaced
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the carbon filament with a thinner one made of tungsten.
His bulb could burn for as much such a six
hundred hours and helped usher in the age of the
electric light. But yeah, he took the idea and just
improved upon it.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Well that's the theory. There's no proof really that he
took it again. There there's got.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
Lots of stories coming up here over the next few days.
It's certain. I think he might have just been a dirty,
rotten liar.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
Could have been possible.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
You just speak ill of the dead.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
But well, the thing is there, there are a lot
of people that because one of the people who worked
with him for a short while was Nikolay Tesla, and
then nikolay Tesla moved on and did his own things,
so uh, and he moved on because he was like,
I'm not going to be able to do what I
need to do here. So it's fascinating to read the
history of that. But I'm excited you're gonna be doing
more of those and they come out.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
Oh yeah, I guess some more.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
That is very very cool. I'm excited to learn more,
and that's news to me. It's also news to me.
Speaker 5 (21:53):
I'm Chris from Izzy Jim.
Speaker 4 (21:55):
If you've got a Pokemon collection that you're looking to sell,
I'm looking to buy it.
Speaker 5 (21:58):
No collection too big or small will buy it.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
If you have a collection, or your kids have a collection,
just reach out when you tell you what it's worth.
Most people have no idea what's sitting in their closets.
Stuff you bought for a dollar back in the day,
we were thousands today. If you have a Pokemon collection
that you don't need, you can sell it and get
money for things that you do need. Reach out to
us at ezygim dot com.
Speaker 5 (22:20):
That's izsiesgim dot com.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Fun fact for you, Heidi was that John acids in
the human stomach could dissolve a razor blade. It's kind
of weird. Fun fact for your body uses three hundred
muscles to balance itself when you're simply just standing still.
That's kind of cool. I can't stand still, so I
wouldn't know. Fun fact for you, Heide. There's a form
of Tonight's in which the ringing in your ears can
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be heard by other people.
Speaker 3 (22:47):
Oh, I've got that, but I don't think anybody else can.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Hear I don't hear it. It's another fun fact for Heidi.
Humans are the fastest long distance runners in the animal kingdom.
So other things can.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
Run faster, but yeah, not as long as yet.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
Okay, next way, you don't send me a cheetahs in
a marathon. Another fun fact for you, Heidi. John cow
Is move in different accents depending on where they live.
I think we've talked about that and we'll do one
final fun fact for you, Heidi. The Atlantic Ocean gets
one inch wider every year. The Pacific shrinks by about
an inch every year.
Speaker 3 (23:18):
So oh interesting.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
So that's that's pretty cool. Several fun facts. Now, you know,
thanks for listening to The John and Heidi Show show.
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now for some weird news. Turns out that the theory
about electric vehicles that because they're so quiet, they're dangerous
to pedestrians. While they're saying it's an old wives tale, okay,
maybe a new wives tale, a decade of British road
safety data shows that electric vehicles are not any more
dangerous to pedestrians than gas powered vehicles. Analysis of one
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hundred and sixty seven thousand pedestrian casualties found that people
are no more likely to be struck by an electric
vehicle because they only make up one point three eight
percent of pedestrian casualties nearly identical rates per mile. By
the way, the shift towards equal safety appears linked to
twenty nineteen regulations requiring evs and hybrids to emit artificial
(24:25):
warning sounds at low speeds. As an EV adoption is
growing as more and more of those are growing. These
alerts help bring their pedestrian safety performance in line with
traditional vehicles. So I could see that where it's silent
and it could sneak right up on you and bump
into you, but they have a horn. Weird news on
the John and Heidi Show.
Speaker 6 (24:45):
Hi, I'm pastor Brian with New Freedom dot online dot Church,
a non denominational Bible based Christian church that meets entirely online.
A church for everyone, including those with physical limitations, mental
health struggles, even church hurt. You are welcome, you are seen,
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Speaker 2 (25:16):
Time now for your question of the day. Heidi. Survey
found that fourteen percent of people have more than one
of these What are they we do? Fourteen percent of
people have more than.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
One fourteen percent of them.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Yeah, dog, no Christmas trees. Oh how many do we
have right now?
Speaker 3 (25:35):
Seven?
Speaker 7 (25:35):
Or up?
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Seven? And how many do we have total?
Speaker 5 (25:38):
Eight?
Speaker 2 (25:39):
We one is not up this year? Right, Wow, you're
really slacking.
Speaker 3 (25:43):
Well, the basement isn't time.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
That's the basement excuses excuses. That is your question of
the day on The John and Heidi Show.
Speaker 5 (25:51):
The Heidi Show.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
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Time now for something special with Heidi Small. What do
you have for me? Heidi?
Speaker 3 (26:10):
Well, I've decided that I want to be a blues singer,
not just not with any talent or anything. I just
want the nickname because I was reading this list of
these blues singers' names and they're pretty awesome.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Oh yeah, there's some ones.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
So I'll be going through some of these over the
next few days. But today's our Homesick James.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
Okay, Papa Chubby, Nice.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
Furry Lewis, Lazy Lester, Barbecue, Bob, Smokey, hug and shaky
Jake nice? Isn't that fun? Would you just love to
have a nickname like that?
Speaker 2 (26:45):
We don't need to sing the Blues to have a nickname.
We cant have fun names for the radio instead of
John and Heidi. I never had to use a fake name.
There was only one radio station I ever worked at
where they wanted me to use a fake name, and
I was going to use the name Gilligan, and then
they go, just use your real name. I was like,
what's wrong with Gilligan. They're like, no, you're not gonna
do it.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
Now.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Can you imagine me as Gilligan? No?
Speaker 1 (27:06):
No?
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Would you have married me if I was Gilligan?
Speaker 7 (27:09):
No?
Speaker 2 (27:09):
Okay, Well I'm glad I stuck with my real name.
That is something special with Heidi Small.
Speaker 5 (27:16):
I'm Chris from Izzy Jim.
Speaker 4 (27:17):
If you've got a Pokemon collection that you're looking to sell,
I'm looking to buy it.
Speaker 5 (27:20):
We're based in the Midwest.
Speaker 6 (27:21):
We're buying collections from all over the country.
Speaker 4 (27:23):
If like to get an idea of what your collection
is worth is head on over to izzygim dot com
and shoot us a no stuff you bought for a
dollar back in the day, there were thousands today.
Speaker 7 (27:31):
If you have a.
Speaker 4 (27:31):
Pokemon collection that you don't need, you can sell it
and get money for things that you do need. Reach
out to us at izygim dot com.
Speaker 5 (27:43):
That's izzys jim dot com.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
Time now for the list reddit thread. Ask gen z
and millennials what they wish their parents are older at
generations would know or what they would stop doing. And
here's some trigger warning. By the way, I'm not a
fan of most of this quote. Here you older generations
should stop running for political office. You ruin the housing market,
you ruin politics, you ruin education. Now you're mad that
we're trying to fix it all, Oh, yay, fix it,
(28:09):
thank you. Another one. Stop saying this generation doesn't want
to work anymore. When a business is short staffed, it's
not that the younger generation doesn't want to work. We're
unwilling to let our job or career take precedence over
living our lives.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
Which is why you get fired. If you're scheduled to
work and you don't show up because you're living your
best life, then you're unwilling to work. That's kind of
how it goes.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Please listen to what younger generations have to say. Instead
of saying, well back in my day or kids these days,
I'm gonna just keep moving here. Heighty's ears are smoking around.
Speaker 7 (28:36):
Can I make a.
Speaker 5 (28:36):
Listen to Paul here.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
I don't know what this means. My parents seem to
think you can take a pile of your cvs around
town and hand them out and then have a job
by the end of the day. Apparently CV Is that
like a resume apparently, and then the last one. Please
at least try to learn the technology if you are
working age. Okay, thank you very much. That is the list.
I feel a little bit threatened right now.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
I'm starting my list right Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
We'll have that in the future. That is the list
on The John and Heidi Show, The Jon Heardi Show.
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to wrap things up around here with good news, and
I think this is good news. A really cool story.
Kentucky teacher secretly built a three D printed hand that
transformed his student's life. This is at Redcross Elementary in Kentucky,
a teacher turned compassion and creativity into a life changing innovation.
Speaker 3 (29:40):
This is so cool.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
Scott Johnson is the guy's name, and recently named the
twenty twenty five Kentucky Teacher of the Year. He spent
a year quietly researching, designing, and perfecting a three D
printed prosthetic hand for a fourth grade student named Jackson Farmer.
Jackson was born without a right hand. He's used a
rubber prosthetic with limited function. He got skin tone rubber
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kind of hand that he could wear, but it doesn't
have functionality, so he couldn't actually grip things and whatnot. So,
the teacher said, without even telling Jackson, he began building
a custom design, reaching out to engineers around the world,
studying existing models, fine tuning every single detail. For the
longest time, I didn't tell anybody other than my wife
what I was working on, he said. What I found
is as I was trying to do something, it was
(30:23):
far beyond my skill set. I didn't want to falsely
get anybody's horse right. Well, when the back to school
bash happened, this year, he showed up and he revealed
the prototype. I asked him and he said, I was like,
I made this, and I would like to make one
for you if you're cool with that. And with the
approval of Jackson and his mother, the project became a reality.
(30:45):
And now he has this thing built and he has
it on So it costs about twenty dollars in materials.
He spent about twenty five hours of printing time four
hours of assembling time. But this is completely different than
a lot of prosthetics. There are thousands and thousands of
dollars and this thing is really cool. And there's a
video where you can see him using this prosthetic.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
Ash's amazing.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Yeah, this kid looks so happy as well. I've got
a link to that story. It's in the show notes
for today at johndeidishow dot com. Time saying bye Heidi, Goodbye, Heidi,
Goodbye every buddy. Have a great day. Thank you for
listening to the John and Heidie Show. This weekend.
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
It's the weekend. My beautiful bride is at my side. Hello, Heidi.
How's it going? I am also good. I'm excited to
visit with my guest today. I bet you've probably not
heard the name Stephen gallanis and I'm probably saying it wrong.
I'm going to find out how to say it, because
that's not a name most people know. But here's what
you're going to know. You're going to know what he created.
He created a little thing called Cameo. So you see
(00:42):
all these celebrities doing videos. It was his idea. OK
So he came up with this idea. And I'm pretty
sure I'm going to get the story from Steve. But
I'm excited to visit with Stephen. He is the CEO
of Cameo, and I read a thing that says that
they do like a ton of their business. I don't
like half maybe of their videos between Black Friday and Christmas.
(01:03):
So right now, where people are going, I'm gonna get
a video of somebody from my dad or from my
brother and cousin. So anyway, I'm gonna chat with him
and see where this idea came from. It's all coming
up the Heidie Show. Thank you so much for listening
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(01:29):
my beautiful bride, Heidi. What you got from me?
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Heidi? Well, this weekend we're going to enjoy some sangria.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Oh, there you go. Your mom likes those, doesn't she?
Speaker 3 (01:39):
She does. It's a little too sweet for me. I
don't care for it. But it consists of apples and
oranges and brown sugar and orange juice and brandy and
some Spanish red wine.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
It's like a salad with booze in it, kind of
is there you go. I've got a link to that
drink and the show notes for today at John and
heidishow dot com from izzy Gym.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
If you've got a Pokemon collection that you're looking to sell,
I'm looking to buy it. No collection too big or
small will buy it all. If you have a collection,
or your kids have a collection, just reach out.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
When you tell you what it's worth.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Most people have no idea what's sitting in their closet.
Stuff you bought for a dollar back in the day
could with thousands today. If you have a Pokemon collection
that you don't need, you can sell it and get
money for things that you do need. Reach out to
us at ezygim dot com.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
Again, that's izzyesgim dot com.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Now surveys and studies and such. It is the weekend.
I bet there's a lot of folks that have parties
this weekend because holidays are like this week you know,
right now. So if you're going to a holiday party,
you've probably had this where it's that awkward. You know,
I want to go, but how do I leave? There
is an art to the depart Experts say it's a
skill that can serve you well at any gathering any
(02:51):
time of the year, but this time of the year
we just have a lot of them. So communication. Researchers
call this leave taking behavior. Leave taking behavior includes two
key parts. First, make a clear exit statement like well,
going to head out or it's time, without excuses or
hedging that could invite people to persuade you to stay
for a bit. Second, at a short compliment to the
(03:12):
host like great party, ending with gratitude keeps the focus
on them, not your departure. Humor can help too, with
light lines about being tired or full or whatnot. Sneaking
out without saying formal goodbyes is a very well they say,
it's an increasingly acceptable pot as long as you said
it quick, thank you afterwards. So if you go, hey,
(03:32):
didn't get a chance to say goodbye, wanted to say
you might want to get a plunger for that bathroom,
you know whatever.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Maybe not that I disagree on all right, I agree,
say goodbye, long, goodbye, big hugs, you know all that
fun stuff surveys, ND studies and such on The John
and Heidie Show.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
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Little screen. And nearly a year after losing everything and
(04:10):
a devastating Los Angeles fire, a miracle happened for Ricky Lake. Recently.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Remember Ricky Lake.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Oh, I love Ricky. She always seemed like a neat lady.
Recently a lady named Patty Scallion. She's an artist. She
purchased some photos at a flea market and she realized,
wait a minute, some of these are Ricky Lake. So
she reached out to Ricky and these are photos of
her and her son as a baby. The son is
now twenty eight.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
I did see that.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
I saw she got these photos back. I love that.
After her home burned down, apparently somebody got some photos somehow.
I don't know how they got them, if it was
just during the cleanup, whatever. Beyonce is returning to the
met Gela after having last appeared there in about a
decade ago. She's going to be chairing the event in
twenty twenty six, and Pamela Anderson has explained the romantic
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connection that she shared with Liam Neeson after filming a
movie together called The naked gun. While headlines of their
surprise romance were met with enthusiasm by many, she said
that we're not really romantically involved. She said, I adore Liam,
but we are better friends in full honesty. So it
sounds that explain it.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Well, yeah, it's nobody's business. But yeah, too bad that
didn't work out. Yeah, they both seemed pretty smitten, sir.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
There you go. Well, big screen, little screen on the
John and Heidi show.
Speaker 6 (05:27):
Hi. I'm Pastor Brian with New Freedom dot online dot Church,
a non denominational Bible based Christian church that meets entirely online.
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health struggles, even church hurt. You are welcome, you are seen,
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Speaker 2 (05:59):
Heidi, did you know that you can't snore and dream
at the same time, although I think you might do that.
She has the craziest most wild dreams. Says when you're
in ramsleep, the stage where most dreaming occurs your brain
paralyzes the muscles respond responsible for snoring to prevent you
from acting out your dreams. This means that if you
(06:20):
are snoring, it's likely you're not in a deep dream state.
It says likely, doesn't say it's impossible. So I don't know.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Interesting.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Jury is still out on that. We don't know everything,
but now we know this shoe. Thank you so much
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joke of the day with my beautiful bride, Heidi Small.
(06:50):
What's left for headache?
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Why didn't the pepper practice archery?
Speaker 2 (06:56):
I have no idea.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
It didn't have an arrow.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Didn't have an arrow? Oh that was kind of dumb.
Do you know who's going to repeat it me? I'm
going to tell that to twelve people today. I do
that all the time. By the way. You know that
I steal your dumb jokes, do you I do. I
share them with people and then when they laugh.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
I'd like to apologize.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Now when they laugh, I don't tell them. But if
they don't laugh, I go. If that was from Heidi,
so there you go. Joke of the day on the
John and Heidi Show.
Speaker 5 (07:23):
I'm Chris from Izzy Jim.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
If you've got a Pokemon collection that you're looking to sell,
I'm looking to buy it.
Speaker 5 (07:28):
We're based in the Midwest.
Speaker 6 (07:29):
We're buying collections from all over the country.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
I effect to get an idea of what.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Your collection is worth is head on over to izzygim
dot com and shoot us a no stuff you bought
for a dollar back in the day if there were
thousands today. If you have a Pokemon collection that you
don't need, you can sell it and get money for
things that you do need. Reach out to us at
izzygim dot com.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
Again, that's izzys Jim dot com.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Time now for the scoop of the day. Remember that
raccoon they got drunk and passed out in the bathroom
after a little Virginia liquor store break in Plus Friday.
Turns out it's a repeat offender, the free Bandit went viral.
The trashed Panda is what they called him. Well, he
hit a couple other nearby spots, including a karate studio
and the DMV, where he helped himself to some snacks.
(08:15):
The raccoon spent a night at the shelter to sober
up before being released. Nearby Animal Protection officer Samantha Martin
says he's a smart little critter and noted the animal
somehow keeps finding his way back inside these buildings. Officials
hope the raccoon has learned a lesson, but admit he
seems to be living his best life. That panda is
what they're calling him, has a bunch of drinks named
(08:36):
after him. Now too, did you know?
Speaker 3 (08:38):
I love that adorable?
Speaker 2 (08:40):
So for those of you who are unfamiliar with the story,
back a month ago now almost, they found this little
critter passed out in the bathroom at a liquor store
and he had drank a bunch of booze. Since then,
he's become the spirit animal of many. I actually saw
somebody online said they're getting a tattoo of that panda,
so I think that might a bit much. But a
(09:02):
bunch of fans have actually raised some money over one
hundred thousand dollars through trash panda merchandise, and they're going
to be releasing some raccoon inspired cocktails now. Each comes
with its own description and ingredients. One is called the
Rye Rascal sour Rye Whiskey, lemon juice, maple syrup and
ghoststura bitters whatever that is and tangy and rich is
(09:24):
what they say. That is trash panda, old fashioned bourbon,
brown sugar and GHOSTA am I saying that right angles? Okay,
whatever orange bitters topped with smoke salt or brown sugar
for a rummaged rummaged vibe and then midnight mask jin
fizz gin lemon juice, all all this stuff anyway, I've
got the whole story. It's in the show notes for
(09:46):
today at John dheidishow dot com.
Speaker 7 (09:50):
Show.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Thank you so much for listening to the John and
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Speaker 5 (09:57):
Do you have a Ja's case.
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You can get all of the details for right now
at jascasemedical dot com. Thank you for listening to the
John and Heidi Show. I have Stephen Galanis from Cameo
and this is such a fun thing. Steven, and again
we're gonna chat with Stephen about what they do at Cameo.
But between now and Christmas, we're gonna probably see quite
a few cameos because what a cool gift to give
(10:21):
somebody a video of their movie star or sports star
saying their name. I think it's just a really fun idea.
Speaker 7 (10:27):
I agree. That's why we sell thirty percent of our
entire year between Black Friday and Christmas Day. Now, that's very,
very popular.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Against Stephen is with Cameo. And when I say you're
with Cameo, like Cameo is your baby? Like this is
your thing, isn't it.
Speaker 7 (10:43):
I founded Cameo about not just over nine years ago
at this point, and I have been CEO the whole
time because nobody's kicking out.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
I love that. Now, Stephen, how in the world did
you come up with the idea for Cameo because this
is like hugely popular. Now, where did this idea come from?
Speaker 7 (11:00):
Pretty crazy story. We actually had the idea for Cameo
at the last place you think you're going to have
your big idea at my grandmother's funeral. Oh wow, I
was driving my now so founder home. And his background.
My uncle is a movie producer in Hollywood. He did
movies like Rambo and Tonan and lived Survivors. They did
a bunch of movies. So a bunch of people from
(11:21):
his film producing world had flown into the day for
Brischicagio for my grandmother's funeral. One of those guys had
been a former business partner of Mind, and I picked
him up and I was driving him downtown to get
a cocktail after and then was taking him back into airport,
and he was telling me about a problem he was
having as a new NFL agent who had the idea
(11:43):
of maybe finding a big defensive lineman with a big
personality and putting him in my uncle's movies to maybe
find the next Jason Momoa or the next rock right
like back door into finding the next Rambo or Tonin.
So he signed this guy, Cassius Marsh. But Cashius was
a you know, thrown draft pick out of UCLA. He
was a backup defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks at
(12:05):
the time, and Martin was very frustrated because he couldn't
find any off the field income for you know, this
player that he was represented. And he told me, but
he's like, I know, he's a superstar, And he showed
me a video of Cassius congratulating this guy Brandon, I'm
becoming a father. And Brandon, who the video is for,
was a very high up marketing executive at Nike. He's
(12:27):
from Seattle, he loves the Seahawks, and Martin got him
a video to graduating Brandon on becoming a new father.
So imagine Cassius Marsh is driving in LA He's got
no shirt on, he's all tatted up, he's wearing a
Seahawks hat, and he goes, hey, Brandon, it's Cashius Marsh
from the Seahawks. Heard about your son, Maverick. If he
gets your athletic ability, I know he'll be planning for
(12:49):
the Seahawks one day. Bill Hawks. And Martin showed me
this video and he's like in the best part. That
guy put it on Instagram and said it was the
best gift he ever got, just like you were describing
at the top of the show, and immediately the light
bulb moment went off. I'm like, Martin, we should tell
those that's a new autograph.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Absolutely, it is the new autograph. In a sense, it's
better than an autograph. This would be like if an
autograph could say my name and say a personal message
to me then it would be like that, but it's
like this is the thing now.
Speaker 7 (13:20):
Right, And on top of that, you know, I'm looking
in my office where I have a bunch of jerseys
and you know, sports paraphernalia because that's what I like.
But in the digital age, people want things for their
Facebook wall, they want things to post on Instagram, they
want things to post on TikTok. It's kind of your
digital wall, right, and that's where you put you know,
the new autograph and just like anything that's kind of
(13:42):
new and enhanced, like it's it's just a better version
of it. It's personalized, it's authentic. They're seeing your name,
they know something about you. Even the process of getting
a cameo for someone, it's like doing a Hallmark and
picking the right perfect card for someone because you have
sixty thousand athletes after celebrities on there. So it's not
all about getting stoop dogg or somebody really say. It
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might be like I know you love this show and
this particular character in the wire, and like I want
him to make a cameo for you, and it just
shows how well you know something.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
And dad's are always tough to buy a gift for it,
so you're like, he doesn't need another tie, he doesn't
need socks. This is a really cool gift idea for dad,
especially if he's a sports fan and he's got a
certain team that he likes, or if he likes a
certain TV show. How cool would it be for dad
to get a video of a sports star, a movie star,
TV star talking to him saying your name, saying hey,
(14:35):
your kids think you're doing a great job. And Dad
gets this amazing video and he goes, wow, apparently I
did something right.
Speaker 7 (14:41):
Hundred versett right. You would be very hard pressed. Like
we run the gamut from priests to astrologers to astronauts
and Navy seals and NFL Hall of Famers and ballerinas
and reality TV, like no matter what they like, there's
something for them.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
I think it's really cool. And Steven, I love the
not only did you have this idea, you actually did it.
There are people that have great ideas but they never
actually do it. So again, I just love the fact
that you have this idea that was a little wild,
a little different. Who knows if it was going to work,
but you tried it and it worked well.
Speaker 7 (15:13):
Thank you. And you know one thing I'm excited about
in this new world where AI can actually help people
take their ideas and scale it without without technology skills.
I actually think that it's gonna Unleasha Cambrian explosion of
new entrepreneurs. It's kind of funny during you know, the
(15:34):
kind of late season. I was at the Comes game
with my cto Dom. You know, there's forty thousand people
at Wrigley Field, and I asked, how many people in
this stadium right now do you think can actually write
code or build a website or an app? And about
one percent of the American population could code, so that's
like four hundred people. And I said, Dom, how many
people here have had an idea? Right? And he's like
(15:55):
forty thousand. And the problem is if you have your idea,
you either didn't you don't know how to code yourself,
you didn't know anybody that knew how to code that
can help you, or you didn't have money to pay
somebody to go do it. And this is even if
you've got conviction and you're like I am willing to
take the risk and make it happen. So it's so limiting,
you know, from the top of funnel of who could
actually build a technology company. And as someone that has
(16:20):
never written a line of code myself, like, I was
very lucky to have a co founder that I went
to college with that I knew, I trusted, because otherwise,
you know, you could get breed blood dried. But now
with these new tools that exist, like anybody could go
to something like Lovable and put their idea and build
a website and it's really awesome.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
And again, I just love the fact that you did this.
There's so many people that have a great idea and
they take it to the grave. Folks, if you've got
an idea, get out there and try to do it.
I don't know if it's going to be the next Cameo,
but it could be. And again, congrat Steven for all
the success you're having with Cameo.
Speaker 7 (16:54):
Thank you. And you know, like I tell my team
all the time, it was easy. Everyone would do it.
And really it just starts with like having an idea
that you can't stop thinking about. Yeah, I was. I
was at a very comfortable job at LinkedIn when I
had the idea, and it was maybe three months after
having the idea. I'm sitting in Nicaragua and New Year's
day with some of my old coworkers from LinkedIn, and
(17:16):
one guy asked me, he goes Steven, if someone built
this idea and became a billionaire and he didn't try,
did you live with yourself? And for me, like, the
answer was so obviously no, bring my brain chemistry stage
that second and I never went back and I've been
at it ever since.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
I love that. Now, what would you say as a
CEO of cameo? Is there anybody on there that you
kind of shocked? You're like, wow, I can't believe we
got this person to do CAMEO with us.
Speaker 7 (17:40):
Well, you know, the top of my list for years
had been Chances the Rapper or Chicago based company, and
you know, he's someone that joined for the first time yesterday.
I've been after him for nine years. But one in
particular that I think is always so two that are
really cool VINCENTE. Fox, the former president of Mexico makes
an amazing Camio and h as well as Steve Wadsley
(18:04):
at the founder of Apple, Like you can go get
advice from one of the great technologists of our time.
So there's so many cool people, and you know it's
not just you don't need to just love sports or
reality TV like you you know another one. I was
just with Ed Buyers, the former SHOOTEAM six commander and
the greatest Medal of Honor recipient and you know he's
(18:26):
on Cameo. You can get him to pump you up
or like give you a pep talk. So it's just
it's so amazing. Uh, you know all the talent that
are there. So I highly encourage people go to cameo
dot com, Go window shop, go browse like you'll get
lost and it's really fun.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
That's awesome. Again, our guest, Stephen galanis the CEO and
founder of cameo dot com. Steven, thank you so much
for taking the time to chat today.
Speaker 7 (18:49):
Thanks for having me again.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
The website is cameo dot com. I've got a link
to that in the show notes for today. At John
and Heidishow dot com.
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Heidi Show.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Time Now for the movie quote of the day with
My beautiful Bride. Heidi over here. Guessing which movie this
is from, You're gonna probably get It's from nineteen eighty seven.
This is right in your wheelhouse. Nobody puts baby in
a corner.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
Oh, dirty Dancing. That's an easy one.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Johnny Castle said that in Dirty Dancing. Yes, yes, that
is very, very correct. That is your movie quote of
the day on The John and Heidi Show.
Speaker 5 (19:51):
The Jonanheidi Show.
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As we head to the News to Me newsdesk with
my beautiful Brian Heidi Small, what do you have for me?
Speaker 3 (20:14):
Heidi, Well, you know who Thomas Edison is.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Oh, everybody reviews.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Him as this amazing genius who invented all kinds of things.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
The light bulb mainly. Turns out, maybe.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
He didn't invent as much as we kind of thought
he'd There is.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
A lot of people that think that he was stealing
other people's stuff.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
Well, the person who actually invented the light bulb first
was a British chemist named Joseph Swan. He figured out
how to make it possible in the eighteen fifties and
eighteen sixties. With his experiments, it looked like a modern
light bulb, but it had a carbon filament that would
burn out after only a few minutes. Edison took his
design without credit or acknowledgment, Oh wow, and then replaced
(20:54):
the carbon filament with a thinner one made of tungsten.
His bulb could burn for as much such a six
hundred hours and helped usher in the age of the
electric light. But yeah, he took the idea and just
improved upon it.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Well that's the theory. There's no proof really that he
took it again. There there's got.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
Lots of stories coming up here over the next few days.
It's certain. I think he might have just been a dirty,
rotten liar.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
Could have been possible.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
You just speak ill of the dead.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
But well, the thing is there, there are a lot
of people that because one of the people who worked
with him for a short while was Nikolay Tesla, and
then nikolay Tesla moved on and did his own things,
so uh, and he moved on because he was like,
I'm not going to be able to do what I
need to do here. So it's fascinating to read the
history of that. But I'm excited you're gonna be doing
more of those and they come out.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
Oh yeah, I guess some more.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
That is very very cool. I'm excited to learn more,
and that's news to me. It's also news to me.
Speaker 5 (21:53):
I'm Chris from Izzy Jim.
Speaker 4 (21:55):
If you've got a Pokemon collection that you're looking to sell,
I'm looking to buy it.
Speaker 5 (21:58):
No collection too big or small will buy it.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
If you have a collection, or your kids have a collection,
just reach out when you tell you what it's worth.
Most people have no idea what's sitting in their closets.
Stuff you bought for a dollar back in the day,
we were thousands today. If you have a Pokemon collection
that you don't need, you can sell it and get
money for things that you do need. Reach out to
us at ezygim dot com.
Speaker 5 (22:20):
That's izsiesgim dot com.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Fun fact for you, Heidi was that John acids in
the human stomach could dissolve a razor blade. It's kind
of weird. Fun fact for your body uses three hundred
muscles to balance itself when you're simply just standing still.
That's kind of cool. I can't stand still, so I
wouldn't know. Fun fact for you, Heide. There's a form
of Tonight's in which the ringing in your ears can
(22:45):
be heard by other people.
Speaker 3 (22:47):
Oh, I've got that, but I don't think anybody else can.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Hear I don't hear it. It's another fun fact for Heidi.
Humans are the fastest long distance runners in the animal kingdom.
So other things can.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
Run faster, but yeah, not as long as yet.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
Okay, next way, you don't send me a cheetahs in
a marathon. Another fun fact for you, Heidi. John cow
Is move in different accents depending on where they live.
I think we've talked about that and we'll do one
final fun fact for you, Heidi. The Atlantic Ocean gets
one inch wider every year. The Pacific shrinks by about
an inch every year.
Speaker 3 (23:18):
So oh interesting.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
So that's that's pretty cool. Several fun facts. Now, you know,
thanks for listening to The John and Heidi Show show.
Thank you so much for listening to The John and
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(23:41):
now for some weird news. Turns out that the theory
about electric vehicles that because they're so quiet, they're dangerous
to pedestrians. While they're saying it's an old wives tale, okay,
maybe a new wives tale, a decade of British road
safety data shows that electric vehicles are not any more
dangerous to pedestrians than gas powered vehicles. Analysis of one
(24:01):
hundred and sixty seven thousand pedestrian casualties found that people
are no more likely to be struck by an electric
vehicle because they only make up one point three eight
percent of pedestrian casualties nearly identical rates per mile. By
the way, the shift towards equal safety appears linked to
twenty nineteen regulations requiring evs and hybrids to emit artificial
(24:25):
warning sounds at low speeds. As an EV adoption is
growing as more and more of those are growing. These
alerts help bring their pedestrian safety performance in line with
traditional vehicles. So I could see that where it's silent
and it could sneak right up on you and bump
into you, but they have a horn. Weird news on
the John and Heidi Show.
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Speaker 2 (25:16):
Time now for your question of the day. Heidi. Survey
found that fourteen percent of people have more than one
of these What are they we do? Fourteen percent of
people have more than.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
One fourteen percent of them.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Yeah, dog, no Christmas trees. Oh how many do we
have right now?
Speaker 3 (25:35):
Seven?
Speaker 7 (25:35):
Or up?
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Seven? And how many do we have total?
Speaker 5 (25:38):
Eight?
Speaker 2 (25:39):
We one is not up this year? Right, Wow, you're
really slacking.
Speaker 3 (25:43):
Well, the basement isn't time.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
That's the basement excuses excuses. That is your question of
the day on The John and Heidi Show.
Speaker 5 (25:51):
The Heidi Show.
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Time now for something special with Heidi Small. What do
you have for me? Heidi?
Speaker 3 (26:10):
Well, I've decided that I want to be a blues singer,
not just not with any talent or anything. I just
want the nickname because I was reading this list of
these blues singers' names and they're pretty awesome.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Oh yeah, there's some ones.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
So I'll be going through some of these over the
next few days. But today's our Homesick James.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
Okay, Papa Chubby, Nice.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
Furry Lewis, Lazy Lester, Barbecue, Bob, Smokey, hug and shaky
Jake nice? Isn't that fun? Would you just love to
have a nickname like that?
Speaker 2 (26:45):
We don't need to sing the Blues to have a nickname.
We cant have fun names for the radio instead of
John and Heidi. I never had to use a fake name.
There was only one radio station I ever worked at
where they wanted me to use a fake name, and
I was going to use the name Gilligan, and then
they go, just use your real name. I was like,
what's wrong with Gilligan. They're like, no, you're not gonna
do it.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
Now.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Can you imagine me as Gilligan? No?
Speaker 1 (27:06):
No?
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Would you have married me if I was Gilligan?
Speaker 7 (27:09):
No?
Speaker 2 (27:09):
Okay, Well I'm glad I stuck with my real name.
That is something special with Heidi Small.
Speaker 5 (27:16):
I'm Chris from Izzy Jim.
Speaker 4 (27:17):
If you've got a Pokemon collection that you're looking to sell,
I'm looking to buy it.
Speaker 5 (27:20):
We're based in the Midwest.
Speaker 6 (27:21):
We're buying collections from all over the country.
Speaker 4 (27:23):
If like to get an idea of what your collection
is worth is head on over to izzygim dot com
and shoot us a no stuff you bought for a
dollar back in the day, there were thousands today.
Speaker 7 (27:31):
If you have a.
Speaker 4 (27:31):
Pokemon collection that you don't need, you can sell it
and get money for things that you do need. Reach
out to us at izygim dot com.
Speaker 5 (27:43):
That's izzys jim dot com.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
Time now for the list reddit thread. Ask gen z
and millennials what they wish their parents are older at
generations would know or what they would stop doing. And
here's some trigger warning. By the way, I'm not a
fan of most of this quote. Here you older generations
should stop running for political office. You ruin the housing market,
you ruin politics, you ruin education. Now you're mad that
we're trying to fix it all, Oh, yay, fix it,
(28:09):
thank you. Another one. Stop saying this generation doesn't want
to work anymore. When a business is short staffed, it's
not that the younger generation doesn't want to work. We're
unwilling to let our job or career take precedence over
living our lives.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
Which is why you get fired. If you're scheduled to
work and you don't show up because you're living your
best life, then you're unwilling to work. That's kind of
how it goes.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Please listen to what younger generations have to say. Instead
of saying, well back in my day or kids these days,
I'm gonna just keep moving here. Heighty's ears are smoking around.
Speaker 7 (28:36):
Can I make a.
Speaker 5 (28:36):
Listen to Paul here.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
I don't know what this means. My parents seem to
think you can take a pile of your cvs around
town and hand them out and then have a job
by the end of the day. Apparently CV Is that
like a resume apparently, and then the last one. Please
at least try to learn the technology if you are
working age. Okay, thank you very much. That is the list.
I feel a little bit threatened right now.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
I'm starting my list right Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
We'll have that in the future. That is the list
on The John and Heidi Show, The Jon Heardi Show.
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(29:22):
to wrap things up around here with good news, and
I think this is good news. A really cool story.
Kentucky teacher secretly built a three D printed hand that
transformed his student's life. This is at Redcross Elementary in Kentucky,
a teacher turned compassion and creativity into a life changing innovation.
Speaker 3 (29:40):
This is so cool.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
Scott Johnson is the guy's name, and recently named the
twenty twenty five Kentucky Teacher of the Year. He spent
a year quietly researching, designing, and perfecting a three D
printed prosthetic hand for a fourth grade student named Jackson Farmer.
Jackson was born without a right hand. He's used a
rubber prosthetic with limited function. He got skin tone rubber
(30:02):
kind of hand that he could wear, but it doesn't
have functionality, so he couldn't actually grip things and whatnot. So,
the teacher said, without even telling Jackson, he began building
a custom design, reaching out to engineers around the world,
studying existing models, fine tuning every single detail. For the
longest time, I didn't tell anybody other than my wife
what I was working on, he said. What I found
is as I was trying to do something, it was
(30:23):
far beyond my skill set. I didn't want to falsely
get anybody's horse right. Well, when the back to school
bash happened, this year, he showed up and he revealed
the prototype. I asked him and he said, I was like,
I made this, and I would like to make one
for you if you're cool with that. And with the
approval of Jackson and his mother, the project became a reality.
(30:45):
And now he has this thing built and he has
it on So it costs about twenty dollars in materials.
He spent about twenty five hours of printing time four
hours of assembling time. But this is completely different than
a lot of prosthetics. There are thousands and thousands of
dollars and this thing is really cool. And there's a
video where you can see him using this prosthetic.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
Ash's amazing.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Yeah, this kid looks so happy as well. I've got
a link to that story. It's in the show notes
for today at johndeidishow dot com. Time saying bye Heidi, Goodbye, Heidi,
Goodbye every buddy. Have a great day. Thank you for
listening to the John and Heidie Show. This weekend.
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