Best Morgan Franklin Podcasts (2025)

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#065: Podcast Episodes That Get Shared (Even by Strangers) 13:33

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Who do you think about more? Your current audience, listeners that have already found you and love you and consider themselves part of your community or new listeners, someone that might be searching for a certain topic or just something to listen to and they find you and become a part of your audience. As podcasters it can be really easy to get ca…

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Better Than We Were with Alex Garcia 39:11

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Join Kosta and his guest: Alex Garcia, Mayor of Monterey, TN. In this episode: When you were elected as Mayor, one of your greater missions was to be a new voice for Monterey. You wanted to represent Monterey in Putnam County and across the Upper Cumberland. When you think about Monterey, and how you want it to be represented, what does that mean t…

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From The Vault: Eccentric Media 6: This Slick Is No Joke 55:59

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This episode the lads dine once again on their favorite clips from movies, PSA albums, wrestling promos, and, of course, porn. We'll be back next week with more debauchery!

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#064: Is Your Podcast Selling or Sabotaging Your Business? 14:35

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There’s a fine line in podcasting. There’s a fine line between being yourself and sharing too much. There’s a fine line between knowing your audience and completely forgetting who this show was created for. There’s a fine line between selling and completely sabotaging your business. In this episode we’re going to talk about the invisible funnel, an…

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When You Call 911 with Penny Foister 33:45

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Join Kosta and his guest: Penny Foister, Director of Putnam County 911. In this episode: I think there’s only one question we can start this episode with: what happens when we call 911? You started as an EMT in 1992 with our favorite County Mayor Mr. Randy Porter. We’d be hard pressed to find someone that knows more about emergency services in Putn…

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Pervert Potluck 6: Louis Jolyon “Jolly” West, Richard Dawson and The Many Deaths of Football 1:37:45

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This week the boys got a stew goin’! Aaron brings us a CIA Agent obsessed with mind control and LSD, John explores the career of a very lecherous game show host and Matt gives us a not-completely-gunshot-free history of the deaths in early American football!

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#063: Monetizing Your Podcast Back Catalog 18:56

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As podcasters we kind of have to be obsessed with what’s next. It’s way too easy to get stuck in the churn of what’s happening right now, and we have to focus on the next big guest, your next recording date, that next launch and the product you’ll have next year. That’s part of being a podcaster and business owner and being a high achiever. You alw…

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Justice for All with John Nisbet 1:00:17

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Join Kosta and his guest: John Nisbet, Attorney and Founder of The Rogers Project. In this episode: We’re going to talk about what it really means to have law and order, but first I think there’s a bigger question on everyone’s mind, especially today: is there still justice for all? It’s unfortunate that we have to remind listeners this, but I thin…

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Transgressive: Harris Glenn “Divine” Milstead 1:31:27

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This week Aaron treats the lads to another example of the profoundly profane with the tale of Divine! Harris Glenn Milstead emerges from a childhood of strictness and cruelty before shocking the world as the muse of John Waters then blossoming further to prove themselves as a truly gifted actor, singer and performer in their final act!…

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The HPScast - Season 12 Finale 15:02

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To close out Season 12 of The HPScast, host Colbert Cannon revisits some of this season's most memorable moments. We brought on some heavy hitters from across industries, and the country, including: a former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, a Chief Investment Officer of a South Carolina retirement system, a CNBC reporter extraordina…

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The Long Goodbye with Melanie Hendricks 39:20

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Join Kosta and his guest: Melanie Hendricks, Plateau Regional Director for Alzheimer’s Tennessee. In This Episode: Alzheimer's is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States. Between 1999 and 2014 Alzheimer's deaths in Tennessee more than doubled. Collectively, we’ll do almost anything to avoid talking about aging, death and what all of thi…

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Death And Taxes: Benjamin Franklin Part 3 1:54:55

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This week Matt concludes the life of Poor Richard aka Benjamin Franklin! We see Franklin use his diplomatic muscle by day to persuade France to join the American cause while engaging in frisky French frivolities at night! His feuds, literary shenanigans and inventions continue all while putting together a little nation called The United States!…

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2025 Current Credit Market Trends with HPS Governing Partners Purnima Puri and Mike Patterson 29:40

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Each season, we devote one episode to a discussion of current credit market trends. This week, host Colbert Cannon is joined by Purnima Puri, an HPS Governing Partner and Head of Public Credit, and Mike Patterson, an HPS Governing Partner and Co-Head of Private Credit. With the magnitude of market volatility currently, the discussion focuses on wha…

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Love First with Alex Lisic 52:34

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Join Kosta and his guest: Alex Lisic, Executive Pastor at Christpoint Church and Creative Director at Fufild. In this episode: Most of our listeners probably know you from your time at LifeChurch and now, Christpoint Church where you and Elizabeth serve as Executive Pastors. Will you tell us about Christpoint and what makes it such a special place …

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#062: How to Make Money Podcasting Without Ads, Partnerships, or Sponsors 14:31

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In this episode we’re going to talk about why it’s so hard to make money with traditional sponsorships through podcasting, how you can start making money well before you have 10,000 monthly downloads and how you should be positioning your podcast and brand to make money from your first episode. 🎧 Listen to Episode 40: The Podcaster's Guide to Makin…

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Tinkering With It All: Ben Franklin Part 2 1:37:17

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This week Matt takes the lads deeper into Ben Franklin’s life of brilliant ingenuity, dysfunctional family dynamics, flirtatious relationships with young women, and an affection for nudity all while the relationship between the states and Britain begins to sour!

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Geoffrey Berg - Chief Investment Officer of the South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission 32:17

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This week, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Geoffrey Berg, Chief Investment Officer of the South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission, to discuss his strategic leadership of the system's approximately $50 billion investment portfolio and share insights into private credit as an early adopter of the asset class among peers. Then, we fi…

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#061: Podcast Analytics for Dummies 18:33

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Podcast analytics are like the wild west: there is no standard of law and order. As you know, it doesn’t take long to be completely confused by your podcast host analytics and going on Spotify for Creator and stressing out of Apple Podcasts Connect - I know because I’m right there with you. There’s a bunch of numbers and stats and listeners and dow…

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Our Obligation with Diana Mandli 46:30

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Join Kosta and his guest: Diana Mandli, scholar, entrepreneur, founder and former owner of the Bull and Thistle Gastropub. In this episode: Last week we talked with our friend Mark Dudney about the history of Jackson County and what brought us here today. Gainesboro is having a renaissance and it’s impossible to talk about the future of Jackson Cou…

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Benjamin Franklin Part 1: Reluctant Rascal 1:22:56

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This week Matt shows the boys the early years of Benjamin Franklin and how his devotion to publishing, writing, debate and philosophy leads to a desire to create organizations and societies that center on the distribution of information and even the formation of American militia!

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Madelaine O'Connell - Managing Director at HPS Investment Partners 26:13

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Host Colbert Cannon sits down with Madelaine O'Connell, a leader in HPS's private high-grade business to discuss the evolution of the private placement market and the nuances of private versus public high grade debt. She also talks about her transition from leading the private placements business at Goldman Sachs to joining HPS, and shares her visi…

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Country Common Sense with Mark Dudney 29:36

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Join Kosta and his guest: Mark Dudney, Public Historian, Regional Planner, Producer, and Educator. In this episode: They say all press is good press. I’m going to ask you later in the episode if you think that’s true, but for now I want to start with the question on everyone’s mind: what do you do when white christian nationalists move in next door…

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#060: Should You Quit Your Podcast? 14:02

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You start a podcast, it’s fun for about 3 weeks and then - life starts happening... recordings are getting more inconvenient, you don't know what to talk about, your guests aren’t responding, everything is expensive and you have ten downloads on your episodes. I know I say this in every episode, but podcasting is hard. It’s time consuming, it’s exp…

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Public Universal Friend: Jemima Wilkinson And The Revolutionary Spirit 1:08:02

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This week Johnboy chronicles the saga of the Public Universal Friend, born a woman of the Quaker faith, the tumultuous times of the American Revolution would have them found the first religious order in the burgeoning country as a non-binary being sent from heaven!

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Robert Kaplan - Former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Partner & Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs 30:34

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This week, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Robert Kaplan, former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, to discuss his career spanning finance and public service. Kaplan reflects on the evolution of Goldman Sachs, his transition from deal-making to management, and the valuable lessons he learned from …

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Charting the Path with Mark Farley 1:10:06

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Join Kosta and his guest: Mark Farley, Executive Director of UCHRA, UCDD and Core Partner of Empower UC. In this episode: Many Americans are questioning how well state and federally funded services really work for this country and if the price tag justifies the outcomes. For anyone listening and thinking, this is just more government bloat - what d…

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#059: Is ChatGPT Ruining Your Podcast? 21:03

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✨ChatGPT✨ it’s magical, it’s mystical and it really is amazing, mostly because it does all the stuff we don’t want to do. It might also be ruining your podcast. This episode is so contradictory to most of what I teach you about incorporating AI into your podcast workflow, but I’m seeing way too many podcasters destroying their podcasts with ChatGPT…

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Pervert Potluck 5: Jean-Bedel Bokassa, Sean na Sagart, The Old Leatherman, Carl Barks 1:40:31

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This week the lads are joined by Laura Crawford for the ancient tradition of the story swap! Aaron has a Francophile African cannibal dictator, Johnboy has a priest-slaughtering Irish bounty hunter, Matt has the mysterious-yet-reassuring Leatherman and Laura has the man who secretly created revered Donald Duck comics that Walt Diz took credit for!…

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Mike Van Konynenburg and David Lehman Discuss the Real Estate Market 25:43

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This week, we are looking at trends in the US real estate market, where the delta between debt and equity returns is as small as it’s been in 15 years. Mike Van Konynenburg, President of Eastdil Secured, oversees large, real estate transactions including financings, capital raises, sales, and investment banking transactions for institutional real e…

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Camp Nakanawa with Karen Rathgeber Hale 38:02

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Join Kosta and his guest: Karen Rathgeber Hale, Director of Camp Nakanawa. I hope you packed the bug spray, because this week we're going to Camp Nakanawa. In this episode: Camp Nakanawa is over 100 years old. As we’ve discussed, this is more than a camp, it’s tradition. How do you weigh the importance of preserving cherished rituals versus embraci…

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#058: Before You Rebrand Your Podcast 15:43

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Rebranding a podcast is tricky. Branding a podcast is tricky. I’ve had several questions lately from established podcasters asking either what went wrong with their podcast rebrand or what they need to know before rebranding and in this episode we’ll talk about when to know it’s time for a rebrand, what you need to focus on during your rebrand and …

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The After Dark Bandits: Doug and Peter Morgan 1:19:08

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This week Matt brings us the tale of twin armed robbers who grew up in a life of crime before taking on the law themselves before the war amongst each other brings their spree to an end and extends beyond!

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Shawn Ury - Executive Director and Head of Alternatives at USAA 25:19

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On this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Shawn Ury, Executive Director and Head of Alternatives at USAA, a financial services company providing insurance and banking products to members of the military, veterans, and their families. Shawn’s team oversees 13 different asset portfolios and two charitable foundations. We discuss Shaw…

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The Last 5 Years with Matt Brown 43:24

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Join Kosta and his guest: Matt Brown, Certified Financial Planner, Branch Manager and Generational Wealth Planner at 304 Family Wealth of Raymond James. In this episode: Money is the last taboo topic. We’d rather talk about almost anything than how much money we make or have. That’s helped create a society of people who don’t really understand how …

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#057: Affiliate Marketing for Podcasters: The Worst Kept Secret in Podcast Monetization 14:22

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When can you monetize your podcast? That’s one of the most asked questions I get as a podcast producer and strategist and the simple answer is: today. Yeah, it’s true. You can monetize your podcast today. You could hypothetically speaking, start making money on your podcast today by becoming an affiliate partner. Now, obviously it’s much more compl…

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Gaston Bullock Means: The Lie Is The High 1:14:56

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This week Johnboy brings the tale of the man J. Edgar Hoover called “the most amazing figure in contemporary criminal history!” Gaston Bullock means falls in love with the thrill of deception as a youth and it takes him from blackmailing criminals while a government agent to grafting and murdering an heiress and finally, exploiting the kidnapping a…

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Sara Eisen - Co-Anchor of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” & “Money Movers” 26:31

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Welcome to Season 12 of The HPScast. Join host Colbert Cannon for a conversation with Sara Eisen, co-anchor of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” & “Money Movers”. She shares how preparation met opportunity on her path to national television—and how taking a chance on forex market coverage gave her a competitive edge in her early days as a financial rep…

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How to Build Your Dream Home with Catherine Jackson and Katie Hall 45:54

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Join Kosta and his guests: Catherine Jackson, Executive Officer of The Home Builders Association of the Upper Cumberland and Katie Hall, General Manager at Cookeville Kitchen Sales. In this episode: Building a house is like making a cake from scratch - I don’t know how. Let’s start there, because for most of us buying an existing home is confusing …

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#056: The Biggest Lie in Podcasting 16:02

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Do you want to know the biggest lie in podcasting? I’ve been thinking about this episode for many years, and it’s something I try to share with every podcaster I work with and meet. The biggest lie in podcasting is that it’s easy, but way too many of us make it too hard. In this episode I’m going to expose the lies you’ve likely been told about pod…

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From The Vault: Michael Malloy: Rasputin Of The Bronx 54:38

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We had to take this week off, but we'll be back next week with some grand foolishness. Until then: This episode John shares the tale of the man who would not die, unwittingly surviving as many as five separate attempts on his life by a collective of five of his friends. Matt tells the story of a man who weaned himself off of a self love practice in…