After enduring another round of a certain multinational's slickly branded mental health campaign, Brent & Dave discuss the pros and cons of corporate philanthropy, as well as how to think better about charitable giving.

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Brent & Dave sit down with educator, actor, producer, and seeker-of-all-things-cool Matt Szpirglas to talk about a couple of rejected episodes in the life of the über-huge roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons.

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Matt's source: Slaying the Dragon by Ben Riggs

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To help kick off the 2024 Canadian Premier League (CPL) season, Brent and Dave go on location to Tim Hortons Field, the home of Hamilton's Forge FC, and speak to a couple of genuine playmakers, attacker Kevaughn Tavernier and midfielder Noah Jensen. We talk huge first goals and the lowest of the lows, and what it takes to maintain a genuine pro mindset.

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It seems these days like we're being asked to tip for some unusual things, far more than just good service. Dave and Brent chat about the state of tipping and get some expert help from friends and family online. Are we being asked for too much? Or is our privilege getting in the way of simply paying it forward and valuing our fellow humans?

Dave takes charge in this episode and profiles Rodney Dangerfield, who was arguably the greatest reject comedian ever. Brent tries not to be too distracted by how, from just the right angle, Dave might be RD's present-day doppelgänger.

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Brent's thriller Unthinkable drops this week, and we do a Reversies episode, where Dave takes the interview chair and asks Brent why this book is a rejection miracle. Brent also tees up the big launch event on March 20 (click here for details), reminds everyone why bookstores are The Bomb, and also puts a signed copy of Unthinkable on the block for our listeners.

In our second listener-driven episode, writer Hollay Ghadery talks about being of mixed race but not mixed enough, and actor/producer Sara Weber explains how she respnded to a bad review of one of her plays.

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Why do some ideas work, and some don't? Why do some organizations reach their followers in meaningful and intentional ways, and others don't? Dennis van Staalduinen joins RC to talk branding, good jazz, and why ideas get rejected.

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Steve Jobs introduces the iMac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiWd8ujtK5k