Dropping Paradigms Podcast Heath Hunter and Tory Donato

Big Daddy - 1999

Episode Notes

00:16 – Intro (Our most monotone to date)

02:48 – Adam Sandler movie rankings

11:57 – IMDB & Rotten Tomatoes Summary and Reviews

14:10 – Two Word Check-in

17:05 – Nickel #1: Head or Tails – Maybe the coin can help you make a decision

22:10 – Digm #1: Allow your kids to make choices and express themselves

31:50 –  Digm #2: What do you do when your life is about to change?

            - Phases:

                 o Nothing

                 o Homesick (Go back to the way things were)

                 o Rise or Fall

                 o Sustain

44:05 – Digm #3 – You alone are not able to influence your kids all the time.

           - People your kids need:

               1) A person to help

               2) A Grandparent (it doesn’t have to be a blood relative)

               3) Opposite or different person

58:15 – Nickel #2: Motivation vs Discipline – Which is more important to have?

1:06:10 - Outro

This week we decided to do something different and just talk about what influenced us on the sports front during the week. Let us know what you think about our “Random Episode”.

0:16 – Intro

3:08 – Two Word Check-In

6:06 – Digm #1: How confident is over confident?

27:00  – #NASCAR Naps

30:00 – Digm #2: What would your peers say about you?

52:15 – Wrap-up

Die Hard - 1988

IMDB: An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

7.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there's no one to save the hostages -- but him

Tomatoeter –94% & Audience Score – 94%

Episode Notes

00:16 – Intro

1:21 – IMDB Summary to start the, “Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie?” debate

3:52 – Two Word Check-in

6:17 – Die Hard – IMDB & Rotten Tomatoes

10:47 – 1988 Fun Facts

12:24 – You’re Welcome

21:55 – Digm #1: When you put people on notice, it comes with a cost.

            “Now I have a machine gun. Ho-ho-ho.” John McClaine through Hans Gruber

30:32 – Digm #2: If you put in the time and the effort you will “sink” to your level of training (preparation)

42:40 – Digm #3: How do you shift momentum in your favor?

             Information + Initiative + Confidence + Ability + Persistence = Momentum Shift

53:25 – Digm #4: Stop and listen before you jump to a conclusion or respond

            Listen to understand, do not listen to respond

1:00:20 – Wrap-Up

Stay Tuned after the Wrap-up for a special treat

Valentine’s Day -2010

Rotten Tomatoes – In a series of interconnected stories, various Los Angeles residents (Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper) wend their way through the highs and lows of love during a single day. As the holiday unfolds, they experience first dates, longtime commitments, youthful crushes and connections to old flames. (Tomatometer – 18% & Audience Score – 47%)

IMDB –  Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day. (5.7/10)

0:16 – Intro

1:45 – Movie Discussion

5:08 – Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB Discussion

7:18 – Valentine’s Day Facts

13:47 – Digm #1: Emotions make it hard to see, accept, and acknowledge the obvious.

32:56 – Digm #2: If you don’t know yourself, how can you be in a healthy relationship?

37:02 – Tory’s Words of Wisdom – People shape relationships, but relationships also shape people.

37:21 – Tory’s Words of Wisdom Part II – Don’t lose yourself trying to find somebody else.

39:08 – Digm #3: We all make decisions based on desired outcomes.

50:33 – Digm #4: Don’t let the world dictate what relationships look like.

58:55 – Wrap-Up

1:00:01 – Two Word Check-In

Jingle All The Way – 1996

IT’S TURBO TIME!

IMDB: A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas. However, every store is sold out of them, and he must travel all over town and compete with everybody else in order to find one.

Rating - 5.7/10 

Rotten Tomatoes: Workaholic Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) wants to make things up to his son, Jamie (Jake Lloyd), and wife, Liz (Rita Wilson). He promises to get Jamie the hottest toy of the season, Turbo-Man -- even though it's Christmas Eve and the toy is practically sold out. As Langston hunts down the elusive gift, he runs into mailman Myron (Sinbad), another father on the same quest. With the clock winding down, Langston's moral code is tested as he starts to learn the real meaning of Christmas.

Tomatoeter –19% & Audience Score – 38%

Episode Notes

00:15 – Intro

01:16 – Do you Like Christmas Music

3:40 – Christmas Traditions

8:31 – IMDB & Rotten Tomatoes

14:30 – Favorite Christmas Toy?

19:22 – The Hottest Toys of Christmas

24:42 – Digm #1 – Accountability is vital to relationships

             “If you don’t have accountability in a relationship you don’t have anything.”

34:28 – Digm #2 – Material things vs Physical Presence

41:20 – Tory drops a bomb – Statement Action Agreement

42:20 – Digm #3 – Ulterior Motivates – maybe they aren’t always so bad

            “A man always has two reasons for doing anything, a good reason and the real reason.”  ~JP Morgan

52:50 – Digm #4 – The Viral Effect

1:06:30 – Two Word Check Out

Remember the Titans – 2000

IMDB: The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.

7.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: In Virginia, high school football is a way of life, an institution revered, each game celebrated more lavishly than Christmas, each playoff distinguished more grandly than any national holiday. And with such recognition, comes powerful emotions. In 1971 high school football was everything to the people of Alexandria. But when the local school board was forced to integrate an all black school with an all white school, the very foundation of football's great tradition was put to the test.

Tomatoeter – 73% & Audience Score – 93%

Episode Notes

00:15 – Intro

00:43 – Tory drops a double negative

1:25 – Two word check-in

2:30 – Daylight Savings Time tangent

6:05 – Heath’s Favorite part of the show aka Ask Tory Random Questions and then make fun of him for not getting them correct

18:51 – Finally we talk about Remember the Titans

22:35 – Here is the link to the ESPN article –

25:39 – Digm #1: We all need someone or something to rally (connect) around

             Who or what are you rallying around?

32:30 – Digm #2: Common Enemy Effect – Balance Theory – Identity Fusion

              The idea that right circumstances people will be willing to undergo self-sacrifice for the betterment of the group.

43:12 – Digm #3: How do you change attitude and perception?

52:10 – Digm #4: Culture change does not always happen at the top. Culture change requires

            buy-in. Culture changes does not have to be overt. (Do not wait for permission to be a culture changer!)

1:00:00 – Yo Mama Jokes

1:08:00 – Digm #5: Environment plays a role in moral decision-making.