Bro Nouveau Podcast

071 - Guilian DiLeonardo and Jacky Petit-Homme are certified financial planners and two of the three founding partners of Liberty One Wealth Advisors in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After working at a traditional wirehouse, or bank, Jacky, Guilian and their partner opened their own independent wealth management firm.Thomas, Guilian and Jacky discuss the roles and responsibilities of a financial planner, the differences between a planner and an investment advisor, breaking out of the cycle of living paycheck to paycheck, the decision to go independent, Liberty One's fee structure, and the brand's identity and diversity in the financial services industry.Timestamps: 1:00 - Why does financial services have an air of mystery? 9:00 - Investment Advice vs Financial Planning 19:00 - Breaking out living paycheck to paycheck26:00 - the entrepreneurial path and “going independent” as a financial planner 32:00 - Liberty One’s fee structure 37:00 - What is Liberty One’s Strategy in the downturn of August 2022?44:30 - Liberty's Brand & DiversityLiberty One's WebsiteFollow Bro Nouveau on Instagram

070 - Katja Schleicher is a German communication coach and speaker. Over the last 10 years she has worked with clients to enable effective & empathic communication, across banking, pharma and ambitious startups.With three languages, two passports and an European heart, Katja travels across borders constantly to bring people and ideas closer through communication. She speaks at conferences about communicative misunderstandings and how to initiate change through communication.Timestamps: 1:30 - Living in Germany vs the Netherlands 7:00 - Communications consulting in different industries, healthcare vs. energy 13:00 - Solving the problem of not being heard 20:30 - Intersection of D&I + Communication Coaching 28:30 - Communication styles among the sexesKatja's Website

069 - Toby Fraser is the Community Education Supervisor at the Lutheran Settlement House in Philadelhia. The Settlement House is a nonprofit that offers programming for food access, homeless services, domestic violence services, senior services and education. Toby also runs the Masculinity Action Project, a community education and violence prevention initiative.Timestamps: 3:00 - Toby Intro - Background & Present Work 7:00 - Youth Work: relationship skills11:00 - No-No-Yes Trope 15:00 - Rape is universally defiled and at the same time extremely common - what’s going on? 21:00 - Engaging with men who don’t want to examine their conditioned behavior- stages of change model 29:00 - How to deal with jealousy + What is domestic violence? 42:00 - White people and “being emotional in private”50:00 - How to engage with white people who don’t believe in white privilege Lutheran Settlement House Masculinity Action Project Bro Nouveau on Instagram

068- Edward Cronin Ed has worked in the law enforcement for over 35 years. His career includes experience as a Police Chief in two cities in Massachusetts. He holds a graduate degree in Criminal Justice Management along with an advanced graduate degree in Organizational Development and Systems Thinking from Suffolk University. He has also held appointments at the U.S. Department of State aa a Senior Law Enforcement Advisor.As Chief of Police in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 2006, he co-developed a task force that employed a systems approach to address crime and educational failures of Latino students. Fitchburg was experiencing a higher murder rate per capita than the City of Boston (mostly within the Latino community) and a high school dropout rate for Latino students of over 40%. His work engaged the police and community to identify the root cause as unconscious bias, systemic racism, and lack of economic opportunities for young people.Timestamps:2:00 - Why does the thin blue line exist? 8:30 - American policing is 200 years old 16:30 - The American criminal justice system is a failure 21:30 - Ed’s story of reforming a city’s police force as Chief of Police in Fitchburg, MA 25:00 - How did Ed’s task force define systemic racism? 36:00 - How Should someone interact with the police?  40:00 - Ed’s message for young peopleEd's WebsiteFollow Bro Nouveau On Instagram

067 - Paul Sippil is a financial advisor who specializes in helping small businesses and individuals select the right 401(k) provider for their financial needs. He has websites and a YouTube channel with free educational information to help investors avoid unnecessary fees and maximize retirement savings.Timestamps:3:00 - Financial Advisors don’t charge for the commensurate amount of work6:00 - History of 401k & Why Asset Based Fees are BS  10:30 - Guideline 401k price structure changes 15:00 - Basics of Retirement Savings and How to Save 21:00 - Budgeting - track your spending with simple “date - amount - description” format24:30 - Expense Ratios- Active vs Passive Funds 26:00 - How to pick a fund to invest in 29:30 - Buy Low / Sell High? 31:30 - True Diversification is outside of the US Market and understanding correlation 40:00 - The argument for a gold standard 47:00 - How do interest rates interact with inflation? 54:00 - I Bond 56:00 - Paul’s Services for employer-sponsored retirement plans58:00 - Spark by seek discomfort game Thomas’ Question: how would your life change if you had 1 year left to live? Paul’s Question: what have you dreamed of doing for a long time and what is holding you back from doing it? References and Further Reading: 401kprovidersearch.com paulsippil.comPersonal Capital Budgeting App Dave Ramsey Every Dollar All Weather Fund - Permanent Portfolio I Bond

066 - Dr. Anne Truong is a board-certified medical doctor with over 20 years of experience specializing in anti-aging and biologic cellular medicine. She is an Intimate health expert. Thomas and Dr. Truong discuss the definition and prevalence of erectile dysfunction, the physiology of getting and maintaining an erection, how ED pills hijack this natural process and their consequences, the impact of alcohol, smoking and vaping, the data on average penis size, and how sexual performance is a reflection of general health.Timestamps:4:00 - How common is Erectile Dysfunction?7:00 - Clinical definition of ED 12:00 - what happens in the body to get an erection?19:00 - How does smoking impact erections? 22:00 - How does alcohol impact erections? 26:00 - How big is the average penis?33:00 - Quadriplegics can get erections 35:00 - The mental side - declutter negative thoughts about performance 44:00 - Scar Tissue in the penis from chronic ED 50:00 - The clitoris is women’s pleasure organ Dr. Anne's WebsiteFollow Bro Nouveau on InstagramBro Nouveau on YouTube