600 episodes
The Focus Group The Focus Group, Tim Bennett, John Nash
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4.8 • 176 Ratings
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Tim Bennett and John Nash—memorable class clowns in high school, now revolutionary LGBTQ marketing and advertising executives—invite you to share in a friendship that spans 40 plus years. Drawing on their combined corporate and entrepreneurial experience, the conversation ranges from the professional to the personal, and everything in between. Entertaining banter, unique voices, and smart content. We’re all business. Except when we’re not.
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TFG Unbuttoned: Queen of the Desert Found
The iconic bus from the movie “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” is found in a remote Aussie town, and a group is now working to raise over $1 million to restore the bus to its former glory. But first, Gays Against Grooming—GAG, as we call them—is spun up over a three-year-old tweet The North Face sent out offering support to Brave Trails, an LGBTQ youth leadership camp. Finally, San Francisco is suing the neighboring city of Oakland for changing the name of their airport to the San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.
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Leave it all Behind
Shop Talk looks at two gay digital nomads that sold their house in Seattle and hit the globe to find a foreign land where they can settle down for a while. They are writers and are chronicling their adventure. They both feel this was the best thing and the right thing for them to do. Tim and John ponder the idea with a modified approach. But first, Caught My Eye has a story about a Detroit sign gone wrong and the least popular paint color according to Sherwin Williams. Caresse Crosby, the inventor of the bra, is our Business Birthday.
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TFG Unbuttoned: Do You Live in the Gayest State?
Popular trans focused website, Emisil.com, has released a study on what states they believe are the gayest based on selected search terms. See if you agree. Then, the hook-up app, Grindr, is developing an “AI Boyfriend” to sext with you when no one else will. Finally, a baker in Kansas, Sis Monroe, believes she lost her $4,000 diamond in a batch of cookies for sale at her local shop. Be careful you don’t chip your teeth!
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Location, Location, Location
Shop Talk looks at how the onslaught of anti-LGBTQ legislation is affecting the workplace and decisions about where people want to live. But first, Caught My Eye finds a Velveeta hair-dye from Kraft-Heinz that is no joke, and NASA wants to standardize moon time. Candy Samples, the voluptuous large breasted model and actress, is our Business Birthday.
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TFG Unbuttoned: Martina and Caitlyn Jenner Trade Barbs
Caitlyn Jenner went off half-cocked in a full MAGA meltdown related to the Trans Day of Visibility, which for the past nine years has been on the 31st. Easter, a roving holiday, happened to also fall on the 31st, thus creating the false outrage. Martina Navratilova called her out for her hypocrisy. Also, Best Buy is the latest brand to come under fire for supporting LGBTQ causes. Finally, the famed Tropicana in Las Vegas has closed after 67 years to make way for a new baseball stadium.
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Wonka Fail
Shop Talk looks at the freefall in religious affiliation in America. Anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment within some churches is part of the blame for the decline in church membership. But first, Caught My Eye asks whether a bench dedication plaque in Bristol, England is real. Also, a promised Wonka immersion exhibit in Scotland leads to tears and lawsuits. Mellody Hobson, head of Starbucks and the first African American female to lead a S&P 500 company, is our Business Birthday.
We’re all business. Except when we’re not.
Customer Reviews
Entertaining
You must look up man in the orange shirt! Fantastic film!
Pay attention to your gender bias
In the episode “The Secret of Luck” (Sept 16, 2022) you quote directly from the article in Wired “The Secret of Being Lucky” by Virginia Heffernan (August 7, 2022). You continue to refer to the author Virginia, who is a woman as a ‘he’ and refer to her as if she were a male writer. It would’ve taken you 3 seconds to check who is the author of the piece you chose to devote the episode to and name it after. This is lazy. It is also particularly ironic considering that earlier in the same episode you spend several minutes talking about the few women who made it to the top positions in the airline industry. You can do better.
Entertaining as Business Focused
Don't think that this business focus means dull or droning talk. Focus groups cover a lot of ground keeping the focus on business. Never boring and take just the right time with guests and their other topics. ❤❤ these guys!!! Been listening to John and Tim for years since SiriusXM days. Was so relieved that they easily slid into many formats so everyone can listen AND view now so best works for them.