 it’s even more critical because of the work that Jason puts in. It’s not just a hey, let’s get together and scratch each other. It’s let’s really, really make this worth our time.
BN: What’s something valuable that you’ve taken away from the Summit before?
BG: I get two really critical things out of Jason’s Summit in particular. One, a lot of affirmation. You’re always experimenting and trying new things. It might be one little thing that you’re doing in one little market and you wonder if that’s the right thing. Then you go there and you hear somebody talk about something similar or maybe even something exactly the same and you’re like, okay, good, I respect that person and that person is trying the same thing or thinks that’s a good idea. There’s an affirmation aspect to it.
The second thing that I always get out of it is just motivation. What comes out in two days with a group of people like that is that most of us aren’t in this for the paycheck — although we all like to get paid — but we’re in it because it’s a passion. I think about outside of my wife and kids, my two loves in life are sports and radio. I get to do them both every day. What happens is you see that passion come out in different ways. Not all of them that are there are radio people specifically. They may be in a tangential business, but that passion is overwhelmingly motivating to me and I find myself recharged, re-energized.
I think affirmation, motivation, and sometimes those two actually drive you to try something that maybe you’ve been thinking about. I know I’ve had this happen where I’ve been thinking about something for maybe years and you go to a conference like that and you’re like, why the hell haven’t I done that? Now I’m going to because I keep putting it off, and if so-and-so can do it, or so-and-so believes it’s a good idea, then I’m going to go forward.
BN: What’s the most gratifying aspect of your job?
BG: That’s easy: Watching other people succeed. When I see someone who I know is busting their ass or has been trying to get something to work for so long and it clicks and it happens, or the ratings finally happen, I totally am driven by that. I love seeing it.
Those are the people I then absolutely want to help as much as I can. By help, I mean help their career, help them grow, help them find the next job or whatever they want to do that’s important to them. That, to me, it’s all about that. It’s about watching people win that really deserve it and earned it.
BN: What’s the most difficult part of your job?
BG: I don’t dwell on the bad stuff but certainly over the past couple of years, the most difficult thing has had to be downsizing our teams. Everybody has been through it, but that doesn’t make it okay. Nobody ever deserves to lose their job, especially if they love what they do. But everybody can’t keep their job. It’s just not realistic. It’s not how it works.
You’ve experienced it yourself, unfortunately, and you’re an extremely talented talk show host that I think is remarkably bright and unique. So if guys like you can lose your job, it can happen to anybody.
I have to admit, I’ve met a couple of people in my career that actually enjoy firing people and I’m telling you those people are either the devil or they’re just not human. There is nothing fun at all about having to tell people that their position no longer exists. It absolutely blows. That’s the worst by far.
BN: Yeah, absolutely. That’s crazy; I can’t imagine someone enjoying that.
BN: Put your current job to the side, it doesn’t count toward this question. What’s the most fun you’ve ever had during your career?
BG: Maybe this is nostalgic and we romanticize things, but probably when I was working at my dad’s Wisconsin-owned radio station. I think when I had the most fun was doing play-by-play. I used to do high school basketball and high school hockey, believe it or not. I loved it, man. I thought it was the greatest thing ever. The hockey games were outdoors. 
I think about those times and I’m like, that was a freakin’ blast, man. It was so much fun. I’m sure I had some worries, but I don’t remember having a single worry in the world then. I didn’t have a family to support yet, so it was just like, make your 25 bucks doing play-by-play and go through the McDonald’s drive-thru and life is good.
BN: [Laughs] Totally, man. For you personally, do you look to the future as far as goals or are you an in-the-now type of guy?
BG: I think for me personally, I’m definitely a here-and-now person. That’s how I was brought up. That’s my Midwest upbringing. My parents were like, as long as you’re getting a paycheck from somebody, you give them 150%.  If something else happens to come along, then you consider it.
That’s the reason I say I’ve been very lucky. I’ve had a lot of things just organically come my way. I don’t know why or how I was lucky enough to fall into those places. I guess a lot of really good people that have helped me and looked out for me, mentors of mine.
But yeah, I don’t get fixated personally. There’s no guarantee. For me personally, I’m all about today being as great as it can be and tomorrow being whatever it’s going to be.
BN: If you could change anything about your career, would you?
BG: No. Not at all. And that doesn’t mean that I don’t think I’ve made some mistakes. I absolutely have made some mistakes. I think I made them with good intentions. Even when I made the wrong step, it all made sense when I did it. That’s not because I’m smart or I did everything right because like I said, I’ve made some mistakes.
But just because you make mistakes doesn’t mean you have to have regrets. I don’t regret it. All of those things get you where you’re at now, good and bad. I’ve made some mistakes, but I wouldn’t change anything. I’ve been extremely lucky, man. Extremely lucky.
Albert Arizza and team at Resistance in Madrid have produced a spec spot for Nike, designed as a tribute to Bruce Lee martial arts movies in the year of the Dragon. A robot wearing Nike trainers does an almighty jump off the US Bank Tower in Los Angeles, landing on the target of choice.
Running Free was produced at Resistance, Madrid, by director, producer, editor and sound engineer Albert Arizza, producer Monika Goyanes, animators/3D artists Jose Luis García Saez and Victor de Luis, editor Albert Arizza. The cover of Iron Maiden’s Running Free track is by D3L1R0N1C Sergio Piera and Andy Sparti.The Sacré-Cœur Basilica, which is situated on top of a hillock in Montmartre, Paris, has a slight resemblance to the Taj Mahal. The whipped cream color of this stunning structure resembles the Mughal period monument in India than the Notre-Dame, the neighboring cathedral with a Gothic architecture.
The name of the church translates to Sacred Heart, which gets extended to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris in formal correspondence. The Sacred Heart alludes to the heart of Jesus Christ, which Roman Catholics devotes and represents Christ’s love for all of humanity.
In fact, the basilica’s structural design is a mix of both Ancient Roman and Byzantine architectural styles. The architect of this church, Paul Abadie, was also involved in the restoration of Périgueux Cathedral in France. That church also resembles greatly to the basilica in Montmartre.
The whipped-cream appearance of the Sacré-Cœur Basilica is due to the stone, which came from the quarries of the French commune named Château-Landon. In wet weather conditions, the calcite mineral contained in that stone acts like more of a bleacher, which in turn brings a chalky white look to the exterior of the church.
From atop the dome of the basilica, visitors can enjoy a picturesque view of the cityscapes including Eiffel and Montparnasse towers, La Défense, the Panthéon, Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, and Saint-Denis Basilica. In fact, if you ascent the dome outside the building through 300 stairs, you can virtually see most of the famous monuments in Paris provided you observe the cityscapes with a binocular.
The Sacré-Cœur Basilica that sits on top of a hillock that is situated at a 130 meters altitude. The building itself is 83 meters tall, which means that it is one of the tallest points in the City of Lights. It’s second only to the Eiffel Tower (