Summer may be winding down, but apparently nobody told the thermostat.

Jeff and Marc kick off September talking about Marc’s 115-degree trip to Phoenix, his slowly expanding golf career, and their upcoming adventure speaking together to Kansas City’s next generation of leaders.

From there, happy hour wanders into some surprisingly useful territory: hiring great people through your network, creating an office culture people actually want to be part of, and what happens when you finally give yourself permission to step away from work for more than a week.

That leads to Marc’s wife Bridget preparing for an eight-week sabbatical, Jeff’s recent conversations with CEOs who have taken extended time off, and an important question: If you spend your sabbatical working on a PhD, is it still technically a sabbatical?

Then Jeff gets a spam text that begins, “Hey Dad, I missed the sound of your laugh,” sending the conversation toward AI scams, fraud, and Marc’s increasingly useful advice for modern life: doubt everything.

Plus, golf, football, giving back, podcast swapping, and several attempts to successfully record one simple sentence.

Grab a drink. It’s 4 O’Clock Somewhere.

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