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Dave Wakeman's The Business of Fun Podcast

Nov 10, 2025

Richard Howle returns! 

Richard has started a new business called RH Insights. 

He has trained an AI to think and speak about tickets just like him. 

Amazing! 

We had a great conversation about all kinds of things. 

A few highlights:

  • Richard tells me about a 15,000 word stream of consciousness chat he had with his...


Nov 3, 2025

My guest today is Randy Nichols! 

I've been working to get Randy on for a few weeks now. Our schedules finally lined up. 

We had a great conversation! 

Some of the things we hit on:

  • Sports v. Concerts
  • Why he fights the secondary market, or, at least seems to. 
  • Financialization of tickets. 
  • Tools. 
  • And, more.

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Oct 27, 2025

My guest today is Jason Lassey. 

Jason is the man behind www.FootyIndustry.com. His site is my go-to resource when I want to dig into the numbers behind the different codes in Australia. 

Jason wrote a piece on the battle for fans between the AFL and NRL. 

I read it and was surprised by his take on the two leagues. So...


Oct 21, 2025

My guest today is Sondra Shannon! 

She is CEO of Gatemaster. 

We had a great talk about strategy, data, success, and relationships...among other things. 

Sondra shared how the annual data review that Gatemaster does leads to celebrating client wins. 

We talked about making sure you understand your partners at the start...


Oct 15, 2025

My guest today is Keith Pagello. 

He's built a new site called www.TicketData.com

This one interested me because most of the time this data is propriatary to brokers. Keith says that his tool is entirely not for brokers. 

We discuss the idea that drives his work. 

Keith shares some ways that you can use the data if...