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Echsen und Keller - Dungeons and Dragons Actual Play Podcast
Echsen und Keller Sonderfolge: Call of Cthulhu - Der tote Gast

Echsen und Keller - Dungeons and Dragons Actual Play Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2025 116:01


Willkommen zurück in der Welt von Cthulhu! Unsere Investigatoren genießen einen kurzen Ausflug in die 1920er - Ach wie gut war doch die Prohibition. CW Grafische Gewalt, Selbstverletzung, SuizidEchsen und Keller ist ein Dungeons and Dragons Actual Play Podcast auf Deutsch. Anfängerfreundlich und unterhaltsam spielen wir heute die 7. Edition von Call of Cthulhu, genauer das offizielle Abenteuer 'Der tote Gast' von Todd Gardiner und Mike Mason aus dem Band 'Einstiege ins Entsetzen' und ihr seid mit dabei.Echsen und Keller sind:Sascha von Welle Nerdpol als KeeperGarben von Welle Nerdpol als Steve AndersonQuint von Welle Nerdpol als Julius "Jay" ThurstonPascal von Welle Nerdpol als Charles DuncanKatharina von Blue Milk Blues als Rosamund "Rosie" MillerEchsen und Keller spielen:'Einstiege ins Entsetzen' von Chaosium Inc. in der deutschen Ausgabe von Pegasus Press.Besucht unseren Discord und sagt uns die Meinung auf Twitter und Instagram! PodRiders wird ausgestattet von Shure. Bist du auf der Suche nach hochwertigem Audio-Equipment? Dann folge diesem Link: https://shu.re/3zdcJUV

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Quaranteam – Book 1: Part 22

ExplicitNovels

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2025


Quaranteam – Book 1: Part 22 Andy answers the ladies most vulnerable concerns.. Based on a post by CorruptingPower, in 25 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels. "So why me, huh?" Sarah asked her. "Why'd'ja choose me to play with you and Andy?" Piper bit her bottom lip, as if she was a tad nervous, before she shyly looked up at Sarah. "'Cause I'm kinda turned on with how you talk, Sarah, and I was kinda hoping you could talk to me that way while I was trying to make our man happy?" Despite all the massive confidence he'd seen Piper bearing almost the entire time he'd known her, she seemed almost nervous that Sarah would consider turning her down, as if her voiced desire was a step too far beyond the pale. Sarah licked her lips as her eyes widened. "I will totally fucking do that as long as you agree to just one fucking condition. If you don't, well, I can just go upstairs and leave you two to it." Andy was about to ask, but Piper beat him to it. "What condition is that?" "You can't, like, get fucking mad at me for anything I say, or anything I call you. 'Cause if I'm gonna fucking do this, then I'm gonna fucking do this, and I can't be all in my fucking head about you thinking I'm being mean or rude or shit. So you can't be all pissed off that I call you dirty things if you're fucking asking me to talk fucking dirty to you," Sarah giggled. "That cool, bitch?" "Not only do I promise not to get mad, Sares," Piper said to her. "I promise to like it." Sarah nodded. "Good, then why the fuck aren't you on top of that cock already?" Piper pursed her lips into a smile. "I was waiting for you to tell me I could, Andy." Sarah's hand swatted over and spanked Piper's ass with a loud smack. "He shouldn't have to tell you, you daft bitch. You wanted to fuck him, he totally didn't say 'not now' or some shit, so that means fucking time is on!" In the middle of Sarah's sentence, Piper reached down to grab his cock and get it aligned so she could slide right down onto it, straddling him to get his cock as deep inside of her as she could, her other hand resting on his shoulder. "That's a good girl," Sarah purred. "Don't you feel so much better without an empty cunt, you athletic slut you?" Piper nodded, leaning over to kiss Sarah again, although Sarah pushed her back after a few seconds, clearly intent on keeping her mouth free so she could talk to her. "I've had like a dozen partners, and not one of them made me feel like Andy does," Piper said, looking at Sarah's face. Sarah slapped Piper's ass again, this time even harder. "So why are you fucking telling me, bitch? Am I the one whose cock is jammed up your stupid snatch?" Piper moaned as Sarah's fingernails dragged against that reddening flesh, shaking her head, turning to look at Andy. "You feel so fucking good inside of me, Andy," she said to him. "Thank you for taking me in." On 'in,' she bounced down hard in his lap. "Thank you for saving my friend." On 'friend,' she did it again. "It's a shame you're on fucking birth control," Sarah teased, "because these are fucking breeding hips, and you'd look super fucking cute with a baby bump, but I guess you need to go and win your gold medal before we can talk about getting you bred like a proper bitch." Piper's tongue swiped out over her own lips, as she nodded. "I'll do it eventually," she said eagerly. "I'll happily bear your child, Andy, but I gotta do the Olympics first, to prove to myself that I can really do it." "You don't  " Andy started but Piper kissed him once more, jamming her tongue into his mouth sloppily, making sure to silence him. "Hmm, I think she likes the idea of you fucking breeding her, Andy," Sarah said with a laugh. "The idea of you pumping her fucking cunt so full of fuck cream that it's practically oozing out of her, so messy and sloppy, like a good little whore. You like that image don't you, Pipes?" The athletic brunette nodded quickly. "I do I do I fucking do so fucking much," she panted, as Sarah reached one of her hands in to pinch one of Piper's tan nipples firmly, giving it a twist, which made the girl groan huskily. "And yet, you're still fucking holding back," Sarah scolded. "You gotta fucking give in like a good girl, otherwise you won't get what you fucking what, what I know you think you fucking deserve, but you don't deserve it until you've ditched all those fucking fears and embraced who the fuck you are from now on." She gave Piper's ass another hard smack before sliding her hand around the athlete's waist, moving her thumb down to rub against Piper's clit, as Andy felt her start to tighten up even more around his shaft. "But I bet, I just fucking bet, that if you just let it out, let it all fucking out, you'd feel fucking better, and you'd get what a good bitch deserves." "Fuck, Sarah, you're so fucking good with those fingers," Piper whimpered. "Damn fucking straight I am," Sarah said. "But I'm gonna stop if you don't cut loose." "I'm, I'm fucking scared," Piper whispered quietly. "We all were, Pipes, but you learn to fucking let go and trust, not just in Andy but in the family, in all the fucking rest of us, that we've got your fucking back, that we're gonna fucking take care of you, so either you're fucking in or you're out, what's it gonna be, bitch?" "I'm in,” she cried, her voice shredded and frantic, clearly about to have an immense orgasm. "I'm in I'm in I'm so fucking in,” "Not fucking yet you aren't," Sarah said harshly. "Gotta let that last fucking guard down, gotta let that last fucking truth out. You'll feel better, bitch, but you gotta fucking say it,” "Andy Rook, I fucking love you!" Piper shouted before she kissed him hard, and she started to have a monstrous orgasm, her whole body violently trembling, and the spasms of her cunt around his cock forced his own release, as he started spewing arcing loads of steaming jism inside of her, the two of them locked together on top and bottom, the intensity of the orgasm cratering them out. As soon as it had passed, Piper buried her face into Andy's neck, laughing a little bit even as he could feel her eyes watering, tears of joy slipping from her face. "I thought I'd never say that to another person as long as I fucking lived," she whispered against his skin, "but I do, I fucking love you, Andy Rook." "And I love you too, Piper Brown," he said, stroking her hair with one hand, his other intertwined with Sarah's. They stayed like that for a minute or so before Piper started to giggle, turning to look over at Sarah. "I don't know how you do it," she said to the tall redhead, "sitting there watching and not demanding to get involved." "Oh I'm happy enough to wait my fucking turn," Sarah giggled. "But pretty quick Imma need you to get off of him so I can fucking get off." Piper's giggle burst from her as she nodded then leaned over to kiss Sarah. "Thank you for that," she told her. "I hate having to ask for help." "That's what family's for," Sarah answered. "But get a little, give a little, so Imma also need you to help me out here." The brunette climbed from his lap, and his cock was absolutely soaked with their juices, and while he was starting to soften, that feral look in Sarah's eyes told him he wasn't done yet, and made him begin to stiffen up again. "Whatever you need, Sares," Piper said, "I got you, boo." "I'll just need a helping hand," Sarah said, getting up off the couch. Andy tried to get up as well, but Sarah shoved him back down once more. "Who told you you could fucking get up?" she giggled. "I need you to stay there and let me run the fucking show this time, 'cause I'm a little fucking nervous, and I want to have the fucking control to do this how I think fucking feels right. I hope that's fucking okay with you, because if it isn't, well, I don't fucking care, now, do I?" Andy wasn't entirely sure what Sarah had in mind, as she turned away from him and moved to straddle his legs, but very quickly, it dawned on him what she was doing. "I can't fucking believe Emily did this shit before I did," Sarah said, reaching one hand back to grab his cock. Her position had her legs spread wide, as she moved to rub the tip of his cock along her cunt before dragging it downward, nestling it against the rosebud of her asshole. "Had to be fucking first to something, I guess." He could feel the tall woman getting his cock aligned right and then slowly started sitting down on it, his shaft pulsing in excitement as he felt her body, tight and a little unprepared, try and resist his cock's entrance before she finally seemed to lose patience with her own hole, as she pushed down to get the head of his cock inside of her ass. Her head leaned back, her eyes looking up at the ceiling, as a guttural, almost paleolithic, moan of pain and pleasure boiled out of her. "Fuck that's fucking big that's big holy fucking shit balls that's a big fat fucking cock and it's fucking going up my fucking ass oh my fucking God what the fuck am I doing?" "We can stop if  "   Sarah looked back over her shoulder at Andy with a wildness in her eyes that he'd never seen before, a deranged grin on her face. "Stop? Are you out of your fucking mind? This is the greatest fucking feeling I've ever fucking felt in my fucking life! Why the fuck would I want you to fucking stop?! I want fucking all of it!" she said to him as she pushed herself down onto his cock until he was buried as deeply as he could get inside of her backdoor, the tall girl's skin covered with a layer of goosebumps that made the fine red hairs of her arms stand on end, her body vibrating in orgasm as she did. "Jesus Fucking Christ, I feel like such an utter fucking whore and I fucking love it! You've got that big fucking cock jammed right up my fucking virgin asshole and it made me fucking cum just going the fuck in, so now you gotta fuck me or I gotta fuck you but somebody's gotta fuck somebody right the fuck now!" Piper had sort of been standing off to the side a little bit, and one of Sarah's hands shot up and grabbed one of the brunette's wrists, yanking her close. "Er, what, what am I supposed to be doing here, Sarah?" "You can fucking rub or you can fucking lick, but you gotta fucking work that fucking clit of mine while he's fucking my ass, so get fucking to it!" she barked, and the commanding tone to her voice made it clear the actress was not asking for input on the matter. The tanned athlete took one of her hands timidly down to rub against Sarah's cunt before moving to stroke her clit, as Sarah began to bounce up and down in his lap, one hand on the arm of the couch, the other on Andy's hip. In this position, Sarah had completely control of the tempo and the force with which she slid her ass down onto his cock, something he'd expected her to use to keep it slow and tender, but instead, Sarah was practically trying to break the couch, slamming her ass down into his lap as hard as she cold each time, while Piper was caressing her clit. "Fuck that's so fucking good oh my god why didn't I ever get fucked in the ass before I love this so fucking much but it's all your ass, Andy, Daddy, it's only ever your fucking ass, you're the only one to ever fuck me this way, and I fucking love that and I keep God! I keep fucking cumming over and over again, so please Daddy, please please please cum in my fucking virgin ass and let me fucking feel it, let me feel you own the last fucking bit of me no man's ever had, because I don't need any other fucking man but you because I fucking love the ever loving shit out of you you big cocked motherfucker you hear me I fucking love you Andy so fucking cum, cum right the fuck up my ass! Fuck! Fuck! Muph!" She leaned her head back at the end onto his shoulder, craning her neck so that she could jam her lips against his, as he felt Piper's other hand cradling his balls, squeezing them gently, and the sensations were all too much, as his body let loose another orgasm, flooding Sarah's rectum with a gusher of an orgasm as their tongues clung to each other before they both slumped back, his back against the couch, her back against his chest, both of them nearly too exhausted to move. Huginn, who had remained completely undisturbed by all of this, finally had had enough, and the black cat got up and hopped down the couch, moving to a different unoccupied couch, hopping back up, curling into a ball and settling down once more, a perturbed look on his face. Then Sarah began to feverishly giggle, waves of curved red hair over her face before she pushed them out. "Em was fucking right. That was totally fucking amazeballs. Thanks Pipes." Piper winked a little bit as she pushed a fingertip inside of Sarah's cunt, causing the actress to gasp a little bit in surprise before Piper slid the finger back out, lifting it up to her lips, licking it in front of the two of them. "We're definitely gonna need a shower before we get into bed," she said, and they all laughed at that. Chapter 38 In a rather unusual turn of events, Andy woke the next morning on November 18th to an empty bed. It wasn't uncommon for him to awake with only a couple of the girls still in bed asleep with him, but a totally empty bed was almost an unheard of experience at this point. He glanced at his Apple Watch and saw that it was around 10:30, which meant he'd definitely slept in a bit. Like most writers, Andy was generally a nocturnal creature, staying up late and getting up late, which had put his schedule at odds with some members of the family, but they'd mostly learned to make it work. He slipped on some boxers, pulled on his jeans and tugged on a t shirt,  this particular one a gift from some fantasy convention he'd been a guest speaker at,  and headed over to the balcony, stepping out onto it with a smirk. Down at the pool, most of the girls were nearly finishing their morning work out, being led by Sheridan, a sea of sports bras and yoga pants, doing the last part of their high intensity section of the workout, and Andy could vaguely hear Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" being played from a portable speaker near them. (Andy still wasn't sure which bothered him more, the fact that they were listening to Vanilla Ice or the fact that Vanilla Ice opened that song with "Stop! Collaborate and listen!" and yet there were no signs of any collaboration going on. In fact, it didn't seem like Ice understood what the word collaborate meant. The writer in him just couldn't bear it.) Lauren and Taylor weren't there as he expected they'd gone in to work today, especially since it was Taylor's first day of working in months. He hoped that she fit in well with the 49ers organization, but at this point, he wasn't entirely even sure who was working there. Niko also wasn't working out as he figured she'd gone to work at the base today. He wasn't sure what her schedule was like these days so he trusted her to let him know when she was coming and going and when it would be important for him to know. She was more than capable enough to manage her own schedule. It was nice to spot that both Fiona and Moira were in the group, between Ash and Sarah in the front row of three, and both seemed to be in good spirits. Moira's unruly mass of red curls had been braided into a tightly woven tail that whipped behind her as she danced to the beat of the music, occasionally slapping against either Fi or Sarah, both of whom laughed wildly when it did. It made Moira look a little like a redheaded version of the original polygon model of Tomb Raider, now that he thought about it. The weather was still mostly overcast, and it looked like rain might even be on the schedule for later in the day, something he didn't mind one bit. California had mostly been in a drought for years, and any rain the state could get was seen as a blessing, particularly since they now lived in more densely wooded areas. The last thing Andy wanted was a wild fire to take his new home. He leaned against the railing, just enjoying looking over both the estate and his family before Sheridan finally spotted him up on the higher floor balcony as the song came to an end. She pointed to Andy to draw the girls' attention to him, as all of them turned to look at him. The words were out of his mouth before he even knew he was saying them. "Good morning, angels," he shouted to them. "Good morning Andy!" they shot back in matching cadence. "You know, you really ought to join us some mornings, Andrew," Emily teased politely. "Hmm. I'd be worried about making a fool of myself." "I can make sure we don't overwhelm you on your first work out, dude," Sheridan said to him with a wink and a grin. "Let's give it a go tomorrow, 'kay?" Andy groaned a little bit. "God help me. Okay, I'll give it a try, but no making fun of me!" All the girls made various catty comments and gestures as he rolled his eyes and headed back into the house. He had a little bit before any of them were back inside anyway, even if they were finished with their workout. While the pool house was being converted into Tala's workshop, it still had a large group shower room, and the girls tended to go and cool down in there before splitting off afterwards. A few of them would go and shower in their own individual bathrooms, but the majority of them enjoyed the communal experience, as it let them all continue to get to know each other. Andy headed down to the kitchen and found that Jenny had made him a mini breakfast burrito that was waiting with a glass of pineapple juice on the little kitchen island, Katie also sort of milling around the room as both women bowed to him when he entered. He'd tried to get them to stop doing that, but he'd learned that attempting to discourage his staff of anything generally only resulted in them doing it even more than they were originally, so he was trying a new tactic now,  let them burn themselves out on it and hope they'd stop on their own. "Enjoy your breakfast, sir!" Jenny said, moving around the counter before dropping down onto her knees. "I know I'll enjoy mine!" Her fingertips unbuttoned Andy's jeans and he was thankful he hadn't put on a belt this morning, as Jenny began to lick and suck on his cock, slowly running her tongue along it while her wife watched on, although there was an unusual expression on Katie's face, something Andy wasn't quite sure of. "What's on your mind, Katie?" he said, feeling Jenny's lips slowly push down around his length. They had told him before that they wanted to make getting their needed dose as low impact for him as possible, and had stressed that they enjoyed this sort of casual acquisition. "You look like you're worried about something." The Hispanic girl sighed and nodded. "I, I wanted to discuss something with you, sir, but I wasn't sure quite how to bring it up. Shit, I'm nervous even thinking about it now." Andy nodded, chewing a mouthful of his food before taking a sip from the glass to wash it down. "Look, you don't have to tell me anything, Katie, but if something's on your mind, you'll probably feel better if you just get it out of your head. No matter how much worse you think it'll be if you say it, letting it rattle around your brain like a cage full of bees is only going to be worse." "I suppose that's fair, sir," Katie said, chewing on her finger nervously. "It's just, this isn't the sort of thing I thought I'd ever say, sir, and it makes me feel strange. I think it's probably just part of whatever the treatment's doing to me, but it's, it feels like it's both a part of me and not a part of me, you know? Like some part of me I didn't know about but was lingering in the dark shadows of my mind the whole time?" Andy frowned a little. "No, I can't say I do know what you're talking about." Jenny's mouth popped off his cock as she made an exasperated noise from his waistline. "Uuuugh! Just tell him already!" she said, frustration in her voice, before she pushed her lips back down around his cock once more. "Sir, I think, I think I'd like for you to fuck me, maybe just the once, maybe just to see if maybe I might like it," Katie said, her voice sounded terrified that he would reject her or yell at her. "I mean, I don't have a problem with if both of you don't, but you certainly needn't do it on my behalf, Katie," Andy told her, as Jenny started to suck harder, as if to pull the resistance out of him. "You made it very clear to me when I arrived that you were a lesbian, though, and I wouldn't dream of asking you to change that." Katie threw her hands up, her eyes widening a little bit, almost in shock at herself. "That's just it! I am! I know I am! I've always thought girls were the only sexy things in the world! The idea of being with dudes just made me uneasy! I imagine I felt about guys the same way you feel about guys,  I don't want to be with that!" "Then why  " "I don't know, alright?! I don't fucking get it! Thinking about any other man just makes my stomach all queasy and nauseous, but the last few weeks, when I've been thinking about what it looks like when I see you fucking Jenny, I don't feel like I do when I think about any other man, and I don't understand what's going on!" The woman looked like she was about to cry, and Andy reached over and grabbed her hand, pulling her over towards him, his fingertips curling around hers. "I am never going to make you do anything you don't want to do, Katie," he said sternly. "But they did tell us that the serum was going to have some side effects, and that it was likely going to make some physiological changes to our bodies, some foreseen and some unforeseen." Jenny had eased off the speed of the blowjob a bit, but hadn't stopped entirely. "If you want to try actual sex with me, I'm not opposed to that, but  " "But you don't want me to think I'm doing it on your account. I'm not, sir, I assure you! I don't even know where these thoughts are coming from, but I told Jenny about a week ago, I had a sex dream with you in it, and we were fucking, and in the dream, it seemed like I liked it quite a lot," Katie sighed. "I know that doesn't necessarily mean anything,” "They say sex dreams generally aren't about sex." "But, but when you were taking Whitney the other day? I found myself getting wet, thinking about what it would be like, what it would be like to be her, to be getting fucked by you, and, and I think I want to try that at some point, not the tying up or collaring or anything but, but I think I'd like for you to fuck me once, just to see, just to see if I really do feel differently about you than I do all the other men in the world,” "And you're okay with this, Jenny?" he said, reaching down to stroke Jenny's hair back. Jenny nodded, popping her lips off his cock with a loud smack. "I still want both of us to be there any time you dose either of us, sir, but if this is a thing she wants to try, well, it would be unfairly judgmental of me to fuck you myself and not allow her to do so as well. 'Sides, she told me about these feelings long before she told you, and that's all that really matters." She smiled at him kindly, then lowered her lips back down around his shaft once more, her eyes still looking up at when she did. "Then it's fine with me, Katie," he said, looking back at the Hispanic woman, one of her hands being held by him, the other being held by Jenny from below. "Thank you, sir," Katie said. "For being willing to do that with me, and for not judging me because of it." "Katie, look. If you want to try it, that's fine. If you try it and you don't like it, that's fine. If you try and do like it and want it more regularly, that's fine. If you change your mind right before we're about to do it, that's fine. Whatever you want here, it's fine. I just want you to be satisfied with whatever decision you made, and I want it made because it's what you want, and not what you think I want, okay? I am surrounded by beautiful women, and I'm just trying to do everything I can to do right by all of you. So whatever you want, you just need to tell me." She nodded, before looking down with a smile. "You were taking your time because I was talking to him, weren't you, Jen?" The curvy girl between his legs giggled a little and nodded, then started thrusting her face into his lap faster and more intently, and Andy could feel that release building up inside of him, even as he finished the last bite of breakfast. He was more than a little taken back when Katie leaned in and whispered into his ear, "My wife's such a good little cocksucker, isn't she? Give us our breakfast, Master, that fucking load of hot cum right into her fucking mouth." The unexpected words made his cock throb and finally he pumped a few squirts of his cum into Jenny's mouth, as she shuddered at his feet. The woman kept her lips sealed just past the head of his cock while her fingers jerked along the rest of his length, making sure to milk out the last of it before she pulled her head back, keeping her lips pursed together before standing up and immediately kissing Katie, swapping that cum between them, Katie's form trembling as she leaned against Jenny, the Latina being held up by her wife for just a moment until the orgasm passed. Both women pulled from the kiss, licking each others lips for just a moment before turning to look over at Andy, almost as if they were ready for a second course right now. Katie winked at him. "You know, I know it's all chemical, but dios mio if that orgasm from tasting your cum doesn't leave one sweet ass high,” Jenny moved to tuck his cock back into his pants, zipping them back up and buttoning them, as she glanced over at Katie. "Don't forget to update the Needs Board, hun," she told her wife, who nodded in response. "Got it, babe. Anyway, sir, let me think about it, but next time, I think I'd like you to fuck Jenny with me there, and then fuck me with Jenny there, so I have some time to let it settle in my brain that I'm going to go through with it," Katie said to him. "You know, actually fucking a dude." "Whatever you want, Katie." "Thank you, sir. Oh, don't forget, you have a phone meeting at 2 with that director candidate, Erica Xiao." He nodded. "Good. Yes. Thank you for reminding me. I might have forgotten if you hadn't." Jenny snickered a little. "Em would've had your balls if you had." "She's got them anyway," Katie shot back. Andy arched an eyebrow at them. "Don't you two start." He drank the last of his pineapple juice then pushed the plate forward. "Thanks Jenny, for everything. I'm going to head to my office. Maybe send down lunch a little after one." "Yes sir. Also, don't forget that Miss Steele will be here sometime today." "Oh right," Andy said, chuckling. "Sometimes everything gets so busy, I can barely remember my own name, much less who's coming and going. Katie, can you set up a large portion of the back yard to fence off, so that Maya's dogs will have a place to run and play without us worrying about them getting into the pool if she wants to leave them outside?" "Miss Steele's got dogs?" Katie said, groaning. "Great. Now I get to start having to watch the backyard for landmines." "That's why I was thinking if we gave them their own area that's fenced off, at least we'd have it clearly marked that it's the part of the yard with occasional hazards, although Sarah insisted that Maya is known to always clean up after her dogs. Maybe put a bin outside for her to toss them all?" Katie nodded. "I can spend the day prepping the yard so we're not all worried about stepping in dog shit when we're walking in the grass." "Good on you." "Did Miss Washington said what kinds of dogs they were, sir?" Jenny asked. "Pomeranians, I think," Andy said. "Those aren't dogs, those are animated dustmops," Katie said with an amused snort. "And here I was worried they would be Saint Bernards or Rottweilers." As he headed down to his office, he was starting to run through the checklist of things he needed to do today in his head. He definitely wanted to talk to Moira now that she was up, but he figured he would let her come to him in her own time, as it had been so long since they'd really talked to one another. He would need to pair with Maya when she arrived, and he also needed to check on Lexi and see how she was doing. As much as he wanted to head over to Xander's and see his friend's new house and meet all the rest of his partners, Xander had asked him to wait until the weekend, so he would have more of a chance to get settled, both into the house and into the household. He was almost at the door of his office when his iPhone began to ring, and he fished it out of his pocket, surprised to see Phil The Younger a.k.a. Lesser Phil a.k.a. Phil Pak (not Phil Marcos), on the screen, as he answered it. "Heya man, long time no talk!" Andy said to him. "To what do I owe the pleasure?" "Nothing good I'm afraid," Lesser Phil sighed. "I'm not going to be able to make poker night on Friday. In fact, I may not be able to make poker night for a while, I'm afraid." "That sucks man. What's going on?" "Well, me and the family were relocated, so we're quite a bit further from you now, and the place where we're at is very strict on quarantine procedures, so if we came and saw you and the rest of the gang for poker, we'd have to quarantine for a week before we would be allowed back in to our house, so while we'll try and do it a couple of times a year, for the foreseeable future, it's probably off the table." "Where's they move you to that's got such strict guidelines?" "They're calling the place Valhalla Shores. They decided that they didn't want to put all their eggs in one basket and have New Eden be the only place for Level Fives in the Bay area, so they built a new one over closer to the coast. We're where Pacifica used to be, basically, although I think they tore almost all the old city down and put up this place, like a giant gated mansion community. It's a little snobby for my liking, personally, but you know how Brandy has always been in terms of keeping up with Joneses, so when the NSA offered to move us over to here, she made me jump on it immediately. It's mostly just spooks and techbros over here," he sighed. "You'd fucking hate it. I know I do, but it keeps peace in my household, and that's about all I can ask." "Wait, techbros and spies crossbreeding? That sounds like a horrible idea, like, just the worst. On the other hand, if your quarantine protocols are that strict, it might mean I never have to deal with techbros again, and that might make the whole thing absolutely worth while. Hey, can I recommend a couple of cockish investors over here in New Eden to get transferred over there?" Phil the Younger laughed. "You fuckin' wish, dude. Whole place is fucking creepy anyway. Brandy says some of the women are kind of Stepford ish, and she feels like they're definitely an in crowd and an out crowd and she has zero interest in joining the in crowd. They keep trying to get her to join one of their hot yoga classes, but she said they'd have to break her legs to get her to do that shit. I hope she was being figurative, but you know Brandy." "That I do. Well, we'll miss seeing you guys, but I get it. You're doing what you have to do to keep your family safe and sound. Keep us posted, but I appreciate you calling to tell me personally." "Copy that, man," he said. "See you on the other side." After Lesser Phil had hung up, Andy wondered how many actual community hubs had formed in the Bay area since the cultural rebuilding had started. He also wondered how hard it would be for him or any members of his family to leave New Eden, even for a short while. He'd been craving an animal style In N Out burger for nearly a year now, and while he could ask Jenny to make something equivalent, there was nothing quite like having the real deal. He was certain Niko would know what the current entrance/exit policy for New Eden was, and he resolved to ask her when he saw her. It couldn't be that strict, he realized, because Lauren had been coming and going to the training camp for over a week now. Maybe he could just get in the Tesla and drive down to an In N Out, assuming he could find one that was open. When he walked into his office, he saw that his two cats, Muninn and Huginn, were curled together in a bundle in his writing chair, the two forming a sort of gray black yin yang symbol. Also, as promised, atop of his desk was a brand new laptop, a silver MacBook, with a Post It note on top of it. It was from Whitney (he could recognize her meticulous handwriting) and said "Try it. If you hate it, we'll get something different. “w" As much as he wanted to move the two cats so he could sit down in the chair where he got his best work done, he decided it was okay to sit at the desk for a while, even though it felt way more formal, although he realized he wasn't doing much creative today, mostly just the assorted busywork that sprung up around the actual creative process. The new laptop was set up with access to his emails and had all of his writing transferred onto it, so he could consult back to other things as he started answering questions from his agent and his editor, losing an hour or so before there was a knock at the door. "Come on in," he said. The door opened and Moira and Fiona slipped in together, closing the door behind them. All of their possessions clearly hadn't arrived from cross country yet, because he noticed each of them was wearing one of his t shirts, the fabric hanging big and loose over them like an overcoat. Moira had on one of his Biffy Clyro shirts, which he found fitting, whereas Fiona had clearly dived way back into the depths of his closet and was wearing a Gin Blossoms t shirt. "It's good ta see ya again, Andrew," Moira said shyly, smiling across the room at him. "I've missed ye something fierce." "How are you feeling, Moira? I knew the serum can react strangely to people who've had complicated medical history, and I imagine dengue fever isn't the only strange bug you've picked up over your wild and crazy life." "I cannae tell ye how great I feel, Andrew," she said, starting to move across the room to him. "An' how thankful I am ye trusted Fi enough t' let her bring me in wit' her. Yer, nae mad, are ye?" He shook his head. "Look, Moira. We had a wonderful time together, but that was decades ago. But I've always trusted Fi, and if you and her were together before now, there's no reason any of that should change." "Of course it'll have t' change, ye big dummy," she giggled. "Ye know she's always loved ye, ye daft shite? E'en when I came inta her life, that has nae changed." "Except she's changed and I've changed, so maybe it has changed too." "You haven't changed that much, Andy," Fi said, "and neither have I. You still trusted me enough to offer me a place in your family, even when I had a condition I wouldn't tell you about." "Were ye surprised when ye saw me?" Moira asked him. "Well, I'd figured it out before I saw you. I figured it out as soon as I heard your voice, and that let me put two and two together. But I was very surprised when I heard your voice, yeah." "Surprised inna good way, I kin hope?" "Naturally, although I was hoping you were going to be happy with me, even with the weight I've put on and the hair I've lost," he chuckled. "I think ye look sexy, ya galoot," Moira twittered. "Hold me hands, Fi. It's all I kin do t' keep from havin' a crack at him right now." Fiona wrapped her arms around Moira's waist, shaking her head. "He's not going anywhere, Moira," she said with a kind ease. "Aye, an' neither are we, an' I don' wannae be too far behind the other gare ruls, an' two of 'em are already in th' lead." "One day at a time, love. One day at a time." "You two want to sit and have a chat?" Andy said. On the other side of his desk were two chairs, so he could entertain meetings in here if he needed, although the chairs held the cats more often than they held people. "Oh aye, let's have a chinwaggle," Moira said, slipping from Fiona's arms, moving over towards Andy's desk, but instead of moving to sit in one of the chairs across the desk, she moved to slide herself up and into his lap, her legs dangling over one of the arms of the chair. Fi then moved across the room, and moved his laptop to one side, so she could scoot her ass up and onto his desk directly in front of him, making sure not to knock anything off. "So tell m  " he started to say before Moira leaned in and kissed him hard, her body light in his lap, but the strength with which she pulled his lips onto her own was more than a bit forceful. "I bloody love ye, Andy," Moira said to him. "And Jaysis, do you smell fookin' amazin'." Andy grinned a bit, arching an eyebrow. "Sounds like you may have picked up a little bit of Piper's superpower along the way. I wonder if that's a side effect of the dengue fever antibodies you have in your system." "I cannae tell ye where it comes from, but Jaysis, you smell better'n any meal I've ever eaten in me life. I want ta breathe ye all day long,” She buried her face against the nape of his neck, as he looked to Fiona for sympathy, but saw only mirth on her face. "So, Moira, tell me what you've been up to since we last saw each other." "School," she said, pronouncing the word like 'skoo will,' "then more school, then residency, then Doctors Without Borders, at least until I ran in ta Fi again in DC. It's no tha' excitin'." "Doctors Without Borders, tending to patients in the middle of warzones? That's the absolute definition of exciting to me." "Then you're a fool," she giggled. "I mean, yeh, I was shot at now an' again, but that's a part o' life anyway, isn't it? I was tendin' to kids who needed doctors, an' while I loved tha' work, when I shacked up with Fi again, she wanted me to be safer, wha'ever th' hell tha' means." "It means you're saving lives without people trying to take yours, Mo," Fiona scolded, kicking the Scottish lass with the tip of her leather boot. "She's still undecided whether she wants to take up private practice here in New Eden, or if she wants to go and work in the hospital they're finishing up alongside the base." "In a few years, anyway," Moira said. "After I've given ye a son." Andy's head leaned back a little bit. "Little early to be thinking about stuff like that, isn't it, Moira?" "Like hell, Andy," Moira said, pulling her face back from his neck so she could look him in the eyes again. "You," she said, tapping his chest with a fingertip, "need children. I," she continued, tapping her own, "want tae have one or two before I get back to the medical life. So all we're doin' is just wastin' fookin' time until you get me ripe." "You still don't need to rush right into it, Moira," Andy said, stroking his fingertips against the back of her neck. "Take some time to get settled and comfortable here in the household before you go rushing straight towards the respawning finish line." "Spoken like a laddie who doesnae realize our clocks 'r tickin'," she grumbled. "But, aye, I'll do me best nae to rush it too much. And all the other gare ruls have bin sooo kind tae us. I didnae know what t' expect, 'specially wit' all th' famous faces y'got around these parts." "They're just people, like anyone else," Andy replied. "Think how I feel, trying not to let anyone down." "Ach, yer daft, laddie," Moira said, tickling him a flash. "Yer a good man, an' tha's all tha' matters." "Emily told us all about her experiences this morning, what with the poker game and how it felt being traded like cattle. She was horrified by what horrible things the few remaining men in power are up to, and Niko explained how she basically had to force you to get into the game to rescue Asha and her mother from Covington," Fiona said. "I'm sure that must've been quite taxing." "You had to risk people to win people, and while I certainly didn't want my ex as part of my life, I didn't want to consign her to a life with someone horrible either," he sighed. "I feel very fortunate that it all worked out in my favor, but it was such a gigantic risk." Fiona tugged his chair a little closer to the desk with her leather boot, shrugging. "Life's one colossal risk, Andy. You've always known that." "You think your mother's going to be okay with you being part of a polypod, Moira? I only met her the once, but she struck me as an especially stern Catholic." "When th' news comes out, she'll come 'round, 'specially since th' Pope's apparently okay wit' it, or so we were told a' th' base," Moira shrugged. "Besides, it saves me th' trouble from havin' t' tell 'er I'm shacked up wit' Fi here. She's still nae comfortable wit' 'th' gays,'" she said, making air quotes with her fingers. "Didnae know how t' break it t' her tha' her daughter's as queer as a two dollar bill." "I hope I'm not coming between you two," Andy said. "Nah," Fiona laughed. "We're both bi, and both need some cock in our life. Yours'll do. It was generally my favorite." "An' mine, although I didnae try tha' many." "Tell him how many, Mo." "I don' wanna." "C'mon." "Fi,” "Mo,” Moira sighed. "Fine, wha'ever. I've only had three cocks, Andy, an' yours was right smack dab in th' middle. Me first was a boy in school, and me most recent was another doctor jus' before I hooked up with Fi again. I generally prefer gare ruls to lads, but ye always felt, felt like home t' me." "She was worried that her piercings were going to put you off her," Fi said. "Between the nose stud and the pierced nipples, she told Niko that she felt too different than anyone else it sounded like you had in the family." "I'll admit, I'm not generally a big fan of excessive piercings, but the whole look works on you, Moira. I mean, if you'd had one of those septum piercings like a bull ring, I might have had some reservations, but who am I to tell someone what they do to their body?" Fiona giggled slightly. "I jokingly suggested she get one of her eyebrows pierced once and she slugged me hard enough that she almost dislocated my shoulder." "Do I look like I wanna join bloody Evanescence?" Moira growled. "Did you two decide if you want a bedroom to yourselves, or one each?" Moira shook her head. "We're wit' you, laddie, no matter where y' lay yer head down." "Although I was thinking I might turn one of them into an office for me to work, if that's okay," Fiona said. "Sort of like your little office here." "Yeah, of course," Andy said. "Whatever you want. At some point, all the rooms will be spoken for, but until they are, they're fair game for whoever wants them." "At some point, some of them are going to have to be nurseries," Fiona stressed. "Especially since you've already got two pregnant ladies in the house. How far along are they?" "A couple of months," Andy said. "So it's still early days, and we haven't really told many people outside of the family yet, since the first few months are the diciest." "When's th' big wedding gonnae be?" Moira asked. "Niko told me her family wouldn't give two shits if the wedding happened after the kid was born, but Ash said her family might have some issues with it, so she and I might have a legal ceremony beforehand and then when the world is open again, when I have the giant wedding ceremony, she'd be part of that too." "Seems a fair compromise," Fi agreed. "It would also mean you have someone to function as Head of Household if you were incapacitated and needed someone to make a decision on your behalf." "Don't go planning to have me put into a medical coma any time soon, Fi," Andy joked. "That's still a few months down the way." "Good thing you've got yourself a doctor in the house now, hmm?" "How're you two feeling about all of this? I know it's a lot to process all at once." "It's a lot of bloody names ta learn," Moira grumbled. "I almost want ta see nametags on e'eryone fer a few months." "You'll pick them up pretty quick," Andy said. "And I was smart or lucky enough to not get any two partners with the same first name, thank god for that." "I dinnae find out if they tol' you, Andy," Moira interrupted, "but jus' so ye know, my cycle's shorter than th' rest of th' gare ruls. They kin go about ten days 'fore they cannae think clearly, but I kin only go about six." "Nobody told me that, no," Andy said. "Any other differences I should know about?" "Nothin' ye need concern yerself with," she replied, kissing his cheek. "I'm sure all th' lasses have got their own quirks so ye need nae concern yerself." "Alright then, I'll try not to worry. Anyway, I appreciate you stopping by to say hello, but I do have an online meeting in just a little bit, so I hate to kick you out but  " "No no! You've got work to do, so c'mon, Mo," Fiona said, hopping off his desk, pulling Moira from his lap. "Let the man talk to the voices in his computer." Moira leaned down and kissed him one final time, resting her face against his for what felt like minutes before she smiled and pulled back. "I love ye, ye daft git." "Love you both," he said, as they slipped out of his office. The meeting went as well as could be expected, and Erica Xiao seemed like she might actually be a good choice for directing the first Druid Gunslinger movie, as she seemed to intuitively grasp the undercurrents of the story without having to explicitly call them out, something that was a refreshing change of pace from the first couple of candidates he'd interviewed. Of course, he didn't get the final say on who was directing the movie, but Working Title seemed to genuinely care that he liked the director, so that they would remain true to the books. They'd gone against authors' wishes before, and it hadn't gone well for them, so now they were trying to make sure the author approved of, or at least understood the reasoning for, any changes that were made in the process of translating it from a book to a movie. After that, he decided he needed to go and check on Lexi. Even though Phil had told him that her imprinting process time would take a bit longer, he thought it wise to swing by and make sure that she wasn't in any pain, but when he arrived by her door, he found Niko sitting on a chair in front of it, a Lee Child book in her hands. "Hey Niko," Andy said, approaching her. "I thought you were on the base today?" Niko shook her head, smiling at him as she tucked a slip of paper in as a bookmark before closing the paperback up, setting it on a table next to her. "With Lexi having a different reaction to the serum, Phil asked me to stay here and keep tabs on her, and report in what other irregularities she was going through, especially since I noticed a few right away." Andy's brow furrowed in worry. "How concerned should I be?" Niko sort of tilted her head a little. "That's just the thing, babe. I don't think you need to be at all worried, but you are definitely going to have a challenge on your hands for the first few days after she wakes up. I think letting Jenny help with that, though, would be a wise move." "What the hell does that mean, Niko?" She jerked her head over her shoulder. "C'mere and lemme show you." After sliding off the chair, she opened the door and they both stepped into the room, and Andy immediately started to panic, but he felt Niko's hand take his and squeeze it reassuringly. "She's fine, Andy, regardless of how she looks." "What, what the hell is happening to her?" There was a large growth on one side of her, a faded white swell over her body, and Andy didn't even know what exactly he was looking at. "She's healing," Niko said. "The reason you're going to want Jenny to help is that by the time she wakes up, I think Lexi's not going to have any scars left. It's almost like she's shedding the scarred layer of skin and replacing it with fresh, newly healed skin, like a snake molting. We've seen it in rare cases on the base. I told you early on that I knew the serum did some basic additional healing when it was first taken into the woman's body, but that level of healing varies a lot from patient to patient, more than anything else about it. When she was injected on the base, I knew there was a, call it ten to fifteen percent chance this might happen, that the serum might go into overdrive with her scars and began repairing the skin and the nerves, but I didn't want to get her hopes up in case it didn't happen, because we still don't know what does and doesn't cause the reaction." "And, and you're telling me her skin will just be back to normal?" "Whoa, easy there. 'Normal' is a very flexible word, and one that we don't like using on the base," Niko told him. "She's likely to be healed but considering all of those nerves will be freshly regrown, they are going to be hyper sensitive, and that means people are going to have to be careful around her, because it'll be easy to overwhelm her until those nerves have gotten accustomed to working again and they know how to moderate their intake. We also have no idea what it's going to do to her PTSD, if anything, and that's what we need to keep an eye on." "But, she is going to be okay, right?" "This isn't going to be a problem, Andy, but it's up to all of us to make sure that the repercussions of her sudden healing don't overwhelm her. But I think it'll be okay." Andy sighed, turning to press a kiss against Niko's cheek. "Is there anything else you aren't telling me?" "Honey, what I'm not telling you could fill up Levi's Stadium, but you just have to trust me that I'm doing it all with your best interests at heart, okay?" He chuckled, shaking his head. "You're lucky you're so cute." "It's one of my natural defense mechanisms," she teased. "C'mon, let's leave her be." They stepped back out into the hallway and Niko closed the door behind her. "I figured I should be here when she wakes up, so I can explain to her all of what happened, and prepare her for what to expect. It's the least I can do." She jerked her chin upward, to get Andy to look behind him. "Looks like you're up." Nicolette was walking down the hall, a soft smile on her face. "Just letting you know, Master, that Miss Steele's ride over just buzzed the gate and she should be at the front door any minute. Miss Washington and Miss Stevens said they would meet you there." Andy kissed Niko again before turning to walk with Nicolette towards the stairs, heading to the front door. "Showtime!" Chapter 39 It was with a little surprise that Andy stepped out of his front door to see a familiar electric blue Tesla parked in front of it, Phil helping Maya remove her things from his trunk. "Hello Maya," Andy said, walking down the steps towards her, seeing Emily and Sarah were already there, Emily talking with Maya while Sarah was crouched down next to the little carrier, giving the dogs inside scratches while cooing at t

24 horas
JJpD sobre la huelga de jueces y fiscales: "Las razones que se dan no son ciertas. Este proyecto de ley no afecta al Estado de derecho"

24 horas

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 4:19


No todas las asociaciones de jueces y fiscales apoyan la huelga convocada para los días 1, 2 y 3 de julio contra las reformas del Gobierno sobre el acceso a ambas carreras y la Fiscalía, pese al CGPJ. Edmundo Rodríguez Achútegui, portavoz del Secretariado de Juezas y Jueces para la Democracia, ha mostrado su rechazo en el informativo 24 horas de RNE. "No es justificable que se pretenda presentar como causa de una huelga que un proyecto de ley, que ni siquiera se ha aprobado, va a comprometer la independencia judicial, cuando estamos seguros de que eso no es así", ha dicho Rodríguez. Ha admitido que el proyecto de ley necesita mejoras, pero ha insistido en que "lo que pretende la ley es incorporar un procedimiento de selección que ya existía hasta el 2003: que además de una prueba teoría se haga una práctica" y que es algo que ve "razonable y que permitirá que la selección sea mejor."Escuchar audio

Rockcast.de
700 Notrufe & 1000 Riffs - Die Festival-Saison rockt Europa

Rockcast.de

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 56:57


Tippi und Sven fassen in Folge 58 die heißesten Rock-News zusammen: Wie Smartwatches ein ganzes Festival auf Trapp halten, welche Mega-Acts beim Rock Hard Festival & Rock am Ring live am Start warum und warum Bruce Dickinsons „MORE Balls to Picasso“ jetzt noch spannender klingt. Naterlich gibt es auch ausführliche Tour-Updates von Hurricane bis Iron Maiden und frische Scheiben von Sabaton, Alice Cooper und Metallica. Ach ja, es  die Gewinner unseres Blaze Bayley‐Gewinnspiels stehen auch fest – alles, was Metal- und Rock-Fans jetzt wissen müssen, in einer knackig, praktisch, rockigen Episode. Und falls Du noch immer nicht weißt, wo Du uns - neben anderen Quellen, wie unseren Webseiten Rockcast/de und weiteren Podcast-Plattformen - hören kannst:  Amazon Music Apple Podcast Podbean Audible Spotify YouTube iHeart Radio PlayerFM Listen Notes Podchaser Boomplay Musik zu unserer Episode findest Du in der Amazon Playlist mit Namen: Rockcast - The Never Ending Playlist mit fast allen Songs und Künstlern, über die es im Podcast geht: https://music.amazon.de/user-playlists/a2fb8f263bdb463cbf062e1dec8e03cadede?ref=dm_sh_e3ZxsZa0nKKRAIN859uq2jBog Feedback, Wünsche, Anregungen, Tipps?   Facebook & Instagram unter RockMusicNet  Mail: news@rockcast.de   #Rockcast #podcast #MusikPodcast #Jubiläum #IronMaiden, #RunForYourLives, #Live, #Tour #Eddie #BruceDickinson # Hurricane #Saxon #WASP #Download

MÖRDERISCHE HEIMAT
Extra Juni 2025

MÖRDERISCHE HEIMAT

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 47:57


Und wieder schließt sich der Vorhang einer Staffel. Zeno, Shaggy und Lisa blicken zurück auf Niedersachsen. Allerdings stehen sie noch unter dem Eindruck der vergangenen Liveshow, des Sommerspecials 2025, und gewähren euch einen Einblick was sie Backstage mit den Gewinnern des IBB-Gewinnspiels beim Meet & Greet erlebt haben. Natürlich darf auch der Professor der Kriminalwissenschaften Gerhard Schmelz nicht fehlen. Im Gespräch mit Lisa erörtert er die kriminalistischen Fragen rund um die letzte Staffel. Außerdem setzen wir unsere Serie fort und stellen euch auch in diesem EXTRA eine Person aus dem Kosmos rund um MÖRDERISCHE HEIMAT vor. Diesmal geht es um unseren Bühnenmanager Felix Volkmer, sein Schaffen und wie er zu MH kam. Ach ja, und welches Bundesland wird eigentlich als nächstes bereist..?

Gnadenlos
Hölle, Heimat, Will Ramos

Gnadenlos

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 69:08


GNADENLOS, die Zweiundsechszigste: Heaven Shall Burn haben heute Geburtstag, denn das neue Album "Heimat" erscheint - ganz großes Kino. Sänger Marcus Bischoff war ja leider aufgrund einer Infektion außer Gefecht gestezt, würde von Britta Görtz (Ex-Cripper) am Gesang ersetzt - das diskutieren die beiden Vokalakrobaten Axel 1 und ZZ noch mal von vorne bis hinten durch. Und weiterhin im Schnelldurchlauf: Nuclear Blast explodierte der youtube-Kanal, Rival Sons eröffnen die Live-Saison in der Allianz-Arena in München, Black Sabbath streamen die letzte Show, Zacke aber nicht schauen. Und Mastodon streiten sich, hoffentlich nicht zu dolle. Ach ja, und Axel träumt. Von Marzahn...oder war es Köpenick...oder seinem musikalischen Durchbruch? Mal wieder: Spannung garantiert...Folgt uns für mehr und weniger mehr kluge Inhalte:https://www.instagram.com/gnadenlos_official666/https://www.instagram.com/axel_one/https://www.instagram.com/zacke_zahn/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SOMMELIER
Valentine Mühlberger – Im zweiten Leben: Sommelière

SOMMELIER

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 146:05 Transcription Available


Klar ist sie Quereinsteigerin. Natürlich ist sie keine Sommelière im klassischen Sinne – und doch trägt Valentine Mühlenberger so viel mehr Weinleben und Weinliebe in sich als neun von zehn ihrer Kollegen. Warum? Weil bei ihr keine Flasche einfach nur geöffnet wird. Weil sie mit jeder Geste, jedem Wort und jedem Glas eine ganze Beziehung aufmacht – zwischen Winzer und Genießer, zwischen Rebstock und Tisch. Weil sie mit allem, was sie ist, inszeniert, serviert, doziert – und dabei Wein nicht nur erklärt, sondern verkörpert. Man kann über Wein sprechen – oder man kann Wein sprechen. Über 300 Veranstaltungen in sieben Jahren sind die Kräuter und der Pfeffer in ihrem bewegten Weinleben. Die Brühe ist ihre Bar RIX, das Salz ihre unfassbare Gastfreundschaft – und vor allem: ihre Liebe zu Essen und Trinken als Kultur, als Erfahrung, als gelebter Genuss. Was ihr wahrscherinlich durch ihre französische Mutter sprichwörtlich in die Wiege gelegt wurde. Mit der Bar RIX hat sie einen Ort geschaffen, der nicht um Authentizität bettelt, sondern sie atmet. Kein Schickimicki-Lifestyle, kein Verkaufsdruck, sondern ein Restaurant, das wie eine Schule funktioniert, eine Bar, die wie ein Zuhause klingt. Traditionell im Herzen, modern im Auftritt. Hier begegnet man nicht dem Sommelier-Pathos, sondern der gelebten Freude am Wein, an der echten Beziehung zwischen Menschen und Flaschen, an Momenten, die nicht wiederholbar sind. Ach so – warum neun von zehn? Weil die Liste ihrer Abschlüsse sich liest wie das internationale Who's Who des Wein-Business: WSET Diploma, Weinakademikerin, Sud de France Master Level Certificate. Berufsbegleitende Studiengänge in Dijon und Beaune, Lesebeteiligungen bei großen Winzern Frankreichs – Château Latour, Domaine Leroy – um nur zwei zu nennen. Und dann war da noch das Praktikum an der Ahr – freiwillig im Weinberg, während der Pandemie. Kein Geld, kein Glanz – nur Erde, Reben, Rückgrat. Valentine hat nicht studiert, um zu glänzen, sondern um zu verstehen. Sie hat nicht gegründet, um zu besitzen, sondern um zu geben. Und sie hat nicht ausgeschenkt, um zu beeindrucken – sondern um zu berühren. Was man mit Geld nicht kaufen kann: Herz, Haltung, Tiefe. Was man bei Valentine immer bekommt: all das – in flüssiger Form, in Flaschenform, im Gespräch. Wer mit ihr reist, reist durch Welten. Wer bei ihr trinkt, reist durch Zeit.

Kochbuch Check
#80 mit Frank Buchholz // Rezepte die du lieben wirst + Pasta e basta

Kochbuch Check

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 72:41


Folge 80: Amore & Pasta Bevor wir in die verdiente Sommerpause starten, geht es noch mal um Liebe und Pasta! Beides geht bekanntlich durch den Magen. Und da machen die „Rezepte, die du lieben wirst“, die Kochbuchpremiere von Thomas Straker den Anfang. In seinem sehr stylisch gestaltetem Oeuvre zeigt der Engländer, der mit seinen „Butter Stories“ bei Social Media Millionen Fans erreicht hat, seine 100 Lieblingsrezepte; natürlich auch viel Butter. Alltagsküche, mit minimalem Aufwand und immer kreativ. Vielleicht etwas viel Hummer und Krabbe aber am Ende wenig überflüssiger Schnickschnack. Weniger ist mehr, dachte sich auch Fernsehkoch und Wahl-Mainzer, Frank Buchholz bei den Rezepten in seinem neuen Kochbuch „Pasta e basta“. Viel Kochwissen wird einfach vorausgesetzt. Dafür zeigt dieses – sein – Herzensprojekt am Ende aber 65 abwechslungsreiche Nudelrezepte. Wenige Klassiker dafür viel Buchholz und ein wirklich geiler Nudelteig. Basta! Ach nein, wir haben ja auch noch eine „Schnellkochpod“ ein schönes Buch, schnell besprochen. „Sterne und Gerne Köche“ ist ein Buch, das Gutes tut. Wie der Name schon sagt: Rezepte von Sterneköchen und der Erlös fließt in die Hilfsangebote des VFG Bonn. Aber jetzt! Am Ende noch ein spaßiges Interview mit Frank Buchholz. So! Basta! Wir sind in der Sommerpause und ihr bleibt immer lecker. Hier gibt es die Bücher: "Rezepte die du lieben wirst" bei Genialokal*: https://tidd.ly/45wGYKe oder hier bei Amazon*: https://tinyurl.com/28y3ho5l "Pasta e basta" bei Genialokal*: https://tidd.ly/4ldzIr6 oder hier bei Amazon*: https://tinyurl.com/25g7qowy "Sterne- und Gerneköche": https://www.vfg-bonn.de/kochbuch/ Sonstige Links: https://thomasstraker.com/ https://frank-buchholz.de/

Crypto Talk Radio: Basic Cryptonomics
#Solaxy ( #Solana Layer 2 ) Gets Pumped By Shillers, Then DUMPS; Another #Dogechain?

Crypto Talk Radio: Basic Cryptonomics

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 55:06


#Solaxy ( #Solana Layer 2 ) Gets Pumped By Shillers, Then DUMPS; Another #Dogechain? #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #podcast #BasicCryptonomics $ETH Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.CryptoTalkRadio.net⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ThisIsCTR⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord:⁠⁠⁠⁠ @CryptoTalkRadio⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters (00:00:01) - Crypto Talk Radio(00:05:13) - Ethereum is the key to crypto's growth(00:08:32) - Don't Trust This Chain Link Business: Swapper Dot Finance(00:17:33) - Do You Need a Crypto Bank? (ACH or Wire?)(00:22:19) - Mortgage: Why You Should Put 20% Down(00:27:25) - Mortgage Scam: Stacking the Home(00:31:45) - Mortgage Companies: If You Don't Put 20% Down(00:37:10) - Block Dag vs PI Network: A Comparative(00:41:59) - Crypto: Don't Trust Anyone With High Followers(00:47:17) - Don't Follow The Shillers On Ethereum(00:51:20) - The Best Thing To Do Is To Stick With Core Coins

Alleine ist schwer - Der Sportpodcast mit Jonas und Mats Hummels
Die wollen das doch, die wollen Theater

Alleine ist schwer - Der Sportpodcast mit Jonas und Mats Hummels

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 69:40


Geschwindigkeit, Gerichtsprozesse, gar nicht so lustig das Wortspiel - die drei großen Gs der (Sport-)Unterhaltung. So, oder so Ähnlich müsst ihr euch den Inhalt dieser gefährlichen, gar gewaltigen Podcastepisode vorstellen. Wer nicht will, der…ach egal ihr wisst schon. Ach und musste einer eurer Spieler auch mal wegen BSE seine Karriere beenden? Wenn ihr jetzt ganz schnell rennt und dabei extrem laut schreit, dann könnt ihr es noch schaffen berühmt zu werden. Hier geht's zum Podcast von POWWOW Sports: https://linktr.ee/powwow_sports Alle Rabattcodes und Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern findet ihr hier: https://linktr.ee/alleineistschwerpodcast Spare mit dem Code "ALLEINEISTSCHWER" jetzt 10% auf alle nicht reduzierten Artikel bei Blackroll: https://blackroll.com/de/ Folgt uns auf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alleineistschwer.podcast/ "Alleine ist schwer" ist eine Produktion von Maniac Studios.

VO BOSS Podcast
Protecting Your Voice and Identity

VO BOSS Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 28:14


BOSSes Anne Ganguzza and Tom Dheere, your "real bosses" and co-hosts, connect to dive deep into the critical world of online security and scam prevention for voiceover professionals. They unpack Tom's recent harrowing experience with an AI voice cloning scam, offering a candid look into the crucial insights needed to navigate digital threats and build a truly secure business in today's landscape. Listeners will discover the essential role of vigilance and proactive measures in protecting their assets, gain an understanding of emerging scam tactics, and appreciate the power of community in safeguarding their careers. Anne and Tom also discuss practical pathways for secure transactions and the evolving nature of digital defense.   00:01 - Anne (Host) Hey guys, it's Anne from VO BOSS here.  00:04 - Speaker 2 (Announcement) And it's George the Tech. We're excited to tell you about the VO BOSS. Vip membership, now with even more benefits.  00:10 - Anne (Host) So not only do you get access to exclusive workshops and industry insights, but with our VIP plus tech tier, you'll enjoy specialized tech support from none other than George himself.  00:22 - Speaker 2 (Announcement) You got it. I'll help you tackle all those tricky tech issues so you can focus on what you do best Voice acting. It's tech support tailored for voiceover professionals like you.  00:32 - Anne (Host) Join us guys at VO BOSS and let's make your voiceover career soar. Visit voboss.com slash VIP-membership to sign up today.  00:45 - Speaker 3 (Announcement) It's time to take your business to the next level, the boss level. These are the premier business owner strategies and successes being utilized by the industry's top talent today. Rock your business like a boss, a VO boss. Now let's welcome your host, Anne Ganguzza. Hey, hey, everyone, welcome to the VO BOSS Podcast.  01:04 - Anne (Host) I'm your host, Anne Ganguzza. Hey, hey everyone, welcome to the VO BOSS Podcast. I'm your host, Anne Ganguzza, and I'm here with my real boss, Tom Deere. I had to think about that, Tom. We've been together so long. I was like what is our subtitle here? We are real bosses.  01:20 - Tom (Host) Yeah, we're real bosses. Thanks for having me back, Anne.  01:23 - Anne (Host) How are you doing, Tom, my real boss? Co-host.  01:26 - Tom (Host) All things considered, I'm doing okay, I had a weird experience recently which it seems like a lot of voice actors are experiencing. I got an email from someone expressing interest in wanting to cast me for a voiceover project. Oh yes, I looked at it and it was this long-form project, something like 9,000 and change words. And I looked at it and I'm like and you know I was reading the ins and outs of it and I'm like, huh, like my spider sense was tingling a little bit, but I'm looking at, I'm like this one is worth replying to and getting some information about.  02:00 So there was a little bit of back and forth about it.  02:03 - Anne (Host) So you did reply, and then there was.  02:05 - Tom (Host) There was more conversation.  02:06 - Anne (Host) Yeah, there was more conversation, which is what I always do when I'm trying to find out more information about a job to make sure it's legit.  02:12 - Tom (Host) Right Now, around the same time, maybe a couple of days after that, someone posted on a Facebook group hey, I got this email. It was saying this and this Did anyone else get it? Does it seem legit? And it looked like it was the same email that I had gotten, so I was following that it turns out.  02:28 It was posted by our friend, bridget Real, who is the co-founder of VA for VO, the virtual assistant site that helps voice actors, and we talked about it a little bit and we're both like, yeah, we're going to keep digging a little bit and see what's going on. And then her business partner, lynn, also got the email and I was getting ready to accept it just to see what would happen. And that morning I got a message from her saying hey, did you accept this project? Yet I'm like no, why? And she said because both of us accepted the project. We both got cast for the same exact project. We both got the same exact script. They sent me the script.  03:00 So then I did this. I went to Gemini, google Gemini, which is my AI bot of choice, and I did the prompts. I said you are an expert at detecting scams. Please analyze this script and let me know if you think that this script could be used to harvest a voice actor's voice to clone it. A voice actor's voice to clone it. And it did its analysis and I've got like the 2.5 advanced. So it takes a little time. And it wrote back oh, yes, it does. And here are all the reasons why this, this, this, this, this, this and this. And then I sent that information to Bridget and Lynn and they're like we knew it. We knew it. So then she created a wonderful post on LinkedIn talking about it. And then I wrote a blog with all the information and, like what happened, it was the most read blog I've had in like three years or something like that.  03:52 Yeah, it was crazy.  03:53 - Anne (Host) What's so interesting is it could have been a legit job, like for payment. You would have done it, they would have paid you for it, but they would have used your voice as an AI voice.  04:05 And so therefore, legally right in the end. Right, if you found out later on they could say, oh no, no, no, we paid you. I mean, it was a job that we paid you for and there was no extenuating circumstances or contracts to be signed which, by the way, I'm going to bring up Nava and the AI writer For all your jobs. You should be attaching that AI writer so that your voice is not going to be used as an AI voice, for sure, for sure.  04:37 - Tom (Host) So, to let everybody know, the website was GigLumin G-I-G-L-U-M-I-N. And if you do a Google search of GigLumin and this is what Bridget had figured out is that the website was only a month or two old. And there's these scam websites that you can enter the URL of a website in and it can tell you how likely that's a scam. It checked every red flag, every box, every single box.  04:56 - Anne (Host) So, yes, vo people, bosses, beware, right. So beware of emails. And you know, it's funny because it's lately, just because of the whole AI thing. Anytime I get an email with a job from someone that I don't know, right, that is just out of the blue, that I didn't audition for, where they have large amounts of words, the hairs on the back of my neck kind of stand up and I immediately, immediately check into it. And I think this really warrants a discussion, bosses, because it's very timely that you want to make sure that these jobs are legitimate. So the more research you can do. And I love, Tom Dheere, how you used AI to fight AI Again.  05:37 We had our previous episode on tools that we use. I mean, we are utilizing it as a tool to help us in our day-to-day jobs, and so I think, being aware of possible scams out there, we absolutely have to be, and I'll tell you if it's somebody that I've never heard of and they don't have a signature file. I've gotten to the point where I don't even like and it's not like from a company.com. I don't even literally take it seriously anymore. I don't know about you, Tom, what do you think?  06:05 - Tom (Host) Yes, I'm equally skeptical these days but, I, really like what you said about when you receive the email, check to see if there is a signature at the Tom of it with the company logo, website and contact information. That is one of many red flags and I don't know how much you've noticed lately, Anne, but since I would say about early April, there has been an explosion of scam attempts going on in the voiceover industry. We've had the overpayment scam. That's been going on for at least 10 or 15 years.  06:37 - Anne (Host) Gosh, at least, and bosses. If you haven't heard about it, Tom, let's talk about the overpayment scam for just a minute. Yeah, yeah, Okay so what happens is it's very common.  06:45 - Tom (Host) It's very common. It's been going on for a really long time. So basically they email you and say hey, we've got a project for you, da-da-da-da-da-da. The classic one was the game show host voiceover.  06:55 - Anne (Host) It has since evolved.  06:56 - Tom (Host) And basically they say that we've booked a studio in the area nearby. We're going to get paid or pay for the studio and then send us back the difference and something like that. And it's never a gig.  07:12 - Speaker 2 (Announcement) All they're trying to do is get you to cash that check and send them money, which is fraudulent, by the way.  07:18 - Anne (Host) And, by the way, I've gotten to the point where, if I have a new client, the only way they can really pay me is electronically.  07:25 And I figure, if you don't have electronic means to pay me immediately before the job and it's even in my terms and I've done this for years, Tom, I always have payment in full prior to job start is appreciated and other options available upon request.  07:39 But if it's a new client, I'll take that out because I must have that money in my bank account before I will even consider finishing that job or sending a file. And I'll tell you what, Tom for all of my career it's worked for me Because if people are serious about hiring you, they know that you're a professional, they know that you're going to get the job done. Of course they have to put their faith in you. But in reality and I'll even say because you're a new client I require payment up front electronically. And here are the ways that you can pay me. And so I'll send them, like a QuickBooks invoice, or I'll give them a PayPal account or however that works, and I expect that money in the account and I wait for that money and I make sure that I have the money and then I'll proceed with the job.  08:21 - Tom (Host) That's a really good idea. There's nothing wrong with even asking for 50% or 25% or just some percentage of it. The fact that they're actually going to fork over money with no expectation of an overpayment or getting it back or disputing the payment or anything like that.  08:37 Once it clears, you know that they're serious. And there's a bunch of like. I use Wave apps, for example. That's a great way to do it and I'm pretty sure they can do a partial payment. Or you can just make one invoice just for the deposit and then issue another invoice for the balance If they're a legitimate client that actually has money that they're planning on paying you with, they would have no problem with paying at least a portion of it up front.  08:59 - Anne (Host) Yeah, a lot of my clients nowadays the larger clients that used to like work off of purchase orders, and then it would be like 90 days after the job has been submitted. We'd have to wait for that check, they'd have to generate the PO and everything. You'd sign contracts like vendor contracts and that sort of thing, which I've done a lot, and so if they've got a contract for you to sign, that's vendor, nda, that sort of thing, and you know the company. It's like a well-known company. They're on the web. They've been on the web for years. I mean you can pretty much trust in that where I'll do the job and then I'll get paid. If I've worked with them before, I know that's typically how larger companies work and so that's when I'll accept a check. But even now most of those companies they're going to electronic deposit, like ACH they call it.  09:42 ACH, yeah, so it's direct deposit to your bank and most of the companies I know will do that and that's a form of payment that I trust and that would be a client that I would trust. So if it's a larger company that I know they exist on the web and they talk about, well, you're going to have to do the job first and then we'll be able to pay you once the purchase order is created, blah, blah, blah, blah, and you sign these contracts. I feel fairly good about that and I don't have to think, oh, this is a scam. But whenever I get an email without an actual signature file that comes from an address that isn't companycom, right, if it's a Gmail or a Yahoo or whatever, even a Microsoft what is the free Microsoft one?  10:20 Hotmail, hotmail, yeah, even if it's Microsoftcom, I feel like there's some sort of free sort of Microsoft. You know what I mean Like email that says that I just don't trust it and I'll immediately. The first thing I'll do is look for a website and when I get to the website I'll look for a phone number and then I'll actually try to call that phone number. What are the steps that you take, Tom, to ensure that your job is legit?  10:41 - Tom (Host) Everything that you just said. I also, by the way, I do love the ACH direct deposit because there's no fee. When PayPal, there is a fee, or wire transfer. That's really nice. Here's one thing that I've been doing lately is, if I get a we'll call it a solicitation, for lack of a better term from a company saying hey, and it'll most often be we found you on Google, we found you on Voice123 or some other front-facing thing. You know what's an interesting thing to do? Go look for them on LinkedIn.  11:11 Look for them on LinkedIn. Look for the company and look for the individual and see if you have any mutual connections. I mean, it could be anybody, whether it's a voice actor or somebody in some other profession, and you can reach out on LinkedIn and say, hey, I got an email from this company and you have a connection with them on LinkedIn. What's your experience with them? And that could give you some really quick insight. Sometimes it's just like, oh, I've been working with them for years, or it's oh, they're a huge scam. I forgot to disconnect with them. Run, run, run. Or I'd sent a rando invite, or they sent a rando invite and I don't have any information for you. But it could increase your chance of vetting them a little bit better. Another thing is that I keep an eye out, for is if they ask me to send them a W-9, the more likely that they are legitimate.  12:00 Yeah, yeah, absolutely, which I find interesting because if they were a real, true scam artist, they would want that W-9, because now they would have your social security number and now they can steal your identity too.  12:11 - Anne (Host) Well, oh my gosh, Tom, and that's scary actually, but that's why you don't put your social security number. You put your EIN number, because you're a company right, and you don't have to give up your EIN number, which is, by the way, one thing. I'm glad you mentioned that like we should all be having an EIN number. I'm glad you mentioned that, like we should all be having an EIN number.  12:30 - Tom (Host) Yes, it's very, very simple to get. It takes very, very little time. So it's a very easy get. I just reminded myself and we just talked about identity theft is that I almost had my identity stolen yesterday.  12:43 - Anne (Host) Whoa, that's scary. Yes.  12:45 - Tom (Host) How do you?  12:46 - Anne (Host) know like what happened.  12:51 - Tom (Host) Okay, so it was about a little after 10 am yesterday is when things started happening, so within a few minutes of each other, I got an email from Credit Karma, norton which, because I have my Norton 360 antivirus software package, I pay a subscription through that and Experian. For those of you who don't know, there are three major credit bureaus there's Experian, there's TransUnion and there's Equifax. I have a free account with Experian and I have a free account with Credit Karma. All three of them, within a few minutes of each other, messaged me and said that there was a hard inquiry.  13:30 - Anne (Host) Yeah.  13:30 - Tom (Host) So what that means is if you are applying for a loan, a mortgage, a credit card or something like that, the company that you're applying to will do a credit check. So they will check your credit and see if you are a safe credit risk to make the loan or to get the credit card, for this was a hard inquiry. If you get enough hard inquiries on your credit, your credit will go down.  13:55 - Anne (Host) Yeah, absolutely. I know that because I'm a stickler about my credit.  13:59 - Tom (Host) Me too. My credit rating, oh my gosh. If mine isn't at least 800, something I freak out, oh my gosh.  14:04 - Anne (Host) Yeah, no, mine has to be like almost close to perfect, and when it goes down like two points, I'm like wait why? Why did that happen? Right? And it's just because you put a charge on it for a few hundred dollars, and then you pay it off next week and then everything's fine, so that's normal.  14:18 - Tom (Host) So all three of them told me at roughly the same time that there was a hard inquiry. So I clicked on all the emails and all three of them said that somebody was applying for a Discover credit card, I think in Salt Lake City, and someone was applying for a Capital One credit card in Delaware, and I was in New York City neither applying for a Discover credit card or a Capital One credit card. I certainly wasn't in Salt Lake City or Delaware at the same exact time.  14:49 - Anne (Host) You know, what's so interesting, Tom, is that, like I don't know, a few months ago I don't know if there was a discussion circulating or maybe I got an email but somebody said, and like I should have done this years ago, I mean you can freeze your account so that if you don't open up a credit card every other day which I'm certainly not right Because again, it affects my credit rating and I'm anal about that and so I'm like well, I don't need to apply for any other credit cards, so you can go and freeze that, so that you can actually reduce the risk of somebody trying to open up credit cards or identity theft.  15:19 So and it's super simple to do it, as I said, everybody should have that free account. You should log in, you should check your credit scores regularly I think they allow you once a month, I think even my credit cards. My American Express will tell me oh, your FICO score has changed, right, so they're monitoring it too, and so literally, I get lots of notifications when that rating goes up and down. But I know that I've reduced my chances of identity theft, which is a very scary thing, by freezing those accounts and it's very simple to unfreeze. So, if you know you want to apply for a credit card. You just got to go and unfreeze it for a certain amount of time so you can apply for it and then freeze it back up again. So that way it reduces the risk.  15:57 - Tom (Host) And all those emails that I got, all those notifications did give me the option to do that. I was also able to say this because it, literally, when Norton 360 popped up and it took me to their website, it literally said is this you and you can check yes or no? And I wrote no and then the whole screen turned red saying okay, we know this is a problem, we will look into it.  16:17 It did it with all those and then I called Capital One Bank. It took me a few people. It had to get escalated a couple of times to the credit card fraud department.  16:25 - Anne (Host) Well, don't you say, they give you a special number, right?  16:27 - Tom (Host) They say call this number if it's not you, or you can call this number. I just called the general number because all that was on the notification, I think, was the Capital One in Salt Lake City or something like that. So I called directly and said please state your problem. I'm like I think I'm getting my identity stolen. And then it got up there and then they manually rejected the credit card application at least for the Capital One.  16:50 And then this morning I got another Credit Karma email saying that there was a check on my Equifax report not the Experian one and I looked at the date of it. It also said yesterday. So that means Credit Karma had my back twice and Experian had my back and Norton had my back twice. Right, right, and Experian had my back and Norton had my back and everybody bosses. This is the takeaway. Creditkarmacom is free, having an account with Experian is free, it doesn't cost you a nickel.  17:18 - Anne (Host) All of them TransUnion, they're all free TransUnion, Equifax, they're all free.  17:23 Exactly and you can check your scores and, like I said, a lot of banks and a lot of credit cards are actually adding that on as like a value add kind of service, but you don't have to pay anything for it. I think there's a lot of it going on, Tom, which is kind of scary. We got to be careful about scammers, that's for sure. And anytime, even in your email, right, if you get like again, if I find something that doesn't have a signature and then they have an attachment like PayPal has been well-known scams where you get like oh, you've got a PayPal invoice, right, and you have to pay this amount and it looks legit. I mean, they've got like the PayPal logo. I've gotten quite a few of those over the last six months.  18:01 - Speaker 2 (Announcement) And.  18:01 - Anne (Host) I just ignore anything. Just remember that most financial institutions will never email you for information and they'll never text you necessarily for that information either, and you should also, Tom. We should have a big discussion on having multi-factor authentication.  18:19 - Tom (Host) Yes.  18:19 - Anne (Host) This is extremely important.  18:21 - Tom (Host) It's annoying as hell or two-factor, two-factor authentication For every account that you have, especially the financial ones, you should have two-factor authentication, which means either they send you a text message and you just click on the link and you're good to go, or it sends you an email and it'll usually give you a passcode of some sort and then you go to the website. When you're trying to log on, you enter that passcode and then it'll let you do it, and most of them are only good. Some of them are only good for 30 days. Sometimes you can check a box saying this is my private computer. It's okay for a certain amount of time, or they make you do it every single time, which isn't the worst thing in the world. Yes, it's annoying.  18:55 - Anne (Host) You know what I just thought about. It is annoying but it keeps you safe. It's funny how much like value you put in that number, that phone number, in this phone which, by the way, I just got a new phone but in this number for the two-factor authentication, right Like text me at this number. So think of the power that these phone companies have right, and that is scary. I mean it used to be a thing where I always thought like the large scale communication companies were a little bit of a monopoly, depending on the area that you're in. I mean, when I lived in the East Coast it was always Verizon right, verizon everything, verizon this, verizon that. Out here it's a couple of different companies but still, if you think about it, I mean I'm glad to have the two-factor authentication and it's super convenient on the phone.  19:39 But, it's interesting to know that you wouldn't want the hackers to get smart right and then start really infiltrating the phone, you know, and impersonating a phone number.  19:50 - Tom (Host) There's a couple of things about that is that, when it comes to authentication, when you're logging on your phone, I've got it set up where I just use my thumbprint for a lot of it.  19:59 - Anne (Host) I love that, or Face ID yeah the Face ID is a great one.  20:05 - Tom (Host) There's also a thing for a lot of the websites where I have a personal PIN that has nothing to do with the PIN or the password to access the site itself. If I am using my phone to log in somewhere, I can enter a four-digit PIN that's different from everything else, so it also increases the chance of having a secure whatever. Also, just as a rule, I don't do anything financial on my phone, with the exception of like Venmo Well, I have mobile banking If I'm like sending money if, like me, and the guys are having pizza, you know what I mean.  20:31 - Anne (Host) I have mobile banking and I do have Apple Pay.  20:35 - Tom (Host) Well, I have GPay too.  20:36 - Anne (Host) Yeah, so.  20:36 - Tom (Host) I'm a Google guy but like I will unless to my bank accounts online or Wave app or Wise or PayPal on the phone, unless I absolutely have to.  20:49 - Anne (Host) Interesting. I go to them quite a bit. Actually, you're probably fine because of all the precautions that you're taking, but I'm just a little extra neurotic about it. Oh, it's constantly got multi-factor authentication, but I get that. I totally get that. Wow, yeah, being careful, and you know what.  21:02 What's interesting is, back in the day and I'm going to date myself when I was working at the school and we had text-based email okay, and text-based email, I could have something and it was all based on like the Unix systems and so like hacking into a text-based, like I don't know how to say this, but hacking into a system like that, like a Unix system, and reading your email with text-based, you didn't always have like the conditions of people attaching things that could be viral, loading a virus on your computer. So I was always proud to say that I used text-based email and I used something called a PGP signature, which was a digital signature at the time, which meant that when I sent mail out, my PGP signature, it would actually negotiate and verify with the person that I would send it to so that it could be a verified digital signature. That indeed, yes, this mail did come from me, and I think that Norton probably has something like that now right. Is that with your email or no?  21:59 - Tom (Host) Yeah, it has all kinds of functions.  22:01 And it works on my desktop and it works on my laptop and it works on my phone. The most important function that it has is when I'm not home and I'm on my phone or my laptop or my tablet is the VPN when you can turn it on to make sure that if you're using Wi-Fi at a cafe or something like that, that it's secure, because apparently there are people who just like sitting around at a Panera or a Starbucks with their laptop and just waiting for someone to have an insecure Wi-Fi connection and they can just steal their life right there through their own laptop.  22:31 - Anne (Host) Well, it's funny how this conversation has turned into a big security conversation, starting off with scamming. Which guys you got to be aware? It's one of the reasons why, for all of my years and because of my years working in technology, I like wired connections. I mean Wi-Fi. I mean it's a wonderful technology and it's convenient as anything. However, it's not as secure as a wired connection, because a wired connection is basically, you know, your digital numbers flowing back and forth along a wire, versus all this information out in the air where, if somebody is sitting outside of my home, they can possibly hack into my wireless network and then they can run some sort of a tracer to see and to actually get my passwords, which is something that you don't really want that to happen. So you should really be cautious, guys, and I think it's always a good idea that, if you are working from home, if you have the opportunity to have a wired connection to your router, I think that that's better rather than using Wi-Fi. Number one it's more stable, right, it's faster and it's also more secure.  23:32 - Tom (Host) I agree. If you have a desktop at home and you are doing any kind of recording or you're doing basically anything, you should have an ethernet connection. That yellow wire with the big old phone jack that plugs right into the back of your computer and plugs into your Wi-Fi router.  23:47 - Anne (Host) And it sounds old school, but it's still the most secure method of data transfer.  23:51 - Tom (Host) Without question so if you are recording from home. If you're doing whatever from home, you have a desktop ethernet. If you have a laptop, I are recording from home. If you're doing whatever from home, you have a desktop Ethernet. If you have a laptop, I think the newer laptops don't even have an Ethernet connection. I have to think about my laptop and whether I even have one anymore, and here's the simple reason.  24:06 - Anne (Host) Think about it. It's a wire, guys. It's a wire. It's not like data floating around in the air which people can listen to. Somehow the frequency of the data traveling in the air right? Wi-fi works on frequencies when your data is traveling via a wire like a physical cable, unless somebody like I don't even know, unless they tap into that wire, right, somehow.  24:26 I don't know how they do that, and we're talking about your wire in your house going from your computer to your router. Right, that's as secure as it gets, right, unless somebody's coming into your house and hacking into the wire and tapping into it.  24:38 - Tom (Host) You've got some foreign embassy bugging your home.  24:41 - Anne (Host) Yeah, yeah, doing some fancy work, you're not going to have to worry about your data being transferred. So if you're working on the internet right, at least the data that's transferring from your house to your router is absolutely secure. And then it's up to your internet provider right on the router, to their routers, to make sure that things are encrypted, things are secure and for the most part I mean that's been handled right. I mean there are hackers out there that they can hack into networks. They can hack into things like that, but you want to be as safe as you possibly can, so wired is best.  25:14 - Tom (Host) Yes, it's fascinating. We talk about hard security and soft security, yes, that's hard security, that's hard security.  25:20 - Anne (Host) So, if we go back to talking about the scams that are floating around these days, one thing I wanted to mention is I think one of the best applications for groups, facebook groups and social media groups and discussion groups is for that thing, so that you and Bridget were talking to one another about this job that you both got, and then it's really wonderful that we can come together as a community and protect each other right and say, hey, look, watch out for the scam. So it is one of the best advantages, I would say, of being a part of the social media groups in that way. Otherwise, we've talked about how it's hard to sometimes they're toxic, sometimes it's really hard to be on social media. But I would say one of the best reasons to be on social media, in those groups and in those forums, would be because of the protection that you're getting of us banding together and saying, hey, watch out, this is a scam.  26:09 - Tom (Host) Absolutely, it's one of the most important things. Community is more than just about you know rah rah and whoop whoop and you know we support you and feel better if you're feeling down, but like just actual education, along with inspiration and commiseration can literally save your identity Absolutely.  26:27 - Anne (Host) Wow, what a great conversation, Tom. So bosses out there, be aware of scams. Be cautious. Research, research. Take a look at those signatures when you get emails coming in, when you get something that's asking for lots of words and a good price and it seems too good to be true, guess what it might be. So make sure that you're communicating with the community as well, checking those jobs out and attach that AI rider to every one of your jobs. Now, it's simple. It's there at NAVA and it's free. You can attach that rider to every job. If you have a new client, make sure you're very careful with the payment options. You know we spoke about that. I always make sure I get money up front, or partial money up front, first to make sure that it's a legit client. What else did I miss, Tom, in this recap?  27:14 - Tom (Host) Hardware and software VPNs.  27:16 - Anne (Host) EINs yes.  27:19 - Tom (Host) Oh yeah, VPNs, EINs, Two-factor authentication.  27:20 - Anne (Host) I love it. Yeah, Make sure you guys are implementing all of that to keep yourself safe and secure. So great topic, Tom. I like geeking out like this.  27:30 - Tom (Host) Yeah, it's fun and helpful.  27:31 - Anne (Host) Yeah, I'm going to give a great big shout out to my sponsor, IPDTL. You too can connect and network like real bosses. Find out more at IPDTL.com. Guys have an amazing week and we'll see you next week.  27:52 - Speaker 3 (Announcement) Bye. Join us next week for another edition of VO BOSS with your host, Anne Ganguzza, and take your business to the next level. Sign up for our mailing list at voboss.com and receive exclusive content, industry revolutionizing tips and strategies and new ways to rock your business like a boss. Redistribution, with permission. Coast-to-coast connectivity via IPDTL.   

Bewegtbildbanausen
Episode 435 - Quaterzwein

Bewegtbildbanausen

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 142:53


"Barkeeper, mix uns mal bitte einen Banausencocktail zusammen...mit coolen bunten Farben aus diversen Filmen. Ach, und bitte noch zwei Lose aus dem Riesentopf dort dazu. Stimmt so!"

Jana & die Jungs
#240 – Trending: Strawberry Matcha & Low Hanging Fruits

Jana & die Jungs

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2025 58:16


Der Sommer ist da und Ramon diesmal nicht dabei. Aber wir haben große Fragen des Lebens dabei: Was erfrischt? Was muss man machen? Und muss man eigentlich leiden, um wirklich gelebt zu haben? Jana hat jedenfalls den neuesten TikTok-Trend am Start: Strawberry Iced Matcha Latte. Handgestoßene Erdbeeren treffen auf fein gemahlenes japanisches Grünteepulver – und das Ganze könnte der neue It-Drink für heiße Tage werden. Für Ramon wäre das doch ein neues Hobby: Matcha-Sommelier mit Bambusbesen und Keramikschale? Im Büro ist dagegen eher Business as usual – oder doch nicht? Wir stolpern über altbekannte Phrasen wie „low hanging fruits“, „Meta-Ebene“ und „Action Points“ und fragen uns: Muss man so reden, um in Meetings zu glänzen? Und apropos Meetings: Was halten wir eigentlich von KI-Zusammenfassungen und Chatbots, die Protokolle schreiben? Spielerei oder echte Hilfe? Nach dem Jingle wird's sommerlich konkret. Wir sammeln To-Dos für die heiße Jahreszeit: Eis essen, grillen, Eiskaffee schlürfen, schwimmen gehen, auf dem Balkon sitzen, abends draußen essen und natürlich: Kirschen und Rhabarber genießen. Ach ja – und wer wird eigentlich „Kirschkernglattleckerin“ des Jahres? Jana bringt uns außerdem das Thema Kaffeekonzentrat näher – perfekt für heiße Tage, wenn's schnell gehen muss. Und dann wird's ein bisschen philosophisch: Was sollte man im Leben erlebt haben, um am Ende zu sagen „Ich habe gelebt“? Muss man wirklich tief geliebt und auch gelitten haben, wie es ChatGPT behauptet? Oder geht's vielleicht auch mit ein bisschen weniger Drama? Zum Schluss blicken wir noch auf die Welt der Konzerte – oder besser gesagt: deren Absagen. Warum canceln gerade so viele Künstler*innen ihre Shows? Auch Kylie Minogue hat's getroffen. Sommermüdigkeit? Oder steckt mehr dahinter? Findet es raus - jetzt reinhören.

Fernsehsessel - Der Podcast
#114 - Feinfühlige Vampirin sucht lebensmüdes Opfer, Kraven the Hunter, Ballerina, Race for Glory & Independence Day

Fernsehsessel - Der Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2025 114:04


Heute wird es französisch!Also zumindest dann, wenn Marco versucht den Originaltitel seiner Hausaufgabe wiederzugeben.Außerdem hat er einige neue Streaminghits dabei, während Nenad im Kino war.Ach, und Fabi war natürlich auch dabei. Was er zur Klub-WM sagt? Hier erfahrt ihr es exklusiv!Viel Spaß beim Zuhören.

Meine Tage
Folge SIEBENUNDZWANZIG - Meine Fo*** gehört mir!

Meine Tage

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2025 22:08


Das Erzbistum entscheidet: Die Ursulinenschule wird koedukativ – fragt aber niemanden. Warum auch, wenn man katholisch und überzeugt männlich ist?Jens Spahn bekommt Rückendeckung von Julia Klöckner: Maskendeals? Ach, halb so wild. Klöckner hält die Sondersitzungen zum Maskenskandal für überflüssig – Steuergeldverschwendung? Nichts, worüber man reden müsste.

Les Reportages de Ouest Track Radio
Tournoi des champions : Une compétition au cœur de la solidarité dimanche 28 et 29 juin 2025

Les Reportages de Ouest Track Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 5:03


La 6ème édition Tournois des champions se déroulera du samedi 28 au dimanche 29 juin 2025 au stade Jules Ladoumègue au Havre, Pour participer où faire un don :Achète ton billet pour le tournoi ! €2.00Apporte des fournitures scolaires directement le jour du tournoiou en contribuant à la cagnotte en ligne dédiée à ce projet solidaireLien de la cagnotte Wejdene, Lamano 1.9, UZI se produiront en concert ainsi que plein d'autre artistes !

Die Nervigen
#147 Joeys Traumtagebuch, Vol 1

Die Nervigen

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 77:11


Joey rastet komplett aus. Er hatte nämlich ne Woche Urlaub und platzt jetzt fast vor Tatendrang. Und so wird nicht nur seine Küche gerade abgerissen, sondern auch das gesamte Büro von ihm umgeräumt. Was Julia wohl dazu sagen wird? Die befindet sich gerade auf Malle und hat ihr Leben dort der Funktionalität verschrieben. Sie ist jetzt nämlich stolze Trägerin von Wasserschuhen und schämt sich nicht mal dafür. Neben Julias grauenvollem Mode-Fauxpas gehts heute auch um die furchtbar hässlichen Banknoten unseres Euros. Warum sind da Brücken und Tore drauf anstatt süßer Tiere? Wir erstellen heute einen offenen Brief an die EU für ein Re-Design unserer Banknoten und machen in dieser Folge einen offiziellen Vorschlag. Ach und ganz legére wird noch mal eben unsere neue Kategorie „Joeys Traumtagebuch“ ins Leben gerufen und die hat es wider Erwartens faustdick hinter den Ohren. Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte: https://linktr.ee/dienervigen Du möchtest Werbung in diesem Podcast schalten? Dann erfahre hier mehr über die Werbemöglichkeiten bei Seven.One Audio: https://www.seven.one/portfolio/sevenone-audio

#MenschMahler - Die Podcast Kolumne - podcast eins GmbH
Schlafen Sie gut und spenden Sie gut!

#MenschMahler - Die Podcast Kolumne - podcast eins GmbH

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 1:48


Ach herrje! Dachte ich, als ich von dieser Studie las: Schlafmangel macht uns weniger großzügig und hilfsbereit. An der Universität Berkeley wurden Testpersonen mit genügend und ungenügend Schlaf zu bestimmten Situationen befragt, in denen es um Hilfsbereitschaft geht. Die Wenig-Schläfer halten nicht so gern die Fahrstuhltür auf oder helfen Verletzten auf der Straße. Und zusätzlich hat man herausgefunden, dass nach einer Zeitumstellung, also eine Stunde weniger, die Spendenbereitschaft sinkt. Gehe ich nun, als jemand, der leider oft nachts wach liegt, am nächsten Tag als ignoranter Geizkragen durch die Welt? Hoffe nicht, hab aber gleich meine jährliche Spende an die SOS-Kinderdörfer entrichtet. Obwohl mich Umfragen und Studien oft nerven, fand ich diese doch interessant. Man konnte sogar nachweisen, dass die für Empathie und Einfühlung zuständigen Gehirnteile nach einer schlaflosen Nacht weniger aktiv sind. Aber wir haben ja auch ein Bewusstsein, dass diesen Mangel korrigieren kann. Egal, ob Sie nun also munter oder müde spenden und an welche Organisation auch immer, spenden Sie, wenn es geht oder geben Sie dem Obdachlosen, der eigentlich in der S-Bahn nervt, ein bisschen Geld. Ach ja und beim Fahrstuhl doch mal gucken, ob noch jemand kommt und die Tür aufhalten. Großzügigkeit und Hilfsbereitschaft sind so schöne Eigenschaften, lassen wir Schlecht-Schläfer sie uns nicht nehmen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Holistic Homes Podcast
S2Ep8: The Indoor Air Quality Crisis: The Truth About Airtight vs. Leaky Construction

The Holistic Homes Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 18:39


Your builder might be skipping a required building code test that could save your home from mold, humidity problems, and toxic indoor air, and you probably don't even know it exists.In this episode, I'm breaking down the dangerous myth that homes need to "breathe" through their walls and why this outdated thinking is creating serious health problems in modern construction. The truth is, your home should breathe like your body does, through a controlled system (your nose), not through random leaks in your skin. Yet builders are still constructing homes that pull in unfiltered outdoor air through walls, windows, and foundations, creating the perfect conditions for mold, humidity issues, and poor indoor air quality.Here's what's really frustrating: since 2012, there's been a building code requirement for something called a blower door test that measures exactly how leaky your home is. This test gives you a specific number (ACH 50) that tells you how many times per hour your home's air is completely exchanged with outdoor air. Older homes from the 1950s-70s often test at 10-20 air exchanges per hour, which means you have zero control over your indoor environment. But many jurisdictions still aren't enforcing this testing, and contractors often don't even own the equipment.The real problem isn't just energy efficiency, it's that as homes have gotten tighter over the years, mechanical systems haven't kept up. You end up with homes that can't breathe properly through their HVAC systems, creating a toxic indoor environment. Whether you're building new or renovating, understanding blower door testing and proper air sealing could be the difference between a healthy home and one that makes your family sick.In Today's Episode, We're Chatting About: • Why the "homes need to breathe" myth is dangerous for your health • How to read blower door test results and what numbers to aim for • Why your builder might be skipping required building code tests • The connection between air sealing and mechanical system design • When and how to demand proper testing during construction

Leaders In Payments
Matt Brennan, CEO of Spire | Episode 404

Leaders In Payments

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 25:34 Transcription Available


What happens when you combine the merchant benefits of pay-by-bank transactions with the consumer rewards typically reserved for credit cards? Matt Brennan, CEO of Spire, reveals how their groundbreaking approach is transforming everyday payments across America.Brennan walks us through Spire's innovative branded payment solution that powers merchant-specific programs like Shell's "S-Pay." By partnering with Discover Network, Spire issues 16-digit PANs linked to consumers' bank accounts - creating a hybrid payment that works on existing terminals while settling via ACH. This elegant solution eliminates the traditional hurdles that have limited pay-by-bank adoption at physical points of sale.The beauty of Spire's approach lies in its true win-win nature: merchants dramatically reduce processing costs while offering substantial rewards (like 15-20¢ off per gallon or 5% store discounts), and consumers enjoy immediate benefits without accumulating credit card debt. This value proposition has fueled remarkable growth, with Spire now accepted at 55,000 locations representing 65% of branded fuel retailers nationwide.With 750,000 bank accounts linked and transaction volumes growing 200% in just seven months, Spire is clearly tapping into unmet consumer needs. Brennan identifies two key adopter groups: tech-savvy younger consumers comfortable with alternative payment methods, and financially-conscious "savvy savers" seeking rewards without additional debt. As consumer debt concerns continue to rise and open banking makes account linking increasingly mainstream, Spire is positioned at the intersection of major financial trends.

The Fintech Factor
Fintech Takes: Are Stablecoins a Threat…or Just Better Infrastructure?

The Fintech Factor

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 61:01


Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I'm Alex Johnson, and today we're lucky enough to dig into stablecoins (again!) with James Wester, co-head of payments research at Javelin Strategy & Research, who previously led strategic communications for blockchain, crypto, and digital currencies PayPal and served as a market research analyst at IDC.  Last time on the pod, we tackled domestic payment use cases (ACH, interchange, and why crypto UX still can't touch the Starbucks app). This time, we zoom out. First, we unpack whether stablecoins are net good or net bad for community banks. The real threat isn't deposit flight; it's being boxed out of innovation. For years, regulators told community banks to steer clear of crypto. Now Stripe's leaning into stablecoins, startups are building directly on-chain, and regulators are finally creating a bank-like charter for issuers. So who's actually being served by this “innovation”? Then: what makes stablecoins different? One word: programmability. This is money you can code. Treasurers and developers love it. And if issuers get access to Fed master accounts or card networks? It could reshape BaaS (and who gets to build on it). Finally, we tackle the hard stuff: regulation, insurance, and that annoying habit of moving the goalposts. What happens if a stablecoin fails? How do you design for risk (and communicate that risk honestly to consumers)? Why does this space keep getting held to a higher bar than banks with fractional reserves? James puts it plainly: stablecoins aren't the next hot, sexy fintech product. They're utilities; more like electricity or cell service. Nobody gets excited about who powers their outlets or offers marginally better 5G. You just want it to work. And that's where stablecoins are headed: quiet, foundational, infrastructure-grade. The real innovation won't be stablecoins; it'll be the stack built on top of it. This episode is brought to you by: Newline™ by Fifth Third is an innovative, API-first platform that enables fintechs to launch embedded payment, card and deposit solutions directly with Fifth Third Bank. Visit Newline53.com to see how Newline can elevate your business. Sign up for Alex's Fintech Takes newsletter for the latest insightful analysis on fintech trends, along with a heaping pile of pop culture references and copious footnotes. Every Monday and Thursday: https://workweek.com/brand/fintech-takes/ And for more exclusive insider content, don't forget to check out my YouTube page. Follow James: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswester/ X: https://x.com/jameswester   Follow Alex:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgfH47QEwbQmkQlz1V9rQA/videos LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexhjohnson X: https://www.twitter.com/AlexH_Johnson

Tearsheet Podcast: The Business of Finance
From ACH to stablecoins: Ben Milne's infrastructure evolution

Tearsheet Podcast: The Business of Finance

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 24:38


Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I'm Tearsheet's editor in chief, Zack Miller. As digital assets mature beyond speculation into practical financial tools, forward-thinking institutions are evaluating how programmable money fits into their product strategies. For traditional banks, it's an opportunity to modernize settlement systems and explore new revenue streams. For fintechs, it's about embedding digital asset capabilities without the regulatory and technical overhead. Today, I'm joined by Ben Milne, whose journey from founding payments innovator Dwolla to now leading Brale offers interesting insights into the evolution of financial infrastructure. At Dwolla, Ben built an API-first payments platform that helped modernize ACH transfers. Now with Brale, he's creating the infrastructure layer for compliant stablecoin issuance across multiple blockchains. What's particularly notable about Ben's transition is how it reflects broader shifts in the financial services landscape—from renovating legacy rails to building entirely new ones. In our conversation, we'll unpack how this experience shapes Brale's approach to working with both incumbents and challengers, the strategic considerations for institutions exploring stablecoins, and what product and strategy executives should be planning for in this rapidly evolving space.

NachDenkSeiten – Die kritische Website
Verzeihung, bitte! Ich muss noch Karriere machen!

NachDenkSeiten – Die kritische Website

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 13:11


Corona-Aufarbeitung? Ach was! Dabei liefert die Maskenaffäre um Ex-Gesundheitsminister Jens Spahn genug Stoff, um das Narrativ der Pandemie im großen Stil bloßzulegen. Aber nicht mit diesen Leitmedien. Statt das Gesamtsystem zu knacken, arbeitet man sich lieber an einem „Einzeltäter“ ab. Und vergibt ihm. Wetten, dass! Ein Einwurf von Ralf Wurzbacher. Dieser Beitrag ist auch alsWeiterlesen

Each One Teach One | Kreatywnie, Pozytywnie, Zdrowo
E1T1 | #249 – Świat zewnętrzny i jego zachęty: NIE DAJ SIĘ WKRĘCIĆ

Each One Teach One | Kreatywnie, Pozytywnie, Zdrowo

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 30:47


Ciągle jest nam wmawiane, że świat się za chwileczkę skończy. Że AI przejmie kontrolę. Że jesteśmy bliscy zagłady. Ach te... zachęty! :) Artykuł E1T1 | #249 – Świat zewnętrzny i jego zachęty: NIE DAJ SIĘ WKRĘCIĆ

Jack Westin MCAT Podcast
Don't Be Nervous About the Nervous System

Jack Westin MCAT Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 89:34


Struggling to keep the nervous system straight—or just worried you'll blank on that -70 mV resting potential?

Seachtain
Tréigthe agus folamh: A Gaeltacht housing solution?

Seachtain

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 20:38


Tá Comhairle Chontae Mhaigh Eo ag earcú Comhordaitheoir Ar Thithe Folmha sa Ghaeltacht, agus beidh dualgais acu sna Gaeltachtaí fud fad na tíre. ­ Ach, an bhfuil aon fhiúntas leis an ról agus an ndéanfaidh sé rud ar bith chun dul i ngleic leis an ghanntanas tithíochta? ­ Thug iriseoir Gaeltachta Seachtain, Áine Ní Bhreisleáin, leargás ar an cheapúchán úr. ­ Foclóir: ­ Tithe folmha: Vacant homes ­ Tréigthe: Abandoned ­ Fadhb ar leith: A particular problem ­ Folláin: Healthy ­ Go sainiúil: Uniquely ­ Suntasach: Considerable ­ Éileamh: Demand ­ Seal: A period of time ­ Go buan: Permanently ­ Deontas: Grant ­ Earcú: Hiring ­ Farsing: Extensive ­ Cónaitheacht: Residency ­ Fo-oifigigh: Junior OfficersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How To Gael
BONUS: Patreon taster episode just for you!

How To Gael

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 20:36


Táimid ag teacht chuig an bpríomh-feed le bonus ep an tseachtain seo chun taster den Patreon a thabhairt daoibh! Patreon members get access to exclusive content, including a bonus weekly ep, are added to Close Friends HTG , get early access to live gig tickets, and more. Sign up here and see what it's all about. Ach maidir leis an eip í féin… An tseachtain seo táimid ag caint faoi na ruins is fearr linn - because of course we are. Pléimid an draíocht atá le baint ó bhallóga na hÉireann. Déanann Louise cur síos ar na caisleáin is ansa léi timpeall na tíre agus fiafraímid di, cé hiad na daoine ar chóir dúinn laethanta saoire bainc nua a bheith againn in ómós dóibh? Btw - we'll be doing an exclusive Ask Us Anything on Patreon soon so send your questions our way: Email howtogael@gmail.com with comments, suggestions and gach rudaí eile. Instagram @howtogael @doireannnighlacain , @louise_cantillon  @siomhaniruairc  Join us on Patreon for a bonus episode once a week and lots of bonus content ! https://www.patreon.com/c/HowToGael Sign up to our newsletter here: https://www.howtogael.com/contact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Historia.nu
Kristina Gyllenstierna i kampen kring tronen

Historia.nu

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 52:21


Kristina Gyllenstierna (1494–1559) ledde år 1520 försvaret av Stockholms slott mot Kristian II:s danska trupper. Gravid och nybliven änka efter riksföreståndare Sten Sture den yngre, tog hon kommandot med både mod och moralisk styrka.Genom högättade kvinnors perspektiv framträder en annan bild av maktstriderna i Kalmarunionens slutskede och Vasaättens uppkomst, än i traditionell historieskrivning. Dessa kvinnor kunde utöva inflytande, men riskerade också att drabbas hårt när deras män förlorade makten.I podden Historia Nu samtalar Urban Lindstedt med idéhistorikern Karin Tegenborg Falkdalen, författare till Kvinnorna runt Vasatronen, om Kristinas liv och andra adelskvinnors roll i maktspelet.Kvinnornas roller i det tidigmoderna Sverige var mer komplexa än enbart dekorativa. De var mödrar, änkor, rådgivare, godsägare – och i flera fall politiska aktörer med avgörande betydelse. I en värld där politisk makt ofta ärvdes eller bevarades genom släktband, blev kvinnor som Kristina Gyllenstierna, Märta, och Margareta Leijonhufvud nyckelfigurer i bevarandet av dynastisk kontinuitet och motståndskraft.Genom brev, förhandlingar, strategiska äktenskap och minnesarbete vidmakthöll dessa kvinnor släktens ära och makt – ofta i tystnad, men med en kraft och målmedvetenhet som i efterhand framstår som historiskt avgörande.Kristina föddes ca 1494 i en av Sveriges mäktigaste släkter. Genom sitt äktenskap med Sten Sture dy knöts hon till det parti som ville frigöra Sverige från dansk överhöghet. När maken stupade 1520 tog Kristina över ledarskapet och organiserade motståndet. Hon skrev upprop, försökte nå utländskt stöd och agerade som regent i Stures namn.Trots en förhandlad amnesti lät Kristian II avrätta hennes släktingar i Stockholms blodbad. Efteråt fängslades Kristina och flera kvinnliga släktingar i Blåtårn i Köpenhamn, där de satt isolerade i över tre år. I sin andaktsbok bad hon om skydd från sina fiender – hon var mer än en fånge, hon var en symbol för motståndet.När Gustav Eriksson Vasa, hennes systerson, tog makten blev han snabbt hennes rival. Kristina kämpade för sina barns rättigheter, men marginaliserades. Relationen till Gustav Vasa präglades av misstänksamhet. Gustav Vasa arbetade målmedvetet för att koncentrera makten kring sin egen familj. Ätten Sture förlorade sin plats i rikets ledning. Deras relation var från detta ögonblick kylig, präglad av misstänksamhet och maktspel.Hennes sonhustru, Märta Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud, en annan centralgestalt i 1500-talets adliga kvinnohistoria. Märta gifte sig med Svante Sture, Kristinas son, och blev mor till flera söner som gjorde karriär i statens tjänst.Bild: Kristina Gyllenstierna och maken, riksföreståndaren Sten Sture den yngre, avbildade i ett samtida porträtt från Gripsholms slott. Målningen är utförd av en okänd konstnär och ingår i Nationalmuseums samlingar. Public Domain.Musik: Walther, Johann Gottfried. Ach, Gott, erhör mein Seufzen und Wehklage [Ljudinspelning]. Tillgänglig via Wikimedia Commons: Creative Commons Erkännande-Dela Lika 4.0 Internationell (CC BY-SA 4.0).Lyssna också till Nytt ljus över antalet döda i Stockholms blodbad.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Vill du stödja podden och samtidigt höra ännu mer av Historia Nu? Gå med i vårt gille genom att klicka här: https://plus.acast.com/s/historianu-med-urban-lindstedt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MWH Podcasts
Hoerer fragen: Kommen alle in den Himmel?

MWH Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2025


Wäre das nicht wunderbar, wenn alle Menschen dieser Welt nach ihrem vollbrachten Lebenswerk in den Himmel zu Gott kämen? Ach, wäre das schön, wenn nach all dem Lebenskampf, der manchmal so viel Leid und Entbehrungen mit sich bringt, so viel an Enttäuschungen und Traurigkeit, es dann doch noch zu einem glücklichen Ende, zu einem Happy End käme.

Einfach mal Luppen
Steh endlich auf, Toni! (Hansi Flick)

Einfach mal Luppen

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 55:23


Ob Ostern, Weihnachten oder Pfingsten – Grinch Toni ist bereit, sämtliche Grüße, Nachrichten oder Wünsche, die in seine Richtung geschickt werden, abzuschmettern. Frohe Weihnachten? Ach, geh weg! Besinnliche Ostern? Komm, hör auf! Schöne Pfingsten? Bitte wer? Vermutlich könnte ihn heute nur ein Glückwunsch zur gewonnenen Nations League erreichen – wobei selbst das fraglich ist: Nations League? Überflüssig! Cristiano hingegen nimmt die Trophäe (und sicher auch die Glückwünsche) gerne entgegen; könnte es doch die letzte seiner Karriere sein, wie Felix scharfsinnig anmerkt. Ob das Nations-League-Finale zwischen Portugal und Spanien am Ende wirklich das bot, was die klangvollen Namen in beiden Teams versprachen, erfahrt ihr natürlich – wie ihr es mittlerweile gewohnt seid – in der ausführlichen Einfach mal Luppen-Analyse. Dank Hörer der ersten Stunde, Jan, erfahrt ihr außerdem, wie Toni heute auf sein Nationalmannschafts-Comeback zurückblickt – und ob er daran vielleicht rückblickend doch etwas ändern würde. Ach ja, und dann geht's noch kurz um die Wade von Roberto Carlos... aber hört selbst! Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? [**Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte!**](https://linktr.ee/luppentv) Für Werbe- und Partnerschaftsanfragen im Podcast EINFACH MAL LUPPEN meldet euch hier: werbung@studio-bummens.de

RTÉ - Adhmhaidin
Máire Uí Mhurchú, Cathaoirleach Chomharchumann Dhún Chaoin.

RTÉ - Adhmhaidin

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 6:07


Léirigh Comharchumann Dhún Chaoin míshástacht dhá mhí ó shin faoin mhoill atá ar an Stát, léas a shíniú idir an OPW agus Comhairle Contae Chiarraí ar phaiste talún sa pharóiste, le páirc spraoi a fhorbairt. Ach tá drochamhras ar an gcomharchumann anois nach bhfuil an léas fiú curtha le chéile fós.

Gotta Pod Cast! - Ein Sonic the Hedgehog Podcast
Akt 293: Die Nintendo Switch 2 ist da! Sonic Racing CrossWorlds beim SGF!

Gotta Pod Cast! - Ein Sonic the Hedgehog Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 134:49


Finally! Die Switch 2 ist da! Für uns Grund genug, einen Blick darauf zu werfen. Mit dabei: Natürlich unsere Pride-Streams, bei denen wir Shadow Generations unter die Lupe genommen haben. Und auch hat Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds eine wahre Newsflut erfahren. Ach ja, Sonic Blitz existiert auch! Zeitstempel: (0:00) Intro (1:18) Stream-Rückblick (11:30) Panini Sammelkarten Video (13:06) News-Rückblick (28:18) Sonic Racing CrossWorlds (1:25:45) Nintendo Switch 2 (1:59:09) Sonic X Shadow Generations an Switch 2 (2:12:23) Ende und Outro Livestreams jeden Donnerstag um 20 Uhr auf Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/ruki185 Kontakt: gottapodcast@gmail.com Hier geht's zu unserem Discord-Server: https://discord.gg/KEAmvmKVPF Hinterlasst uns gerne einen Kommentar mit Feedback, Fragen und/oder Kritik! Das könnt ihr unter anderem im Newsbeitrag auf SpinDash.de bzw. auf dem Discord-Server tun. Auf Social Media sind wir natürlich auch vertreten: Sowohl auf Instagram (@gottapodcast), als auch auf Bluesky (@spindash.de) oder aber einfach unter dem Hashtag #GottaPodCast! Auch über eine positive Bewertung freuen wir uns immer! Die Weblinks zum Nachlesen gibt's im Newsbeitrag auf spindash.de

NachDenkSeiten – Die kritische Website
SPD-Zukunftsprogramm: Schuften, bis der Arzt (zu spät) kommt

NachDenkSeiten – Die kritische Website

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2025 13:00


Arbeit macht glücklich und frei. Mehr davon, finden Union und SPD und holen zum Schlag gegen den Acht-Stunden-Tag aus. Drin sein sollen künftig bis zu 13 Stunden. Carpe diem – für Deinen Boss? Ach was, es geht darum, Familie und Beruf besser zu vereinbaren. Steht so im Koalitionsvertrag. Dumm nur, dass Soziologen, Ökonomen und MedizinerWeiterlesen

The CUInsight Experience
Energy Equation with Lauren Culp (#211)

The CUInsight Experience

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 38:17


“We must really control the inputs we are taking into our brain.” - Lauren CulpWelcome to episode 211 of The CUInsight Experience podcast with your hosts, Randy Smith, co-founder of CUInsight, and Jill Nowacki, President and CEO of Humanidei.This episode is sponsored by Alacriti—a leading payments fintech helping credit unions compete with challenger banks and digital wallets. Alacriti delivers seamless, real-time money movement experiences for loan payments, A2A transfers, digital disbursements, and bill pay. With a single, cloud-native platform that connects to The Clearing House, Fedwire, ACH, and FedNow, credit unions can modernize without overhauling legacy infrastructure. Learn more at Alacriti.com.In this season, Jill and I will have conversations centered around leadership, credit unions, and living our best lives. We will have some of the most respected leaders from around credit unions who we are grateful to call friends join us in the discussion from time to time too.In this episode, we are joined by Lauren Culp, Executive Director at the National Credit Union Foundation (and former President and CEO at CUInsight). She joins us to talk about energy, not just as a buzzword but as a very real challenge that leaders must face. Lauren reflects on what depletes her and what restores her, including deleting social media off her phone. We explore the difference between being productive and being present and how hard it is to do both when you're living in a steady stream of notifications and back-to-back meetings.We also open up about learning to say no, what boundaries look like in leadership, and how to tell the difference between what is actually urgent and what just feels urgent. Whether it's blocking no-meeting days, turning off email notifications, or just having the self-awareness to admit that you are “out of words,” these are the tools that help us stay grounded rather than just efficient, especially since there is a difference between being productive and actually being present.Join us for an insightful conversation about being human and about protecting the parts of ourselves that leadership can easily burn through if we aren't being careful. If you've ever found yourself feeling scattered, exhausted, and completely out of energy, then this episode is definitely for you. Enjoy our conversation with Lauren Culp!Find the full show notes on cuinsight.com.Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts and SpotifyBooks mentioned on The CUInsight Experience podcast: Book List How to find Lauren:Lauren Culp, Executive Director at the National Credit Union Foundationncuf.coopLauren: LinkedIn NCUF: LinkedIn | 

FOTOGRAFIE TUT GUT
FTG259 Von der Renaissance des Foto-Bloggens und der (nicht nur fotografischen) Liebe zu Neapel (MIT FLORIAN RENZ)

FOTOGRAFIE TUT GUT

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 97:35


Wissen
Juni 2025: 25 Millionen Abrufe bei „Was läuft heute?“

Wissen

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 24:01


Wir von detektor.fm sind baff und dankbar und finden’s krass: 25 Millionen Abrufe hat unser Film-, Doku- und Streaming-Podcast „Was läuft heute?“ in den vergangenen fünf Jahren generiert. Das Format ist seit Jahren in den Top 50 der Podcast-Charts. (00:00:09) Intro und Begrüßung Stephan Ziegert (00:00:42) Was läuft heute? 25 Millionen Aufrufe und neues Konzept (00:08:11) Neue Staffel „Ach, Mensch!“ über künstliche Intelligenz (00:09:55) Finale „Teurer Fahren“ (00:11:28) Ausblic auf Antritt – Ausfahrt mit Live Podcast (00:23:36) Verabschiedung >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/destilliert-juni-2025-25-millionen-abrufe-bei-was-laeuft-heute

Podcasts – detektor.fm
detektor.fm destilliert | Juni 2025: 25 Millionen Abrufe bei „Was läuft heute?“

Podcasts – detektor.fm

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 24:01


Wir von detektor.fm sind baff und dankbar und finden’s krass: 25 Millionen Abrufe hat unser Film-, Doku- und Streaming-Podcast „Was läuft heute?“ in den vergangenen fünf Jahren generiert. Das Format ist seit Jahren in den Top 50 der Podcast-Charts. (00:00:09) Intro und Begrüßung Stephan Ziegert (00:00:42) Was läuft heute? 25 Millionen Aufrufe und neues Konzept (00:08:11) Neue Staffel „Ach, Mensch!“ über künstliche Intelligenz (00:09:55) Finale „Teurer Fahren“ (00:11:28) Ausblic auf Antritt – Ausfahrt mit Live Podcast (00:23:36) Verabschiedung >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/destilliert-juni-2025-25-millionen-abrufe-bei-was-laeuft-heute

Crushing Debt Podcast
The Discontinued Penny! - Episode 466

Crushing Debt Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 24:35


Have any spare change? Do you still use cash and coins? The US Treasury Department and US Mint announced that it will stop making pennies after it runs out of the blank templates used to make the coins, saving the government $56 million a year in materials costs.  There is no indication that pennies will be taken out of circulation, only that new pennies will not be produced. This move should have no impact on electronic purchases - ACH, Wire, Debit, Credit, etc.  A few news articles on the subject: https://www.axios.com/2025/05/22/penny-coins-end-production-2026 https://www.axios.com/2025/05/24/treasury-penny-production-trump-shopping-change This issue is not unique to the United States. Canada, Australia and New Zealand stopped producing their penny-equivalents years ago. The cost to produce $0.01 is now approximately $0.0369 per penny, causing a loss to the US Mint of approximately $85.3 million.  And our other coins are similarly expensive to produce: $0.05 nickel costs $0.1378 per coin $0.10 dime costs $0.0576 per coin $0.25 quarter costs $0.1468 per coin It may be time to start using all those pennies we're currently saving in jars and piggybanks. What do you think? How will stopping the production of the penny impact you? Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends! Please also visit our sponsor Sam Cohen of Attorneys First Insurance for Attorneys and Title Companies looking to get a quote on Errors & Ommissions (malpractice) Insurance coverage. www.AttorneysFirst.com.   Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt   To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach   To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.  

Seachtain
Gaelcholáiste nua mar chuid den fhís do cheantar Gaeltachta BÁC

Seachtain

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 21:03


Tá Gaelcholáiste nua beartaithe do lár na cathrach agus tá na doirse le hoscailt i mí Mheán Fómhair 2026, ach is iomaí dushlán atá fós le sárú leis sin a chur i gcrích. Ach, le os coinn 90% de mhúinteoirí na scoile i gcoinne Synge Street CBS a aistriú go Ghaelcholáiste, agus le tuismitheoirí go fóill gan mórán eolais faoin Ghaelcholáiste nua, an bhfuil baol ann nach dtarlóidh sé? Cad iad na dushláin atá os comhair meánscoil lán-Ghaeilge a bhunú i lár na cathrach, agus, cén fáth nach bhfuil achan duine sásta faoi? Labhraíonn Julian de Spáinn, ón fheachtas Gaelcholáiste 2,4,6,8 faoin phlean le ceathrú Gaeltachta a chruthú i gcroílár na cathrach. Foclóir: Soláthar: Supply Roinn: Department Éileamh: demand Ilchreidmheach: Multi-faith Liosta feithimh: Waiting list Taighde: Research Gar: Close Tuairimí: Opinions Iarratas: Request Tairiscint: Offer Maíomh: Boast Ailtirí: Architects Teagasc: Teaching Earcaíocht: Recruitment Cumarsáid: Communication Ceathrú: Quarter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get Your New View Podcast
S13 EP2: Mastering Banking Integration, Reconciliations, and Payments with Help from New View

Get Your New View Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 16:43


Explore our Business Central on-demand training courses at https://www.learndynamics.com/  Manual reconciliations and paper checks are slowing you down. It's time to let Business Central do the heavy lifting.  In this episode, I cover how to master banking integration, reconciliations, and electronic payments using Business Central with help from New View. I also break down how to go paperless, set up EFT and ACH payments, and use Business Central as it was intended: to handle transactions correctly and reduce manual work. Whether you're just starting or cleaning up years of bad data, we guide the full process and include training every step of the way. If your company is ready to reduce errors, save time, and increase visibility into cash flow, tune in now.

Musik für einen Gast
Jonas Lüscher, Autor: «Am Anfang jedes Buches steht eine Frage»

Musik für einen Gast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 67:12


Verzauberte Vorbestimmung: Jonas Lüschers neuster Roman trägt einen geheimnisvollen Titel. Live an den Solothurner Literaturtagen erzählt er, was er durch sein Schreiben verstehen will, wie früh er davon geträumt hat, Schriftsteller zu werden, und warum sein erstes Buch nie veröffentlicht wurde. «Ach, das ist doch dieser Covid-Roman!» – Ein Satz, der rasch fällt, wenn man auf Jonas Lüschers neuestes Buch zu sprechen kommt. Den Autor selbst stört das nicht, aber: «Es ist natürlich ein Etikettenschwindel.» Tatsächlich kommt Lüscher erst im letzten Drittel des Texts vertieft auf seine eigene schwere Erkrankung zu sprechen. «Ich glaube, man merkt diesem Buch an, dass ich das mit einem gewissen Widerstand gemacht habe», sagt er. «Meine älteren Bücher sind ja ein ganz distanziertes Schreiben über Personen, die sehr wenig mit mir zu tun haben. Nun habe ich mich zum ersten Mal in ein Buch hineingeschrieben.» Natürlich ist die Zeit, in der Lüscher im Koma lag, diese sieben prägenden Wochen und das Zurückkämpfen ins Leben, Thema in diesem Gespräch, das live vor Publikum in der «Cantina del Vino» in Solothurn stattgefunden hat, moderiert von Melanie Pfändler. Aber es geht auch um die grossen gesellschaftlichen und politischen Fragen, die Lüscher um- und antreiben. «Ich verstehe das Schreiben immer als eine Art Erkenntnisprozess», erzählt er. An jedes Buch gehe er mit einer Frage heran. «Und ich habe die Hoffnung, dass ich etwas lerne und eine gewisse Klarheit kriege, indem ich schreibe, weil es eine sehr konzentrierte und langsame Form des Nachdenkens ist.» Dass dies eines Tages sein Beruf werden könnte, hoffte Jonas Lüscher schon als Jugendlicher. Geradlinig verlief sein Weg dahin jedoch nicht. Mitte 20 verdiente er sein Geld als Kellner in München und schrieb über Jahre an einem ersten Buch, das nie veröffentlicht wurde. Später studierte er Philosophie und begann ein Doktorat an der ETH, das er abbrach, nachdem ihm mit «Frühling der Barbaren» der literarische Durchbruch gelang. Und dann, 2017: der Schweizer Buchpreis für «Kraft». Wie blickt er auf diese verschiedenen Kapitel seines Lebens zurück? Und welche Musik hat ihn dabei begleitet? Die Musiktitel: 1. Nirvana - The Man who Sold the World: MTV Unplugged, New York 1994 (Komponiert von David Bowie) 2. Bob Marley & The Wailers - So Much Trouble in the World 3. Miriam Makeba - Hapo Zamani (Komponiert von Dorothy Masuka) 4. Ephrem Lüchinger - Klaviertagebuch: 03/04/2020 5. Lauryn Hill - Everything is Everything

Uncensored Direct Marketing
Recession-Proof Your Business in 2025

Uncensored Direct Marketing

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 38:14


Worried about the looming recession and how it might impact your online business? In this episode, we're diving deep into recession-proof strategies for e-commerce and direct response brands.I'm joined by Alex to explore how businesses can thrive, not just survive, during economic uncertainty.We cover:✅ Why building a brand matters more than ever in 2025✅ How micro-influencers can boost conversions and protect your PR✅ Must-know payment trends: Buy Now, Pay Later, Apple Pay, ACH & more✅ How to avoid chargebacks and reduce refund rates during downturns✅ Mobile vs. desktop checkout optimization tips that really move the needle✅ Whether you should be spending more on ads during a recession✅ Smart pricing strategies amidst global tariff uncertaintyWhether you're running an e-commerce shop, coaching business, supplement brand, or selling digital products, this episode is packed with real-world tactics to stay ahead in a slowing economy.

Bahnhofskino - Genrefilme von A bis Sleaze
BEE: 52 Pick-Up (1986) mit Stefan Jung

Bahnhofskino - Genrefilme von A bis Sleaze

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 62:05


Unverschämt lange drei Jahre ist es nun schon wieder her, dass sich der hauptamtliche Cineast Stefan Jung in die heiligen Hallen des Bahnhofskinos verirrte. Verständlicherweise, denn immerhin hat der nimmermüde Autor seit seinem letzten Besuch ungefähr drölfzig Blu-ray-Booklets, Audiokommentare, Filmkritiken und Sachbuchtexte veröffentlicht. Umso wunderbarer, dass ich Stefan nun wieder begrüßen darf, um über John Frankenheimers 52 Pick-Up (1986) zu palavern. Der bietet nicht nur gemeinsame Lieblinge wie Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret und John Glover in den Hauptrollen, sondern vergüldet den typischen 80s-Sleaze von Cannon Films auch noch mit einem exquisiten Drehbuch von Elmore Leonard (Mr. Majestyk, Out of Sight). Ach ja, und dann wären da noch Ron Jeremy, Amber Lynn und die anderen US-Pornolegenden– aber dazu dann mehr im Gespräch.

Seachtain
Gaeltacht Acla faoi bhagairt de bharr na ‘second homes'

Seachtain

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 20:11


Tá clú agus cáil ar áilleacht chósta iarthar na hÉireann agus meallann sé turasóirí ó chian agus ó chóngar. Tá go leor daoine in Éirinn agus thar lear a bhfuil teach saoire acu sna ceantracha ghalánta seo, na Gaeltachtaí san áireamh. Ach leis na fadhbanna atá á gcruthú do dhaoine áitiúla de bharr na dtithe saoire seo, is léir go bhfuil práinn le cur leis an soláthar tithíochta fad-téarmacha do mhuintir na háite ar chósta na hÉireann. Labhair Colm Mac Eachmharcaigh, Oifigeach Pleanála Teanga i nGaeltacht Acla i gContae Mhaigh Eo faoi chás na Gaeltachta ansin. Foclóir Folamh: Empty Scaipthe amach: Spread out A mheas: Estimate Easpa tithíochta: A lack of housing Cothú: Cultivate Luach: Value Le dul i ngleic leis: To tackle or to address it Bagairt: Threat Tuairimí: Ideas Casta: Complex Muintir: Family or people Taobh Thiar: The west side Cíos: Rent Cothromaíocht: Balance Go buan: Permanently Tá siad ag cur fúthu sa Ghaeltacht: They're living in the Gaeltacht See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get Your New View Podcast
S13 EP1: New Business Central Features Just Dropped by Microsoft – Here's What You Need to Know

Get Your New View Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 6:42


Become a Dynamics 365 Business Central superhero https://www.learndynamics.com/  In this episode, I share the latest tools from New View Strategies built to boost your business system utilization. I also explain our new pricing options for Learn Dynamics On-Demand courses—including extended one-year access for just $200 more and lifetime access to the Functional Finance Library for $2,500.  You'll hear about our monthly strategy guides, using Business Central for smarter budgeting, and streamlining payments with EFT and ACH.  If you're ready to push your system further, tune in now to learn how you can work smarter with tools designed for Business Central and NAV users.

The CUInsight Experience
Paradox with Greg Michlig (#210)

The CUInsight Experience

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 40:14


“You establish trust with your team by acknowledging that you don't have all the answers.” - Greg MichligWelcome to episode 207 of The CUInsight Experience podcast with your hosts, Randy Smith, co-founder of CUInsight.com, and Jill Nowacki, President and CEO of Humanidei.This episode is sponsored by Alacriti—a leading payments fintech helping credit unions compete with challenger banks and digital wallets. Alacriti delivers seamless, real-time money movement experiences for loan payments, A2A transfers, digital disbursements, and bill pay. With a single, cloud-native platform that connects to The Clearing House, Fedwire, ACH, and FedNow, credit unions can modernize without overhauling legacy infrastructure. Learn more at Alacriti.com.In this season, Jill and I will have conversations centered around leadership, credit unions, and living our best lives. We will have some of the most respected leaders from around credit unions who we are grateful to call friends join us in the discussion from time to time too.In this episode, we are joined by CUInsight's CEO Greg Michlig, who joins us to talk about the power of paradox. Leadership, after all, isn't always about having the answers. What does it look like to lead with both confidence and humility, to show strength while also admitting to what you don't know? Greg brings some personal stories and honest reflections, and we explore what it means to lead in uncertain times without pretending to be certain, and how the best leaders learn to embrace complexity rather than run from it.We also get personal when we look at the idea of “being right” vs. “getting it right” and we reflect on the uncomfortable (and sometimes hilarious) experience of feeling like an imposter and a winner . . . at the same time!If you have ever felt the pressure to perform, to decide fast, or to prove yourself worthy of your title, we encourage you to listen in. Enjoy our conversation with Greg Michlig!Find the full show notes on cuinsight.com.Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts and SpotifyBooks mentioned on The CUInsight Experience podcast: Book List How to find Greg:Greg Michlig, CEO at CUInsightcuinsight.comGreg: LinkedInCUInsight: LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | XWant to hear more from Greg? Click here.

Zwei wie Pech & Schwafel
Episode 214 - Tom Cruise Cannes alles, während andere klauen

Zwei wie Pech & Schwafel

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 81:38


An der Côte d'Azur laufen die Filmfestspiele von Cannes, Lilo & Stitch sind zurück im Kino und Ethan Hunt rettet erneut die Welt. Ach und da wären noch neue Liebe, Tode und Roboter auf Netflix sowie die Frage, ob ein heißerwarteter Horrorfilm einfach nur geklaut ist. Viel Spaß beim Hören. 00:00:00 Start 00:08:58 Lilo & Stitch 00:17:57 George A. Romero's Resident Evil 00:25:08 Love, Death & Robots 00:35:48 Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning 00:52:34 Der Fall: Together 01:01:13 Cannes 2025 Zwei Wie Pech und Schwafel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zweiwiepechundschwafel Alle Werbepartner und weiterführende Infos findest du hier: https://linktr.ee/zweiwiepechundschwafel

How To Gael
#70 How to have a bikini body

How To Gael

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 48:56


Mar a deir Síomha, má tá bikini body uait, cuir bicíní ort — sin é, níl obair ar bith eile le déanamh! Ach dar ndóigh, the wellness & diet industry is a beast that would have you ag creidiúint nach amhlaidh an scéal. Gach aon lá, cuirtear íomhánna os ár gcomhair a insíonn dúinn gur meaisíní iad ár gcoirp a gcaithfidh muid smacht a bheith againn orthu, agus cuirtear brú millteanach orainn a bheith ‘eating clean and looking lean'. In eip na seachtaine seo, pléimid an dochar is féidir a bheith ag baint le treochtaí na meán sóisialta, ar nós Winter Arc agus 75 Hard. Listen and let us know what you think at howtogael@gmail.com. Follow our sponsor Discover Ireland on Instagram & Tik Tok. Keep Discovering and visit discoverireland.ie to plan your next short break. If you're struggling with disordered eating, Bodywhys are there to listen. All their contact details are here. Email howtogael@gmail.com with comments, suggestions and gach rudaí eile. Instagram @howtogael @doireannnighlacain , @louise_cantillon  @siomhaniruairc  Join us on Patreon for a bonus episode once a week and lots of bonus content ! https://www.patreon.com/c/HowToGael A CWB Podcast www.cwb.ie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steph Infection: The Podcast
Pitching TV Shows, Dog Shows, and Wisdom Teeth with Adam Cayton-Holland

Steph Infection: The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 55:15


Adam Cayton-Holland is here on this week’s Steph Infection! ACH and Steph chat about filming his new special in the dive bar he started comedy in (be sure to check out “20 Years In Comedy and All I Got Was This Lousy Special” on YouTube NOW!), how comedy green rooms have changed, wisdom teeth surgery, and much much more! Follow @Steph_Tolev and @Steph_Infection_Podcast on Instagram. Send in your body stories to be featured on the pod! See Steph on tour this year! US Dates May 22 Phoenix, AZ May 23-25 Tempe, AZ June 6-7 Raleigh, NC June 28 Bakersfield, CA August 29 La Brea, CA Get tickets at https://punchup.live/stephtolev Be sure to follow @caytonholland on Instagram!

The CUInsight Experience
Inner Work with Tracie Kenyon (#209)

The CUInsight Experience

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 43:40


“Leaning into your best self—that's what brings joy and happiness.” – Tracie KenyonWelcome to episode 209 of The CUInsight Experience podcast with your hosts, Randy Smith, co-founder of CUInsight, and Jill Nowacki, President and CEO of Humanidei.This episode is sponsored by Alacriti—a leading payments fintech helping credit unions compete with challenger banks and digital wallets. Alacriti delivers seamless, real-time money movement experiences for loan payments, A2A transfers, digital disbursements, and bill pay. With a single, cloud-native platform that connects to The Clearing House, Fedwire, ACH, and FedNow, credit unions can modernize without overhauling legacy infrastructure. Learn more at Alacriti.com.In this season, Jill and I will have conversations centered around leadership, credit unions, and living our best lives. We will have some of the most respected leaders from around credit unions who we are grateful to call friends join us in the discussion from time to time too.In this episode, we are joined by a familiar voice—Tracie Kenyon, Executive Development Partner at Humanidei—to discuss the importance of leaders doing inner work: what we bring into the room before the meeting even starts. Even though it's often said that feelings do not belong in the workplace, nothing could be further from the truth.Inner work is messy, ongoing, and, at times, uncomfortable—but it is also where the most meaningful improvements in leadership happen. Tracie helps us explore what it really looks like to lead from the inside out.We also reflect on our own growth, and Tracie reminds us that leadership isn't always about having the right answers but about staying curious, staying grounded, and letting go of the idea that we have to always be perfect and in control of everything.Whether you are leading a team or leading yourself through a tough season, this episode is for you. Enjoy our conversation with Tracie Kenyon!Find the full show notes on cuinsight.com.Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts and Spotify How to find Tracie:Tracie Kenyon, Executive Development Partner at Humanideihumanidei.comTracie: LinkedInHumanidei: LinkedIn | Facebook | XWant to hear more from Tracie? Click here.