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Two thirds of industrial energy demand is heat, not electricity, and most of it still runs on gas. Thermal storage converts cheap electricity into heat, stores it in concrete, and dispatches it when the factory needs it, undercutting the gas bill even though gas is cheaper per unit on average. Alex Robertson, CEO of ENERGYNEST, joins Ed Porter to explain how a thermal battery works, why it competes with lithium-ion on cost, and why grid connections - not the technology - are the real constraint on industrial decarbonisation.They cover:- Why thermal storage functions like a battery on the energy markets but stores heat one-way in optimised concrete.- The medium-temperature "frying, drying and applying" range (roughly 150 to 300C) that sits above heat pumps and below cement and steel.- How decoupling thermal demand from the electricity price typically can cut the gas bill by around 50%.- Why a 20-foot-container module stores about two megawatt hours, stacks three high, and loses only around 2% of capacity per day.- Why a flexible, interruptible asset is exactly what congested grids need - and why Germany still lacks the flexible connection framework the Netherlands is rolling out.Ask Ko, Modo Energy's AI analyst, any question from this conversation: https://modoenergy.com/sign-up?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast_apps&utm_campaign=Alex Robertson&utm_content=ko_signupRead the companion article: https://modoenergy.com/transmission-podcast/80ce6824-59a1-495b-9e94-0a38bdb9572e?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast_apps&utm_campaign=Alex Robertson&utm_content=article_pageModo Energy's solar and battery forecasts are live at modo.energy.You can watch or listen to new episodes every Tuesday. Transmission is a Modo Energy production. Your host is Ed Porter - Director EMEA & APAC at Modo Energy.Chapters 0:00 - Introduction0:11 - Industrial heat demand and the gas problem1:13 - One thing everyone gets wrong about thermal storage3:14 - How the concrete thermal battery works4:08 - Medium temperature heat and the customer profile6:56 - Why gas boilers still dominate German industry7:52 - Using storage to beat the gas price10:09 - Concrete versus lithium-ion: cost and supply chain13:10 - Degradation and the 25-year thermal capacity16:02 - Scaling up: module size and storage capacity16:40 - Daily cycling and storage duration economics19:50 - Seasonal variation and running gas in winter23:33 - Cost, savings and the five-year payback24:36 - The ideal customer and the grid connection test25:46 - Data centres, demand queues and grid congestion28:02 - Flexible connection agreements and the system design gap30:10 - Grid utilisation versus grid buildout33:34 - Heat as a service and unlocking investment36:04 - A contrarian view on industrial decarbonisationMusic licensed via Artlist.

Two thirds of industrial energy demand is heat, not electricity, and most of it still runs on gas. Thermal storage converts cheap electricity into heat, stores it in concrete, and dispatches it when the factory needs it, undercutting the gas bill even though gas is cheaper per unit on average. Alex Robertson, CEO of ENERGYNEST, joins Ed Porter to explain how a thermal battery works, why it competes with lithium-ion on cost, and why grid connections - not the technology - are the real constraint on industrial decarbonisation.They cover:- Why thermal storage functions like a battery on the energy markets but stores heat one-way in optimised concrete.- The medium-temperature "frying, drying and applying" range (roughly 150 to 300C) that sits above heat pumps and below cement and steel.- How decoupling thermal demand from the electricity price typically can cut the gas bill by around 50%.- Why a 20-foot-container module stores about two megawatt hours, stacks three high, and loses only around 2% of capacity per day.- Why a flexible, interruptible asset is exactly what congested grids need - and why Germany still lacks the flexible connection framework the Netherlands is rolling out.Ask Ko, Modo Energy's AI analyst, any question from this conversation: https://modoenergy.com/sign-up?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast_apps&utm_campaign=Alex Robertson&utm_content=ko_signupRead the companion article: https://modoenergy.com/transmission-podcast/80ce6824-59a1-495b-9e94-0a38bdb9572e?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast_apps&utm_campaign=Alex Robertson&utm_content=article_pageModo Energy's solar and battery forecasts are live at modo.energy.You can watch or listen to new episodes every Tuesday. Transmission is a Modo Energy production. Your host is Ed Porter - Director EMEA & APAC at Modo Energy.Chapters 0:00 - Introduction0:11 - Industrial heat demand and the gas problem1:13 - One thing everyone gets wrong about thermal storage3:14 - How the concrete thermal battery works4:08 - Medium temperature heat and the customer profile6:56 - Why gas boilers still dominate German industry7:52 - Using storage to beat the gas price10:09 - Concrete versus lithium-ion: cost and supply chain13:10 - Degradation and the 25-year thermal capacity16:02 - Scaling up: module size and storage capacity16:40 - Daily cycling and storage duration economics19:50 - Seasonal variation and running gas in winter23:33 - Cost, savings and the five-year payback24:36 - The ideal customer and the grid connection test25:46 - Data centres, demand queues and grid congestion28:02 - Flexible connection agreements and the system design gap30:10 - Grid utilisation versus grid buildout33:34 - Heat as a service and unlocking investment36:04 - A contrarian view on industrial decarbonisationMusic licensed via Artlist.

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WELCOME to Lighthouse Church Manchester!

WELCOME to Lighthouse Church Manchester!

WELCOME to Lighthouse Church Manchester!

Send us a textHappy New Year everyone ! And welcome to the 5th Annual Year End Review here at the triple FFF. We have a ginormous, star-studded show for you with an all star panel consisting of  a who's who of series regulars Alex Robertson, Roseanne Caputi, David Johnson, Kendrick Wright and all the way from El Paso, Joe Field! Welcome everyone. We're just going to get right into it. So right off the bat, 2025 is the year that didn't make up for the doldrums of 2024 and the pandemic years so we saw a lot of hand-wringing and ruminating online and in the media about the end of cinema. But I contend that my theatrical film intake was the same as it's ever been. I just wasn't blown away by what I saw. Was 2025 the beginning of the end? Find out!Watch the video podcast on youtube:https://youtu.be/h2e4AE-Aao4

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Send us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we're going to pay tribute to the late, great Robert Reford and analyze just why this Hollywood icon belonged on the top of Mt. Olympus long before vanity, sanctimony and crass commercialism ruined his artistry. In other words, before he tarnished his legacy with offensive tripe like The Legend of Bagger Vance, the execrable Indecent Proposal and most especially by appearing as a generic schmoe bad guy #5 in Marvel movies, he was literally the undisputed KING of the Hollywood Hill starting with 1969's Downhill Racer directed by Michael Ritchie co-starring Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv, Kenneth Kirk, Jim McMullan, Walter Stroud and Dabney Coleman in his ever so brief dreamboat era. Then Redford was his solid oakiest in 1972's Jeremiah Johnson directed by Sydney Pollack and co-starring Will Gear, Delle Bolton, Josh Albee, Paul Benedict, Jack Covin and Stefan Gierasch. And he showed us all how paranoid thrillers were done with 1975's 3 Days of the Condor directed once again by Sydney Pollack and co-starring Faye Dunaway, Max Von Sydow, John Houseman and Cliff RobertsonI'm your host Gino Caputi leading my dream team of scoffers and detractors, lil sis Roseanne Caputi and photobug/actor/gadfly Alex Robertson. Before we hit the trails on career highlights, the synopses:Downhill RacerAn arrogant young skier, David Chappellet, rockets to the top of the U.S. ski team, heedlessly chasing medals, without  regard for his teammates or his Coach who tries without success rein him in. ⸻Jeremiah JohnsonA war-weary loner heads into the Rockies to live off the land and find peace, but the wilderness has other notion, transforming Jeremiah Johnson from naive pilgrim to Legendary Crow Killer, forged by experience and hardship.  ⸻3 Days of the CondorMild-mannered CIA researcher Joe Turner, aka Condor, goes out for lunch and comes back to find everyone he works with dead. Suddenly Condor finds himself hunted, running from his own agency and clinging to the one woman who might trust him. Can he unravel the truth — before the deep state eats him alive?Why was Robert Redford the Hollywood GOAT? Find out!Watch the podcast on Youtube:https://youtu.be/zy0CtssU0-0

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Welcome back to another episode Soccerwhos Podcast, the show all about the future of football in Australia. Join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lachie Sands⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠James Jarvis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ as we unpack the latest Socceroos squad to take on Canada and the USA, we recap what's happened in club land over the past week and work out what went wrong for the U20s.If you enjoy the podcast, we'd love to hear from you! Drop a comment, rate the podcast or get in touch via our socials!Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@soccerwhospod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@soccerwhospod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@soccerwhospod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@soccerwhospod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@soccerwhospod⁠⁠CAVEATS AND NOTES FROM THE EDITORS: We hope you enjoyed this ep :)

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“Luxury is madness,” declares Alex Robertson, and he should know. With a career spanning Ogilvy, Dubai Tourism, Etihad and now Jumeirah, he's spent years proving that the best hospitality experiences come from embracing that beautiful irrationality. Alex dismantles the tired luxury playbook. No corporate welcome rituals forced on jet-lagged families. No pretension masquerading as sophistication. Instead, Jumeirah delivers what Alex calls “joyful authenticity”—think doormen who remember your fist bump three years running, not because they're programmed to, but because genuine warmth travels. We unpack Jumeirah's ambitious plan to double its portfolio by 2030 while preserving what makes Arabian hospitality magnetic. Alex reveals why luxury hospitality has become the industry other sectors are studying, the tension between moving “ocean liners” and staying nimble, and his controversial take on what's actually destroying the guest experience. From motorcycle philosophy to the psychology of paying a premium for experiences you can't take home, this conversation cuts through industry noise to examine what happens when you refuse to commoditise wonder.  

Felipe is joined by Alex Robertson to discuss the moves performed by the San Diego Padres at the trade deadline and why it's good (and bad...but mostly good) for the team to constantly trade away their minor league players for immediate help for the playoff run.

With industrial heat and steam generation accounting for around 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions, renewable power-to-heat solutions and thermal energy storage are essential for companies looking to decarbonize their operations. What are the main challenges? And what is the potential of current renewable heat technologies? To answer these questions I'm joined by Alex Robertson, the CEO of Norwegian company EnergyNest.

East Grand Forks Girls Hockey Head Coach, Alex Robertson & Assistant Coach, Brian Larson are in the studio for our final installment of our 2024-25 Grand Cities High School hockey coverage. They discuss how their hockey backgrounds, how the season has been thus far, and preview the remainder of the season. Keep up with the EGF Girls High School Hockey team online - https://x.com/egfhockeygirls or https://bit.ly/4iIzqIp   Show is recorded at Grand Forks Best Source. For studio information, visit www.gfbestsource.com – Or message us at bit.ly/44meos1 – Help support GFBS at this donation link - https://bit.ly/3vjvzgX - Access past GFBS Interviews - https://gfbsinterviews.podbean.com/ #gfbs #gfbestsource.com #grandforksnd #ice #hockey #puck #grandforks #grandforksbestsource #visitgreatergrandforks @grandforksnd @THECHAMBERGFEGF #icehockey #girlshockey #everyone

A nationwide passport system outage causes major airport delays; Low vaccination rates behind Australia's whooping cough epidemic; And in football, uncertainty over young star Alex Robertson's future with the Socceroos.

Wales midfielder Joe Morrell has faced one of the worst possible scenarios for a professional footballer - out of contract while rehabilitating from a long-term injury. The 27-year-old discusses the frustration of the last 10 months, watching from the sidelines during Portsmouth's title-winning season and then being told he wouldn't be offered a new contract. But a return to fitness is imminent, and he reveals moving abroad is one career option he is seriously considering - but admits his desire to play for a Welsh club one day.There's also plenty to discuss about Cardiff's recent revival under Omer Riza, and how Rubin Colwill and Alex Robertson are "Premier League" standard players. And Sam gets a lovely birthday surprise from Carl...

Tom and Brett debrief UTMB from the crew and athlete perspective. Tom goes through how the race went, what he thinks went wrong, learnings from the race, why the elite men struggled and his plans going forward. (00:00) Introduction (00:40) How is Tom Feeling Post UTMB (01:03) Why is Tom Feeling Physically Ok?  (02:00) Why did so Many of the Top Men Pull Out?  (04:48) Cooling in the Dry vs Humid Heat (08:25) Learning from Results  (11:20) Brett's Thoughts on Chamonix in Race Week (12:47) How Much Free Stuff did Brett Get at UTMB?  (13:12) The Evolution of UTMB  (16:10) The Community in Trailrunning (18:18) Pre Race Thoughts and Feelings from Tom (20:09) Deleting Social Media Pre Race (21:50) Feeling Extremely Prepared and Still Failing  (24:40) Race Start Through Courmayeur (28:40) What was Crewing like in the First 5 hours?  (30:06) Underdrinking & Overheating (35:07) Courmayeur Onwards    (40:41) Arnouva Onwards (44:10) Pulling Out (47:07) How is Tom Feeling now?  (48:05) Has Tom had Time to Debrief and Evaluate the Race?  (49:15) Biggest Learning from UTMB this Year (52:27) Tom's Racing Plans for the Rest of 2024 and into 2025 Thanks to the sponsors of the Ultra Sound Podcast: MaurtenTo benefit from the one-time code and get 20% off your next purchase on Maurten.com, simply enter the code UltraSound20 at the checkout.  (Valid until 9/30/2024. The code is applicable on all products except Maurten Bicarb System). Website - www.maurten.com Instagram - @maurten_official YouTube - Maurten Official - YouTube   Plasmaide Experience the benefits of PLASMAIDE for yourself, use the code “ULTRA20” online to get 20% off your next purchase Website - https://plasmaide.co.uk/ Instagram - @plasmaide YouTube - @plasmaide   Garmin UK Forerunner 965 https://bit.ly/3I0O4cN Enduro 2 https://bit.ly/4bRHFyv InReach Mini 2 https://bit.ly/3T9CX7X HRM Pro Graphic Design by Georgia Humphreys Video by Alex Robertson from Bar Studios Introduction by Red Bull UK  Produced and Edited by David Lipman

The Socceroos qualification road recommences this week and much of the focus has been on a teenager. Nestory Irankunda has only been part of new club Bayern Munich  for a short time, but Australian fans are hoping that translates to big gains. Simon Hill joins us to talk about Irankunda's ceiling, captain Mat Ryan's struggle for game time and Alex Robertson's surprise omission, ahead of the clash with Bahrain.  Featured: Simon Hill, football commentator.Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

The Championship season is finally here so it's time for us to kick off our seventh season. Hugh, Andy and Freddie are back for the season with this extended episode. The lads finish reviewing the new signings including Matt Richie and then look towards Leeds. Freddie also sits down with the incredible Petar Petrov (@PPetrov_FR) to discuss Jacob Farrell and Sammy Silvera. Finally, we preview Leeds and give our predictions for who we think will go down this season. 03:24 - Where does Pompey still need to strengthen the squad? 05:20 - Jacob Farrell, Elias Sorenson, Andre Dozzell and Matt Ritchie analysis. 35:58 - Jack Sparks leaves and Alex Robertson joins Cardiff 40:30 - Tino Anjorin should Pompey sign him up? 46:25 - Bishop out and the impact on the squad. 50:10 - Still time for the squad to take shape? 55:25 - Petar Petrov (@PPetrov_FR) to discuss Jacob Farrell and Sammy Silvera. 01:29:50 - Leeds preview 01:42:27 - Our predictions for who gets relegated from the Championship

Jake Smith sits down with Portsmouth Women director Eric Coleborn and Blues fan Brendan Tuttiett to go through the week's big Pompey stories. Jacob Farrell's arrival from Central Coast Mariners is discussed along with concerns surrounding the current depth of John Mousinho's midfield and the prospect of a reunion with Alex Robertson.

This week on Fabulous Film and Friends the wait is over and in an exciting change of pace, no negativity. We're going to slaver and spaz all about 2024's Dune Part 2 directed by Denis Villanueve and starring Timotheé Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgaard, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Charlotte Rampling, Lea Seydoux, Christopher Walken and (spoiler alert!)  Anya Taylor-Joy.  My guests today are David Johnson DMD and Roseanne Caputi. Series regular and good friend Alex Robertson is sitting this one out because he said, and I quote, “I have to polish my silver and scrub the cabinets tonight.”  But the truth is Dune is sci-fi and is packed wall-to-wall with current superstars with nary an obscure 70's grindhouse actor to be found in its nearly 3 hour running time.  Before we contemplate the many  riddles of the film, the synopsis:  Dune Part 2 picks up exactly where part one left off: After narrowly escaping multiple assassination attempts and exiled in the harsh desert of the savagely hot and dry spice producing planet Arrakis after Paul Atraide's father Duke Leto was murdered by Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in an brutal attack against House Atraides conceived and orchestrated by the Emperor Shaddam IV, Paul and his mother Lady Jessica have joined with the desert warrior Freman people.  Paul wrestles with the notion or is it a plot? That he is the Kwisatz Haderach, the chosen one prophesized to lead the Freman warriors in a holy war against all of the Houses of the Galactic Empire. Fearing that their plot has backfired, the Bene Gesserit order of witches led by Gaius Helen Mohiam devise a plan to install the sadistic Feyd Rotha Harkonen as governor of Arrakis in order to quell the Freman rebellion brewing which Paul leads and Lady Jessica, now a full full-fledged Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother, promotes to the more religiously extreme Southern Freman tribes.    

This week on Fabulous Film and Friends with the glow of our 75th episodeebbing, it's time to pick up the empty champagne bottles, sweep the floor and go back to discussing one measly film, o' but what a film it is: 2023's Killers of the Flower Moon, directed by the legendary Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, and a veritable host of craggy-faced old coots on the white end, and on the Native American end, a who's who of Oklahoma and Montana actors who either got their big break from doing Community Theater or who have never acted in a major feature film before, including the Oscar nominated Lily Gladstone, who, like myself, got her start acting in Montana's Missoula Children's Theater. Who knows? It may have been my heralded performance as the Narrator in Jack in The Beanstalk or my talents at hawking sweatshirts after the big show that gave a young Lily Gladstone the acting bug.  My guests this week are a full sweat lodge of opinionated tribal elders, I'm talking Roseanne Caputi, Alex Robertson and not one but  two celebrated authors returning to the program, George Young and David Johnson, DMD Okay before we get into all-out movie war the synopsis:Based on true accounts of Osage Nation member who were murdered after oil was discovered on Oklahoma tribal land in the 1920's. The tribal members had retained mineral rights on their reservation, but Bill Hale, a corrupt local, schemes with his dull-witted and greedy nephews Byron and Ernest Burkhart to steal the tribal members' wealth. 

This week on Fabulous Film and Friends we are pointing our compasses southward to the land of doom and gloom:Australia! Don't be fooled by the likes of Paul Hogan, Yahoo Serious and Thor, underneath that loopy, whimsical Australian charm, lies an unparalleled grim and sober yet prophetic outlook about life on Earth as evidenced by 1971's Walkabout directed by Nicholas Roeg, though full disclosure: he's an Englishman who shepherded Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil and John Meillion to cinematic prominence, then 1982's The Road Warrior aka Mad Max 2 directed by George Miller and starring Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Kjell Nillson, Max Phipps, Vernon Wells, Mike Preston, Arkie Whitely, Viginia Hey and Emil Minty then topped off with The Road directed by Australian native John Hillcoat and starring Viggo Mortenson, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Garrett Dillahunt, the late Michael Kenneth Williams, Guy Pearce  and Robert Duvall.  My guests today are once again the series regulars who have both the stomach and gloomy disposition to take solace in rewatching these films back-to-back-to-back, Roseanne Caputi and Alex Robertson.Okay before we go on a walkabout of our own, the synopses: In Walkabout, a perfectly ordinary pair of upper-class English siblings get lost in the Australian outback after their father takes them for a picnic then tries to murder them. They look to be perfect candidates for either heat stroke and/or vulture food until they are rescued by a young Aboriginal teen out on his Walkabout.  The Road Warrior/Mad Max 2  raises the stakes of the original Mad Max and picks up the story with ex cop Max Rockatansky travelling the barren, hellish, post-apocalyptic highways and stumbling upon an evil road gang led by a brute named Lord Humungus. Humungus is hellbent on invading a compound belonging to a group of  civilized and intelligent settlers who have built an oasis around the last of the oil wells and have running lights and supplies. Losing numbers and their morale under the constant attacks of Humungus, the settlers hatch a plan to escape the vermin on wheels and flee to the coast with their oil in tow. With the help of Max and a pilot called the Gyro Captain, the settlers are given a slim chance to survive.  In The Road a Man risks all to protect his Boy and teach him survival skills in another bleak and nightmarish future where all plant and animal life is gone and the dominant humans subsist through murder and cannibalism.    Which film is king of the outback/queen of the end times?Find out!

 This week on Fabulous Film and Friends  I'm both chasing butterflies and swatting at hornets whilst forcing my friends to watch and analyze the films of director S. Craig Zahler a filmmaker who couldn't have a more awkward professional name than if he had gone with "E. Marvin Bummington." But are his films worth discussing? We're talking 2015's Bone Tomahawk starring the mighty Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, David Arquette, Lili Simmons, Fred Melamed, Kathryn Morris, Geno Segers and in a pair of blink and you'll miss ‘em cameos: Sean Young and Michael Paré then 2017's Brawl in Cell Block 99 starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Udo Kier, Marc Blucas, Geno Segers, Dion Mucciato and Don Johnson and finally Dragged Across Concrete which came out somewhere in 2019 and stars Mel Gibson, Tory Kettles, Michael Jai White, Thomas Kretschmann and “the S. Craig Zahler traveling players” who include Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Fred Melamed, Udo Kier and Don Johnson. My guests today are my go-to series regulars who are the only pair I know who have the slightest interest in joining me in this flight of fancy, Roseanne Caputi and Alex Robertson.Okay before we wander outside of town onto the deadly trail: the synopses: In Bone Tomahawk, a murderous outlaw unwittingly leads a band of cannibalistic savages into a peaceful western town where the brutes kidnap the jailed outlaw, a deputy and the town's doctor who is also the wife of Arthur, a local rancher. Despite an injured leg, Arthur joins a rescue party with Sheriff Hunt, Hunt's old deputy Chicory, and a mysterious dandy cum gunslinger named Brooder. With Arthur's injury slowing them down, the four brave men follow the savage's path to hellish territory where they come face-to-face with unimaginable horrors that test both the team's courage and sanity. Brawl in Cell Block 99  tells the tale of Bradley Thomas who, in one day , is fired from his job and learns his wife is having an affair. He decides the only way to salvage his marriage is to go full time into drug smuggling to make the real money. A year later all is well: Bradley has a big house and his wife is pregnant but he goes in on a shady deal with some sleazy cartel types and it all goes south, forcing Bradley to choose between killing cops and killing cartel members. He chooses the latter but still ends up with in a five year prison sentence in a minimum security prison. Seems it is what it is until a messenger from the cartel comes to visit Bradley on his second day in the cooler and tells him that if he doesn't get transferred to the maximum-security prison in order to kill a high value target in Cell Block 99 that his wife and unborn child will be murdered. Bradley dutifully and mercilessly follows their orders to save his family  until he realizes all may not be what it seems.  In Dragged Across Concrete, unorthodox and vaguely shady take-no-prisoners cops, Brett Ridgeman and Anthony Lurasetti, are suspended for use of excessive force and use their unpaid leave to plan a heist. Unfortunately, their plot leads to witnessing a deadly bank robbery committed by a vicious and amoral trio of crooks led by Lorentz Vogelmann, who hired street thugs Henry Johns and Biscuit to be part of their team. With a dire hostage situation on their hands and after witnessing several murders, Henry and Biscuit begin to suspect that their hours are numbered as part of Vogelmann's crew. At the same time, Ridgeman and Lurassetti are the only ones who have tailed the gang to their getaway hideout and are the only pair who can make a difference. The two forces meet up in the proverbial abandoned warehouse and chaos ensues. How do the films stack up? 

Join Jake Smith, Ryan Honey and Aaron Quinlan as they provide full and honest reaction to the Blues' 2-1 defeat at Cheltenham Town. The panel also talk about Alex Robertson's injury blow, their expectations for the January transfer window and Pompey Women's league victory against Billericay.

January is here, which means it is time to start talking transfers. Hugh, Andy and Freddie are back for 2024 as the January transfer window opens. The lads touch on the Exeter game before doing a deeper dive into the win against Stevenage. The January transfer discussion starts with us asking you where Pompey most needs strengthening before suggesting some options. Owen from the Robbins Report joins the show to preview the game on Saturday against Cheltenham (01:12:11) Finally, we give our predictions. This episode includes: - Being back from the festive break - Freddie touches on his away trip to Exeter - Stevenage review - Colby Bishop's celebration and how footballers are discussed online - Steve Evans being his usual self. - Alex Robertson looked better at 10 but is he our answer to that position? - Listener question:

Happy New Year everyone, and as we begin another year of Fabulous Film and Friends we're doing something no one else is doing at this time and looking back at the films of 2023, our 3rd such recap since this show's inception. My guests are series regulars Roseanne Caputi and Alex Robertson, the only people I know who have the patience to sit through 2023's bum crop of films. Mine favorite films of the year were:Asteroid CityGodzilla Minus 1MaestroShowing UpThe FlashFound out why and what my least favorite film was and much much more!

This week on Fabulous Film & Friends we're going to analyze a trio of “cult classics” from the actor/director pairing of Kurt Russell and John Carpenter. Starting with 1981's Escape From New York starring Mr. Russell, Donald Pleasance, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes and Season Hubley, on to 1982's The Thing starring Russell, Donald Moffat, Keith David, Richard Dysart, David Clennon, T.K, Carter, Richard Masur, Charles Hallahan and Wilford Brimley, And finally 1986's Big Trouble in Little China starring Russell, Dennis Dun, Kim Cattrall, James Hong, Donald Li, Kate Burton, Suzee Pai and Victor Wong, My two guests are the only pair who would be up for such a comprehensive cinematic showdown : Lit major and lil' Sis Roseanne Caputi and Actor Funnyman Photobug, Alex Robertson. Before we run the gauntlet, the synopses:  In Escape From New Yorkex soldier and current convict Snake Plisskin is forced under the threat of death by government agent Hauk to rescue the President of the United States after a group of insurgents cause Air Force One to crash in New York city which by 1997 has become a walled off maximum security prison.  The Thing  catalogues the paranoia, fear and sheer horror  that ensues when a shape-shifting alien invades an American Antarctic Research Facility.   Big Trouble in Little China follows the mystic, martial-arts laden misadventures of blowhard truck driver Jack Burton, who, on a routine stop in San Francisco's Chinatown wins a bet over   his buddy Wang Chi. In order to collect his money, Jack follows Wang to the airport to meet Wang's beautiful green-eyed betrothed bride Miao Yin who is summarily kidnapped by the evil ancient supernatural gang Lord David Lo Pan. Lo Pan, for his part, inhabits a broken down and decrepit old body and can only move as a spirit in his young and powerful form. In order to attain full strength and fleshly form, Lo Pan  needs Wang's  green-eyed bride to break his century old curse. With the help of lawyer Gracie Law and a troupe of warriors led by magical Egg Shen, Jack and Wang charge into David Lo Pan's compound to stage a daring rescue. Which film rates the highest?Find out!

On your Wednesday GFBS Interview, East Grand Forks Girls Hockey Head Coach is in the studio to cover the first part of their season, and preview what to expect for the remainder of the season!  To keep up with the latest EGF Girls Hockey season visit their X/Twitter - https://twitter.com/EGFhockeygirls - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EGFHockey/ - and their MN Hockey Hub Season Schedule - https://www.mngirlshockeyhub.com/schedule/team_instance/9050628?subseason=901546   Show is recorded at Grand Forks Best Source. For studio information, visit www.gfbestsource.com #gfbs #grandforksbestsource #egf #greenwave #hockey #puck

This week on Fabulous Film & Friends we're going to groove to a tryptic of cool Elmore Leonard adaptations. Why? Because we're that cool. We be talkin' 1995's Get Shorty directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring John Travolta, Rene Russo, Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, James Gandlafini, David Paymer and Bette Midler up against 1997's Jackie Brown , directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Robert DeNiro, Bridget Fonda, Michael Bowen and Michael Keaton, capped off with 1998's Out of Sight directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Steve Zahn, Dennis Farina again, Albert Brooks and Michael Keaton again. My guests this week are two of my favorite muscle: Lit major and lil' Sis Roseanne Caputi and Actor/ Funnyman/ Photographer, Alex Robertson. Before we jump into the getaway car, the synopses.Get Shorty  tells the story of Chili Palmer, mob muscle from Florida who has to collect money in Hollywood for his boss Bones Barboni and in the process becomes involved with a producer named Harry Zimm and finds himself a creative in the movie business.  Jackie Brown centers around a Flight Attendant Jackie Brown who gets nabbed by the ATF for smuggling money for the murderous arms dealer Ordell Robbie. She strikes a deal with ATF agent Ray Nicollette and in doing so schemes with Bail Bondsman Max Cherry to fool the feds and take down Ordell in one felled swoop.Out of Sight is a cat and mouse  love story between master bank robber Jack Foley and Federal Marshall Karen Sisco where the two meet during a jailbreak in which Jack takes Karen hostage and they develop an attraction as they ride in the trunk of a car together. Karen escapes and they go their separate ways. Though Jack is determined to pull off one more score or die trying, Karen is determined to take Jack down, and yet they can't overcome their desire to meet up again. And again. And again.   Who's the coolest? Find out!

Welcome to the 3rd Season kickoff of Fabulous Film and Friends where this week we're going to pit a pair of beloved personal  favorites from the 80's against each other in an epic duel of characterization, star power and cinematic moxie. We're talking about 1984's The Pope of Greenwich Village directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Burt Young, Daryl Hannah, Kenneth McMillan, Tony Musante, Jack Kehoe, and Geraldine Paige up against 1988's Midnight Run directed by Martin Brest and starring Robert DeNiro, Charles Grodin, Yaphett Koto, John Ashton, Joe Pantoliano, Jack Kehoe again,  and Dennis Farina. My guests this week are the usual wise guys: Author George Young, Snotty lit major and lil' Sis Roseanne Caputi and Actor Funnyman, Alex Robertson.  Before we dive in with the fishes, the synopses. The Pope of Greenwich Village tells the story of Charlie Moran and Paulie Giboni two cousins from the neighborhood who get in over their heads when ne're do well Paulie convinces Charlie to rob a safe belonging to notorious mobster Bedbug Eddie Grant with a $150,000 payout to dirty cops.  Midnight Run catalogues the misadventures of bounty hunter Jack Walsh who has what is seemingly an easy job or Midnight Run of getting mob accountant Johnathan The Duke Mardukis back to LA before his sleazy Bail Bondsman employer loses his shorts in a $450,000 bai bondl if the Duke fails to show at trial. The problem: The mob, the FBI and Jack's rival Marvin are hot on Mardukis tail and want him either dead or for their own purposes. Which personal favorite is the winner?Find out!

Saturday's league visit of Charlton Athletic is previewed by Jake Smith, Tom Chappell and Pepe Lacey, who also discuss Pompey's EFL Trophy Group Stage success following Tuesday's victory away at Leyton Orient. We also hear from Pompey Amputee player Kirk Hughes ahead of their Champions League campaign, as well as Portsmouth Women defender Nicole Barrett, Blues midfielder Alex Robertson and men's head coach John Mousinho!

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness breaks down Oregon's 2023 wildfire season and puts it in prospective compared to recent years. Zach details the acres burned, homes lost and air quality impact around Oregon, along with the biggest fires of the year and big takeaways from the season. Then he talks with Alex Robertson, a longtime firefighter and regional fire director for the U.S. Forest Service, about what firefighters saw in 2023.

It was my great privilege and honor to give the Burial Homily for Alex Robertson, son of my good friends Randy and Pat Robertson, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Winter Park, FL.  It was there, when I served as Rector, that our paths crossed on the Journey and the Way. I share these words … Continue reading "For Alex: What God Creates, God Loves Everlastingly" The post For Alex: What God Creates, God Loves Everlastingly appeared first on From Silence+Something To Say And To Do.

Seven points from three tricky games has moved the blues to the top of League One. Hugh, Andy and Proudie dive into reviewing the games against Derby and Barnsley and looking forward to Lincoln. Ben from The Stacey West (@Staceywestblog) joins the show to do a deep dive into this weekend's opposition (48.10) With Freddie striking, Andy hosts a bit of Where Are They Now to finish off the podcast. This episode includes: - Freddie on-strike and Andy's love of dictators from around the world - Derby review - Was it a penalty and was the ref as bad as Mousinho thought? - Zak Swanson making a claim - Alex Robertson midfield magician - Barnsley review - Paddy Lane break-out game. - Lincoln City preview with Ben from the Stacey West (48.10) - Derby preview (45.45) - Score predictions. - Where are they now? Andy hosts a game where Freddie and Hugh must guess where former Pompey players are playing now.

This week on Fabulous Film & Friends we are going to discuss the 2023 film Nefarious, directed by Chuck Konzelman and Cary Solomon and starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Jordan Belfi, Glenn Beck, Tom Ohmer, Daniel Martin Berkey and Reverend Father Darrin Merlino, who was also the Spiritual Advisor on the film and who just happens to be our special guest this week. We are also joined by series regular Gordon Alex Robertson, who is no stranger to the Good Book and Lovin' the Lord! Having starred in not one, not two, but three productions of Godspell at Clackamas County Community College in Oregon City, Oregon over a span of thirty years.  Before we plumb the depths! The synopsis: Nefarius tells the tale of the demon Nefariamus, but you can call him Nefarious, who has inhabited the body of a simple-minded criminal named John Wayne Gacy, make that Edward Wayne Brady and after committing a series of horrific murders while possessed by the demon, is sentenced to death. On the day of the execution in an Oklahoma Penitentiary, state appointed psychiatrist Dr. James Martin, himself a replacement for recently deceased psychiatrist Dr. Alan Fischer, who threw himself out a window at the behest of Nefarious, is tasked with determining if Edward is certifiably insane. What ensues is a clash between a self-confident atheist man of science as he goes up against one of Satan's psychologically cruel and conniving underlings in an epic duel of wits. Does it get the job done? Find out! 

The Sky curse is broken! Hugh, a returning Andy and Freddie dive into the two wins and how the squad is coming together. Owen from the Robins Report is this week's guest to preview Saturday's game. The lads then answer your questions This episode includes: - Andy update - Leyton Orient review - Exeter review - Alex Robertson, exactly what we have been missing? - Tom Lowery injury - Scully and Whyte's impact so far - Regan Poole Pompey's best signing? - Cheltenham preview with Owen from Robins Report - Score predictions

This week on Fabulous Film and Friends, we're concluding our look into the paranoid, dystopian lens of 70's sci-fi by discussing three of the four versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. We're talking the 1956 version directed by Don Siegel and starring Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Larry Gates and Sam Peckinpah in a cameo, comparing it to the 1978 version starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, and Leonard Nimoy along with both Don Siegel and Kevin McCarthy in cameos, as well as the 1993 version called Body Snatchers directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Gabrielle Anwar, Terry Kinney, Meg Tilley, Christine Elise, Billy Wirth, R. Lee Ermey and Forest Whitaker.  My guests this week are series regulars Roseanne Caputi, David Johnson and George Young, and of course, the inimitable Gordon Alex Robertson.  Before we harvest the crop of pod people,  the synopses: All three films center around the idea that an alien species has invaded our planet and has replaced members of our community with look-alikes sprung from plant-like pods. The key  difference in the pod people is that their personalities are devoid of emotion. Which Body Snatchers film wins the war? Find out!

This week on Fabulous Film and Friends,  we're going to review and discuss 2023's Sound of Freedom, directed by Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, and starring Jim Caviezel, Bill Camp, Mira Sorvino, Eduardo Verástegui, Yessica Barrote Perryman, Kurt Fuller and Jose Zúñiga.My guest today are regulars, Alex Robertson, David Johnson, DMD. And in her first Triple F appearance, fearless women's and children's rights activist, movie lover and all around terrific person, Eva Muntean.  Eva has a connection to the film as she worked with Eduardo Verastegui on a book about his film Bella in 2006.Before we venture into the jungle of this heavy-duty film, the synopsis:Sound of Freedom tells the story of real-life Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard,who quit his job with the U.S. Child Crimes Task Force down in Colombia to rescue hundreds of trafficked  children and then founded the nonprofit Operation Underground Railroad, which offers international operations to rescue children, law enforcement support and aftercare for trafficking survivors. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to all of us, David Johnson has been quietly doing volunteer work for O.U.R. and helping trafficking victims with their aftercare. What do we all think of the movie? Find out! 

As fires in Canada continue to rage, the U.S. Forest Service has dispatched firefighters to combat the flames. When local crews aren't actively fighting fires in the Pacific Northwest, they're often sent elsewhere to help. We check in with the U.S. Forest Service on how they're preparing for the summer fire season in the Pacific Northwest and what their work looks like elsewhere. Our guest is Alex Robertson, the U.S. Forest Service's director of fire, fuels, and aviation for the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

This week on Fabulous Film and Friends we're maintaining course on our dark path down creepy 70's  sci fi as we explore two trailblazers in the world of robotics and AI: 1973's Westworld starring Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Dick Van Patten, Steve Franken and Star Trek's Majel Barrett  up against 1975's The Stepford Wives starring Katherine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Tina Louise, Nanette Newman and a whole slew of middle aged men to prove that men can design women better than anybody.  My guests today are series regulars, David Johnson, Roseanne Caputi and Alex Robertson.  Before we roll, the synopses:  Set in a disturbingly near future, Westworld transports rich and lonely swinging singles Peter Martin and John Blane into a theme park /resort called Westworld populated by incredibly life like robots, including a black clad Gunslinger,  who inhabit an 1880's  Western town and are there to be shot, fought and screwed to the whims and pleasure  of the resort's guests. But when the robots start to malfunction and go on a rampage against all humans, guess who feels really stupid?  The Stepford Wives tells of the Eberharts, Walter and Johanna and their two daughters who escape the rat race of Manhattan and move to idyllic suburban town of Stepford, Connecticut. It's a perfect suburban dream for Walter but it turns out to be a nightmare for Joanna when she finds out that all the women are subservient, hard cleaning, perfectly domesticated sex objects for their husbands. The reason?  (Spoiler Alert!) THEY'VE BEEN TURNED INTO ROBOTS! Which robot movie wins?Find out! 

This week on Fabulous Film and Friends we're continuing our discussion of the Rocky/Creed franchise with an in-depth comparison of the two Russian-themed sequels in the series: 1985's Rocky IV directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, along with Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Tony Burton, Brigitte Neilsen and Dolph Lundgren with 2018's Creed II, directed by Steven Caple Jr. and starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Florian Munteanu, Brigitte Nielsen and Dolph Lundgren.  I'm joined by a man who can well-relate to long winters, bloody knuckles and empty vodka bottles, the master of plastered, the duke of downstage, the one and only Gordon Alex Robertson The synopses:  Rocky IV follows up the slick, high energy, music video style of 1982's Rocky III with an even slicker, yacht-rock and montage laden tale of triumph, pitting Rocky Balboa  against superhuman Russian powerhouse Ivan Drago after Drago kills Rocky's nemesis turned friend and mentor Apollo Creed in an exhibition match in Las Vegas. Rocky travels to Russia where he trains super hard with logs and horse-drawn carriages and boulders to beat Drago in an epic, blood-curdling battle to the death. Who wins? All one had to do was look at the Rocky IV poster to find the answer to that one.More than 30 years later, Creed II continues the story in Ukraine where Ivan Drago trains and grooms his equivalently vicious and menacing boxer son Victor so they can pull themselves out of obscurity, humiliation and poverty to challenge Rocky Balboa's heavyweight champion protégé Adonis Creed to a title bout. Rocky, sensing danger, refuses to train Adonis and so an angry Adonis takes on Victor with Little Duke Evers in his corner as trainer and is given a brutal beating by Young Drago. Adonis is only saved the humiliating loss of his title by a disqualifying cheap shot given by Victor while Adonis was down on the canvas. Adonis recovers but is reticent to fight Victor again until Rocky comes back in his life and agrees to train him in a spare and hardcore fashion so Adonis will not only  to be capable of enduring a savage beating but to be able to deliver one as well.  Who wins?Find out! 

This week on Fabulous Film and Friends we're giving it the “ole one-two” with a match- up between 1976's classic, Oscar winning underdog boxer sensation Rocky directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers and Burgess Meredith and its 2015 spin-off reboot, Creed, directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Tony Bellew and Graham McTavish.  Joining me today are Alex Robertson, no stranger to pugilism he, and my sister Roseanne. Don't be fooled by her English lit degree and fancy pants talk, she's a sucker for an old fashioned, meat and potatoes, rag-tag-group-of- misfits come-from-behind, sports epic. Before the round one bell, the synopses:  Rocky tells the story of Rocky Balboa, an amiable but down-on-his-luck and seemingly dim-witted Philadelphia club fighter who gets the chance of a lifetime when the World Heavyweight Champion, Apollo Creed, picks his name out of a hat and gives him shot at the Heavyweight Title. Overcoming self-doubt with the help of his crusty trainer Mickey and his pathologically shy girlfriend Adrian, as well as his best friend Paulie, Rocky rises to the challenge and goes the distance with Creed giving him the fight of his life when all he was expected to do was show up and get knocked out.  Nearly 40 years and five sequels later, Creed picks up the narrative in 1998 with 13-year old Adonis Johnson, Apollo Creed's illegitimate son, who is rescued from a life of group homes and juvenile detention centers by Apollo's widow Mary Anne. Flash forward 17 years after living a life of upper-class respectability, Adonis has a promising job with a top financial firm but gives it up for his true passion: boxing. Moving to Philadelphia to seek out Rocky Balboa, his father's once arch rival and then protegee,  too train him, Adonis meets a beautiful club musician named Bianca in his new apartment building. Succeeding in convincing Rocky Balboa be his trainer and manager, and with his father's natural boxing ability to aid him,  Adonis handily wins his first major fight. At that point he is picked to fight Pretty Ricky Conlan, the Heavyweight Champion of the world after the word gets out that Adonis is Apollo Creed's son. The only catch: He must use his father's last name and drop “Johnson,” his mother's last name. With Bianca's guidance, Adonis concludes that he must take his father's name and embrace his father's legacy with all the pressure that comes with it. Who wins by a knockout? Find out!

Alex Robertson overviews the book of Leviticus as part of our study of the Pentateuch (Genesis through Deuteronomy).  We're glad to share our service audio, but we believe this should never supplant the ministry of the local pastors in whose care the Lord has placed you. If you live in the area, please consider joining us for worship next Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. Find our location on Google Maps.  For more information, visit our website, follow us on Twitter, or request to join our Facebook Group.

Alex Robertson continues our 2022 Advent study of Luke 1-2 called "Long Expected Hope." Today's sermon covers Luke 1:26-38.  We're glad to share our service audio, but we believe this should never supplant the ministry of the local pastors in whose care the Lord has placed you. If you live in the area, please consider joining us for worship next Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. Find our location on Google Maps.  For more information, visit our website, follow us on Twitter, or request to join our Facebook Group.

Brian talks with Alex Robertson from Fund That Flip about tips that he has for investors on how to set themselves up for success when it comes to funding a project & the peace of mind that comes with having your money, process, and plans in order.