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You know that feeling when events seem like a gamble and AI looks like it might replace the whole point of showing up? Here's the twist: showing up still wins. In this candid chat, Jay Schwedelson digs in with Alon Alroy on why micro events punch above their weight, how to make big conferences actually pay off, and what it takes to challenge a giant without a giant's budget.ㅤFollow Alon Alroy on LinkedIn, follow Bizzabo on LinkedIn, and visit Bizzabo.com to explore their event platform and resources. You can also check out Bizzabo's upcoming webinar on micro events—details available on their site or by messaging Alon directly.ㅤBest Moments:(01:28) From Air Force and an Airbnb-style idea to finding the real pain in events(04:53) AI raises digital noise but live events hit an all-time high for connection(08:00) Micro events that work cost 10k to 14k and get cheaper when you split with 3 to 4 partners(10:20) The booth isn't the strategy pre-during-post activation and same-day follow-up win ROI(15:00) Challenger playbook move fast a virtual launch in March 2020 vs incumbents months later(15:45) Busy vs Venti campaign speak directly to competitor pain and make it unforgettableㅤCheck out our 100% FREE + VIRTUAL EVENTS! ->Guru Conference - The World's Largest Virtual EMAIL MARKETING Conference - Nov 6-7!Register here: www.GuruConference.comㅤCheck out Jay's YOUTUBE Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@schwedelsonCheck out Jay's TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@schwedelsonCheck Out Jay's INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jayschwedelson/ㅤMASSIVE thank you to our Sponsor, Marigold!!Email chaos across campuses, branches, or chapters? Emma by Marigold lets HQ keep control while local teams send on-brand, on-time messages with ease.Podcast & GURU listeners: 50 % off your first 3 months with an annual plan (new customers, 10 k-contact minimum, terms apply).Claim your offer now at jayschwedelson.com/emma

Fraudulent teams and players, and anti-Italian discrimination. Chapters: 00:00:00 GW9 Recap: Rodon and the Rest of the Shitters 00:05:50 West Ham (aka Wet Spam): Bowen, Paq, and Co. 00:15:44 Arsenal Defense, Set Pieces, and Gyökeres Chat 00:34:27 We've Got Our Manchester United Back (and Boomo Back) 00:44:48 Liverpool & Everton Defenses: VVD and Tarkowski as FPL Picks 00:51:38 Palace Assets & A Group of Midfielders: Sarr, Ndiaye, Boomo, Bruno, Enzo, and Minteh 01:04:50 Second Best FWD in the Game: Igor Thiago Nascimento Rodrigues 01:08:35 Discord Questions: Lifestyle Qs, Gordon, Taking Hits, VDV, and Welbz FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn't follow, and full Gameweek therapy. All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek10 #GW10 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Misery loves company and FPL is misery therefore FPL loves company and we're the company so yeah lezzzz goooooooooo. Chapters: 00:00:00 GW8 Recap: FPL Depression 00:06:34 Alon's Dumb Team (Liverpool): Mo Salah and More 00:21:24 Gyökeres or Mo Out? Classic FPL Dilemma 00:27:50 Big Fat Fraud: Ange Postecoglou Mate 00:29:48 Forwards Talk: Woltemade, Kroupi, Igor Thiago, Bowen, and Mateta 00:44:09 Discord Questions: FPL Picks, Captains, and Closing Thoughts on Our Teams FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn't follow, and full Gameweek therapy. All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek9 #GW9 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to another episode of “On the Issues with Alon Ben-Meir.” Today's guest is Carlein Boers, a political scientist focusing on the national political process in Israel as well as proposals toward a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. She also served seventeen years as a civilian officer in the field of military international cooperation and special air operations. In this episode, Alon and Carlein discuss the seemingly thorniest issue discussed in negotiations over a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine – the status of Jerusalem. They discuss previous negotiations involving Jerusalem, as well as propose novel ideas for its status and relation to future Israeli and Palestinian states. Full bio Ms. Carlein Boers is a political scientist and an alumnus from the Diplomatic Studies Program at Clingendael Institute. In 2018, she participated in the U.S. State Department 'International Visitor Leadership Program', focusing on rebuilding Iraq and Syria post-Da'esh/ISIS. Her academic specializations are in the fields of the national political processes in both Jordan and Israel as well as the various proposals towards a Two-State Solution for Israel and Palestine. Carlein served seventeen years as a civilian officer in the field of military international cooperation and special (air) operations. She speaks several languages to various degrees, including Levantine Arabic and Hebrew.

Fluent Fiction - Hebrew: One Florist's Blooming Success in a Tel Aviv Neighborhood Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/he/episode/2025-10-19-07-38-20-he Story Transcript:He: ברחוב שקט בתל אביב, בין בנייני דירות גבוהים, הייתה חנות פרחים קטנה בבעלות אלון.En: On a quiet street in Tel Aviv, nestled among tall apartment buildings, there was a small flower shop owned by Alon.He: זה הסתיו וכול הרחוב התקשט בסוכות ופרחים.En: It was autumn, and the entire street was decorated with sukkahs and flowers.He: הרחוב התעורר עם אנשים בעלי שמחה לרגל חג הסוכות.En: The street came alive with people filled with joy in celebration of the holiday of Sukkot.He: אלון אהב ליצור סידורי פרחים ייחודיים, אבל הוא הרגיש לחץ גדול בעונת החגים העמוסה.En: Alon loved creating unique floral arrangements, but he felt an enormous amount of pressure during the busy holiday season.He: הוא דאג שלא יוכל לספק למשפחתו את כל מה שהיא צריכה אם העסק לא ישתפר.En: He worried that he wouldn't be able to provide everything his family needed if the business didn't improve.He: אלון פתח את החנות בבוקר וחשב על הסידור המרכזי המיוחד שהוא רוצה ליצור עבור לקוחותיו לחג.En: Alon opened the shop in the morning, thinking about the special centerpiece he wanted to create for his clients for the holiday.He: אבל היו בעיות.En: But there were issues.He: לא היה לו מספיק כסף לקנות את הפרחים המובחרים שהוא באמת רצה.En: He didn't have enough money to buy the premium flowers he truly desired.He: ממש מעבר לפינה הייתה חנות פרחים גדולה ועשירה יותר, ואלון ידע שהוא מתחרה בה.En: Just around the corner was a larger and wealthier flower shop, and Alon knew he was competing with it.He: הוא ידע שעליו לעשות משהו שונה ומיוחד כדי להתבלט.En: He knew he had to do something different and special to stand out.He: אלון חשב, ולאחר מכן ניגש לרחוב הסמוך, בו מכרו סוחרים שונים סחורות ומצרכים לחג.En: Alon thought, and then he went to the nearby street where various merchants were selling goods and supplies for the holiday.He: הוא החליט לנסות לשמור על תקציב על ידי ברטרים עם הסוחרים.En: He decided to try to stick to a budget by bartering with the vendors.He: הוא החליף חלק מסידורי הפרחים היפים שלו בתבלינים, ירקות ואף כלי חרס לסוכות.En: He exchanged some of his beautiful floral arrangements for spices, vegetables, and even pottery for Sukkot.He: יום אחד לפני החג, התקיימה חגיגה שכונתית.En: One day before the holiday, a neighborhood celebration took place.He: אלון הציג שם את סידור הפרחים הייחודי שלו.En: Alon showcased his unique floral arrangement there.He: הפרחים היו בצבעים חמים והשתלבו עם המפות והתאורה של האירוע.En: The flowers were in warm colors and complemented the tablecloths and lighting of the event.He: האנשים היו מוקסמים ומדי פעם נשמעות תגובות כמו "מדהים" ו-"מקסים".En: The people were captivated, and comments like "amazing" and "charming" were heard occasionally.He: בסיום החגיגה, הגיעו לחנות אנשים ששמעו על הסידור החדש.En: At the end of the celebration, people who had heard about the new arrangement came to the shop.He: החנות התמלאה בלקוחות חדשים שהתפלאו מיצירותיו של אלון.En: It filled with new customers who were amazed by Alon's creations.He: בזכות התמיכה והחיזוקים מהקהילה, אלון הרוויח לא רק לקוחות חדשים אלא גם ביטחון עצמי ביכולות היצירה שלו.En: Thanks to the support and encouragement from the community, Alon gained not only new customers but also self-confidence in his creative abilities.He: הוא הבין שאינו לבד וכי יש ערך רב בשיתוף פעולה ועזרה קהילתית, הרבה יותר מהתחרות עם החנות הגדולה לידו.En: He realized that he was not alone and that there is great value in cooperation and community assistance, much more than competing with the larger shop next door.He: החנות של אלון הפכה להיות שם דבר בשכונה, והוא הבין שהשכונה, על עזרת ואהבתה, היא שהביאה לו את ההצלחה.En: Alon's shop became a well-known name in the neighborhood, and he understood that the neighborhood, with its help and love, brought him success.He: יחד, הם יצרו חגיגה שלמה של פריחה וצבע בחג הסוכות.En: Together, they created a complete celebration of bloom and color for the holiday of Sukkot. Vocabulary Words:quiet: שקטnestled: בבעלותautumn: סתיוjoy: שמחהcelebration: חגיגהenormous: גדולpressure: לחץarrangements: סידוריissues: בעיותpremium: מובחריםwealthier: עשירה יותרcompeting: מתחרהmerchants: סוחריםbartering: ברטריםvendors: סוחריםexchanged: החליףpottery: כלי חרסshowcased: הציגcomplemented: השתלבוcaptivated: מוקסמיםsupport: תמיכהencouragement: חיזוקיםself-confidence: ביטחון עצמיcooperation: שיתוף פעולהcommunity: קהילתיתassistance: עזרהcompeting: תחרותsuccess: הצלחהfloral: פרחיםcomplete: שלםBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fluent-fiction-hebrew--5818690/support.

Quality of life, public safety at stake Before firefighters in Cicero in Onondaga County could battle the blaze that engulfed a residence in August, they first had to overcome a "buildup of everything," according to Chief Jim Perrin. Boxes, papers and "old stuff, new stuff" prevented their attempt to enter through the front door, and they confronted more clutter while fighting their way through the garage, he told The Post-Standard in Syracuse. "There was only a narrow path," said Perrin, whose firefighters found the deceased resident between the kitchen and living room. "Everything else was piled from floor to ceiling." That is the kind of tragedy Dutchess County officials are hoping to prevent with an initiative to help people overcome hoarding problems. Officials with the county's Health and Social Services departments recognized that "there are quite a few people hoarding" in Dutchess and proposed doing something to support them, said Jean-Marie Niebuhr, the county's mental health commissioner. Working with a consultant, a task force that included those two departments and the Office for Aging designed a program that begins with an in-home assessment. Hoarders who want help are paired with an "interventionist" from the Department of Mental Health who seeks to ease their discomfort, or even distress, about discarding stuff. They also help people set interim goals, such as clearing a path to a particular part of the residence. Convincing someone to accept help can be difficult, especially because hoarders can be driven by shame to isolation, but Dutchess has had some successes, said Niebuhr. "It's even prevented homelessness, because sometimes these situations get so bad that an individual could be evicted from their place of residence or the fire inspector might say this place is uninhabitable," she said. Someone driven to that extreme is considered to have a disorder that is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, "the Bible of diagnoses in the world of mental illnesses," said Niebuhr. The problem affects about 2.6 percent of the population, but the rates are higher for people over age 60 and those with mental-health diagnoses such as depression, according to the American Psychiatric Association. Hoarders are not just rabid collectors or poor housekeepers, but people so unable to discard stuff that their living space, and sometimes their porches and lawns, fill up. "It gets to the point where a person's home is so full of stuff that you might not be able to cook on the stove, sleep on the bed or sit on the couch because there's stuff everywhere," Niebuhr said. What people hoard can vary, ranging from newspapers to furniture, cars and animals, and the repercussions extend to family and neighbors living next to junk-filled properties. Firefighters in Beacon have encountered hoarding and are trained in how to adjust to the problems it presents, said Chief Tom Lucchesi. Those problems go beyond restricting access during emergencies, he said. Hoarding "increases the fire load, causing fires to burn hotter and spread more rapidly," said Lucchesi. "In addition, pathways are often blocked, which can complicate both rescue and evacuation efforts, while also increasing the risk of injury or entrapment for responders." Earlier this month, more than 200 animals were found at the home of a wildlife rehabilitator on Long Island, where authorities discovered a 95-year-old woman who they say was essentially trapped in her room due to clutter. Cats, dogs, parrots, roosters, hedgehogs, chinchillas, guinea pigs, voles and flying squirrels were among the 206 animals found Oct. 1 at the home in Suffolk County. The residence was infested with insects and cluttered with debris, garbage and household waste, making certain areas impassable, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said. Dutchess has organized training sessions for staff at community organizations who may encounter people with the problem. Alon...

Send us a text In this episode of Evolving Humans, Julia Marie and Alon Ferency explore the profound connection between spirituality and creativity. They discuss how engaging in creative activities can be a spiritual adventure, offering insights into the role of art in deepening one's faith and understanding of the divine. Alon, a creativity consultant, counselor, and coach, shares his journey from being a rabbi to helping artists unlock their potential. He emphasizes the importance of play, attention, and the unique expression of one's soul through art. The conversation delves into the idea that creativity is an inherent part of our spiritual nature and that by embracing our creative impulses, we can experience a deeper connection to the universe. Alon also touches on the concept of God as a dungeon master, guiding us through a world of possibilities and surprises. The episode encourages listeners to engage in creative activities, highlighting that the stakes have never been lower and that making something today can be a powerful way to nourish the soul.   Support the showThank you for listening to Evolving Humans! For consultations or classes, please visit my website: www.JuliaMarie.usEvolving Humans with Julia Marie is now on YouTube, and will offer more than the podcast episodes there, so give us a "SUBSCRIBE"!https://www.youtube.com/@EvolvingHumans731You can find my book, Signals from My Soul: A Spiritual Memoir of Awakening here: https://tinyurl.com/Book-Signals-from-My-Soul

In this episode of the B2B Go-To-Market Leaders Podcast, Vijay Damojipurapu sits down with Alon Ahronberg, VP of Customer Success at Atera, to explore how customer success drives sustainable revenue and long-term retention in modern B2B companies.From his early career in engineering and BI consulting to leading customer success at global SaaS startups, Alon shares lessons from scaling teams, building onboarding frameworks, and transforming a PLG motion into a hybrid sales-led growth (SLG) strategy.Together, they unpack:How to define go-to-market holistically across product, sales, marketing, and customer success.The critical role of onboarding and re-onboarding in improving renewal rates and product adoption.Why internal collaboration between CSMs, marketing, and sales determines customer lifetime value.The cultural shift needed to elevate customer success from “call center” to strategic growth partner.How AI will reshape customer success, bridging high-touch strategy with scalable automation.Whether you're a founder, go-to-market leader, or customer success professional, this episode offers a masterclass on aligning post-sale execution with growth.Connect with Alon Ahronberg on LinkedInConnect with Vijay Damojipurapu on LinkedInBrought to you by: stratyve.com

The US-brokered peace deal saw Hamas release the Israeli hostages on Monday – an event watched by both Israel's CE Ambassador Alan Roth down in Wellington, and Leighton up in Auckland. That evening, they joined up over Zoom to analyse the effects of what had taken place over the previous few days. On Tuesday morning, Geopolitical Futures' George Friedman approached the milestone with an historic and militaristic perspective. The two complementary analyses are packed with knowledge and information and not to be missed. And as always, we end the programme in the Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Israel's counting down the days to Hamas releasing hostages. Israel's Cabinet's signed off on a ceasefire deal for their return, as well as Israeli troops pulling back - and an end to hostilities. Ambassador to New Zealand, Alon Roth says hostages could be freed as soon as Monday. He told Heather du Plessis-Allan Israel's army is starting to uphold its part of the bargain. Roth says they are starting to pull back, which should take about 24 hours. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We keep getting older and red arrows stay the same age… or something like that? Chapters: 00:00:00 GW7 Recap: Big Red Arrows 00:06:49 Semenyo Watch 00:12:01 Viktor Gyökeres Discussion 00:20:49 Rice & Caicedo: The DEFCON Mids 00:32:03 Manchester City: Any Picks Beyond Haaland? 00:38:48 Mo Salah & Liverpool: Are They Cooked? 00:51:34 Discord Mailbag: Listener Questions FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn't follow, and full Gameweek therapy. All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek8 #GW8 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Tara sa forrige episode hun var med i at hun ville være med på lok oftere og Marko innfrir hennes ønske. Alon Fellus er også med for å snakke om alt mulig piss!Jingle: Jonis Josef Produsent: Marko CvitanovicCover: Kristine Lie Øverland

Alon's ridiculous week, the big topics are Bruno / Arsenal / Mo, and lots of other Fantasy Premier League stuff to talk about. Chapters: 00:00:00 GW6 Recap and a DefCon Deep Dive 00:17:00 Bruno Fernandes: Is He Still Worth It? 00:35:00 Arsenal Attack & Defense: What We Learned 00:49:55 Mo Salah Dilemma 00:56:18 The FPL Striker Pool 01:03:44 Potter Out, Nuno In & Paquetá's FPL Impact 01:15:00 Walsh's Transfer Decisions and Plans FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn't follow, and full Gameweek therapy. All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek7 #GW7 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Resilient Cyber, I sit down with Astrix Security Co-Founder and CEO Alon Jackson to discuss the need for secure agentic adoption across the enterprise. This includes Astrix's approach, which involves enabling enterprises to discover, secure, and deploy AI agents responsibly at scale.

Alon ripped it all up on wildcard to bring in… the newly promoted lads and two West Ham attackers??? Arsenal and City had their big clash, we go digging for Fantasy Premier League midfielders, and we're left asking: is there any hope for the FPL forwards? Chapters: 00:00:00 GW5 FPL Points and Alon's Wildcard Decisions (Bowen?!) 00:15:48 Arsenal vs. Manchester City: FPL Shakeout 00:42:42 Newcastle: Their Defense, Dan Burn, and Anthony Gordon 00:48:15 Mo out? Isak in? Forward Picks Debated 00:58:31 Digging for Midfielder Points: Kudus, Simons, Minteh, Paquetá, Reijnders, Sarr & Ndiaye 01:12:28 Discord Grab Bag: FPL Questions and Punts FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn't follow, and full Gameweek therapy. All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek6 #GW6 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's guest is Mark D. Friedman, an independent scholar working in the field of political theory and ethics. His latest book, Come Now, Let us Reason Together: Uncovering the Torah's Liberal Values, discusses what he describes as the fundamental misconception about Judaism, that because the ultra-Orthodox follow ancient traditions and strictly adhere to halakhah, that the rigid practices that characterize their communities represent authentic Judaism. In this episode, Mark and Alon dive into this discussion on understanding Judaism, and discuss how this relates to current events and policies in Israel, and perceptions of Judaism in the here and now. Full bio After retiring from the successful practice of corporate law, Mark D. Friedman returned to his first love, the study of philosophy. He is currently an independent scholar working in the field of political theory and ethics. He has written three books: Nozick's Libertarian Project: An Elaboration and Defense (2011), Libertarian Philosophy in the Real World: The Politics of Natural Rights (2014), and his most recent book, Come Now, Let us Reason Together: Uncovering the Torah's Liberal Values (2024). Friedman received a J.D. from Georgetown Law School, USA, with honors, and holds an MBA from Columbia University, USA. He lives in a small town outside of Seattle, with his family of four, and is very active in his local synagogue. His interests include attending his children's activities and family travel.

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Sometimes it feels like there's just too much FPL to talk about, and even then we don't get to every match or cover all the Fantasy Premier League happenings. So here's what we did manage: Walsh's wildcard, Liverpool's attack, the toughest captaincy call of the season, Villa's collapse, and a grab bag of listener questions. Whatever we missed, we'll push to the Thursday pod. Chapters: 00:00:00 GW4 FPL Points and Walsh's Wildcard Team Decisions 00:12:32 Mo Salah and Liverpool: The Elephants in the Room 00:25:38 Hardest Captaincy Decision of the Season?! Bruno and Man United Check-In 00:37:04 Aston Villa Are a Fantasy Premier League Disaster Right Now 00:42:17 Potpourri of FPL Questions from Our Discord FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn't follow, and full Gameweek therapy. All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek5 #GW5 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a Fireside Chat, and Alon is happy to host Danny (AKA Bullet AKA Move78_FPL) of FPL Last Resort to talk wildcards, processes, heuristics, ways of thinking, and other FPL adjacent stuff. Check out Danny and FPL Last Resort here: https://x.com/Move78_FPL https://bsky.app/profile/move78-fpl.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/@fpllastresort Chapters: 00:00:00 Wildcards, Mo Salah, Palmer & Early Season Captaincy 00:21:00 Transfers & Big Hitters: Bruno, City, Liverpool Talk 00:42:00 Drafts, Wildcard Strategy & Fixture Planning 00:56:00 Chelsea, Liverpool, Brentford & Paquetá in Focus 01:03:00 Captaincy Debates: Bruno, Arsenal, Ownership & the Template 01:17:00 Wrapping Up: City, Haaland, Salah & Final Captaincy Thoughts FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn't follow, and full Gameweek therapy. All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek4 #GW4 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On a special edition of Roundball, temporary temporary host Sean Keane welcomes Alon & Walsh from the FML Fantasy Premier League Podcast and learns about how to play fantasy soccer and gets his hopes dashed about Arsenal's chances to ever win the league again. Then, Jack Bedrosian of Jacobin stops by to school Sean on the pervasive money interests and shady middlemen that are running and ruining youth basketball in America.FML Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fml-fpl-fantasy-premier-league-podcast/id1024068765Jack Bedrosian on Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/author/jack-bedrosian"Corporate Money Has Ruined Youth Sports": https://jacobin.com/2025/07/corporate-aau-youth-sports-basketballRoundball on X: x.com/RoundRockPodPatreon: patreon.com/roundrockpodBruno Sundov on Basketball Reference: https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sundobr01.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to another episode of “On the Issues with Alon Ben-Meir.” Today's guest is Hillel Schenker, co-editor of the Palestine-Israel Journal, a Jerusalem-based independent, joint Israeli-Palestinian English-language quarterly. In this episode, Alon and Hillel discuss the current growing protests in Israel calling for an end to the war and release of the hostages, Netanyahu's current strategy in Gaza, and the role of the international community in reaching an end to the war. Full bio Hillel Schenker is co-editor of the Palestine-Israel Journal, a Jerusalem-based independent English-language quarterly, initiated and maintained by a group of prominent Israeli and Palestinian academics and journalists. It aims to shed light on, and analyze freely and critically, the complex issues dividing Israelis and Palestinians. Schenker served for 13 years as editor of New Outlook, the Israeli peace monthly founded in the spirit of Martin Buber's philosophy of dialogue, that served as a vehicle for understanding Israeli-Arab affairs and as a catalyst for dialogue and initiatives for peace. He has written for The Nation, Los Angeles Times, L.A. Weekly, Tikkun, Israel Horizons, In These Times, the Israeli-Hebrew-language press and many other print and electronic outlets. He was an activist and co-founder of the Peace Now movement and has served for many years as spokesperson for the Israeli branch of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. He is an International Advisory Board member of the Global Majority center for non-violent conflict resolution based at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

Walsh is on Wildcard, and Fantasy Premier League is on international break. See you soon. Chapters: 00:00:00 Gameweek 3 Recap: Our Points and Walsh's Free Hit 00:09:40 Deadline Day Ripples: Isak and Liverpool, Wissa, Woltemade, Newcastle & More 00:35:00 The Fall of Nottingham Forest and Their FPL Assets 00:46:57 Discord Mailbag: Questions on Matches, Picks & Strategy 01:10:00 Paquetá and also DEFCONs Are Still Overpowered 01:23:45 Walsh's Preliminary GW4 Wildcard Team FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn't follow, and full Gameweek therapy. Join the Prize League / Mug League (Patreon subscribers only): https://www.patreon.com/posts/fml-fpl-patreon-134963388 All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek3 #GW3 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bate-Papo Mayhem 479 - Yair Alon - Profecias e Profetas de Israel na Árvore da Vida https://projetomayhem.com.br/ O vídeo desta conversa está disponível em: https://youtu.be/1FzB_a2JjDs Bate Papo Mayhem é um projeto extra desbloqueado nas Metas do Projeto Mayhem.  Todas as 3as, 5as e Sabados as 21h os coordenadores do Projeto Mayhem batem papo com algum convidado sobre Temas escolhidos pelos membros, que participam ao vivo da conversa, podendo fazer perguntas e colocações. Os vídeos ficam disponíveis para os membros e são liberados para o público em geral duas vezes por semana, às segundas e quintas feiras e os áudios são editados na forma de podcast e liberados uma vez por semana. Faça parte do projeto Mayhem: https://www.catarse.me/tdc

Two weeks of war games under Exercise Alon 2025 in the Philippines, involving Filipino, Australian, and Canadian troops, are set to conclude on 29 August 2025. - Puspusan ang war games sa ilalim ng dalawang linggong Exercise Alon 2025 sa Pilipinas na nilalahukan ng Pilipinas, Australia at Canada na magtatapos ngayong araw, ika 26 ng Agosto.

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Playing a fella from the UK who's been touring Australia this month with Youth Alive. And a bunch of artists, from new to some who've been going as long as the 1980s. Playlist: "No Chill" by Brad Sabat "FASHO" by Aaron Cole "BLAME ACE FREESTYLE" by indie tribe. "Angels" by MC Jin "Lean (ft. Lecrae)" by Still Shadey "Highlight Reel (ft. Alon)" by John Reuben "4 Grams (ft. The Resistance, Fern, Japhia Life)" by Cephas "Saved You Too" by Y.Shadey "Yet Always Rejoicing (ft. Lynnea)" by Braille "Count It All Joy (ft. The Profit)" by Shelly.H "Wembley" by Collistar "Turn E Up (ft. Monty G)" by Village KNG "The Sample-ist (ft. DJ Gabe Real)" by Soup the Chemist "Bonjour (ft. Mic Wise)" by Trutha "Better With Age (ft. Vursatyl)" by Paradox & DJ Sean P "Hip-Hop (ft. Def Wish Cast & Reason)" by Brethren "First Love It" by Ruslan "Deployed" by Sole Option Vote on the playlist at www.definitionradio.com/show/963 Leave your requests/shout-outs on our socials www.facebook.com/DefinitionRadio www.instagram.com/DefinitionHH www.twitter.com/DefinitionHH www.krosswerdz.com

Oh yeah baby that's the sound of transfers being ripped and wildcards being activated. Fantasy Premier League is back. Chapters: 00:00:00 Gameweek 2 Recap: From Bad to Worse 00:11:25 Stupid Midfielders: Palmer, Saka, Bruno, Gordon, and More 00:29:38 Center Backs and DefCons Are Overpowered 00:39:04 Spurs Good but No FPL picks? 00:50:14 Mailbag Kinda Episode: Questions from Discord FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn't follow, and full Gameweek therapy. Join the Prize League / Mug League (Patreon subscribers only): https://www.patreon.com/posts/fml-fpl-patreon-134963388 All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek3 #GW3 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BuffStampede.com reporter Oliver Hayes gives his first impressions on new CU big man Alon Michaeli.

Today's guest is Alon Chen, Co-Founder and CEO of Tastewise, and former Google CMO — who just raised a $50M Series B to transform how the food and beverage industry leverages AI. We dive into why big companies shouldn't build everything in-house, especially when AI is costly to develop and maintain, and why they should instead focus on their true edge. Alon shares how Tastewise predicted the rise of air-fried vegetables, leading to 3x profits for one client. We talk about the future of food and beverage, how AI enables companies to stay close to their customers. From trend forecasting to strategic innovation, this is a must-listen for anyone navigating the intersection of AI, technology, and taste.

The Fantasy Premier League bingo card is getting filled up early but you gotta stay positive and stay the course. You have your guys for a reason. But also maybe it's a bad FPL reason. Chapters: 00:00:00 Gameweek 1 Recap: Our Teams and Points on the Board 00:08:29 Tijjani Reijnders, Oscar Bobb & Do We Have Our Manchester City Back? 00:25:36 Haaland vs. Palmer and Enzo Maresca is a fraud 00:35:35 FPL Striker Watch: Wood, Thiago, Welbeck, Jimenez, Ollie, and more 00:49:44 Liverpool, Arsenal, and Manchester United Takeaways: Fantasy Picks and Guys to Watch FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn't follow, and full Gameweek therapy. Join the Prize League / Mug League (Patreon subscribers only): https://www.patreon.com/posts/fml-fpl-patreon-134963388 All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek2 #GW2 #Gameweek1 #GW1 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The goal is to have fun while trying to avoid a disaster. If we can also get FPL points while not using a transfer in GW2, then we're fucking flying. The GW1 deadline is nearing and the panic stations are panicking. It's time to talk about some guys: Mo, Haaland, Palmer, Bruno, and many more. Fantasy Premier League beckons. Chapters: 00:00:00 Gameweek 1 Kickoff: The Nightmarish FPL Website 00:03:29 Let's Start with Mo and Haaland and Then Take It from There 00:39:17 Midfield Dilemmas: Palmer, Saka, Bruno, Paqueta, Tielemans, Rutter & More 01:19:46 More Great Picks: Gordon, Ollie, Sarr, Jimenez, Arias & Ait-Nouri FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn't follow, and full Gameweek therapy. Join the Prize League / Mug League (Patreon subscribers only): https://www.patreon.com/posts/fml-fpl-patreon-134963388 All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek1 #GW1 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Budget tier of FPL players are what dreams are made of. Stackings ifs and telling each other stories is why we're a Fantasy Premier League podcast and it's a big part of the fun of the game. Shadows are meant to be chased. Let's go together. Chapters: 00:00:00 Budget FPL Gems 2025: Kicking Off the Bargain Hunt 00:02:21 Cheap Forwards: Risky Bets and Hidden Value 00:33:28 Affordable Mids: Attacking Upside and DefCon Merchants 01:24:34 Budget Defenders: It Ain't Much but It's Honest Work 02:06:01 Wrap-Up and Ass Slaps and a Big Week Ahead FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn't follow, and full Gameweek therapy. Join the Prize League / Mug League (Patreon subscribers only): https://www.patreon.com/posts/fml-fpl-patreon-134963388 All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us a textIn today's episode, I interview Meron Alon, director of the new short film "Too Good," a humorous take on what happens when we die and meet God at the gates to heaven.Listen to hear about the process of casting the two stars of the film, some unconventional questions that God asks at the gates of heaven, and one of the best character names I think I've heard in a long time.Books mentioned in this episode include:All Fours by Miranda JulyFilms and TV shows mentioned in this episode include:"Too Good" directed by Meron AlonThe Matrix directed by Lana and Lilly WachowskiThe Talented Mr. Ripley directed by Anthony MinghellaCloser directed by Mike NicholsAlmost Famous directed by Cameron CroweCall Me by Your Name directed by Luca Guadagnino10 Things I Hate About You directed by Gil JungerFollow Meron on Instagram @meronalon.Support the show

Alon Landa is the CEO and co-founder of MedcoVet, where he leads the development of cutting-edge veterinary technologies that help pets heal at home. He played a key role in creating Luma, an at-home red and infrared light therapy device (PBM) designed to relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and accelerate healing in pets.With hands-on experience working alongside veterinarians, pet owners, and clinical researchers, Alon is driven by a deep belief in accessible, evidence-based care. Before founding MedcoVet, he spent over two decades leading innovative tech companies across industries, including medical devices, satellite systems, internet media, and pet health.He also created PupReady, a digital platform for new dog owners. Alon holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from NYU Stern. He regularly writes on medcovet.com about PBM therapy and pet recovery, combining expert knowledge with lived experience. Alon lives in Boston, MA.Topics covered in this episode: Alon Landa's journey to animal healthUnderstanding Red Light therapyDifferences between Red Light, Infrared, and Laser therapyChoosing the right device for animal careMedco Vet's innovative app and rental programHow to get started with Medco VetLinks and Resources: Find out more information about the Luma DeviceClick HERE to get a round-up of the best devices on the marketClick HERE for a deeper dive into red light therapyFind MedcoVet on FacebookFine MedcoVet on InstagramMaking Strides for Animal Chiropractic Links and Resources:Visit the Making Strides for Animal Chiropractic websiteVisit our Facebook PageVisit our Instagram Page Thank you to our sponsors!Academy for the Advancement of Animal ChiropracticEquigateHave an idea for the podcast? Please leave us a survey! 

Last week's episode talked about finishing my STEALTH & SPELLS ONLINE LitRPG trilogy, and in this week's episode we respond to some of the insightful reader comments the prevoius episode generated. We also discuss the mechanics of putting series numbers on book covers. Once again it is time for Coupon of the Week! This coupon code will get you 25% off the ebooks in the Dragonskull series at my Payhip store: DRAGONSUMMER25 The coupon code is valid through August 25, 2025. So if you need a new ebook this summer, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 262 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is August 8, 2025, and today we are looking at reader comments on my LitRPG trilogy. We will also take a look at why sometimes books do not have the series order number on their front cover. Before we get into that, we'll have Coupon of the Week and then an update on my current writing progress. First up, Coupon of the Week. This week's coupon code will get you 25% off the ebooks in the Dragonskull series at my Payhip store. That coupon code is DRAGONSUMMER25. And as always, the coupon code and the links to my store will be available in the show notes. This coupon code is valid through August 25th, 2025. So if you need a new ebook to read this summer, we have got you covered. And now for a progress update on my current writing projects. I am 83,000 words into the rough draft of Ghost in the Siege, which is the sixth and final book in the Ghost Armor series. I think maybe one or two more good sessions and I will have the rough draft done and then I'll write a bonus short story that newsletter subscribers will get for free when the book comes out and then start editing. I'm also 9,000 words into Blade of Flames, which will be the first book in my new epic fantasy series after I finish Ghost in the Siege and my Super Summer of Finishing Things. In audiobook news, Brad Wills is currently recording Shield of Power, so we should have some updates on that soon. In addition, the distribution problems I was having with Shield of Battle and Ghost in the Corruption should be cleared up. So all those books should be turning up on all the usual audiobook stores before too much longer. Before, they should have all been available on Audible, Amazon, Apple, Google Play, and Kobo, but they should be showing up on all the other available stores before too much longer now. And of course I should mention that those audiobooks are available on my Payhip store and you can get them anytime (regardless of distribution troubles). So that is where I'm at with my current writing projects. 00:02:07 Question about Series Numbering And now let's take a look at a question about series numbering. A librarian acquaintance recently asked (with no small exasperation), why can't the series number be in the book title, on the spine, and on the cover? Well, as with so many things, the answer boils down to “it depends”, specifically, it depends on the publisher and the author (but only if the author is indie). For my books, they always have the series number on the cover. A random example- Orc Hoard, the fourth book in my Half-Elven Thief series, has plainly at the top of the cover “Half-Elven Thief Number Four”. Whether or not the series number will be on the cover depends on the publisher (or the writer, if the writer is indie). For myself, since I make my own covers, it is a trivial amount of extra work to make sure the series number is also on the cover. A small publisher or an indie author hiring a cover designer has to specifically ask for the series number on the cover, and they don't always think to do that. In terms of the spine of the print edition, it depends whether or not it is included with cover design. Typically for a print book, you need to make a wraparound PDF cover or you can use the automated tools with a platform like KDP Print to create it. The trouble is that space can be at a premium on a book spine and after you have the book title and the author name, there might not be adequate room left for the series number. For example, a title like Stealth and Spells Online: Final Quest takes up a lot of real estate on the spine and combine that with the author name of Jonathan Moeller, and we really don't exactly have much space left to work with. However, for ebooks, there's really no good reason for them not to be arranged in series order on the store because all the online platforms now have good series management tools, which is admittedly a relatively new development. For a long time Amazon and the other self-publishing platforms didn't have any series metadata management tools, so we had to take things into our own hands. That's why for a long time you'd see books with titles like Frostborn: The Iron Tower (Frostborn #5), because there was no other way in the metadata to indicate that the book was part of a series. Obviously this was a problem. So eventually all the self-publishing platforms added series manager tools. So now it's fairly easy to add ebooks to a series, so on the storefront they should show up in the proper series order. But for tradpub print books, I expect traditional publishers are not terribly invested in providing series numbers on the spines of print books because it is a layer of from their perspective, unnecessary work with no return on investment. Remember, most publishers are owned by big international conglomerates these days, and from the corporate owner's perspective, the publisher's existence boils down to a cell in a spreadsheet. So a series will only get new cover art (potentially numbers on the cover) if doing so might make “number go up” in that particular spreadsheet cell. A series is most likely to get numbers on its cover and its spine if it's one, finished and two, popular enough to be re-released with new covers. So the “too long, didn't read” answer: it depends if the publisher or the indie author has the resources to add numbers to the cover. 00:05:01 Main Topic of the Week: Comments on my LitRPG Trilogy Now onto our main topic this week, reader comments on my LitRPG trilogy. You might remember last week I did an episode and a blog post about the experience of finishing up my LitRPG trilogy and some of the misjudgments I made during the process and how I was grateful for the people who did enjoy it. And this inspired many interesting and insightful comments on the topic. So I thought I would read through some of the comments and share my own thoughts on them. Our first comment is from LEJ who says: “The big problem with virtual reality type LitRPG books is that virtual reality fights have no real stakes or consequences, or if they do, they're being arbitrarily assigned. This makes them dull no matter how well the fight scene is written. The second problem is character. In epic fantasy, the party members are developed characters and the reader learns who they are through the “show, not tell” guideline of writing. The characters are a group of people who have come together to put their lives on the line to do the plot is about. In a virtual reality game book, the party members are fake personas playing a game. There's no way to be sure who they really are and they're not invested. In books and in real life, people who go through grave peril together often forge powerful friendships. A gaming group is a lousy stand in for an actual epic fantasy questing party because they're not facing actual danger together.” That's an interesting comment and that was something I thought about during the outlining of Stealth and Spells, how essentially so much of the book is about a man sitting in a chair playing in a game, which is inherently not suspenseful. So that's why in Stealth and Spells, I designed it so that the game itself was dangerous and the reason the main character was playing the game so much was to try and find proof that the game was dangerous. But I think LEJ makes a good larger point about how why LitRPGs with virtual reality MMORPGs aren't as popular as the other subgenres, just because the stakes are so low essentially when you're playing a game. I was playing Wizardry Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord the other night and had a total party kill, but so what? Just spin out new characters and start the game again. But that doesn't make for a good narrative tension in the story. Our next comment is from Justin who says: “There are some VR LitRPG books out, but they are a niche market. As LEJ noted (above), there's no real consequences and the character development is minimal. The successful ones (for measures of success) go heavy on humor. I like Stealth and Spells, but I like science fiction and had no problem with the premise. So another attempt at widening your audience has fallen flat. Sorry about that. The mystery market that you tried before is even worse now with AI pastiches flooding Kindle. You could try the superhero section, but there's lot of competition and the big boys have been stinking up that particular room, so I wouldn't recommend it. Well, at least you're a successful writer, able to apply your craft full time. That puts you in the top 1%. Getting any further requires either incredible luck or selling your soul. I look forward to Ghost in the Siege!” Thanks, Justin. I'm glad you liked the Stealth and Spells trilogy. It is true that I'm very fortunate to be able to do what I do in terms of writing full-time. I should mention I'm not hugely worried about AI books partly because they're generally not very good and partly because you can't legally copyright them. Though we should mention that historically writers often have a difficult time when they try to change a genre. Even 150 years ago, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle decided he wanted to write a historical fiction instead of Sherlock Holmes, so he killed off Sherlock Holmes and wrote historical fiction, which didn't go hugely over well with the public, and eventually he succumbed both to popular demand and large sums of money to start writing Sherlock Holmes again. Our next comment is from Joe who says: “I have never read a LitRPG book before. I read it because I enjoy your writing. I know I am in the minority, but it turned out to be my favorite series. Even though it shouldn't, it amazes me that Half-Elven Thief has done so much better. I guess I just dance to the beat of my own drummer.” Well, I suppose everyone dances to the beat of their own drummer in the end. I do think it's important for writers to remember, especially long-term writers like myself, that every book you've written is somebody's favorite book regardless of your personal opinion about it. Like for example, I think in all honesty, Tower of Endless Worlds is one of my weaker series. I was trying to do something in terms of urban fantasy that I don't think I had the writing skills to do until I started writing Cloak Games fourteen years later. But there are several people for whom Tower of Endless Worlds is their favorite book of all the ones I've written. So it's good to always keep that in mind and not trash one's own work unnecessarily because you are then trashing somebody's favorite book, which is just impolite. In terms of Half-Elven Thief doing better, I think that is because I really narrowed in better on the market for that than I did with Stealth and Spells. We've already talked about how Isekai, portal fantasy, progression fantasy, and System Apocalypse are much more popular genres than virtual reality LitRPG, but with Half-Elven Thief, I think I really narrowed into what the market wants and what my own particular skillset is for writing stories. So it worked pretty well. I'm very happy about that. Our next comment is from Geoff, who said: “Just went through and finished it and I absolutely loved it. It's a shame it only ended up being three when you had plans for more, but you ended it really well and made it feel like it was always meant to be ended that way. Really love that big reveal at the end about Calliande and Ridmark.” Thanks, Geoff. I'm very glad you liked the ending. I admit I thought really hard for a really long time about how to properly finish the series with just one book. I typically, as part of my exercise program, do an hour a day on the treadmill in the morning with variable rate cardio and I was thinking about Stealth and Spells a lot while I was doing that, so I'm very grateful that you appreciated the ending. Our next comment is from Keith who says: “I'm so glad you finished the series. I have avidly read pretty much everything you published almost as soon as you publish it (except the Ghost series finally lost me a year or two ago), and I was starting to wonder if you're going to continue this series. I'm sure I enjoyed Stealth and Spells a bit more because of my own experience with MMORPG games as an adult, no less from 1997 to about 2012 and still dabbled now and then. It was very entertaining reading the series about a game set in Ridmark's world that I've been so immersed in for the past few years. It's unfortunate that there won't be more Stealth and Spells to read, but I enjoyed the way the series ended as a trilogy, even though you say it was originally supposed to be more books.” Thanks, Keith. I am glad you enjoyed the ending. I suppose one of my weaknesses as I set out to write this trilogy was that I've never actually seriously played MMORPG. It was just when things like World of Warcraft and its various successors and imitators became popular it was a time in my life when I was both pretty broke and pretty busy, so I couldn't afford to play an MMORPG and even if I could have afforded to play an MMORPG, I wouldn't have had the time to do so. I think that lacking that experience may have been one of the reasons I had a bit of trouble sort of connecting the series to a wider market. That said, I have tried an MMORPG recently, Elder Scrolls Online. I enjoyed it, but the big problem with that, and the reason I didn't keep playing was that you can't pause it. I think it's fair to say that I'm a pretty busy guy and sometimes I need to pause the game right now and attend to things, but the inability to do that was just a huge deal breaker for me, so I just never really continued with it, though I did have fun with the parts I played and think it's a good game. Randy says: “I still maintain it's a great SF series and a great setting, but it does have a great ending, even if the hero never gets an encrypted message from Wire again.” Thanks, Randy. If I ever do return to this setting, it won't be as a LitRPG. It'll be just as a straight science fiction thriller adventure like Silent Order because while I don't particularly want to write another LitRPG series, I would like to write another science fiction series at some point. But as I've mentioned on earlier episodes, I've decided it's probably for the best to limit myself to three ongoing series at any one time, just for keeping the complexity level manageable. So once I finish one of my ongoing series (which currently would be Blades of Ruin, Half-Elven Thief, and Cloak Mage), then I might consider slotting a sci-fi one in as well. Our next comment is from Mike who says: “Thank you for sharing your thoughts on it. I really enjoyed the series and I'm glad you finished it. I always find it frustrating when an author leaves the story unfinished, but I understand it's a tough balance. At the end of the day, writing needs to be sustainable and that often means the books have to be profitable. So thank you for seeing it through.” Thanks Mike. I'm glad you enjoyed the ending. In terms of sustainability, Half-Elven Thief by itself across its entire lifetime has sold more than all three books of Stealth and Spells Online put together (which I am very grateful for). And the Half-Elven Thief series and the, let's see, three sequels for it I wrote in 2024 combined, did well enough to pay for my health insurance for that year, which is trust me, no small thing, for which I'm very grateful. But like I said before, I think Half-Elven Thief dialed into the market a bit better than I did with Stealth and Spells Online. Our next comment comes from Alon who says. “If you try again, you can consider progression fantasy; it is somewhere between regular and LitRPG. The best ones are Dungeon Crawler Carl and Mother of Learning.” Well, if you want to try some progression fantasy, there are some examples for you. I admit I've only read the first book of Dungeon Crawler Carl. I thought it was pretty good, if definitely a bit on the darker side. William says: “I think LitRPG/Isekai literature and other media is best understood as a specific kind of fantasy in the literal sense that happens to use fantasy aesthetics because the people in Japan who started writing it all grew up playing Dragon Quest as kids do and still do. Yet the core of said fantasy has nothing to do with the cultural nostalgia that drives a fantasy genre we know and love, but instead reflects a desire for a non-complex world where everything follows easily understood and quantifiable rules, which the authors and the readers found in video games. Anyway, I enjoyed Stealth and Spells Online as a sci-fi thriller. It reminded me of the MMOPG subplot in Tad William's Outland novels.” Thanks, William. I'm glad you enjoyed the series. And I think that's a good point about the lack of ambiguity in some LitRPG, because Stealth and Spells has quite a bit of ambiguity to it at times, where the protagonist is trying to figure out if he can trust Hardcase19. He's trying to figure out who is controlling the Calliande NPC and he's trying to determine if he can trust that person or persons as well. So there's a lot of ambiguity in there that I think I probably picked up from how many mystery novels I enjoy and that might clash with the more popular tropes in LitRPG. Jesse says: “I'm glad you gave us a proper ending and I enjoyed discovering the identity of the Calliande/Ridmark NPCs. Honestly, the bit I will miss is you taking cracks at yourself (“failed historian”, “author secure in the knowledge he would never have to visualize it”), which was hysterical. Well done, sir.” Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed the series and like I said before, I really didn't want to leave it unfinished because for a variety of reasons, it is very bad in the fantasy genre to leave things unfinished. Our next comment is from Jason who says: “Thank you for finishing the series. As you say, it was more of a science fiction thriller than a LitRPG. Nonetheless, I did enjoy it. LitRPGs have the roots in manga with their audience being teens and young adults who play video games and have kind of wish fulfillment of applying their game experience to a quasi-real world, usually like Death March to a Parallel World Rhapsody (a very long web novel, pretty bad anime, ongoing light novels and manga), combined with the cheat/administrator system to break the world in the main character's favor. Often such stories include female characters who throw themselves at the male lead for no discernible reason to be met with obliviousness, terror, or indifference. Fortunately, as authors have gotten older and married their portrayals, male characters and love interests have become more mature as well. The herbivore (a male character with no interest in women) main character still shows up, but not as often.” Thanks, Jason. I am glad you enjoyed the series and I was thinking about that to the extent that the basis that LitRPG has a strong basis in wish fulfillment and sort of retreating from reality. And I'm more interested in stories where the protagonist tends to actively protagonize and then engage with and grapple with reality. So maybe that was why I chose to write a VR based LitRPG instead of one of the other genres. And our last comment is from Michael who says: “I'm saddened that it wasn't more popular, but your reasoning makes sense to me. I tried to get into LitRPG years ago when it first appeared, but struggled to find any of the stories interesting despite loving MMORPGs and games in general. It all seemed to be about the kind of dreams that a stereotypical 14-year-old boy might have- being able to hyperfocus on min/maxing statistics, being powerful, being able to forget about the prosaic real world, being a ruler of a village/kingdom, et cetera (oh, and having lots of attractive women adore you). In any case, thanks for finishing the series. I thought it went from strength to strength and Final Quest was really good.” Thanks, Michael. I'm glad you enjoyed the books. And I have joked several times that maybe what I really needed to do to make Stealth and Spells Online popular was to add a harem of anime monster girls for the protagonist. But that ties into what we were talking about earlier where a lot of LitRPG is about sort of a flight from reality, which I should mention, there's nothing wrong with that in literature, but I'm more interested in writing the kind of stories where the protagonist has to grapple in some way with reality. So that is all the comments we are going to talk about on the show. I'd like to thank everybody who first, read and enjoyed the Stealth and Spells Online books, and second, took the time to share their thoughts about it. It was a really interesting discussion, I thought. So thank you again for reading Stealth and Spells Online. So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to the Pulp Writer Show. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes at https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave your review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy, and we'll see you all next week.

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In this high-octane episode of IsraelCast, host Steven Shalowitz welcomes Alon Day, Israel's trailblazing professional race car driver and four-time NASCAR Whelen Euro Series champion. Speaking from North Carolina, Day shares his dramatic journey from Israel to the American racetrack—literally sailing from Ashdod to Cyprus to escape closed airspace following Iranian attacks on Israel, all in pursuit of his dream to race in the U.S.

Midpriced FPL players all look like bait but sometimes they're actually good. Sometimes the cheese is just… cheese? Fantasy Premier League gems are often not the budget picks but the midpriced picks who perform like premiums. How many of these guys can you fit around your premiums? Chapters: 00:00:00 FPL Midpriced Madness 00:02:26 Defenders in Focus: DEFCON 1 Floors & Ceilings 00:44:50 Midfielders: Stay Away from Manchester City Traps 01:13:23 Strikers Striking: Solanke and Wood Debate and more… 01:37:17 Are We Ever Paying 5.0 for a GK? FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn't follow, and full Gameweek therapy. Join the Prize League / Mug League (Patreon subscribers only): https://www.patreon.com/posts/fml-fpl-patreon-134963388 All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us a textHe was supposed to come home. He stayed to help others escape—and disappeared into the tunnels of Gaza.Follow Rebecca on @bringelkanahome2023 on Instagram to support her struggleIn this heart-wrenching episode of State of a Nation, Rebecca Bohbot, wife of hostage Elkana Bohbot, joins Eylon Levy to share her family's unimaginable story. For 664 days, Elkana has been held in Hamas captivity after being abducted from the Nova Music Festival. Starved, tortured, and still alive—Rebecca now speaks publicly, demanding the world not forget her husband or the other hostages left behind.In this emotional and urgent conversation, Rebecca recounts:•The day Elkana was taken, after staying behind to help others escape•Why she initially stayed silent—and what made her speak out•The horrific conditions Elkana is enduring underground in Gaza•The heartbreaking toll on their five-year-old son, Re'em•The global indifference that's prolonging the hostages' sufferingRebecca's testimony is a raw and powerful reminder of what's at stake in this war—not just for Israel, but for the soul of the free world.

This episode goes into The Batman and Rambo star Alon Aboutboul dies suddenly at 60 after collapsing on beach, this episode also goes into Doja Cat for mocking Sydney Sweeney's Controversial Denim Ad. We also go into Trump considering pardon for diddy ahead of sentencing and Tyrese's ex wife asking the judge to jail him over 500k Divorce Debt Dispute.Hosted by your Pastor Michael Smith and co-hosted by your Brotha Lamick IsraelIf you would like tune in and join Brotha Lamick Young Disciples Discord the link is https://discord.gg/SVQygUP2 If you would like to sign up for the Monthly newsletter/ have a special request/report you would like done email Brotha Lamick Israel at Lamick19@outlook.com

We recorded on Thursday (before the Díaz / Isak / Gyökeres chaos), but the pod still holds up. We dig into building around premium Fantasy Premier League picks, how they shape your overall FPL strategy, and the heavy toll they take on your budget. Let's get into it. Chapters: 00:00:00 FPL Premiums 2025: We're Back with the Big Hitters 00:04:29 Premium Keepers and Defenders: Are Any Worth It? 00:33:28 Debating Premium Midfielders: Mo, Saka, Palmer, Wirtz, and Bruno 01:19:15 Premium Forwards: Haaland, Isak, Watkins & New Guys FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn't follow, and full Gameweek therapy. Join the Prize League / Mug League (Patreon subscribers only): https://www.patreon.com/posts/fml-fpl-patreon-134963388 All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pump raised $600 million in 12 minutes. Then the token crashed… and sentiment with it. In this episode, Delphi's Yan Liberman, Jason Pagoulatos, and Simon Smockey unpack what really happened, from the lack of investor lockups to the underwhelming post-ICO communication, and what Pump must do now to win back the market. We also get into whether the “everything app” strategy still makes sense, what decentralization means after this cycle, and what tokens can learn from equity markets. Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com Thank you to our sponsors! Xapo Bank Focal by FalconX Guests: Simon Smockey, Researcher at Delphi Digital Yan Liberman, Co-Founder of Delphi Digital and Managing Partner of Delphi Ventures Jason Pagoulatos, Head of Markets at Delphi Previous coverage on the ICO:  Pump.fun Just Raised $600M. What Does This Mean for DeFi, Solana & Social Media? Pump.fun's $1 Billion ICO Has Caused Controversy. Can It Succeed? Unchained: Pump.fun Becomes Third Largest ICO, Raises $600M in 12 Minutes  PUMP Traders Make Big Options Bets on the Token Surging Past Its ICO Price Pump.fun Draws Backlash After Confirming PUMP ICO TG Podcast: Alon: Raising $1B, $PUMP Token, Airdrop, and More Timestamps:

We went live to discuss Arbitrum DeFi, Solana's performance, Zora's creator platform updates, and token buybacks across protocols like Hyperliquid and PumpFun. We closed with a critical review of Pump's strategy, market share decline, and communication challenges post-ICO.Thanks for tuning in! As always, remember this podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely their opinions, not financial advice. -- Bitcoin DeFi is heating up on Aptos, the BTCFi growth chain with nearly $400M in BTC assets supported by a secure, fast, and affordable MVM environment. Aptos users can acquire, hold, and earn attractive BTCFi yields via Echo aBTC and OKX xBTC, without typical bridge risks and high fees.  Explore BTC yield opportunities on Aptos via OKX Earn and Aptos-native platforms https://web3.okx.com/earn/activity/xbtc-aptos  -- Accelerate your app development on Algorand with AlgoKit 3.0—now with native TypeScript and Python support, visual debugging, and seamless testing. Build, test, and deploy smarter with tools designed for speed and simplicity. Start building with AlgoKit today: https://algorand.co/algokit?utm_source=blockworkspodcast&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=algokit3&utm_id=algokit3&utm_term=algokit3 -- Follow Tolks: https://x.com/_tolks Follow James: https://x.com/JamesChristoph_ Follow Ryan: https://x.com/_ryanrconnor Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Follow Boccaccio: https://x.com/salveboccaccio Follow Blockworks Research: https://x.com/blockworksres Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3foDS38 Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3SNhUEt Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3NlP1hA Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ Join the 0xResearch Telegram group: https://t.me/+z0H6y2bS-dllODVh -- Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (2:06) Arbitrum DeFi (7:31) Solana Activity (16:43) Zora's Rebirth (27:11) Aptos Ad (27:53) Token Buybacks and Crypto M&A (49:27) Ads (Aptos & Algorand) (50:52) PUMP's Performance, Alon's Interview and Competition With Bonk -- Check out Blockworks Research today! Research, data, governance, tokenomics, and models – now, all in one place Blockworks Research: https://www.blockworksresearch.com/ Free Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter -- Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Boccaccio, Danny, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

We're back, FPL is back, and Alon has no idea what the hell is going on. Lotta preseason pods to go though. Fantasy Premier League will be tamed. Chapters: 00:00 We're Back & First Reactions to the FPL 2025 Launch 03:49 New FPL Rules: Defensive Actions, Bonus Points, Assists 11:36 Extra Chips & AFCON Transfers: More Fun or Too Much? 18:04 Goalkeeper & Defender Strategy for New Scoring System 35:17 Midfielders, Forwards & Early Preseason FPL Picks FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn't follow, and full Gameweek therapy. All Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Unlocking the Power of Legal Analytics with Alon Shwartz of Trellis LawOn this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, host Josh Elledge speaks with Alon Shwartz, Co-Founder and COO of Trellis Law, a cutting-edge legal tech platform reshaping how attorneys navigate state trial court litigation. Alon shares how Trellis leverages data analytics and AI to streamline legal research, improve strategy, and increase efficiency for legal professionals. If you're in the legal field and want to work smarter—not harder—this episode is packed with insight.Bringing Legal Intelligence to State Trial CourtsAlon Shwartz's entrepreneurial journey is driven by resilience and optimization—two traits he honed through his long-term commitment to CrossFit. He draws a parallel between physical training and business leadership, emphasizing how mental grit and consistency are vital to pushing through complexity, both in the gym and in scaling a tech startup.That mindset helped shape Trellis Law's mission: to demystify and organize fragmented state trial court data. Traditional legal databases often overlook state-level courts, but that's where the majority of litigation actually happens. Trellis bridges this gap by aggregating data from over 3,000 courts across 46 states and delivering intuitive, actionable insights for litigators.Trellis isn't just a data aggregator—it's a strategic platform. With features like judicial analytics, generative AI drafting tools, and judge-specific behavior patterns, Trellis enables attorneys to prepare smarter motions, manage client expectations, and make data-informed decisions with confidence. The result? Less guesswork and more wins.About Alon ShwartzAlon Shwartz is the Co-Founder and COO of Trellis Law. With a background in entrepreneurship and a passion for solving complex data challenges, Alon leads the company's operations and innovation strategy. His insights into legal tech, AI, and product development make him a standout thought leader in the legal analytics space.About Trellis LawTrellis Law is a legal intelligence platform that provides state trial court analytics and litigation insights. The platform helps litigators, law firms, insurance companies, and legal departments streamline case preparation and make data-informed decisions. Trellis is transforming how legal professionals access and apply state court data.Links Mentioned in this Episode:Trellis Law WebsiteAlon Shwartz on LinkedInEpisode Highlights:Why state trial court data is a largely untapped resource in legal techHow Trellis empowers lawyers to strategize using real judicial dataThe connection between athletic discipline and startup successHow Trellis is leveling the playing field with accessible legal intelligenceThe AI tools that are changing how legal research gets doneConclusionTrellis Law is paving the way for a smarter, more strategic approach to litigation—especially at the state level. As Alon Shwartz shares, success in the legal field is no longer just about intuition; it's about leveraging the right tools to make better decisions, faster. If you're looking to modernize your practice, Trellis offers a compelling first step.Apply to be a Guest on The Thoughtful Entrepreneur: