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Here's one for the heads! We gathered three brilliant wine professionals-- retail, wholesale, authors, YouTubers, wine judges...their combined CV is impressive!-- and they brought their A-game, engaging the show challenges with gusto and humor, and delivering thoughtful, incisive commentary on a wide range of wine topics, from the pitfalls of blind tasting, the revolutionary importance of putting the consumer perspective first, and how an Alsatian wine can be like a sunburned Scottish hippie at a Phish show! Jump in; you'll find this episode geeky yet entertaining, thought provoking, and at times, you'll laugh out loud, too. Promise!Don't forget to follow @therealwineshow on Instagram for even more content!
You might not know much about Alsatian wines and it's likely you know even less about Alsatian beers, but we're here to change that and tell you why you should check out this underappreciated region of France. Goldfinger Bank of the Rhine collaboration with Pollyanna and Binny's Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc Leon Beyer Pinot Noir 2019 Camille Braun Cremant d'Alsace Brut Trimbach Pinot Blanc 2022 Marcel Deiss Complantation Alsace Blanc 2021 Hugel Riesling Classic 2023 Emile Beyer Pinot Gris Tradition 2023 Domaine Weinbach Gewurztraminer Cuvee Altenbourg 2022 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.
On matters including the so-called "Sijourney" Weaver, the Alsatian hotness of Jintaro Yura, and the mystical depths of Georgian amber wine, Episode 3 delivers with extreme "listen-ability" and interest. It's a great, comfortable conversation showcasing both experience and the unique zeitgeist of the Detroit wine scene. If you can appreciate what King Books is and represents, you'll love this episode! The panel features veteran guests Chris Hunter of VinoVolo DTW, and Catherine Kurth of Woodberry Wines, and the man behind the deep-diving Detroit wine scene Instagram account VinoInDetroit, Jarett Coy. We've got a full hour on tap for you, so set your course and enjoy our in-flight entertainment!
Claytonielli Fetalieni joins us to talk all things Mooloolaba Triathlon and gives his opinion of Hyrox, strong.Heavy lifting being done by many Aussie based athletes gearing up for Marathons, IRONMANS, 70.3's and Ultras, with 75 mins of pure dribble sure to help you pass that endurance training time. The Triathlon landscape becomes a little more confusing with another distance world championships added to the mix, it's a bit of a mess really. How this relates to the dog breed of an Alsatian? You'll have to listen to find out.FUELIN has gone bananas! If you're on TrainingPeaks, the world's best performance management software by a country mile, sync it up.Claim 25% of your annual Co-Pilot Sub today.https://www.fuelin.com/koa-sportsJoin the Tribewww.koasports.com.au
'A very healthy-coated Alsatian crosses the road, her tail bobbing up and down slightly as she walks.' Please note before you start listening: this podcast is recorded in 3D sound! So make sure that you’re wearing headphones for the very best experience.The small details in life can pass you by. Unless you take the time to stop to notice them.Which is exactly what author, actor and social media personality Miranda Keeling does in this podcast series.Expanding on the observations she shares on her popular Twitter account, she invites you to join her out and about as she captures those small, magical moments of everyday life, in sound.Thanks to 3D recordings, you’ll hear everything she does as if you were right there with her.There are new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday. These short but lovingly crafted episodes are an invitation to escape from life’s hustle, immersing you in Miranda’s world for a few minutes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On the 8th April 1998 Australians woke up the startling news that security guards wearing balaclavas and wielding Alsatian dogs had taken over the terminals of Patricks Stevedores, locking out 1400 workers.
We're joined by the Cinema Journalist, Toby Rose who is the founder of the FIDO Awards, which celebrates the roles of dogs in film. The FIDOS 2025, staged today on February 23rd will unleash the winners of the best canine capers in cinemas at a special ceremony held at British Film Institute in London. At its heart, the FIDOS (For Incredible Dogs On Screen) are more than an awards ceremony; they celebrate the powerful bond between dogs and humans, dedicated to making the world a more dog-friendly space, one paw at a time. As the sister ceremony of the famous Palm Dog Awards, held annually at the Cannes Film Festival, the FIDOS recognize the best onscreen dog performances over the past year. Nestling firmly between the BAFTAs and the Oscars, the event will, as always, be hosted by the founder of Palm Dog and FIDOS, Toby Rose. Rose says, “This year has been especially blessed with stand-out dog performances in films, as varied as Jean Claude in The Fall Guy, Pimpao the Jack Russell in I'm Still Here, and the Alsatian in Babygirl. The winners of FIDOS 2025 will be selected from the longest-ever longlist of contenders,” he continues.“What we know already is that dogrisma will triumph in the battle for a FIDO and ultimately the grand prize: BFI Best in World.”The FIDOS are awarded in five categories: Blockbuster Bowser, Comedy Canine, Rom Com Rover, Historical Hound, and Mutt Moment. Nominated films with four legged stars include Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Babygirl, I'm Still Here and Deadpool & Wolverine. From the winners in these sections, an outstanding performance will be chosen and declared BFI Best in World. Also awarded is FiDogManitarian, in honour of those who celebrate the bond between canines and the human race.The top dogs are chosen by a jury of top film journalists including Anna Smith from the Girls On Film podcast; Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph; Rita Di Santo of FIPRESCI; Damon Wise of Deadline and author and programmer Kaleem Aftab. Follow all the updates on InstagramFollow Anna on:https://annawebb.co.uk We encourage you to feed your dog raw and believe Paleo Ridge is the best place to start!Produced by Mike Hanson for Pod People Productionshttps://podpeopleproductions.co.uk/ Music by Mike Hanson Cover photo by Rhian Ap Gruffydd @gruffpawtraits Art work by https://jaijo.com
No musician is more closely associated with London or left more footprints than Bowie, and you can trace its influence on his life and work (and vice versa) through a series of landmarks from the suburbs to the centre. Author and curator Paul Gorman has just published an annotated street-map – David Bowie's London - listing the places that played a formative role in his world and music, the places he rehearsed, performed, filmed and recorded, the homes of friends and managers, his schools and the addresses where he lived, worked and was photographed, made connections, bought clothes and generally raised the temperature. We talk here about many of those old haunts and the stories attached to them, which include… … mysterious manager Ralph Horton who got him to change his name to Bowie and then vanished from the face of the earth. … the fate of Heddon Street, home of K-West and the Ziggy phone-box. … Marc Bolan refusing to let him sing at an all-night benefit at Middle Earth. … “the Fairy Godmother of the New Romantics” at the WAG Club. … when Lionel Bart came to Haddon Hall. … Bowie and Steve Marriott auditioning for the Lower Third. … how he levered his way into a Fabulous magazine fashion shoot. … “the end of the age of Showbiz”: performing Chim Chim Cher-ee at the Marquee when at a crossroads between rock and roll and cabaret. … the magical piano at the Trident Studios. … a chance encounter with the otherworldly Vince Taylor whose ‘UFO map' helped inspire the concept of Ziggy Stardust. … the legend of Mr Fish, creator of the man-dress on the cover of The Man Who Sold The World. … the days when people had a white Rolls Royce and matching Alsatian – and “the Great Sarong Scare of the ‘90s”. … and various fringe figures including his art teacher Owen Frampton, Konrads agents Bob Knight and Eric Easton, muse and heartbreaker Hermione Farthingale, producers Shel Talmy and Tony Hatch (“the original Mr Nasty from Opportunity Knocks”) and slum landlord and racketeer Peter Rackman. Order Paul's street-map here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Bowies-London-Paul-Gorman/dp/1068523476Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
No musician is more closely associated with London or left more footprints than Bowie, and you can trace its influence on his life and work (and vice versa) through a series of landmarks from the suburbs to the centre. Author and curator Paul Gorman has just published an annotated street-map – David Bowie's London - listing the places that played a formative role in his world and music, the places he rehearsed, performed, filmed and recorded, the homes of friends and managers, his schools and the addresses where he lived, worked and was photographed, made connections, bought clothes and generally raised the temperature. We talk here about many of those old haunts and the stories attached to them, which include… … mysterious manager Ralph Horton who got him to change his name to Bowie and then vanished from the face of the earth. … the fate of Heddon Street, home of K-West and the Ziggy phone-box. … Marc Bolan refusing to let him sing at an all-night benefit at Middle Earth. … “the Fairy Godmother of the New Romantics” at the WAG Club. … when Lionel Bart came to Haddon Hall. … Bowie and Steve Marriott auditioning for the Lower Third. … how he levered his way into a Fabulous magazine fashion shoot. … “the end of the age of Showbiz”: performing Chim Chim Cher-ee at the Marquee when at a crossroads between rock and roll and cabaret. … the magical piano at the Trident Studios. … a chance encounter with the otherworldly Vince Taylor whose ‘UFO map' helped inspire the concept of Ziggy Stardust. … the legend of Mr Fish, creator of the man-dress on the cover of The Man Who Sold The World. … the days when people had a white Rolls Royce and matching Alsatian – and “the Great Sarong Scare of the ‘90s”. … and various fringe figures including his art teacher Owen Frampton, Konrads agents Bob Knight and Eric Easton, muse and heartbreaker Hermione Farthingale, producers Shel Talmy and Tony Hatch (“the original Mr Nasty from Opportunity Knocks”) and slum landlord and racketeer Peter Rackman. Order Paul's street-map here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Bowies-London-Paul-Gorman/dp/1068523476Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
No musician is more closely associated with London or left more footprints than Bowie, and you can trace its influence on his life and work (and vice versa) through a series of landmarks from the suburbs to the centre. Author and curator Paul Gorman has just published an annotated street-map – David Bowie's London - listing the places that played a formative role in his world and music, the places he rehearsed, performed, filmed and recorded, the homes of friends and managers, his schools and the addresses where he lived, worked and was photographed, made connections, bought clothes and generally raised the temperature. We talk here about many of those old haunts and the stories attached to them, which include… … mysterious manager Ralph Horton who got him to change his name to Bowie and then vanished from the face of the earth. … the fate of Heddon Street, home of K-West and the Ziggy phone-box. … Marc Bolan refusing to let him sing at an all-night benefit at Middle Earth. … “the Fairy Godmother of the New Romantics” at the WAG Club. … when Lionel Bart came to Haddon Hall. … Bowie and Steve Marriott auditioning for the Lower Third. … how he levered his way into a Fabulous magazine fashion shoot. … “the end of the age of Showbiz”: performing Chim Chim Cher-ee at the Marquee when at a crossroads between rock and roll and cabaret. … the magical piano at the Trident Studios. … a chance encounter with the otherworldly Vince Taylor whose ‘UFO map' helped inspire the concept of Ziggy Stardust. … the legend of Mr Fish, creator of the man-dress on the cover of The Man Who Sold The World. … the days when people had a white Rolls Royce and matching Alsatian – and “the Great Sarong Scare of the ‘90s”. … and various fringe figures including his art teacher Owen Frampton, Konrads agents Bob Knight and Eric Easton, muse and heartbreaker Hermione Farthingale, producers Shel Talmy and Tony Hatch (“the original Mr Nasty from Opportunity Knocks”) and slum landlord and racketeer Peter Rackman. Order Paul's street-map here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Bowies-London-Paul-Gorman/dp/1068523476Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Barbara Barrielle Barbara Barrielle, publicist, writer, actress and producer, joins Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger on California Wine Country. She writes about travel, wine, food and entertainment and she also works for Anderson Valley Winegrowers, promoting the International White Wine Festival. Her documentary film about Anderson Valley wines features Dan Berger. The Anderson Valley Winegrowers Association is putting on the International White Wine Festival. The festival used to be called the Alsatian Wine Festival because it focused on Alsatian aromatic whites that grow in Anderson Valley. The valley is also known for Pinot Noir now. The new name of the festival opens the door to other whites that are also growing in Anderson Valley. Dan Berger will be in charge of the Rieslings. There will also be Pinot Gris, Gewürtztraminer and lots of others. As an example, Dan has brought a dry Riesling from Ra Ra Wines. Ra Ra wines is run by winemaker Kara Groom who was on this episode of CWC last year on Feb. 16. 2024. Cole Ranch grows the best Riesling in California The fruit comes from Cole Ranch, which grows the best Riesling in Mendocino County. They have a total of 81 acres and only four and a half of Riesling. Riesling and Cabernet Franc are selling well, but all the other California varieties are down. This is in the context of a huge downturn in overall wine sales. Anderson Valley also produces fine sparkling wines. The best known brands are Sharffenberger and Roderer. In about 1980 the Roderer company in Champagne, France, decided to look for property in the US. Their agent hired the Foppiano family to take him around to different properties. They found a ridge where the influence of marine air flow was arriving. They decided to plant a couple of acres of vines as a test, which went well. To this day, Roderer is making the best sparkling wines in the US. They compare well to Iron Horse, the best American maker. Lichen Estate also makes excellent product. There are small producers like Pennyroyal Farms and Navarro that also have sparkling wine production.
What does giving poitín to a cow who has just calved have to do with the new rules in Gaelic football? On Free State today, Joe explains how Jim Gavin's plans will allow Gaelic football to embrace chaos again. A game that has been coached to the brink of extinction will be reborn by a return of the skills that made people love it in the first place. Dion wonders if you can ever go back, but also offers some tactical tips to conceal his ignorance. Joe explains why the coaches who have driven risk from the game will be the ones who are punished and why original thinkers will triumph. And they wonder if the priest with the alcoholic Alsatian who could hold his drink might also have something to offer the Football Review Committee.Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning is a Gold Hat Production in association with SwanMcG.For more on Free State: https://freestatepodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Could legendary dragon slayers have actually been facing off against dinosaurs, blending myth and history into one epic, fire-breathing mystery?Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateInfo on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScreamInfo on the next WEIRDO WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TVIN THIS EPISODE: The Phaistos Disc was discovered in 1903, by Italian archaeologists in southern Crete. Since then the disc has remained a mystery as no one has been able to decipher the writings upon it, nor who made the object, what was it used for, and even if it's a genuine archaeological discovery or a clever fake. (The Phaistos Disc) *** Usually you learn that a place is haunted simply because people say it is. It's common knowledge around the town or neighborhood… but when the government of your country says a place is haunted, you'd better danged well listen. Such is the case with India's Bhangarh Fort. (Bhangarh Fort – The Most Haunted Place in India) *** At the end of 1894 French army captain Alfred Dreyfus, a graduate of the École Polytechnique, and a Jew of Alsatian origin, was accused of handing secret documents to the Imperial German military. After a closed trial, he was found guilty of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment on the dreaded Devil's Island. But that's just the beginning of the story that later became known as The Dreyfus Affair. (The Dreyfus Affair) *** We've all heard of the power of the mind – it's been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of pain, some well-trained individuals can use their mind to slow their rate of respiration, to bring their heartbeat down to almost nothing with no long-term ill effects… but what about controlling things outside of your own body? Is the mind that powerful? Some believe so – and they also believe it's one possible explanation for hauntings. (The Wild PK of the Poltergeist) *** Is it possible that our history books are wrong and that humans actually did walk with dinosaurs? It might not be as far-fetched as it sounds, especially when you look at tales of knights, dragons, and T-Rex DNA. (Knights, Dragons, and Dino DNA) *** We'll have a short tale about Joseph Naples… who chose the macabre career of being a grave digger… but only because it made it easier for him to be a grave robber… and a body snatcher. (A London Body Snatcher)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open00:03:50.187 = A London Body Snatcher00:15:07.378 = The Phaistos Disc00:27:25.041 = Bhangarh Fort – The Most Haunted Place in India00:36:39.086 = The Dreyfus Affair00:45:43.337 = The Wild PK of the Poltergeist00:53:04.826 = Knights, Dragons, and Dino DNA01:01:46.304 = Show CloseSOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…#ChurchOfTheUndead: “DRAGONS, SLAYERS, AND A DINO BOAT RIDE”: https://weirddarkness.com/dragons-slayers-and-a-dino-boat-ride/“Knights, Dragons, and Dino DNA” posted at Earth Chronicles: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/9cvh5mwa“A London Body Snatcher” by Suzie for DiggingUp1800.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/akvjtuxk“The Phaistos Disc” by Brian Haughton: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/swkhu9ah“Bhangarh Fort” from BuggedSpace.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/r3uyrjc4“The Dreyfus Affair” by Syd Albright for CDA Press: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/n5upfkvb“The Wild PK of the Poltergeist” by Dr. Michael Grosso for Consciousness Unbound: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/9x7d3v8eWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.= = = = =Originally aired: July 20, 2021SOURCES PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/KnightsDragonsTRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckujhya
There is a dark figure from Alsatian yule folklore in northeastern France. According to legend, a wealthy and greedy man became infamous for his cruelty, blasphemy, and obsession with power. He was said to have made a pact with the devil to increase his wealth and influence. Still, his wickedness eventually led to his excommunication by the Church and banishment from society.Living in exile in the forest, this lord descended into madness and evil. He began dressing as a scarecrow, stuffing his clothes with straw, and luring children into the woods, intending to harm them. However, before he could carry out his plans, he was struck down by a divine bolt of lightning.Despite his death, the legend persists that his malevolent spirit roams the countryside during Christmastime, frightening children into behaving. Like other dark Yuletide figures, he is a cautionary figure. In some tales, he accompanies Saint Nicholas to punish naughty children while Saint Nicholas rewards the good. His eerie scarecrow appearance and sinister backstory make him one of the darker figures in European Christmas lore.Join Gary and GoldieAnn as they wander Within the Mists of France to find Hans Trapp, the Christmas Scarecrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
There is a dark figure from Alsatian yule folklore in northeastern France. According to legend, a wealthy and greedy man became infamous for his cruelty, blasphemy, and obsession with power. He was said to have made a pact with the devil to increase his wealth and influence. Still, his wickedness eventually led to his excommunication by the Church and banishment from society.Living in exile in the forest, this lord descended into madness and evil. He began dressing as a scarecrow, stuffing his clothes with straw, and luring children into the woods, intending to harm them. However, before he could carry out his plans, he was struck down by a divine bolt of lightning.Despite his death, the legend persists that his malevolent spirit roams the countryside during Christmastime, frightening children into behaving. Like other dark Yuletide figures, he is a cautionary figure. In some tales, he accompanies Saint Nicholas to punish naughty children while Saint Nicholas rewards the good. His eerie scarecrow appearance and sinister backstory make him one of the darker figures in European Christmas lore.Join Gary and GoldieAnn as they wander Within the Mists of France to find Hans Trapp, the Christmas Scarecrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Fluent Fiction - French: Finding Meaning at the Strasbourg Christmas Market Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/fr/episode/2024-12-13-08-38-20-fr Story Transcript:Fr: Les flocons de neige dansaient dans l'air glacial de Strasbourg tandis que Luc se frayait un chemin à travers la foule du Marché de Noël.En: The snowflakes danced in the freezing air of Strasbourg as Luc made his way through the crowd of the Christmas Market.Fr: Des lumières scintillaient de chaque côté, illuminant des étals remplis de guirlandes, jouets en bois, et friandises colorées.En: Lights twinkled on each side, illuminating stalls filled with garlands, wooden toys, and colorful sweets.Fr: Luc adorait cette période de l'année, mais cette fois, il avait une mission spéciale : trouver le cadeau parfait pour sa sœur.En: Luc loved this time of year, but this time he had a special mission: to find the perfect gift for his sister.Fr: C'était leur premier Noël loin de la famille, et Luc voulait quelque chose de significatif.En: It was their first Christmas away from family, and Luc wanted something meaningful.Fr: L'enjeu était grand, et chaque étal débordait de possibilités.En: The stakes were high, and each stall overflowed with possibilities.Fr: Mais plus il avançait, plus il se sentait perdu.En: But the more he advanced, the more he felt lost.Fr: Comment choisir parmi tant de merveilles ?En: How to choose among so many wonders?Fr: Au centre du marché, un stand se démarquait.En: In the center of the market, one stand stood out.Fr: De délicats ornements faits main brillaient sous la lumière des guirlandes.En: Delicate handmade ornaments shone under the light of the garlands.Fr: Derrière l'étal, Élodie, une artisane locale, travaillait avec soin.En: Behind the stall, Élodie, a local artisan, worked carefully.Fr: Elle avait une aura mystérieuse mais chaleureuse.En: She had a mysterious yet warm aura.Fr: Luc, hésitant mais décidé, s'approcha.En: Luc, hesitant but determined, approached.Fr: « Bonjour, » dit-il timidement.En: "Hello," he said shyly.Fr: « Je cherche un cadeau spécial pour ma sœur.En: "I'm looking for a special gift for my sister.Fr: C'est notre premier Noël loin de la maison.En: It's our first Christmas away from home."Fr: » Élodie leva les yeux, un doux sourire sur les lèvres.En: Élodie looked up, a gentle smile on her lips.Fr: « Un joli défi, » répondit-elle.En: "A lovely challenge," she replied.Fr: « Chaque ornement ici a une histoire.En: "Each ornament here has a story.Fr: Peut-être que l'un d'eux te parlera.En: Perhaps one of them will speak to you."Fr: » Elle montra une petite cloche en verre, finement décorée.En: She showed him a small glass bell, finely decorated.Fr: « Celle-ci, par exemple, évoque une ancienne tradition alsacienne.En: "This one, for example, evokes an old Alsatian tradition.Fr: On dit qu'elle apporte des vœux de bonheur.En: It is said to bring wishes of happiness."Fr: » Luc l'écouta attentivement.En: Luc listened attentively.Fr: Il réalisa soudain que ce n'était pas l'objet lui-même qui comptait, mais le sentiment qu'il transmettait.En: He suddenly realized that it wasn't the object itself that mattered, but the feeling it conveyed.Fr: L'histoire derrière l'ornement résonnait en lui.En: The story behind the ornament resonated with him.Fr: Avec un sourire reconnaissant, Luc choisit la cloche en verre.En: With a grateful smile, Luc chose the glass bell.Fr: « C'est parfait, » dit-il.En: "It's perfect," he said.Fr: « Merci pour ton aide.En: "Thank you for your help."Fr: » Élodie l'emballa soigneusement, lui souhaitant de joyeuses fêtes.En: Élodie wrapped it carefully, wishing him happy holidays.Fr: Luc quitta le marché, le cœur plus léger.En: Luc left the market, his heart lighter.Fr: Il comprenait maintenant : le véritable cadeau était rempli d'amour et de souvenirs partagés.En: He now understood: the true gift was filled with love and shared memories.Fr: C'était le début d'un nouveau chapitre pour lui et sa sœur, enrichi par la chaleur et la magie de l'esprit de Noël.En: It was the beginning of a new chapter for him and his sister, enriched by the warmth and magic of the Christmas spirit. Vocabulary Words:the snowflakes: les flocons de neigefreezing: glacialthe crowd: la foulethe stall: l'étalthe garlands: les guirlandesthe market: le marchéthe lights: les lumièrestwinkled: scintillaientwooden: en boiscolorful: coloréesmeaningful: significatifthe stakes: l'enjeuadvanced: avançaitthe wonders: les merveillesthe stand: le standstood out: se démarquaitdelicate: délicatshandmade: faits mainthe artisan: l'artisanecarefully: avec sointhe aura: l'aurahesitant: hésitantthe bell: la clochefinely: finementdecorated: décoréethe tradition: la traditionwishes: les vœuxthe feeling: le sentimentresonated: résonnaitthe chapter: le chapitre
What does it take to protect a 200-year-old winemaking legacy? In this episode of Wine Talks, Paul K speaks with Thomas Schlumberger about the historical and cultural legacy of Domaines Schlumberger, a renowned Alsatian winery. Thomas, the seventh generation to manage this family estate, reveals how his ancestors preserved these vineyards during wars and the challenges that came with it. As climate change presents new challenges and possibilities, Thomas also explains how his team adapts to continue producing authentic wines that express the unique terroir of Alsace and the difficulties of promoting terroir-focused wines in a saturated market. If you're curious about the intersection of tradition and innovation in wine, tune in now and discover how Domaines Schlumberger has stood the test of time. Let's dive in! Key Takeaways: Introduction (00:00) Meet Thomas Schlumberger of Domaines Schlumberger (00:30) Challenges of this year's harvest in Alsace (03:11) The significance of multi-generational family winemaking (04:21) German-French cultural mix in Alsace's wine (08:09) Taste and balance in an 80-year-old wine (15:09) Growth of Pinot Noir in Alsace'sGrand Cru designation (21:24) The versatility of Reisling in Alsace (24:57) Current market trends for Alsatian wines (29:16) Legacy impact on winemaking decisions (38:07) Additional Resources:
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We kick off Season 5 with fellow directional-state utlitiy infielder Devlin Scofield of Northwest Missouri State University. Devlin is a historian of Germany and the First World War, and also researches on Alsatian veterans and nationalism in the 19th and 20th centuries. Born in New York but raised in Livingston, Montana, Devlin earned his PhD at Michigan State University. So, we'll talk "Yellowstone" and Mark Dantonio, along with tattos, bears, and Austrian restaraunts in Kansas City! Don't forget to use the 30% off code 24MILPEOPLE at the University Press of Kansas - a very generous offer from our friends out there at The Ranch in Lawrence! It's good to be back - thanks for listening! Rec.: 06/28/2024
Send us a Text Message.Embark on a journey through the transformative world of Riesling with our charismatic guest, Kristie Tacey of Tessier Wines, as we shatter American misconceptions of this multifaceted varietal. From my own dining epiphanies to Kristie's plans for skin-contact white wines, we celebrate the release—and quick disappearance—of the Tessier 2022 Soul Love, leaving us yearning for just one more sip. Revel in the stories of Alsatian delights and get a peek behind the curtain of the natural wine movement, paired with a hearty dose of transparency talk and its impact on the wine industry.Ever wondered how a graphic health warning might change your next bottle of wine? We take a deep look at government's hand in alcohol consumption awareness, comparing the potential effects on the industry to the seismic shifts caused by similar warnings in the tobacco world. Kristie helps us navigate the cultural ripples from Ireland to South America, and we ponder whether the pursuit of transparency will shake up our buying habits as profoundly as the latest scientific findings disrupt public perception.And for those with a taste for the novel, we explore the tantalizing realm of CBD-infused wines, considering whether they're complicating or enhancing our imbibing experience. To top off the episode, I share the comedies and melodies currently fueling my life—think Lonely Island and Waxahatchee, with a dash of Chastity Belt for good measure. As we raise a glass to networking with just the right touch of CBD confidence, join us for laughs, insights, and the delightful complexities that come with the ever-evolving world of alcohol and pleasure.www.goodbottleshop.com@thegoodbottlepodcast
When The Great Leader has a visitor in his home, regardless of their maturity, he will lay down the ground rules which are to be observed at all times during their stay. This will all be made clearer in this module. Meanwhile, Steve takes conventional clothes sizing and rips up the rules. Please send your listener comments to Danny@radiox.co.ukThis week's podcast is for The London Running Dorks.Thank you.
The Phaistos Disc was discovered in 1903, by Italian archaeologists in southern Crete. Since then the disc has remained a mystery as no one has been able to decipher the writings upon it, nor who made the object, what was it used for, and even if it's a genuine archaeological discovery or a clever fake. (The Phaistos Disc) *** Usually you learn that a place is haunted simply because people say it is. It's common knowledge around the town or neighborhood… but when the government of your country says a place is haunted, you'd better danged well listen. Such is the case with India's Bhangarh Fort. (Bhangarh Fort – The Most Haunted Place in India) *** At the end of 1894 French army captain Alfred Dreyfus, a graduate of the École Polytechnique, and a Jew of Alsatian origin, was accused of handing secret documents to the Imperial German military. After a closed trial, he was found guilty of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment on the dreaded Devil's Island. But that's just the beginning of the story that later became known as The Dreyfus Affair. (The Dreyfus Affair) *** We've all heard of the power of the mind – it's been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of pain, some well-trained individuals can use their mind to slow their rate of respiration, to bring their heartbeat down to almost nothing with no long-term ill effects… but what about controlling things outside of your own body? Is the mind that powerful? Some believe so – and they also believe it's one possible explanation for hauntings. (The Wild PK of the Poltergeist) *** Is it possible that our history books are wrong and that humans actually did walk with dinosaurs? It might not be as far-fetched as it sounds, especially when you look at tales of knights, dragons, and T-Rex DNA. (Knights, Dragons, and Dino DNA) *** We'll have a short tale about Joseph Naples… who chose the macabre career of being a grave digger… but only because it made it easier for him to be a grave robber… and a body snatcher. (A London Body Snatcher)SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…#ChurchOfTheUndead: “DRAGONS, SLAYERS, AND A DINO BOAT RIDE”: https://weirddarkness.com/dragons-slayers-and-a-dino-boat-ride/“Knights, Dragons, and Dino DNA” posted at Earth Chronicles: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/9cvh5mwa“A London Body Snatcher” by Suzie for DiggingUp1800.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/akvjtuxk“The Phaistos Disc” by Brian Haughton: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/swkhu9ah“Bhangarh Fort” from BuggedSpace.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/r3uyrjc4“The Dreyfus Affair” by Syd Albright for CDA Press: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/n5upfkvb“The Wild PK of the Poltergeist” by Dr. Michael Grosso for Consciousness Unbound: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/9x7d3v8eWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Check out all of my podcasts - “Auditory Anthology”, “Retro Radio: Old Time Radio In The Dark”, “Church of the Undead”, “Micro Terrors”, “Weird Darkness”, and more by clicking on “EPISODES” at https://WeirdDarkness.com!= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Originally aired: July 20, 2021PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/knights-dragons-and-dino-dna/
Welcome, Shakers, to a fur-filled episode of Talking Istanbullocks, where the jokes are barking madBrace yourselves for a tale of unexpected canine escapades as an Alsatian finds himself in a rather compromising situation involving a sandal. It's a doggie story you won't hear on the evening news.Love is in the air, but so is mischief. Join us as a woman expecting a romantic blind date finds herself face-to-face with a penniless man and his voracious dog. It's a picnic she won't soon forget!Morgan Freedman takes the mic to deliver an impassioned poem about a humble delight - fish fingers. Prepare for verses that elevate the frozen delicacy to poetic heights.The man himself, Russell Crowe, breaks his silence on the shocking use of a deep fake version of him used by a Maltese property company this weel. He vows vengeance, not just in the next life but in this one too. Are you not entertained?Join us for a howling good time as we navigate through doggie dramas, deceptive deals, and poetic ponderings. It's an episode that promises laughs, intrigue, and a touch of canine chaos.#TalkingIstanbullocks #RussellCroweScam #DoggieDrama #FishFingerPoetry #PropertyScandal #DeepFakeVengeance #ComedyPodcast #MalteseMischief #MorganFreemanParody #funny Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Amish (/ˈɑːmɪʃ/; Pennsylvania German: Amisch; German: Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian origins.[2] They are closely related to Mennonite churches, a separate Anabaptist denomination.[3] The Amish are known for simple living, plain dress, Christian pacifism, and slowness to adopt many conveniences of modern technology, with a view neither to interrupt family time, nor replace face-to-face conversations whenever possible, and a view to maintain self-sufficiency. The Amish value rural life, manual labor, humility and Gelassenheit (submission to God's will).
A Kent farmer who lost almost 30 of her sheep after they were mauled by dogs, says the blame should lie with the owners.Verity Garrett's flock were attacked at Eldridge Farm in Canterbury by an Alsatian and an Akita puppy that were left running loose. Now, a man has appeared in court.Also in today's podcast, the families of David Fuller's victims are calling for the chief exec of a hospital trust in Kent to resign after an inquiry highlighted 'serious failings'.The maintenance worker was able to abuse bodies in mortuaries at the Kent and Sussex and Tunbridge Wells hospitals over a 15 year period. Hear from the mum of one of his victims, the trust chief executive and local MP.It's been revealed talks to try and end strike action by teachers at a school on Sheppey are progressing positively.Staff at Oasis Academy have walked out for a third day as part of a protest over student behaviour.Residents of a housing development in Greenhithe say a rise in services charges is "extortionate" as they face ongoing safety and security issues .Maintenance fees at Ingress Park have jumped by £600 in the last five years and cost apartment owners more than £3,000 a year. Hear from the local councillor and MP.And in sport, Gillingham have beaten AFC Wimbledon 1-0 in a dramatic game at Priestfield.The floodlights went out during a power cut in the second half, and play had to be paused for about 20 minutes. We've got reaction to the result from head coach Stephen Clemence.
After over 20 years of making sweets in celebrated kitchens all over the world, Chef Adam Thomas launched his own brand, Thomas Craft Confections, in Brenham, TX. Adam began his professional journey working at a San Diego bakery at age 18 with Alsatian master baker Pascal Zindel, and it was there that he realized that confectionary arts was his calling. During a successful apprenticeship at the prestigious Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel, Adam connected with long-time mentor, Jean-Francois “Jeff” Lehuede. While still working at the Ritz-Carlton, Adam took on a second role at the St Regis Monarch Beach Resort to learn from pastry chef Stéphan Tréand, MOF. After taking the role of Head Pastry Chef at the Ritz-Carlton Marina Del Rey, Adam was sent to help open other Ritz-Carlton hotels in Abaco Island, Bahamas, and Denver, Colorado. From there, Adam was sent to Enniskerry Ireland to assist with another opening at the Ritz Carlton Powerscourt. Then it was chocolate competitions in Cologne, Germany, and Madrid, Spain and learning chocolate science in T'Hain l'Hermitage, France and Schwyz, Switzerland. Adam went on to Executive Pastry Chef residencies at Capella Singapore, The Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills, and at the longest running 5-star resort in the country, The Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs. It was in Colorado Adam was able to sink his teeth into the baking and pastry program and make it one of the very best in the country. Adam now owns and operates Thomas Craft Confections in Brenham, Texas. In this episode we discuss: How Adam got hooked on pastry His apprenticeship under Pascal Zindel His illustrious, global career with the Ritz-Carlton Why he was drawn to chocolate work The experience of chocolate competitions in Europe Working in Singapore and appreciating desserts with less sugar and fat Engaging with peers on the ‘Untempered' podcast Adam's kitchen tips and advice for neophyte pastry cooks And much more! Episode Sponsored by Guittard Chocolate Company We know the level of expertise required to succeed in pastry. At Guittard, our family has been perfecting our craft for five generations. We source premium cacao beans from all over the world to offer a variety of flavor profiles and meet any application need. Now these chocolates are available in an easy to use 3 kilo bag. At Guittard, we focus on the chocolate details so you can focus on your craft. Visit www.Guittard.com to learn more.
Kevin again. Here we are, in a very special Kevin season, and John is too busy getting drunk in Montreal to write anything here.An Auvergne, a Jura, and an Alsatian walk into a pinot.... you won't believe what happens next.TricotTissotBinnerOk i'll fix this up later see ya chumps. Support the show
The mindset of being unprepared - HURRICANES and other life challenges Don't overthink getting prepared, think like a minimalist. Less is more. Do your research from reliable sources Reliable sources are NOT your friends Mass media will give extreme views Do prepare for your pets ....and the “ what- if” something happens to YOU Who will take your pets Who will care for YOU. Even a small life insurance policy will give you peace of mind that there is money for the care of your pet and your “ after-life”. Sounds weird but it's reality. Quantum leap strategy DR. PRICE PRITCHETT - how to think DIFFERENTLY is what he teaches: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxFhKSDcNzdwxbD3UnGkSbO2Hj2wif5muN?si=p_PLjBzKdo9QEfOe Kundalini yoga.. avoid Calamity https://youtu.be/AxefrkDOOY8?feature=shared Wine - the changing of the seasons is upon us although we are STILL experiencing record heat all over. Here are some cooling wines, low in alcohol and easy foods pairings: Vinho Verde - portugal, light, crisp and refreshing.. guacamole, Mediterranean style foods DRY RIESLING Herman Wiemer Trimbach a classic Alsatian riesling Pairs well with spicy foods, even Tex Mex, sushi, An interesting article about people of color in the wine industry published by SevenFifty SevenFifty Daily meet wine professionals of color whose careers have been propelled by initiatives like The Roots Fund, Wine Unify, and The Hue Society: The Real Career Impact of DEI Organizations in Wine | SevenFifty Daily https://daily.sevenfifty.com/the-real-career-impact-of-dei-organizations-in-wine/ My Favorite Things Vahail1956@gmail.com FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING: kick those thoughts to the curb MINICOURSE - created by Valerie Hail. Choose one class $57 Six classes $237 Here's a quick video that is the introduction and first lesson. There is a free lesson in the video. People can choose one lesson or six consecutive lessons http://bit.ly/3Z6R6Cp Masterclass to create your online course by Julie Hood Is your Course idea any good FREE TEST https://imonline.samcart.com/referral/idea/mP9iBKaKULc8ktmx www.chezvalerie.us @valeriehail56
After two days' filming at the Festival of Speed, Jonny and Richard retreat to a large caravan in a field near Goodwood to discuss getting heckled, the art of flocking, BL restomods, the strange restaurant hours of the south coast, an incredible amount of crap nautical art, encountering a Prelude, the Mary Queen of Scots spoiler on an old Porsche, how one of The Intercooler gets mistaken for a movie star, the glories of Auction Trousers, enjoying a base model Citroen C3, an unexpectedly handbraking Corsa, an embarrassing race in Gran Turismo 7, Martin Brundle dressed in a CGI actor's body stocking, an encounter with the Mate Brothers, ace rally team Malcolm Sport, getting video bombed by Shmee150, the wildly depreciating Lagonda Taraf, being superstitious, getting woken by gulls, chatting Nissan Cubes in front of an Elvis impersonator, hands free urinal usage, the surprising layout of the Goodwood drivers' changing room, time warp businessmen, full bottle rallying, using a Lamborghini to fetch gravy for a dog, a custard-eating Alsatian from the ‘80s, the secrets of those cars on the sculpture in front of Goodwood House, and pitching a new event called Weekend at Charlie's House. patreon.com/smithandsniff Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Working at the impressive Alsatian winery Domaine Justin Boxler is a family affair! My guest on the latest pod is Charlotte Boxler the Operations Manager for Domaine Justin Boxler. Charlotte discusses the importance of listening to family which is key since she works were just about every family member at the vineyard! This family makes textbook Alsatian Riesling, Gewurztraminer and a tasty Pinot Noir.
On the ‘Matt Talks Wine & Stuff with Interesting People' Podcast I interview Valérie Beyer, the Co-Owner of the impressive Alsatian winery, Domaine Emile Beyer. Beyond talking about their Riesling and tasty Pinot Noir program we get into her wine journey and wine education … her story is a remarkable one.
On this week's episode of No Holes Barred, Vic shares her close shave with an angry Alsatian, Laura shares her debut foray into doing stand up comedy and the girls discuss whether it's possible to recover from having explosive guts in front of your teenage son. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/noholes and get on your way to being your best self. Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The crew of a U-Boat in the Great War find some danger runs very very deep CAST Cap. Karl Heinrich - Rick Lewis Lt. Keinze - J. Hoverson Crew: Shawn Connor & Bryan Hendricksen Music by: Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) Recorded with the assistance of Ryan Hirst of Neohoodoo Studio Editing and Sound: Julie Hoverson Cover Art - Brett Coulstock "What kind of a place is it? Why it's a U-boat of the Kaiserliche Marine - can't you tell?" ______________________________________________________________ THE TEMPLE Cast: Lieutenant Commander Karl HEINRICH, Graf von Altberg-Ehrenstein, Lieutenant-Commander in the Imperial German Navy, Prussian (mid 30s?) Lieutenant Jurgen KIENZE, second in command, "womanish Rhinelander" (30) Boatswain MULLER, elderly "superstitious Alsatian swine" SCHMIDT [mid 20s - goes mad] ZIMMER [mid 20s - leads delegation to get rid of idol] BOHIN [mid 20s - goes mad] RAABE [early 20s - engineer] SCHNEIDER [early 20s - engineer] OLIVIA Did you have any trouble finding it? What do you mean, what kind of a place is it? Why, it's a U-Boat of the Kaiserlich Marine, can't you tell? (That's World War I, for all you younger folks...) [My apologies for any mischaracterization of Germans - it's all from Lovecraft's original text. His complete lack of knowledge of U-Boats also - But I had to leave in the portholes to support the story. Any mistakes in military etiquette of the time are probably mine, though.] MUSIC SCENE 1. AMBIANCE U-BOAT ENGINE SEAMEN [murmuring voices] SOUND HATCH OPENS, CLANGING FOOTSTEPS KIENZE Achtung! Kapitanleutnant Heinrich on deck! SEAMEN [instantly silent] HEINRICH [commanding, slightly angry sounding] Ser gut! I have been reviewing the log regarding the sinking of the British freighter Victory, and I must say [getting ominous] that you are - most definitely - [spitting out the words] the single, absolute, most efficient U-boat crew in the Atlantic. [laughs] At ease, at ease. SEAMEN [Excited chatter] KIENZE I myself cannot wait to view the film we took. HEINRICH Ya, ya. [aside] The camera was off before we sank the lifeboats? KIENZE As always, Kaleu. SOUND HEARTY CLAP ON SHOULDER HEINRICH Most excellent. Come Kienze, I have a bottle of some fine Schnapps. You must help me celebrate. MUSIC in then under SCENE 2. HEINRICH [on a recording, tired sounding] On August 20, 1917, I, Karl Heinrich, Graf von Altberg-Ehrenstein, Lieutenant-Commander in the Imperial German Navy and in charge of the submarine U-29, deposit this bottle and record in the Atlantic Ocean at a point to me unknown but probably about North Latitude 20 degrees, West Longitude 35 degrees, where my ship lies disabled on the ocean floor. MUSIC HAS FADED OUT SCENE 3. SFX SUBMARINE SURFACES SOUND HATCH OPENS AMBIANCE CALM SEA, OCCASIONAL BIRDS SOUND FOOTSTEPS ON METAL HEINRICH [grunt - stretching noise] There is nothing like the first step out on deck after a victory, eh?. KIENZE A "Victory"? [chuckles] Ya. Very amusing. MULLER [off] Kaleu, sir! Come! SOUND FOOTSTEPS ON METAL HEINRICH What could be so-- Oh! MULLER He must be from the Victory, sir! KIENZE Alive? HEINRICH Don't be foolish, Kienze, we were far too long submerged. He would have had a better chance if he let go and braved the waves. [shouting off] Remove the corpse! [NOTE - red text will come back at the end in echoes] ZIMMER Sir! His hands are in a death grip! HEINRICH Fingers break more easily than railings. ZIMMER [hesitantly] uh... Aye sir! SOUND POUNDING NOISES HEINRICH [sanctimonious] One more victim of the unjust war of aggression the English schweinhunds are waging upon the Reich. KIENZE Truly, he is our victim. Nothing more. HEINRICH You do not see the whole picture - [amused] Just like a soft-headed Rhinelander. If you were a solid Prussian like myself-- SEAMEN [OFF - NOISE OF AN ALTERCATION] HEINRICH Vas is los? Go and see. SOUND FOOTSTEPS ON METAL KIENZE What is this? What is this? Achtung! SOUND SCRAMBLE OF MEN GETTING TO THEIR FEET KIENZE What is so very exciting? ZIMMER Sir! Schmidt took something from the pocket of the ... [gulp] d-dead one. KIENZE Schmidt? Would you show this to me? SCHMIDT It is nothing, Leutnant. KIENZE I will judge that. Give it me. [beat] Well, this is... certainly something. I am confiscating it - now put that over the side. SOUND FOOTSTEPS ON METAL HEINRICH So? KIENZE A bauble. Ivory, I think - looks like a classical bust, ya? HEINRICH Not a senator, though - this one is much too young and handsome. KIENZE Possibly a kaiser? HEINRICH Or a god. KIENZE [reluctantly] It is yours, if you want it. It might be valuable-- HEINRICH No, no. I have not the sentimental-- MULLER [off, screams] SOUND FOOTSTEPS RUNNING ON METAL HEINRICH [puffing only slightly] What is it? SCHMIDT [shivering with fear] Muller, sir - it is Muller! KIENZE Muller's unconscious. HEINRICH Wake him. SOUND SLAPS MULLER [wails] SOUND ANOTHER SLAP MULLER [gasps, is silent] HEINRICH Get him up here. [command] Stations! SOUND RUNNING FEET CLANG AWAY KIENZE Are you going to talk sense now? MULLER [hollow] His eyes! His eyes! KIENZE Whose eyes? Speak sense! SOUND SLAP HEINRICH Enough! Muller. Tell me what is wrong. MULLER Ya, mein kapitan! [trying to calm down] The body - the eyes were closed. But when they rolled it over the side, they opened - and they were mocking us! HEINRICH [casual] Superstitious rubbish. Muller, you have seen corpses before now, and-- MULLER Sir! But that is not all! He-- [sullen, inward] You will not believe me! KIENZE You are under orders to speak. MULLER I-- watched as the body hit the water. I saw it sink beneath the waves, and-- HEINRICH And--? MULLER [almost a whisper] It drew its limbs in, and swam away. KIENZE You filthy lying--! [grunt as about to slap him again] HEINRICH Nein, Leutnant. [calming] Muller. You know this cannot be true, don't you? MULLER But I saw-- HEINRICH Water is deceptive. It is strange, ya, that the body simply sank - but that is probably due to its waterlogged condition after being held under on our railing for hours. Beyond that--? It is all a trick of the light. MULLER Truly? HEINRICH I will hear no more about it, ya? MÜLLER But you should keep no part of him on the ship - it is bad luck. The statue-- HEINRICH Is nothing. It is a trinket. You go about your duties now, Boatswain. SOUND RELUCTANT FOOTSTEPS AWAY HEINRICH Pfaugh. [muttered growl] Superstitious Alsatian swine! Why am I surrounded by inferior-- KIENZE Kaleu? Do you wish that I throw the bust overb-- HEINRICH Nonsense. We do not give in to fear. We are men of the twentieth century - and, more importantly, officers in the Kaiserliche Marine. KIENZE I could... tell them I threw it-- HEINRICH Do not show weakness. It makes you sound unreliable. MUSIC in and under SCENE 4. HEINRICH [canned] The next day a very troublesome situation was created by the indisposition of some of the crew. Evidently suffering from the nervous strain of our long voyage, they had had bad dreams. When weather turned choppy, we descended to a depth where the sea was comparatively calm, despite a somewhat puzzling southward current which we could not identify from our oceanographic charts. MUSIC HAS FADED OUT SCENE 5. SOUND HATCH CLOSES SFX SUBMARINE SUBMERGES SOUND FOOTSTEPS ON METAL RAABE Under-Engineer Raabe, here to make a report, sir! HEINRICH Where is Schneider? RAABE He is ... unwell, sir. HEINRICH What is wrong? RAABE He... did not sleep well, sir. HEINRICH What? KIENZE It is the same with many of the men, Kaleu. They are feverish and say they have had bad dreams. HEINRICH If they are shirking, I will-- RAABE Sir, no! Schmidt is burning up with fever, screaming all night in his berth. HEINRICH [sympathetic] Then you did not sleep well either, I expect? RAABE Nein, Kaleu. HEINRICH [very pleased] Yet you are here, like a good sailor. Good man-- MULLER [muttered off] It is the idol. It is accursed. HEINRICH What? Muller? MULLER [panicky] Nothing. I said nothing sir. KIENZE He said-- HEINRICH [grim] I heard what he said. Muller, I will have none of this wild peasant superstition on my ship! KIENZE [amused undertone] You forget, mein noble Kapitan, I am a commoner as well. HEINRICH [dismissively] Burgher stock. [teasing slightly] And they made you an officer - you must have some good qualities. MULLER What does it matter? We are all doomed! RAABE [dismissive] Doomed? Because some men are sick? HEINRICH Sehr gut. We must remain rational at times like these. Retain our iron German will. [sharp] Kienze? KIENZE [snapping to] Ya mein kapitanleutnant? HEINRICH Remove Boatswain Muller. KIENZE Ya, Kaleu. MUSIC in and under SCENE 6. HEINRICH [canned] The moans of the sick men were decidedly annoying; but since they did not appear to demoralize the rest of the crew, we did not resort to ... extreme measures. It was our plan to remain where we were and intercept the liner Dacia, mentioned in information from agents in New York. MUSIC HAS FADED OUT SCENE 7. SOUND INSIDE THE BOAT. MANY FEET RUNNING ACROSS METAL, FEET STOP ABRUPTLY CROWD [muttering, backs up Zimmer throughout the scene.] HEINRICH Und vas is los? ZIMMER [clears throat] Kapitanleutnant, we must request - most strenuously - that you-- HEINRICH Is this about that knickknack? What sort of Gypsies are you, to believe such phantasms? ZIMMER But what could it hurt, sir? It is surely not so valuable that it is worth risking-- HEINRICH What? Risking what? The only thing we are risking here is our mission. BOHIN We will all die! ZIMMER Shh. [trying to sound reasonable] Morale, mein kapitan. It is such a small thing, yet would mean so much to the men. HEINRICH [low, despising] I see no men here. MUSIC IN AND UNDER SCENE 8. HEINRICH [canned] Everyone seemed inclined to be silent now, as though holding a secret fear. Many were ill, but none made a disturbance. Lieutenant Kienze chafed under the strain, and was annoyed by the merest trifle - such as the schools of dolphins which passed the U-29 in increasing numbers, and the growing intensity of that southward current which was not on our chart. MUSIC HAS FADED OUT SCENE 9. SOUND HATCH CLANGS SHUT AMBIANCE UP TOPSIDE SCHMIDT That makes seven of us. We can surely-- ZIMMER Muller is still in irons. He can be no help. BOHIN Muller saw them! ZIMMER Shh. None of the crazy talk, Bohin. We cannot let ourselves-- BOHIN [too intense to be sane] I have not seen them, but they call to me! Their voices are like the waves - but waves that make words! SCHMIDT [sigh] So there are six of us. SOUND HATCH OPENS, A COUPLE OF FOOTSTEPS RAABE What is going on here? SCHMIDT [snort] We are planning a party. What does it look like? RAABE What is happening that makes everyone so-- BOHIN There! In the WATER! They have come! RAABE --Crazy? SOUND RUNNING FOOTSTEPS, A STRUGGLE, A BODY SLAMMED AGAINST METAL. MUSIC IN AND UNDER SCENE 10. HEINRICH [canned] He was in a detestably childish state, and babbled of some illusion of dead bodies drifting past the portholes; bodies which he recognized, in spite of bloating, as having seen dying during some of our victorious German exploits. And he said that the young man we had found and tossed overboard was their leader. This was very gruesome and abnormal. MUSIC HAS FADED OUT SCENE 11. RAABE Seaman Bohin tried to leap off the deck. We had to hold him down until the madness left him, sir. KIENZE All for such a small thing. SOUND SMALL IVORY STATUE SET ON TABLE RAABE That is what this is all about? KIENZE Just that. SOUND FOOTSTEPS, STATUE IS SNATCHED UP AND PUT AWAY IN A POCKET ZIMMER Sir! Leutnant Kienze? Bohin is gone! He is nowhere on the ship. MUSIC IN AND UNDER SCENE 12. HEINRICH [canned] It at length became apparent that we had missed the Dacia altogether. Such failures are not uncommon, and we were more pleased than disappointed, since our return to Wilhelmshaven was now in order. MUSIC HAS FADED OUT SCENE 13. SOUND MEASURED FOOTSTEPS AMB INSIDE SEAMEN [Muffled, CHEERS!!!] HEINRICH [sigh] This soft-headedness is not good. Morale is the result of willpower, not coddling. KIENZE Still, I too will be glad when this trip is over. That southern current we have blundered into bothers me. HEINRICH It explains how we missed our target. Not every inch of the ocean is charted properly. KIENZE But it is so strong - to be overlooked. RAABE [clears his throat] Sir? HEINRICH Schneider still not feeling well? RAABE He prefers to remain in the engine room, sir. He does not like ... being near portholes. KIENZE Portholes? RAABE His dreams haunt him. [hurriedly] But he is not impaired in his job. HEINRICH [teasing] Well, certainly you did not come all this way to tell us Senior Engineer Schneider does not like portholes. Out with it! RAABE Something fantastic has happened. The boat - it is surrounded by -- dolphins. HEINRICH Dolphins? How many? SOUND KIENZE'S FOOTSTEPS GO AWAY KIENZE [off] Ya, come and look! They are everywhere! HEINRICH Finally something the superstitious can interpret as a good sign, ya? KIENZE [jubilant] Just as we decide to return to Schlicktown! This should truly mollify them. HEINRICH [dry] How fortunate. MUSIC IN AND UNDER SCENE 14. HEINRICH [canned] At noon June 28 we turned northeastward, and despite some rather comical entanglements with the unusual masses of dolphins, were soon under way. MUSIC HAS FADED OUT SCENE 15. SOUND SNORING [HEINRICH] SFX EXPLOSION HEINRICH [wakes up] What? What? SOUND MANY RUNNING FEET, SOME BARE, ONE PAIR OF BOOTS STOMPS THROUGH CALMLY HEINRICH Report. Someone report! SCHMIDT This is your fault, you swine! You made us‑‑ SOUND SLAP, BODY HITS METAL WALL HEINRICH SHUT UP. Is there anyone who can talk sense? KIENZE [breathless, and coughing] They have the fire out. The explosion was in the engine room. HEINRICH What caused it? KIENZE They have found no cause as yet. The damage is extensive. All systems have not yet been tested, but it is certain we have no steering. HEINRICH No--? What about the air compressors? KIENZE They appear undamaged. But, mein freund-- HEINRICH Ya? What is it? KIENZE Schneider and - and Raabe - they were killed instantly. HEINRICH [long indrawn breath, then cold as he can be] That is most unfortunate. MUSIC IN AND UNDER SCENE 16. HEINRICH [canned] Our situation had suddenly become grave indeed; for though the chemical air regenerators were intact, and we could use the devices for raising and submerging the ship and opening the hatches as long as compressed air and storage batteries might hold out, we were powerless to propel or guide the submarine. MUSIC HAS FADED OUT SCENE 17. SOUND SNORING [KIENZE] SOUND CURTAIN OPENS VERY STEALTHILY, HUSHED FOOTSTEPS, RUSTLING KIENZE [snoring stops] SCHMIDT [gasp] SOUND SCUFFLE SOUND COCK OF GUN KIENZE What is it you think you are doing? SCHMIDT [nutso] He demands it! He will not let me sleep until it is returned to him! HEINRICH [off] Was iss? KIENZE A mutiny, kaleu. MUSIC VERY BRIEF HEINRICH [muttered] Can we do without Schmidt, short as we are of hands? KIENZE Hah! With no engines to maintain, I must always find make-work for the men. They will go mad [bad choice of words] -- they are restless if left sitting on their hands. MUSIC IN AND UNDER SCENE 18. HEINRICH [canned] German lives are precious, but the constant raving of Schmidt concerning a terrible curse was most subversive of discipline, so drastic steps were taken. The crew accepted the event in a sullen fashion. MUSIC FADED OUT SCENE 19. AMBIANCE INSIDE SOUND HATCH OPENS ZIMMER [jubilant, yelling down from above] A ship! We are delivered! HEINRICH [composed] Excellent. You see, Kienze? It is never so dark that there is no light. Come along. SOUND STEPS CLIMBING LADDER, THEN OUT ON DECK KIENZE Give me the glasses. ZIMMER But it is a ship, leutnant, isn't that enough? KIENZE [suspicious] Glasses, now! SOUND A BEAT, THEN HEAVY ITEM PUT IN GLOVED HAND. HEINRICH Vas ist? KIENZE [disappointed and disgusted] Yankees. ZIMMER But surely surrender is better than death-- HEINRICH [cold] Zimmer? ZIMMER [braced for the worst] Ya, kapitanleutnant? HEINRICH [colder] Prepare for a dive. SOUND GOING DOWN LADDER. MUSIC IN AND UNDER SCENE 20. HEINRICH [canned] We did not descend far. After several hours, we decided to return to the surface, however, the ship failed to respond to our direction in spite of all that the mechanics could do. Some of the men began to mutter again, but the sight of an automatic pistol calmed them. MUSIC HAS FADED OUT SCENE 21. KIENZE Kaleu, the men are very restless. They fear the worst, being trapped and drifting. They blame us for making a bad decision. HEINRICH [offhand] It was the only decision to make. None but a weakling would surrender to the Yankees. KIENZE Any man may turn weak in such conditions-- HEINRICH [self-satisfied] No Prussian. And if I must be the backbone so my crew can stand straight as men, so be it. KIENZE The men are restless. Angry. HEINRICH [dangerous] If they will not stand, then I will put them down and stamp their bodies into pulp fit only to paint the walls. MUSIC IN AND UNDER SCENE 22. HEINRICH [canned] It was about 5 A.M., that the general mutiny broke loose. The six remaining pigs of seamen, suspecting that we were lost, suddenly burst into a mad fury, roared like the animals they were, and broke instruments and furniture indiscriminately. Leutnant Kienze seemed paralyzed and inefficient, as one might expect of a soft, womanish Rhinelander. MUSIC HAS FADED OUT SCENE 23. SOUND FADING IN, SIX GUNSHOTS, ECHO FADES AWAY HEINRICH [breathing hard] KIENZE [gasping, almost hysterical] HEINRICH [deep breath] Get up. KIENZE [gasps] Did you--? Was that ... necessary? HEINRICH [scornful laugh] You saw them. Now, stand. We need to clean house. KIENZE What do you plan to do? HEINRICH What else? Put them out. We can't keep them here to stink up the place. SOUND SCUFFLING, THEN SHUFFLING FEET KIENZE We can use the top hatch-- HEINRICH Ya, ya. [going off] Make sure they are all dead, will you? KIENZE [calling] Where are--? This will be easier with two. HEINRICH [turning back, briefly] So would killing them, but I had to handle that. This is your part. [leaving again] Let me know when you need help getting them up into the hatch. MUSIC IN AND UNDER SCENE 24. HEINRICH [canned] Our compasses, depth gauges, and other delicate instruments were ruined by the rampage of those swine; henceforth our only reckoning would be guesswork, based on our watches, the calendar, and our apparent rate of drift. MUSIC FADED OUT SCENE 25. SOUND FEET COMING IN [KEINZE] HEINRICH Look at this. KIENZE [coming in] Ya? Oh, ya, more dolphins. Very exciting. HEINRICH No, no - this one here. See the one with the scar? KIENZE Ya. HEINRICH How deep are we, did we determine? KIENZE Too deep for dolphins, certainly, but-- HEINRICH I have been watching this one in the searchlight for two hours now - and he has not left our side. Delphinus delphis is a cetacean mammal, unable to subsist without air. KIENZE Perhaps they are magic dolphins. [trying to chuckle] I'm not interested in them until we run out of other rations. HEINRICH It is a very important discovery. Perhaps a new sub-species. KIENZE [sigh] I'm sure the dolphins will be fascinated when you present your paper to them. MUSIC IN AND UNDER SCENE 26. HEINRICH [canned] With the passage of time Kienze and I decided that we were still drifting south, meanwhile sinking deeper and deeper. I could not help observing, however, the inferior scientific knowledge of my companion. His mind was not Prussian, but given to imaginings with no value. MUSIC HAS FADED OUT SCENE 27. SOUND SEARCHLIGHT COMES ON KIENZE Fabulous, isn't it? HEINRICH Sunken ships? Interesting, yes, but fabulous? What else are you likely to find on the ocean floor? KIENZE No, no - look there. To the right. You see? That peak. It is -- HEINRICH A rock. KIENZE No! It is too regular for a rock. You will see when we get closer. HEINRICH Wake me when you can see it, then. I think I will have some sleep. KIENZE You don't care? HEINRICH Ya, ya. Do you need me to remain? SOUND SITS IN CHAIR KIENZE [beat] We have lost our escort. SOUND LEAFING THROUGH A BOOK HEINRICH Vas? KIENZE Your beloved dolphins. They have finally abandoned us. HEINRICH I am more surprised they remained with us so long. KIENZE [beat] What are we to do? HEINRICH Do? About the dolphins? I am sure they can take care of themselves. KIENZE You know what I mean! What are we to do when we run out of... of... everything HEINRICH That is days, perhaps weeks away. Why waste angst? KIENZE But - there is no hope. We will ... we must die. HEINRICH Everyone must die. KEINZE We could try and get to the surface - one of us - in the diving suit. HEINRICH And how deep did we decide we were? KEINZE [beat, sigh] very deep. HEINRICH If you want to take the suit, and try to get it to the surface, you are welcome. But you know what will happen. KEINZE It is possible to survive caissons disease. ["the bends"] Even drastic decompression-- HEINRICH As a cripple? With joints that never work without pain? With skin so damaged no one can look you in the face? Perhaps paralyzed, even? Incontinent? KEINZE [sigh] HEINRICH Better to die as a man than live as a beast. Of course you might be lucky and have an embolism on the way up, and then ride the waves as a corpse. MUSIC IN AND UNDER SCENE 28. HEINRICH [canned] His mind was tired, but I am always a German, and was quick to notice that the U-29 was standing the deep-sea pressure splendidly. Our southward speed, as gauged by the ocean floor, was about as I had estimated from the organisms passed at higher levels. MUSIC FADE AND OUT SCENE 29. SOUND BOTTLE POURS KIENZE [slightly drunk] Ya, plenty of air and food, but this [long gulping swig] won't last forever. HEINRICH Not at the rate you are abusing it. KIENZE I cannot lose myself in study as you do. What is the point? So you know so much more before you die. HEINRICH It is not impossible we will encounter another u-boat. KIENZE Wake up Karl! This boat - it is our tomb. We are dead men. All we have left to do is lie down. HEINRICH Go to bed, Leutnant. There is no point in talking when you are totalblau. KIENZE [laughs bitterly] You are going to give me orders yet? What if I disobey? You clap me in irons? You will shoot me? HEINRICH [close and dangerous] I will remind you that you are a man, a trained soldier, and an officer of the kaiser's navy, and as such you should have the will to face death. KIENZE I am a soldier, ya. I can face death in battle. It is this lingering, drifting fate that horrifies me. It is like having a fatal disease - you know you must die, but you cannot know when. HEINRICH Very well, then. SOUND GUN OUT OF HOLSTER, CLICK AS BULLETS ARE CHECKED, GUN DROPPED ON TABLE HEINRICH More air for me. SOUND RATTLE OF CURTAIN, FOOTSTEPS LEAVE, RATTLE OF GUN ON TABLE MUSIC IN AND UNDER SCENE 30. HEINRICH [canned] The fact of our coming death affected Kienze curiously. I was very sorry for him, for I dislike to see a German suffer; but he was not a good man to die with. For myself I was proud, knowing how the Fatherland would revere my memory. MUSIC FADES OUT SCENE 31. SOUND SNORING [KIENZE] KIENZE [waking with a horrified start, screaming] He is calling! He is calling! I hear him! SOUND FOOTSTEPS, DOOR HEINRICH [coming on] What is wrong? KIENZE We must go! He will not call forever! SOUND SLAP KIENZE [gasps, breathing hard, almost sobbing] HEINRICH [commanding] Calm down. Remember yourself, man. KIENZE V-v-vas? Kaleu? HEINRICH There you are. [disdainful] You were having a nightmare. Now you are better. SOUND FOOTSTEPS BEGIN TO WALK AWAY KIENZE No. SOUND FOOTSTEPS STOP HEINRICH [sigh] Vas? KIENZE It was not a dream. It was a voice. I still hear it, you see! I still hear him. He calls to me - to us. I don't know why you cannot hear him! HEINRICH You are still drunk. Or deluded. KIENZE I am not. Truly. If you do not believe me, look out the porthole, and you will see his face. It is right in front of us. HEINRICH What? Show me. Ah - blackness. Precisely what is between your ears. KIENZE The searchlight - kommen-zie! SOUND FOOTSTEPS, SEARCHLIGHT COMES ON KIENZE There! There! HEINRICH Mein gott! MUSIC IN AND UNDER SCENE 32. HEINRICH [canned] I am not given to emotion of any kind, but my amazement was very great when I saw what lay revealed in that electrical glow. And yet as one reared in the best Kultur of Prussia, I should not have been amazed, for geology and tradition alike tell us of great transpositions in oceanic and continental areas. What I saw was an extended and elaborate array of ruined edifices; all in various stages of preservation. MUSIC OUT SCENE 33. HEINRICH [pleased] Atlantis! And we, Germans, have discovered it! This is stupendous. KIENZE He is out there. His temple lies still before us, and he watches us from afar. HEINRICH You saw this in your dreams? KIENZE [disturbingly reasonable] He told me. We should go. HEINRICH Go? Where? KIENZE To him. Come now - do not wait until later; it is better to repent and be forgiven than to defy and be condemned. HEINRICH You think we should go outside? We have only one diving apparatus. KIENZE [laughs disturbingly] A suit? We need no suits - he will gather us to him. HEINRICH You have finally crossed into madness. I will find you some medication. KIENZE You cannot cure this with your science, Karl. You are so sensible, and what does it get you? Nothing. Nothing! Come now, or there will be nothing left for you! HEINRICH You are mad. KIENZE [losing it] If I am mad, it is a blessing. May the gods pity the man who in his callousness can remain sane to the hideous end! Come and be mad whilst he still calls with mercy! MUSIC IN AND UNDER SCENE 34. HEINRICH [canned] As he spoke he took his ivory image from the table, pocketed it, and seized my arm in an effort to drag me up the companionway to the deck. When that did not work, he fled. In a moment I heard the grind of the first hatch, and understood that he meant to open them both, exposing the U-29 to the water outside, a vagary of suicidal and homicidal mania for which I was scarcely prepared. MUSIC OUT SCENE 35. SOUND THE HATCH WHEEL SPINS SOUND GUN COCKS HEINRICH One more move and I shoot. KIENZE [laughs hysterically] Shoot? I have nothing to fear. He will welcome me. HEINRICH Did I say I would kill you? I will shoot you in the leg, and clap you in irons. KIENZE You ... would do that!? HEINRICH Ya. [jaunty] But, I am not one to hold a man back. If you wish to go, go. I will even run the hatches for you. KIENZE You... why? HEINRICH Further, I will watch and make sure he finds you, once you are adrift. KIENZE [plaintive] But you will not come with me? HEINRICH Nein. I have things yet to accomplish. KIENZE Very well. But he will not be pleased with you if you ignore his summons. MUSIC IN AND UNDER SCENE 36. HEINRICH [canned] After I saw that Kienze was no longer in the boat I threw the searchlight around the water. I wished to ascertain whether the water-pressure would flatten him as it theoretically should, or whether the body would be unaffected, like those extraordinary dolphins. I did not, however, succeed in finding my late companion, for, owing to the abruptness of the change of angle, a wire was disconnected, which necessitated a delay of many minutes for repairs. MUSIC OUT SCENE 37. SOUND SEARCHLIGHT OUT [NOTE: "HIS ECHO" REFERS TO HEINRICH'S OWN WORDS FROM EARLIER IN THE SHOW - COMING BACK TO HAUNT HIM. THEY WILL BE PUT IN IN POST, AND HEINRICH SHOULD NOT REALLY PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THEM AS HE SPEAKS, AS THEY AREN'T ACTUALLY CONVERSING.] HEINRICH [slow sigh] HIS ECHO [very quiet] He would have had a better chance if he let go and braved the waves. HEINRICH Alone. To survive until I die. [deep breath] Very well. SOUND FOOTSTEPS HIS ECHO [very quiet] One more victim of the unjust war of aggression... SOUND PULL OUT BOOK, OPEN AND PAGE THROUGH. SCENE 38. MUSIC IN HEINRICH [canned] I must be careful how I record my awakening today, for I am unstrung, and much hallucination is necessarily mixed with fact. Psychologically my case is most interesting, and I regret that it cannot be observed scientifically by a competent German authority. HIS ECHO If you were a solid Prussian like myself-- HEINRICH Upon opening my eyes my first sensation was an overmastering desire to visit the rock temple that stood before the now-stationary U29. HIS ECHO No, no. I have not the sentimental-- HEINRICH a desire which grew every instant, yet which I automatically sought to resist. MUSIC OUT SCENE 39. SOUND VAGUE CHANTING, DEEP UNDER. HEINRICH [Waking suddenly] Heh? What is this? SOUND SCRABBLE OUT OF BED, CROSS ROOM HEINRICH Light? Where is this coming from? [wild hope] Could it be? SOUND RUN THROUGH SHIP HEINRICH Where? Another ship? [muttered] Port side, port side. Aha! [sound of triumph turns into sound of dismay] HIS ECHO Superstitious rubbish. HEINRICH It is alight! MUSIC UP SCENE 40. HEINRICH It is well that the reader accept nothing which follows as objective truth, for the events are necessarily the subjective and unreal creations of my overtaxed mind. HIS ECHO It is all a trick of the light. HEINRICH When I attained the conning tower I found the sea in general far less luminous than I had expected. But the door and windows of the undersea temple hewn from the rocky hill were vividly aglow with a flickering radiance, as from a mighty altar-flame far within. HIS ECHO I will have none of this wild peasant superstition on my ship! HEINRICH The light showed that the friezes which covered the front of the temple, clearly carved from the solid rock of the cliffside, depicted many repetitions of but one face - the same face as the ivory bust which Kienze had carried back to the sea with him. HIS ECHO --this one is much too young and handsome. HEINRICH The rest is very simple. HIS ECHO --a god. HEINRICH My impulse to visit and enter the temple has now become an inexplicable and imperious command which ultimately cannot be denied. HIS ECHO This soft-headedness is not good. HEINRICH My own German will no longer controls my acts, and volition is henceforward possible only in minor matters. HIS ECHO Do not show weakness. It makes you sound unreliable. HEINRICH When first I saw that I must go, HIS ECHO That is most unfortunate. HEINRICH I prepared my diving suit, helmet, and air regenerator for instant donning, HIS ECHO --have an embolism on the way up, and ride the waves as a corpse. HEINRICH and immediately commenced to write this hurried chronicle in the hope that it may some day reach the world. HIS ECHO This is your part. HEINRICH I shall seal the manuscript in a bottle and entrust it to the sea as I leave the U-29 forever. HIS ECHO Better to die as a man than live as a beast. HEINRICH I have no fear, not even from the prophecies of the madman Kienze. HIS ECHO None but a weakling would surrender HEINRICH What I have seen cannot be true, and I know that this madness of my own, will at most lead only to suffocation when my air is gone. HIS ECHO you should have the will to face death. HEINRICH The light in the temple is a sheer delusion, and I shall die calmly like a German, in the black and forgotten depths. HIS ECHO Why waste angst? HEINRICH This demoniac laughter which I hear as I write comes only from my own weakening brain. HIS ECHO blackness. Precisely what is between your ears. HEINRICH So I will carefully don my suit and walk boldly up the steps into the primal shrine, that silent secret of unfathomed waters and uncounted years. HIS ECHO If you wish to go, go. END
Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France Kitty Morse In our speaker's own words: “I'd never come across another suitcase quite like it. But what was the tattered black leather valise doing there, hidden behind a crocheted comforter on the top shelf of my late mother's closet? The tarnished brass locking mechanism had already been sprung.” … Looking up at me from inside la petite valise was a photographic portrait of a teenage girl dressed in the traditional Alsatian attire of the late 1800s, complete with an oversized black bow in her hair. Blanche Lévy-Neymarck, my great grandmother and namesake. Her portrait partially hid a pocket-size doctor's notebook titled Carnet Médical 1936, the daily journal of Doctor Prosper Lévy, my great-grandfather, a distinguished army surgeon twice the recipient of the Legion of Honor, that commemorated the advance of the Germans on Eastern France from April to December 1940. As I dug deeper, I retrieved another notebook containing close to 120 of Blanche's handwritten recipes. This gave rise to the question: what would I do with all the information? The answer became clear. I would publish Prosper's journal along with Blanche's recipes—as a way to memorialize and breathe life back into a family so ruthlessly destroyed. I translated journal and recipes from the French, and kitchen-tested the dishes for the American kitchen. My husband, Owen Morse, provided the food photography for Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France. Biography Kitty Morse was born in Casablanca, Morocco, of a French mother and British father, and emigrated to the United States in 1964. She began catering Moroccan parties while studying for her Master's Degree at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Catering and giving Moroccan cooking classes eventually led to writing ten cookbooks, including the award-winning Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from my Moroccan Kitchen, The vegetarian table: North Africa, and The Scent of Orange Blossoms: Sephardic Cuisine from Morocco. Her first memoir, Mint Tea and Minarets: a Banquet of Moroccan Memories, which she translated into French as Le Riad au Bord de l'Oued, were recipients of a Gourmet World Cookbook Award. Kitty's career as a food writer, cooking instructor, and tour leader spans more than three decades. She has contributed articles in French and English to leading publications in the US and abroad, and has been a guest on local and national television stations. She is a staff writer for winedineandtravel.com, an award-winning online travel magazine. Kitty has lectured around the country on Moroccan cuisine and culture. One of the highlights of her career was cooking alongside Julia Child to benefit the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Kitty lives in Vista, CA. To order books: Unsigned copies of Bitter Sweet are listed on Amazon.com as a preorder. The books will be available in March 2023. For a signed copy shipped directly, please contact Kitty Morse at kitty@kittymorse.com. Shipping via media mail in the US only. Send a check for $37.50 made out to Kitty Morse, La Caravane Publishing, P.O. Box 433, Vista CA 92083. Recorded via Zoom on February 15, 2023 CONNECT WITH CULINARY HISTORIANS OF CHICAGO ✔ MEMBERSHIP https://culinaryhistorians.org/membership/ ✔ EMAIL LIST http://culinaryhistorians.org/join-our-email-list/ ✔ S U B S C R I B E https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Y0-9lTi1-JYu22Bt4_-9w ✔ F A C E B O O K https://www.facebook.com/CulinaryHistoriansOfChicago ✔ PODCAST 2008 to Present https://culinaryhistorians.org/podcasts/ By Presenter https://culinaryhistorians.org/podcasts-by-presenter/ ✔ YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Y0-9lTi1-JYu22Bt4_-9w ✔ W E B S I T E https://www.CulinaryHistorians.org
I'll Have What She's Having with Sophie Wyburd and Hannah Crosbie
After a week off, Hannah and Sophie are back on the mics and welcome chef Rahel Stephanie, founder of sell-out Indonesian supper club Spoons into their lair. Ina. feat of pure genius, Sophie debuts her last-minute invention of the Bloody Marebit (the cheesiness of a Welsh Rarebit combined with the spicy tomatoey goodness of a Bloody Mary) and Hannah opens a bottle of 2020 'Dans Le Pif' by Anne Laure Laengel. Do you want chat about Indonesian food, The Last of Us and Chin Chin? Then press that play button.Recorded and mixed by Jacob Oak WelshCover image taken by Marcus BrownMusic is Horrible by MelaDM us your agony aunt questions at @illhavewhatsheshavingpodFollow us on Instagram @sophiewyburd @hannahcrosb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"We did not go to the Zoo; we went to the panda"
Find Weird Darkness wherever you listen to podcasts: https://weirddarkness.com/listen. IN THIS EPISODE: The Phaistos Disc was discovered in 1903, by Italian archaeologists in southern Crete. Since then the disc has remained a mystery as no one has been able to decipher the writings upon it, nor who made the object, what was it used for, and even if it's a genuine archaeological discovery or a clever fake. (The Phaistos Disc) *** Usually you learn that a place is haunted simply because people say it is. It's common knowledge around the town or neighborhood… but when the government of your country says a place is haunted, you'd better danged well listen. Such is the case with India's Bhangarh Fort. (Bhangarh Fort – The Most Haunted Place in India) *** At the end of 1894 French army captain Alfred Dreyfus, a graduate of the École Polytechnique, and a Jew of Alsatian origin, was accused of handing secret documents to the Imperial German military. After a closed trial, he was found guilty of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment on the dreaded Devil's Island. But that's just the beginning of the story that later became known as The Dreyfus Affair. (The Dreyfus Affair) *** We've all heard of the power of the mind – it's been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of pain, some well-trained individuals can use their mind to slow their rate of respiration, to bring their heartbeat down to almost nothing with no long-term ill effects… but what about controlling things outside of your own body? Is the mind that powerful? Some believe so – and they also believe it's one possible explanation for hauntings. (The Wild PK of the Poltergeist) *** Is it possible that our history books are wrong and that humans actually did walk with dinosaurs? It might not be as far-fetched as it sounds, especially when you look at tales of knights, dragons, and T-Rex DNA. (Knights, Dragons, and Dino DNA) *** We'll have a short tale about Joseph Naples… who chose the macabre career of being a grave digger… but only because it made it easier for him to be a grave robber… and a body snatcher. (A London Body Snatcher)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…#ChurchOfTheUndead: “DRAGONS, SLAYERS, AND A DINO BOAT RIDE”: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/12889 “A London Body Snatcher” by Suzie for DiggingUp1800.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/akvjtuxk “The Phaistos Disc” by Brian Haughton: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/swkhu9ah “Bhangarh Fort” from BuggedSpace.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/r3uyrjc4 “The Dreyfus Affair” by Syd Albright for CDA Press: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/n5upfkvb“The Wild PK of the Poltergeist” by Dr. Michael Grosso for Consciousness Unbound: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/9x7d3v8e “Knights, Dragons, and Dino DNA” posted at Earth Chronicles: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/9cvh5mwa = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music Library, EpidemicSound and/or StoryBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ), Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and Nicolas Gasparini (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission of the artists.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46Weird Darkness®, Weird Darkness© 2022
In our latest, we celebrate some German garage gibberish: "Balla Balla", originally done by The Rainbows in 1965 (1:44). Grab a lager and listen to some Schlager! Die zweite Version is by the American twist King Chubby Checker, aided by De Maskers from The Netherlands (37:18). Chubby retitles the song "Baby Baby Balla Balla" and adds more lyrics so it .... uh ... makes sense. The band cooks and Chubby growls ... it'll put your heart at ease! More Dutch delight comes in the guise of Pee White & The Magic Strangers (55:17). Cool feedback and a jittery riff makes this one breach the dyke! Then Britbeat merchants The Scorpions bring the winds of change and add some wild organ noodling and a ska feel (1:06:42). We end with a Swedish surprise from The Shamrocks, who bring some Chuck Berry bop and a bass slide along for the ride (1:17:41). Oh, and there's a bonus polka version at the end by Alsatian sensations Les Koï's (1:31:25). Auf widersehen, Pastronauts, wir müssen gehen!
On this episode of Opinions Matter, Adrian & Jeremy spoke to several parents about the dangers of their pet dogs being around children.. We were then left speechless when a mother came on to admit that her child sleeps with the two family pets... Then we found out the breed of the dogs
Are you ready to go on an Epic Journey Jay. I think I would love this. Can you guess what I am going to talk about.Amawaterways…They are celebrating 20 years in the industry with award winning ships (longboats)…. And now they are doing something unbelievable…7 River Journeys through Europe….and they are announce that the 2024 season is now accepting reservations…yes…2024. Amawaterways is once again making history with the longest continuous journeys on one award winning ship. One sailing in the spring and one in summer….and filled with new ports as well as itinerary exclusives and amenities.So, what Rivers what countries…So the seven rivers are: Scheldt Maas Waal Moselle Main Danube Rhine49 nights…. WOWAnd 15 Countries…I know I know what countries rightWell, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland,Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, and this is new to the itinerary…. Moldova. And if this wasn't enough…what about 130 plus unique excursions…. I can't even begin to talk about all the unique excursions. It is just a boatload…like that…boat load…. Of excursions…Think about it….Visit the awe-inspiring tulip gardens of Keukenhof, taste Alsatian delicacies in Strasbourg, glide past more than 40 castles in the Rhine Gorge and so much more. Plus, be pampered by the same wonderful Cruise Manager and crew throughout your seven-week sailing and experience several unique experiences exclusive to Seven River Journey guests! | | AmaWaterways has curated a diverse menu of shore excursions, with a variety of choices each day. Walking tours for gentle, regular and active guests as well as guided hikes and bike rides are operated in small groups of just 15-20 guests. also offer immersive culinary-themed Special Interest Tours such as cooking demonstrations and tastings. As AmaWaterways often docks just steps from the heart of the city, you may also explore many destinations on your own on foot or by bike. Now that I have your mouth watering about this once in a lifetime experience…I just want to give you a few reminders about sailing along Rivers, One is the ports sometimes get crowded and you may have to walk through one long boat to another to get to the dock. Two is if it is an extremely dry year, sometimes the river levels are low, and the boats can not go through with a full passenger load. So, you may be bussed to the next port of call where you will reunite with your ship once again. There is so much being offered by Amawaterways you will need to talk to your travel agent about this and let them know just what you are interested in doing. They of course have shorter river cruises if you cannot take all that time. So, there you have it…EPIC Journeys in 2024.Zee Michaelson Travel Podcast is sponsored by Collage Travel Radio
This podcast covers New Girl Season 3, Episode 11, Clavado En Un Bar, which originally aired on January 7, 2014 and was written by Berkley Johnson and directed by Eric Appel. Here's a quick recap of the episode:Jess seeks the aid of her friends to help her determine if she should take a new job and they all share moments of their life where they had to make a big job related decision.We discuss Pop Culture References such as:“Clavado En Un Bar” - The name of the episode and the song that plays at the end of the episode.A League of Their Own - At the end of the episode, Nick says a quote from the movie A League of Their Own to Cece and Jess, which they immediately pick up on.Additional Pop Culture References such as:Winston's Hair / (Dennis Rodman) - In the flashback scenes, Winston had hair that was dyed in a cheetah print. Dennis Keith Rodman is an American former professional basketball player. Known for his fierce defensive and rebounding abilities, he is one of the best rebounding forwards in NBA history. He repeatedly dyed his hair in artificial colors, had many piercings and tattoos; one hairstyle of which was in a cheetah like print. Tim Duncan - Nick said the moment was so chill and absent of drama that he wanted to call it “Tim Duncan.” Timothy Duncan is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He spent his entire 19-year playing career with the San Antonio Spurs and is widely regarded as the greatest power forward of all time and one of the greatest players in NBA history. Those that are not a fan of Duncan labeled his play as "boring" because of his simple but effective style, which earned him the nickname "The Big Fundamental".Rollergirl / Boogie Nights - Coach alluded to his relationship with his stopwatch to Rollergirl's relationship to her skates in Boogie Nights, which is a 1997 American period comedy-drama movie written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The movie focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic films. The Rollergirl character was a porn starlet who always wore skates. [Sir] Billy Joel - Schmidt references another Billy Joel lyric. This time calls him “the late, great Sir Billy Joel”, which as Jess pointed out Billy Joel is neither dead nor a knight. William Martin Joel is an American singer, pianist, composer and songwriter, who has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s, having released 13 albums. Billy Joel was also referenced by Schmidt in S3E6. [Bernie] Madoff - When looking up who Jess thought was her first student, there was a headline that referred to him as “Clifton ‘Baby Madoff' Collins”. Bernard “Bernie” Madoff was an American fraudster and financier who ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history, worth about $64.8 billion. He was at one time the chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange.Sophie's Choice - In the flashback where we find out Cece was Jess's first student, Jess is trying to make a crying Cece feel better by telling her that after she watched Sophie's Choice she could see in the dark for a week because it made her cry a lot. Sophie's Choice is a 1982 American drama film known to be a “tearjerker” where the main character Sophie, a Holocaust survivor, deals with her harrowing past and her unraveling relationships.This episode we reenact Schmidt describing the scotch, his story title “Kablamo McYeah Bro”, and his flabbergast button as our “Schmidtism”. For “Not in the 2020s” we discuss the consistent fat shaming and our “Yes in the 2020s” include Nick's support of the other characters and everyone taking charge of their lives. We also give a brief look into Bart McCarthy (Kevin-97) and Brian Posehn (Biology Teacher), the guest stars in this episode.Also in this episode were the following guest stars who we do not discuss in the podcast: Curtis Armstrong (Dr. Foster - Previously Discussed in S2E24), Tom Fitzpatrick (Old Man McCue), Terrell Clayton (Professor), Jay Harik (Latvian Coach), Alek Friedman (Latvian Doctor), Anthony Soike (Law School Guy), Wyatt Griswold (Clifton), Christopher Griffin (Donald), Jaidan Jiron (Young Cece), and Hannah Eisenmann (Young Jess).This episode we chat about the other Billy Joel references Schmidt made in S3E6 and how in the flashback he was wearing a Livestrong jersey who we covered in pop culture on S3E3 of our podcast. We didn't find the bear this episode but we believe it is the bear on the California state flag in Jess's classroom.While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:Amish - When Jess is talking to the Biology teacher, he mentions the Amish as an example of people who are anti-future. The Amish are traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian origins. The Amish are known for simple living, plain dress, pacifism, and a slowness to adopt many conveniences of modern technology.This episode got a 9.5/10 rating from Kritika whose favorite character was Nick and Kelly rated this episode a 9/10 and her favorite character was Jess!Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 12!Music: "Hotshot” by scottholmesmusic.comFollow us on Twitter, Instagram or email us at whosthatgirlpod@gmail.com!Website: https://smallscreenchatter.com/
Volcanoes in France and Germany?! Yes, even these mainland European countries have volcanic terroir and, of course, super yummy wine. Join the biddies for another leg of the volcanic passport tour. For the full show notes: boozybiddies.com/90
This week on the Electronic Wireless Show PC gaming podcast we're talking about the best our favourite noble failures, like the time I tried to make feta and red onion breakfast muffins. Ne'er touch the muffin pan since. No, of course it's our favourite video games that made big swings but didn't quite hit, a Nate Crowley-backed themed - and he kicks us off with a bid discussion about the infamous Jurassic Park tie-in game Trespasser. Try spelling "Jurassic" properly first time; I've never been able too. Diversions this week are discussing classic UK subterranean tourist attractions Wookey Hole and Cheddar Gorge, and how Matthew's life could have been different if only he'd been Wookey Hole's witch mascot. Nate has bought a model kit for one of those massive excavation machines, which he says is "about as big as an Alsatian" and "basically a bin-bag full of girders". So he is turning it into an Orc sewage treatment plant. Standard week to be honest.
David is a political writer and former attorney who took on high-profile cases for religious liberty. He was also a major in the Army Reserve who served in Iraq, and before that he served as president of FIRE, the campus free-speech group. David now writes for The Dispatch and The Atlantic, and his latest book is Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation. Last summer he wrote this wonderful review of my essay collection, Out On A Limb, but this is the first time we’ve spoken.You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player above. For two clips of my convo with David — on how many political Christians completely miss the point of Jesus, and on the “God gap” within the Democratic coalition — head over to our YouTube page.That convo is a good complement to our January episode with Christopher Rufo (the two have tussled before), so we just transcribed Rufo’s episode in full. Here’s a reminder of his stance on CRT in the schools:Starting around the 30-minute mark in the new episode, David and I discuss the tricky defense of liberalism in the face of both CRT curriculum and anti-CRT bills. We also grapple with the corrosive effects of Twitter and, in particular, the commentary surrounding the racist massacre in Buffalo this week. On that note, a reader writes:I am a member of a mainline Christian denomination and parent of young children. My personal and professional experience of social media is centered on connections with clergy colleagues and active church members attached to a wide variety of Christian denominations. When news of the racially motivated shooting in Buffalo broke, my social media relationships immediately shifted to a flurry of outrage, comments about the pox of racism built into the American way, and pithy memes noting that the root problem of all that ails us is white supremacy.For example, one friend wrote in response to the Buffalo shooting, “The root cause of gun violence is white supremacy. We will not be safe from gun violence until we end white supremacy. White fam, we are the ones who can end white supremacy. It is on us.” Presiding Bishop Michael Curry of the Episcopal Church released a statement decrying the racism behind the shooting. Members of my left-leaning church have asked and encouraged me to preach from the pulpit about the evils of white supremacy and white fragility, especially now in light of the Buffalo shooting. However, I did not hear a thing from these same people or religious bodies following the racially motivated shooting by Frank James on the NYC subway last month. Mr. James has been indicted on federal terror charges after shooting ten people. Were there no official prayers for victims and to end racial violence from religious bodies because no one ultimately died in the subway shooting? Why were there no tweets, memes, or impassioned calls to “do better” after such a horrific, calculated attack? The silence after that racially motivated shooting compared to the outcry after this month’s racially motivated shooting is noteworthy. And essential to the CRT worldview. Racism is unique to white people. Another sign of our racialized culture war comes from this listener:In your episode with Douglas Murray, you mentioned that you had to explain to someone how white people did not invent racism. I serve at the school board in Manhattan and we had the same discussion at our last meeting. The district is pushing a book called “Our Skin” to teach elementary kids how white people invented racism. Money quote:“A long time ago, way before you were born, a group of white people made up an idea called race. They sorted people by skin color and said that white people were better, smarter, prettier, and that they deserve more than everybody else,” the book declares.Here’s how Murray addresses the canard that white people invented racism:On a lighter note, here’s a fan of last week’s episode with Tina Brown:In your conversation about the Queen’s inscrutable nature and unceasing impartiality, you forget one spectacular lapse into utter bias: the 1995 referendum on Quebec sovereignty!Pierre Brassard, a Quebec disc jockey, called Buckingham Palace impersonating the (then) Canadian PM Jean Chretien begging her to support the NO side and, astonishingly, got through to Queen Elizabeth! In the conversation, broadcast live in Montreal, she actually said, “It sounds as though the referendum may go the wrong (!) way...”. She said many other things that were blatantly against Quebec separating and was willing to make a public statement. Here’s the audio (and pardon Elizabeth R’s surprisingly bad French!): While I voted Non and thought the hoax was screamingly hilarious, this referendum was about the self-determination of a nation and she was hardly a glowing example of non-interference and impartiality. Quebec separatists were apoplectic. She wouldn’t even make a clear declaration in favour of the “No” side in the Scottish referendum! Ah, well ... even Captain Kirk broke the prime directive 33 times. Self-determination must be overrated. Here’s Tina on why the best British monarchs tend to be women:Another fan of the episode writes:So I’m a stereotypical NPR-listening, NYT-reading, Anglophilic liberal, happy to watch whatever B-grade pablum PBS airs on Sunday nights, as long as it has a British accent. So of course I fell in love with Downton Abbey. Part of my stereotypical outlook is holding a certain condescension toward the lower-class examples of American culture — you’d never catch me watching a soap opera, for example. But somewhere in the last season of Downton Abbey, it hit me full-on that the show is just a soap opera for snobs. That realization was a nice, bright, uncomfortable look in the mirror. What a hypocrite I am! That said, I can’t wait for the new Downton Abbey movie that opens this week:On the subject of Americans and their relationship with the British monarchy that you and Tina Brown discussed, to me it isn’t very complicated. It’s the embodiment of our cultural heritage, so it represents roots and stability in our land that values change and progress. And the monarchy is sacramental — another quality our society lacks, and which we’ve projected onto the office of the president as compensation. Toggling from listeners to readers, one of the latter writes:I have been thinking a lot about your May 6 column on the SCOTUS leak (“How Dare They!”) and the following week’s large number of reader responses to it. First, I want to say that, although I’m fiercely pro-choice, your column was strongly persuasive and helped me to think about Roe v Wade in a very different way. I love this about the Dish — the way you introduce complexity and nuance to issues that are polarizing and thus typically presented in stark black-and-white terms. But there is one potential detail of your argument that I continue to struggle with. While I accept that, in a liberal society, such issues as abortion should be a matter of debate and resolution via the popular voice, in practice they rarely are — because of the reality of our political system. Because of our two-party system and the primary elections that determine candidacy, most moderate, centrist voters simply do not have a choice to exercise their opinion on a wide variety of issues. They cannot vote individually on issues of substance, in an a la carte fashion. They are forced to accept a homogenous party platform that, in toto, represents the least worst of two extremes. For example, if I am a pro-choice moderate conservative who supports free markets, minimal government regulation, and low taxation, and is concerned about wokeness and CRT, my only choice to cast a vote in support of access to abortion is to vote for a candidate who is antagonistic to these other issues of import to me. You cite statistics in your column indicating broad support among Republicans for a moderate stance on abortion. Yet, I would argue that relatively few of these voters are going to voice that support by voting for a Democratic candidate — especially a far-left candidate — even if this means voting for the far-right opponent. This, then, is interpreted by the GOP as proof that their constituency supports the extreme view held by the majority of the GOP candidates. If we had a center party, I may be more optimistic in sharing your view of things. But as it stands, I feel like our choice is no choice at all.I feel you. But this is unavoidable in a democracy with political parties and winner-takes-all systems. Another reader has a few more laments:I believe anti-abortion-rights activists have not fully considered the consequences of how eliminating legal abortion will impact families. It is almost certain that the rate of child poverty in America will increase if a ban on abortion takes place. Most of the states which want to ban abortion also have small child-welfare programs. That will result in more children being born into poor economic circumstances.Another thing that will probably happen is an increase in crime. The crime rate in the US has been falling since the early ‘90s, when kids born after Roe first started reaching adulthood. There is a clear link between kids being neglected and unwanted and then turning to crime. This was documented in the book Freakonomics.I believe the pro-choice side will win this debate. But perhaps it will only win when the full, horrifying consequences of banning all abortions — such as in the Oklahoma bill just passed — comes into focus. This next reader goes meta:In your otherwise excellent compilation of reader thoughts about Roe, you had one response I want to quibble with. After quoting one reader, you wrote: “Oh please. This next reader gets specific:” — and then went on with the next quote.I don’t recall what the first reader said, and it doesn’t matter because your response was inappropriate no matter what was said. If you think the reader’s argument has no merit, omit the comment. If you have a rebuttal to the reader’s argument, offer it. Even if you disagree with the reader but lack the time or energy to formulate a proper response, that’s fine too: Just print the comment with no response.What’s not OK, ever, is to reply with just a snarky dismissal and no further comment. That’s rude to the reader, and it makes you look like a dick.That whole big collection of reader dissents was compiled and edited by my colleague, Chris, who does that every week to hold my feet to the fire. I don’t censor the reader criticism he offers — so forgive me the occasional harrumph. Another reader switches topics:I read these two excerpts in your weekly money quotes:“There were also homosexual women at the Pines, but they were, or seemed to be, far fewer in number. Nor, except for a marked tendency to hang out in the company of large and usually ferocious dogs, were they instantly recognizable as the men were,” - Midge Decter, who died the week, on Fire Island in the summer of 1980.“Well, if I were a dyke and a pair of Podhoretzes came waddling toward me on the beach, copies of Leviticus and Freud in hand, I’d get in touch with the nearest Alsatian dealer pronto,” - Gore Vidal, responding to Midge.I had known about Decter’s “The Boys on the Beach” essay for decades, maybe since the late ‘80s, but I had never read it — until a few months ago. I am 66 years old, was practically always out, loved to read all the gay literature, and I have to say, that essay got the pulse of ‘70s gay life and society better than Edmund White (his “States of Desire” was published in 1980 and I still have my copy) or any other commentator I know of, with the exception of Randy Shilts’s “And the Band Played On.”Decter had gay acquaintances, friends, and frenemies, and she saw aspects of gay life with a beady-eyed sharpness and skepticism I wish more of us had had back then. I remember when I officially came out in 1974 at 18, met a couple of good-looking guys in their late 20s/early 30s who, like the vast majority of gay men, talked about sex all the time, with a greater intensity than straight guys I knew. So I asked them how many guys they had been to bed with and they said maybe 500 or 600. Asked them if they were afraid of getting diseases, and they said “no” because they just went to the public health clinic to get a shot. And right there, I sensed that at some point, there would be a gay healthcare catastrophe. I was not the only who had that sense, but it was very censored in the community.I tend to agree about Decter’s accuracy and perception, however laced it was with disgust. It’s a riveting piece — proof that sometimes being alien to a subculture makes you a better observer of it. She and Larry Kramer were essentially on the same page when it came to gay male culture in the 1970s. And yes, the omens were there. And now there’s monkeypox, which seems as if it might have found the same transmission route as HIV. Gulp.Lastly, because we ran out of room this week in the main Dish for the new VFYW contest photo (otherwise the email version would get cut short), here ya go:Where do you think it’s located? Email your guess to contest@andrewsullivan.com. Please put the location — city and/or state first, then country — in the subject line. Proximity counts if no one gets the exact spot. Bonus points for fun facts and stories. The winner gets the choice of a VFYW book or two annual Dish subscriptions. If you are not a subscriber, please indicate that status in your entry and we will give you a free month subscription if we select your entry for the contest results (example here if you’re new to the contest). Happy sleuthing! Get full access to The Weekly Dish at andrewsullivan.substack.com/subscribe
Matt is joined by Sarah and Les to talk Toffees. We discuss fireworks - on and off the pitch on Sunday - and look at some of the unsung heroes of recent games. Thoughts then turn to the weekend, as Everton travel to Leicester looking to end their awful away record.
Michelle's lonely body lay at the farmhouse for hours before anyone came to discover her. Once the commotion had died down and both of the men were out of the house, Michelle's pet fox Dalton and Alsatian dog, Zaith came out of hiding and sniffed at Michelle's lifeless and bloodied body………. and then they started to eat her remains. References https://www.thelawpages.com/court-cases/Gary-Chadwick-2244-1.law https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/3959353.helston-murder---killer-gets-life/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/7771470.stm https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/3959208.Helston_murdered_woman_s_mother_slams_justice_system/ https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/ten-years-brutal-helston-murder-1006197
Part 3 of PINOT GRIGIO VS THE M4TRIX What's the difference between Grigio and Gris? What exactly is a “Legacyquel”, has Jamie seen ANY of them, and where does Scott place Lana Wachowski's fourth Matrix film in this dominant franchise trend? Can Jamie talk Scott into liking this Alsatian style Pinot Gris, or will his co-host remain confused by it? Have the vines that produced this bottling been #phyloxxxed, and can our online wine hive get that torturous abuse of the language trending? Will Scott's extreme dislike of [REDACTED HOT DOG TOPPING] shock Jamie to his core, or is this just another dumb thing for them to argue about? (Spoilers: it's both.) The answers to these burning questions and more await you. Pour yourself a glass, press Play, and get ready to follow us down the meta rabbit hole. The Domaine Schoffit Pinot Gris is available from b-21 for $26 USD. THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS is a 2021 film directed and co-written by Lana Wachowski starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss,Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jonathan Groff, Jessica Henwick, Neil Patrick Harris, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. As of this episode's release, it is available to own digitally wherever you get your VODs and *finally* on Blu-Ray and 4K UHD. PHYSICAL MEDIA HIVE RISE UP!!! #phyloxxxed Follow the show on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @BiggerBottlePod Email us at biggerbottlepod@gmail.com. Our NEW art is thanks to Ross Connard! Music is selected from Camille Saint-Saëns' ‘The Carnival of the Animals - XII. Fossils' as performed by the Seattle Youth Symphony, licensed under Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
I once had the opportunity to meet the mayor of Alsace, a region in eastern France where the Alsatian language is pretty well dead. The mayor spoke to me about a book that he had written which talked about endings. He wanted to explore the idea of a beautiful end. This idea of a beautiful end never left me. It has guided me in many parts of my life when I have decided to end certain careers or move on from certain jobs. It has always felt important to really pay attention to what was driving me and in many ways to block out other people's perceptions and any kind of normative or collective ideas of what I should or shouldn't do. Today's podcast in some ways will be about me deciding to pause the podcast, potentially end it for a while, and take some time to restore my creative energies. Many of you will have heard of the quite famous Canadian analyst Marion Woodman. She passed away a few years ago but she was iconic. I was once sitting in one of her lectures and she said, “The greatest affront to the ego is the self.” In that sentence, she's referring to the capital “S” self which was a concept of Carl Gustav Jung. The concept described the complete and whole repository of a human being. This included the unconscious parts of us that we can't consciously access. The ego was often tethered to the self but could at various points in our life move away from or become dissociated from the self so that we sometimes come out of contact with this rich repository of who we are. For me, this always connects with the Greek idea of Chronos and Kairos, Chronos being the time that we are aware of (such as looking at one's watch and knowing that it is one in the afternoon) and Kairos representing a kind of other time that we are unaware of. It also makes me think of Wolfgang Giegerich's concept of the soul's logical life: there is a kind of logic in our lives that confronts our conscious awareness. We may make decisions to do something, to go somewhere, to plan a trip, or to study a subject. We may think everything is going to go in a particular way and, as we know, life intervenes. There is that very cute expression that exists in many languages: “One thinks and God laughs.” I know that in terms of building this podcast, bringing on guests that have really touched me, reaching out to you, and delving into subject areas that are very close to my heart, this is something that I have done out of love. But I can also tell that it has come to a natural end for now. There's been a conflict there between an expectation that I set for myself and that others have had for me and an internal rhythm that is certainly demanding that I take a break. These moments (moments when you build something or have a particular architecture and other voices that are swimming around begin to grow in power and clarity and go against a conscious attempt in life) are quite unnerving. So welcome to this year's last installment as we head into the holiday season. Welcome to a podcast where I'll take some time to open up with you, explore what it means to end things, and share some of my thoughts on why this is often the hardest thing but a very important thing that we must do. Show Highlights: What happens when we don't listen to the little voice inside of us. Why we resent in-depth processes of healing. How capitalism has pervaded holidays. What individuation is. How the noise of the collective drowns out our individual subjectivity. The tension between what we feel as individuals and what the collective wants. Why endings can be beautiful. How to withstand and even celebrate endings. Why there doesn't always have to be a new beginning to every end. Why endings aren't failures. Subscribe and Review We'd appreciate you subscribing to this podcast and leaving an Apple Podcasts review. Reviews help others discover and learn what The Dignity of Suffering is all about. It only takes a second and helps us out a lot! If you enjoyed this episode, we've also created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from it. Just go to the episode page at https://mitchellsmolkin.com/podcast/ to download it. Supporting Resources: https://mitchellsmolkin.com/ Mitchell Smolkin is a sought-after clinician, speaker, and author. For media and interview requests please contact his publicist Randy Phipps at randy@rpcommunications.net. For all other inquiries, please send mail to info@mitchellsmolkin.com. *** Episode Credits If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com
“KNIGHTS, DRAGONS, AND DINO DNA” and More Freaky True Stories! #WeirdDarknessLike the podcast on Facebook – https://facebook.com/weirddarkness, join the Weirdos Facebook Group – https://facebook.com/groups/marlarhouse, and sign up for the fee email newsletter - https://weirddarkness.com/newsletter! Please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves paranormal stories, true crime, monsters, or unsolved mysteries like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show!IN THIS EPISODE: The Phaistos Disc was discovered in 1903, by Italian archaeologists in southern Crete. Since then the disc has remained a mystery as no one has been able to decipher the writings upon it, nor who made the object, what was it used for, and even if it's a genuine archaeological discovery or a clever fake. (The Phaistos Disc) *** Usually you learn that a place is haunted simply because people say it is. It's common knowledge around the town or neighborhood… but when the government of your country says a place is haunted, you'd better danged well listen. Such is the case with India's Bhangarh Fort. (Bhangarh Fort – The Most Haunted Place in India) *** At the end of 1894 French army captain Alfred Dreyfus, a graduate of the École Polytechnique, and a Jew of Alsatian origin, was accused of handing secret documents to the Imperial German military. After a closed trial, he was found guilty of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment on the dreaded Devil's Island. But that's just the beginning of the story that later became known as The Dreyfus Affair. (The Dreyfus Affair) *** We've all heard of the power of the mind – it's been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of pain, some well-trained individuals can use their mind to slow their rate of respiration, to bring their heartbeat down to almost nothing with no long-term ill effects… but what about controlling things outside of your own body? Is the mind that powerful? Some believe so – and they also believe it's one possible explanation for hauntings. (The Wild PK of the Poltergeist) *** Is it possible that our history books are wrong and that humans actually did walk with dinosaurs? It might not be as far-fetched as it sounds, especially when you look at tales of knights, dragons, and T-Rex DNA. (Knights, Dragons, and Dino DNA) *** We'll have a short tale about Joseph Naples… who chose the macabre career of being a grave digger… but only because it made it easier for him to be a grave robber… and a body snatcher. (A London Body Snatcher)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…#ChurchOfTheUndead: “DRAGONS, SLAYERS, AND A DINO BOAT RIDE”: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/9939 “A London Body Snatcher” by Suzie for DiggingUp1800.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/akvjtuxk “The Phaistos Disc” by Brian Haughton: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/swkhu9ah “Bhangarh Fort” from BuggedSpace.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/r3uyrjc4 “The Dreyfus Affair” by Syd Albright for CDA Press: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/n5upfkvb“The Wild PK of the Poltergeist” by Dr. Michael Grosso for Consciousness Unbound: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/9x7d3v8e “Knights, Dragons, and Dino DNA” posted at Earth Chronicles: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/9cvh5mwa Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t) and is used with permission. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =WANT TO ADVERTISE ON WEIRD DARKNESS?Weird Darkness has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on the show. Email sales@advertisecast.com or start the process now at https://weirddarkness.com/advertise = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46Find out how to escape eternal darkness at https://weirddarkness.com/eternaldarkness WeirdDarkness™ - is a production and trademark of Marlar House Productions. Copyright, 2021.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =00:13:08.403, 00:35:11.299, 00:50:55.243,
https://youtu.be/dirikvj8Cog Dom Einhorn is the founder and CEO of UNIQORN, the largest rural business incubator, startup accelerator, and coworking space in Sarlat, France. He is a serial entrepreneur with multiple startups exits under his belt, primarily focusing on digital startups and angel investing. We discuss why France is a startup-friendly nation, how to launch and scale a successful tech company, and the 118-year-old startup. --- The 118 Years Old Startup with Dom Einhorn Our guest is Dom Einhorn, who is the founder and CEO of Uniqorn, which is the largest rural incubator accelerator in the world. You can see the location of this accelerator. He is also the founder of a startup Super Cup. He's a serial founder and CEO of many companies, including digital media, technology and others. He speaks six languages. One of them is Alsatian, which I've never heard of, but I trust you, Dom, with that. And most interestingly, he is the president and CEO and the largest shareholder of a semi-professional rugby club, the Sarlat Rugby Team, which is going professional next year. Dom calls it a 118-year-old startup. So welcome to the show, Dom. Thanks for having me, Steve. My pleasure. Great to have you. It's going to be a very exciting and entertaining discussion, I hope, and I trust. Tell us a little bit about your background. How did you become the owner of Accelerator and the serial founder of tech companies in the middle of rural France? When I started very early on at the age of 23 is when I dove in head first into the tech business. I was born and raised in Northeastern France on the German border in the Alsace-Lorraine region. Hence, your question about Alsatian, the language. That is the language that we speak there. For those of you who are history buffs, you'll actually realize that the Alsatian language actually precedes the Alemannic language. So it's at the base of German today. It's very similar to German. At the age of 23, I left France for the US. I started a digital marketing company in 1993 in the US, which I sold in 2001. When I left France, the internet was in its infancy. In fact, we didn't even call it the internet. We called it the information superhighway in those days. It was only in 1995, spring of 1995, I believe, when the Netscape 1.0 appeared that we called it the internet because for the first time in history, we could actually connect to what we ended up calling the web. But prior to that, there was no web because there was no navigator, there was no browser allowing us to access the information on the web. So, in a way, I'm a dinosaur when it comes to the tech space. Try to keep up with the times. 2018, I decided to come back to France and to launch Uniqorn. It's Uniqorn with a Q, for those of you who do not have video. Unicorn, the idea of Uniqorn is to provide support to technology startups from around the world and help them succeed. So, our motto is crawl, walk, thrive. For those of you who are unfamiliar with what an incubator is, think first and foremost of an incubator in a hospital where a young baby is born prematurely, we put it into an incubator to ensure its survival. First and foremost, we do exactly the same thing with startups because we all know when a startup is first founded, that's when it's most fragile. So, we provide it with the framework or frameworks, I shall say, with legal accounting help initially, and then help in terms of business development, marketing, engineering, graphic design, et cetera, anything technology startup would need in order to again, crawl, walk, run, right? Crawl, walk, thrive. That's our motto. I would say that over the last six to eight years, and though I still consider myself as a startup entrepreneur today, my position has mostly morphed into that of a business angel. So I'm more on the capital provisioning side, the capital aggregation side. I also do invest in every deal that comes through our doors,