Podcasts about Amica

In today's episode, you'll get the positive boost you've been needing for a long time. Mel is teaching you how to upgrade your energy, mood, and mindset with 7 tiny changes you can make in your life today. Right now, life feels like it is speeding by; there is so much to do, and life feels really overwhelming. You're tired, overbooked, and wondering why everything feels harder than it should. The fix is right in front of you. And it isn't a life overhaul. It's small, science-backed habits that reconnect you to yourself, your people, and what really matters. These 7 small fixes make you feel incredible. They will help you feel more like yourself again. In this episode, Mel shares the simple, overlooked habits that help her feel better and have more good days. These habits are grounded in research, proven to boost your mood, lower your stress, and strengthen your relationships. They are proven to work, even when you're already exhausted or short on time. Mel tells you powerful personal stories, shares uplifting research, and reads one unforgettable letter that will make you want to write a note to someone you love today. You'll also learn what you need to do in your kitchen for more energy in an instant, the one word that creates an instant connection with someone, the best way to keep your relationships strong, and why you need to take 180 seconds to go on what Mel calls an “awe walk.” If you've been feeling disconnected, worn out, or like you've lost your spark, this episode is your reminder that it doesn't take much to feel better. These small habits give you big rewards. These are the 7 habits Mel uses when she needs an energy upgrade, and now, she's sharing them with you.This episode is sponsored by our exclusive insurance partner, Amica. For more resources, click here for the podcast episode page. If you liked this episode, your next listen should be: 8 Habits That Will Change Your Life: The Expert Advice You Need This YearConnect with Mel:  Get Mel's #1 bestselling book, The Let Them TheoryWatch the episodes on YouTubeFollow Mel on Instagram The Mel Robbins Podcast InstagramMel's TikTok Sign up for Mel's personal letter Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes ad-freeDisclaimer

In this episode of The Tech Trek, Brian Clifford, Chief Data Officer at Amica Insurance, shares how his team translates core company values—like exceptional customer service—into actionable AI and data strategies. We explore how Amica approaches pilots, vendor selection, internal adoption, and governance to scale AI effectively and responsibly.

State già passeggiando? Avete preso la vostra dose quotidiana di luce naturale? Bravi, avete fatto bene! Perché, a quanto pare, la luce del giorno non solo ci mette di buonumore, ma ha anche un effetto “super potere” sul nostro sistema immunitario. Lo conferma un recente studio pubblicato su Science, che ci dice come la luce influenzi il nostro orologio biologico e potenzi la risposta del nostro corpo contro le infezioni. Ne parliamo con il Professor Roberto Manfredini, direttore della clinica medica universitaria di Ferrara e massimo esperto di cronobiologia, per capire come e quando esporci alla luce per farne una vera alleata della nostra salute.

Patrizia Carrano"Il cuore infranto della quercia"Aboca Edizioniwww.abocaedizioni.it“Questa mattina ho scoperto che nel bosco di Manziana è stato abbattuto un albero centenario a me molto caro.Un'altra me stessa, ma molto più forte e robusta.Era una quercia sotto le cui fronde mi sentivo in salvo”.Chi è la donna che attraversa con passo rapido un grande bosco a nord di Roma? Cosa la spinge a raggiungere una quercia secolare sotto la cui ombra finalmente si sente in salvo dalle ferite dell'esistenza? Carlotta è una donna consapevole e intelligente, un'apprezzata traduttrice di testi naturalistici, è stata fortemente impegnata nella salvaguardia dei lupi, ha una figlia ancora giovane che insegna in una università americana. Eppure cerca salvezza sotto le fronde di un albero, simbolo vivente e meraviglioso dell'ambiente selvatico cui è indissolubilmente legata. Quando scopre che il “suo” albero è stato abbattuto, il dolore è tale da costringerla in ospedale, dove le viene diagnosticata una “sindrome del cuore infranto”. Per raccogliere le fila della propria vita, questa donna con il cuore in pezzi deve sciogliere nodi antichi e assai intricati: un amore dissolto nel tempo e la recente, tragica fine di un familiare. Dal reparto di terapia intensiva dov'è ricoverata, Carlotta riuscirà ad attraversare il suo passato e alla ricerca di un nuovo modo per vedere le cose del mondo. Patrizia Carrano si consegna un'opera che, quasi francescanamente, ci invita a ristabilire il nostro rapporto con la natura e con la parte più selvatica presente in ognuno di noi. Poiché scrivere e leggere di ciò che si ama è la maniera migliore per avvicinarlo, conoscerlo e possederlo, senza attentare alla sua libertà.Patrizia Carrano vive a Roma. Giovanissima ha lavorato per il settimanale “Noi donne”, poi ad “Amica”, “Anna”, “Elle”, “Max”, “Panorama” e “Sette”. Per Rai3 e Rai1 ha raccontato oltre venti edizioni del Festival del cinema di Venezia. È stata una voce di Radio2, dove ha narrato le donne del '900 in una trasmissione intitolata Amiche mie. Ha scritto una ventina di romanzi, quasi tutti con protagoniste femminili, da Baciami Stupido a Illuminata – La storia di Elena Lucrezia Cornaro, prima laureata nel mondo. Ha firmato alcune fiction di grande ascolto nel prime time di Rai1. I suoi libri sono tradotti in cinque lingue. Per Vallecchi- Firenze ha pubblicato nel 2022 La bambina che mangiava i comunisti giunto in pochi mesi alla sesta edizione e nel 2023 una biografia di Magnani Tutto su Anna (cinque edizioni).IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

Off Cattive Ragazze è il format breve di TikTok per il podcast, solo il primo venerdì del mese.Anche voi avete notato questi punti in comune tra le due serie tv? Vi sembra ce ne siano altri? Fatemi sapere che cosa ne pensate dell'episodio qui nel box domande oppure nei DMs su TikTok.Account ufficiale TikTok: ⁠unamammaperamicapodcast

Dormire bene e a sufficienza è fondamentale per vivere a lungo e in salute. Ma oltre a rispettare le classiche regole di igiene del sonno come possiamo intervenire con la dieta per garantirci il riposo notturno? Ce lo spiega il nostro esperto.

My guest this week is Tory Pachis, CMO of Amica Mutual Insurance Company, based in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Tory is a seasoned insurance executive with nearly 25 years of industry experience. At Amica, he oversees five core areas within the marketing department: marketing, data science, media and platform, branding and communications, operations and project management, and digital experience. He joined the company in 2020 as Vice President of Marketing and has since led a brand renaissance. That includes bringing on a new advertising agency of record and refreshing Amica's logo and brand platform. Tory has also pushed the brand to pursue larger and more impactful opportunities to build name recognition. A couple of standout examples include the now-infamous Boston Celtics jersey patch — recognizable to any sports fan — and the naming rights to Providence's 13,000-seat arena, now known as the Amica Mutual Pavilion. He holds a BA in Journalism and an MA in Marketing Communications from the University of Connecticut. Outside of work, Tory enjoys time with his wife, Stacy, and their four children: Sophia, Christian, Jayden, and Rosie. You'll often find him coaching his kids' basketball games or serving the community through his work with Foster Forward, a nonprofit that empowers lives impacted by foster care. 

Relatore: Annalisa De Stasi (Gandharvika devi dasi)Questa conferenza è tratta dai libri e insegnamenti di A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Visita ora la nostra pagina https://www.prabhupadadesh.com/libri e scopri i libri che puoi avere con una libera donazione, direttamente a casa Tua. Spediamo ovunque Tu desideri.Tutte le domeniche dell'anno, a partire dalle ore 17:00, la comunità Hare Krishna di Albettone apre le porte ai visitatori con una gioiosa festa che prevede incontri culturali che affrontano tematiche di attualità tenendo presente i millenari insegnamenti della cultura dei Veda, i più antichi testi sapienziali conosciuti dal genere umano.In un'atmosfera intrisa di cordialità e devozione, gli ospiti possono apprendere gli insegnamenti del bhakti-yoga che include lo studio della filosofia e della spiritualità dell'India classica, la meditazione, la musica sacra e l'arte della cucina vegetariana.Ogni serata si conclude con l'offerta di gustose preparazioni vegetariane!L'ingresso è libero. Per informazioni visita il nostro sito https://www.prabhupadadesh.comVuoi fare una domanda? Scrivici a contatta@prabhupadadesh.com

Together with Amica Senior Lifestyles, Vancouver Opera shares the power of live music to inspire connection, joy, and reflection in senior living. Amica Senior Lifestyles is one of Vancouver Opera's wonderful sponsors, and today Tabitha Brasso-Ernst is joined by Ashley Sumler, the Director of Quality of Life at Amica Senior Lifestyles. Learn MoreCREDITS:Ashley Sumler - Director of Quality of Life at Amica Senior LifestylesTabitha Brasso-Ernst - Host, Engagement Strategist at Vancouver OperaMack McGillivray - Producer

In this episode, host Andrew Clark interviews Jeff Eisenfeld, Director of Search at Media by Mother, about leveraging creative digital campaigns and building authentic human connections on platforms like YouTube. Jeff shares actionable insights from his extensive career, including the breakthrough strategy behind Amica Insurance's viral campaign.

Dormire bene è un piacere, una delle più grandi gioie della vita per il 70% degli italiani secondo un recente studio di IKEA. Eppure, per molti si tratta di un sogno irraggiungibile. Per dormire bene c'è chi le prova tutte: la nuova ossessione legata al sonno si chiama sleepmaxxing e va di moda tra la Gen Z. Io me ne tengo alla larga, perché di mangiare kiwi appena prima di andare a letto non ho voglia. Piuttosto, chiedo ad altri come affrontano le loro notti senza sonno: alcuni hanno risposto alle mie domande, spiegando il loro rapporto con l'insonnia. Conflittuale, sì, certo. Ma solo finché non si scende a patti con l'insonnia stessa, alla ricerca di un equilibrio, come una vecchia amica. Questa puntata è promossa da IKEA Italia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're taking a short break this week and, while we're away, we invite you to enjoy one of our favorite episodes. We will return with a brand-new episode next week!Immunai is mapping the immune system at unprecedented scale and granularity. The map, paired with machine learning, looks at how the immune system will respond to drug targets, offering an affordable way to prevent expensive drug failures. The ultimate goal is to market immune treatments for diseases like cancer faster than ever before. In this week's conversation, Noam Solomon, CEO and co-founder of Immunai, covers the data gap in drug discovery and how machine learning (ML) can solve it, how to de-risk early-stage drug discovery, predictions for AI, and more.00:49-01:13: About Immunai01:13-01:45: Why map the immune system?01:45-02:44: Are you taking a step back to study the problem in order to move forward?02:44-03:49: How difficult is it to map the immune system?03:49-05:29: What is your AMICA platform?05:29-07:24: Where does your data come from?07:24-09:09: How do you account for differences between patients?09:09-11:35: What are the biggest challenges to drug development?11:35-14:07: How can AI improve drug development?14:07-14:55: Will AI advances speed up drug development?14:55-16:06: Is the use of AI applicable in all diseases and conditions?16:06-17:48: What sets your approach apart from other companies using AI?17:48-18:54: What partnerships does Immunai have?18:54-20:24: What are pharma companies looking for from Immunai?20:24-23:17: How can AI help with clinical trials?23:17-24:32: Can AI help with preventative care?24:32-26:30: Google Maps for the immune system26:30-27:18: What will we see from AI in drug discovery in the short term?27:18-28:06: What are the next steps for Immunai?Interested in being a sponsor of an episode of our podcast? Discover how you can get involved here! Stay updated by subscribing to our newsletter

In questo nuovo episodio parliamo di ex, ex ragazzi o ex ragazze. Non so se capita anche a voi, ma a volte penso a vari scenari alternativi: ad esempio, cosa sarebbe successo se Dean e Rory sarebbero rimasti amici? Oppure che cosa sarebbe successo se Jess avesse confessato subito i suoi sentimenti a Rory? È sempre giusto restare amici degli ex? Richard avrebbe dovuto dire dei pranzi con Pennilyn a Emily? Spoiler: si. Restare ancorati ai propri ex, ci dà più sicurezza? Dean ha sempre avuto un secondo fine quando Rory era fidanzata? Come reagireste a non sapere dei pranzi fatti con l'ex per 39 anni?  Fatemi sapere che cosa ne pensate nell'ultimo post o nei DMs su Instagram.Account ufficiale del podcast: ⁠@unamammaperamicapodcast ⁠ Non perderti la newsletter ⁠La posta delle Gilmore⁠. 

Dal colore dell'anno alla fine del fact-checking sui social, dai cosmetici per la longevità al gelato gastronomico: cosa ci dobbiamo aspettare dal 2025? Quali sono le tendenze che influenzeranno le dinamiche di consumo e di vita? Quali i segnali, più o meno deboli, che anticipano le direzioni di mercati e settori? Ne abbiamo parlato con Stefano Maggi, Regional Lead per l'area europea di We Are Social, Michele Superchi, Vice President Global Sales Director di Beautystreams, Luisa Simonetto direttrice di Amica, Patrizia Caldera, Marketing & Corporate Communication Director di Framesi e Stefano Guizzetti, patron di Ciacco, gelatiere e lievitista tra i più premiati e apprezzati.

In this episode I dive into Arbius a crypto ai project that I personally hold and wanted to go deeper on. We talk about their frontend Amica, their upcoming marketplace, future airdrops, fully autonomous AI agents, as well as a ton more. ----------- THE OBSIDIAN COUNCIL PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP

Max Richter a ses détracteurs, pourtant il est aujourd’hui incontournable dans le paysage des musiques de films et séries. On s’intéresse à ses compositions et reprises pour la très belle série « l’amie prodigieuse », dont un peu de Vivaldi. L’ecoute de... Continue Reading →

In questo nuovo episodio parleremo di libri in compagnia della bookstagram Chiara (@yugenreadss). Intermezzo di Sally Rooney e i libri della Reading Challenge di Rory Gilmore sono i pratogonisti di oggi. Intermezzo è il quarto libro della scrittrice irlandese Sally Rooney. Secondo la critica e le recensioni questo romanzo si conferma essere un successo. Con Intermezzo, Rooney cerca di farci riflettere sulle dinamiche della vita. Insieme a Chiara siamo riuscite a unire la storia di Peter e Ivan con i personaggi di Una mamma per amica.  Qual è il personaggio di Una mamma per amica che assocereste a Peter e Ivan? Intermezzo è il libro del secolo? Quali libri della Reading Challenge di Rory Gilmore vorreste leggere? Vi piace la scrittura di Sally Rooney?   Fatemi sapere che cosa ne pensate nell'ultimo post o nei DMs su Instagram. Account ufficiale del podcast: ⁠@unamammaperamicapodcast ⁠  Non perderti l'appuntamento settimanale della newsletter ⁠La posta delle Gilmore⁠. 

Baseia-se na Assistência Multidisciplinar Integrada a Cuidadores de Pessoas com a Doença de Alzheimer. O grupo AMICA (Assistência Multidisciplinar Integrada à Cuidadores de Pessoas com Doença de Alzheimer) se configura como um grupo de extensão universitária, congregando docentes, discentes, profissionais de saúde, cuidadores familiares e profissionais de pessoas com Doença de Alzheimer (DA). O grupo AMICA, tem seus encontros realizados na UFN, compreendendo essa extensão do cuidado, estando a instituição localizada no Bairro Centro, o grupo recebe cuidadores, familiares, discentes e docentes e profissionais de diversas áreas, de diferentes partes da cidade, mostrando que desse modo tem uma abertura para toda comunidade da cidade. O grupo trabalha em estreita colaboração com o cotidiano dos cuidadores de pessoas com DA, considerando os desafios do cuidado diário, contemplando o aprimoramento de determinantes em saúde relativos a questões de nutrição, atividades físicas, terapias farmacológicas, higiene, prevenção de intercorrências, mudanças de estilo de vida. O Grupo Amica é um projeto de extensão que está completando em 2024, 18 anos de criação e atividade. O grupo realiza ações multidisciplinares ampliadas e integrais à pessoa idosa com a Doença de Alzheimer e seus cuidadores, auxiliando em informações e conhecimentos para a prática diária do cuidador. O grupo possui acadêmicos e professores de diversos cursos da graduação, como Odontologia, Fisioterapia, Psicologia, Enfermagem, Nutrição, Terapia Ocupacional, Farmácia, Direito, Psicologia, Filosofia e apoio da Pastoral Universitária sobre a espiritualidade. O grupo AMICA, possibilita o desenvolvimento de um trabalho com o público-alvo, bem como, favorece o ensino, a pesquisa e a extensão, propondo em aplicar propostas direcionadas à pessoa com a DA, alinhando os processos de cuidado aos sistemas de saúde e às necessidades da população idosa.

Questo è quanto evidenziano due studi condotti da ricercatori australiani che commentiamo a Obiettivo Salute con il prof. Stefano Erzegovesi, medico e nutrizionista.

In Episode 28 of the Brand Slam podcast, co-hosts Steve Rosa and Joe Kayata sit down with Tory Pachis, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Amica Mutual Insurance, for an inspiring conversation about branding, community, and connection. Tory shares how Amica's innovative marketing strategies set the company apart in the competitive world of insurance, with a particular focus on their dynamic partnership with the Boston Celtics as the team's jersey patch sponsor and their naming rights to the Amica Mutual Pavilion, a cornerstone of Providence, RI. This episode dives into how Amica has embraced sports marketing to elevate its brand, harnessing the universal appeal of sports to connect with audiences in meaningful ways. By blending local engagement with authentic storytelling, Amica creates a brand identity that feels deeply personal and rooted in shared experiences. Tory and Steve discuss Amica's emphasis on empathy and human connection—values that resonate not just in their advertising but throughout the entire organization. As a mutual company, Amica prioritizes customer relationships and long-term loyalty, weaving a genuine sense of care into everything they do. Whether through community initiatives or thoughtful partnerships, the company demonstrates how a focus on core values can build trust and foster lasting brand commitment. Listeners will gain valuable insights into the powerful intersection of sports marketing and corporate identity. Tory's personal anecdotes of community involvement add dimension to the conversation, showcasing how Amica's regional focus on New England strengthens its ties to local communities while reinforcing its position as a customer-first, community-driven insurer. In keeping with (add)ventures' commitment to giving back, this episode includes a donation from our (add)love charitable-giving program to Foster Forward, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering lives touched by foster care–a cause deeply important to Tory who serves on its board.  Interested in a particular topic or want to be a guest? Contact us at brandslam@addventures.com.

Baseia-se na Assistência Multidisciplinar Integrada a Cuidadores de Pessoas com a Doença de Alzheimer. O grupo AMICA (Assistência Multidisciplinar Integrada à Cuidadores de Pessoas com Doença de Alzheimer) se configura como um grupo de extensão universitária, congregando docentes, discentes, profissionais de saúde, cuidadores familiares e profissionais de pessoas com Doença de Alzheimer (DA). O grupo AMICA, tem seus encontros realizados na UFN, compreendendo essa extensão do cuidado, estando a instituição localizada no Bairro Centro, o grupo recebe cuidadores, familiares, discentes e docentes e profissionais de diversas áreas, de diferentes partes da cidade, mostrando que desse modo tem uma abertura para toda comunidade da cidade. O grupo trabalha em estreita colaboração com o cotidiano dos cuidadores de pessoas com DA, considerando os desafios do cuidado diário, contemplando o aprimoramento de determinantes em saúde relativos a questões de nutrição, atividades físicas, terapias farmacológicas, higiene, prevenção de intercorrências, mudanças de estilo de vida. O Grupo Amica é um projeto de extensão que está completando em 2024, 18 anos de criação e atividade. O grupo realiza ações multidisciplinares ampliadas e integrais à pessoa idosa com a Doença de Alzheimer e seus cuidadores, auxiliando em informações e conhecimentos para a prática diária do cuidador. O grupo possui acadêmicos e professores de diversos cursos da graduação, como Odontologia, Fisioterapia, Psicologia, Enfermagem, Nutrição, Terapia Ocupacional, Farmácia, Direito, Psicologia, Filosofia e apoio da Pastoral Universitária sobre a espiritualidade. O grupo AMICA, possibilita o desenvolvimento de um trabalho com o público-alvo, bem como, favorece o ensino, a pesquisa e a extensão, propondo em aplicar propostas direcionadas à pessoa com a DA, alinhando os processos de cuidado aos sistemas de saúde e às necessidades da população idosa.

Seconda edizione dell'asta di solidarietà e beneficenza per il Progetto Comunità Amica delle Persone con Demenza: Arte all'asta.Artiste ed artisti, artigiane ed artigiani hanno risposto in modo solidale a questo momento di beneficenza che si svolgerà venerdì 29 novembre all'hotel Barrage di Pinerolo, in stradale San Secondo.Un'iniziativa che sostiene i progetti Comunità Amica delle Persone con Demenza Val Pellice, Pinerolo e Villar Perosa.Artiste ed artisti, artigiane ed artigiani hanno risposto generosamente all'appello donando manufatti di ogni genere , prezzo e caratteristica.L'Asta, voluta dalla Rete Demenze del Pinerolese, vede coinvolti oltre alla Diaconia Valdese anche ASL TO3, CISS di Pinerolo, Unione Montana Valli Chisone e Germanasca e AMA Pinerolo - Associazione Mutuo Aiuto.Ne parliamo con Monica Onnis, responsabile ufficio comunicazione della CSD.

For 90 years, Amica Insurance only accepted new customers through referrals. Then they opened their doors to everyone—and discovered they had less than 3% national brand awareness. For a direct-to-consumer insurance company, this sparked a complete marketing transformation.This episode, Elena, Angela, and Rob are joined by Tory Pachis, SVP of Marketing at Amica Insurance, to explore how he built the case for brand investment during one of the industry's most unprofitable years. Learn why Amica chose emotion over humor in their creative strategy, how they've doubled website visitors year-over-year, and what their Boston Celtics partnership means for growth.Topics covered: [01:00] Should brand and performance remain separate?[08:00] Transitioning from referral-only to mass marketing[14:00] How TV improves paid search efficiency[20:00] The strategy behind the Celtics partnership[24:00] Moving beyond cost-per-policy metrics[31:00] Why long-form advertising still matters To learn more, visit marketingarchitects.com/podcast or subscribe to our newsletter at marketingarchitects.com/newsletter. Resource:  2024 MarketingWeek Article: https://www.marketingweek.com/performance-branding-no-such-thing/Connect with Tory: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tory-pachis-7106064/ Get more research-backed marketing strategies by subscribing to The Marketing Architects on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. 

Peter Drogan, SVP and chief actuary, Amica Mutual Insurance Co., explains that aided by advanced analytics, AI-driven tools, and an increasing need for long-term risk management, today's actuaries are adapting to powerful new methods that enhance their expertise.

CITR's 24 Hours of Radio Art in a snack sized format. Dark Ambient. Drone. Field Recordings. Noise. Sound Art. Or something. This morning's broadcast features OLD AMICA, HAPTIC, JABU, ORACLE CHAMBER, COLIN ANDREW SHEFFIELD, and MAT WATSON.

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"Basta, ho voglia di cambiare aria, vado negli stati uniti a fare la ragazza alla pari!"

La presidente del Consiglio Giorgia Meloni - che da due anni viene chiamata “il presidente” da giornalisti abbagliati dai vestiti nuovi dell'imperatore - festeggia il primo biennio del suo governo. Non c'è bisogno di riportare le iperboli del suo messaggio ufficiale. In un Paese normale la presidente del Consiglio si sarebbe presentata di fronte alla stampa, noi qui ci accontentiamo di un soliloquio sui social. Questo è uno dei risultati di governo: abolite le domande i giornalisti si riducono a megafoni del potere e chi non ci sta rientra nella schiera dei traditori della patria. Nei due anni in cui l'Italia avrebbe dovuto recuperare credibilità internazionale la presidente Meloni è diventata la versione omeopatica dell'autoritarismo in salsa occidentale. Amica di Orbàn ha simulato europeismo in Europa, sovranismo in patria e ha sfoggiato atlantismo a braccetto di Salvini. Alla fine si è svelata messa all'angolo a Bruxelles. In due anni di governo ha scritto leggi incagliatesi nei tribunali nazionali e internazionali di ogni ordine e grado. In due anni di Pnrr che fatica a rispettare ha esacerbato la povertà (lo dice l'Istat), s'è rimangiata gli obiettivi e ha un'infrastruttura nazionale che inceppa i treni e supplica Elon Musk per ottenere una connessione decente. Dice Meloni che il programma elettorale è stato rispettato. Non mente. La vendetta è una portata quotidiana contro i suoi storici nemici immaginari: poveri, stranieri, gay, studenti, operai, sindacati, giornalisti, donne che non figliano, artisti che non propagandano, magistrati che rispettano le leggi più dei poteri. Ma non finirà bene, no. #LaSveglia per La NotiziaDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/la-sveglia-di-giulio-cavalli--3269492/support.

Alessandro Niero"Olga. Una badante per amica"Illustrazioni di Elena MieleValigie Rosse Edizioniwww.valigierosse.itUn libro per imparare che si è amici con chi viene da lontano.Un giorno in una delle famiglie come ce ne sono a migliaia, arriva una figura nuova, estranea eppure così strettamente e necessariamente vicina: è la badante. Viene da un paese lontano, viene per sua necessità e nostra necessità: quella di Olga è una storia appassionante, perché mentre farà amicizia col nipotino di casa tutto incuriosito lei prosegue il suo viaggio, sa tante lingue, si iscrive all'università e stupirà tutti con la sua bravura.Alessandro Niero (San Bonifacio, Verona 1968) insegna letteratura russa all'Università di Bologna. Si occupa di poesia del secondo Novecento e di traduzione poetica, a cui ha dedicato numerosi saggi. Per la sua attività di traduttore di poesia ha ricevuto il «Premio Nazionale per la Traduzione del Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali» (2006), il «Lerici Pea Mosca» (2008) e il «Čitaj Rossiju / Read Russia» (2012). Per bambini ha tradotto: Grigorij Oster, Il libro del cibo sano e appetitoso dell'orco (con S. Burini, Interlinea, 2007), Osip Mandel'štam, 2 tram (Comma 22, 2014) e Olga Sedakova, Mi trasformo (Caissa Editore, 2020). La sua produzione in versi, avviata con la plaquette Tendente a 1 (Colpo di Fulmine Edizioni, 1996, presentazione di Milo De Angelis), comprende i seguenti libri: Il cuoio della voce (Voland, 2004), A.B.C. Chievo (Passigli, 2013, prefazione di Massimo Raffaeli), Versioni di me medesimo (Transeuropa, 2014, postfazione di Andrea Afribo) e Residenza Fittizia (Marcos y Marcos, 2019, presentazione di Fabio Pusterla). Questo è il suo primo libro per i più piccoli.Elena Miele (Biella, 1968) diplomata in illustrazione allo IED di Milano, inizia la sua carriera collaborando con gli editori Hachette, Stratelibri ed Edifumetto, lavorando in seguito come textile designer per Fila, Robe di Kappa, Naj-Oleari, Powell Peralta e Santa Cruz. Dal 2000 lavora nella pubblicità come direttrice artistica e packaging designer dell'agenzia Armando Testa e per aziende come Ferrero, YSL, Isabelle Gellé, Bottega Verde e The Perfumer Art School. Nel frattempo prosegue la sua attività di illustratrice per numerose riviste letterarie (Watt Magazine, Oblique Studio, Cadillac, Sud, Cartografia letteraria).IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

CITR's 24 Hours of Radio Art in a snack-sized format. Dark Ambient. Drone. Field Recordings. Noise. Sound Art. Or something. Tune in Friday night for new music by Nonpareils, Crypthios, Die Sonne Satans, Mono Hideout, Rupert Lally, Mat Watson, Wojtek Kiwer, Old Amica, and Ghostwriter. If you're a fan of acoustic ecology / field recordings we'll be premiering Forms Of Minutiae's ‘Harkening Critters‘ collection on the CITR Global Network as well.

Baseia-se na Assistência Multidisciplinar Integrada a Cuidadores de Pessoas com a Doença de Alzheimer. O grupo AMICA (Assistência Multidisciplinar Integrada à Cuidadores de Pessoas com Doença de Alzheimer) se configura como um grupo de extensão universitária, congregando docentes, discentes, profissionais de saúde, cuidadores familiares e profissionais de pessoas com Doença de Alzheimer (DA). O grupo AMICA, tem seus encontros realizados na UFN, compreendendo essa extensão do cuidado, estando a instituição localizada no Bairro Centro, o grupo recebe cuidadores, familiares, discentes e docentes e profissionais de diversas áreas, de diferentes partes da cidade, mostrando que desse modo tem uma abertura para toda comunidade da cidade. O grupo trabalha em estreita colaboração com o cotidiano dos cuidadores de pessoas com DA, considerando os desafios do cuidado diário, contemplando o aprimoramento de determinantes em saúde relativos a questões de nutrição, atividades físicas, terapias farmacológicas, higiene, prevenção de intercorrências, mudanças de estilo de vida. O Grupo Amica é um projeto de extensão que está completando em 2024, 18 anos de criação e atividade. O grupo realiza ações multidisciplinares ampliadas e integrais à pessoa idosa com a Doença de Alzheimer e seus cuidadores, auxiliando em informações e conhecimentos para a prática diária do cuidador. O grupo possui acadêmicos e professores de diversos cursos da graduação, como Odontologia, Fisioterapia, Psicologia, Enfermagem, Nutrição, Terapia Ocupacional, Farmácia, Direito, Psicologia, Filosofia e apoio da Pastoral Universitária sobre a espiritualidade. O grupo AMICA, possibilita o desenvolvimento de um trabalho com o público-alvo, bem como, favorece o ensino, a pesquisa e a extensão, propondo em aplicar propostas direcionadas à pessoa com a DA, alinhando os processos de cuidado aos sistemas de saúde e às necessidades da população idosa.

Al and Kev talk about Mika and the Witch's Mountain Timings 00:00:00: Theme Tune 00:00:30: Intro 00:03:22: What Have We Been Up To 00:13:13: Game News 00:30:30: New Games 00:37:25: Mika And The Witch’s Mountain 01:08:10: Outro Links Animal Crossing Pocket Info Melobot: A Last Song Disney Dreamlight Valley “Dapper Delights” Update Steamworld Build “Skull Valley” Update Farming Simulator 25 Info Smushi Come Home Physical Release Herdling Floatopia Mika and the Witch’s Mountain Disclosure: I received a free review copy of this product from https://www.keymailer.co #MikaandTheWitchsMountain Contact Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/ Transcript (0:00:31) Al: Hello farmers, and welcome to another episode of The Harvest Season. (0:00:34) Al: My name is Al, and we’re here today to talk about Mario- wait no, Cottagecore Games. (0:00:36) Kev: And I’m Kevin. (0:00:42) Kev: I’ll talk about Mario. (0:00:44) Kev: I’m actually obligated to. (0:00:46) Al: I suspect I’ve already made that joke though, haven’t I? (0:00:49) Al: I probably made that joke a year ago. (0:00:51) Kev: Yeah, that’s fine. (0:00:52) Al: Um. (0:00:53) Kev: Oh yes, cottagecore. (0:00:55) Kev: But we’re here to talk about Cozy’s studio Ghibli likes. (0:00:59) Al: Yeah. (0:01:01) Al: Yes. (0:01:01) Al: So we are going to talk this episode about Mika and the Witches Mountain. (0:01:07) Al: This episode is the reason that Dave the Diver Month got delayed, basically. (0:01:07) Kev: finally (0:01:14) Al: We, we managed big news and full disclosure, because we have to say this. (0:01:14) Kev: Yeah (0:01:20) Al: Uh, we got a free code for Mika and the Witches Mountain for review. (0:01:25) Al: Uh, so, um, thank you to Chibi Games for that. (0:01:28) Kev: both of us oh oh okay sorry well ah that’s how you got it okay like (0:01:29) Al: No, just you. (0:01:31) Al: I paid for mine, but you, you got yours free, I paid for mine. (0:01:35) Al: Uh, I mean, to be fair, I paid for it like three years ago in Kickstarter. (0:01:42) Al: Um, so because of that, we then had like a specific time that they (0:01:48) Al: wanted the review to be done by. (0:01:50) Al: So we are doing the episode now, which means that hopefully next episode will (0:01:55) Al: be the final episode of Dave the Diver Month, or maybe not because of new (0:02:01) Al: I’m not going to talk about the Dave the Diver news in this episode, (0:02:02) Kev: I was about to say or maybe not. (0:02:04) Al: because there is Dave the Diver news. (0:02:06) Al: We’re going to talk about that in the next episode, just cause it’s so close. (0:02:09) Al: Um, so there we go. (0:02:12) Al: So yes, uh, we’re going to talk about Mika and the Witches Mountain. (0:02:12) Kev: And we can finally say #sponsored. (0:02:15) Al: Um, the hashtag sponsored hashtag, hashtag ad. (0:02:22) Al: Uh, I think it’s actually hashtag gifted. (0:02:25) Al: It’s not an ad. (0:02:25) Al: It’s not sponsored as gifted as a difference there. (0:02:28) Al: Cause we’re, we’re obviously. (0:02:30) Al: Getting the review code would not change our review. (0:02:33) Al: We would be reviewing it in the same way, whether we were paying for it or not. (0:02:36) Al: Uh, yeah. (0:02:36) Kev: Yup, that’s why Nintendo won’t sponsor Alex. (0:02:43) Al: Yes. (0:02:44) Al: And, um, unlike the developers of that new game that I can’t remember the name of, (0:02:49) Al: uh, we will talk about the politics of China. (0:02:52) Al: Uh, yeah, I think that’s something like that. (0:02:53) Kev: Oh my gosh, Black- Is it Black Wukong? (0:02:58) Al: I can’t remember what the name is, but yeah, it’s something like that. (0:03:01) Al: Very, very awkward. (0:03:03) Al: All that news of them trying to stop people talking about things that people (0:03:07) Al: are obviously going to talk about. (0:03:08) Kev: Yeah, oh good. (0:03:08) Al: Uh, but as far as I know, there’s no, uh, there’s no kind of big political issues (0:03:16) Al: with chibi games, uh, so we’re going to just talk about the game, um, because (0:03:20) Al: there’s no controversies that I know of to talk about before that. (0:03:23) Al: We have some news and first of all, Kevin, what have you been up to? (0:03:26) Kev: Well, a lot of meat primarily, but on the off chance I do get a breather, I look in (0:03:36) Kev: meek at time of course, I played hey guess what, a Mario game, Chalker, particularly (0:03:45) Kev: where was it, Mario World 2 Yoshi’s Island, I forget the swirlder land, but Yoshi’s Island, (0:03:50) Kev: the first Yoshi’s Island for the SNES, yep it’s the one with the bait. (0:03:52) Al: Is that the one with the babies? (0:03:56) Kev: The SNES always surprises me, like how modern it looks compared to the NES or whatever, (0:04:07) Kev: but anyways, I mean it’s a Yoshi game, it’s good, have you played any Yoshi games now? (0:04:12) Al: I have played this one specifically because when I was playing through the Mario games, (0:04:20) Al: the way that I defined it was anything that says “Super Mario” and is a platformer. So (0:04:26) Kev: Okay, sure. (0:04:26) Al: this one being called “Super Mario World 2, Yoshi’s Island” meant that I played this one. (0:04:31) Al: But I also included then the first Wario World as well, because that was a Super Mario World (0:04:37) Al: 2. Was it 4 or 3? I can’t remember. It was one of them anyway. So yeah. (0:04:38) Kev: That was three, wasn’t it, I think. (0:04:40) Kev: Yeah. (0:04:42) Al: Back when they would make a random platformer for another character and just slap Mario’s (0:04:48) Al: name on it. Yeah, yeah. Well, why not? I don’t think I’ve played any of the other ones. I’ve (0:04:50) Kev: It was a good strategy. They go, “I should go back.” (0:04:53) Kev: Um, yeah. (0:04:56) Kev: Mm. (0:04:57) Al: been meaning to play Willy World for a while just because it looks fun. But I don’t think (0:05:00) Kev: Yeah. (0:05:02) Al: I need to have a look at the list of (0:05:04) Kev: Yeah, well, shocker. (0:05:05) Kev: The core of the game, of a Nintendo game, has stayed pretty intact all these years. (0:05:11) Kev: Um, it’s a fun one. I like it. (0:05:14) Kev: Yoshi’s Island, um, (0:05:16) Kev: introduces all the Yoshi mechanics that are just (0:05:20) Kev: Mario stuff right not just the the eggs but the the flutter jump all sorts (0:05:24) Al: Yeah, but I guess the interesting thing about this one was that it was you were (0:05:24) Kev: of the Yoshi cop they’re all sorts of fun things if you want here (0:05:30) Al: controlling Yoshi rather than controlling Mario on you. (0:05:32) Kev: yeah that’s true yeah it’s true no longer your loyal steed slash jump (0:05:37) Kev: assist when you throw him in the pit didn’t make that jump but yeah if you (0:05:45) Kev: want to hear extended thoughts on Mr. Yoshi’s first (0:05:50) Kev: spotlight feature, well that’s not true, he had that Yoshi puzzle game, whatever, (0:05:56) Kev: go listen to Rainbow Road Radio, the show I do with Alex, that’ll be the next (0:06:01) Kev: episode, he’ll be out by the time this is out, so yeah, go check that out. Other than (0:06:07) Kev: that, I’m pretty sure I talked about Battle Cats a long long time ago on this (0:06:12) Kev: podcast, it’s a mobile game, it’s tower defense, you control these goofy cats (0:06:17) Kev: that’s sending your or me (0:06:20) Kev: to get units to go fight the enemy CPU units or whatever (0:06:25) Kev: I go on and off it (0:06:27) Kev: one thing about it, they do collabs with all sorts of different properties (0:06:32) Kev: the most wild ones like they’ve done Evangelion, Street Fighter (0:06:36) Kev: and they happen to do one with Ruruni Kenshin (0:06:39) Kev: which brought me back in hard (0:06:42) Kev: do you know Ruruni Kenshin now? (0:06:44) Al: - I do not, I was just about to ask, what is that? (0:06:45) Kev: Oh, okay, um, it’s a manga/anime, uh, unfortunately. (0:06:50) Kev: Of course, the very problematic creators I will acknowledge. Uh, by problematic, I mean awful. I won’t… yeah, not a great person, but the manga/… yup. Yup, not good things. Yeah, okay, criminal. Okay, let’s… okay, a criminal. A criminal creator. Let’s bump it up a little. (0:06:55) Al: I’m going to Wikipedia and looking at, oh right, okay, yep. (0:07:07) Al: That’s not just problematic, we’re not going to talk about that. (0:07:20) Kev: - But, which is unfortunate, ‘cause the manga slash anime (0:07:22) Kev: was very popular, was from like the ’90s, I believe, (0:07:26) Kev: and very well-liked and whatnot. (0:07:30) Kev: I watched it when I was younger, actually, in Mexico, (0:07:33) Kev: because Mexico had a lot of anime going on back then. (0:07:36) Kev: It still does. (0:07:38) Kev: It’s a, you know, it’s a whole thing. (0:07:40) Kev: It’s about samurais, basically. (0:07:41) Kev: I’m just really cool and really enjoyable. (0:07:44) Kev: And so, yeah, hearing that Colab got my attention, (0:07:48) Kev: so I got into it back in about, (0:07:50) Kev: and that was fun to see. (0:07:52) Kev: And then, Zona Zen Zero, the whole reverse game, (0:07:56) Kev: I continue to play it. (0:07:57) Kev: I’m actually kind of getting finally invested (0:08:00) Kev: into the story a little bit after like a month, (0:08:04) Kev: some time to get through all the gobbledygook (0:08:08) Kev: and nonsense words they use to finally understand (0:08:11) Kev: what’s going on. (0:08:13) Kev: One thing interesting about it is because it’s, you know, (0:08:16) Kev: ongoing engine-type game. (0:08:18) Kev: Like I– (0:08:20) Kev: Kind of hit. I think the end of the available story, right? (0:08:22) Kev: They do chapter drops or whatever and so now I have to wait for the next one. (0:08:27) Kev: Which is just an interesting experience. I don’t think I’ve ever had to really deal with it, at least in a video game, right? (0:08:33) Kev: But yeah, that’s what I’ve been up to. What about you, Al? What’s going on with you? (0:08:38) Al: Well, I have obviously been playing Mika as well, and we’ll talk about that. (0:08:44) Al: I have also, we are recording on the 23rd of August, which is the day the Harvest Moon Home (0:08:50) Al: Sweet Home comes out. So, or came out, or has come out. It’s out. So, I have bought it, and I have (0:08:52) Kev: against all odds with no no work no not a whisper of anything about it but it (0:09:09) Al: a little bit. Obviously not very much, because it’s the first day, and I’ve been working today. (0:09:15) Al: Well, I will obviously have a lot more thoughts about this in the future, but my first (0:09:24) Al: thought is this game has basically no controller support, but it’s not completely not, right? It (0:09:32) Al: has, I’ve found one thing that has controller support for, and that’s conversations. When you’re (0:09:38) Al: you can proceed the conversation with the controller. Nothing else. And it’s so weird. So weird. (0:09:42) Kev: That’s so weird. You have to play on your phone, but when you hit the conversation pick up your controller (0:09:49) Al: It’s so weird. Well, that’s the thing. Because I have an Android phone, and I have an iPad, (0:09:56) Al: I have to decide on which platform I’m going to purchase on, right? Because I’m not going to (0:10:00) Al: purchase on both. Although I will say, interestingly, it’s not that expensive. It’s 18 (0:10:05) Al: £14 on IOS and it’s £14. (0:10:08) Kev: Oh, I’m a darned. (0:10:08) Al: It’s weird that there’s the difference there, but it’s not an insane, you know, it’s not (0:10:14) Al: it’s not a ridiculous amount. (0:10:16) Al: It was pretty good for what it is, but I’m probably still not going to buy it on both. (0:10:23) Al: So I had to decide and I was like, I can’t, I think I decided originally to buy on Android. (0:10:28) Al: So I bought it and downloaded it and opened it and it crashed. (0:10:33) Al: And apparently they’ve had an issue on Android where the game is crashing just now. (0:10:33) Kev: Oh (0:10:36) Kev: Say yes, I have to buy both (0:10:37) Al: And so I was like… (0:10:39) Al: I went on to the Play Store and there was a refund button. (0:10:42) Al: So I was like, “Oh, well, I’ll refund that and I’ll go buy it on iPad then.” (0:10:46) Al: So I’ve been playing it on the iPad. (0:10:48) Al: But the problem with that is obviously I would like to use my controller (0:10:50) Al: because it’s on my iPad, right? (0:10:52) Al: Like I don’t want to be like holding my 13-inch iPads, (0:10:56) Al: trying to play touchscreen controls. (0:11:00) Kev: Back to the Wii U days, baby. (0:11:02) Al: It’s worse than that. (0:11:02) Al: It’s so much bigger than that. (0:11:06) Al: I do have an iPad mini. (0:11:08) Al: So I will try it out on that and see how it feels on that as well. (0:11:11) Al: But this this might not be a good start to it. (0:11:14) Al: Although I will have to see. (0:11:16) Al: I need to check this. (0:11:17) Al: I meant to check this earlier (0:11:20) Al: because Mac OS has a thing now where you can install iPad apps. (0:11:23) Al: So I need to see if I can install that and maybe I can play it on my Mac. (0:11:25) Kev: Ooh. That’d be nice. (0:11:26) Al: We’ll see. (0:11:27) Kev: Is there no blue stacks equivalent on Mac? (0:11:30) Al: What that is, that is that. (0:11:32) Kev: Oh, that is. Okay. Okay. (0:11:34) Al: Yeah, it’s the same thing. (0:11:35) Al: and technically developers can deceive. (0:11:39) Al: So, we’ll see whether they’ve disabled it or not. (0:11:39) Kev: Mmm, let’s see. (0:11:42) Al: I would hope not, but we’ll see. (0:11:42) Kev: Okay. (0:11:44) Kev: Um, okay, about the game, okay, the big question about the game itself, (0:11:49) Kev: is it, you know, a farming game? (0:11:51) Kev: Don’t even know what it’s supposed to be. (0:11:52) Al: Yeah, I would say it’s basically, it’s a Harvest Moon game. Now the question is whether it is a (0:11:56) Kev: Okay, it is a harvest move. (0:11:59) Al: Harvest Moon game, and they’ve definitely thought about it in terms of touch screen first. I would (0:12:04) Al: say touch screen first, or touch screen only, clearly, because they don’t have the controller (0:12:07) Kev: Okay. (0:12:08) Al: support. Which is, I mean, the fact that they’ve thought about it touch screen first is good, (0:12:09) Kev: Yay. (0:12:14) Al: the fact that it doesn’t support controllers is bad. But yeah, it’ll be interesting to see (0:12:16) Kev: Yeah. (0:12:20) Kev: Okay. (0:12:20) Al: how things go. I’ve not put enough into it to- (0:12:23) Al: You know, an opinion on the story or the full mechanics or anything like that. That episode will come. (0:12:24) Kev: Sure. (0:12:27) Kev: Sure. (0:12:30) Al: But yeah, so start off disappointing. We’ll see. We’ll see where it goes from here. (0:12:36) Kev: - Nah. (0:12:41) Al: I think I also- I launched- I bought and started playing (0:12:46) Al: Natsumon? Is that real? Yeah, Natsumon, 20th century summer kid. I haven’t played a lot of that, though. (0:12:52) Al: That’s probably for the future, because there’s a lot happening just now. (0:12:57) Al: That was one of the games that Micah talked about, I think, last year. End of the year. (0:13:00) Kev: Ahh, okay. Oh, I love that art style. (0:13:04) Al: And they only added the English translation at the beginning of this month, so. (0:13:09) Kev: - Okay, cool, cool, cool. (0:13:11) Al: So yeah, that’s what we’ve been playing. So, into the news. Speaking of mobile games, (0:13:17) Kev: Eh? (0:13:17) Al: we have some Animal Crossing news. It’s been a while since we’ve had some Animal Crossing news, Kevin. (0:13:22) Al: And now it’s time to talk about a game, (0:13:23) Kev: It’s good for once. (0:13:25) Al: now it’s time to talk about an Animal Crossing game that neither of us have really played. (0:13:30) Al: I think I have downloaded it and I’ve opened it and got really bored really quickly. (0:13:35) Al: But that is Animal Crossing Pocket Camp. (0:13:38) Al: So the news is that the game is shutting down. (0:13:42) Al: But don’t worry, they’re releasing it again offline. (0:13:47) Al: So this is very interesting and I wanna know what you think. (0:13:50) Al: But my opinion is that this is. (0:13:52) Al: Because I think exactly what we want online games to do is when they shut down, they (0:13:59) Al: release another version that allows you to play the whole game without in-app purchases. (0:14:05) Al: And granted, it’s going to cost money. (0:14:07) Al: And I accept that because it takes work and that’s life. (0:14:13) Al: But it’ll be interesting to see how much it costs. (0:14:15) Al: That will be the killer, I think. (0:14:18) Al: I think overall, although some people we disappointed because they obviously… (0:14:22) Al: It means there’s no new events in the game. I think that overall it’s a good news because it’s not going… (0:14:28) Kev: All right, I heard, I cannot source or confirm, I heard that they will try to do some events (0:14:34) Kev: still for the first, like, while for the offline version, but… (0:14:38) Al: No, I haven’t seen anything about that. What they have said is that they’ll be doing events (0:14:44) Al: and adding some items until the end of the current version, which ends, which is running (0:14:48) Kev: Oh, okay, that’s why it would have hurt, nevermind. (0:14:51) Kev: Um, but still. (0:14:54) Al: until the 28th of November. That is when they’re going to shut it down. So they said there (0:14:59) Al: will be some more events and items before then, but I haven’t seen anything about new (0:15:04) Al: stuff in the in the. (0:15:07) Kev: if uh if i’m employed by that point I will pick this up because i’m much more interested now that (0:15:14) Kev: I can just play it all especially offline um because that’s uh that’s my idea (0:15:21) Al: It’s going to be very interesting to me how much it costs. Will it cost like what Mario (0:15:27) Al: Run cost? Was that like 20 dollars? Something like that? Or whether it ends up going like (0:15:32) Kev: I was about to say, it’s in the new nintendo to pick the latest entry into the animal crossing (0:15:36) Al: a full price switch game. I would be surprised if it did. But you never know, it is Nintendo. (0:15:47) Kev: series, full price animal crossing, locket camp deluxe. (0:15:51) Al: - It turns out the Switch 2 runs Android. (0:15:58) Al: Look, we’ve got a new Animal Crossing game for the new console. (0:16:02) Al: Yeah, the other thing is, they haven’t said for certain that it’s definitely 100% offline. (0:16:09) Al: Let me see if I can find the wording. (0:16:11) Al: It says, “We’re developing a version of Animal Crossing Pocket Camp that users (0:16:15) Al: can continue to play with their save file.” (0:16:17) Al: So that’s a key point your data will carry across. (0:16:20) Kev: Oh, yeah that yeah, can you imagine if it did? (0:16:21) Al: You would think that would be a minimum required thing for this, but just it’s good to have the clarification. (0:16:29) Kev: You know in this day and age yeah, yeah, it’s good to have that clarification (0:16:33) Al: You carry over your saved data by linking your Nintendo account. (0:16:37) Al: It says, but you cannot carry over any remaining leaf tickets. (0:16:40) Al: I think they were the like paid item that unlocked things in the game. (0:16:42) Kev: score. Right. (0:16:44) Al: So obviously it doesn’t make any sense if there aren’t, because it says it’s a paid app without in-app purchases. (0:16:52) Al: The question of course is whether that means everything in the game, all the items will be unlocked for everybody. (0:16:59) Al: And if so, do you have to do something to unlock them? (0:17:03) Al: Like are there going to be challenges or is it just you can access everything like you had paid for it? (0:17:10) Kev: if I were making the decision / this is my guess I’d say you there’s a new fake (0:17:19) Kev: premium currency new leaf tickets what I would call it and you have to do (0:17:24) Kev: challenges to earn that and that’s what so that way they can just leave like (0:17:26) Al: That’s a possible. I wouldn’t be surprised if that wasn’t the case purely because that (0:17:33) Al: sounds like work and is probably more less work just to have like I can’t I don’t I (0:17:40) Al: don’t think I played long enough to know how these things unlock but I’m presuming it’s (0:17:45) Al: just a shop somewhere and so instead that shop just has a cost of zero for everything (0:17:50) Kev: - Oh, okay. (0:17:52) Kev: Or can they change it to, I don’t know about this games, (0:17:54) Kev: non-premium currency, I don’t know. (0:17:56) Al: Yeah, we’ll find out. The other thing is it says it does not require constant data communication, (0:18:02) Al: but that word constant would imply that maybe there is some internet connectivity to it, (0:18:08) Al: but why would they do that if they’re shutting down the game? So I’m a little bit intrigued (0:18:11) Al: as to what that means and what exactly it’s going to look like. They have said they’re (0:18:16) Al: going to have more details about the new app in October, so I guess we’ll find out. (0:18:21) Kev: - All right, but like I said, I’m looking forward. (0:18:23) Al: Yeah, I will. I will almost certainly purchase. (0:18:26) Al: This will I regret purchasing it? We’ll find out. Stay tuned. (0:18:35) Al: Next, we have a renamed game. What was previously called a last song is now called MeloBot, (0:18:43) Al: a last song. MeloBot, MeloBot is a good name. I’m not a huge fan of like subtitles in games, (0:18:44) Kev: I love Metabots! (0:18:46) Kev: Classic. (0:18:52) Al: but I get why they’re doing this one, right? Because it makes it very clear that it’s a (0:18:58) Kev: yeah yeah i’m actually a fan of subtitles and the reason like because if they want to make you (0:19:08) Kev: know franchise or whatever sequels like having different subtitles I think is better than the (0:19:14) Kev: the numbering thing (0:19:16) Al: I mean, I personally I prefer just numbering because then it makes it very clear the order. (0:19:22) Al: But that aside, I think part of the reason I don’t like subtitles is because it implies (0:19:28) Al: that they are going to make a franchise and it’s like, don’t assume that you’re going (0:19:31) Al: to be successful enough to do a franchise. And often subtitles are really, you know, (0:19:40) Al: stupid and not like, so let’s talk about the art games, for example, right? (0:19:44) Kev: Yeah, yeah the pinnacle of subtitles (0:19:47) Al: A perfect example of bad subtitles. They have their first game was Ark Survival Evolved, (0:19:53) Al: right? Which, OK, sure, fine, you’re making it clear it’s a survival game. That’s fine. (0:19:59) Al: Evolved, maybe that’s talking about the dinosaurs. Who knows? What I find confusing about it, (0:20:07) Al: though, is that when you get to a second game, you then start to go, well, is Evolved the first (0:20:12) Al: or the second game? Because Evolved would imply to me that it’s like an evolution of the previous (0:20:16) Al: game. And then their particular problem is they have a remaster of the original called (0:20:23) Al: Ark Survival Ascendant, which is very not clear what, like, why? Why those two names? (0:20:31) Al: And how you meant to know which is which based on those names? That’s my main problem. And then, (0:20:35) Al: of course, their new game is just called Ark 2. So they just can’t decide what they want to do. (0:20:40) Kev: Beautiful. (0:20:41) Kev: I like that. (0:20:42) Al: But anyway, as subtitles go, this is not a bad subtitle. (0:20:43) Kev: Mm-hmm. (0:20:48) Al: I guess just a reminder to people, this is the game where you play as a robot on an alien planet and you are healing plants with salt. (0:20:58) Kev: Yeah, there is in fact rhythm gameplay in this game. (0:21:04) Kev: I was looking at the trailer. (0:21:06) Kev: That looks nice. (0:21:08) Al: Yeah, so it’s a little world that you walk around in and you find plants and then you (0:21:12) Al: have to use your rhythm to heal them, which is a fun little idea. And, you know, I like (0:21:16) Kev: - Mm-hmm, yeah. (0:21:19) Al: the idea of kind of combining a, I don’t know if it’s open world or what, but like, you (0:21:23) Al: know, a world traversal, also with rhythm. (0:21:28) Kev: And somehow there’s still combat. I don’t know if that’s rhythm based, but there is you (0:21:32) Al: I think it is. I think it is rhythm-based as well, based on the trailer. We’ll see. (0:21:37) Kev: Which is a cool idea, um, it looks nice i’m down for this september 12th. That’s not far off (0:21:42) Al: Yeah, so that’s the other news. It’s coming out on the 12th of September, and they’ve (0:21:44) Kev: plus a month (0:21:54) Al: or three weeks three weeks is that three weeks to go till it comes out next we have the full patch (0:22:00) Al: notes for the new disney dreamlight valley update dapper delights so if you want them they are now (0:22:06) Al: available and (0:22:06) Kev: Did they add hot hot ones to the game the reverse of the collab? (0:22:12) Al: Uhhh… no. I feel like I’m missing a reference. (0:22:16) Kev: No (0:22:18) Kev: Okay, you know what hot ones is right (0:22:19) Al: The, like, wings challenge. Yeah. Yeah. (0:22:22) Kev: Yes, yes, okay. Yes the talk show where people eat spicy food in the meanwhile or whatever, right? (0:22:28) Kev: They’re they’re doing with Donald Doug and animated Donald duck (0:22:30) Al: Um… why? (0:22:35) Kev: It was I think (0:22:36) Kev: 90th anniversary, I guess (0:22:43) Al: Oh no, that sounds (0:22:49) Kev: I mean the animations good. I will say that they’re not limping on it. But um, I (0:22:56) Kev: Gotta love how the host is just gonna be talking (0:23:00) Kev: itself I guess or standing Donald (0:23:03) Al: I really don’t know what to say. I’ve never watched a full episode of Hot Ones, (0:23:03) Kev: Good you got a little bit (0:23:06) Kev: I (0:23:11) Al: I’ve just seen clips on TikTok. Sorry, what now? No. As in, like, the animated character or as in… (0:23:12) Kev: Haven’t either but um, yeah, I’m excited for it. Will this be as good as doofenschwertz on shark tank? I don’t know. Oh (0:23:22) Kev: You didn’t know that dr. Doofenschwertz from a Phineas and Ferb was on shark tank (0:23:30) Kev: That is correct, yes (0:23:31) Al: But… (0:23:33) Al: I don’t know what to say. So no, The Hot Ones is not suddenly in Dreamlight Valley. (0:23:35) Kev: I’ll see you tomorrow. (0:23:36) Kev: Bye! (0:23:46) Al: But no, this update adds Tiana from Princess and the Frog, and she brings a restaurant with her. (0:23:51) Kev: Oh, okay. (0:23:55) Kev: Uh-oh, Rami’s facing competition now. She’s got to pick a side. (0:23:56) Al: I don’t think I’ve seen the Princess and the Frog. Is that a thing she’s known for? (0:24:00) Al: I’ve not seen the Princess and the Frog. (0:24:02) Kev: Oh, that’s her entire thing. Like, (0:24:05) Kev: her ho- she’s- works in a restaurant, wants to save up to own- open her own restaurant. That’s her dream. (0:24:10) Al: Fair enough? Well, yeah, so the full details on the update are right now. And I did notice (0:24:19) Al: that we do have confirmation now that the Act III of the DLC, which comes out with the update, is (0:24:26) Al: the final in the Rift of Time expansion, which I think confirms that the next thing that they’re (0:24:34) Al: hinting at, the next expansion they’re hinting at is our new expansion, because I looked on Steam, (0:24:38) Al: and when you’re purchasing the (0:24:40) Kev: Mm-hmm (0:24:40) Al: expansion, you are very explicitly purchasing Disney Dreamlight Valley Arift in Time. So (0:24:45) Al: I think that’s Arift in Time is complete and the next thing that they’re hinting that comes (0:24:49) Al: later this year will be another paid. (0:24:52) Kev: Sure, and other things, yeah. I wonder what it’ll be. (0:24:56) Al: Yeah, I don’t think that I don’t think we’ve got any real hints on on that yet. (0:25:00) Al: So we’ll we’ll see. (0:25:02) Al: We’ll see what comes. (0:25:06) Al: Next, we have a new update for Steam World Build. (0:25:10) Al: The Skull Valley update is out now. (0:25:13) Al: So this adds a whole new map (0:25:15) Al: filled with piratey perils and opportunities. (0:25:18) Al: Build your town town. (0:25:21) Al: Build your town amidst palm trees, (0:25:23) Al: canons and the looming shadow of the Kraken. (0:25:25) Al: So there you go. (0:25:26) Kev: Okay, I have not played this one. I’m out of the loop here. (0:25:26) Al: And so this is the, it’s a town builder, a SteamWorld town builder. (0:25:30) Kev: Kraken’s are cool. (0:25:34) Kev: Yeah, I remember that. (0:25:36) Al: So this is just a new map for the town builder with some new stuff in it, which is cool. (0:25:41) Kev: The brand-new map is pretty cool (0:25:45) Kev: Yeah (0:25:46) Kev: Rockin school. Oh, oh there. I’m seeing the picture. It’s it’s cracking like in the desert. Okay. You could do is expecting that (0:25:54) Al: Yeah, I don’t know whether anything will come with that or not, because it does say looming (0:25:59) Al: shadow of the Kraken implies that something might come from that. But it does look very much dried up. (0:26:05) Kev: yeah that that’s actually a fun aesthetic dried up pirate island um and I like that that’s cool (0:26:10) Al: Yeah. (0:26:13) Al: So if you’ve been playing SteamWorld Build, go get the update now. If you haven’t been playing it, (0:26:17) Al: and you’re like, you know what I really want, what will make me buy this game? (0:26:21) Al: Pirates. Well, there you go. Now you can go. (0:26:24) Kev: You know what would make me buy a game, Al? (0:26:25) Al: Nothing you say is gonna be true right now. (0:26:29) Kev: Spinach. (0:26:30) Kev: What if they’re gonna have spinach? (0:26:33) Al: Oh, my word. (0:26:33) Kev: You’re– ooh. (0:26:36) Al: Farming Simulator 25, in our continual coverage (0:26:39) Al: of this game for some reason, we’ve (0:26:43) Al: got some more information on the game, more reveals. (0:26:45) Al: There is a new map and there’s spinach. (0:26:50) Al: So I don’t hate spinach, but it’s (0:26:50) Kev: Do you like spinach, Al? (0:26:55) Al: something I would particularly choose. (0:26:58) Kev: So, I like- (0:26:58) Al: But if I was having a meal that had spinach, (0:26:59) Al: I’d be like, yeah, that’s fine. (0:27:01) Kev: Yeah. (0:27:02) Kev: I like, you know, baby spinach, the green leafy stuff. (0:27:05) Al: Yeah. (0:27:06) Kev: But, when you, like, book it too much and it turns that Popeye mushy stuff, uh, no, I can’t- (0:27:11) Al: Yeah, that’s part of the problem. (0:27:13) Al: You basically can’t cook it. (0:27:15) Al: You just need to mix it into your hot food (0:27:17) Kev: Yup. (0:27:18) Al: and otherwise it’s overcooked. (0:27:19) Kev: There’s… (0:27:20) Kev: …too much dang water in there. (0:27:22) Kev: Um… (0:27:24) Kev: Well, there you go. (0:27:26) Kev: Spinach fans rejoice. It’s incredible. (0:27:29) Al: Oh, you’re gonna love this. So I’ve just been looking through the other previews they’ve (0:27:34) Al: given us. So they are releasing with this game an ignition lock, a physical ignition (0:27:44) Al: that you can buy, and insert the key to turn on your tractor. (0:27:48) Kev: now we’re talking I like that forget controller support where’s my physical (0:27:50) Al: Oh dear. But that’s basically what it is. There you go, there’s a link you can (0:27:56) Kev: key and lock support oh that’s that’s uh (0:27:59) Al: look at, Kevin, this is quite something. So this comes with the collector’s edition (0:28:08) Al: of Farming Simulator 25. (0:28:10) Kev: oh my gosh this is great I love that this is genius always on the cutting edge um little farming (0:28:17) Al: I was on something, though I will say the collector’s edition in the UK is 60 pounds. (0:28:26) Al: So that’s not bad for coming with, you know, the physical ignition key, if that’s what (0:28:33) Al: you want. (0:28:35) Al: It comes with two keys as well, in case you lose one. (0:28:38) Al: There you go. (0:28:38) Kev: I definitely would so I appreciate that they’re thinking. (0:28:42) Al: I feel like my key would just sit in the ignition the whole time. (0:28:45) Al: I mean, it’s not like (0:28:47) Al: someone’s actually going to steal it. Since we wanted to ensure a quality product that’s not (0:28:53) Al: just functional, but also robust and reliable, our specialists sat down, designed and engineered (0:28:59) Al: it directly in-house. It is something, that’s for sure. And the last piece of update news (0:29:01) Kev: You look at that, look at that is expertise and it’s fine. (0:29:13) Al: for games is that Smishy Come Home, I’ve got a limited physical release. (0:29:17) Al: Which includes trading cards. (0:29:20) Kev: that’s interesting five there’s uh three of five there’s only five of them um it’s like one of (0:29:29) Kev: each biome um and then a nice one with art um five that’s okay I guess you know what all I care (0:29:38) Kev: is that that box art is beautiful I might not I won’t be getting right now under my circumstances (0:29:45) Kev: but that is beautiful and smooshie is a lovely um home (0:29:51) Kev: you know what I posey is a foul word but it that is actually cozy and enjoyable and lovely game (0:29:57) Kev: I highly recommend it to pretty much anyone it’s if you want a nice game to actually (0:30:04) Al: My issue is not with the word cosy, it’s with developers or publishers using the name, using the word. (0:30:12) Kev: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yes, yep, you know what, yeah, fair enough, yeah, so yeah, if you want (0:30:13) Al: I think it’s fine for people to describe a game they like as cosy, I don’t think it’s okay for developers to say “this is a cosy game” (0:30:25) Kev: a hug in a video game form, go play smooshy, smooshy, smooshy, smooshy. (0:30:30) Al: So we also have two new games that have been announced. One is called Herdling (0:30:36) Al: and this is the new game being published by Panic who do a bunch of stuff. They (0:30:46) Al: did Untitled Goose Game and Firewatch and they make the the Playdate, the little (0:30:53) Al: controller. They had a little games console with the Crank… yeah. (0:30:56) Kev: Wait all those guys did that it’s a wild array of things (0:31:00) Al: Yeah, it is. They are a wild array of people. Anyway, this game is being (0:31:06) Kev: Yep, I you know hats off to them they are not cowards, but they will go with the good teeth (0:31:13) Al: published by them. They’re not developing it, but obviously they’re not like a (0:31:18) Al: massive publisher, so they must see something in this game which immediately (0:31:22) Al: makes me interested. The blurb for this game is “Guide a Herd of mysterious (0:31:28) Al: creatures on a stirring and beautiful day. (0:31:30) Al: journey into the mountains and beyond, um, yeah, I mean, that’s exactly what it is, (0:31:37) Al: right? (0:31:38) Kev: Yep, I’m watching the trailer, and you are hurting. (0:31:38) Al: Like if you watch the video, you are guiding a herd of majestical creatures, I don’t… (0:31:44) Kev: They kind of look like full cow things, buffalo things. They’re hairies like yaks. (0:31:48) Al: Yeah, different sizes, different sizes and colours and stuff like that. (0:31:50) Kev: Um, it’s a pretty game. Yep. Some of them glow a little, twisty horns. (0:31:57) Al: Yeah. (0:31:58) Kev: It’s a very pretty game, very pretty world. (0:32:00) Al: And it looks like there’s some… puzzles? You do. (0:32:04) Kev: Take ’em on a boat, push things with your… (0:32:08) Kev: It’s a cool thing. (laughs) (0:32:10) Al: Yeah, do they have a name for these creatures? I’m not seeing any- Oh, here we go. (0:32:14) Al: Calicorns. (0:32:16) Kev: Okay, I’m down for. (0:32:21) Al: Yeah, no, this looks cool. They’ve not announced when it’s coming out. (0:32:25) Al: it’s on Steam, but they haven’t said what platforms it’s on. (0:32:33) Kev: It says, “An emotional wordless tale.” (0:32:35) Kev: Oh no, this game’s gonna hit me bad. (0:32:38) Al: They have said it’s coming to console, but they haven’t said what consoles, so. (0:32:38) Kev: It’s gonna do something to hurt me bad. (0:32:40) Kev: I can already see it. (0:32:47) Kev: Tell me to the play date. (0:32:48) Al: More information as it comes. (0:32:49) Al: I highly doubt it will come to the plate. (0:32:53) Kev: It’s exclusive. (0:32:55) Al: It’s a cool little console, but I don’t think it could cope with that game. (0:32:59) Al: And finally, we have Floetopia. (0:33:01) Al: Have you watched this trailer yet, Kevin? (0:33:02) Kev: Oh, no, let me see. Are you ready for my… (0:33:03) Al: Right. (0:33:04) Al: Okay. (0:33:05) Al: that you need to watch this trailer. (0:33:08) Al: Pause the episode, go watch this trailer, it’ll be in the show notes. (0:33:10) Al: Go, honestly, go watch the trailer before we talk about it. (0:33:15) Kev: okay listen with my library action let’s see first reaction there’s an ad so (0:33:22) Kev: give me a second one second almost there okay here we go oh the words ending (0:33:30) Kev: that’s nice (0:33:31) Al: Yeah, not ideal no ideal (0:33:33) Kev: with cute little should be people (0:33:37) Al: Yep, they’re running around trying not to die (0:33:38) Kev: there’s there’s somebody very nonchalant about it (0:33:42) Al: The end means I don’t need to go to work I mean fair (0:33:46) Kev: there I admire the hustle they’re saying the world’s ending so come live to the (0:33:53) Kev: cloud photopia people islands you definitely is yep you go from actual (0:33:56) Al: So, I mean, that’s quite a dramatic shift in tone there, right? (0:34:05) Kev: apocalypse with giant tornado in the background to happy joy music in the (0:34:10) Kev: clouds we’re just gonna ignore all the people who didn’t make it (0:34:14) Al: I think that’s a costume. (0:34:16) Kev: why are all these people animals well not all of them but (0:34:22) Al: I don’t think they’re actually animals. (0:34:23) Kev: they well I know dog person was digging like a dog I don’t know man somebody (0:34:30) Al: I wouldn’t be surprised if the costumes gave you abilities because they do talk about how you get superpowers and different characters can have different superpowers. So I suspect that might be what it’s from. (0:34:44) Kev: Mm-hmm. Okay, they’re sliding on a cloud now on a cloud mobile card (0:34:51) Kev: This is wild (0:34:53) Kev: What a way to start that trailer. I’m looking for more of it. Where’s the apocalypse? (0:34:54) Al: Yeah, like, I’m very intrigued. So, like, is that… My first thought is maybe that (0:35:03) Al: part is actually just the trailer for someone… Like, it doesn’t actually happen anywhere (0:35:06) Kev: Y’all definitely (0:35:10) Al: in game. I’m thinking someone in the game is trying to sell you to come to this place (0:35:15) Al: and they’re like, “Oh, real world is like the apocalypse, come here instead,” sort of (0:35:21) Al: thing or whether it actually happens and then that’s (0:35:22) Kev: It’s yeah, it’s just going to happen in like the opening cinematic and that’s it. (0:35:24) Al: just the setup for the game. (0:35:31) Al: Well, maybe, yeah, but that’s my question is does it actually (0:35:32) Kev: Oh, oh, I think it does happen. Oh, and then at the end, it’s all inside a snow globe. Okay. (0:35:33) Al: happen or does it not actually happen? (0:35:40) Al: Hmm. So there’s the other interesting question. What is (0:35:43) Al: happening here? Is this, what is this? And why are we, why did (0:35:44) Kev: I don’t know what’s happening here. (0:35:46) Al: we fly onto the moon? Why are we in amongst the stars? Like, is (0:35:50) Al: that something you can do that seems to be inside a carton (0:35:54) Al: of the snow globe on your desk? I need, I need to know more (0:36:00) Al: about this game. I will I will 100% be buying this game. (0:36:02) Kev: I need to know why the Gogotown people didn’t survive the-the-the-apocalypse. (0:36:08) Kev: Because it’s-it’s something, um, that feels like just an announcement trailer, right? So, (0:36:17) Kev: it’s all-I don’t think we actually saw any gameplay. Oh no, there’s a little bit there, minder bit. (0:36:22) Al: We can’t wait we saw limited gameplay (0:36:26) Kev: Yeah, because there’s a. (0:36:27) Al: Anyway, I’m very intrigued. I wouldn’t be surprised if this turns out to be just another farming sim (0:36:33) Al: But I’m a little or I guess it would probably be more like an animal crossing like rather than the farming sim (0:36:38) Kev: Yeah, yeah, go, go, Town Vayne, like I said, um, it uh, it, yeah, I wish they… (0:36:43) Al: Yeah, I don’t know cuz like (0:36:45) Al: Yeah, maybe maybe kind of like that (0:36:48) Al: Yeah, I don’t know, well, we’ll see, I’m intrigued, like they’re literally just (0:36:52) Al: announced this at Gamescom, and it’s coming to Steam and Consoles, but we don’t know when yet. (0:37:00) Kev: Who knows, I wish they’d lean into the apocalypse stuff. (0:37:03) Al: Oh, the website just started singing at me. (0:37:08) Kev: - That sounds right. (0:37:09) Al: Oh, no, I don’t know how to stop it. There we go, I’ve muted it. Right, let’s try that again. (0:37:14) Al: What were you saying? (0:37:16) Kev: Just, I wish it leaned to the apocalypse more, that’s all. (0:37:21) Kev: That’d be something. (0:37:22) Al: Yeah, yeah, yeah, we’ll see. (0:37:25) Al: Cool, so I think that’s all the news. (0:37:30) Al: Next we’re going to talk about Mika and the Witch’s Mountain. (0:37:34) Al: Just now that we’re starting this part of the episode, I need to put the disclosure (0:37:39) Al: out there again. (0:37:40) Al: We did receive one review code from GB Games, so that is what it is. (0:37:49) Al: our review of the game will not be affected. (0:37:52) Al: by that but that is something we need to tell you by law so a quick introduction to (0:37:52) Kev: Nope. (0:37:57) Kev: There you go. (0:38:02) Al: the game as Kevin joked early in the episode it is I have forgotten the name of the yeah (0:38:10) Kev: Studio Ghibli. (0:38:12) Al: no the film though yes Kiki’s Delivery Service it’s basically Kiki’s Delivery Service in (0:38:13) Kev: Sticky’s Delivery Service. (0:38:18) Kev: Sticky’s Delivery Service cross Wind Waker, because boy, that is a Wind Waker park style. (0:38:18) Al: in a game, right? (0:38:28) Al: Yeah, yeah very much so. So you are a little witch who has to deliver (0:38:29) Kev: They promised and they delivered. (0:38:35) Al: packages to people to get to the top of a mountain. And you honor a broom. (0:38:39) Kev: Yes, they’re paying you to get them in you can buy the broom that that’s how it works (0:38:44) Kev: It’s not as if they’re guarding their guarding your way to the mountain (0:38:48) Al: Yeah, I guess we’ll expand I guess a bit more on the broom later on. But yeah, that’s kind (0:38:48) Kev: You cannot pass until you deliver this (0:38:52) Kev: Fish to the captain (0:39:00) Al: of the summary of the game. I guess let’s start on quickly talk about the looks and (0:39:08) Al: the sound and stuff like that, because obviously, we’ve both talked about we like how this game (0:39:12) Al: looks before we’ve played it. But now we’ve actually played it. What do you think? (0:39:14) Kev: Still like how it looks! Shocker! (0:39:20) Al: Yeah, I just sometimes like, I mean, I don’t know how it runs on the switch, but it like (0:39:22) Kev: Yep. No. (0:39:24) Al: ran really well on my Steam Deck. I wasn’t seeing any issues. (0:39:26) Kev: Yeah, it was running fine. It was running fine on Switch. I didn’t see any big issues either. (0:39:31) Kev: Oh, I guess for context, Al has completed the game. I made it very far, but did not complete it as of yet. (0:39:38) Kev: But I very much enjoy the game. (0:39:44) Kev: It’s interesting how Chibi will shift art styles between different games set in the same universe or whatever, but it looks quite nice. (0:39:52) Al: Oh and and boy is this set in the universe the same universe they make it very clear (0:39:58) Al: this is set in the same universe. I counted I think four different characters in this game (0:40:04) Kev: I was like, yeah they namedrop Mara, they’ll do well, we’ll get into that in the story I guess, (0:40:13) Kev: but yeah, there’s plenty of familiar faces. Yeah, but no, I love the presentation, like it is very (0:40:21) Kev: much just, you know, imitate Wind Waker, but you know what, I really like the Wind Waker art style, (0:40:26) Kev: so that’s fine by me. They didn’t do a bad job of it, I’ll say that. (0:40:29) Al: Yeah. (0:40:32) Al: Yeah, yeah. (0:40:33) Al: And sound wise, I quite liked the sound design and the music and stuff like that. (0:40:34) Kev: Also, yep, it is, yep, and I agree. Also, I will give it problems for one more thing, so like I’ve (0:40:38) Al: It’s all all very nice as well put together, I think. (0:40:48) Kev: said, expressed before, that a lot of game companies are using Studio Ghibli-like or inspired or (0:40:56) Kev: whatever, it’s a phrase, and a lot of times they don’t quite deliver on that, but I think this one (0:41:01) Kev: actually did. It captured the spirit of Kiki’s delivery service. (0:41:04) Kev: Pretty well so much that the person who sells your books is just like Kiki. (0:41:10) Al: Yeah, that’s fun. I haven’t actually seen it yet, so… (0:41:10) Kev: Um, yeah. Oh, well, that’s the view of Ghibli. It’s charming. Um, yeah. (0:41:15) Al: I only know what people have told me. (0:41:19) Al: I have so far seen one Studio Ghibli film, but I do plan to watch the rest. (0:41:22) Kev: Wait, which one was it? (0:41:24) Al: The Boy and the Heron. (0:41:25) Kev: No, I’m not saying that, but I just looked up. All right. (0:41:28) Al: It’s good. It’s very good. And despite everything, I would highly (0:41:32) Al: recommend watching the dub, because the voice acting in the dub is (0:41:38) Al: Excellent. It’s very good. (0:41:40) Al: It’s not a lot of dubs are pretty half-hearted. This is very excellent. If you’ve ever won. (0:41:44) Kev: yeah the studio Ghibli dubs usually I think are pretty solid they get good (0:41:52) Kev: talent I got Billy crystal for us moving first castle oh really huh yeah oh well (0:41:57) Al: They have Robert Pattinson and the boy in the heron. (0:42:01) Al: He plays the heron. (0:42:04) Al: And he puts everything into that, like he’s not folding it in. (0:42:08) Al: It’s a very good performance. (0:42:11) Kev: He is a good actor, and I’m glad he put effort into it. (0:42:13) Al: Yeah. (0:42:16) Kev: Unfortunately, he was not here to voice the captain, or whatever, but overall, I loved (0:42:28) Kev: the presentation. (0:42:29) Kev: There’s a few things, like the chibigs, the Walmart, or whatever you want to call it, (0:42:37) Kev: of standard of slightly awkward English translations at times. (0:42:40) Al: Yes. (0:42:41) Kev: But in general, I didn’t have any problems with it. (0:42:48) Kev: And you have access to pretty much the whole map at the beginning. (0:42:52) Kev: You can fly around and see the different areas and stuff. (0:42:56) Al: Well, except the bits that you need to get to at the end. But yeah, they’re quite limited to the (0:42:58) Kev: Yeah, yeah, I said mostly. (0:43:00) Kev: Yeah. Yeah. (0:43:03) Al: extra bits. So yeah, it’s mostly you can access most of the game from the very start. And I guess (0:43:12) Al: let’s go into that. So we could talk about the flying and the brooms because you start off with (0:43:18) Al: a broken broom and you have to get it fixed and you have a fixed broom. And then of course, yeah, (0:43:22) Kev: Because, of course. (0:43:24) Al: Yeah, you have to do that. (0:43:26) Al: And then as you do more deliveries and you get more money, then your friend can upgrade your broom for you. (0:43:33) Al: And the broom does different things. (0:43:36) Al: It can act as though there’s like air currents, which your very first broom can’t use. (0:43:44) Al: You just kind of get pushed off to the side, whereas the second broom will let you use them. (0:43:46) Kev: Yeah, you know both horizontal and vertical so you can speed boost or rise yeah (0:43:50) Al: And then the later horizontal and vertical. (0:43:54) Al: Yeah. And then there’s. (0:43:56) Al: One that gives you this like extra air boosts that are hanging in the air that one of the brooms gives you access to. (0:43:59) Kev: Yeah, like the midair jump sort of thing (0:44:04) Al: And then the final broom there’s like a hurricane a tornado type thing not hurricane a tornado. (0:44:10) Al: On one level which you can only use if you have the final broom and that like boost you really high up in the air and that’s how you get to the top level. (0:44:17) Kev: Right. (0:44:19) Kev: Okay. (0:44:22) Al: So that’s obviously fine, it does the job. (0:44:26) Al: I will say, when I first played the game, I got very confused with the flying. (0:44:31) Al: I was expecting flying to be a bit different than it was, and this is probably a me problem. (0:44:37) Al: But I was… I don’t know why I was expecting this. You know, I’ve already talked to Johnny (0:44:43) Al: about this, and he definitely wasn’t expecting this. But I was expecting that you get on a broom (0:44:47) Al: and you can, like, fly up. You can’t fly up, basically. You’re always flying down. You can (0:44:52) Kev: Yeah. (0:44:54) Kev: Yep. (0:44:54) Al: have like if you’re close to ground. (0:44:56) Al: And you get like a little boost so you can like go up a little bit so you are actually (0:44:59) Al: above the ground. (0:45:00) Kev: Right, right, yeah, you don’t want one on the graph. (0:45:00) Al: But basically if you want to go up, you have to use the air streams or follow the land (0:45:04) Kev: Mm-hmm. (0:45:04) Al: and jump off a higher bit of land stuff like that. (0:45:06) Kev: Sure. (0:45:07) Al: And because of that, because of that’s how it works. (0:45:10) Al: Like you know how when you’re flying, you can have like two different control schemes. (0:45:14) Al: You either have like pull back, pulls you up and push forward, makes you go down. (0:45:20) Al: Or the way this was, which is when you can’t like control going up and down. (0:45:26) Al: Just control where you are. (0:45:28) Al: Like forward makes you go forward and back makes you go backwards. (0:45:32) Al: So like I was pulling backwards to go up and I was just turning round. (0:45:34) Kev: Mm hmm. Mm hmm. (0:45:35) Al: So it kept confusing me like that. (0:45:38) Al: And I suspect that’s mostly a me problem, expecting something different. (0:45:42) Al: And probably due to how much I played Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, where when you actually (0:45:46) Al: fly rather than glide, that is what it is, right? (0:45:49) Kev: Say. Yeah, yeah. (0:45:50) Al: You pull up to go up. (0:45:52) Al: So I got used to it, but yeah. (0:45:56) Al: Was a little bit kind of jarring at the (0:45:58) Kev: Sure, I didn’t have that expectation and like, I think the game, the presentation of you have, you know, a really basic broom or whatever like they’re clearly showing you’re going to be building up to it like it made sense to me. (0:46:13) Kev: But, I mean, regardless, regardless of that bit. I think the flying overall feels great. It feels exactly like how I wanted it to feel. (0:46:28) Kev: I had a demo some time ago and I was happy and they didn’t disappoint like everything else that they add to it. It all feels natural. It feels great. You can actually go pretty fast when you get the air currents and whatnot. (0:46:41) Kev: You can go far and it’s almost a sort of platforming at times, right? Because you’re trying to hit air currents or jump on islands and whatnot. (0:46:50) Kev: And I enjoyed it. Yea

  The guest mix hits just keep coming! This set come to us courtesy of Old Amica, a two-person band originally from Norrbotten, Sweden. Today they are separated by 1864km with one part in Stockholm, the other in Genève.  https://oldamica.bandcamp.com/ I was familiar with their work on the Whitelabrecs label: https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/taiga https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/fyr So I was excited to hear about a new album coming out on August 9th. And then I was even more excited when they agreed to create a mix for LLM. Here's what Johan & Linus say about this creation: "This mix is a collection of songs and sounds that have had an influence on our new album “För alltid” (out August 9th via Le Mont Analogue [Dronarivm]). “För alltid” is an album about the passing of time, and we tried to break our sound down to its smallest constituents. Sounds that have always been there as a world of its own, but hid in the background." Thanks so much for this excellent set! Be sure to check out their new release when it drops on the 9th. Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00    The Beach Boys - Our Prayer (20/20 1969)  01:06    Jónsi & Alex - Atlas Song (Riceboy Sleeps 2009)  08:27    Julianna Barwick - The Harbinger (Nepenthe 2013)  14:02    Stars of the Lid - Dungtitled(In a major) (And their Refinement of the Decline 2007)  19:07    Oliver Coates - One Without (Aftersun [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] 2023) 23:51    Foreign Fields - Terrible Times (Reprise) (The Beauty of Survival 2020)  25:17    Old Amica - Mot natten (För alltid 2024)  32:12    Brian McBride - Overture(For Other Halfs) (When the Detail Lost its Freedom 2005)  38:41    Matti Bye - Open Sea (Capri Clouds 2024) 42:20    Hildur Guðnadóttir - 12 Hours Before (Chernobyl [Music from the Original TV Series] 2019)  44:30    Angelo Bandalamenti - Dark Space Low (Twin Peaks [Limited Event Series Soundtrack] 2017) 46:15    Ryuichi Sakamoto - fullmoon- immersion 2023 (async immersion 2023 2017)  51:03    Skator - Ljusa Tiden (excerpt) (År 2020)  52:20    Old Amica - Neckar (För alltid 2024)

In this episode, we're thrilled to deliver two inspiring figures in the running world: Doug Fingliss, Vice President of RRR and advocate for mindful running, and Marathon Panda, a social media phenomenon who uses humor and relatability to motivate runners of all levels. Together, they form a powerhouse panel ready to share their expertise on everything from pushing your limits to the importance of recovery, and how running can be a powerful tool for long-term sobriety. Get ready for an insightful and motivational conversation that will leave you feeling inspired to lace up your shoes and hit the pavement!

In this bonus Q&A with Ryan, he shares:His proudest moment and biggest failure in his career so farA trend that he is following in Talent Development right nowThe biggest challenge he sees in Talent Development todayBooks that have made a big impact on his lifeOne piece of career advice he has for youRyan began his career with Amica in 2009 as an Associate Claims Adjuster and spent his first five years in Hartford, CT. Ryan also worked as a Sr. Claims Adjuster and as a Claims Supervisor in this location. In 2015, Ryan joined the Training and Development team as a Training Supervisor before transferring to the Claims Executive Department (CED) where he spent two years working on the Claims Compliance team. In 2018, Ryan was promoted to Associate Claims Examiner in the Claims Executive Dept. Ryan is currently the Director of Talent Development in Human Resources at Amica Mutual Insurance Co.Ryan holds several certifications including, AIC, AINS, AIM, AIC-M, API, and SHRM-CP. Outside of work, Ryan is a passionate fan and participant of CrossFit, and enjoys spending time with his wife, Crystal and dog, Bruno.Connect with Andy Storch:WebsiteLinkedInJoin us in the Talent Development Think Tank Community!Join us at the Talent Development Think Tank ConferenceConnect with Ryan Caldarone:LinkedIn

In this episode, we delve deep into the intricacies of Amica's dynamic leadership development program, exploring how it's designed to cultivate a diverse and inclusive group of future leaders. Ryan shares his journey from an associate claims adjuster to spearheading talent development, emphasizing the critical balance between task-oriented leadership and the need for reflection and brainstorming.We'll discuss:How Amica's training calendar is constantly evolving, especially during National Career Development MonthThe unique pathways developed for leading self, projects, and others.How the program's success is rooted in effective communication, community engagement, and meticulous competency mapping.The expanding career mentoring program and the challenges of balancing development with day-to-day responsibilities.Join us as we unpack the elements that make Amica's leadership development program a model of internal talent cultivation and hear Ryan's insights on creating a culture of continuous learning.Ryan began his career with Amica in 2009 as an Associate Claims Adjuster and spent his first five years in Hartford, CT. Ryan also worked as a Sr. Claims Adjuster and as a Claims Supervisor in this location. In 2015, Ryan joined the Training and Development team as a Training Supervisor before transferring to the Claims Executive Department (CED) where he spent two years working on the Claims Compliance team. In 2018, Ryan was promoted to Associate Claims Examiner in the Claims Executive Dept. Ryan is currently the Director of Talent Development in Human Resources at Amica Mutual Insurance Co.Ryan holds several certifications including, AIC, AINS, AIM, AIC-M, API, and SHRM-CP. Outside of work, Ryan is a passionate fan and participant of CrossFit, and enjoys spending time with his wife, Crystal and dog, Bruno.Connect with Andy Storch:WebsiteLinkedInJoin us in the Talent Development Think Tank Community!Join us at the Talent Development Think Tank ConferenceConnect with Ryan Caldarone:LinkedIn

Udayan Bose is the Founder & CEO of NetElixir, has been driving success for retail businesses online for nearly 20 years. With a focus on the digital retail space, NetElixir uses proprietary technology, strategic growth models, and expert campaign management services to deliver exceptional results for their 600+ retail clients worldwide. Udayan's determination has earned NetElixir partnerships with industry leaders like UPS, Google, and Bing. Udayan is also a regular lecturer at top universities and has been featured in prestigious online journals such as The New York Times, Forbes, AdWeek, and more.In This Conversation We Discuss: [00:44] Intro[02:01] Recounting early success with first innovation[02:33] The power of the internet through experimentation[03:25] Helping retail Ecommerce brands grow predictably[04:58] Making search work with mathematical precision[06:33] Meeting key players in ecommerce success[07:45] Building strong client partnerships[08:23] Recalling Google's milestone with Google Shopping[09:35] Envisioning the future with generative AI[11:24] Strategizing amid changing data landscapes[12:33] Adapting to the new era of restricted data sharing[13:13] Strategizing with limited data access[14:25] Walled gardens for integrated social commerce[15:49] The era of retail media networks[17:14] Exploring AI's role in future data access[18:11] Preparing for diminished data availability[18:57] Mastering rapid adaptive experimentation[20:15] Leveraging AI for predictive customer insights[21:22] Democratizing SEO and SEM with free tools[23:06] Supporting SMBs with innovative solutions[24:50] Discovering who links to your site[25:35] Humbling moments: OpenAI's impact on tech giants[27:03] The impact of disruptive innovation[28:19] ChatGPT's impact on business strategies[29:49] Crafting effective prompts for ChatGPT[30:34] Leveraging AI skills for competitive advantage[31:31] Navigating the age of abundance with AIResources:Subscribe to Honest Ecommerce on YoutubeEcommerce digital marketing agency in Princeton, New Jersey netelixir.com/Follow Udayan Bose linkedin.com/in/netelixirudayanbose/If you're enjoying the show, we'd love it if you left Honest Ecommerce a review on Apple Podcasts. It makes a huge impact on the success of the podcast, and we love reading every one of your reviews!

Today, you'll learn the surprising science of what creates a meaningful life, based on 8 decades of research.  This conversation is so profound that you might need to take a second listen. Prepare to laugh, cry, and leave feeling empowered to find and create the happiness and connection that you want. Because the truth is, you can transform your life at any moment. There is nothing more important than this conversation. Because by the time you are done listening, you will understand how one tiny step might just change how you think about your entire life. Get ready to be blown away by the groundbreaking research and heartwarming stories that will prove just how powerful unexpected connections can truly be. And more importantly, how you can start making them today. For more resources, click here for the podcast episode page. If you liked this episode, you'll love this conversation with Harvard's Dr. Robert Waldinger: What Makes a Good Life? Lessons From the Longest Study on HappinessThis episode is sponsored by our exclusive insurance partner, Amica.Connect with Mel: Watch the episodes on YouTubeGo deeper with Mel's free video course, Make It HappenFollow Mel on Instagram The Mel Robbins Podcast InstagramMel's TikTok Sign up for Mel's personal letter Disclaimer

In this week's gaming fun fact we discuss massive game worlds, specifically the largest ones ever made. Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall is known for it's absolutely massive landmass that equates roughly to the size of Great Britain. However, it's predecessor Elder Scrolls: Arena comes in at a staggering ~9.6 million square kilometers (approximately the size of Australia) by using on-demand procedural generation. However, there is one game that trumps both these game world sizes... Naughty Dog's new upcoming game is looking to change the mainstream perception of gaming, we discuss and speculate as to what this means exactly. Will the game tie into TV and movies? Are they aiming to make games less of a toy and more of a "serious" medium? AI has come up a lot this week in both Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann's and PlayStation's Asad Qizilbash's comments. Neil believes that AI will revolutionize how content is created, bringing powerful tools to those that may not even understand game development. Asad's comments focused on Gen Z and Gen Alpha, making note of their desire to personalize everything. In retro feeling news, Atari has purchased Intellivision, a story that feels like it is straight out of the late 1980s. Atari hasn't purchased the entire Intellivision company or the Amica, instead they purchased the name and the rights to over 200 games.

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Patrizia Carrano"La figlia della serva"Vallecchi Editorewww.vallecchi-firenze.it"Cos'è accaduto a Elisabetta, "La bambina che mangiava" i comunisti protagonista del fortunato romanzo di Patrizia Carrano giunto alla sesta edizione? Lo scopriamo ne "La figlia della serva", nuovo capitolo di una saga che dal lontano 1956 arriva fino a oggi."Ritroviamo in queste pagine la piccola comunista capace di intuire, in anticipo sugli adulti, le falle del socialismo reale: crescendo Elisabetta ha preso le distanze dalle granitiche certezze ideologiche di sua madre e ha inanellato amori, matrimoni, divorzi, illusioni politiche, vittorie e sconfitte. La figlia della serva non si limita a perlustrare con occhi partecipi ma impietosi uno spaccato della nostra borghesia intellettuale, ma guarda anche alle vicende del piccolo esercito di domestiche, portinaie, colf e badanti provenienti dal Veneto, dalle Marche, dalle Filippine o dal Perù, cui viene affidato il compito di badare all'adolescente Elisabetta e poi di accudire sua madre, divenuta con gli anni una vecchia imperiosa, testardamente fedele alle proprie idee di sinistra, ma pronta a tiranneggiare chiunque si prenda cura di lei. Sapremo così chi ha davvero amato Elisabetta e chi protegge l'ormai novantenne Franca, minacciata di sfratto da un'avida figliastra. Con l'aiuto del suo affezionato e capace badante peruviano Santiago, l'indomita vecchia riuscirà a inventarsi una nuova esistenza, senza rinunciare alle amatissime sigarette e ai cioccolatini di cui è ghiotta? E troverà la forza di recuperare il rapporto con la figlia Elisabetta?Ce lo racconta questo romanzo pieno di sorprese, agro, talvolta esilarante, capace di esaminare senza sconti le molte manchevolezze della sinistra e di raccontare con cruda tenerezza i rapporti fra “servi” e “padroni”. Nel perenne dissidio fra una madre distratta e una figlia sentimentale, La figlia della serva riesce a descrivere cinquant'anni di storia politica e sociale del nostro Paese. E anche del mondo.Patrizia Carrano vive a Roma. Giovanissima ha lavorato per il settimanale Noi donne, poi ad Amica, Anna, Elle, Max, Panorama e Sette. Per Rai3 e Rai1 ha raccontato oltre venti edizioni del Festival del cinema di Venezia. È stata una voce di Radio2, dove ha narrato le donne del '900 in una trasmissione intitolata Amiche mie. Ha scritto una ventina di romanzi, quasi tutti con protagoniste femminili, da Baciami Stupido a Illuminata - La storia di Elena Lucrezia Cornaro, prima laureata nel mondo. Ha firmato come unica sceneggiatrice alcune fiction di grande ascolto nel prime time di Rai1. I suoi libri sono tradotti in cinque lingue. Per Vallecchi-Firenze ha già pubblicato La bambina che mangiava i comunisti e Tutto su Anna.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

Anne Clare (AC) Wadsworth is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Amica Scientific, a strategic medical and patient engagement agency. She has a proven track record of transformational leadership in the medical communications industry, building organizations to deliver best-in-class medical and patient engagement. Hear why and how she started Amica Scientific, how to build your team, how to resolve conflict among employees, how to learn transferable skills, and how to adopt AI. Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and LinkedIn, and Anne Clare on LinkedIn

Quoi de neuf cette semaine du côté de l'accessibilité et des nouvelles technologies ? Du côté des applications et du web Assist'enGare normalement amélioré à partir du jeudi 25/01. Encore une mise à jour de sécurité pour NVDA, la version 2023.3.2. Mises à jour iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, TVOS et macOS. Netatmo dévoile la bêta de sa nouvelle application web. SonarVision cherche des beta testeurs à Lilles et à Lyon. Notre interview de l'équipe de SonarVision. Ultra-son a pu tester Apple Arcade et n'a trouvé aucun jeu accessible pour les aveugles. Le reste de l'actu Un mois avec la montre Google pixel Watch 2, conseils et impressions. Samsung développe un glucomètre non invasif. Les plaques de cuisson Siemens iQ700 se commandent à la voix. Table de cuisson AMICA induction avec boutons physiques. Modèle AIM3530 (3 feux). Présentation de BTSpeak. L'AVH donne des télécommandes pour activer les feux sonores aux habitants de Paris. Cette semaine sur Oxytude Sof a proposé un podcast : Présentation de l'extension OpenAI pour NVDA, ou quand ChatGPT devient une extension de votre lecteur d'écran pour Windows. Le coup de coeur de Philippe Série de vidéo sur la chaine ORLM (On Refait Le Mac) à l'occasion des 50 ans du Macintosh. Lien Youtube vers le premier épisode. Remerciements Cette semaine, nous remercions Bernard, François, Jean-Marc, Sabrina, Stéphane et Ultra-son pour leurs infos ou leur dons. Si vous souhaitez vous aussi nous envoyer de l'info ou nous soutenir : Pour nous contactez ou nous envoyez des infos, passez par le formulaire de contact sur le site. Pour faire un don sur PayPal ou en cryptomonaie c'est à l'adresse : oxytude.org/don. Faites vos achats sur Amazon en passant par le lien oxytude.org/amazon., ça nous aide sans augmenter le prix de vos achats Pour animer cet épisode Fabrice, Jacques et Philippe.

L'Arabia Saudita vuole continuare a vendere petrolio ancora per un bel po', la riforma della giustiiza introduce delle pagelle per giudici e PM e stare nella natura aiuta l'umore ma anche la creatività (qui un primo articolo da approfondire, ma non è esaustivo). Joe Biden non parteciperà probabilmente alla COP28, la Corea del Nord poteva aprire Google e il Titicaca ha un nome che fa ridere ed è anche in secca. Buona giornata!

As we gaze upon the Golden State, a peculiar phenomenon unfolds. Renowned insurer, State Farm, takes its bow from the California stage, leaving onlookers bewildered. But what catalyzed such a drastic action? To make sense of this departure, we have to sift through decades of legislative rubble that constructed a daunting fortress for insurers. From the dusty halls of the 1980s till date, several laws have encased insurance practices in a rigid frame. Insurers stare at this arduous edifice, helpless, lamenting their inability to adapt their operations to these statutes. An unfortunate consequence has unfurled - a mass exodus of insurers that bids goodbye to sunny California. State Farm's farewell has the industry murmuring, wondering who'll be next.While observers struggle to untangle the complexities of this exodus, a quick glance at a seemingly harmless insurance ad pops up. It's Amica's newest pitch, oozing empathy, promising not just insurance, but compassion. This ad raises a skeptical brow. Isn't it peculiar that an industry, well-versed in crunching numbers, hedging bets, and turning a profit, suddenly advocates empathy? An industry that plays its cards well enough to ensure it thrives, regardless of the odds stacked against its customers. Despite their heartfelt campaign, an undeniable truth persists - Insurance, for all its empathy claims, remains a formidable money-making machine, skilled in the art of odds.California, famously protective of its policyholders, has been under scrutiny following State Farm's dramatic exit. The Golden State's failure to account for the growing wildfire risks in their policies underlines this scrutiny. With its shield up, blocking insurers from considering climate change when setting premiums and discouraging rate hikes to cover wildfire risks, the state finds itself on shaky grounds. The crisis is evident - insurance premiums set far too low, forcing insurers to retract their coverage in the state. Now, more than ever, California finds itself grappling with its policies, recognizing the need for changes that can reconcile the interest of insurers and consumers alike.#InsuranceExodus #CaliforniaInsurance #PolicyReformSupport the show

Dr. Michael Roberto is the Trustee Professor of Management at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI. He joined the tenured faculty at Bryant after serving for six years on the faculty at Harvard Business School. He has also has been a Visiting Associate Professor of Management at New York University's Stern School of Business. His research focuses on decision making, teamwork, and leadership. He has published three books, the latest of which is titled Unlocking Creativity (Wiley, 2019), Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes For An Answer (2nd edition published in 2013), and Know What You Don't Know (published in 2009). He also has developed three Great Courses lecture series, the best-selling Everest Leadership and Team Simulation, and the award-winning Columbia's Final Mission multi-media case study about the 2003 space shuttle accident. Dr. Roberto has taught in the leadership development programs and consulted at a number of firms including Mars, Deloitte, Google, Target, Apple, FedEx, Disney, Morgan Stanley, IBM, Wal-Mart, Amica, and Textron. He's also presented at numerous government organizations including the FBI, NASA, Joint Special Operations Command, the Air War College, and West Point. He received an A.B. with honors from Harvard College in 1991. He earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1995, graduating as a George F. Baker Scholar. He also received his doctorate from Harvard Business School in 2000. Dr. Michael Roberto's Books: https://www.professormichaelroberto.com/unlockingcreativity - Learn more about IMS and future sessions with thought leaders like Dr. Michael Roberto: https://ims-online.com/ Single Servings (bite-sized video clips that answer your most pressing leadership and management challenges) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNwWl_bClmVyp_YJxfrDJy4kGhRxaxJZm Relevant IMS Leadership and Management Articles https://blog.ims-online.com/ Connect on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesagood/ Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:27) Building and sustaining competitive advantage (02:39) Tool: Porter's five forces framework (04:17) Airline industry analysis using Porter's five forces (05:35) Barriers to entry (08:02) Bargaining power of customers (12:33) Competitive rivalry (16:21) Competitive advantage: Low cost players (18:21) Ryanair example (20:07) Differentiation strategy of Starbucks vs. Ducati (23:04) Identifying a company's strategy through their financial statements (24:31) Tailor your processes and capabilities (27:17) External threats to sustainable competitive advantage (29:07) How Apple differentiates (30:44) Apple's razor and blade strategy (32:47) Trader Joe's example (36:21) Fitness industry example (39:17) Viking Cruises example (42:30) Key takeaways