Podcasts about Andersons

Welcome to the Art, Life, Faith podcast. And I’m your host, Roger Lowther. Well, Happy New Year everyone! It’s good to be with you in 2026. I hope you’ve had a good year so far. Two of my boys are in college now but were able to be back with us over the winter break, and we got to have some fun in the snowy mountains of Japan, including an overnight snowshoe camping trip up one of the tallest mountains in Japan. It was beautiful, but it was also very, very cold. So cold, in fact, that the water in our water bottles froze almost immediately. And my fingers stuck to any kind of metal I touched. But so many good memories. Anyway, I want to thank you so much for your support of our newest children’s book, The Tsunami Violin, which was released late last year. Many of you have been writing me notes of encouragement, telling me who you’ve gifted the book to or your own experiences with the story. I want to share one of them with you. One woman read the book to her granddaughter’s elementary school class. In her note to me, she wrote, “Every child was wide-eyed and engaged. Students were able to identify how the characters were happy at the beginning, how they were changed by the tsunami, and how at the end of the story they were happy again because they were able to bring others hope through their story and their music. I will always cherish this special time with the students and that it was possible because of your book.” So of course I’m encouraged to receive notes like this and pray that this book will continue to have an ongoing impact in people’s lives. In our last episode, we shared a little bit about the making of The Tsunami Violin and the people involved. I thought you may also like to hear a little bit more about the background of what went into the making of the book. We consciously followed the traditional sonata-allegro form that is so common in much of classical music. In the beginning, we have the exposition, when the main theme is introduced. The main character is introduced as a tree, living in a literal garden of paradise, a forest that was planted 400 years ago and was designated as one of the most beautiful sites in all of Japan. Then everything falls apart. The tsunami comes and physically breaks the tree, tearing her up by the roots. This is the beginning of the development section, when the melodic theme is broken into fragments. Also, the development is usually in the minor key to express sadness. Then in the story the craftsman shows up, has the tree cut into smaller pieces, takes them to Tokyo, and begins to build a violin out of them. So this is the part where the development continues, where melodic fragments are taken through different keys and different ways: backwards, forwards, and upside down. Sometimes they find new relationships with a secondary theme. In other words, the fragments are put back together in new ways. And then the story ends with the main character finding hope and new life as a violin, surrounded by community through her music. And this, of course, is the recapitulation, the opening musical theme but as a new creation. Somehow that theme is deeper and more beautiful for having gone through the trauma of the development, through the breaking, through the minor key, and we hear the melody with new ears. I pray that as you read this book, you will be filled with new wonder as to how God brings hope into broken lives. Okay, today I want to share with you a conversation I had with Jerrod Partridge, a phenomenal artist working in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. He and his wife Jessie play a central role in the life of the community there, running a studio right on the main strip, and also in the lives of so many artists including, recently, a Japanese intern who came from our community here in Tokyo to spend the summer with that family. I so appreciate them and am happy just to be able to share this conversation with you so that you can get to know them as well. Jerrod Hello Roger. Roger Thank you so much for being on the show. Jerrod Yeah, I’m thrilled to be here. Roger Yeah, I really wanted people to know you, not just because you’re a phenomenal artist, but also because of your story. Jerrod Well, I mean, you’re very integrated into that story. So, it seems appropriate that we’re sitting here talking. Roger Yeah. So let me just try to share with listeners what happened. You came to Japan on a 10-day trip, two weekends with a week in between. And during that time, you did a number of events. For example, there was a church that was just starting in a new location called Double O Cross, and they wanted to introduce their space to the community. And so, in order to do that, they hosted, for the first time, an event. I think it was the first event they ever had in that space. They hosted an art show of your work. It was an amazing event. We had a live musician playing a traditional Japanese instrument, and we had wine and cheese. It was sophisticated. A lot of people came in for the first time, and the pastor was so happy. Jerrod That was a really incredible experience for me to get to experience the church in Japan, to get to experience the culture, meet so many wonderful, gracious people. It was really, honestly, a life-altering experience for me. Roger Also, there’s more about the story of this church. They wanted to plant a second location to have another service, but everyone wanted to be in that one space where the art gallery was because, somehow, I think through events like that, that we were able to do afterwards, people were really drawn into that space. It felt like a place of home. The community really liked being there. It was a space that was a gift to the neighborhood. To introduce that space to the neighborhood through the arts really was a powerful message. Jerrod It was very welcoming. The artwork, how it was displayed, and then having the musician play. I did a drawing while she was playing. So that was a neat collaboration. Then, even one of the guys from the church made some refreshments and snacks that related to the work. Because I do a lot of drawings with walnut ink, he had snacks that were made with walnuts and things. And I thought that connection and relationship was so thoughtful and really made the whole thing have depth and meaning beyond just pictures on the wall. Roger Right, and you should know, too, that some of the relationships made for the first time in that event have continued through that church and through our artist community. I still am talking to those people. Jerrod Yeah, that’s amazing. And likewise, relationships that I’ve made have continued. Roger So cool. Well, then the next day, I think it was, or a day later, we had an event at our church, Grace City Church Tokyo, where we hosted a talk and luncheon before worship and sold some of your works. You were able to talk about it over a sushi lunch, and we also had a Q&A time. Jerrod Yeah, that was really fascinating. It was eye-opening for me, some of the questions that came out, because there are things that we just don’t think about necessarily. We don’t consider how a different culture is going to see your processes and interpretations. One thing that I specifically remember I do a lot of work on handmade paper, and the paper is intentionally really textured. I leave openings and holes. It’s real rough. But I know the Japanese people are used to paper making in such a high form. The paper that they make is so gorgeous and perfectly done. So there was a little confusion of why would you make paper that’s so rough and imperfect. But when I explained the process, there was a really neat connection of understanding why I would choose to do it in that form. So that was a really wonderful memory. Then also the question of why I might have been painting some of the things I was painting. Roger Yeah, I remember that. My church sponsored the event, and we made it clear you were a Christian. It was not necessarily a Christian event, but it was hosted and sponsored by Christians. One of the people asked, “Why do you, as a Christian, why are you painting Shinto Shrines? Why are you painting Buddhist temples?” Jerrod Yeah, that was fascinating. It was an eye-opening question for me because as a foreigner, everything was new and different and visually exciting. I didn’t think too much about why, as a Christian, I might be drawn to these things visually. Roger Do you remember what your answer was to their question? Jerrod Only vaguely. Because I was a little bit surprised by the question. So, you tell me what you remember. Roger I remember you saying, “Because it’s beautiful. I wanted to paint it because it’s beautiful.” But they were a little bit surprised by that because I think there’s a pretty strong message to, especially Christians in Japan, that you should not go to shrines, you should not go to temples, that it is contrary to what the God of the Bible desires. And they try to avoid that side of Japanese culture, which is such a huge part of Japanese culture. It’s a real struggle in the Japanese church, I think. Jerrod Yeah, and I could see that struggle and was glad to be aware of the sensitivity of that. But at the same time, I did feel like the message of the fact that a Christian can see the beauty of what is created by non-Christians, but also the beauty of the fact that everybody are children of God, that whatever understanding we may have of religions, of culture, that there is beauty all around us in God’s creation, but also in man’s creation. And that can be celebrated. That can be celebrated through our approach as Christians without having to limit ourselves to the person making the creations. They have to believe what I believe for me to appreciate what they’re doing. And I just think that that limitation is unnecessary and not helpful. Roger Yeah, I actually I have a lot of discussions with Christian artists in Japan about this, and there’s a lot of opinions about it. We’re still trying to figure it out because, yes, we believe as Christians that there is no beauty outside of God’s beauty. So all beauty is essentially pointing to the source of all beauty. But when it comes through other religions, there is a, I don’t know, a barrier, I think, within the heart that make it difficult to worship God and to see that beauty because of growing up in that culture and such a strong connection between Japanese art and the Japanese religion. Jerrod Yeah, I think as a foreigner, there’s obviously that cultural separation where I’m able to see things from a distance because I didn’t grow up in the culture, and I can just see it all as an outside beauty. There’s a much easier time for me to do that And again, to recognize the sensitivity of a Japanese Christian’s perspective on that was really informative to me. Roger Yeah. I remember one of the practical cool things about the event was that we were inviting many people who weren’t Christians to the art event, to the luncheon. And then because worship was happening right after that in just the room next door, it was one more doorway into Christian community, into Christian worship. People came from that event then to worship for the first time in their life because of what you did, because you came. Let me transition to that. Why did you come to Japan in the first place? Jerrod Well, it was a really unexpected thing. You came and did a concert at our church here in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, because of a relationship that you had with our pastor. I felt the need to introduce myself after I heard you play. I’ve always been very drawn to and attracted to Japanese aesthetics. The fact that it’s encouraged nationally is a really fascinating thing to me, but it’s always been something I’ve been drawn to. When I found out that you were a performing artist in Japan, I just felt the need to introduce myself. From that introduction, you saw the work that I was doing. You invited me to Japan. Our church decided to help me get there. They ended up sending me to Japan to have this exhibition with you. It felt all very God-led because none of us planned any of it. It was like just from that introduction, all these things started happening that felt necessary and changed lives in a way that we could not have planned. Roger That’s so true. I love meeting artists wherever I’m traveling around. But the fact that after inviting you, you said, “Yeah, I’ll come.” Now, that is very unusual. Most people I invite, they’re like, Well, that’s okay. Thank you. I had no idea how talented you were as an artist at the time, but also how good you are with people. Just to see how God worked through you was just an amazing blessing in so many ways. To see how God just, through that one chance meeting, that all this came about. So one of the things that came about is recently a Japanese artist came from Japan and stayed in your home for a while and worked as an artist. Can you tell us a little bit about that? Jerrod Yeah, so we hosted Satomi Suzuki. I met Satomi when I was in Japan in 2019, but it was a very brief meeting, and I didn’t know for sure that we had met. When you mentioned to me the idea that she was looking for an artist in residency program. My wife and I own a flower shop and art gallery here in downtown Ocean Springs. And you saw that that might be an interesting opportunity for Satomi to get a different experience. We said, “Yeah, that sounds wonderful.” The name sounded somewhat familiar, but I met so many people while I was over there, so I didn’t know for sure. But I dug back down into my memoirs from the trip, papers and things that I had brought back, and I found this lovely little note that she had written at my art exhibition of how much she enjoyed the show, how much she appreciated me being there. To see that written out immediately made me feel like there’s this deeper connection that I wasn’t even aware of. Roger You even have it here on the table next to you. You kept it. Jerrod I pulled it out for you to see because the name sounded familiar because she had written this at the show, and I had brought it back and read through. And she wasn’t the only one. Multiple really wonderful comments from people that I met. But we were excited about that continued relationship of, “Okay, here’s somebody looking for an art. She wants the opportunity to paint. She wants to experience different things.” And life in Ocean Springs is very different from life in Tokyo. Much fewer people. Much slower pace of life. But again, it felt like something that was beyond our knowledge and intention of what was going on. And so when the idea came, we said, yes, this sounds like a wonderful thing, a wonderful opportunity for us to have a different experience for our family to experience the Japanese culture coming to Ocean Springs with no clue as to what that was going to look like. We didn’t even know if Satomi spoke English well. We didn’t know anything about her, but we said, Okay, sure. Then we still didn’t know where she was going to stay. Our oldest son ended up getting a job opportunity out of the state for a few months. Jerrod Again, that just fit right into the plan that God had for this to work out that we could not have known was going to happen. So all of a sudden, we had a room available in our home, and we invited her to come and be a part of our family. And she fit in in the most amazing way. She came in with a real loving, gracious heart. She wanted to work. She wanted to be able to experience a different culture. And we thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed having her here. Roger Yeah, that’s so kind of you to open your home to her in that way. I know for a fact, and actually you all too can know for a fact by reading her blog, just how much it’s changed her life to be able to go on this residency, how good it was. I’m going to put some links in the show notes so you can see her artwork and what she was up to. SATOMI SUZUKI INSTRAGRAM Jerrod And she was on a recent podcast with you. Roger She was, yes. Jerrod We enjoyed listening to that. Roger I interviewed her to help raise money for her time here. And so, you can go back and listen to that. I’ll also put a link to that in the show notes. https://www.rogerwlowther.com/2024/05/01/57-beauty-through-gods-eyes-with-satomi-suzuki/ So why Ocean Springs? What brought you here as a visual artist? This is a special place. Tell me why. Jerrod Yeah, there’s a there’s a unique art culture here. We lived in Jackson for a long time, and Jackson has a unique support and celebration. And I think Mississippi as a whole supports artists and the arts. It’s hard to say that this doesn’t exist in other surrounding places. It probably does. But living here and knowing that Mississippi does not always get a good reputation for things. Most of the stories coming out about Mississippi are not positive. But living here, I can tell you it is a very positive and encouraging place for artists. Jackson was wonderful. We ended up moving our family down to the coast in 2016. I grew up in Mobile, which is also on the coast and so being near the water was always an attractive place for me to be. But we moved our family down here. The culture of Ocean Springs has really been developed by this one family, the Anderson family, who in the early turn of the century started a pottery studio. One of the brothers was a really successful potter. One of the brothers, Walter Anderson, was a painter and printmaker. And now there’s a museum here in town dedicated to his work. And it’s really neat to see how this one family of artists have created an aesthetic for the whole town, and how the town celebrates that, identifies with the imagery that they created. I just really love that artists were able to give this unity to a community. I think that attracts artists, that they see that art has become an identifier for this town, and therefore, artists want to be here. Roger I love that downtown area. It’s a walking area, right? Shop after shop after shop. It’s just a really fun place to be. Jerrod It’s beautiful with all the old oak trees. That’s one of the real iconic aspects of the town and the area all along the Gulf Coast, not just Ocean Springs, but the old oak trees are special. There’s actually an exhibition that I curated at the Walter Anderson Museum right now that is based on live oaks. I selected 10 different artists to create work, to dig into the cultural, spiritual, ecological aspects of living with live oaks. It’s something that needs to be celebrated. Roger Yeah. I know that right next to that museum is where you just opened, you and your wife opened up a shop in a really nice hotel in an older style. Jerrod It’s a boutique hotel, so 15 rooms, small but right in the downtown area, right next to the Walter Anderson Museum. Ever since we moved to Ocean Springs, we thought it’d be neat to have something downtown. It just has such a wonderful feel. We thought, Well, that would be neat, but we don’t know how we would do that or what it would look like, or even if it would be supported. We just didn’t know. Then we met the developers on this hotel, and we saw that we had this unified vision for what it could be, and a real nature-focused aesthetic to it. They appreciated what we were doing. Jessie, my wife, with her floral design, fantastic designer, me with the artwork that I was doing. I’m doing a lot of nature-themed paintings, and they just really fit together with their vision of the development. That’s been a really neat thing. Community has really stepped up and supported what we’re doing. It’s been a big learning experience. We’re still within the first year of opening. We’ve never had a physical shop before. I’ve been painting full-time for 15 years. Jessie’s been doing weddings and events for about that amount of time. We’ve always just worked in the studio and then had events that we were working for. This is our first time to actually have our own physical space. It’s been amazing. There have been some hard things to it, but a lot of learning going on. Roger Yeah, I loved seeing this space. Thank you for showing it to me last night. You talked about how the Andersons created this atmosphere where the artist wanted to join, and you now are definitely a huge part of that being right on that main strip with all the old shops in that hotel right next to the museum. It’s just so cool to see how art is playing such a huge role in life of the city here. Jerrod Yeah. And even within the museum itself right now, there’s an exhibition of the Ocean Spring’s Art Association has this huge exhibition of artists from all along the coast within the museum right now. And so, the arts culture here is really huge. It’s encouraging. It’s exciting. We just had this big Peter Anderson Festival in town, where around 150,000 people come in one week. That’s a lot of people. In Tokyo standards, that’s not a whole lot. But for this small town, for that many people to come because of the arts, is really exciting. Roger So we’re just about out of time, but is there anything else you would like to say before we sign off? Jerrod Yeah, I’d like to talk a little bit about just traveling as an artist. We talked about traveling to Japan, but I’ve actually gotten to lead a bunch of groups to Europe for travel and to teach drawing and painting in Europe. We’ve been to Italy 10 different times. We’ve taken groups to Spain and Greece, and we went to Sweden this year. Every time I go to a different culture, I learn something else about humanity, and it’s usually positive. And I think that’s a wonderful thing, to experience the cultures, how people interact with the arts, how people interact with each other, and then being able to bring that back to my daily life. It’s always going to influence you in some way, whether it’s obvious to others or not. It may just be all internal. So the trip to Japan fit in that as well. It was a different type of trip because I was having a show instead of leading a group. But being able to offer that to other people and knowing how life-changing that can be has been a really exciting thing over the past several years to be able to do. I’m actually organizing a trip. We’re going back to Italy next June soon, and then I’m putting together a trip to France to study Monet next September. Roger That’s so cool. People listening, could they join as well? Jerrod Yes, of course. It’s open. We go and we really focus on studying the arts. Some people take drawing and painting lessons from me while we’re over there, but not everybody. Some are just there to soak it up and enjoy it from the periphery. There’s some of us that are really digging into creating work and experiencing the place through drawing and painting. But I understand that’s not for everyone. We do encourage people to respond to the experience creatively in whatever form they may have. They may take photographs. They may write in journals or write poetry. I think that being over there and responding creatively is something that we can encourage no matter what their experience level is. Roger Well, thank you so much for your time and for opening people’s eyes to the beauty of the world around them, the cultures around them. And thank you so much for sitting down with me. Jerrod Thanks, Roger. I appreciate it. JERROD PARTRIDGE WEBSITE

Happy 2026, Vintage Sand fans! Thank you for taking time away from looking for real estate opportunities in Greenland to join us for Episodes 65 and 66, our first of 2026. Herein, Team Vintage Sand returns one last time to the source of some of our most popular episodes: Danny Peary's hard-to-find 1993 classic "Alternate Oscars". In the past, we have used Peary's model to approach the Best Picture Academy Awards from every decade going back to the 1930's. Collect them all! For this episode, we wrap up this series with the most recent complete decade, the 2010's. First, a caveat: we began this podcast eight years ago, in the spring of 2018, which means that we have already discussed many of today's films in a number of different contexts already. We did our Best of the Teens in early 2020, and recently did our Top 10 of the Century so far, wherein many of the films we're talking about today are contained. Add in that we did episodes on the best of 2018 and 2019, respectively, in those years, and you get the sense that we have already covered this ground several times. But like all good film fans, we're completists, so we conclude this series of episodes with these two, which will focus on 2010 to 2014 and 2015 to 2019 respectively. Mercifully, perhaps, these episodes are shorter than most others we've done, simply because, as mentioned, this is terrain we have already covered several times. The teens were clearly a transitional time for film, especially in Hollywood. The foreign market came to dominate, as did the teen market, which led to a kind of lowest common denominator for American film in these years. Throw in the uncertainties created by the rise of streaming and the changes in where and how people watch film, and you have…well, it's still a little too early to tell what the 2010's will look like to film historians, if there are indeed any film historians left. That being said, it's clear that the decade featured some of the greatest films ever made, ones that will stand the test of time and will continue to be watched long into the future. In many ways, the Mexican New Wavers dominated the decade, winning half of the Best Director Oscars for the whole decade: Del Toro for "Shape of Water", Cuarón for "Gravity" and "Roma", and Iñárritu for "Birdman" and "The Revenant". And of course, the stunning triumph of "Parasite" ended a decade in film that many were ready to write off (and got rid of the bad taste left behind by "Green Book" the previous year). It was also a decade that saw the arrival of some wildly innovative and talented filmmakers, among them Chloe Zhao, Ryan Coogler, Ava Duvernay, Jordan Peele, Greta Gerwig, Steve McQueen, and Damien Chazelle, plus amazing directors who transcended often marginalized genres like Ari Aster, Alex Garland, Robert Eggers and Denis Villeneuve. We also saw some great works from directors who came of age in the 90's and early 00's like David Fincher, the Coens, Spike Lee, Christopher Nolan, Todd Haynes and the Andersons, both Wes and PTA divisions. And for the icing on the cake, we got some brilliant work from the old guard Hollywood New Wavers like Martin Scorsese (who just seemed to pick up steam as the decade went on), Steven Spielberg, (at least with" Lincoln"), Terrence Malick and, most surprisingly, Paul Schrader. So make yourselves comfortable, have yourselves one of those lovely pastries from Mendl's, and join us for our final foray into the world of Best Picture Alternate Oscars!

Every podcast should have a musical episode, so this is ours!Singer/songwriter Newton Faulkner joins us to blow away the cobwebs for the new year, giving us the opportunity to celebrate the music of the Andersons' shows. From Aqua Marina sung live to a visit to a jazz joint in Marineville - and even the Randomiser gets in on the act!Never Miss An EpisodeJoin the Podsterons Facebook groupSubscribe wherever you get your podcastsThe Randomiser with Chris DaleHelp The ShowLeave us a review on Apple PodcastsTweet about it! Use the hashtag #GerryAndersonPodcast@ImJamieAnderson / @RichardNJames / @ChrisDalekStay In TouchEmail Podcast AT GerryAnderson.comJoin the Email Newsletter

Comedy on New Year's EveFirst,  a look at this day in History.Then, The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show,  originally broadcast December 31, 1950, 75 years ago, Mr. Scott's New Year's Party.  Phil and Alice haven't been invited to the sponsor's New Year's Eve party, so Phil plans to take Alice to Ciro's. Followed by The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny, originally broadcast December 31, 1944, 81 years ago, Jack Resolves to Be Friends With Fred Allen.  Jack's New Year's resolution is to be friendly with Fred Allen. The cast does their annual New Year's allegory: "The New Tenant." "1944" listens to the radio and hears Adolph Hitler on "Double Or Nothing" and Emperor Hirohito asking advice from "Mr. Anthony!" Then, Fibber McGee and Molly,  originally broadcast December 31, 1940, 85 years ago, Fibber Finds A Gold Watch.  Fibber finds a gold watch at the corner of 14th and Oak. Who lost it? Followed by Father Knows Best starring Robert Young, originally broadcast December 31, 1953, 72 years ago, New Year's Sitter.  New Year's Eve turns out to be "a mixed-up scramble." A good-looking babysitter makes the Andersons change plans...several times!Finally,  Claudia, originally broadcast December 31, 1947, 78 years ago, New Year's Eve.  Happy 1948 Claudia! Kathryn Bard and Paul Crabtree star.Thanks to Richard G for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamCheck out Professor Bees Digestive Aid at profbees.com and use my promo code WYATT to save 10% when you order! Find the Family Fallout Shelter Booklet Here: https://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/the_family_fallout_shelter_1959.pdfhttps://wardomatic.blogspot.com/2006/11/fallout-shelter-handbook-1962.html

Gada noslēdzošajā raidījumā Globālais latvietis. 21. gadsimts uz sarunu aicinām diasporas vēstnieci Zandu Grauzi un latviešus no Amerikas, Austrālijas un Eiropas, lai atskatītos uz aizejošā gada aktuālākajiem notikumiem un akcentētu nozīmīgākos jaunajā, 2026. gadā. Ārlietu ministrija diasporas politikas ietvaros stiprina saikni ar aptuveni 400000 tautiešu visā pasaulē, veidojot visdažādākā veida sadarbības tīklus. Pavisam nesen, atskatoties uz aizvadīto gadu diasporā, ārlietu ministre Baiba Braže mudināja arī turpmāk saglabāt un kopt latviešu valodu un kultūru pasaulē, kas ir sevišķi svarīgi gan aktīvai pilsoniskajai saiknei ar Latviju, gan arī tad, kad izlemts atgriezties Latvijā. Par to, kāda ir šī sazobe starp latviešiem pasaulē un Latviju, politikas veidotājiem šeit; par to, kāds ir bijis aizvadītais gads diasporā un kādi ir aktuālākie un nozīmīgākie jautājumi un notikumi, kas mums visiem kopīgiem spēkiem veicami 2026. gadā?  Tā jau ir kļuvusi par tradīciju, ka, gadiem mijoties, studijā aicinām diasporas vēstnieci un šoreiz arī diasporas organizāciju pārstāvjus. Zanda Grauze, Ārlietu ministrijas speciālo uzdevumu vēstniece diasporas jautājumos, ir studijā. Sarunā piedalās arī Mārtiņš Andersons, Amerikas Latviešu apvienības priekšsēdis, Mārīte Kļaviņa, Frankfurtes Latviešu biedrības priekšsēde un Pasaules Brīvo latviešu apvienības priekšsēža vietniece, un Anita Andersone, Latviešu apvienības Austrālijā un Jaunzēlandē priekšsēde.

In the fictional town of Springfield of 1950, it is Christmas Eve and the Andersons are listening to Father tell a Christmas tale from days of yore.Originally aired on December 21, 1950. This is episode 61 of Father Knows Best.Please email questions and comments to host@classiccomedyotr.com.Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.Want to listen without annoying advertisements? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/classic-comedy-of-old-time-radio--5818299/support.

Dan and Brian are joined by their friend and co-host of The Movie Call Podcast, Mitch, to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's rich and beguiling filmography, including a detailed look at PTA's debut Hard Eight. Join as they discuss PTA's distinct filmmaking characteristics, the wonderful John C. Reilly, the appeal of gambling movies, the secret keys to unlocking PTA films, paternal affection, emotionally complicated endings, and some other PTA film mini-reviews. The Movie Call Podcast (co-hosted by Mitch): https://www.youtube.com/@TheMovieCallPodcast Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the Discord, and find us on Letterboxd: http://thegoodsfilmpodcast.com/

***Originally aired on Place to be Nation in October 2021*** On episode 26 of NWA Crock and Roll the boys are joined by guest Jacob Williams to discuss December 85 pt. 2. Topics include 12/28/85 with a Saturday Night show that brings big time main events in Garvin/Flair for World Title & Ole/Magnum TA for the US Title, while World Wide on same day has Magnum, Dusty, Manny Fernandez vs. Flair & the Andersons. They then discuss the 12/29/85 AWA Night of Champions 2 from the Meadowlands with Dusty/Flair, TA/Tully and Warriors vs. the Russians and close out with December awards and announce a new permanent Horseman member starting on January 86 show!

On this episode of Turf Today, Adam and Brian sit down with Tim Kelly, Golf Course Superintendent at Huntingdon Valley Country Club. Tim walks us through his early days at Saucon Valley CC, Aronimink Golf Club and the various events that shaped his career. He shares his favorite memories from the job. Not alwyas huge celebrations, but the everyday wins with his team and some memories close to his heart. Tim also shares some funny behind-the-scenes stories from the Western Amateur and the BMW Championship. We also dive into Tim's work with the Super-Scratch Foundation and his passion for strengthening advocacy within the turf industry. This is a grounded, honest, and easygoing conversation with one of the good guys in turf. We appreciate all your support and love all our listeners. Please rate the show and drop us a review. You can always reach out to the show at adam@superintendentnetwork.com Huge shoutout to our community partners: The Toro Company, The USGA, The Andersons, Standard Golf, Apex-10 and Flash Weather Ai.  

On this episode of the Ohio Farm Bureau Podcast, we talk with Nationwide's Commercial Agribusiness team and the Hummel Group about how they support today's farms and agribusinesses. We also chat with Dr. Ian Sheldon, professor and Andersons chair of agricultural marketing, trade and policy at Ohio State's Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics about the 2025 Agricultural Outlook and Policy Conference. 

Jim's eccentric cousin, Joe, leaves Jim an Arizona cattle ranch in his will. Have the Andersons become millionaires?Originally aired on February 1, 1951. This is episode 67 of Father Knows Best.Please email questions and comments to host@classiccomedyotr.com.Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Garrett Bastardi, Head of Innovation and Development at Flash Weather AI, joins the show to talk about how weather technology is changing the way Superintendents and Course Managers make decisions. Garrett shares stories from his days as a competitive golfer, chasing storms with his father, his work on major events like the U.S. Open, and how his team is building tools that bring more precision and confidence to turf operations. From morning walks at Oakmont to developing cutting-edge weather systems, this episode blends science, golf, and a few all-time stories. Want to Support us? Download the show, rate it 5 stars and leave a review if you can!  You can also visit www.turftodayshop.com for all your TT merch. We appreciate all our listeners around the world and the companies that we are proudly supported by. Thank you to our sponsors: The Toro Company, The Andersons, Standard Golf, Green Nature, Flash Weather Ai and The USGA.

This week on Turf Today, Adam and Brian sit down with Tyler Miget, Equipment Manager at Harmony Club in Fort Collins, Colorado. Tyler brings a fresh and often-overlooked perspective to the industry as the voice of the equipment manager. He shares plenty of laughs, lessons, and great stories about the role he plays behind the scenes keeping the operation running smoothly. Tyler also opens up about family life, his love for the job, and what it takes to build a strong team culture. This is one you won't want to miss and should be shared throughout the industry Want to Support us? Download the show, rate it 5 stars and leave a review! You can also visit www.turftodayshop.com for all your TT merch. We appreciate all our listeners around the world and the companies that we are proudly supported by. Thank you to our sponsors: The Toro Company, The Andersons, Standard Golf, Green Nature, Flash Weather Ai and The USGA.

As the Andersons listen to the radio, they hear that a local station is giving away free furniture to anyone that lets their furniture movers take all their old stuff. Could it really be that simple?Originally aired on January 11, 1951. This is episode 64 of Father Knows Best.Please email questions and comments to host@classiccomedyotr.com.Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

This week on The Turf Today Podcast, we're rolling through some memorable moments from past episode. Sit back and listen to some of the stories, laughs, and lessons that have stuck with us throughout the years. From early mornings on the course to behind-the-scenes insights from the people who keep the turf world running, this highlight reel cuts together the voices that define our industry. Hosted by Adam, This a fun look back at what makes turf life so unique and this show is for everyone in the industry.  This is a video podcast so check out the video version on Youtube  Want to Support us? Download the show, rate it 5 stars and leave a review if you can!  You can also visit www.turftodayshop.com for all your TT merch. We appreciate all our listeners around the world and the companies that we are proudly supported by. Thank you to our sponsors: The Toro Company, The Andersons, Standard Golf, Green Nature, Flash Weather Ai and The USGA.  

Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month.On the occasion of Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film One Battle After Anotherin theaters, we look back at the director's ambitious, unwieldy, and under-loved 1999 feature Magnolia starring a massive ensemble that includes returning PTA collaborators Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Melora Walters, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy and Philip Baker Hall alongside a career-best Tom Cruise in a showstopper supporting turn that would net him his third (and, to date, last) Academy Award nomination for a performance. Still his longest, most sprawling effort, Magnolia is a definitively Paul Thomas Anderson picture in both milieu and concern setting its sights on flawed, idiosyncratic characters living in and around the San Fernando Valley. But Magnolia also represents a distinctive pivot in Andersons career, as he begins to operate in a decidedly more minor key that would come to define the second act of his career in the 21st century.We begin with a thorough examination of Paul Thomas Anderson as filmmaker, his strengths and his shortcomings. Then, we ask an obvious, but slyly difficult question - What exactly is Magnolia about? Finally, we discuss the film as it relates to Anderson's oeuvre, how it informs and supplements his later work and how its flaws become more apparent as his filmography evolves.Read Nick Pinkerton's piece The Master? at The Point....Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish

Mark Hobrock of The Andersons, Inc. joins Chip Flory for a conversation on domestic and export demand, new-crop marketings and more. Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures shares price action perspective in corn and cattle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Adam and Brian sit down with Scott Bordner, Director of Agronomy for the Union League of Philadelphia, to talk about his work overseeing one of the most dynamic organizations in golf. Scott shares insights into managing multiple properties, upcoming projects, and how he balances it all while staying connected to the game on a personal level.  He also discusses his involvement with the Super Scratch Foundation and the annual golf tournament, along with his passion for introducing students and young professionals to the turf industry through working with the First Tee of Philadelphia. It's a great conversation about leadership, mentorship, and finding purpose in the work we do on and off the course. Want to Support us? Download the show, rate it 5 stars and leave a review if you can!  You can also visit www.turftodayshop.com for all your TT merch. We appreciate all our listeners around the world and the companies that we are proudly supported by. Thank you to our sponsors: The Toro Company, The Andersons, Standard Golf, Green Nature, Flash Weather Ai and The USGA. Outro Music- Wilde Things - Let You Down

Coach McCarty reviews Winfield Mount Union's season, including a 50-34 win over HLV, the impact of key players like Cody Milks, Nick Sparrow, Max Edwards and the Andersons, and the growth of youngsters such as freshman QB Graham Haynes. With a Lone Tree bye behind them, the Wolves head into senior night at home against Belle Plaine with their playoff fate on the line: a win sends them through, a loss leaves them on the outside. The episode also touches on special teams, program development in small-school football, notable alumni in college, and broader issues like participation and the shortage of officials.

Originally live-streamed Monday, October 6, 2025 On this week's On-Screen Live, the gang is on-hand to sift through some entertainment news items, analyze the tepid weekend box office numbers, and dig up another gem of a Secret Movie™️, however the biggest goal of this week's show was to chat a blue streak about Paul Thomas Andersons's One Battle After Another, which takes up the majority of the episode. No spoilers are dropped, so feel free to listen without having seen it yet! Steve also gives his thoughts on The Smashing Machine, while Andrew and Chris heap loads of praise on the new Jim Jarmusch film, Father Mother Sister Brother, dropping later this year. Be sure to check out the new Craven Tier on our Patreon! This all-new, video-centric tier grants you access to all the audio shows we put out each month, as well as two new shows, WHM After Dark, a monthly, AMA-style chat show where we answer questions from Patreon supporters, and Scaredy Cats, a quarterly show where we break down a more contemporary horror film. October's After Dark airs Tuesday, October 21 at 8pm/et and the first Scaredy Cats episode, covering Barbarian, will drop on October 29th! Be sure to pick up our digital show on Terminator: Dark Fate, available now in our Patreon shop! Don't sleep on snagging your tickets to our 15th Anniversary show this December where we're talking all things Arnold in Total Recall! It's gonna be a gas and we wanna see you there! Click through for tickets now! Throughout 2025, we'll be donating 100% of our earnings from our merch shop to the Center for Reproductive Rights. So head over and check out all these masterful designs and see what tickles your fancy! Shirts? Phone cases? Canvas prints? We got all that and more! Check it out and kick in for a good cause! Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.

This week on Turf Today, Adam and Brian sit down with Eric Van Gerwen, Superintendent at Black Bear Ridge Resort, one of Canada's Top 100 golf courses. Eric's journey is a blend of turf and business. After completing two years at the University of Guelph's Turf program, he went back to school to study business, giving him a unique edge as a modern superintendent. He's sharp, passionate about the game, and already showing the makings of a great leader in the turf industry. Tune in to hear his story, insights, and what drives his approach to managing one of the country's premier courses. Want to Support us? Download the show, rate it 5 stars and leave a review if you can!  You can also visit www.turftodayshop.com for all your TT merch. We appreciate all our listeners around the world and the companies that we are proudly supported by. Thank you to our sponsors: The Toro Company, The Andersons, Standard Golf, Green Nature, Flash Weather Ai and The USGA.

This week on Turf Today, we sit down with Alex Tolbert, Superintendent at Orangeburg Country Club and current President of the Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association. Alex shares his journey through the turf industry, the unique challenges of managing a golf course in South Carolina, and how leadership extends beyond his own crew to the broader Superintendent community. From agronomic strategy to mentoring the next generation, Alex brings valuable perspective on what it means to manage turf at a high level while serving the profession as a whole. We also get a preview of the Carolinas show in Myrtle this November! Want to Support us? Download the show, rate it 5 stars and leave a review if you can!  You can also visit www.turftodayshop.com for all your TT merch. We appreciate all our listeners around the world and the companies that we are proudly supported by. Thank you to our sponsors: The Toro Company, The Andersons, Standard Golf, Green Nature, Flash Weather Ai and The USGA.

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In this episode of Turf Today, we sit down with Jeff Markow, the Superintendent at Cypress Point for the past 32 years. Jeff shares stories from his remarkable career, what it's been like to manage one of the most iconic courses in golf, and the people who've shaped his journey along the way. From the challenges of maintaining world-class turf to the relationships built over decades in the industry, this conversation is full of insight, perspective, and a genuine love for the game. It was a pleasure to chat with Jeff and we hope you love this conversation. Want to Support us? Download the show, rate it 5 stars and leave a review if you can!  You can also visit www.turftodayshop.com for all your TT merch. We appreciate all our listeners around the world and the companies that we are proudly supported by. Thank you to our sponsors: The Toro Company, The Andersons, Standard Golf, Green Nature, Flash Weather Ai and The USGA. Outro Music- Julian Avila - California

Writer Peter Murrieta talks about how teachers pushed him to a better life, riding in the car with his grandparents, baseball, creating TV, college training him to be a showman, being a rare latino at Second City, Danny Trejo, collecting baseball cards, loving writing, and becoming a teacher to give back. Bio: Peter Murrieta is a two-time Emmy Award winning producer and writer who has contributed his voice to multiple projects that have expanded and further legitimized the entertainment value of telling stories about diverse cultures. After moving to Los Angeles, Peter was accepted into the esteemed ABC Writing Fellowship. His success during the fellowship led to writing positions on Jesse, Three Sisters and All About the Andersons, before he created the critically acclaimed series Greetings from Tucson, which tells the story of an upwardly mobile bi-racial. The series' Latino cast is a perfect example of how he's been able to bring the lighthearted examination of his culture to the predominantly white television landscape. As a producer, Peter is dedicated to ensuring that diverse and underrepresented persons have opportunities in the industry on both sides of the camera, as evidenced by his work on the Emmy Award winning, Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place.Peter has produced and written on NBC's Welcome to the Family, ABC's Cristela, TV Land's Lopez, Norman Lear's Netflix re-boot of One Day A Time and CBS' Superior Doughnuts. He was an Executive producer and writer on the Imagen Award winning Netflix series, MR. IGLESIAS, starring comedian Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias. And most recently, he is a writer and an Executive Producer on the Amazon FreeVee series, “Primo,” for Universal. And wrote on the staff of the drama for Peacock, “Field of Dreams.” Peter was honored in 2018 with the Imagen Foundation's Norman Lear Writer's Award for his dedication to broadening the diversity of the entertainment industry. He was just named a member of the 2024 Influential Latinos in Media by the Imagen Foundation as well. Having taught at the prestigious American Film Institute, Peter is now a professor of Practice at Arizona State University, and is happy to have a foot back in his home state of Arizona, excited to serve as Deputy Director for The Sidney Poitier New American Film School.

This week on Turf Today, Adam and Brian sit down with Brian Chapin and Todd Saganiec from Labar Golf to talk about their paths into the industry and the many projects that have had them racking up a ton of airline miles. They also played a big part in the golf course construction of Happy Gilmore 2. From the challenges of building golf courses to the opportunities available for those looking to join the team, Todd and Brian share stories, insights, and a real passion for the work they do. We appreciate all the love, keep reaching out!  Thank you to our partners: Toro, USGA, Standard Golf, The Andersons, Flash Weather AI and Apex-10  Outro Music- MAJORS- Thinkin' Bout

In this powerful and transparent episode, we're joined by leadership coaches Mark and Christine Jewell, a dynamic couple leading the Momentum Company and Warriors of the Heart. What started as a business-focused meetup evolved into a candid conversation about marriage, money, calling, and the cost of doing life in parallel instead of in partnership. They share the raw truth of how merging their businesses and finances wasn't easy—but it was the key to unlocking a whole new level of peace, purpose, and profit in their home and company. Christine and Mark get vulnerable about their journey from individual success to shared purpose. They reveal how a word from God—“supernatural unification”—set them on a course that exposed hidden money habits, relational misalignment, and the danger of running side-by-side without real connection. By aligning their financial systems and embracing their God-given roles in life and business, they not only paid off nearly $300K in debt in 18 months, but also experienced explosive growth and deeper family unity. You'll walk away from this conversation with practical frameworks, spiritual encouragement, and renewed hope that you can build a life and business that thrives—together. Websites: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/ https://www.themomentumcompany.com/ Free Resource: Grab the Communication Cheat Sheet for deeper connection → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/communication-cheat-sheet For Christine's Book: Get the Book: Drop the Armor! Order direct for $200+ in bonus resources → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/drop-the-armor Ready for breakthrough? Apply for coaching and learn more about working with Christine here: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/apply Key Takeaways: Unification multiplies everything: When couples stop building separately and unite around a shared vision, momentum multiplies in marriage, business, and family. Money is a heart issue: Transparency, tithing, and structure helped them overcome shame and conflict, leading to financial breakthrough and joy in giving. Roles create freedom: Letting go of control and trusting each other's God-given strengths allowed them to operate in their genius without competition or burnout. Mark Bio: Mark Jewell is an internationally renowned leadership speaker and coach. As the co-founder and Chief Evangelist of The Momentum Company, an agribusiness focused leadership development company, Mark has worked with countless industry leaders around the globe. Over the past 20 years, Mark has partnered with major organizations like The Andersons, Verdesian Life Sciences, Purina, Cargill and more to facilitate training and help build high-performing teams. In addition to his speaking and coaching work, Mark hosts "The Intentional Agribusiness Leader Podcast"" where he shares actionable leadership insights with his growing audience. His conversations with industry leaders like Mike Borel, Colin Steen, Kip Pendelton, Hollie Bunn, Stephanie Liska and more provide listeners with tools and strategies to lead with more intention. Mark's insightful style has resonated with professionals across various industries. Mark is passionate about equipping the next generation of leaders. Through his keynote addresses, programs, and popular podcast, Mark is on a mission to impact ten million leaders. His goal is to spread his message of intentional leadership far and wide, helping both new and experienced professionals maximize their potential and achieve success on their own terms. Mark's expertise and experience have made him one of the most sought-after agribusiness leadership voices today. Christine Bio: Christine Jewell is an author, keynote speaker, and faith based executive coach with  over 25 years of experience in the fields of Health + Peak Performance, Entrepreneurship + Human Behaviour . She is also the host of the Breaking Chains Podcast. As the Founder of Warriors Of The Heart, she specializes in guiding highly successful CEO's and Impact driven leaders to break out of the superficial “life” they've built, redefine success and step into a whole new playing field grounded in eternal, life giving principles. Christine bridges the gap between the heart, fueled by faith & logic, fueled by practicality -  to help people receive more than they could ever imagine and claim the rich life they were created for. As a mother of 6, ages 9-23, through a blended family, a wife, high level athlete, multiple business owner and entrepreneur since her 20's, she is intimately familiar with the overwhelm and burnout that can come when building a ‘dream' life, as well as what's possible on the other side. Through years of trials, burning things down and rebuilding from the ashes of her past, she has ditched the rules of this world, following the calling on her heart to cultivate a life of total alignment - where there is more than enough time for her most meaningful work, extraordinary relationships, a legacy of impact - and plenty of rest! Her vision is to create a community of Kingdom Minded Men and Women who are rising together as powerful co-creators rather than competitors - and are redefining the way we lead at work, in relationships, and every arena of life! Want to live a better balanced life and win in marriage AND business at the same time? Purchase our (audio) book Tandem: The married entrepreneurs' guide for greater work-life balance. https://www.thetandembook.com/ Download the 5 Daily Habits to Thrive in Tandem https://marriedentrepreneur.co/5-daily-habits-download  Need some insight into how to balance it all? Schedule a free discovery call. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/lets-talk

**Originally aired on Place to Be Nation Wrestling Feed in February 2021** On Episode 11 of NWA Crock & Roll the boys are once again joined by guest Rory McNamara as they look at second half of November 85 to close out the journey to Starrcade! They discuss an iconic closing shot of 11/16/85 World Championship Wrestling, then jump into multiple 3 star plus matches and 1 average match including, Buddy Landell vs Manny Fernandez, 4 Ric Flair matches that include a banger 6 man with the Andersons, a fantastic angle and match for the title in Mid South vs. Ted Dibiase, another title defense against Koko Ware in Memphis and yet another title defense in Mid South against Jake Roberts with a shocking start. They close the show with a hot Road Warriors/Russians segment and big news on the vacant World TV title! A very match heavy episode with some awesome hidden gems as we look forward to next month where we cover all things Starrcade 85!

On a sunny Friday afternoon in Winchester, Virginia, the aroma of freshly prepared meals and the sound of laughter fill the air at The Chef's Corner. This “gourmet to go” business, run by the dynamic duo Bonnie and Chef Phil Anderson, has become a local favorite for those seeking delicious, home-cooked meals with a side of community spirit. In a recent conversation with Valley Today host Janet Michael, Bonnie and Phil shared the story of their culinary journey—a tale that began with a market stall and a batch of their now-famous “My Buddy's Nuts.” From humble beginnings selling at festivals and local events, the Andersons have built a business that thrives on creativity, adaptability, and genuine connection with their customers. The Chef's Corner offers a rotating menu of fresh, ready-to-heat entrees, soups, and salads, available for pickup or delivery every Friday. Bonnie, the mastermind behind the ever-changing menu, delights in crafting new dishes each week, while Phil brings decades of culinary expertise and a passion for scratch-made food. Their playful banter and willingness to embrace the unexpected—like catering a potato bar for a seance or inventing spicy “Numb Nuts” after a traffic incident—make every interaction memorable. The pandemic brought new challenges, but also new opportunities. The Andersons pivoted to a pre-order and curbside pickup model, ensuring their loyal customers could still enjoy gourmet meals safely. Their commitment to service extends beyond the kitchen, with Phil personally delivering meals to shut-ins and those unable to leave home. At The Chef's Corner, every customer is treated like a friend. Whether you're a regular or a first-time visitor, Bonnie and Phil's warmth, humor, and dedication to quality shine through in every bite. As Janet Michael discovered, it's not just about the food—it's about the stories, the laughter, and the sense of belonging that make The Chef's Corner a true community gem. To see their weekly menu, visit their website: https://www.thechefscorner.net/ and follow them on Facebook.

  **NWA Crock & Roll #7: September 1985 (w/ Jacob Williams)** Originally aired December 2020 on the Place to Be Nation Wrestling Podcast Network On episode 7 of *NWA Crock & Roll*, the boys are joined by Jacob Williams (*The Ruthlessly Aggressive Podcast, PTBNXT, Highway to the Impact Zone*) to dig into all things September 1985 in the NWA! This episode features deep dives into: * The crowded tag team scene of 1985 * How promos made *every* wrestler and title feel important * Magnum TA stepping up—and a can't-miss video moment * Subtle booking hints foreshadowing Dusty vs. Flair * Dusty partying with Bette Midler and Waylon Jennings * Flair dropping the “kiss stealing” line for the first time * Tully Blanchard's elite heel work that makes you want to punch him * The Andersons targeting “Human Broomstick” Sam Houston with unforgettable promo lines * A wildly uncomfortable Jim Cornette promo * The Midnight Express being wasted in a feud with... Jimmy Valiant and Rocky King? * The Rock 'n' Roll Express and Russians on a chain match collision course * A National Tag Team Title match, a Junior Heavyweight Title match, and... Gary Royal's hair * Baby Doll's babyface turn—and so much more! It's a packed episode full of wild promos, big angles, and a ton of '80s southern wrestling flavor. Don't miss it!  

My Story  Talk 22 Facing New Challenges We said goodbye to Basingstoke after a moving farewell weekend at the end of July 1978 and moved to Mattersey with a great sense of excitement and anticipation. We knew without a shadow of a doubt that the Lord was sending us there, but we were also aware that great challenges lay ahead, not just for the College, but for us as a family too.   Challenges for the family The immediate challenge for the family was that there was nowhere suitable for us to live. The College did not have space to accommodate us for more than a few weeks before the students returned in September and although living in the attic rooms of the old building was fun for a while, it was hardly ideal for a normal family life. But fortunately we knew that the situation would not last for long.   Because I was an only child and, therefore, our children were my parents' only grandchildren, our moving to Mattersey meant that we were now 250 miles away. Naturally, my parents wanted to be nearer to us than that and decided that they would move to be near us. Some new houses and bungalows were being built in the village, right opposite the College and Mum and Dad decided to buy one of them. However, they had still not sold their bungalow in Dorset.   So to resolve the problem of our accommodation as a family the Board of Governors, with the help of the AoG Property Trust, loaned my parents the purchase price of the new bungalow in Mattersey on the understanding that Eileen, the children and I could live in it until a new house could be built for us in the College grounds. My parents were to repay the interest free loan once they had sold their bungalow.   This arrangement worked very well and for our first year at Mattersey we lived in the bungalow, and in the summer of 1979 had the joy of moving into Koinonia, a new four-bedroomed house which we had had the privilege of helping to design, along with the challenges of overseeing the erection of a new-build property! It was also wonderful to have my parents living closer to us than ever before since we were married.   But housing was not the only challenge facing us as a family during our first year at Mattersey. The children had to adjust to new schools. Deborah was 14 and Sarah 13 and having been used to a Comprehensive School in Basingstoke had now been accepted by the Elizabethan High School in Retford where the curriculum was different and meant that they had quite a bit of catching up to do in some subjects.   Jonathan was just 7 and fortunately there was a primary school in the village, where I think he settled in quite well, although he had to get used to the fact that the other children spoke with a different accent and thought that he was ‘posh'. He once came home and said to Eileen, Mummy, my friends don't say ‘something'. They say ‘summat'.   But by and large the children adjusted very well, as also did Eileen who had now become the College Matron. This was not a position she had sought. She had thought that when I became the principal she would just be my wife and lend a hand in the College when she could. However, when, shortly after my appointment, Aaron Linford, the Chairman of the Board of Governors, had asked me,   Will Mrs. Petts be the Matron? and I had replied that she was not expecting to be employed by the College, he said,             Well, if she becomes the Matron we can pay her.   And that, of course, settled it! It did take time for Eileen to adjust to her new role which entailed heading up the entire domestic side of life at the College, but over the 21 years that she did it she grew in confidence, exercising her authority with kindness and firmness, signing off her memos to students with the letter M, which, I think some of the students understood to stand for Mum rather than Matron. I attribute much of our success at Mattersey to her, though, if she were still with us, I know she would be quick to deny it.   So the move to Mattersey presented challenges to all of us as a family, but there were challenges for me personally too. These included the challenges of new responsibilities, new relationships with the staff and governors, and the expectations that my fellow AoG ministers had of me.   The challenge of new responsibilities The Principal of the Bible College was appointed by the General Council, meeting at its Annual General Conference. (The General Council, which under God, was the final authority for decision-making in the fellowship, comprised all accredited AoG ministers together with delegates or representatives from churches which had no minister).   The appointment was for two years, and although this was later changed to four, it meant that I was subject to re-election on a regular basis. Like all other Heads of Department in AoG (e.g. Home Missions, Overseas Missions, etc.), as Principal I had to submit an annual report to the Conference and to answer any questions before the vote for re-election took place.   Although this did, I confess, lead to a certain sense of insecurity, it did mean that I knew that I was accountable, and I knew to whom I was accountable. This is vitally important for anyone privileged to hold a position of authority. And the position with which I had been entrusted carried with it a considerable amount of authority and indeed of responsibility.   But that brings me to the more specific details of my responsibilities as principal. These included overseeing the welfare of the students, staff, and faculty, appointing the faculty and planning the curriculum, hiring the staff, interviewing prospective students, maintaining discipline, and promoting the College by advertising in magazines and visiting local churches, and maintaining the College property, buildings and land.   But of course, I was not expected to do all this single-handed. I soon discovered that what the Lord had shown me at Basingstoke about the principles of team leadership in a local church was to be just as relevant to the leadership of the College. Despite all the authority vested in me as principal and the responsibilities that accompanied it, I was very conscious right from the start that I needed the help and advice of those who worked with me.   The challenge of new relationships When we arrived at Mattersey the key workers at the College were John Carter and Ernest and Joan Anderson. Some of the previous principals on taking up office had seen fit to appoint an entirely new faculty and staff, but this was not something which I was prepared to consider. I felt that I needed the help of those who already had the experience of working at Mattersey and, anyway, asking them to leave would have hardly been fair to them, bearing in mind their faithful service to the College.   John Carter was now in his eighties and living in the College as a resident tutor. He had had a long association with the College, first when his brother Howard was principal when the College was at Hampstead, and later when he himself was the principal at Kenley. For us as a family it was a great pleasure to share meals with this lovely old man in the College dining hall and gain from his wisdom and long experience of serving the Lord. He was always ready to give advice but never offered it unless I asked him for it. He remained as a lecturer at the College until the Lord took him home in 1982 when I had the privilege of officiating at his burial in the cemetery at Mattersey.   Ernest and Joan Anderson and their three children were also living in the College when we arrived. It was clear to me that they had held the College together during David Powell's principalship by their dedicated hard work. I had got to know them during my monthly visits to lecture at Mattersey and I knew that their continued service at the College would be vital for at least the first few years of my principalship.   Ernest served not only as a lecturer but was also responsible for book-keeping, student ministry and evangelism, and for the upkeep of the seven acres of the grounds and garden. Joan had an incredible capacity for hard work and supervised the catering and cooking and much more. I will always be grateful to the Andersons for the help they gave me while I was finding my feet in my first few years as principal. They had faithfully carried a heavy burden, and I understood why in 1980 they decided to move back into pastoral work.   We had worked happily together but there is always the potential for friction when a new leader takes over, and I'm sure that there must have been areas where they were not entirely happy with my decisions, especially as Ernest had hoped that he might have become the principal and had accepted nomination for it. But the humility and gracious spirit displayed by all concerned meant that any friction there might have been was reduced to a minimum.   And what was true of the staff was also true of the Board of Governors who were also appointed by the General Council and to whom I was required to report every term. I think the support I received from the Board was probably due to three main things. Firstly, it was the Board who had nominated me for the job in the first place. Secondly, in my first year I had shared the principalship with Alfred Missen and Keith Munday, older men who contributed much to the reorganising of the College and from whom I gained a clearer sense of what might be expected of a principal.   And thirdly, in line with the earlier history of the College, there was still a widespread feeling in AoG that the man of God's choice should be given his head to lead the College as he felt led by the Holy Spirit. The members of the Board did not see it as their role to tell the principal how to run the College, but rather to support, advise, and where necessary warn. And for this I was always grateful, especially when dealing with the occasional disciplinary situation with regard to a student or even a member of staff or faculty.   So the challenge of new responsibilities and new relationships was made easier because of the dedicated help of the governors, faculty, and staff. Without it we could never have achieved what, by the grace of God, we were able to accomplish during the 27 years of my principalship. But perhaps the greatest challenge I faced throughout those years was meeting the expectations of Assemblies of God.   The challenge of the expectations of Assemblies of God To appreciate fully the reality of that challenge it is essential to understand the variety of expectations held at the time by my fellow ministers. These ranged from those who did not see any need at all for a college to those who saw the urgency of a thorough training, both theological and practical, for those who were called to the important task of Christian ministry.   This tension arises from the fact that as Pentecostals we believe in the power of the Spirit to equip us for service, but we also believe in the authority of Scripture and the importance of understanding the Bible correctly. I remember that when I was first appointed to the Board of Governors, Tom Woods, an elderly pastor, well respected for his proven prophetic gift, approached me and said,   David, I give you this charge, keep the College Pentecostal.   And this, I assured him, was something I fully intended to do. But his comment almost certainly reflected a suspicion of academic learning held by many of the older Pentecostals of that generation.   This was well summarised by Donald Gee, a renowned Pentecostal pioneer and former principal of the College, when, speaking of the beginnings of the college, he wrote:   A movement that embodies such a special testimony to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit has always tended to look askance at even the simplest form of scholastic training.   But he then goes on to acknowledge that In more mature years the genuine place and value of Bible schools has been generally conceded, and even enthusiastically welcomed, in the Pentecostal Movement [1].   Nevertheless, at least for the opening years of my principalship, I was sometimes challenged by well-meaning ministers who suspected that the direction I was taking was too academic and I'm sure that there are still those who hold that view. But these good people clearly did not know me very well. The Lord who had baptised me in his Spirit had also given me academic ability, and I knew which was the more important! And improving the academic standard by no means prevented us from keeping the College Pentecostal.   In fact, it had always been a Pentecostal college, as indeed it still is. It was started by the Pentecostal Missionary Union in July 1909. It was led by Pentecostal ministers, most notable of whom were Howard Carter (1921-1948) and Donald Gee (1951-1963), both prominent figures in Assemblies of God.   However, although it always had a close relationship with AoG, it was only in 1951that it was given to AoG. Before then, during Howard Carter's leadership, William Kay informs us that Carter had run his school without a Board of Governors and that:   …though he allowed Assemblies of God representatives to inspect the premises and comment on the doctrinal position of the curriculum, it was always perfectly clear that he had the last word on what was done…   and that it was his wish that   at no stage should the work lose its independence [2].   My purpose in saying this is to point out that for many years the College had run as a separate independent enterprise and although it was now, in the words of the AoG constitution, owned and controlled by Assemblies of God, it was still expected to run its own affairs and to finance itself. For example, the finances of all other AoG departments came under the control of the General Treasurer, but the Bible College employed its own bursar.   So the challenges facing me were not only those of new relationships and new responsibilities, but also the ongoing tension between some Pentecostals and the academic and the dichotomy between what the AoG constitution required of me and the expectations of fellow ministers which were not always in line with that constitution or indeed with what I believed to be the will of God. However, the advice and support of the faculty and the Board of Governors were of great help, and with them behind me I learned to press ahead with what I felt the Lord was saying and leave the consequences with him.     [1] Donald Gee, Wind and Flame, p. 60 [2] William K Kay, Inside Story, p. 208.

Originally aired on Place to Be Nation Podcast Feed in 2020, The Crockett time machine rolls into July 1985 as the crew welcomes first-time Crockett viewer Ben Locke to the show!  The episode opens with a tribute to the late Road Warrior Animal, setting the tone for a heartfelt yet lively discussion. From there, the boys dive into one of the wildest weeks in wrestling history—July 5-13, featuring the first-ever Great American Bash, a red-hot six-man main event on Mid-Atlantic TV, and an all-time classic Tag Team Title Match. The crew also explores: The impact and legacy of Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1985 The universal love for The Andersons (and the not-so-universal love for Jimmy Valiant) Hot crowds, Crockett tropes, and David Crockett's many expressive faces A new man crush for Ben A match that had Calum feeling some type of way Another legendary Dr. G story featuring the mysterious Grand Wizard The greatness of Manny Fernandez, and "The Flying Burrito" An all-time innuendo-laced promo from Magnum T.A. before chaos ensues The rise of a promising midcard with Terry Taylor, Sam Houston, and even American Eagle (yes, who?) The short-lived but real reign of World Champion Buddy Landell A heel Dusty Rhodes, a babyface Ric Flair, and a bonus World Title match from Mid-South The ongoing saga of Baby Doll, complete with Floyd the horse drama From new champions to emerging stars, ridiculous promos to emotional farewells—July ‘85 is absolutely loaded, and this episode captures every bit of it.

Today we're hearing how veterans are being healed by the power of music, and collaborations with the organization “Songwriting with Soldiers”. Air Force veteran Bruce Anderson, his wife Lesley and SW:S Music Director Jay Clementi share how these weekend retreats pair award-winning songwriters with veterans to create songs that help them tell their story and bring them closure. (Clementi's credits include hit songs with Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, Darius Rucker, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, and more) We start with a look at Anderson's deployments during the Global War on Terror. Anderson and his wife Lesley brilliantly recall the troubles he experienced after returning from war, and how they took a chance on attending a SW:S weekend retreat. The Andersons describe the origin of their song, “The Man You Used to Know,” and how writing it with hit songwriter Trent Willmon, was more powerful than any medicine. Jay Clementi describes the “Songwriting with Soldiers” writing process and a new music initiative where select songs from these powerful retreats are fully produced by award-winning Nashville producers and now available on all major streaming platforms. Check more from “Songwriting with Soldiers”, Hear the latest songs, Donate or Register for upcoming retreats here: https://songwritingwithsoldiers.org/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's about time we looked at another hero, and we're going with one of the most iconic puppet characters from the Anderson shows, Parker.

It is time for the Andersons to take summer vacation. But even if they decide where they're going to go who knows if they will ever get there.Originally aired on July 6, 1950. This is episode 45 of Father Knows Best.Please email questions and comments to host@classiccomedyotr.com.Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

 In this episode of Turf Today, Brian and Adam are joined by Scott Pavalko, Director of Golf Course and Grounds at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colorado. Castle Pines was the stunning host of last year's BMW Championship. Scott takes us through his inspiring journey in the turf industry, from learning the ropes from his greatest mentor, to climbing the ranks at world-class venues like Muirfield Village and Cog Hill. This is a very insightful conversation. Scott shares thoughtful perspectives on leadership, course preparation at the highest level, and what it takes to manage elite playing conditions and people under tournament pressure. He's articulate, passionate, and even throws in a few entertaining behind-the-scenes stories from his time on some of golf's most iconic properties. We hope you enjoy this episode and continue to share the good word of turf! Send the episodes and instagram clips to your friends. Keep those reels sharp.  Thank you to our sponsors: Toro, The Andersons, USGA, Standard Golf, Apex-10 and Flash Weather Ai. To connect with the show - adam@superintendentnetwork.com

In this powerhouse conversation, Mark Jewell sits down with Neil and Mark of The Andersons for a deep dive into intentional leadership, team development, and cultivating a culture that outlives any one leader.Together, they reflect on decades of experience in agribusiness, revealing how communication, humility, structure, and a relentless commitment to people-first values have shaped one of the most respected organizations in the industry. If you're leading through growth, change, or succession—this episode is packed with wisdom you don't want to miss.Key Takeaways:Intentional Leadership Starts with Vision and RhythmBoth Neil and Mark stress the importance of building consistent communication rhythms and having clarity around values and goals. Intentionality isn't just a buzzword—it's how you lead teams through complexity without losing your center.Empowerment Over MicromanagementTrue leadership means creating space for others to grow. Neil and Mark model a hands-off, eyes-on approach—coaching, not controlling—and emphasize that empowering younger leaders requires letting go of ego and embracing vulnerability.Culture Doesn't Live on the Wall—It Lives in ActionThe Andersons' Statement of Principles is more than a document; it's a living culture reflected in how people lead, communicate, and show up daily. Leadership that walks the talk creates retention, attraction, and trust.Entrepreneurial Spirit with GuardrailsLeaders at The Andersons are encouraged to think like owners—each profit center runs like its own business. But that freedom is grounded in strong values, intentional mentoring, and clear alignment with the company's bigger mission.Work-Life Balance is Real—If You Design for ItFrom missed ballgames to strategic delegation, both leaders open up about the tension between achievement and presence. Their reminder? If you don't schedule space to recharge, the business will take it all.Notable Quotes:“For my team to become more, I had to become less.” – Neil Schuller“Culture isn't in a file cabinet. It's what people see, feel, and experience every day.” – Mark Hobrock“Entrepreneurial energy has to be supported by vision, communication, and trust.” – Neil Schuller“Vulnerability is not weakness—it's what makes our teams stronger.” – Mark Hobrock“If the customer is winning, the employee wins, the community wins, and the shareholder wins. But it has to happen in that order.” – Mark HobrockAction Steps:Set a weekly rhythm of 1:1s and team communication—face-to-face if possibleRevisit your organization's core values and ask: Are we living these daily or just quoting them?Identify a younger leader you can mentor or empower more this monthStart your day with clarity: Write down your top 3 priorities the night beforeCreate space for team feedback and new ideas—especially from unexpected voicesSchedule intentional time to reconnect with your family, hobbies, and personal prioritiesListen If You Are:A senior leader focused on legacy, culture, and successionNavigating burnout, delegation, or team disengagementLooking to develop the next generation of leaders in your businessCraving practical, grounded wisdom from two seasoned agribusiness prosReady to bridge work and life without losing your edge in eitherIf this episode resonated with you, join us at the next Thriving Leader Event — where intentional leadership goes from theory to practice. Connect with like-minded leaders and build the clarity, confidence, and capacity you need to grow your people and business.

In this episode of Turf Today, hosts Adam Courchaine and Brian Laurent sit down with Mick Sutton from New South Wales, a turf industry veteran whose story is as powerful as his passion for the grass beneath our feet. From working hands-on as a Greenkeeper to his current role in Sales with Toro, Mick has seen every side of the turf world. Was not an easy road for him. After a serious car accident, doctors told him he'd never return to the field. Mick not only proved them wrong but came back stronger, continuing to make his mark on the industry he loves. Tune in to hear about Mick's resilience, his journey through the highs and lows of turf management, and the transition from maintenance to sales, all while staying true to his roots. Powered by our Sponsors The Toro Company, The Andersons, USGA, Apex-10, Standard Golf and Flash Weather Ai, this episode is a reminder that grit and passion can overcome any obstacle.  Download the show and give us a five star rating if you love Turf Today!

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In today's episode we are looking at the work of two directors named Anderson, although they're not related to one another. We begin with Paul Thomas Anderson's MAGNOLIA, from 1999. This is a film that has the complexity of a Robert Altman film, in that we have many parallel stories in a few different spaces, and they do manage to bump into one another from time to time. PT Anderson sets us up for this in the opening scenes of the film, and it's a heckuva ride from one end to the other. Stay tuned for Part 2, when we look at a film by Wes Anderson.

In Part Two of our episode, which isn't quite as packed as Part 1 (largely because it's a shorter, more straightforward story), we look at Wes Anderson's THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, starring Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston and a half-dozen or so other people as their adult children and in-laws. At the start of the film, the family isn't hanging together very well, until a little bit of deceit brings them closer. Then it separates them again. Then...well, just tune in. COMING ATTRACTIONS: In Episode 87 we're keeping our focus on directors (heh), with two films that are semi-autobiographical in nature. We'll begin with MEAN STREETS (1973), directed by Martin Scorsese, and finish with DINER (1982), directed by Barry Levenson.

Mark Hobrook of The Andersons helps us wrap up the week with a conversation about demand, planting progress, trade and money flow. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins joins us to provide a summary of her trade trip to the U.K. plus share some insight into the upcoming "MAHA" report, and an update on the New World Screwworm situation in Mexico.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this conversation, Mark sits down with Anne Cook, Safety Director at Custom Agri Systems (CAS), for the show's first-ever episode centered on safety in agribusiness. But this isn't your standard “checklist” conversation. Anne brings deep experience, heartfelt storytelling, and refreshing candor about what it takes to build a safety culture that sticks—from job sites to boardrooms. Whether you're a company leader, millwright, or part of the next generation entering ag, this episode will challenge the way you think about compliance, team culture, and leading with intention.Anne also shares her personal journey through Amazon, the Andersons, and back to her roots in ag—highlighting what happens when you truly refuse to settle and align your next move with your purpose.Key Takeaways:Safety isn't just compliance—it's connection. Rules matter, but relationships and trust are what truly keep people safe.Generational shift is real. Anne offers wisdom for bridging the experience gap as seasoned workers retire and young talent steps in.Technology adoption takes time, but pays off. Learn how CAS rolled out safety inspections via mobile apps without sacrificing buy-in.Culture is caught, not just taught. Anne explains how CAS's long-standing, family-centered culture has been preserved—even with 250+ employees.Leadership means listening. From job site audits to one-on-one conversations, Anne's approach starts with one question: “How can I help?”Notable Quotes:“The joy doesn't come from the compliance checklist. It comes from the people.”“You can't just preach safety—you have to live it, model it, and build trust first.”“I never felt dismissed. I listened, I cared, and I showed up. That's what builds credibility.”“The culture here wasn't something I had to learn—it was something I felt. It's just in the DNA.”“When the crew sends me a photo of orange cones on-site, I nerd out. That means they're proud—and they know I care.”Whether you're leading a large team, navigating generational transition, or trying to spark greater ownership in your culture—Anne's story is proof that intentional leadership creates environments where people want to stay, grow, and lead well. And yes, safety is a critical part of that equation.This episode is your reminder that the best systems are the ones that serve the people inside them—and that starts with being human first.

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in this episode with chat with Holly Anderson of Andersons Frozen Custard. Holly shares with us the amazing history of Andersons and some of the structure and philosophies that have guided the business through the good times and the bad.In this episode Holly refers to https://www.instagram.com/simonsinekYou can find our more about Holly and the business at https://www.andersonscustard.com/For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

Join us on this exciting episode of Turf Today as we sit down with golf media personality Matt Ginella! With years of experience in golf media, Matt shares his unique insights on the turf industry, his favorite courses, and the latest trends in the world of golf. Whether you're in the turf world or simply a fan of the sport of golf, Matt's stories, expertise, and passion for the game are sure to inspire. Tune in for a conversation packed with valuable tips, behind-the-scenes industry knowledge, and plenty of turf talk you won't want to miss!  Thank you to our sponsors Toro, The Andersons, USGA, Standard Golf, Flash Weather Ai and Apex-10.

Construction Superintendent at Olde Eight Golf Club, Hunter Cooper, is on the Turf Today podcast this week. Hunter talks about the different techniques and lessons he has learned from the courses he's worked at and people he has worked for. Hunter has some excellent advice for some of the people pushing the pace of the industy. He also tells some all-time stories about his experience as a superintendent, firefighter and father. Continue to share the show with your peers in the industry so we can all grow together.    Thank you to our sponsors: Toro, The Andersons, Standard Golf, Apex-10, USGA and FLASH Weather Ai.   Please Subscribe to the Superintendent Network Youtube Channel.    

The Curmudgeon Supreme and I begin to read "The Constitutions of the Free-Masons Containing the History, Charges, Regulations & of the Most Ancient and Right Worshipful FRATERNITY. For the Use of the Lodges by James Anderson 1723. We experience some technical difficulties at the very end so my apologies. The session ends after 1 hour 17 minutes.We read starting on pages 7 to 16. As we read through this we make some observations and comments. Then after an hour we stop and have some discussion about what this document has covered so far. We hope you all join us in this exploration into one of Freemasonry's most important documents.What is "The Legend of the Craft"?Why is it important to us now?When was it written?Can we actually learn something from it?Will it delve into the "Mysteries of Masonry"?You can buy a copy of Andersons Constitutions on Amazon for less than $15 or you can download a free copy online.Either way, you have no excuse not to have one and read along with us.Write to us at masonicmsucle357@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram @masonicmuscle

Golf Course Superintendent from Black Diamond Ranch, Jeremiah Mincey joins Turf Today from The Players Championship. Get to know Jeremiah more by hearing him talk about his experiences as a younger Superintendent and volunteering at some big PGA tournaments. Originally from Georgia, Jeremiah is an up and coming Superintendent in the industry and offers some fantastic perspectives on certain aspects of the profession. We are also joined this week by Trevor Larsen with an update on his busy life! Thank you to both of these guys for making time for us and a huge shoutout to our sponsors: Toro, The Andersons, Standard Golf, The USGA, Apex-10 and Flash Weather Ai.

This week, Jason and Brian dive into the chaos surrounding Elon Musk's growing influence in government tech, with young engineers playing key roles in his takeover. DOGE employees are being ordered off Slack, USAID is crumbling, and Musk's war with U.S. officials rages on. Meanwhile, AI takes center stage with the EU banning high-risk systems, DeepSeek's security concerns, and Amazon throwing down $100 billion on AI advancements. Big Tech moves are equally absurd—Google is now open to AI-powered weapons, Meta might scrap risky AI models, and Tesla is struggling in Europe thanks to Elon's latest blunders. Meanwhile, states are rushing to pour taxpayer money into so-called “strategic cryptocurrency reserves.”In entertainment, The Devil May Cry anime's ridiculous theme song is a standout, Mythic Quest returns, and Beast Games looks promising. AI controversially helped The Beatles score a Grammy, and Denis Villeneuve is making Dune 3 because, well, fans demanded it. Over in reboot land, Sarah Michelle Gellar may return for a Buffy revival on Hulu with Chloé Zhao at the helm, while Neil Gaiman finds himself in serious legal trouble. Gadget fans get a look at the Anker Zolo charger, a Google search trick to dodge AI summaries, and Apple's latest social feature. Also, say goodbye to Apple's AR glasses before they even had a chance to shine.Dave Bittner joins The Dark Side segment with updates on cybersecurity, including a wave of ransomware payment refusals and the Andersons' infamous eviction from Disneyland's most exclusive club. Pirates in China, Disney park music, and tracking yourself via in-app ads round out the discussion. Closing out the show, a shout-out to Snap's CEO for supporting LA wildfire recovery and a nod to SoberOutfitters for keeping things clean. 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