Podcast appearances and mentions of Ben Parker

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 46:54

The anti-MAGA world should keep going on right-wing media platforms, and maybe embarrass their hosts in the process—like Buttigieg on Fox, and Tim on Tomi Lahren's show. Plus, the direct line between Secret Service failures in Butler, PA and the Dallas book depository. And will the FBI ever be able to confirm if Trump took a $10 million bribe from Egypt? Brian Tyler Cohen and Carol Leonnig join Tim Miller. show notes: Brian's new book, "Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy" Carol's reporting on the $10 mil cash withdrawal from Egypt Carol's book on the Secret Service, "Zero Fail" 8 Times Tim SCHOOLED Right-Wing Tomi Lahren on Her Own Show! Will Selber's piece on the Walz 'stolen valor' claims John Kerry campaign vets on how to respond to the Walz swiftboating Will Selber and Ben Parker video on the Walz 'stolen valor' claims

Kamala Picks Her VP

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 40:39 Transcription Available

Ben Parker for NightSide:Vice President Kamala Harris announced she has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate in the 2024 Presidential Election. Ben talked with Doug "VB" Goudie and New York State Senator Peter Oberacker about what lies ahead as voters get ready for November.Ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio!

Housing Crisis Relief and Gun Violence Antidote

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 41:04 Transcription Available

Ben Parker for NightSide:Gov. Maura Healey has signed the Affordable Homes Act which is the largest investment in housing in the Commonwealth's history. The Act aims to increase affordable home options, housing production and inventory, and assist cities and towns in offering more affordable housing options. MA Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus joined Ben with the details.Also: The ShotSpotter gunshot detection system is nothing new to Boston and has been credited with saving lives and helping police catch criminals. The system has also faced scrutiny with nearly half of 423 ShotSpotter activations in 2023 ending with no ballistic evidence. Joining Ben to discuss the system was the CEO of ShotSpotter Ralph Clark and former NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.Ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio!

Pros in Paris

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 39:18 Transcription Available

Ben Parker for NightSide:The Paris Summer Olympics are in full swing and before the 1970s, the Games were limited to amateur competitors. By the 1980s, the door was opened to allow professional athletes to compete...but should pros be allowed to compete amongst amateurs? Mike Eruzione, former Captain of the 1980 Winter Olympics U.S. Hockey Team, joined Ben to chat everything Olympics!Ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio!

The Rebuilding of Maui

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 42:09 Transcription Available

Ben Parker for NightSide:It's been a year since the devastating wildfire that wiped out the historic town of Lahaina on Maui. How are rebuilding efforts going? Joining Ben with an update was the Founder of RebuildMaui.org, Alfy Basurto.Ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio!

Episode 210: Summer 2024 Movie Roundup, Part I

The Pulp Writer Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 28:23

In this week's episode, I rank the movies and streaming shows I saw in the first half of summer 2024. TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction, Writing Updates, and Reader Question Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 210 of the Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is July 19th, 2024, and today we are discussing the movies and streaming shows I watched for the first half of summer 2024. Before that, we'll have an update on my current writing projects and then we will go into Question of the Week. So, my current writing projects. I'm pleased to report that the rough draft of Half Orc Paladin is finished at about 81,500 words. Next up, I'm writing a short story called Paladin's Hunt that newsletter subscribers will get for free in ebook form when Half Orc Paladin is out, hopefully in early August. I'm also 23,000 words into Ghosts in the Tombs. I'm not 100% decided what I'm going to write next once Half Orc Paladin is out. I have to make a decision soon obviously, but it's probably going to be either Shield of Conquest or Cloak of Illusion. In audiobook news, the audiobook Wizard-Thief, as narrated by Leanne Woodward, is almost done. It's just got to get through the various approvals at the audiobook sites, so hopefully that should be out in early August. Recording is going to start very soon on Shield of Darkness. So that's where I'm at with my current writing projects. We have a question about the Shield War series from reader EM, who writes in to ask: I was rereading Shield of Darkness and occurred to me that Connmar Pendragon would have had a much easier time finding his way to Owyllain if he had a Corsair Lord or whatever they called themselves back then, who had the Hidden Eye navigating for him. Am I right and this will be revealed in the Shield Wars series? No, Connmar did not have a Corsair or anyone with the Hidden Eye ability navigating for him, and he basically found his way to Owyllain by accident. At that time, there were people living on the Isle of Kordain, but they hadn't really coalesced around the Corsairs of the Isle of Kordain as their national identity yet. I mean the process was underway but hadn't reached the form it would by the time of the Frostborn series. And while some of them had the Hidden Eye ability, they hadn't quite fully understood what it meant yet, and they hadn't lived on the isle long enough for the mutilations from the dwarven engines to fully take hold. We'll reveal more details about that in Shield of Conquest when I write that as my next book or the book after my next book. 00:02:26 Question of the Week Now on to Question of the Week. Question of the Week is designed to inspire enjoyable discussion of interesting topics. This week's question: subscription services such as Kindle Unlimited, Spotify, Netflix, Thrive Market and Xbox Game Pass are an inevitable part of modern life. If you have a subscription service, which one is your favorite? No wrong answers and bear in mind that “subscription services all cost too much and I hit them all with the fiery consuming heat of 1,000 cores of 1,000 suns” is a perfectly acceptable answer as well. Surabhi said: Disney Plus, because Marvel movies are my therapy. Ray says: I only use Bookbub and Google Play. Justin says: I do not use subscription services. I prefer to purchase the books, games, and programs I buy outright rather than rent them. Connectivity can be a problem where I am so being able to read, work, or play without being tethered to the Internet is a good thing. That is something to keep in mind when considering a subscription service. If you have questionable Internet connectivity in your area, that may not be the best choice to sign up for a subscription service that relies on the Internet. Our next comment is from Venus, who says: I can't afford any subscriptions services, although if Barnes and Noble did one for ebooks, I'd consider working something out. I refuse to support Amazon and don't like the fact that apparently books on Kindle Unlimited can't be anywhere else. That is indeed one of the annoying features of the Kindle Unlimited program, which is why only four of my 153 novels are currently on Kindle Unlimited. Barbara says: my husband and daughter subscribe to some streaming services, but I'm not sure which ones. I don't subscribe to any. I don't watch television. I already own the games I play and I purchased my digital books so I don't have to give them back. John says: I think I get by far the most bang for the buck from Amazon Prime, but my favorite subscription service is probably my local weekly seafood delivery service, Sea Forager. Bonnie says: I gave up the ones I had because I don't watch TV anymore and can't afford it. I have Prime, but only really use it for ebooks. If I need background noise, I use local radio. Local radio remains free, so I suppose that is the most cost effective of all the subscription services. Juana says: Kindle seems to have the most content and good price. I looked at the other platforms, too. Becca says: I have Prime and agree it has a ton of benefits. I canceled Netflix because it doesn't work on my TV. Hulu has some great shows (I recommend Crazy Fun Park, an Australian teen show about ghosts and friendships and changes. Surprisingly mature and well-acted). William says: given the sheer quantity of great Star Wars series that Disney produces, theirs is hard to beat. Gary says: Spotify. David says: for value, you can't beat Prime: movies, free shipping, and music. Netflix is very good for original content and Hulu for old stuff. And Joseph says: I also have Prime mostly for the free shipping. Everything else there is just a bonus. I also have Kindle Unlimited. Totally worth it for me as I read daily and read two or three hundred books a year. That is down from 400 to 500 the first couple years of retirement. It is diverse enough that I can always find a good read. For myself, the one I enjoy most is Nintendo Switch Online. I'll pay for a month of Netflix when they have something I want to see and then we'll cancel again after I've seen it. I used to have Xbox Game Pass, but all I ever actually play on the Xbox is Skyrim, Starfield, and the first three Halo games, so there is no point in keeping it. But Nintendo Switch Online lets you get the classic Mario and Zelda games from the NES and Super Nintendo era. Given that Nintendo's attitude towards the legacy properties tends to veer between complete indifference and wrathful litigation depending upon the month, it's good that Nintendo offers a relatively affordable way to get them legally because at my age, sometimes the best way to relax at the end of the night is to just play a few levels of the original Super Mario Brothers. So that's it for Question of the Week this week. 00:06:26 Main Topic: Summer 2024 Movie/TV Show Review And now let's move on to our main topic: 2024 Summer Movie Roundup, Part 1. Summer always has a lot of movies, so I usually split the Summer Movie Roundup post in two halves and this would be Part 1. I was surprised at the number of sports movies I watched this time, since, as I've mentioned before, I don't usually follow professional sports all that closely. That said, while the NFL and the NBA might not have quite the cultural hegemony they had at their peak in the 1990s and early 2000s, they're still hugely central to American culture. I don't think you can really understand the United States without grasping the central role of professional sports in mainstream culture. I expect there's a similar phenomenon with association football clubs in the UK and many European countries. Besides, one of the abilities of good storytelling is to make you interested in a story about a topic you might not otherwise care about, like athletic shoes. So here are the movies and shows I watched in the first half of summer 2024, ranked from worst to best. As always, the rankings are totally subjective and based on nothing but my own opinions and observations. So first up is Madam Webb, which came out in 2024. Oofffff. This wasn't quite the crime against cinema that the Internet thought it was, but it still wasn't great. Sony has the rights to a bunch of Spider-man adjacent characters, and the company is holding those in a death grip and has been trying to make a Spider-man Cinematic Universe happen for some time, with mixed results. The Tom Hardy Venom movies had been pretty good, the others, not so much. The plot of Madam Webb: cynical and jaded EMT Cassandra Webb works with her partner Ben Parker (later in the Uncle Ben of Spider-man fame) and is almost drowned in an accident. While drowned, Cassandra starts developing precognition and clairvoyant powers. She starts seeing visions of three young women who will be murdered by a powerful real estate developer named Ezekiel. Turns out that Ezekiel has Spider-man powers that also include precognition, and he wants to kill the girls before they someday kill him. The scenes where Cassandra wonders if she is going mad, but gradually starts to realize that she can see the future were actually quite good and cleverly laid out since they did in sort of a time loop where she experiences the event before it happens. That said, this movie could have been an interesting concept, but it didn't really work. For one thing, the dialogue was just clunky. Dialogue is a hard, hard art to master, both in movies and writing novels (as I know first-hand). But Madame Webb didn't get there. Many of the dialogue scenes were just wooden. Additionally, the movie felt padded and drawn out, which is interesting because the runtime was under two hours. Ultimately, I think Madam Webb succumbed to the illness of a shared cinematic universe. It felt like the incomplete prologue to a more interesting movie, and not every side character in the Spider-man mythos needs an origin story. The trick to making a shared cinematic universe is that each movie must stand alone on its own, especially in the beginning, and the stories have to be interesting. Madam Webb, alas, couldn't quite manage either. Overall grade: D- Next up is The Acolyte, a streaming series which came out in 2024. There is quite a furor about this show on social media, but you can't believe most of what you see on social media. To be blunt about it, I've come to believe that social media is designed to induce mental illness in as many of its users as possible in order to increase their time spent on the site, which in turn raises ad revenue. Very cynical. But I suspect that's the basic business model of Facebook and YouTube, which is why you see so much rage-filled clickbait on both sites, since that's what drives engagement and increases revenue, but that's a problem beyond the scope of a movie review podcast episode. Back to The Acolyte. I would say that The Acolyte wasn't the crime against cinema that YouTube thought it was but instead an uneven mixture of some strong points and some weaknesses. The plot: former Jedi Osha has left the Order and is working as a mechanic on a trade federation starship. Meanwhile, a woman who looks exactly like her has started murdering Jedi Masters. Osha is arrested for the murders, but her former teacher, Jedi master Sol, quickly figures out that the murderer is in fact Osha's twin sister Mae, who has been presumed dead for the last sixteen years. Osha reluctantly tagged along with Sol to help track down Mae, which means she needs to delve into the dark secrets of her past and discover who trained Mae to be a Jedi killing assassin. The Jedi assume a renegade member of the Order must have trained Mae because the Sith had been extinct for a long, long time. Or have they? This show did have its strong points. The lightsaber fights looked good and were fun to watch. Lee Junge-jae as Sol, Manny Jacinto as Qimir, Charlie Bennett as Yord, and Dafne Keen as Jecki all gave good performances. In particular, they stole episode 5, which was overall the strongest episode of the series. The design of the Sith Lord's helmet (dubbed Darth Teeth or Smilo Ren by the Internet) was good. The nods to the old Expanded Universe, like cortosis ore, were nice. There was enough of a compelling mystery -who is the Sith Lord and what actually happened in the twin's past- that can hook the viewer through to the end of the series. The show also did a good job of showing how complacent and political the Jedi had become, to the point where 100 years later the Jedi High Council would meet with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine every day for thirteen years and completely failed to realize that he was in fact the Sith Master who had been pulling the strings all along. That said, I think the show did have four significant problems. 1: the whole good twin/evil twin thing was kind of lame. Playing identical twins is hard for any actor, and sometimes I had a hard time keeping track of whether Osha or Mae was in a particular scene. I kind of wish the characters had been brother and sister, or at least not identical twins so they had been easier to tell apart. 2: As much as I appreciated the nods to the Expanded Universe, I think it relied too heavily on them and assumed the audience had a high level of Star Wars knowledge, like the weird Force cult where Osha and Mae grew up. In the Expanded Universe, there are all kinds of weird half-baked cults with an incomplete knowledge of the Force that run into serious problems when they encounter an actual Jedi or an actual Sith. One advantage of visual media over novels is that it's much easier to show instead of tell, but I don't think Acolyte explained its premises well. The Mandalorian explained its premises better, gradually exposing the viewer to the Mandalorian's culture as he dealt with the Monster of the Week. Mando gradually learned about the Force and the Jedi, a race of enemy sorcerers, as he tried to save The Child from the Imperial Remnant. By contrast, The Acolyte kind of dropped viewers into the middle of things, didn't bother to explain any ambiguities, and simply assumed they would all understand the references. 3: The problem with the Jedi Order is that its philosophy is essentially stupid. The reason for that is that Jedi philosophy is basically a highly watered-down version of 1970s style Hollywood Buddhism, which is itself a tremendously watered down version of actual Buddhism. The Jedi are basically left with “don't feel fear or anger” and “don't get attached to people” but lack the religious and philosophical underpinnings which would allow those concepts to make sense in actual Buddhism. In real life, eventually we learn that both suppressing anger and fear or allowing it to dominate us is unhealthy. Both anger and fear serve useful functions. Fear warns of danger and anger is a good response when one is forced into circumstances where you have no choice but to fight. Anger and fear make for good servants, but awful masters, but Jedi philosophy completely misses that point. 4th and finally: the show was the wrong genre for the kind of moral relativism it had. Moral relativism worked well in Andor, which was a spy thriller about criminals gradually realizing that they had to fight the Empire and do terrible things while doing it. That worked because Andor was a spy thriller. By contrast, The Acolyte was about Kung Fu space wizards using space magic that literally comes in good and evil flavors. Moral relativism works less well in that kind of setting where there is literally good or evil space magic. So I would say Acolyte was a mixed bag. I admit, if there's a second season, I'll watch it just because I want to see what happens, but given Disney's significant financial woes, that seems unlikely. Overall grade: C- Next up is Unfrosted, which came out in 2024. It is an absurdist comedic retelling of the creation of the Pop Tart breakfast food, told as sort of a parody of corporate biopics like Ford versus Ferrari and Air (which we will talk about later this episode). This movie was silly and kind of dumb, but it knew it was silly and kind of dumb and so leaned into it and therefore worked. Jerry Seinfeld plays Bob Cabana, a high-ranking employee of the Kellogg cereal company, which is locked in a bitter rivalry with the Post cereal company for the breakfast market. One day Cabana uncovers everyone at Post is working on something that will upend the breakfast market, a fruit filled breakfast pastry that can be toasted. Alarmed with this information, the CEO of Kellogg, Edsel Kellogg III (played by Jim Gaffigan as a sort of parody of ‘60s era U.S. business executives), launches a crash effort to match Post's effort. Cabana must recruit a heist style team to build Kellogg's breakfast pastry, including numerous obscure figures from 1960s pop culture. The race is on to build the Pop Tart. Anyway, this was an entertaining movie, but it has no connection to factual accuracy. Also, Bill Burr was hilarious as President Kennedy. Overall grade: B- Next up is The Hit Man, which came out in 2023. It is an amusing cross between a dark comedy and a sort of Hitchcockian thriller. Glenn Powell plays Gary Johnson, a mild mannered and somewhat ineffective philosophy professor. Due to his skill with electronics and microphones, he frequently helps out the police with sting operations. One day, the officer who usually goes in for sting operations gets suspended for beating up some teenagers and having it go viral on viral on YouTube. Gary is drafted at the last minute to go undercover as a hit man and get a suspect to contract his services. Gary does it so well that the Police Department uses him more and more and Gary starts disappearing into his roles as various hit men in a sequence which is quite funny. This works well until Gary meets Madison, a woman who wants him to kill her abusive husband. Gary talks her out of it and starts seeing her, a situation which quickly escalates out of control. It was interesting that the movie went through a sudden genre shift about 1/3 of the way through, from dark comedy to love story, a bit darker than I usually prefer, to be honest, but enjoyable nonetheless if you don't mind the strong language. That said, I watched this right after Madam Webb and the contrast between Webb's clunky and wooden dialogue and the much better written Hitman was night and day. What was interesting was that the movie only cost $8.8 million to make. Given the economic climate, I expect we will see more of this: movies that have to be disciplined about keeping the cost down, as opposed to the enormous 295 million budgets of something like Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Overall grade: B- Next up is Boss Level, which came out in 2021. This movie is best described as Groundhog's Day but as an action movie. Former Special Forces soldier Roy Pulver, played by Frank Grillo, is caught in a time loop that repeats the same day over and over again, which always ends with him getting killed by assassins that have been hired to hunt him down. This happened after he tried to reconnect with his former girlfriend, a scientist working on a secret project overseen by the sinister Colonel Ventor, played by Mel Gibson. For a variety of reasons, let's just say at this point in his career, Gibson is very believable in a villain role. At first, Roy succumbs to despair in the time loop, but then decides to spend the endless day trying to reconnect with his estranged son. Eventually, this causes him to rally and fight back against the loop and he realizes that his ex-girlfriend deliberately put him into the time loop because he was the only person she knew who could stop Colonel Ventor's evil plans for his project, which turns out to be a time machine. I'd say the biggest weakness of the movie is the opening, which is a sort of record scratch “you're probably wondering how I got here” opening I complained about in Episode 203 of this podcast. Also, I think it maybe should have been five to 10 minutes longer. The ending is sort of implied but it would have been far more satisfying to have actually been shown what would happen. But overall, I like this movie. Solid B-level thriller/science fiction stuff. It's interesting to compare this to Groundhog's Day because Groundhog Day had to spend so much time establishing the premise because the plot idea of a time loop wasn't as widely known back then as it is now, whereas nowadays you just say “Groundhog Day loop” and most people will immediately know what you're talking about. Overall Grade: B Next up is Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, which came out in 2024. This wasn't quite as good as Ghostbusters: Afterlife, but I still enjoyed it. In this one, Ian Spengler's daughter, her good-natured boyfriend, and her teenage children have returned to New York City to restart the Ghostbusters business. They were bankrolled by original Ghostbuster Winston Zeddmore, who is now a wealthy businessman funding a variety of ghostbusting projects. When one of Zeddmore's employees stumbles across a dangerous artifact holding a powerful ice ghost, both the new and original Ghostbusters must team up to save the day. I really like how the new Ghostbusters films handle the original characters. The original characters are no longer the main focus but they're now mentoring the new characters and providing advice and support. I like this a lot better than the Disney/Lucasfilm approach of the original character as being sad old losers that the new characters must rebel against and then surpass. It was also great that actor William Atherton returned as government apparatchik Walter Peck. Back in the first movie, Peck was an officious EPA inspector who accidentally released a ghost horde upon New York. In the grand American political tradition of tradition of failing upward, he is now the mayor of New York City and still hopes to disband the Ghostbusters. I think the movie's biggest weakness was that it was too complicated and there were a lot of different characters and moving parts to keep track of. Overall grade: B Next up is Inside Out 2, which came out in 2024. It is a terrifying descent into the nightmarish hellscape that has the mind of the average teenage girl. I am, of course joking (though, if you have teenagers, you know that I'm only mostly joking) but Inside Out 2 is a strong follow up to the first movie. In the first movie, the anthropomorphized representations of emotions (Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust) tried to control themselves inside the mind of young girl Riley. At the start of the second movie, Riley is now 13 and doing pretty well, but then puberty kicks in. Suddenly new emotions arrive in her head: Ennui, Envy, Embarrassment, and Anxiety. Anxiety in particular runs amuck and seizes control of Riley's mind. As Anxiety starts to send Riley spiraling out of control, the other emotions have to rally behind Joy and find a way to save Riley's mind and sense of self. It is both quite funny and poignant. I can see why this movie cleared a billion dollars. As of early July 2024, is the biggest box office movie of the year so far. Overall grade: A Next up is Ford versus Ferrari, which came out in 2019. This is a biopic of the rivalry between Ford Motor Company and Ferrari in the 1960s, which is an interesting bit of history. In the ‘60s, Ford Motor Company, under the leadership of Henry Ford II (founder Henry Ford's grandson), decided it needed a cooler image, much like how Microsoft bought a bunch of indie gaming studios in the 2010s so Xbox would seem cooler. So Ford Motor Company spent years negotiating with Enzo Ferrari to buy Ferrari's company. At the last minute, negotiations collapsed and Ferrari famously went on a rant insulting Ford as an ugly company that made ugly cars and also called Ford II a lesser man compared to his famous grandfather. This was a major public failure and humiliation for Ford Motor Company, and needless to say Ford II took this very, very personally. He threw a ton of resources behind Ford's racing car project with one goal: beat Ferrari at the famous Le Mans 24 hour race. To pull this off, Ford recruited Carroll Shelby (played by Matt Damon), a former racing driver who turned to race car designing because a heart condition no longer let him race. Shelby needed a driver, so he recruited Ken Miles (played by Christian Bale), a talented driver and mechanic with a combative streak and knack for making enemies. Shelby, Miles, and their team set out to build the GT40, Ford's first proper racing car. Since this is all in the historical record, it's not a spoiler to say that they succeeded in the 1966 Le Mans race. Ford Cars finished in first, second, and third positions, locking out Ferrari entirely from the podium. This was a very enjoyable biopic. All the actors disappear into their roles and give strong performances. The racing scenes all look cool. It is also interesting from a historical perspective to see how the Ford executives had a very bad habit of acting like feudal lords who would dictate their will to the consumer rather than what they actually were, which is merchants who needed to give the customer what they wanted. This attitude was one of several reasons the US auto industry hit very hard times in the 1970s. I'd say the only thing wrong with the movie is that it feels too long, though for the life of me I'm not sure what they could have cut. Overall grade: A Next up is The Last Dance, which originally came out in 2020. I originally watched this back during peak COVID, but after watching Air (which I will discuss shortly), I decided to watch this again to refresh my memory. The Last Dance is a documentary about the Chicago Bulls NBA team and the renowned three-peat champion streak back in the 1990s. I have to admit it is an amusing feeling to have lived long enough that things I lived through are now considered history and have prestige Netflix documentaries made about them. The documentary mostly revolves around the career of Michael Jordan, though it includes interviews with many other people involved in the experience of the Bulls championship run, including brief interviews with two ex U.S. Presidents. The documentary got a lot of criticism for focusing too heavily on Jordan and portraying him in a positive light, especially from the other members of the 1990s Bulls team. Interestingly, I thought Jordan did not really come across all that great on the show. He seemed somewhat vindictive and petty and prone to holding on to grudges for decades. He was presented as the sort of man who is afflicted with an all-consuming competitive streak, who is irresistibly compelled to win at everything he does, even if it's a casual golf game between friendly acquaintances. For that matter, professional basketball players in general all tend to be highly competitive type A personalities who like to win and hate to lose. Getting them all to agree on an account of events beyond the objectively observable facts is probably impossible. Despite that, I suspect the simple fact is that the Bulls would not have won their championships without Jordan. There's no denying that Jordan was probably one of the most famous people on Earth in the 1990s. Honestly, no one can stand up to that kind of scrutiny well, especially after a personal tragedy like when Jordan's father was murdered in the mid-1990s. When Jordan talks about how winning requires complete focus and absolute dedication, I'm afraid that he's right. Winning in the competition at a level like the NBA does require 110% focus, even to the detriment of every other aspect of one's life. I've heard athletes say that champions have no balance and Jordan himself seems to be a living example of both the benefits and the extremely high personal costs of that. Amusing anecdote: when I originally watched this documentary in late 2020, I texted my brother that he should check it out because I thought he would enjoy it. His response was something along the line said he had seen when it first came out on ESPN and I really ought to engage with the culture more. Overall grade: A Now for the best movie I saw in the first half of summer 2024 and that would be Air, which came out in 2023 and is related to our sports documentary topics. This is a movie about Michael Jordan and his family negotiating deal with Nike about the Air Jordan shoe. I didn't expect to like this movie very much, but it turns out it is quite excellent. As I mentioned earlier, in full disclosure, I have minimal interest in the NBA and while I could tell you the NBA team of the US state in which I currently reside, I think if pressed, off the top of my head, I could probably tell you the name of maybe five other NBA teams. Additionally, I lived through the 1990s and had no money for all of it, and so at the time I really resented the peer pressure around Air Jordan shoes and other sports apparel, because that stuff was always so expensive. As I mentioned, I had no money. All that aside, that shows Air was a good movie because it made me care about a story involving a topic in which I have no interest and perhaps mildly dislike. Anyway, the movie's plot is set in 1984. Matt Damon (back again) plays Sonny Vaccaro, who was working with Nike's struggling basketball shoe division. At the time, Nike was the biggest maker of running shoes in the US that had only a minimal presence in the basketball shoe market. Vaccaro has the idea of building a shoe brand entirely around an upcoming young NBA rookie named Michael Jordan. At the time, this was an enormous gamble and had never been done before, but needless to say, it paid off for the company in a big, big way. All the actors gave good performances and the dialogue was sharply written, simultaneously conveying the character of the speaker and moving the plot forward. If you want to learn how to write good dialogue, you could do much worse than to watch Air. I recommend this movie, even if like me, you have zero interest in sports apparel. Perhaps that is one of the functions of art, to give you glimpses of worlds into which you would otherwise never visit. Overall grade: A+ So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you find the show enjoyable and useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave your review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

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Hot Knife | Stanford Gears Up For ACC Year 1

ACC Nation Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 34:07 Transcription Available

When a quarterback and wide receiver make a special connection it turns into a hot knife looking for butter. Stanford has that pairing in Ashton Daniels and Elic Ayomanor. We direct you to the Colorado game for reference. Coach Troy Taylor is in his second season and though the pantry is a bit bare a quick look at the Rivals recruiting charts from 2023 to 2025 says that won't always be the case. The first year in the ACC won't be a cakewalk for Stanford as they adjust to the new opponents, travel and somewhat nasty front half of the season's schedule. Explosive | Georgia Tech's '24 Offense Hot ‘N Ready Special guest, the publisher of CardinalSportsReport.com, Ben Parker joins Will and Jim to preview the Cardinal and look at the 30,000 foot view of the upcoming football season. Short term it's going to be a rough start. Long term, this is a team that will begin to work it's way up the pecking order if they're anything like the majority of the teams in their athletic department. Hot Knife What areas need improving? Is Coach Taylor moving the team in a direction that should excite fans? Parker shares his thoughts on the team and the schedule in this debut ACC football preview for the Stanford Cardinal. We did our best to pin Parker, a Cal grad, on who will take the Stanford-Cal Week 13 matchup and he delivered his best Muhammad Ali imitation. ACC fans, you'll want to follow Ben on X and subscribe to his page to keep up with Stanford. Top 15 Most Annoying College Football Fanbases Stanford fans be sure to subscribe to the ACC Nation podcast, YouTube channel or listen to streaming radio for previews and much more ACC sports.

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Electrifying the Road Trip of the Future (with Ben Parker @ Lightship)

CC Pod

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 36:04

This is CC Pod - the Climate Capital Podcast. You are receiving this because you have subscribed to our Substack. If you'd like to manage your Climate Capital Substack subscription, click here. Disclaimer: For full disclosure, Lightship is a portfolio company at Climate Capital. Our guest host, Rama Myers, is a Co-founder & COO of Aerofuse, which is one of our portcos.CC Pod is not investment advice and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. You should do your own research and make your own independent decisions when considering any investment decision.Don't miss an episode from Climate Capital!Catch the latest CC Pod with host, Rama Myers, and guest, Ben Parker, Co-founder and CPO of Lightship. Ben is driving change with Lightship's fully electric, aerodynamic travel trailer, making RVing greener than ever. The idea for Lightship took root during Ben's tenure at Tesla, where he noticed the potential for electrifying RVs. Alongside his co-founder, Toby, Ben embarked on a soul-searching journey across the U.S. in a motorhome during the summer of COVID-19. This trip wasn't just an adventure; it was a critical period of customer discovery and market validation. Inspired by their experiences and conversations with fellow RV enthusiasts, Ben and Toby decided to dive headfirst into the electrification of RVs.Starting with just a pitch deck and a vision, Ben and Toby raised initial funding and began assembling a talented team to tackle the complex challenge of creating an electric, self-propelling, solar-enabled trailer. They focused on user experience, design, and the practicalities of towing range and charging infrastructure. The result was the Lightship L1, a next-generation RV that promises to revolutionize the industry.The journey hasn't been without its hurdles. From the initial concept to prototype development and road testing, Ben and his team have faced numerous technical and logistical challenges. Yet, their passion and dedication have propelled them forward. The recent launch at South by Southwest (SXSW) marked a significant milestone, showcasing Lightship's innovative approach to a wider audience.As Lightship gears up for production, Ben and Toby are excited about the future. They anticipate the first camping trip in a fully productized Lightship towards the end of this year. Despite the ongoing challenges, their commitment to creating a seamless, sustainable RV experience remains unwavering. For more information, visit http://lightshiprv.com! Get full access to Climate Capital at climatecap.substack.com/subscribe

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Friday Family Film Night: MADAME WEB review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 24:20

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing MADAME WEB (2024), from writers Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless and Claire Parker, based on characters created by Denny O'Neil, the film is directed by S.J. Clarkson. After a near death experience, Ben Parker's coworker, Cassandra Webb (Dakota Johnson) discovers she has the ability to see the future; a power which will help her protect the lives of three young women - Julia Cornwall (Sydney Sweeney), Anya Corazón (Isabel Merced) and Mattie Franklin (Celeste O'Connor) - from a deadly killer, Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim). The film clocks in at 1 h and 56 m, is rated PG-13 and can be found streaming currently on Netflix. Please note there are SPOILERS in this review. #MadameWeb #DennyONeil #JohnRomitaJr #SJClarkson #MattSazama #BurkSharpless #ClaireParker #DakotaJohnsopn #CassandraWebb #SydneySweeney #Julia #IsabelMerced #Anya #CelesteOConnor #Mattie #TaharRahim #Ezekiel #AdamScott #Ben #EmmaRoberts #Mary #MikeEpps #ONeil @Netflix #FridayFamilyFilmNight Opening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jokagoge/support

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Madame Web LIVE!

How Did This Get Made?

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 77:12

Bonjour! Join Paul, Jason, and June as they grab a Pepsi and swing into 2024's Madame Web starring Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney. LIVE from Largo in LA, they break down the baby shower scene, the looney tunes fireworks factory climax, the magic healing powers of chest compressions, and how the movie ruined an iconic Spider-Man line. Plus, they ask "How did a baby in an Amazon spider cave end up in the NYC foster system?" and "Does Adam Scott's young Ben Parker end up falling in love with Marisa Tomei's Aunt May?" HDTGM will be in Boston on June 16th & Nantucket on June 20th! Go to hdtgm.com for ticket info, merch, and more.Order Paul's book about his childhood, Joyful Recollections of Trauma, wherever books are soldFor extra Matinee Monday content, visit Paul's YouTube page: youtube.com/paulscheerHDTGM Discord: discord.gg/hdtgmPaul's Discord: discord.gg/paulscheerFollow Paul on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/paulscheer/Check out Paul and Rob Huebel live on Twitch (www.twitch.tv/friendzone) every Thursday 8-10pm ESTSubscribe to Unspooled with Paul and Amy Nicholson here: listen.earwolf.com/unspooledSubscribe to The Deep Dive with Jessica St. Clair and June Diane Raphael here: www.thedeepdiveacademy.com/podcastCheck out The Jane Club over at www.janeclub.comCheck out new HDTGM merch over at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hdtgmWhere to find Jason, June & Paul:@PaulScheer on Instagram & Twitter@Junediane on IG and @MsJuneDiane on TwitterJason is not on Twitter

Biden's Race Baiting, Trump's Trial Conclusion, and a Kansas City Chief's Unintended Offense

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024 33:49 Transcription Available

Election pandering goes into high gear, Trump rests, and a Kansas City Chief Gets in hot water for pointing out options for female grads. You can tell its an election year by our "did they really just say that" moments this week. Listen to Ben Parker and Nancy Shack every week on NewsByte on the iHeartRadio app!

They are Mustering in the Hills, Commander Meet Cricket, and Hochul Reveals What She Really Thinks

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Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 26:52 Transcription Available

The Trump Trial is making the democrats' Trump derangement syndrome even worse, the South Dakota Governor goes down in flames over killing her dog, and the Governor of New York thinks black kids in the bronx don't know what a computer is...there is a lot of failing to read the room moments in this week s "did they really just say that" audio cuts. Listen to Ben Parker and Nancy Shack every week on NewsByte on the iHeartRadio app!

Episode 162 with Ben Parker: Caniacs Causing Chaos! Canes-Islanders Game 2 Recap

125 Unfiltered

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 28:03

On this special episode, I am joined by Ben Parker to talk about the Carolina Hurricanes opening round series against the New York Islanders, including the incredible comeback 5-3 victory in game 2. We look ahead at some potential threats in the East and then talk about some X-factors that can get the Canes over the hump to reach the Stanley Cup Final.

Running Is For EVERYONE, How To Make It Part Of Your Routine & Training For A Marathon ft. Ben Parker

GYM GIRLS LOCKER ROOM

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 50:55

EP 08 - Does cardio kill gains? What are the main differences between men and women when it comes to running? Should you train during your menstraul cycle? Syd sits down with co-founder and head coach of Runna to chat all things running. WATCH the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RF2u8Jy_GTo Get a 2 week FREE trial of Runna using code GGLR: https://www.runna.com/join connect with Ben: https://www.instagram.com/benparkerfitness/

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Iran Gives Biden the Middle Finger, Trumps Trial Begins, and The President's Uncle was Eaten by a Cannibal?

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 33:17 Transcription Available

Iran flips Biden the bird, President Trump goes on trial, and fisticuffs almost break out on Capitol Hill. Fights are breaking out all over and we have the " did they really just say that" moments to show you. Listen to Ben Parker and Nancy Shack every week on NewsByte on the iHeartRadio app!

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Episode 1 - Anya Culling: Her Journey from a 4:34 Marathon to One of the Fastest Female Marathon Runners in the UK

The Runna Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 41:16

Welcome to the very first episode of the Runna Podcast, hosted by Ben Parker and Anya Culling!On this podcast we aim to interview amazing individuals in the running community, share coaching tips, and have fun, silly running conversations.In this episode, we talk to Coach Anya about her incredible journey from a 4:34 marathon to running with the elites at the London Marathon. If you would like to have your embarrassing running story featured on the podcast, then please send it through to podcast@runna.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Biden's Economic Embarrassment, Death to America, and the Moon is Made of What?

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 31:28 Transcription Available

The economy implodes under the democrats, while the President ignores Death to America chants in Dearborn, and a member of congress thinks the moon is made of gas... Who are you going to believe this week ...our fearless leaders or our lying ears. You may just get a good laugh out of our "did they really just say that" cuts from this week. Listen to Ben Parker and Nancy Shack every week on NewsByte on the iHeartRadio app!

Success Strategies of a RegTech Revolutionary with Founder of eflow Global, Ben Parker #88

Extrology

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 53:20

From ballet to blockchain, this unique episode of the Extrology podcast has it all!Tune in to hear the journey of eflow Global Founder, Ben Parker - from outback Aussie to Oxford Philosopher to RegTech revolutionary. Discover how Ben overcame resistance to move Wall Street to the cloud and learn his unconventional leadership tactics that made FinTech giants follow his lead. He also weighs in on the future of finance - will crypto crash the system or change it for good? There's only one way to find out what's next for this entrepreneur as his empire continues to expand - tune in to episode 88 of Extrology now on all major podcasting platforms. Lee Cooper and Ben Parker explore:Ben's unlikely journey from religious studies to ruling the compliance game. How eflow took opportunities ahead of the industryBalancing maintaining culture with scaling operations Implications of decentralisation and cryptocurrency on today's financial worldLee Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecooperrecruiter/Ben Parker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-parker-1a72069/Eflow global: https://eflowglobal.com/https://www.linkedin.com/company/eflow-uk-ltd/Get in touch: lee@extrology.com

Driving Towards Sustainability with Electric RVs: Insights from Ben Parker, Co-Founder at Lightship

Hardware to Save a Planet

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 37:18

Welcome to this episode of Hardware to Save a Planet. Today, we're looking at sustainability and CO2 emissions from the lens of electric RVs and their impact on reducing gas usage. Joining Dylan today is Ben Parker, Co-Founder and CPO of Lightship, America's first electric recreational vehicle company. Join them as they discuss the development of Lightship, an electric and aerodynamic solar-powered recreational vehicle (RV). They also delve into the impact of RVs on gas usage, the potential for EV adoption, and the challenges of building an electric vehicle from scratch. Discover how Lightship aims to revolutionize the RV industry and make sustainable lifestyles more accessible.

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'Madame Web' (2024), the MCU, and the Sony Problem

Mostly Superheroes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 52:35

'Madame Web' (2024) & The MCU Explained Part One: Spoiler-Free Overview "Madame Web." This film, a part of Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU). Director: The talented S.J. Clarkson makes her feature film debut, steering this suspense-driven thriller. Screenplay: Co-written by the dynamic trio: Claire Parker, Matt Sazama, and Burk Sharpless. Cast: Ensemble includes: Dakota Johnson as the clairvoyant Cassandra Webb (Madame Web herself). Sydney Sweeney as the enigmatic Julia Cornwall. Isabela Merced as the spirited Anya Corazon. Celeste O'Connor as the determined Mattie Franklin. Tahar Rahim as the enigmatic antagonist, Ezekiel Sims. Mike Epps as O'Neil. Emma Roberts as Mary Parker. Adam Scott as Ben Parker. Kerry Bishé as Constance. Zosia Mamet as Amaria. And more intriguing characters. Budget and Box Office Budget: "Madame Web" was crafted with a modest budget of less than $100 million 6. Box Office: The film has grossed $92 million worldwide against its production budget of $80 million 4 7. Spoiler-Filled Retell and Review Cassandra's Origins Ezekiel Sims' Dark Path The Final Battle Sacrifice and Transformation Teasing the Future Connections to the Spider-Man Cinematic Universe Fan Theories: Weaving the Multiverse Promos: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema St. Louis – www.drafthouse.com TinySupheroes – www.superheroes.com Source(s) How Much Madame Web Cost To Make & What Box Office It Needs - Screen Rant - https://screenrant.com/how-much-madame-web-cost-budget-box-office/ Madame Web (film) - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Web_%28film%29 'Madame Web's Global Box Office Crawls Toward Major Milestone - https://collider.com/madame-web-global-box-office-91-million/ New ‘Madame Web' fan theory endeavors to find the movie's villain - https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/new-madame-web-fan-theory-endeavors-to-find-the-movies-villain/ Madame Web / Cast - https://bing.com/search?q=Madame+Web+movie+2024+cast Madame Web (2024) - IMDb - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11057302/ Madame Web Movie (2024) | Release Date, Review, Cast, Trailer - Gadgets 360 - https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/madame-web-movie-120254 Madame Web (2024) - Movie | Moviefone - https://www.moviefone.com/movie/madame-web/e4s9wkVschfDXGRnsLayh1/main/ How Much Money Did 'Madame Web' Just Set On Fire? - Collider - https://collider.com/madame-web-box-office-budget/ Madame Web (2024) - Company credits - IMDb - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11057302/companycredits/ Is Madame Web an MCU Movie? | The Direct - https://thedirect.com/article/madame-web-mcu-movie-marvel-connections-explained Madame Web Theory Completely Changes Sony's Spider-Man Universe - https://screenrant.com/madame-web-spider-man-prequel-theory-explained/ Mostly Superheroes is an independent podcast owned and operated by Carrogan Studios in St. Louis, Missouri. Hosted by Logan Janis, Andy Hunn, and Scott Swanguarim. Creative by Carrie Clark Design at carrieclarkdesign.com Music by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Artist: Audionautix audionautix.com Funded in part by Paying Patrons who get Early, Ad-Free, and Exclusive Episodes. Funded in part by our Sponsors. Thank you for supporting indie podcasts. www.mostlysuperheroes.com ©2024 Carrogan Ventures, LLC.

Book Club: Jonathan Hickman's Ultimate Spider-Man #2

Geeksplained Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 92:05

HERE COMES THE (ULTIMATE) SPIDER-MAN! Issue Two of Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto's ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN continues the strong start from the first issue, and introduces our new Spider-Man to his first supervillain! Plus the ongoing bromance of J. Jonah Jameson and Ben Parker, Wilson Fisk's Goblin troubles, and a very sweet conversation over ice cream. Covers Ultimate Spider-Man #2 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets

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Ben Parker-Tidalwave Road

Appalachian Imagination

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2024 76:44

With one living on the hill and the other living in the holler, Ben Parker and Jason have been friends since childhood. They share stories of riding mules and horses, rope burns,and wrestling with them. They go on to discuss the Pigg Cemetery (a historical cemetery in Jackson County) and some of the history of it. 3 brothers died of the same disease during the Civil War. The graves are all covered with massive stones. The conversation goes into several different subjects all leading into what Ben is doing now. He now lives and is a barber in Williamsburg, Kentucky and the lead singer as well as banjo player in the bluegrass band Tidalwave Road. They are registering on Bluegrass charts and growing more popular with every show they play. You can check out their music on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0e45wF9cMVwz0Ea0Rywljl?si=2jZQWza4SJWl7xJ0wZ-rLA and all other streaming platforms. With history lessons, sink holes, caves, coal mines, music, and two old friends catching up, we are sure you will enjoy the stories that are shared in this episode! At the end of the episode Ben plays us an old tune titled Cumberland Gap. We thank God for the music from the mountains! We thank You for listening and your ongoing support! We thank our sponsors WWAG wagoncountry.com The Jackson County Sun jacksonsunky.com and our friend in Oklahoma, John Caywood. Website appalachianimagination.com for more pictures and stories YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@appalachianimagination2023 Facebook https://m.facebook.com/groups/611983497073260/?ref=share&mibextid=S66gvF If you would like to contact us for any reason email appalachianimagination@gmail.com Stay Awesome Appalachia! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-bowman42/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-bowman42/support

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Madame Web - #807 Part 1

Jim and Them

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2024 97:01

Madame Web: Jim is back to report on his take of the much maligned Dakota Johnson release Madame Web! Did Sony pull it off!? Quaaludes: People just accept that ludes don't exist anymore but no one is asking the real question: WHY!? Also we should try them. Fantastic Four: The Fantastic Four cast has been officially confirmed, will this save the attitude around the MCU!? LET'S JUST TALK!, BOOGIE NIGHTS!, DON CHEADLE!, STREAMLINE THE CHATS?!, LINKTREE!, JUICE WORTH THE SQUEEZE!?, FREETARD!, PATREON!, FREE TIER!, SONY SPIDER-MAN MOVIES!, MADAME WEB!, MORBIUS!, VENOM!, CARNAGE!, LETTERBOXD!, FEED ME MORE!, BONKERS!, UNHINGED!, FUN BAD MOVIES!, TOM HARDY!, DAKOTA JOHNSON!, SPIDER PEOPLE!, SPIDER-GIRL!, SPIDER-WOMAN!, POWERS!, EZEKIAL SIMMS!, TERMINATOR!, TIME TRAVEL!, SYDNEY SWEENEY!, BIRDS OF PREY!, SPIDER TEAM!, AMAZON!, ADAM SCOTT!, BEN PARKER!, NSA!, BIG BROTHER!, DARK KNIGHT!, 2003!, BRITNEY SPEARS!, TOXIC!, PEPSI COLA!, PRODUCT PLACEMENT!, JURASSIC PARK!, GARETH EDWARDS!, JEFF'S BIRTHDAY!, WAWA HOODIE!, QUAALUDES!, DRUGS!, OUTLAWED!, CRIMINAL MASTERMIND!, JOKER!, ROBOTRIPPING!, AMBIEN!, WOLF OF WALL STREET!, FENTANYL!, THE BIG CHILL!, CLONOPIN!, XANAX!, JANKEM!, METHAQUALONE!, WAR ON DRUGS!, CRACK!, COCAINE!, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES!, BIG PHARMA!, BASED DEPARTMENT!, DEATH BED!, PEDRO PASCAL!, FANTASTIC FOUR!, SAVIOR OF MARVEL!, VANESSA KIRBY!, DR. DOOM!, X-MEN!, MAGNETO!, MILES TELLER!, TIM STORY!, KUMAIL!, THE ETERNALS!, STEROIDS! You can find the videos from this episode at our Discord RIGHT HERE!

Episode 452: Madame Web (2024)

We Could Survive That

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2024 31:58

In episode 452, the "survival experts" deal with a tangled web of Sony trying to create a shared cinematic universe of Spider-man characters, without Spider-man. Chris continues to want Morbius to suck his blood and Jack would rather be anywhere else but stuck in the Sony superhero universe. E-mail your survival suggestions to us at wecouldsurvivethat@gmail.com or Twitter @WeCouldSurvive or find older episode on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXAa8-wNqv1G14ts_DHenkg/feed

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LS11 Episode 252 : BEN IS BACK!

LS11 - Leeds United Podcast with Ryan Wilson

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 52:33

Yes, Ben Parker returns after a 'Sicky' last week to join Darren and Ry chatting all about Leeds!Post Plymouth (AGAIN)Any News GrahamThe Rutter FilesAhead to Leicester and ChelskiLike/Subscribe and leave a 5* Apple/Spotify review!

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Episode 283: Madame Web | Review | Normies Like Us Podcast

Normies Like Us

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 131:05

Madame Web: Episode 283 - You know the best things about the future? It hasn't happened yet. You know the best thing about this movie? Please tell us! On a very special episode your three hosts are protected from a deadly wall crawling killer by the amazing Madame Web. This Sony bomb continues to ask the question: Can you make a Spider-man film without Spider-man? Tune in to find out! How would you know if you could climb a wall if you've never tried? Insta: @NormiesLikeUs https://www.instagram.com/normieslikeus/ @jacob https://www.instagram.com/jacob/ @MikeHasInsta https://www.instagram.com/mikehasinsta/ https://letterboxd.com/BabblingBrooksy/ https://letterboxd.com/hobbes72/ https://letterboxd.com/mikejromans/

Sage Partner - Ben Parker on the evolution of expense management

Sage Advice Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 7:32

Ben Parker shared his professional journey and insights on the evolution of expense management, emphasizing the need to balance controlling and insight into spend. Ben also revealed that his father, a successful salesman, was his hero due to his dedication and integrity. Ed concluded the interview by providing contact details for Ben. Ben Parker is the Director of Strategic Alliances at Emburse. Ben leads the strategic direction for all referrals and bookings growth for ERP & VAR Partners. Ben has more than 20 years of experience in the ERP, risk management, and spend management technology industries. He joined Emburse in 2013 and led the business development efforts for Travel before becoming ERP Strategic Alliances Manager in 2020. Prior to Emburse, Ben worked in the Government Sector for Tyler Technologies and prior to that focused on Risk Management efforts at Pulte Homes in Scottsdale, AZ.

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278: Madame Web

Spoiled Rotten Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 66:01

Madame Web is spoiled!Discover more great podcasts on the That Shelf Podcast Network! Learn more about TDF Everything on Facebook and Twitter!Hosts:Daniel Grant (Twitter & Instagram)Ben Sit (Twitter & Instagram)Show:@TDFSpoiled on Twitter, Instagram & Threads

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LS11 Episode 248 - STOP! PARKER TIME!!!

LS11 - Leeds United Podcast with Ryan Wilson

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 56:07

Ben Parker RETURNS!!! Yes our famous third wheel - former #LUFC footballer Ben Parker returns after a couple of weeks off with his new 'friends'.This week Ryan, Darren and Ben chat....Post Preston and NorwichAny News GrahamThe Rutter FilesAhead to FA Cup actionLike/Subscribe and leave a 5* Apple/Spotify review!

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Yair Rosenberg: Israel Is Not a White Colonial Project

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 53:50

The left is lazily applying American ideas about racial identity and intersectionality to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Atlantic's Yair Rosenberg joins guest host Ben Parker today.

Thursday, September 21, Hour 2

Eye on the Ball

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 52:45

Thursday pod, Hour 2− BREAKING NEWS: USC football rescinds its suspension of access for a newspaper reporter.− Stanford Rivals reporter Ben Parker expects a close game between the Cardinal and Wildcats.− More discussion of two-way football players and players at Arizona who could have played two sports.

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Revolutionizing Road Trips with Lightship's Electric RV

My Climate Journey

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 56:09

Toby Kraus and Ben Parker are co-founders of Lightship, an all-electric RV. Their first model, the L1, is a tow trailer with a sizable solar array on top, electric heat pump HVAC, an induction stove in the kitchen, an 80 kilowatt hour battery and an EV range extending or gas mileage boosting feature wherein the tow trailer provides some on-road power to the vehicle that's pulling it. Ben is a former mechanical design engineer at Tesla who contributed to the Model 3. Toby also worked at Tesla, first in finance then as product manager for the Model S. He later assumed an executive position at Proterra, an electric bus company. Despite Proterra's recent bankruptcy, it played a pivotal role in advancing large vehicle electrification. In 2020, Toby and Ben teamed up to establish Lightship and unveiled the L1 for pre-orders in March 2023.This conversation not only covers the founders' backgrounds and the L1's feature set, but also how they have sized the RV market, how the electrification of the RV will help drive the electrification of the pickup truck sector overall, and how the L1 can serve as a power source to a home when it's not in use as an RV. MCJ Collective is proud to be a multi-time investor in Lightship via our venture capital funds, and we still learned a lot during this conversation. In this episode, we cover: [03:06]: Ben's background and Tesla experience[05:43]: How electrifying food trucks led Ben to work on RVs[09:07]: Ben's experience in Formula 1 student racing[10:37]: Toby's background: finance, Tesla, Proterra, and Eclipse[16:46]: RV categories and the market landscape[20:30]: The role of aerodynamics in trailer design [23:08]: Potential for Lightship L1 to unlock electrification in pickup trucks[25:05]: The hodgepodge of fossil fuel systems in legacy RVs[27:20]: Prioritizing a game-changing product with sustainability as a bonus[28:24]: An in-depth overview of the Lightship L1 trailer's sleek design[30:58]: Details of the L1's solar paneled roof, HVAC, and stove[34:51]: Pricing and target customer demographics [40:23]: Addressing range anxiety with existing RV campground infrastructure[42:25]: Lightship L1's battery and potential as a home backup power source[49:50]: Tackling the problem of embedded emissions with durability[53:51]: How Lightship finances their businessGet connected: Toby Kraus LinkedIn / Ben Parker LinkedInLightship LinkedIn / XCody Simms LinkedIn / XMCJ Podcast / Collective*You can also reach us via email at info@mcjcollective.com, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded on Aug 10, 2023 (Published on Aug 24, 2023)

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Ben Parker - Founder of Runna.com; The Running Revolution

The Casey Adams Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 37:17

These show-notes were AI generated through https://listener.fm (Podcasters, sign up now!) Today on The Casey Adams Show I sat down with Ben Parker. Ben Parker, founder of Runna.com, was driven by his passion for running to create a running coaching service that is both accessible and affordable. Learn more about Runna: https://runna.com Follow Ben Parker on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benparkerfitness/ Quote of the episode: "Just keep working on something, and you'll keep learning. And as a result, you'll keep getting better and smarter." [00:00:00] - Fully automated running coaching. [00:02:45] - Teen transforms into fit adult. [00:05:18] - Oxford finance to Greece fitness. [00:08:17] - Inspired to build success story. [00:10:58] - Runna affirms correct decisions. [00:13:59] - Track and document training. [00:16:39] - Launching online running coaching. [00:19:35] - Runners track friends: £500k raised. [00:22:31] - Marathon running training program. [00:25:22] - Running an ironman [00:28:07] - Achieving marathon, Ironman PBs. [00:31:02] - Building an influential business together. [00:33:56] - Keep working, don't be perfect. [00:36:48] - Thank you for inspiring us! Subscribe to The Casey Adams Show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-casey-adams-show/id1328795944 Follow me on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/casey Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CaseyAdams TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caseyadams YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CaseyAdams - Follow The Casey Adams Show on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caseyadamsshow Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CaseyAdamsShow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caseyadamsshow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CaseyAdamsShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Both Victory and Security Guarantee for Ukraine

Shield of the Republic

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023 56:03

Eliot and Eric chew over the developments in Ukraine. They consider divisions within and among West European governments, the question of what defeat of Russia and victory for Ukraine means in practical terms, the lingering overestimation of Russian possibilities and underestimation of Ukrainian potential on the battlefield, and the potential role of China providing lethal aid to Russia. They conclude with a discussion about making the U.S. the arsenal of democracy in the West and globally and the use and abuse of historical analogies. Shield of the Republic is a Bulwark podcast co-sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. Email us with your feedback at shieldoftherepublic@gmail.com. HMS Belfast “NATO's Biggest European Members Float Defense Pact With Ukraine” by Wall Street Journal “How Putin blundered into Ukraine — then doubled down” by Financial Times Timothy Snyder's Essay Debunking Vladimir Putin's Essay Written After Consuming Hallucinogens, “How to think about war in Ukraine” Eliot's Article on the False Historical Lessons from World War II, “Military History Doesn't Say What Ukraine's Critics Think” “Every Man His Own Historian” by Carl L. Becker Eliot's Foreign Affairs Essay, “Move Fast and Win Things” Thinking In Times by Ernest May and Richard Neustadt Eric's Article with David Kramer and Vlad Kobets, “Ukraine and Belarus Are Fighting the Same War” Eric's Article with David Kramer and Ben Parker, “Moldova Is Putin's Next Target” “After the Fall. Must We Prepare for the Breakup of Russia?” by Bruno Tertrais Senior Policy Analyst Jewish Institute for National Security of America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gen. Mick Ryan: The War in Ukraine, 10 months In

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 38:37

Putin likes to say the West is weak, but he isn't even fighting NATO, and he's losing. But the war in Ukraine is at a transition point — and Russia, with a new commander, will emerge from the winter still dangerous. Gen. Mick Ryan joins guest host Ben Parker today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gen. Mick Ryan: The War in Ukraine, 10 months In