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A touch of mercy by Boddy allows the Party to interrogate one of the Charau-ka from the Mwangi Expanse -- revealing a greater threat to the Breachill area than anyone could have imagined!Special Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy of Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound and Monument StudiosDice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming.Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purposeHal - Plame, a charismatic and entertaining, young goblinEmily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish womanBrook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilegeStacy - Pathfinder 2e Gamemaster
Inara and Plame are ambushed by boggarts while Fawin risks a dangerous deception and Boddy has an inner struggle with the Party's increasingly violent encounters with sentient creatures.Special Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy of Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound, and Monument StudiosDice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming.Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purposeHal - Plame, a charismatic and entertaining, young goblinEmily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish womanBrook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilegeStacy - Pathfinder 2e Gamemaster
In this special episode, we sit down with Mariah Burks, a standout cast member in the national tour of CLUE, playing the role of the Cook in the hilariously suspenseful stage adaptation of the beloved board game and cult-classic film. A proud Bowling Green State University Theatre alum, Mariah shares her journey from local stages like Waterville Playshop and 3B Productions to the national spotlight, and what it means to bring this laugh-out-loud murder mystery home to Toledo.With CLUE set to take over the Stranahan Theater from May 6–11 as part of the 24–25 Broadway in Toledo Series, Mariah gives us a behind-the-scenes peek into the show's outrageous antics, her favorite moments on tour, and the thrill of performing for a hometown crowd.Tickets for CLUE are available now at BroadwayInToledo.com and StranahanTheater.com. Don't miss your chance to crack the case—who did it, where, and with what?Performance Dates: May 6–11 | Stranahan Theater, Toledo, OHClue on stage. Laughter guaranteed. Murder? Optional.
In this episode of "The Fourth Action", the Cast discusses the incredible danger of "persistent damage," discusses ways to make RPG shopping fun, AND the continued character growth and backstories (both Boddy's most recent and a future one for Inara) PLUS find out who the biggest Dice Goblin is at the Wayfinder Legends table! :-) Check-out some the Dice Pics at Patreon.com/RedDirtDnDSpecial Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Dice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming.Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purposeHal - Plame, a charismatic and entertaining, young goblinEmily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish womanBrook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilegeStacy - Pathfinder 2e Gamemaster
With treasures from the crypts in hand, Inara and Fawin finish their trip to Shelyn's Smile and then meet Plame & Boddy at Quarters & Bits, before the Party returns to Cayden's Keg to deal with a "troublesome" little Worg.Special Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy of Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound and Monument StudiosDice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming.Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purposeHal - Plame, a charismatic and entertaining, young goblinEmily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish womanBrook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilegeStacy - Pathfinder 2e Gamemaster
In the aftermath of a terror-filled battle, Inara, Boddy, Fawin, and Plame each deal with their near-death experiences in ways which reveal more of their inner selves. With treasure and opportunity before them, the Heroes of Breachill ponder what to do next. Special Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy of Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound and Monument StudiosDice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming.Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purposeHal - Plame, a charismatic and entertaining, young goblinEmily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish womanBrook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilegeStacy - Pathfinder 2e Gamemaster
With Inara, Boddy, Plame, and Stagram all near death and Fawin's magic nearly exhausted, the Party must find some place within the crypts to rest and recover. Will Boddy's inconsistent healing skills and Plame's unpredictable "blessed touch" be enough to keep the Party alive? Or will another Guardian of the Tomb be drawn towards them and forever silence the explorers from Breachill? Special Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy of Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound and Monument StudiosDice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming.Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purposeHal - Plame, a charismatic and entertaining, young goblinEmily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish womanBrook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilegeStacy - Pathfinder 2e Gamemaster
2/4/25: Attorney John Pucci: Trump's revenge tour, purges of DoJ & FBI professionals. Pioneer Regional Principal Annie Scanlan-Emigh & Noho parent and founder of Screentime Free Childhood Emily Boddy on cell phone policies in schools. Sen Paul Mark: Legislative Calendar, Gov's budget, & Plan B if Fed funds are withheld. Mike German: "Policing White Supremacy"
For Patreon subscriber Nikki Long! Fact of the Day: Joey, the spin-off of the Friends sitcom, was canceled halfway through its second season, and the final eight episodes were never aired in the U.S. by NBC. Triple Connections: Plum, Boddy, White THE FIRST TRIVIA QUESTION STARTS AT 01:23 SUPPORT THE SHOW MONTHLY, LISTEN AD-FREE FOR JUST $1 A MONTH: www.Patreon.com/TriviaWithBudds INSTANT DOWNLOAD DIGITAL TRIVIA GAMES ON ETSY, GRAB ONE NOW! GET A CUSTOM EPISODE FOR YOUR LOVED ONES: Email ryanbudds@gmail.com Theme song by www.soundcloud.com/Frawsty Bed Music: "EDM Detection Mode" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://TriviaWithBudds.comhttp://Facebook.com/TriviaWithBudds http://Instagram.com/ryanbudds Book a party, corporate event, or fundraiser anytime by emailing ryanbudds@gmail.com or use the contact form here: https://www.triviawithbudds.com/contact SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL MY AMAZING PATREON SUBSCRIBERS INCLUDING: Mollie Dominic Vernon Heagy Nathalie Avelar Natasha raina leslie gerhardt Skilletbrew Diane White Youngblood Trophy Husband Trivia Rye Josloff Lynnette Keel Lillian Campbell Jerry Loven Ansley Bennett Jamie Greig Jeremy Yoder Adam Jacoby rondell Adam Suzan Chelsea Walker Tiffany Poplin Bill Bavar Sarah Dan Katelyn Turner Keiva Brannigan Keith Martin Sue First Steve Hoeker Jessica Allen Michael Anthony White Lauren Glassman Brian Williams Henry Wagner Brett Livaudais Linda Elswick Carter A. Fourqurean KC Khoury Tonya Charles Justly Maya Brandon Lavin Kathy McHale Chuck Nealen Courtney French Nikki Long Mark Zarate Laura Palmer JT Dean Bratton Kristy Erin Burgess Chris Arneson Trenton Sullivan Jen and Nic Michele Lindemann Ben Stitzel Michael Redman Timothy Heavner Jeff Foust Richard Lefdal Myles Bagby Jenna Leatherman Albert Thomas Kimberly Brown Tracy Oldaker Sara Zimmerman Madeleine Garvey Jenni Yetter JohnB Patrick Leahy Dillon Enderby James Brown Christy Shipley Alexander Calder Ricky Carney Paul McLaughlin Casey OConnor Willy Powell Robert Casey Rich Hyjack Matthew Frost Brian Salyer Greg Bristow Megan Donnelly Jim Fields Mo Martinez Luke Mckay Simon Time Feana Nevel
We all had an amazing time aboard the Halcyon but what other immersive IP adventures could be possible? What if we could spend time as Starfleet trainees/officers aboard Deep Space Nine space station or citizens of Hyrule attending Princess Zelda's coronation or chasing down Mr. Boddy's killer? In this episode, we explore other possible entertainment intellectual properties that might lend themselves to this immersive format.Heroes of the Halcyon on InstagramTheme Music ("Digital Discourse") by Yellow BarrelSend your email to heroesofthehalcyon@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you about your journeys, episode suggestions, or just to say hi!
As the Party begins to explore the Ossuary room, Boddy's use of divination magic triggers dangerous Hellknight guardians from the Order of the Nail. Special Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy of Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound and Monument StudiosDice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming.Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purposeHal - Plame, a charismatic and entertaining, young goblinEmily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish womanBrook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilegeStacy - Pathfinder 2e Gamemaster
In today's episode we speak to Caitlin Boddy, a single mum to an 11-going-on-15 year old, from the outskirts of Edinburgh. Caitlin used to be a primary teacher and now works for her local church. We asked Caitlin to share her thoughts on arguments, not because she's especially argumentative but because A is top of our list! She chose two extracts from the arguments chapter in A - Z of Parenting for Faith (out in Oct 2025), one called ‘More than obedience' on helping our kids be who they're called to be not just getting them to do what we want and one called ‘Progress not perfection'. Links: - Book a group or church onto the original Parenting for Faith couse, which starts in March. https://www.brfonline.org.uk/collections/parenting-for-faith-courses/products/the-original-parenting-for-faith-zoom-course-2025 - Hear the original PFF podcast episode that the Arguments chapter is based on at https://soundcloud.com/parentingforfaith-brf/s7e14-the-one-about-arguing-well or scroll back to Season 7 Episode 14 on your podcast app. Thank you for listening today. If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/ Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
A new year, and a new centennial -- 300 (regularly-numbered) episodes of Mindscape! Our tradition is to have a solo episode, and what better topic than the nature of time? Physicists and philosophers have so frequently suggested that time is some kind of illusion that it's become almost passé to believe that it might be fundamental. This is an issue where, despite the form of the question, physics has important things to say that most philosophers haven't yet caught up to. I will talk about ideas from quantum mechanics and quantum gravity that bear on the question of whether time is emergent or fundamental, and the implications of each possibility.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Blog post with transcript: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025/01/06/300-solo-does-time-exist/Some of the papers discussed herein:Carroll (2008), "What If Time Really Exists?"Dyson, Kleban, and Susskind (2002), "Disturbing Implications of a Cosmological Constant."Albrecht and Sorbo (2004), "Can the Universe Afford Inflation?"Boddy, Carroll, and Pollack (2014), "De Sitter Space Without Dynamical Quantum Fluctuations."Lloyd (2016), "Decoherent Histories Approach to the Cosmological Measure Problem."Page and Wootters (1983), "Evolution Without Evolution: Dynamics Described by Stationary Observables."Albrecht (1994), "The Theory of Everything vs the Theory of Anything."Albrecht and Iglesias (2007), "The Clock Ambiguity and the Emergence of Physical Laws."See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Inara angrily confronts Boddy about choices made without her! The party also realizes Stagram is gone, and they go to look for him -- what they find shocks all of them! Special Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy of Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound and Monument StudiosDice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming.Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purposeHal - Plame, a charismatic and entertaining, young goblinEmily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish womanBrook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilegeStacy - Pathfinder 2e Gamemaster
Plame, Fawin, and Boddy finish their "investigation" of Morta's at the Mortuary, and WE, the Listeners, uncover some secrets regarding the spellcasters: Boddy and Fawin. Special Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy of Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound and Monument StudiosDice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming.Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purposeHal - Plame, a charismatic and entertaining, young goblinEmily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish womanBrook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilegeStacy - Pathfinder 2e Gamemaster
When a seemingly ordinary dinner party turns deadly, six eccentric guests find themselves in a nightmarish WHO DONE IT! Hosted by a shadowy figure known only as "Mr. Boddy", this gathering quickly spirals out of control as bodies pile up, suspects multiply and clues lead everywhere....and nowhere. Join us as "What A Crime" investigates the unsolved case of Hill House. It's a tale so shocking, it may not even be real. We hope you enjoy our parody of our favorite true crime YouTube channels and come back for future installments where movie plots become tales of murder, mystery and mayhem!VIDEO LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzxDzj6171o&t=140s
With Inara still comatose, Boddy & Fawin involve the Sheriff of Breachill in their investigation of Voz Lirayne; meanwhile Plame finds out just how dangerous a bookstore can be! Special Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy of Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound, and Monument StudiosDice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming.Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purposeHal - Plame, a charismatic and entertaining, young goblinEmily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish womanBrook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilegeStacy - Pathfinder 2e Gamemaster
After a rejuvenating rest at Cayden's Keg, the Party "divides and conquers" with Boddy headed to take care of armor and weapons while Plame and Fawin go to investigate the Reliable Bookstore.
Will Fate empower our heroes or will it aid Calmut, the hateful, little halfling? Will the Hellknight squire turn on the Bumblebrasher goblins or can the Party bring its two sets of allies together? Will Inara and Boddy ever smell clean again??? The answers await inside this exciting episode of Wayfinder Legends!See a picture of the Battle Map at: Patreon.com/RedDirtDnDSpecial Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy of Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound and Monument StudiosDice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming.Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purposeHal - Plame, a charismatic and entertaining, young goblinEmily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish womanBrook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilegeStacy - Pathfinder 2e Gamemaster
SimpCast is back! Chrissie is joined by Carmen Studer, Courtney Boddy and making his SimpCast debut: Star Wars Theory!
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Ambushed by a powerful foe (due to Plame's pyromania), Inara rages against the enemy's deadly grip while Boddy and Fawin unleash untested magic with divergent results. Special Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy of Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound and Monument StudiosDice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming.Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purposeHal - Plame, a charismatic and entertaining, young goblinEmily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish womanBrook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilegeStacy - Pathfinder 2e Gamemaster
In 2022, Imo Boddy became the youngest woman to run from John O' Groats to Land's End, aged 22. This year, she backed that up by breaking the long-standing Three Peaks record, becoming the fastest female to run up – and between – the three highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales. She offers advice to others looking to take on ultra-distance challenges, and tells us what she hopes to do next.Follow Imo's running on Instagram: @imoboddy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, Fergus is joined by Imo Boddy, Ultra-Runner and World Record Holder. Imo recently completed The Three Peaks Challenge, covering over 680km and 10,000m of elevation in just 6 days, 5 hours and 43 minutes, breaking a 45 year old world record for the fastest female ever in the process. As well as The Three Peaks, Imo has also completed numerous other ultra challenges, including 7 marathons in 7 days and running John O'Groats to Lands End. Imo shares her background, what gave her the confidence and mindset to take on these enormous challenges, the valuable lessons and experience she has gained from Ultra running, the importance of having a support network around you, her future goals, and much much more… Expect to appreciate the importance of stepping out of your comfort zone.Expect to reflect on your reason why. Expect to be inspired. Join The Modern Mind mailing list
The Party continues to explore the citadel as Boddy's magical abilities uncover several treasures, and Plame revisits "his circus days" while Inara wonders "why is everything in here trying to kill us?" Fawin agrees that that Citadel Altaerein "isn't a safe place to live at all!"Special Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy of Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound and Monument StudiosDice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming.Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purposeHal - Plame, a charismatic and entertaining, young goblinEmily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish womanBrook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilegeStacy - Pathfinder 2e Gamemaster
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What's up, dudes? The Christmas release “Clue” is soooo good that I have to cover it again! This time I've got Matt Spaulding from North Pole Radio and Ken Kessler from Sounds of Christmas with me to solve the mystery!When six strangers are invited to a mysterious mansion for dinner, murder is on the menu. Mr. Boddy, the host, is blackmailing all of them, from the jealous wife to the adulterous doctor to the maid's employer. One by one others arrive at the house only to be picked off as they're implicated as blackmail accomplices. With three different endings, the movie answers the questions of who killed Mr. Boddy, and where, and with what.The December release quickly became a cult classic. Jeff interviews cast and crew from Leslie Ann Warren and Michael McKean to director Jonathan Lynn. What was the enigmatic fourth ending? How did Jonathan Lynn end up writing the script? Why weren't the characters wearing the colors of their game counterparts? Blackmail? Yep. Murder? Of course. Flames on the side of my face? Only if Madeline Kahn is saying it. So grab your revolver, shoot the singing telegram, and run from room to room listening to this episode!Clue: The Movie Podcast Who Done It: The Clue DocumentaryFB: @ClueDocumentaryTwitter: @WhoDoneItDocIG: @cluedocumentaryGive us a buzz! Send a text, dudes!Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Totally Rad Christmas Mall & Arcade, Teepublic.com, or TotallyRadChristmas.com! Later, dudes!
Plame the Goblin leads the party into the twisting hallways of the castle; Boddy and Fawin discover some magic; and Inara finds a "treasure" that might bring death to the entire party! Special Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy of Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound and Monument StudiosDice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming.Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purposeHal - Plame, a charismatic and entertaining, young goblinEmily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish womanBrook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilegeStacy - Pathfinder 2e Gamemaster
After Plame scouts the perimeter of the Castle, the Party storms through the front doors and finds unexpected guards, thus prompting Inara and Boddy to reveal talents that put each of them on the path to being heroes! (Have you been wondering about the PC's classes? TWO of them are revealed within this episode! Take our Quiz here: https://www.patreon.com/collection/629967?view=expanded ) Special Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy of Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound and Monument StudiosDice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming.Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purposeHal - Plame, a charismatic and entertaining, young goblinEmily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish womanBrook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilegeStacy - Pathfinder 2e Gamemaster
Join Jenni for an exhilarating episode of RunPod as she sits down with the incredible British endurance athlete Imo Boddy, who has just shattered the world record for the Fastest Female to complete the UK Three Peaks.Imo's remarkable journey saw her running over 100 kilometers each day, covering the distances between mountains on foot—a feat typically tackled by car. With only brief cat naps in a van driven by her ever-supportive parents, Imo's determination and stamina were truly put to the test.Breaking the long-standing record set by Ann Sayer in 1979, Imo completed the gruelling challenge in just 6 days, 5 hours, and 43 minutes, smashing the previous time of 7 days and 31 minutes.Listen on to hear Imo's inspiring story of endurance, resilience, and the sheer willpower it took to conquer this monumental feat. By the end of this episode, you might just find yourself lacing up your running shoes—or at the very least craving a strawberry frappuccino.
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We chat to Naak-sponsored athlete Imo Boddy, who last month broke the UK 3 Peaks record summiting Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in 6 days 5 hours 43 mins, RUNNING between each mountain. Oh, and did we mention she is only 24 years old and also holds the women's record for John O'Groats to Lands End (Jogle) from two years ago? Absolute legend, we can't wait to find out more! Originally on YouTube here https://youtube.com/live/iniQsHXezl4Thanks to Naak sports nutrition for sponsoring the live broadcast and podcast, I'm looking forward to testing out their energy gels when I get over this bronchitis and can run again! Wana try some? Use code WILDGINGERRUNNING for 15% off at uk.naak.comMy book, The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook https://amzn.to/3jgKvTyFollow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wildgingerrunning/Support me on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/WildGingerRunningMeet me at Nene Valley trail races https://nenevalleyraces.wordpress.com/ Fancy a show without ads? Subscribe! https://plus.acast.com/s/wildgingerrunning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On today's episode of The Runna Podcast, we welcome Imo Boddy (@imoboddy), an amazing ultra runner who is the current world record holder for being the youngest female to run the length of the UK! Get insight into the mental fortitude required for such extreme endurance feats as Imo discusses her upcoming world record attempt - to become the youngest/fastest person to run and summit the UK's Three Peaks (Snowdon, Scafell, and Ben Nevis) in under 7 daysImo recounts the gruelling details of her 22-day run across the UK, including hitting a low point where she thought she had a stress fracture and had to walk part of the distance.She shares how she normalised bodily functions like needing frequent bathroom breaks during her ultra challenges, including an embarrassing story of falling over covered in mud after a pit stop! Don't forget to hit the like button and subscribe to be notified of all future episodes. And as always, don't forget to send in your embarrassing running stories to PODCAST@RUNNA.COM or send us a voice-note on Instagram. For a 2-week free trial at Runna use the code 'RUNNAPODCAST' See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The endurance runner Imo Boddy has smashed the 45-year-old world record and become the fastest known woman to complete the UK Three Peaks. She joins Nuala McGovern live on the programme.Do you know what love bombing is? One of our Woman's Hour listeners Lynn got in touch to say it's something we should be discussing. She joins Nuala alongside relationship therapist Simone Bose to explain more about what love bombing is, and how we can all look out for the warning signs.Nuala is joined by the artist Kerry Samantha Boyes whose work you may have seen in the Barbie Movie, or the Lord of the Rings. Kerry makes fake food for a living and her studio, The Fake Food Workshop, will be one of 104 studios open to the public for the Spring Fling art event, which takes place across Dumfries and Galloway this weekend.Some of Britain's most vulnerable children are being detained and having their freedoms restricted under court orders known as “deprivation of liberty”. The most senior family court judge for England and Wales has called the growing use of the order a “crisis”. The BBC's Ashley John-Baptiste has heard from young people who have spent parts of their childhood under these orders. Plus, former social worker Beverly Bennett-Jones joins Nuala. The Japanese Royal Family is one of the oldest in the world, the same dynasty has ruled for more than 2,500 years. But the current law means that only a male heir can inherit the Chrysanthemum throne and become the Emperor. This has caused a succession crisis in recent years as the Royal Family kept having girls. The BBC's Tokyo Correspondent Shaimaa Khalil joins Nuala. Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Emma Pearce
What's up, dudes? I've got Jeff C. Smith with me to talk about the dynamic stroke of comedy genius that is 1985's "Clue!" Jeff is the writer/director/producer of "Who Done It: The Clue Documentary," and he shared some cool stuff! But waitasec, Gerry! I love the film, but it isn't a Christmas movie! Well, it was a Christmas season release, premiering in December of '85! When six strangers are invited to a mysterious mansion for dinner, murder is on the menu. Mr. Boddy, the host, is blackmailing all of them, from the jealous wife to the adulterous doctor to the maid's employer. One by one others arrive at the house only to be picked off as they're implicated as blackmail accomplices. With three different endings, the movie answers the questions of who killed Mr. Boddy, and where, and with what."Who Done It: The Clue Documentary" is all about the making of the cult classic. Jeff interviews cast and crew from Leslie Ann Warren and Michael McKean to director Jonathan Lynn. What was the enigmatic fourth ending? How did Jonathan Lynn end up writing the script? Why weren't the characters wearing the colors of their game counterparts? Blackmail? Yep. Murder? Of course. Flames on the side of my face? Only if Madeline Kahn is saying it. So grab your revolver, shoot the singing telegram, and run from room to room listening to this episode!Clue: The Movie Podcast Who Done It: The Clue DocumentaryFB: @ClueDocumentaryTwitter: @WhoDoneItDocIG: @cluedocumentaryGive us a buzz! Send a text, dudes!Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Totally Rad Christmas Mall & Arcade, Teepublic.com, or TotallyRadChristmas.com! Later, dudes!
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Shrimp Paste and Animal Welfare, published by Aaron Boddy on May 8, 2024 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Shrimp Welfare Project (SWP) produced this report because we believe it could have significant informational value to the movement, rather than because we anticipate SWP directly working on a shrimp paste intervention in the future. We think a new project focused on shrimp paste could potentially be very high impact and would be excited to collaborate with organizations working in this space. This report was written by Alethea Faye Cendaña and Trinh Lien-Huong, with feedback provided by Shannon Davis, Aaron Boddy, Michael St Jules, Ren Ryba, and Zuzana Šperlová. We are grateful to all the stakeholders who took the time to offer their thoughts for this study. We would like to thank the external reviewers for their valuable insights and contributions. All errors and shortcomings are our own. Executive Summary Acetes shrimps are among the most - if not the most - utilized species for food globally. Harvested from the coastal regions of Asian countries, these shrimps are not only cooked into various dishes but also crucial in the production of shrimp paste: a salty, tangy condiment served in many Southeast Asian dishes. Despite the enormous scale of production, there's scarce information about the shrimp paste industry and its impact on Acetes shrimp welfare. Thus, it is crucial to explore and understand the industry to identify and implement welfare interventions effectively. This report discusses an overview of the shrimp paste industry and highlights welfare issues and challenges to determine opportunities for welfare interventions. We take Vietnam, one of the largest producers, as a case study to gain a deeper understanding of the industry Shrimp paste is an integral condiment for Southeast Asian cuisine, valued for its unique umami flavor and nutritional properties, including vital omega-3 fatty acids. The production process primarily involves sun-drying, grinding, and fermenting Acetes shrimps, which varies in duration and technique across countries. While deeply rooted in cultural heritage and social practices, shrimp paste is also a significant commercial product, with villages selling locally and countries like the US, UK, Canada, and Australia importing from top-producing countries like Thailand and Indonesia. The industry provides livelihood opportunities for small coastal communities, where activities are divided among families with roles in catching, trading, and processing. Manufacturing facilities with capital, usually located near coasts, employ manual labor to mix, ferment, and cook the shrimp paste before packaging it for commercial sale. All producers face significant issues in raw material supply due to their reliance on natural shrimp stocks. These stocks are subject to fluctuations and environmental threats. Moreover, there are additional challenges related to food wastage, as well as food hygiene and safety concerns in both traditional and commercial production methods. Acetes shrimps are likely to endure significant suffering throughout the capture, retrieval, and processing stages in shrimp paste production. They experience injury, exhaustion, and suffocation during capture, often dying from hypoxia due to overcrowding or suffocation when removed from water. Additionally, during processing, they could suffer from osmotic shock, dehydration, and stress due to salting, grinding, and sun-drying, which are methods used to prepare them for paste production. Our Vietnam case study explores the fishing practices, the economic and cultural importance of shrimp paste, and the operational dynamics and challenges of small communities and large companies involved in the industry. We propose interventions to alleviate the suffering of Acetes shrimps, such...
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1168, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Finish The Line 1: The Beatles:"Yesterday all my troubles seemed...". so far away. 2: Francis Scott Key:"Oh! Say, can you see...". By the dawn's early light. 3: President Bush:"Read my lips...". no new taxes. 4: Clark Gable in "Gone with the Wind": "Frankly, my dear...". I don't give a damn. 5: Your mom:"Penny wise...". pound foolish. Round 2. Category: My Tv Dads 1: James Gandolfini led 2 types of families, each with their own unique sets of problems, on this HBO drama. The Sopranos. 2: In "Two and a Half Men", he was just Duckie playing Alan Harper, dad to the half-man. (Jon) Cryer. 3: On this show, Will moved in with his Auntie Viv and Uncle Phil, parents to Hilary, Ashley, Nicky and dance master Carlton. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. 4: Taiwanese immigrant Louis Huang makes a go of it in 1990s Orlando with his wife and 3 sons on this ABC sitcom. Fresh Off the Boat. 5: His 2017 Emmy award as dad and son on "This Is Us" was his second in two years--for your information, the "K" is for Kelby. (Sterling K.) Brown. Round 3. Category: Let'S Play Clue 1: This murder weapon could also light up the table in the dining room. Candlestick. 2: In the 1985 film based on Clue, this "Rocky Horror" actor played Wadsworth the butler. Tim Curry. 3: It's the main claim to fame of Anthony E. Pratt, a fire warden in Leeds, England. He invented the game ("Cluedo"). 4: He's the only academic among the 6 suspects. Professor Plum. 5: In the U.S. version, the game of Clue starts when this man is found dead in his mansion. Mr. Boddy. Round 4. Category: National Velvet. With Velvet in quotes 1: Bobby Vinton revived this Tony Bennett song and took it to No. 1 in 1963. Blue Velvet. 2: "Dark" mixed drink of stout beer and champagne. Black Velvet. 3: Holy Roman emperor Charles V spoke of power as "An iron hand in" one of these. a velvet glove. 4: Classic songs by this '60s band include "Venus in Furs" and "All Tomorrow's Parties". The Velvet Underground. 5: 1989 Czechoslovakian uprising that led to democratic elections. the "Velvet Revolution". Round 5. Category: Soft Rock 1: This French-Canadian woman topped the adult contemporary charts with "The Power Of Love" and "All By Myself". Céline Dion. 2: Putting the "easy" into easy listening, Lionel Richie sang, "That's why I'm easy, I'm easy like" this. Sunday morning. 3: Now known as Yusuf Islam, he embarked on the Peace Train Tour in 2014. Cat Stevens. 4: In the '80s this duo had a string of hits beginning with "Lost In Love" and "All Out Of Love". Air Supply. 5: Seals and Crofts made us feel fine with this tune, "blowing through the jasmine in my mind". "Summer Breeze". Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used
Impactful Animal Advocacy is thrilled to announce that after careful consideration and complex moral calculations, we have decided to rebrand to Shrimpactful Animal Advocacy. Why shrimp, you ask? Well, we've crunched the numbers and determined that improving the welfare of shrimp is one of the highest-impact opportunities in the animal advocacy space. Source: https://foodimpacts.org/ In light of this strong evidence, Shrimpactful Animal Advocacy will be laser-focusing all of our efforts and resources on ending the suffering of our shrimpy friends. This includes revamping our programs to focus on our new mission. You'll soon be able to sign up for our revised Shrimpactful Animal Advocacy newsletter, attend our upcoming "Shrimp-osium" events, visit our Shrimp Hub resource center, and join our Shrimp Slack community to connect with fellow Shrimpactful Advocates. We call on all other organizations to join us in this: Mercy for Animals [...] The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration. --- First published: April 1st, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ed5Jiuk3sCYTXHfFD/announcement-we-are-rebranding-to-shrimpactful-animal --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
Impactful Animal Advocacy is thrilled to announce that after careful consideration and complex moral calculations, we have decided to rebrand to Shrimpactful Animal Advocacy. Why shrimp, you ask? Well, we've crunched the numbers and determined that improving the welfare of shrimp is one of the highest-impact opportunities in the animal advocacy space. Source: https://foodimpacts.org/ In light of this strong evidence, Shrimpactful Animal Advocacy will be laser-focusing all of our efforts and resources on ending the suffering of our shrimpy friends. This includes revamping our programs to focus on our new mission. You'll soon be able to sign up for our revised Shrimpactful Animal Advocacy newsletter, attend our upcoming "Shrimp-osium" events, visit our Shrimp Hub resource center, and join our Shrimp Slack community to connect with fellow Shrimpactful Advocates. We call on all other organizations to join us in this: Mercy for Animals → Mercy for [...] --- First published: April 1st, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ed5Jiuk3sCYTXHfFD/announcement-we-are-rebranding-to-shrimpactful-animal --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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In this captivating episode of the Legacy Leaders Show, join us as we explore the remarkable journey of Tim M. Murch, CBSE, Chairman and CEO at 4M Building Solutions (4-m.com). Delving into the intricacies of running a thriving cleaning business and uncovering valuable lessons from his father's experiences in building a successful $150M+ enterprise with exceptional culture.ITim also wears the hat of Chairman at Boddy Found (buddyfund.org), where he passionately champions the cause of underprivileged children. Discover how this visionary leader is changing lives and saving them, making a lasting impact on the futures of disadvantaged youth. Today, at risk maile if they do not graduate high school, chances are that they will be incarcerated or dead by the age of 20. ~ Tim M. Murch Furthermore, Tim is embarking on an extraordinary journey by taking on the additional role of the "Drive For Five" initiative. This ambitious project aims to raise 5000 live kidneys through live donors, providing a lifeline for individuals in dire need. Join us in this episode as we explore Tim's commitment to making a tangible difference in the lives of those facing critical health challenges. Discover the inspiring stories behind the "Drive For Five" initiative and learn how one individual's dedication can spark a movement of compassion and generosity, ultimately transforming the landscape of organ donation. Champions, buckle up for an inspiring conversation on success, resilience, and the profound impact of giving back.
In this week's episode, I take a look at the movies and TV shows I watched and enjoyed in winter 2023. TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Brief Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 181 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is December, the 22nd, 2023 and today we're going to talk about the movies I saw in Winter 2023. Careful listeners might notice that I am recording this on December 22nd, which is actually only a day after I recorded Episode 180, which I recorded yesterday. The reason for that is it is the last Friday before Christmas and New Year's today, and I think I'm going to take most of the days between now and New Year's off and spend time with family and hopefully do other fun things. So this episode I was just recording a couple episodes in advance and I believe this episode is going to go out on January 1st, 2024. So if you're listening to this, I hope you have a Happy New Year and however things went for you in 2023, whether good or bad, I hope they are better in 2024. Just a quick update on my current writing projects, since I am recording this episode the day after I recorded Episode 180, not much has changed. I am 40,000 words into Shield of Storms and I hope to have that out in January, which would be later this month (if you are listening to this in January). I am 51,000 words into Sevenfold Sword Online: Leveling and I'm hoping to have that in February. I am 4,000 words into Half-Elven Thief and I'm not sure when that's going to come out. One additional bit of news since yesterday, it looks very likely we will have an audiobook of Sevenfold Sword Online: Creation sometime in January, if everything goes well. So watch and listen for additional news on that. Since I don't really have any other news since I recorded last week's episode yesterday, let's get into our main topic, which is the movies and TV shows I watched in Winter 2023. 00:01:54 Main Topic: Winter 2023 Movie and TV Reviews As always, I will discuss them in the order that I like them from least liked to most liked and as always remember my opinions about this are subjective. I am not a filmmaker. My opinions are often very, very idiosyncratic and just what I happen to think of a particular piece of work. First up is The Crown Season 6, which came out in 2023. The performances were superb, the actors were excellent, the set design and cinematography was excellent. Everyone involved in the show was at the top of their field and did an amazing job. And I still just didn't like this because it felt a bit ghoulish. For one thing, as The Crown has gone on, it's become less historical and more of a messy soap opera with an increasingly casual relationship with what really happened in the events it describes. For another thing, as I mentioned, I found the show's fixation on Princess Diana's death to be rather ghoulish. I am old enough to remember her death in 1997, and even then when I was much younger and stupider, I thought the American media's obsession with her death was weird and disturbing, especially since the media fixation on her was the direct contributing cause to her death. If the media hadn't been willing to pay vast sums for photographs of her, the paparazzi wouldn't have chased her and history would be different. A while back I knew a history professor who said that history only starts between 20 to 30 years ago and anything that happened within the last 20 to 30 years wasn't history yet, it was still journalism. I think that is part of what bothers me about Season Six of The Crown. Most of the people involved in the story are still alive. Writing historical fiction about people who have died, who have died is one thing, especially if they've been dead for centuries or even millennia. Only God may judge of the dead, so what those of us among the living think about them is quite irrelevant. But making up fiction about people who are still alive, even if they are major public figures who have unquestionably made some bad decisions, somehow seems libelous, especially since there have been so many articles in both the UK and the US press detailing all the things that Season Six of The Crown got wrong with the historical record. So to sum up, the show is extremely well done, but I cannot help but feel that it's like excellent work done in a bad cause. Overall Grade: D. Next up is Shazam: Fury of the Gods, which came out in 2023. The first Shazam movie was actually pretty good, definitely in B or B Plus territory. The sequel, alas, was quite a bit weaker. It reminded me of watching a really cheesy sword and sorcery movie from the 1980s: fun to watch mostly, but quite dumb. Following up from the first movie, Billy Batson and his foster siblings are now part of the Shazam superhero family and are handling their powers about as well as you would expect inexperienced teenagers to handle phenomenal cosmic powers, except it turns out that the wizard who gave Billy and his family their powers actually stole those powers from the Greek Titan Atlas and Atlas's daughters are ticked off about this and want those powers back. Since this is a superhero movie, let's just say they're not going to settle this dispute in probate court. The product placement for the Skittles candy in this movie was just over the top. In fact, an entire major plot point hinges on a teenage girl's love of Skittles. One hopes that Mars Incorporated, owner of the Skittles brand, really coughed up for that. Helen Mirren chews a lot of scenery as the chief daughter of Atlas, though she does have a very funny bit with a dictated letter. This isn't her first time in an over-the-top fantasy movie. She played Morgana in Excalibur back in the 80s, though her costume this time covers quite a bit more than Morgana's various outfits did. The movie also leans way too heavily into the rest of the DC movie universe. I'd say it's enjoyable to shut off your brain and watch all the sparkly fireworks and the scenery chewing, but it's not very good. Overall Grade: D+. Next up is Clue, which came out in 1985. Big swing and a miss, but definitely a miss nonetheless. I tried to watch this about ten years ago, but the version I watched then didn't have any captions and all the characters talked too fast for me to understand. But I have a much better TV than I did ten years ago and the caption situation has improved, so I gave it another go. This is a dark comedy version of the popular board game Clue. All the classic Clue characters, Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum, and so forth are summoned to Mr. Boddy's mansion during a dark and stormy night. Mr. Boddy gloats says he has been blackmailing all of them, distributes the classic Clue weapons of the pipe, the knife, the wrench and so forth, and then promptly turns off the lights. When the lights come back on. Mr. Boddy has been murdered. Mr. Boddy, to be blunt about it, doesn't seem to have been all that bright a bulb. Anyway, madcap hijinks ensue as the guests try to figure out who the killer was. Three alternate endings are included with the movie, which have a different killer in each one. There were some very funny bits in the movie, but overall it really didn't work and it had some oddly heavy-handed commentary about the Red Scare. Tim Curry was pretty great in it though. Fun fact: he did an excellent turn as Darth Sidious in what was then the final episodes of The Clone Wars animated series, and he also played Arl Howe, one of the chief villains in Dragon Age: Origins, which was one of the last video games I had time to play through all the way before I spent the next fourteen years writing like 147 novels. A remake of Clue has been in production hell for like the last ten years. You just know that Hasbro wants to include Clue in their cinematic universe where Colonel Mustard and Miss Scarlett team up with Optimus Prime and GI Joe to fight Megatron and the Monopoly guy or something. Overall grade: C Minus. Next up is Murder Mystery, which came out in 2019. This was unquestionably a dumb movie, but it was a fun, dumb movie. Like it's a C Minus student, but it's a sort of C Minus student who everyone likes, throws great parties, and goes on to have a very successful career as a regional sales manager. Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston play Nick Spitz and Audrey Spitz, a New York City cop and a hairdresser. Nick has failed the detective exam multiple times and has gotten stuck in a rut, and Audrey really wants to go to Europe so Nick takes her to Europe and they promptly blunder into a ‘40s screwball style comedy about the murder of a wealthy European oligarch and his squabbling heirs. A lot of the comedy comes from the good-natured, but boorish Spitzes contrasted with the sophisticated, wealthy Europeans who promptly decided that Nick and Audrey would make the perfect scapegoats to take the fall for the oligarch's murder. Wacky hijinks follow. I do have to respect how Adam Sandler uses his movie productions as an excuse to travel to exotic locations with his friends. Overall grade: C Minus. Next up is the sequel to Murder Mystery, the aptly named Murder Mystery 2, which came out in 2023. It's the sequel to the first Murder Mystery and pretty much everything I said about the first one still applies-dumb, but fun. Overall grade: C Minus. Next up is Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny from 2023 and ah, I was very ambivalent about this movie. To be fair, it was better than Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It had some stuff that was really good and some stuff that just annoyed me. The opening sequence with the train during World War II was great- classic Indiana Jones stuff. The Nazis try to time travel to change World War II is a well-established trope of science fiction, but the twist this time is the villain thinks he understands how the time travel device works, but it turns out that he actually doesn't was pretty good. The car chases were excellent as well, both in New York and Tangiers. That said, the legacy protagonist now is an old loser getting lectured by a more competent younger woman story trope was in full force, and it's a really annoying story trope. Disney seems to just adore the story trope: the Star Wars sequels, Secret Invasion, and now Dial of Destiny, and I suspect a majority of audiences agree with me and don't like it, which is probably one of the significant reasons the Disney Corporation lost a metric gigaton of money this year. Top Gun Maverick was a much better example of bringing back a legacy protagonist. Indy also has this oddly out of character speech where he says he doesn't believe in magic, which is rich considering he has literally seen The Ark of the Covenant melt Nazis, the power of The Holy Grail turn another Nazi to dust, and space aliens. So I would say that Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny was half a good movie and half a weak one. Overall grade: B Minus. Next up is the Barbie movie, which came out in 2023. I saw Oppenheimer in the theater in August after I finished working on Dragonskull: Crown of the Gods and a couple months ago I did finally get around to seeing Barbie. Greta Gerwig is clearly a genius because she figured out how to take the existential anxiety of the modern American woman and convert it into $1.44 billion at the box office. If we could work out how to apply the same principles to generating electricity, we would have limitless clean energy, flying cars, and World Peace. Though I suppose the phrase modern American woman really is a facile generalization. Anyway, I really wasn't in the target demographic for this movie. That said, it is quite funny. It's a fantasy comedy that's a bit surrealistic in places. The set design is superb and done with very little computer effects. Apparently so much pink paint was used that it actually caused a nationwide shortage. As many reviews said, Ryan Gosling almost stole the movie as Ken, which was amusing on a meta level because he's played so many grim action heroes. In the third act, the movie really does beat the viewer over the head with the message. But what else can you expect from a Barbie movie in 2023? The funniest line was “How can she call me a fascist? I don't control the railways or the flow of commerce.” The joke about Proust Barbie not selling was pretty funny as well. Maybe if the Barbienheimer meme continues, in the sequel, Proust Barbie can fall in love with Oppenheimer Ken, and they have grim conversations about existentialism and science. Overall grade: B Plus. Next up is Muppet Treasure Island, which came out in 1996. This is a loose-ish adaptation of the classic novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, with many Muppets filling the roles of the characters from the book and Tim Curry playing Long John Silver. Like in the book, young Jim Hawkins acquires a treasure map leading to the buried treasure of a ruthless pirate captain and sets out on an adventure to find it. However, many of the dead captain's former associates likewise want the treasure, so Hawkins and his allies must outwit their foes. This wasn't quite as good as Muppet Christmas Carol, but still quite enjoyable and funny. Overall Grade: A Minus. Now for the runner up of the best thing I saw in winter 2023 and that will be Loki Seasons One and Two, which came out in 2021 and 2023. I liked the first season of Loki, which came out back in 2021, but it was very obviously the first half of the story so I didn't write anything about it. However, I've seen the second season and the completed Loki show is very good. As I've written before, I don't really like multiverse or time travel stories because the stakes are either too vast or utterly meaningless. Time travel stories are a lot like homemade lasagna: if it's not excellent and not prepared by someone who knows exactly what they're doing, you're going to regret eating it. However, Loki leads hard enough into the concept, and the stakes that the show actually works. Like, I think the key question that every time travel story needs to answer at some point is why the time traveler doesn't just go back in time over and over again until she he or she fixes the problem, like remoting a saved game until you finally figure out how to beat the final boss. If you can time loop indefinitely, why not do it infinitely until you get the perfect outcome? Loki actually comes up with good answer to that question that isn't “because the plot requires it.” Anyway, the show starts with the version of Loki who escaped with Tesseract from Avengers Endgame getting captured by the Time Variance Authority. The TVA is basically the time cops. They guard the flow of The Sacred Timeline and prevent any alternative timelines and realities branching off from the main one. The events that make it out of The Sacred Timeline are determined by the Timekeepers, three mysterious figures who rule the TVA from the shadows. Loki manages to ingratiate himself to his captors, soon realizes that the TVA isn't all what it appears or claims to be, and discovers that big trouble is coming. The show had some good character development for Loki and managed to wrestle with what is in fact some profound philosophical questions. Is there a choice between determinism and free will? Must we choose between either brutal tyrannical order or destructive chaos, or is there another way? On a more prosaic level, some reviews said that the finale of Loki bound Marvel to using Kang The Conqueror as their next major villain, which would be a potential problem due to the actor's ongoing self-inflicted legal troubles. That said, I don't think that assessment is correct. In my opinion, the ending resolves the story while leaving things wide open for whatever Marvel wants to do (or can afford to do, given Disney's financial woes) next. Overall, Loki was the best non-Spiderman thing Marvel has done since Endgame. It also achieved one of the rarest feats of all in superhero movies: an emotionally satisfying ending to both the story and a long character arc. Overall Grade: A. Finally, the best thing I saw in Winter 2023 was The Shop Around the Corner, which came out in 1940. It is a romantic comedy starring Jimmy Stewart as Mr. Kravlik and Margaret Sullivan as Miss Novak. Mr. Kravlik is the top salesman at Matusek's, a store owned by the somewhat erratic Mr. Matusek, who kind of reminded me of a marginally brighter Michael Scott. One day Miss Novak comes into the shop and fast talks her way into a job as a sales clerk. Both she and Mr. Kravlik immediately take a dislike to each other, which is ironic because Mr. Kravlik and Miss Novak have been unwittingly corresponding with each other anonymously and falling in love over the last few months, which was something people used to do in the pre-Internet age before Tinder and Match.com. However, big trouble is on the horizon because one of the sales clerks is having an affair with Mr. Matusek's wife and Mr. Matuszek mistakenly blames Mr. Kravlik, who is in fact the most loyal of his employees and the only one brave enough to disagree with him. The movie was both very funny and had a real degree of tension with dramatic stakes. It's a cross between You've Got Mail (which was partially inspired by this movie) and the UK version of The Office. It's a very tight movie, not a single line of dialogue or shot was wasted and the layout of the shots was nearly perfect. In the modern mind, we tend to think of black and white movies as being sanitized and saccharine, but that overlooks that the 1950s and the 1940s were in fact very different periods in American history. Movies from the ‘40s really do have this hard, sometimes cynical, edge to them, without indulging in pointless nudity, graphic violence, or nihilism the way that modern movies often do. Like at one point in the movie, Mr. Matusek tries to shoot himself in despair, only for a teenage boy to stop him. That's dark stuff for romantic comedy. Of course the teenage boy is hardly traumatized by the experience. He definitely leverages the event to get himself promoted from delivery boy to sales clerk. I enjoyed this movie thoroughly. I do recommend you watch it with captions if possible, since sound technology has come a long way since 1940. Overall Grade: A+. So those were the movies that I saw and enjoyed in Winter 2023 and later this year, I will do a roundup of stuff I saw in Winter 2024. So that is it for this week. Thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you 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. And once more, have a Happy New Year! 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Here is a quick preview of an all new audio drama adaptation of Clue that was recorded for Rabbit Hole Podcasts. I took the classic comedy from 1985 and adpated it for an audio format, featuring a wide varitety of great voice actors from Rabbit Hole Podcasts networks. https://rabbitholepodcasts.com/ Cast. Nick Jobe as Wadsworth and Mr. Green Bubbawheat as Mr. Peacock, Mr. Ho and The Police Chief Bear as Professor Plum Lisa Sally Haines as Mrs White Heather Baxendale Walsh as Miss Scarlet, Yvette, and Telegram girl The Vern as Mr. Boddy, Col Mustard and aditional voices This audio drama adaption was recorded and edited by Jason "The Vern" Hemming Full Version is available for Patreon Members https://www.patreon.com/cinemarecallpod Listen to us every Sunday at 8:30 PM as part of Vanilla Sunday at Full Swap Radio https://fullswapradio.com/cinemarecall/ Ad Spots Newsly https://newsly.me/ (Use Promo Code Recall and get one month free of Premium) Sponsor Magic Mind https://www.magicmind.com/cinemarecall ( Get up to 56% off your subscription for the next 10 days with our code CINEMARECALL20) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cinemarecall/support
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Two Years of Shrimp Welfare Project: Insights and Impact from our Explore Phase, published by Aaron Boddy on September 25, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Summary Shrimp Welfare Project launched in Sep 2021, via the Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program. We aim to reduce the suffering of billions of farmed shrimps. This post summarises our work to date, what we plan to work on going forward, and clarifies areas where we're not focusing our attention. This post was written to coincide with the launch of our new (Shr)Impact page on our website. We have four broad workstreams: corporate engagement, farmer support, research, and raising issue salience. We believe our key achievements to date are: Corporate engagement: Our Humane Slaughter Initiative (commitments with large producers to purchase electrical stunners, such as MER Seafood, and Seajoy), ongoing conversations with UK retailers (including Marks & Spencer, who now have a published Decapod Welfare Policy), and contributing to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council's (ASC) Shrimp Welfare Technical Working Group. Humane Slaughter Initiative: This work in particular seems to be our most promising work so far, and we Guesstimate that our work to date will reduce the suffering of ~1B shrimps (in expectation per year) at a cost-effectiveness of ~1,300 shrimps per $ (in expectation per year). Farmer support: The launch of the Sustainable Shrimp Farmers of India (SSFI) program, Scoping Reports in India and Vietnam, a Pilot Study in India, and MoUs with prominent farmer-facing stakeholders (in Gujarat, and with ThinkAqua) Research: Working on a number of research projects to answer some of our key uncertainties, such as the Shrimp Welfare Report, an Alternative Shrimps report, a Supply & Demand economic analysis, a Consumer Research report, an Impact Roadmap, and coordinating academic research on the effectiveness of electrical stunning. Raising issue salience: Highlighting the issue of shrimp welfare through conferences/podcasts/articles in the shrimp industry, animal welfare, and Effective Altruism spaces. in addition to working in coalitions with other orgs in this space (i.e. EuroGroup for Animals, and the Aquatic Animal Alliance). As we are moving into our Exploit phase, we plan to focus our work on the following key projects: Humane Slaughter Initiative: Significantly accelerating the adoption of electrical stunning prior to slaughter in the farmed shrimp industry is a key goal of ours. We do this by purchasing the first stunner for a few different medium-large producers in different countries/contexts and in different farming systems in order to remove barriers to uptake. We believe we can realistically absorb ~$2,000,000 in funding over the next couple of years for our Humane Slaughter Initiative, at a cost-effectiveness of 1,500+ shrimps per $ per year, depending on producer volume and demand from their buyers.. Sustainable Shrimp Farmers of India: Our farmer support project is still somewhat exploratory, but we are excited by the tractability of interventions we have tested, such as offering free welfare-focused technical advice to farmers via WhatsApp, and promoting additional pond preparation (such as sludge removal) and lower stocking densities. Shrimp Welfare Index: Building on the Shrimp Welfare Report, and our experience trying to standardise a set of Asks across all the shrimp production systems, we wanted to clearly define what "higher welfare" looks like across different contexts. The Index offers an assessment of current practices and provides clear, actionable processes for improving shrimp welfare depending on the issues present in each pond. V1 of the Index is nearly complete, but we expect to iterate and test it over the next year, with the Index likely becoming a core part of SWPs work in...
Hello B-Critics Fam!Welcome to The B-Critics Podcast with Elizabeth Arnold and Courtney Thompson.Released in 1985, this classic is the perfect start to our Murder Mystery Movie Party! Today, Clue the movie is the mother of all murder mysteries and sets the tone for the genre as a whole. Come along with us as we investigate the goings on at Tudor Hall. Wadsworth, Yvette, and Mr. Boddy have been waiting for your arrival.You can find every episode of The B-Critics on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, & Google Podcasts. For more information visit our website bcritics.com. Linktr.ee in the episode show notes: Linktr.ee/bcriticspodcastFollow us on Instagram: @bcriticspodcast Follow us on TikTok: @bcriticspodcast Follow us on Twitter: @bcriticspodcast Do you have a movie or season request? Fill out our form!CLICK HERE FOR THE FORM! August 7, 2023 | 1 hr, 08 minMusic produced by Josh McDonald.
Elaine Boddy is a sourdough baker, cookbook writer and teacher, but mostly a sourdough ‘simplifier'. The key focus of everything she does, and shares, is to show how truly simply sourdough can be made. She removes the complication and unnecessary steps, and often the fear, that can come with making sourdough. Elaine shows bakers all over the world how they can easily make their own healthy, tasty bread, week in, week out, in their home kitchens, to suit their lifestyle and timings. She has a website, Foodbod Sourdough, a YouTube channel and a new podcast, The Foodbod Pod. Website: https://foodbodsourdough.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elaine_foodbod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foodbodsourdough YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/foodbodSourdough In this episode we discuss: How Elaine fell in love with baking sourdough bread Tips on making a thriving sourdough starter and what flour to use How Elaine developed her master sourdough recipe and why it works so well Why she starts with a cold oven and leaves the lid on! Her advice on using pasta and vegetable water in bread Using hydration percentage to control the strength of the dough Tips on making and shaping baguettes without the bother And much more!
Six blackmail victims are invited to an isolated mansion by a man who knows a dark secret from each of their pasts. On arrival, each is given a pseudonym drawn from Cluedo before being introduced to the blackmailer. Each is handed a weapon, at which point the lights are switched off and the blackmailer is killed. Can the guests uncover the murderer before they all become victims? Brad Gilmore and Jeff Smith have a lot in common. Both are huge fans of the 1985 movie Clue, and both have made significant contributions to the film's legacy. Brad is the author of Back from the Future: A Celebration of the Greatest Time Travel Story Ever Told, and Jeff is the director of Who Done It: A Clue Documentary. In their new podcast, Clue the Movie Podcast, Brad and Jeff watch the movie one minute at a time and break it down. Along the way, they share behind-the-scenes stories, trivia, and their own personal insights. Whether you're a diehard fan of Clue or you've never seen it before, Clue the Movie Podcast is a must-listen.Get In Touch with Jeff and Brad:https://www.cluedoc.com/https://theboatbradgilmore.com/
7. In the fast-paced world of sales, top performers know that it's not about the odds stacked against them—it's about their unwavering focus and the decision to make sales their thing. In this episode, we dive into the strategies and mindset that set them apart and help them ride the wave of success.We explore how top sellers defy the odds and create their own path to victory. Mason shares insights on the power of unwavering focus and the importance of committing wholeheartedly to the sales profession. He emphasizes that success in sales is not determined by external factors, but rather by an internal decision to excel.From honing your skills to building strong relationships, we uncover the key elements that contribute to the success of top sellers. Mason provides actionable advice on how to navigate challenges, stay motivated, and maintain a winning mindset.Join us as we explore the secrets of top sellers and learn how to ride the wave to greater success in your sales career. Discover that the odds are not your odds—sales is your thing, and with the right focus and determination, you can achieve remarkable results. Its time to take charge of your sales journey and make waves in the industry!
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
The 200th episode of Mindscape! Thanks to everyone for sticking around for this long. To celebrate, a solo episode discussing a set of issues naturally arising at the intersection of philosophy and physics: how to think about probabilities and expectations in a multiverse. Here I am more about explaining the issues than offering correct answers, although I try to do a bit of that as well.Support Mindscape on Patreon.References:Guth, “Inflation and Eternal Inflation“Weinberg, “Living In the Multiverse“Susskind, “The Anthropic Landscape of String Theory“Carroll, Johnson, and Randall, “Dynamical Compactification from De Sitter Space“Sebens and Carroll, “Self-Locating Uncertainty and the Origin of Probability in Everettian Quantum Mechanics“Wald, “Asymptotic behavior of homogeneous cosmological models in the presence of a positive cosmological constant“Gibbons and Hawking, “Cosmological Event Horizons, Thermodynamics, and Particle Creation“Carroll and Chatwin-Davies, “Cosmic Equilibration: A Holographic No-Hair Theorem from the Generalized Second Law“Dyson, Kleban, and Susskind, “Disturbing Implications of a Cosmological Constant“Albrecht and Sorbo, “Can the Universe Afford Inflation?“Boddy, Carroll, and Pollack, “De Sitter Space Without Dynamical Quantum Fluctuations“Carroll, “Why Boltzmann Brains Are Bad“Aguirre, Carroll, and Johnson, “Out of Equilibrium: Understanding Cosmological Evolution to Lower-Entropy States“Carroll, “Beyond Falsifiabiliy: Normal Science in a Multiverse“Carter and McCrea, “The Anthropic Principle and its Implications for Biological Evolution“Leslie, “Doomsday Revisited“Gott, “Implications of the Copernican Principle for Our Future Prospects“Bostrom, Anthropic BiasVilenkin, “The Principle of Mediocrity“Olum, “Conflict Between Anthropic Reasoning and Observation“Elga, “Self-Locating Belief and the Sleeping Beauty Problem“Lewis, “Sleeping Beauty: Reply to Elga“Hartle and Srednicki, “Are We Typical?“Hartle and Srednicki, “Science in a Very Large Universe“Neal, “Puzzles of Anthropic Reasoning Resolved Using Fully Non-Indexical Conditioning“See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.