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Author and Founder of Numanna Foods, Daniel Brigman, joins The Jim Bakker Show today! Listen as the panel discusses the 2nd Amendment and Old Testament ties, how Election 2024 is a decision point, a future of law or lawlessness, and what we as a church need to do! Learn about the Marxism ideology among our nation's leadership, and the ethic of death and destruction from the spirit of Antichrist that is threatening America's foundation and future. Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. See the Numanna Affiliate for emergency food and Daniel's book Forever 1776!

Editor: Re: I traveled among ghosts, Wilson County News, Oct. 9, 2024 Mr. Brigman, M Ed., either doesn't fully understand the concept of “Make America Great Again” or despite his fond memories, he believes America never was great. Maybe he confuses “great” with “perfect”? But, why? Human nature is flawed; so, no society is — or ever will be — “perfect.” But a society does not have to be perfect to be great. Imperfection and greatness are not mutually exclusive. He seems to think MAGA means going back in time, and all that it entails. But it doesn't. It means...Article Link

Author and Founder of Numanna Foods, Daniel Brigman, joins The Jim Bakker Show today! Learn about Numanna's new stored food buckets with freeze-dried vegetables and freeze-dried fruits, as well as Ready H2O Emergency Drinking Water in a bottle! Learn more about the Water Wars in Southeast Idaho by hearing testimonial video from affected families and the attack on their farms. See how the region's much-needed water supply to the farmland is being cut-off and discover who's behind it! See the Numanna Affiliate for emergency food and Daniel's book Forever 1776!

The Jim Bakker Show welcomes the pastor of Mt. Calvary Powerhouse Church, Bishop Ron Webb, president of Battle Ready Ministries, Col. David Giammona, pastor of The Harvest Church in Oak Grove, MO, Reverend Todd Rogers, and owner and founder of Numanna Foods, Daniel Brigman! Hear special anniversary messages for Pastor Jim Bakker and gain insight from our special guests. Hear testimonials from young people on the praise team and enjoy the praise & worship of Pastor Eddie James!

The Jim Bakker Show welcomes the pastor of Mt. Calvary Powerhouse Church, Bishop Ron Webb, president of Battle Ready Ministries, Col. David Giammona, pastor of The Harvest Church in Oak Grove, MO, Reverend Todd Rogers, and owner and founder of Numanna Foods, Daniel Brigman! Plus, be blessed by the anointed music of Pastor Eddie James and his praise team and gain insight from our special guests!

The Jim Bakker Show welcomes the founders and owners of Numanna Foods, Daniel & Tristen Brigman! Today the panel discusses Daniel's book Forever 1776. Hear how we're losing what it is to be American, what the biggest threats are to an economy, the state of foreign relations with Russia and potential ramifications of Russia as an “enemy”. You'll also learn about Numanna's Defender Nutritive Pack with organic nutrient-rich grains. Go to the Numanna Affiliate to learn more!

MOST UNDERRATED JAMES CAMERON FILM?! The Abyss Full Movie Reaction Watch Along: https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects The Abyss Reaction, Recap, Commentary, Analysis, & Spoiler Review for the Science Fiction movie from James Cameron - the director behind Terminator 2 Judgment Day, The Terminator, Avatar, Avatar The Way Of Water, & Titanic. It's about this underwater crew who are on a mission to recover a lost nuclear submarine. But, you know, it's not just a simple search and rescue mission because they encounter some extraterrestrial aquatic beings. So, the crew consists of Bud Brigman (played by Ed Harris), his estranged wife Lindsey (played by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), and a bunch of other characters. They're all working together to find this lost submarine, but things get complicated when they discover these alien creatures living in the deep sea. There's a lot of tension between Bud and Lindsey, and they have to work through their issues while dealing with the aliens. The aliens are pretty cool, by the way. They can manipulate water and even create these water tentacles that can mimic human faces. The climax of the movie involves a big decision for Bud. He has to choose between saving himself or sacrificing himself to prevent a nuclear war. Of course, he chooses the heroic option and dives into the abyss to stop a nuclear warhead from detonating. In the end, Bud survives and the aliens help him return to the surface. The movie ends with a message of hope and the idea that we can all work together to overcome our differences. The movie cast consists of Ed Harris as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Lindsey Brigman Michael Biehn as Lieutenant Hiram Coffey, Leo Burmester as Catton 'Catfish' De Vries, Todd Graff as Alan 'Hippy' Carnes, John Bedford Lloyd as Jammer Willis, Kimberly Scott as Lisa 'One Night' Standing, J.C. Quinn as Arliss 'Sonny' Dawson.  Follow Andrew Gordon on Socials:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Agor711 Follow Coy Jandreau:  Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coyjandreau?l... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coyjandreau/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoyJandreau YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYH2szDTuU9ImFZ9gBRH8w Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Music Used In Manscaped Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 253.  James B and Eddie conclude Inferno while also looking back at some PSA's and crossovers with Power Pack and Spider-Man.   Books covered in this podcast: Web of Spider-Man 48 “Eyes of the Demon” by Conway, Saviuk, and Keith Williams.   ASM 313 “Slithereens” by Michelinie and McFarlane  The Spectacular Spider-Man 148 “Night of the Living Ned!” by Gerry Conway and Sal Buscema   From January of 1982 Stan Lee presents Spider-Man Powerman and Storm in “Spider-Man PowerMan and Storm vs. Smokescreen” drawn by Romita and Giacoia https://readallcomics.com/spider-man-storm-and-power-man/   Spider-Man and Power Pack 1 in “Secrets” By Jim Sallicrup Nancy Allen Jim Mooney and Mike Esposito https://readallcomics.com/spider-man-and-power-pack-v1-1/   Power Pack 6 “Secrets” by Simonson, Brigman and Wiacek https://readallcomics.com/power-pack-v1-006/   Power Pack 29 “ Obsession “ by Simonson, Bogdanove and Green. https://readallcomics.com/power-pack-v1-029/   Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston.  This Episode Edited by James B using Audacity and Cleanfeed.  Summaries written by James B and Eddie and track coach Powerman.  Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com and https://www.zapsplat.com/  Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Check out our live meetup and Discord Channel here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_mW6htjJUHOzlViEvPQqR-k68tClMGAi85Bi_xrlV7w/edit

Hear our special guests, president and CEO of Endtime Ministries, Dave Robbins, and founder of MorningStar Ministries, Rick Joyner, discuss precursors to the mark of the beast, crypto currency, a global economic sanctioning system and the 4 beasts Daniel sees in the bible. Numanna founder Daniel Brigman and National Sales Manager for Lion Energy, Jon Larson, talk about ways to address food insecurity and silent, renewable energy. Check out the Affiliate Partners at www.jimbakkershow.com.

Hear prophetic words from senior pastor of Discover Church - Australia, Steve Cioccolanti, and founder and pastor of El Shaddai Ministries, Mark Biltz. Learn about long-term food storage with owner and founder of Numanna Foods, Daniel Brigman. Hear the panel discuss the manufactured Global Hunger Crisis, a trigger for WWIII, God's warnings about dividing Israel, the use of AI in the last days and information on the beast/Antichrist.

Pastor Jim and Lori join the show today to kick-off the Ready Now Expo! Hear prophetic words from senior pastor of Discover Church - Australia, Steve Cioccolanti, and founder and pastor of El Shaddai Ministries, Mark Biltz. Learn about long-term food storage with owner and founder of Numanna Foods, Daniel Brigman. The panel discusses Mark Biltz' new book America at War: 2024-2026, prophetic warning for America in 2024, the significance of solar eclipses, the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse, food crisis and supply chain disruptions and much more!

June Brigman   June Brigman is an artist known for her lovely work on comic books like Power Pack and the X-Men, comic strips Brenda Starr and Mary Worth, and for being one of the absolute nicest people in comics. Todd talks with her about her life and her work and her time teaching. He also, unconsciously, says “great” a lot. Like, a lot. I didn't count them.

Numanna Foods founders and owners Daniel & Tristen Brgiman return to the show! The panel discusses events that affect the power grid and other activities that are directly affecting our food sources and availability. Get great tips for food storage whether you're a beginner or seasoned prepper! Go to our website and click on the Numanna Affiliate to learn more!

The panel welcomes our new affiliates, Daniel & Tristen Brigman, founders and owners of Numanna Foods, to the show! Our guests discuss food scarcity, preparedness and self-reliance. This Christian family first developed foods for long term storage out of a desire to enjoy tastier and healthier foods that will last 25+ years in proper conditions. Learn about their unique certifications such as Organic and No-Gluten and the 3 biggest killers of stored foods! Go to our website and click on the Numanna Affiliate to learn more!

Imagine a career where every interaction is an opportunity for growth, understanding, and connection. That's the vision I'm casting in this episode, as we talk through the "what-to-do's" of social emotional leadership in the world of school counseling. I'm unpacking the art of leading by example, drawing upon the wisdom of Bowers, Lemberger-Truelove, & Brigman (2017) to showcase how you can put social-emotional leadership into place through affiliative, visionary and democratic behaviors to create a DYNAMITE school counseling program.Join me to dream and scheme toward an educational world where every school counselor is empowered to lead, inspire, and create change through the power of relationships. Reference:Bowers, H., Lemberger-Truelove, M. E., & Brigman, G. (2017). A social-emotional leadership framework for school counselors. Professional School Counseling, 21(1b). https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X18773004Mentioned in this episode:School for School Counselors Mastermind**********************************Our goal at School for School Counselors is to help school counselors stay on fire, make huge impacts for students, and catalyze change for our roles through grassroots advocacy and collaboration. Listen to get to know more about us and our mission, feel empowered and inspired, and set yourself up for success in the wonderful world of school counseling.Hang out in our Facebook groupJump in, ask questions, share your ideas and become a part of the most empowering school counseling group on the planet! (Join us to see if we're right.)Join the School for School Counselors MastermindThe Mastermind is packed with all the things your grad program never taught you IN ADDITION TO unparalleled support and consultation. No more feeling alone, invisible, unappreciated, or like you just don't know what to do next. We've got you!Did someone share this podcast with you? Be sure to subscribe for all the new episodes!! Support the show

Discover how to elevate your influence on campus as we explore a leadership framework for school counselors proposed by Bowers, Lemberger-Truelove, & Brigman (2017). We'll look at the leadership dispositions that can transform school counselors into agents of change, promoting an environment where both students and staff can thrive.Reference:Bowers, H., Lemberger-Truelove, M. E., & Brigman, G. (2017). A social-emotional leadership framework for school counselors. Professional School Counseling, 21(1b). https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X18773004Mentioned in this episode:School for School Counselors MastermindGet the Job!**********************************Our goal at School for School Counselors is to help school counselors stay on fire, make huge impacts for students, and catalyze change for our roles through grassroots advocacy and collaboration. Listen to get to know more about us and our mission, feel empowered and inspired, and set yourself up for success in the wonderful world of school counseling.Hang out in our Facebook groupJump in, ask questions, share your ideas and become a part of the most empowering school counseling group on the planet! (Join us to see if we're right.)Join the School for School Counselors MastermindThe Mastermind is packed with all the things your grad program never taught you IN ADDITION TO unparalleled support and consultation. No more feeling alone, invisible, unappreciated, or like you just don't know what to do next. We've got you!Did someone share this podcast with you? Be sure to subscribe for all the new episodes!! Support the show

Bryson Brigman is a 28 year old utility player that specializes in the infield, but can play anywhere. He was drafted twice, once out of High School, then in the 3rd in 2016 out of College. Brigman is just waiting for his chance to help an MLB team, and he does it with a smile, because he has some of the most positive energy of any player in the game. Brigman takes you through his story and fills you in on how he became a Dodger. We would love for you to check out this video, and all of the other videos on our channel, including our weekly live show, Dodgers Dawgs. We would also love it if you followed us on all the Social Media platforms. . ✔ www.dodgersdaily.net ✔ Twitter @dodger_daily ✔ Instagram dodger.daily ✔ Facebook at dodger daily, ✔ TikTok at dodgers_daily. Also, please consider donating to Dodgers Daily. This site will always remain free to the viewers, but it takes money and time to operate, so if you would like to show your appreciation by donation, any amount would be greatly appreciated. To do so follow the link below. Link to Donate: https://gofund.me/db54a295 #dodgersprospects #dodgersDaily #dodgers #losangeles #lafans #doyers #baseball #mlb #beisbol #MiLB #rcquakes #okcdodgers #tulsadrillers #greatlakesloons #brysonbrigman

Dodgers Daily 7-1-23 2:09 Opening Thoughts 2:56 The Offense Put on a Clinic 3:44 How About Mookie Betts 4:48 Hey, Hey, Jason Heyward is Hot 5:17 Heyward Swing Adjustments 6:29 Bobby Miller Was Turned Loose 9:14 Daniel Hudson is Back 10:31 Justin Bruihl looked Good AAA OKC 12:14 AA Tulsa 20:41 Diego Cartaya Talk 20:41 High A Great Lakes 28:49 Single A Rancho Cucamonga 33:14 We would love for you to check out this video, and all of the other videos on our channel, including our weekly live show, Dodgers Dawgs. We would also love it if you followed us on all the Social Media platforms. . ✔ www.dodgersdaily.net ✔ Twitter @dodger_daily ✔ Instagram dodger.daily ✔ Facebook at dodger daily, ✔ TikTok at dodgers_daily. Also, please consider donating to Dodgers Daily. This site will always remain free to the viewers, but it takes money and time to operate, so if you would like to show your appreciation by donation, any amount would be greatly appreciated. To do so follow the link below. Link to Donate: https://gofund.me/db54a295 #dodgersprospects #dodgersDaily #dodgers #losangeles #lafans #doyers #baseball #mlb #beisbol #MiLB #rcquakes #okcdodgers #tulsadrillers #greatlakesloons #bobbymiller #mookiebetts #jasonheyward #danielhudson #justinbruihl #brysonbrigman #jahmaijones #drewavans #michaelbusch #bryanhudson #keegancurtis #tayloryoung #maxhewitt #caedentrenkle #madduxbruns #diegocartaya #ryansublette #benharris #jakereed #bubbaalleyne #luisdiaz #reinaldodepaula #jordanleasure #brandonlewis #braydonfisher

According to a CMO Council report, 85% of C-level business leaders view partnerships and alliances as essential or important to their business, but only 33% report having a formal partnering strategy in place.   That's astounding!   If you're anything like me, you want to be among that top 33% who are leveraging partners and delivering positive ROI, and that's why I am starting this new interview series with a bang. I'm talking to one of the leading experts on strategic partnerships, Dr. Mark Brigman, author of PARTNERNOMICS, and he's going to be sharing with us his Strategic Partner Leadership Model™ and more.   Mark is an expert at architecting partnerships that result in a competitive advantage. Throughout his career he led hundreds of global multi-million dollar partnerships touching nearly every industry. He authored PARTNERNOMICS, which introduced the Strategic Partner Leadership Model™ (SPLM) as the culmination of his 20+ years of experience in forging industry-leading partnerships. Mark earned a Masters in Economics and a Ph.D. in Business Administration.   PARTNERNOMICS on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3BFDGTk    Ready to scale up? Then it's time to sign up: https://www.agorapulse.com/calendar   Full notes & transcript: https://www.thesocialmediahat.com/blog/how-to-approach-strategic-partnerships-and-new-opportunities/    Powered by Agorapulse: the #1 rated social media management solution.   Music by Jumbo, "Peripheral" (feat. Plum Soul) Produced and Hosted by Mike Allton

What is up PartnerUp!? The master of methods Mark Brigman joins the PartnerUp crew to dissect the Day 3 of PL[X] and talk product partnerships. Mark is author of PARTNERNOMICS and contributor to The Partnernomics Podcast.Mark knows that best partner led products tap into the power of the ecosystem. He thinks in terms of designing products in a way that integrates seamlessly partner workflows. When it comes to building products, Mark says: “If you want to play ball, you're going to have to play ball through partnership.” Isaac announces the PartnerHacker Education Hub is live at https://partnerhacker.com/edhub, and the hosts dive into the courses offered, including a course by Partnernomics! The courses lay the foundation for partnerships. Check them out!Never miss an episode of the world's number 1 podcast on partnerships by subscribing to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you're a visual person, sub to our YouTube, and see the full recording of us learning out loud.Share the episode with your commentary on LinkedIn or Twitter and we'll highlight your commentary.  We love to hear your thoughts on each episode, and always comment back or respond to emails/dms. Hey! We're real people. You can check out all past and future PartnerUp episodes at https://www.partneruppodcast.com and subscribe now to the world's number 1 partnerships newsletter, PartnerHacker Daily (PhD) at https://partnerhacker.com/.

In this episode, Brian hears more of Angela's story and perspective as an “elder” trans woman. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/searchingforpoliticaliden/support

Angela Brigman joins Brian for a "debate" about where to draw the lines in society, in regard to transgender folks. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/searchingforpoliticaliden/support

In this episode, we meet Michelle Brigman, Accounting Supervisor at CORE Consultants.

Michelle joins us in this episode to share her story of burnout, self-exploration, and self-discovery. She tells us how she learned to let go of some of the responsibilities that make you feel “always on”, to disconnect from all the stress, build time to calm your mind and body, and allow yourself to stop for just a moment. We talk about finding where you are in this moment, asking yourself if you are happy where you are in life, in your well-being, in your job, and getting down to the root cause of your dissatisfaction and unhealthy reactions.   We also discuss finding the things that genuinely bring you joy. We talk about letting go of all outside noise and distraction, technology included, looking inward at yourself, shifting the focus from what you have to give up or sacrifice to what you want in life, and figuring out how to get there. We explore what a healthy relationship with technology looks like, how Michelle uses it as a tool in goal-oriented empowerment, and how employing mindfulness and intention with your use of technology can help you achieve your goals. Finally, we talk about Michelle's podcast Hard Won Wisdom, what that phrase means to her, and how she empowers other women to seek that wisdom.     In this episode you will hear:  What is work/life balance? Finding what your true self is longing for Are you getting enough joy out of life? Overcoming old ideas of what joy means Unplugging from the notifications and mindless scrolling What does healthy technology use look like? How self-image can become tied to our use of technology, e.g. social media     Michelle Brigman is a transformational Client Experience leader focused on innovating strategies to drive revenue, mobilize cohesive teams, and influence the customer experience. Michelle has created profitable results in CX leadership positions for global iconic brands such as 7-Eleven, Citi, and Dell. She was named Top CX Professional 2021, 2017 IT Executive of the Year, 2017 CXPA Innovation Award Winner, and Co-Emcee in the Customer Centricity World Series Awards- 2022. Currently, she is the Sr. Director of Strategic Alliances for the #1 Experience Management platform Medallia, co-host of the Hard Won Wisdom podcast, EVP of Women's Leadership Network, and founder of Brave Balanced Women, where she helps Executive Women find balance through wellness practices, self-discovery, and a powerful tribe of advisors.       Connect with Michelle Brigman: Website: www.michellebrigman.com Email: michellebrigman@outlook.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michellebrigman Hard Won Wisdom podcast: hardwonwisdom.com Facebook: facebook.com/BraveBalancedWoman TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebravejourny     Connect with R Blank and Stephanie Warner:  For more Healthier Tech podcast episodes, and to download our Healthier Tech Quick Start Guide, visit https://HealthierTech.co and follow https://instagram.com/healthiertech Additional Links: Shield Your Body website: https://ShieldYourBody.com Shield Your Body Youtube Channel: https://youtube.com/shieldyourbody Host R Blank on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rblank9/ Shield Your Body on Instagram: https://instagram.com/shieldyourbody          

This is the 6th Episode in Season 2. In Episode 16, I converse with (The Spokane Tribal Trail Runner) Danny  Brigman! Listen as we learn about Tone Deaf Tuesdays (which I think he should bring back) and how many calories are in 25 iHop Pancakes! Then we dive deep into Supporting Indigenous causes such as MMIW, Kamloops and Orange Shirt Day! Lastly, we learn about how one of the most arduous Ultra Mountain Races (The Crazy Mountain 100) became his SECOND Ultra distance! There's a lot to cover, and so join us as we promote positivity within (both) the Indigenous and Running Communities! Start your watch, push play and enjoy your next long run! Instagram Accountshttps://www.instagram.com/brigdan/https://www.instagram.com/run_shoe_diaries/2 Songs get added to the Run Shoe Diaries Spotify Guest Playlist!     https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7tJ7SyTYbY46DBC6Vqjb5DHashtags:#runshoediaries #dannybrigman #RER #CM100 #kamloops #MMIWrunnerAudio Jungle - "80s Rocky Upbeat Training" - Vyray (ASCAP)Used with Permission - https://audiojungle.net/user/runshoediaries/statementInvoice No: | IVIP43381612Order No: | 146231625Collection/Artist: Sounds of Red BullTitle: Single ReleaseComposer: David John Vanacore (ASCAP); John Richard O'Hallaron (ASCAP)Publisher: Prod Music of RB (ASCAP)Label: Sounds of Red BullOrder Number: 0SYUAWU4Collection/Artist: Sing KingTitle: It's My Life (Karaoke Version)Composer: Sing KingPublisher: Kobalt Music (ASCAP)Premium Beat - Back In The 80s (Denis)Used with Permission - https://www.premiumbeat.com/account/ordersLicense No: |  #3954339Order No: |  #3294938Premium Beat - Furious (Chris Phaze)Used with Permission - https://www.premiumbeat.com/account/ordersLicense No: |  #4229484Order No: |  #3516438Audio Jungle - "Game Show Opener" - D. Weltermann (ASCAP)Used with Permission - https://audiojungle.net/user/runshoediaries/statementInvoice No: | IVIP44457818Order No: | 150546937 

Dan Brigman joins the gang and recounts his journey through the Crazy Mountains during the Crazy Mountain 100.FB: GCRunagades IG: gascaprunagades Runagade Hotline: 4062726388 gascaprunagades@gmail.com music: Go Cat Go by Gabriel Lucas https://epidemicsound.com/track/bGxdjTb3cX

On the brink of the realization of his dream, Marlins infield prospect Bryson Brigman joins the show to tell us about his growth with the game through his roots in Southern California, the clubhouse culture surrounding the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, his coaches, his recent development, and much more.

Being the executive in charge of Customer Loyalty at global brands like Dell, Citi, and 7-11 was both exciting and taxing for Michelle Brigman. She dealt with never ending deadlines, overwhelming pressure, endless meetings and long hours - all of which meant that she got to spend less and less time with family. Yet Michelle loved it, she found it exhilarating - until those long hours took its toll, as ‘burnout' reared its ugly head.She knew that something had to change - for her own and her family's well-being.That burnout led to a year of reflection. In this episode, you'll hear Michelle calmly andarticulately describe how she worked through her burnout to founding a women's group calledBrave Balanced Women. She shares how she used the process of Intentional Visualization andVision Boarding, to graphically design a future that would bring her deep fulfillment.Tune in to hear the rest of the story - Monday, 12:30PM Central.Top Take Aways:-Get up and admit it—when it's your mistake-It's brave to be vulnerable and ask for help-Vision boards are power tools in helping manifest the life you want-Self-care is a gift you are worthy of-Surround yourself with people who help you fly higherFor more information about Michelle and her upcoming workshop, please visit:Website: https://www.bravebalancewomen.comVision Board Workshop: https://michellebrigman.isonline.page/page/Intentionalvisualizationwww.valerieandcompany.com – SUBSCRIBE TO VALERIE'S VOICE MONTHLY TIPSListen and watch Doing it Right the Stories that Make Us- https://bit.ly/2E483HxSubscribe, rate, and write a review on Apple Podcast- https://apple.co/2SHDDmoSubscribe on Google Podcast- https://bit.ly/2I8i6znFollow Valerie Sokolosky Online:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerieso...Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ValerieAndCo...#bravebalancedwomen #liveyourfabulous #womeninbusiness #worklifebalance #visionboad#resolutions #intention #womenshealth #worklifeharmony #happiness #podcast#CustomerExperience #healthcoach

Daniel Brigman, CEO of NuManna Foods, gives you an inside view on trends in the preparedness industry. He is also a commentator on current events.  The conversation carries over to the After Show, available exclusively to Patreon supporters. Please support our sponsors US Law Shield,  EMP Shield, Numanna Foods, Backwoods Home Magazine, Jared Savik - Montana Realtor, Lizzy McDaniel - Tennessee Realtor, Minutemen Coffee, and My Kind CBD. We are now part of the Firearms Radio Network. Learn more about our podcast at Prepping 2-0.com.

Daniel Brigman, CEO of NuManna Foods, gives you an inside view on trends in the preparedness industry. He is also a commentator on current events. The conversation carries over to the After Show, available exclusively to Patreon supporters. Please support our sponsors US Law Shield, EMP Shield, Numanna Foods, Backwoods Home Magazine, Jared Savik - Montana Realtor, Lizzy McDaniel - Tennessee Realtor, Minutemen Coffee, and My Kind CBD. We are now part of the Firearms Radio Network. Learn more about our podcast at Prepping 2-0.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/contra-radio-network/support

Daniel Brigman, CEO of NuManna Foods, gives you an inside view on trends in the preparedness industry. He is also a commentator on current events.  The conversation carries over to the After Show, available exclusively to Patreon supporters. Please support our sponsors US Law Shield,  EMP Shield, Numanna Foods, Backwoods Home Magazine, Jared Savik - Montana Realtor, Lizzy McDaniel - Tennessee Realtor, Minutemen Coffee, and My Kind CBD. We are now part of the Firearms Radio Network. Learn more about our podcast at Prepping 2-0.com.

Daniel Brigman, CEO of NuManna Foods, gives you an inside view on trends in the preparedness industry. He is also a commentator on current events. The conversation carries over to the After Show, available exclusively to Patreon supporters. Please support our sponsors US Law Shield, EMP Shield, Numanna Foods, Backwoods Home Magazine, Jared Savik - Montana Realtor, Lizzy McDaniel - Tennessee Realtor, Minutemen Coffee, and My Kind CBD. We are now part of the Firearms Radio Network. Learn more about our podcast at Prepping 2-0.com.

You may know Bob Wiacek's name from the many other artists he's worked with: Carmine Infantino, Paul Smith, John Byrne, past guest June Brigman, past guest Walt Simonson, John Romita Jr., and past guest Bob Layton. But Bob's a legend in his own right as acknowledged by his recently received Inkwell Awards Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award for lifetime achievement in the art of inking. Just like there'd be no Jordan without Pippen, Wiacek's inks enhanced the work every penciller he worked with, from an Infantino Star Wars run in the early 80s, to Alpha Flight and launching the Sensational She-Hulk with Byrne, to one of his favorites: a two-year run with Brigman on Power Pack. The guy's a consummate professional, and he spills all the ink for the Dollar Bin Bandits. __________________________________If you liked this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts. And tell your friends!Looking for more ways to express your undying DBB love and devotion? Email us at dollarbinbandits@gmail.com. Follow us @dollarbinbandits on Facebook and Instagram, and @DBBandits on Twitter. 

Welcome to the final episode of the season, our last episode before our summer break. While we are taking a little break, we will still have lots and lots of content for you. There will be Dev parties, updates from the road, and a few special surprises along the way. But today we will be checking back in with Kate Miller Wilson (@katemillerwilson on IG), what's she been up to for the past year? And will also be talking to you about photographer Anne Brigman, fortunately for everyone Kate will be sticking around to help us! Not only that but the film detectives, Charlie and Sara (@casualscience and @thefutureofwhat on IG), we'll be popping in with another case to solve. There's also the zine reviews, the answering machine, and so much more!   Anne Brigman Photographer Anne Brigman is known almost exclusively for her nudes. Much of her known and available work depicts bodies contorted and twisted among the contorted and twisted pines of the high sierra mountains in California. Her photography was unlike almost anything else in the early 1900s. And yet it fit perfectly into Alfred Stieglitz's photo-secessionist movement. Today, with Kate Miller-Wilson, we're going to talk about Anne Brigman and Alfred Stieglitz.  By the turn of the century, Anne had become nearly obsessed with the High Sierras. It was then that she discovered photography. She probably acquired her first camera from her sister, Elizabeth and was immediately smitten. Her first photos, taken when she was 32, were of her family. These were mostly typical portraits rendered in a somewhat impressionistic style. A year later, her work was exhibited by the San Francisco Photographic Salon and printed in Camera Craft, the magazine of the San Francisco Camera Club. She also began a correspondence with Alfred Stieglitz, founder of the Photo Secession movement, who was currently waging a war with both the photography and art communities, insisting that photography be considered an art rather than a science.  Kate, Vania and Eric each picked a few of Anne's photos and discussed them while talking about her life. Here are the photos they discussed (in order)…     Kate Miller-Wilson We talked to Kate last year at this time, so we're just catching up. This is a great opportunity to discuss things we wouldn't normally tackle. Heavy hitting subjects like: Beach Shooting Underwater 4×5? When to shoot color and why we don't do it anyway. 8×10 is just bigger 4×5 How to avoid Aero Ektar Cliches We discuss a few of Kate's photos, of course. Here are some…   Zine Reviews Where We Were (Vol. 2) by Shania Logan. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1181034648/where-we-were-vol-ii-film-photography With this issue, Shania leads us into town by way of closed up corner stores and school buses decaying in the sun. Mobile homes quickly disintegrate once unoccupied, and tar paper shacks are little more than a foundation. Long cold factories with darkened, smashed windows explain the depressing number of houses vacated, and the lines of empty streets.   Happy Together by Federico Quaglino IG: @fedequaglino   PATREON Thank you to everyone who supports us! Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff! patreon.com/allthroughalens THE CREDITS OF ENDING Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits Sara Murphy: IG Charlie: IG, Web; Themselves Press   All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists

Angela Keith joins me on today's episode, we touch base on Heavy Metal issues and the effects on canine behavior, along with thoughts on Dog Leash Reactivity.     Join us as we review a case with Tucker struggling with behavior issues, what seems to be central nervous system issues, and a long history of health concerns.       Dana Brigman is an expert in natural wellness, nutrition, and behavior for dogs. https://naturalwellnessfordogs.com https://k9coachdog     Angela Keith is a long-time animal rescuer, turned excellent dog trainer specializing in behavioral issues.   She too is very well-versed in natural wellness and the effects of nutrition, emotions, and environment on behavior.    

Great discussion with Dr. Barb Fox on dogs with symptoms of Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome (IBS)   Dana Brigman in an expert and educator in natural wellness solutions for dogs. I love teaching dog mamas about nutrition, essential oils & homeopathy as ways to support their dog's wellbeing and longevity.   Join me on Facebook: https://facebook.com/groups/wellfedk9 Visit my website: https://naturalwellnessfordogs.com   All information in these videos is considered educational. There is no intention to diagnose, treat or cure any disease or medical condition. Please do your own research and validate information for your own unique needs and circumstances. Consult with a professional as needed.   Visit Dr. Barb Fox online at https://barbfoxdvm.com

Ep. 15 | Season 1 Finale: Fawn & Michelle Recap The Season! | Cohosted by Fawn Germer & Michelle Brigman | It's the end of the year and cohosts are wrapping up this season of the Hard Won Wisdom podcast with the final episode. After 21 interviews, Fawn Germer and Michelle Brigman go down memory lane on how the first season has been so far as they share their thoughts on a few leading interviews with powerful women leaders.  Watch the season finale now on Youtube! 

In this week's episode, CEO, Mark Brigman, chats with Tyler Pittman, our Marketing Manager to provide an update on the latest initiatives taking place at Partnernomics. They begin the conversation by touching on the new Partnernomics mobile app, available on Android and IOS with quick and easy access to the online community of partnering professionals and a suite of courses. The duo then discusses how listeners can sign up for a lifetime community membership for free. They conclude by talking about the additional courses that are currently in development. Be sure to visit PARTNERNOMICS.com to find more podcast episodes and to learn how to become an SPLP® certified partnering professional. (https://partnernomics.com/splp-lp/)

Dana Brigman Nutrition & Natural Wellness For Dogs danabrigman.com   Discussion with Dr. Barb Fox on Leaky Gut Protocol | Leaky Gut Syndrome.   What is Leaky Gut & What Can we do about it.   Hint -- it's all about Nutrition.   Visit my blog content on Nutrition https://naturalwellnessfordogs.com/wellfedk9  and on Essential Oils https://naturalwellnessfordogs.com/welloiledk9   Find Dr. Barb Fox online at https://barbfoxdvm.com    

Happy Halloween! We're joined by comics scribe Daniel "D.G." Chichester to talk about the history of horror comics, Marvel's return to the genre in the early 1990s, and the macabre anti-hero Terror (whom Chichester co-created).  ----more---- Issue 18 Transcript   Mike: [00:00:00] It's small, but feisty, Mike: Welcome to Tencent Takes, the podcast where we dig up comic book characters' graves and misappropriate the bodies, one issue at a time. My name is Mike Thompson, and I am joined by my cohost, the Titan of terror herself, Jessika Frazer. Jessika: It is I. Mike: Today, we are extremely fortunate to have comics writer, Daniel, DG Chichester. Dan: Nice to see you both. Mike: Thank you so much for taking the time. You're actually our first official guest on the podcast. Dan: Wow. Okay. I'm going to take that as a good thing. That's great. Mike: Yeah. Well, if you're new to the show, the purpose of our [00:01:00] podcast as always is to look at the weirdest, silliest, coolest moments of comic books, and talk about them in ways that are fun and informative. In this case, we looking at also the spookiest moments, and how they're woven into the larger fabric of pop culture and history. Today, we're going to be talking about horror comics. We're looking at their overall history as well as their resurrection at Marvel in the early 1990s, and how it helped give birth to one of my favorite comic characters, an undead anti-hero who went by the name of Terror. Dan, before we started going down this road, could you tell us a little bit about your history in the comic book industry, and also where people can find you if they want to learn more about you and your work? Dan: Absolutely. At this point, people may not even know I had a history in comic books, but that's not true. Uh, I began at Marvel as an assistant in the mid-eighties while I was still going to film school and, semi quickly kind of graduated up, to a more official, [00:02:00] assistant editor position. Worked my way up through editorial, and then, segued into freelance writing primarily for, but also for DC and Dark Horse and worked on a lot of, semi-permanent titles, Daredevil's probably the best known of them. But I think I was right in the thick of a lot of what you're going to be talking about today in terms of horror comics, especially at Marvel, where I was fiercely interested in kind of getting that going. And I think pushed for certain things, and certainly pushed to be involved in those such as the Hellraiser and Nightbreed Clive Barker projects and Night Stalkers and, uh, and Terror Incorporated, which we're going to talk about. And wherever else I could get some spooky stuff going. And I continued on in that, heavily until about 96 / 97, when the big crash kind of happened, continued on through about 99 and then have not really been that actively involved since then. But folks can find out what I'm doing now, if they go to story maze.substack.com, where I have a weekly newsletter, which features [00:03:00] new fiction and some things that I think are pretty cool that are going on in storytelling, and also a bit of a retrospective of looking back at a lot of the work that I did. Mike: Awesome. Before we actually get started talking about horror comics, normally we talk about one cool thing that we have read or watched recently, but because this episode is going to be dropping right before Halloween, what is your favorite Halloween movie or comic book? Dan: I mean, movies are just terrific. And there's so many when I saw that question, especially in terms of horror and a lot of things immediately jumped to mind. The movie It Follows, the recent It movie, The Mist, Reanimator, are all big favorites. I like horror movies that really kind of get under your skin and horrify you, not just rack up a body count. But what I finally settled on as a favorite is probably John Carpenter's the Thing, which I just think is one of the gruesomest what is going to happen next? What the fuck is going to happen next?[00:04:00] And just utter dread. I mean, there's just so many things that combined for me on that one. And I think in terms of comics, I've recently become just a huge fan of, and I'm probably going to slaughter the name, but Junji Ito's work, the Japanese manga artist. And, Uzumaki, which is this manga, which is about just the bizarreness of this town, overwhelmed with spirals of all things. And if you have not read that, it is, it is the trippiest most unsettling thing I've read in, in a great long time. So happy Halloween with that one. Mike: So that would be mango, right? Dan: Yeah. Yeah. So you'd make sure you read it in the right order, or otherwise it's very confusing, so. Mike: Yeah, we actually, haven't talked a lot about manga on this. We probably should do a deep dive on it at some point. But, Jessika, how about you? Jessika: Well, I'm going to bring it down a little bit more silly because I've always been a fan of horror and the macabre and supernatural. So always grew up seeking creepy media as [00:05:00] a rule, but I also loves me some silliness. So the last three or so years, I've had a tradition of watching Hocus Pocus with my friend, Rob around Halloween time. And it's silly and it's not very heavy on the actual horror aspect, but it's fun. And it holds up surprisingly well. Mike: Yeah, we have all the Funkos of the Sanderson sisters in our house. Jessika: It's amazing watching it in HD, their costumes are so intricate and that really doesn't come across on, you know, old VHS or watching it on television back in the day. And it's just, it's so fun. How much, just time and effort it looks like they put into it, even though some of those details really weren't going to translate. Dan: How very cool. Mike: Yeah. Jessika: Yeah. So, but I also really like actual horror, so I'm also in the next couple of days is going to be a visiting the 1963 Haunting of Hill House because that's one of my favorites. Yeah. It's so good. And used to own the book that the movie was based on also. And seen all the [00:06:00] iterations and it's the same storyline the recent Haunting of Hill house is based on, which is great. That plot line has been reworked so many times, but it's such a great story, I'm just not shocked in the least that it would run through so many iterations and still be accepted by the public in each of its forms. Mike: Yeah. I really liked that Netflix interpretation of it, it was really good. Dan: They really creeped everything out. Mike: Yeah. There's a YouTuber called Lady Night, The Brave, and she does a really great summary breakdown explaining a lot of the themes and it's like almost two hours I think, of YouTube video, but she does these really lovely retrospectives. So, highly recommend you check that out. If you want to just think about that the Haunting of Hill House more. Jessika: Oh, I do. Yes. Mike: I'm going to split the difference between you two. When I was growing up, I was this very timid kid and the idea of horror just creeped me out. And so I avoided it like the plague. And then when I was in high [00:07:00] school, I had some friends show me some movies and I was like, these are great, why was I afraid of this stuff? And so I kind of dove all the way in. But my preferred genre is horror comedy. That is the one that you can always get me in on. And, I really love this movie from the mid-nineties called the Frighteners, which is a horror comedy starring Michael J. Fox, and it's directed by Peter Jackson. And it was written by Peter Jackson and his partner, Fran Walsh. And it was a few years before they, you know, went on to make a couple of movies based on this little known franchise called Lord of the Rings. But it's really wild. It's weird, and it's funny, and it has some genuine jump scare moments. And there's this really great ghost story at the core of it. And the special effects at the time were considered amazing and groundbreaking, but now they're kind of, you look at, and you're like, oh, that's, high-end CG, high-end in the mid-nineties. Okay. But [00:08:00] yeah, like I said, or comedies are my absolute favorite things to watch. That's why Cabin in the Woods always shows up in our horror rotation as well. Same with Tucker and Dale vs Evil. That's my bread and butter. With comic books, I go a little bit creepier. I think I talked about the Nice House on the Lake, that's the current series that I'm reading from DC that's genuinely creepy and really thoughtful and fun. And it's by James Tynion who also wrote Something That's Killing the Children. So those are excellent things to read if you're in the mood for a good horror comic. Dan: Great choice on the Frighteners. That's I think an unsung classic, that I'm going to think probably came out 10 years too early. Mike: Yeah. Dan: It's such a mashup of different, weird vibes, that it would probably do really, really well today. But at that point in time, it was just, what is this? You know? Cause it's, it's just cause the horrifying thing in it are really horrifying. And, uh, Gary Busey's son, right, plays the evil ghost and he is just trippy, off the wall, you know, horrifying. [00:09:00] Mike: Yeah. And it starts so silly, and then it kind of just continues to go creepier and creepier, and by the time that they do some of the twists revealing his, you know, his agent in the real world, it's a genuine twist. Like, I was really surprised the first time I saw it and I - Dan: Yeah. Mike: was so creeped out, but yeah. Dan: Plus it's got R. Lee Ermey as the army ghost, which is just incredible. So, Mike: Yeah. And, Chi McBride is in it, and, Jeffrey Combs. Dan: Oh, oh that's right, right. right. Mike: Yeah. So yeah, it's a lot of fun. Mike: All right. So, I suppose we should saunter into the graveyard, as it were, and start talking about the history of horror comics. So, Dan, obviously I know that you're familiar with horror comics, Dan: A little bit. Mike: Yeah. What about you, Jess? You familiar with horror comics other than what we've talked about in the show? Jessika: I started getting into it once you and I started, you know, talking more on the [00:10:00] show. And so I grabbed a few things. I haven't looked through all of them yet, but I picked up some older ones. I did just recently pick up, it'll be more of a, kind of a funny horror one, but they did a recent Elvira and Vincent Price. So, yeah, so I picked that up, but issue one of that. So it's sitting on my counter ready for me to read right now. Mike: Well, and that's funny, cause Elvira actually has a really long, storied history in comic books. Like she first appeared in kind of like the revival of House of Mystery that DC did. And then she had an eighties series that had over a hundred issues that had a bunch of now major names involved. And she's continued to have series like, you can go to our website and get autographed copies of her recent series from, I think Dynamite. Jessika: That's cool. Mike: Yeah. Jessika: Nice. Mike: Speaking of horror comedy Elvira is great. Jessika: Yes. Mike: I recently showed Sarah the Elvira Mistress of the Dark movie and she was, I think really sad that I hadn't showed it to her sooner. Jessika: [00:11:00] That's another one I need to go watch this week. Wow. Don't- nobody call me. I'm just watching movies all week. Dan: Exactly. Mike: It's on a bunch of different streaming services, I think right now. Well it turns out that horror comics, have pretty much been a part of the industry since it really became a proven medium. You know, it wasn't long after comics became a legit medium in their own, right that horror elements started showing up in superhero books, which like, I mean, it isn't too surprising. Like the 1930's was when we got the Universal classic movie monsters, so it makes a lot of sense that those kinds of characters would start crossing over into comic books, just to take advantage of that popularity. Jerry Siegel and Joel Schuster, the guys who created Superman, actually created the supernatural investigator called Dr. Occult in New Fun Comics three years before they brought Superman to life. And Dr. Occult still shows up in DC books. Like, he was a major character in the Books of Magic with Neil Gaiman. I think he may show up in Sandman later on. I can't remember. Jessika: Oh, okay. Dan: I wouldn't be surprised. Neil would find ways to mine that. [00:12:00] Mike: Yeah. I mean, that was a lot of what the Sandman was about, was taking advantage of kind of long forgotten characters that DC had had and weaving them into his narratives. And, if you're interested in that, we talk about that in our book club episodes, which we're currently going through every other episode. So the next episode after this is going to be the third episode of our book club, where we cover volumes five and six. So, horror comics though really started to pick up in the 1940s. There's multiple comic historians who say that the first ongoing horror series was Prized Comics, New Adventures of Frankenstein, which featured this updated take on the original story by Mary Shelley. It took place in America. The monster was named Frankenstein. He was immediately a terror. It's not great, but it's acknowledged as being really kind of the first ongoing horror story. And it's really not even that much of a horror story other than it featured Frankenstein's monster. But after that, a number of publishers started to put out adaptations of classic horror stories for awhile. So you had [00:13:00] Avon Publications making it official in 1946 with the comic Erie, which is based on the first real dedicated horror comic. Yeah. This is the original cover to Erie Comics. Number one, if you could paint us a word picture. Dan: Wow. This is high end stuff as it's coming through. Well it looks a lot like a Zine or something, you know it's got a very, Mac paint logo from 1990, you know, it's, it's your, your typical sort of like, ooh, I'm shaky kind of logo. That's Eerie Comics. There's a Nosferatu looking character. Who's coming down some stairs with the pale moon behind him. It, he's got a knife in his hand, so, you know, he's up to no good. And there is a femme fatale at the base of the stairs. She may have moved off of some train tracks to get here. And, uh, she's got a, uh, a low, cut dress, a lot of leg and the arms and the wrists are bound, but all this for only 10. cents. So, I think there's a, there's a bargain there.[00:14:00] Mike: That is an excellent description. Thank you. So, what's funny is that Erie at the time was the first, you know, official horror comic, really, but it only had one issue that came out and then it sort of vanished from sight. It came back with a new series that started with a new number one in the 1950s, but this was the proverbial, the shot that started the war. You know, we started seeing a ton of anthology series focusing on horror, like Adventures into the Unknown, which ran into the 1960s and then Amazing Mysteries and Marvel Tales were repurposed series for Marvel that they basically changed the name of existing series into these. And they started doing kind of macabre, weird stories. And then, we hit the 1950s. And the early part of the 1950s was when horror comics really seemed to take off and experienced this insane success. We've talked about how in the post-WWII America, superhero comics were kind of declining in [00:15:00] popularity. By the mid 1950s, only three heroes actually had their own books and that was Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Which, I didn't realize that until I was doing research. I didn't, I just assumed that there were other superhero comics at the time. But we started seeing comics about horror and crime and romance really starting to get larger shares of the market. And then EC Comics was one of those doing gangbuster business during this whole era. Like, this was when we saw those iconic series, the Haunt of Fear, the Vault of Horror, the Crypt of Terror, which was eventually rebranded to Tales from the Crypt. Those all launched and they found major success. And then the bigger publishers were also getting in on this boom. During the first half of the 1950s Atlas, which eventually became Marvel, released almost 400 issues across 18 horror titles. And then American Comics Group released almost 125 issues between five different horror titles. Ace comics did almost a hundred issues between five titles. I'm curious. I'm gonna ask both of you, what [00:16:00] do you think the market share of horror comics was at the time? Dan: In terms of comics or in terms of just like newsstand, magazine, distribution. Mike: I'm going to say in terms of distribution. Dan: I mean, I know they were phenomenally successful. I would, be surprised if it was over 60%. Mike: Okay. How about. Jessika: Oh, goodness. Let's throw a number out. I'm going to say 65 just because I want to get close enough, but maybe bump it up just a little bit. This is a contest now. Dan: The precision now, like the 65. Jessika: Yes. Mike: Okay. Well, obviously we don't have like a hard definite number, but there was a 2009 article from reason magazine saying that horror books made up a quarter of all comics by 1953. So, so you guys were overestimating it, but it was still pretty substantial. At the same time, we were also seeing a surge in horror films. Like, the 1950s are known as the atomic age and media reflected [00:17:00] societal anxiety, at the possibility of nuclear war and to a lesser extent, white anxiety about societal changes. So this was the decade that gave us Invasion of the Body Snatchers The Thing from Another World, which led to John Carpenter's The Thing eventually. Um, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Hammer horror films also started to get really huge during this time. So we saw the beginning of stuff like Christopher Lee's, Dracula series of films. So the fifties were like a really good decade for horror, I feel. But at the same time, violent crime in America started to pick up around this period. And people really started focusing on juvenile criminals and what was driving them. So, there were a lot of theories about why this was going on and no one's ever really come up with a definite answer, but there was the psychiatrist named Frederick Wortham who Dan, I yeah. Dan: Oh yeah, psychiatrist in big air quotes, yeah. Mike: In quotes. Yeah. [00:18:00] Yeah. And he was convinced that the rise in crime was due to comics, and he spent years writing and speaking against them. He almost turned it into a cottage industry for himself. And this culminated in 1954, when he published a book called Seduction of the Innocent, that blamed comic books for the rise in juvenile delinquency, and his arguments are laughable. Like, I mean, there's just no way around it. Like you read this stuff and you can't help, but roll your eyes and chuckle. But, at the time comics were a relatively new medium, you know, and people really only associated them with kids. And his arguments were saying, oh, well, Wonder Woman was a lesbian because of her strength and independence, which these days, I feel like that actually has a little bit of credibility, but, like, I don't know. But I don't really feel like that's contributing to the delinquency of the youth. You know, and then he also said that Batman and Robin were in a homosexual relationship. And then my favorite was that Superman comics were [00:19:00] un-American and fascist. Dan: Well. Mike: All right. Dan: There's people who would argue that today. Mike: I mean, but yeah, and then he actually, he got attention because there were televised hearings with the Senate subcommittee on juvenile delinquency. I mean, honestly, every time I think about Seduction of the Innocent and how it led to the Comics Code Authority. I see the parallels with Tipper Gore's Parent Music Resource Center, and how they got the Parental Advisory sticker on certain music albums, or Joe Lieberman's hearings on video games in the 1990's and how that led to the Electronic Systems Reading Board system, you know, where you provide almost like movie ratings to video games. And Wortham also reminds me a lot of this guy named Jack Thompson, who was a lawyer in the nineties and aughts. And he was hell bent on proving a link between violent video games and school shootings. And he got a lot of media attention at the time until he was finally disbarred for his antics. But there was this [00:20:00] definite period where people were trying to link video games and violence. And, even though the statistics didn't back that up. And, I mean, I think about this a lot because I used to work in video games. I spent almost a decade working in the industry, but you know, it's that parallel of anytime there is a new form of media that is aimed at kids, it feels like there is a moral panic. Dan: Well, I think it goes back to what you were saying before about, you know, even as, as things change in society, you know, when people in society get at-risk, you know, you went to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Right. Which is classically thought to be a response to communism, you know, and the feelings of communist oppression and you know, the different, you know, the other, and it's the same thing. I think every single one of these is just a proof point of if you want to become, suddenly well-known like Lieberman or Wortham or anything, you know, pick the other that the older generation doesn't really understand, right? Maybe now there are more adults playing video games, but it's probably still perceived as a more juvenile [00:21:00] thing or comics or juvenile thing, or certain types of movies are a juvenile thing, you know, pick the other pick on it, hold it up as the weaponized, you know, piece, and suddenly you're popular. And you've got a great flashpoint that other people can rally around and blame, as if one single thing is almost ever the cause of everything. And I always think it's interesting, you know, the EC Comics, you know, issues in terms of, um, Wortham's witch hunt, you know, the interesting thing about those is yet they were gruesome and they are gruesome in there, but they're also by and large, I don't know the other ones as well, but I know the EC Comics by and large are basically morality plays, you know, they're straight up morality plays in the sense that the bad guys get it in the end, almost every time, like they do something, they do some horrific thing, but then the corpse comes back to life and gets them, you know, so there's, there's always a comeuppance where the scales balance. But that was of course never going to be [00:22:00] an argument when somebody can hold up a picture of, you know, a skull, you know, lurching around, you know, chewing on the end trails of something. And then that became all that was talked about. Mike: Yeah, exactly. Well, I mean, spring boarding off of that, you know, worth them and the subcommittee hearings and all that, they led to the comics magazine association of America creating the Comics Code Authority. And this was basically in order to avoid government regulation. They said, no, no, no, we'll police ourselves so that you don't have to worry about this stuff. Which, I mean, again, that's what we did with the SRB. It was a response to that. We could avoid government censorship. So the code had a ton of requirements that each book had to meet in order to receive the Comics Code Seal of Approval on the cover. And one of the things you couldn't do was have quote, scenes dealing with, or instruments associated with walking dead or torture, which I mean,[00:23:00] okay. So the latter half of the 1950's saw a lot of these dedicated horror series, you know, basically being shut down or they drastically changed. This is, you know, the major publishers really freaked out. So Marvel and DC rebranded their major horror titles. They were more focused on suspense or mystery or Sci-Fi or superheroes in a couple of cases, independent publishers, didn't really have to worry about the seal for different reasons. Like, some of them were able to rely on the rep for publishing wholesome stuff like Dell or Gold Key. I think Gold Key at the time was doing a lot of the Disney books. So they just, they were like, whatever. Dan: Right, then EC, but, but EC had to shut down the whole line and then just became mad. Right? I mean, that's that was the transition at which William, you know, Gains - Mike: Yeah. Dan: basically couldn't contest what was going on. Couldn't survive the spotlight. You know, he testified famously at that hearing. But had to give up all of [00:24:00] that work that was phenomenally profitable for them. And then had to fall back to Mad Magazine, which of course worked out pretty well. Mike: Yeah, exactly. By the end of the 1960s, though, publishers started to kind of gently push back a little bit like, Warren publishing, and Erie publications, like really, they didn't give a shit. Like Warren launched a number of horror titles in the sixties, including Vampirilla, which is like, kind of, I feel it's sort of extreme in terms of both sex and horror, because I mean, we, we all know what Vampirilla his costume is. It hasn't changed in the 50, approximately 50 years that it's been out like. Dan: It's like, what can you do with dental floss, Right. When you were a vampire? I mean, that's basically like, she doesn't wear much. Mike: No, I mean, she never has. And then by the end of the sixties, Marvel and DC started to like kind of steer some of their books back towards the horror genre. Like how some Mystery was one of them where it, I think with issue 1 75, that was when they [00:25:00] took away, took it away from John Jones and dial H for Hero. And they were like, no, no, no, no. We're going to, we're going to bring, Cain back as the host and start telling horror morality plays again, which is what they were always doing. And this meant that the Comics Code Authority needed to update their code. So in 1971, they revised it to be a little bit more horror friendly. Jessika: Scenes dealing with, or instruments associated with, walking dead or torture shall not be used. Vampires, ghouls and werewolves shall be permitted to be used when handled in the classic traditions, such as Frankenstein, Dracula, and other high caliber literary works written by Edgar Allen Poe, Saki, Conan Doyle, and other respected authors whose works are read in schools around the world. Mike: But at this point, Marvel and DC really jumped back into the horror genre. This was when we started getting books, like the tomb of Dracula, Ghost Rider, where will finite and son of Satan, and then DC had a [00:26:00] bunch of their series like they had, what was it? So it was originally The Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love, and then it eventually got retitled to Forbidden Tales of the Dark Mansion. Like, just chef's kiss on that title. Dan: You can take that old Erie comic and throw, you know, the Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love as the title on that. And it would work, you know. Mike: I know. Right. So Dan, I'm curious, what is your favorite horror comic or comic character from this era? Dan: I would say, it was son of Satan, because it felt so trippy and forbidden, and I think comics have always, especially mainstream comics you know, I've always responded also to what's out there. Right. I don't think it's just a loosening the restrictions at that point, but in that error, what's going on, you're getting a lot of, I think the films of Race with the Devil and you're getting the Exorcist and you're getting, uh, the Omen, you know, Rosemary's baby. right. Satanism, [00:27:00] the devil, right. It's, it's high in pop culture. So true to form. You know, I think Son of Satan is in some ways, like a response of Marvel, you know, to that saying, let's glom onto this. And for a kid brought up in the Catholic church, there was a certain eeriness to this, ooh, we're reading about this. It's like, is it really going to be Satanism? And cause I was very nervous that we were not allowed even watch the Exorcist in our home, ever. You know, I didn't see the Exorcist until I was like out of high school. And I think also the character as he looks is just this really trippy look, right. At that point, if you're not familiar with the character, he's this buff dude, his hair flares up into horns, he just wears a Cape and he carries a giant trident, he's got a massive pentacle, I think a flaming pentacle, you know, etched in his chest. Um, he's ready to do business, ya know, in some strange form there. So for me, he was the one I glommed on to the most. [00:28:00] Mike: Yeah. Well, I mean, it was that whole era, it was just, it was Gothic horror brought back and Satanism and witchcraft is definitely a part of that genre. Dan: Sure. Mike: So, that said, kind of like any trend horror comics, you know, they have their rise and then they started to kind of fall out of popularity by the end of the seventies or the early eighties. I feel like it was a definite end of the era when both House of Mystery and Ghost Writer ended in 1983. But you know, there were still some individual books that were having success, but it just, it doesn't feel like Marvel did a lot with horror comics during the eighties. DC definitely had some luck with Alan Moore's run of the Swamp Thing. And then there was stuff like Hellblazer and Sandman. Which, as I mentioned, we're doing our book club episodes for, but also gave rise to Vertigo Comics, you know, in the early nineties. Not to say that horror comics still weren't a thing during this time, but it seems like the majority of them were coming from indie publishers. Off the top of my head, one example I think of still is Dead World, which basically created a zombie apocalypse [00:29:00] universe. And it started with Aero comics. It was created in the late eighties, and it's still going today. I think it's coming out from IDW now. But at the same time, it's not like American stopped enjoying horror stuff. Like this was the decade where we got Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm street, Evil Dead, Hellraiser, Poltergeist, Child's Play, just to name a few of the franchises that we were introduced to. And, I mentioned Hellraiser. I love Hellraiser, and Dan, I know that you have a pretty special connection to that brand. Dan: I do. I put pins in my face every night just to kind of keep my complexion, you know? Mike: So, let's transition over to the nineties and Marvel and let's start that off with Epic Comics. Epic started in the eighties, and it was basically a label that would print, create our own comics. And they eventually started to use label to produce, you know, in quotes, mature comics. So Wikipedia says that this was your first editorial job at Marvel was with the [00:30:00] Epic Line. Is that correct? Dan: Well, I'll go back and maybe do just a little correction on Epic's mission if you don't mind. Mike: Yeah, yeah. Dan: You know, first, which is it was always creator owned, and it did start as crude. And, but I don't think that ever then transitioned into more mature comics, sometimes that just was what creator-owned comics were. Right. That was just part of the mission. And so as a creator-owned imprint, it could be anything, it could be the silliest thing, it could be the most mature thing. So it was always, you know, part of what it was doing, and part of the mission of doing creator-owned comics, and Archie Goodwin was the editor in chief of that line, was really to give creators and in to Marvel. If we gave them a nice place to play with their properties, maybe they would want to go play in the mainstream Marvel. So you might get a creator who would never want to work for Marvel, for whatever reason, they would have a great Epic experience doing a range of things, and then they would go into this. So there was always levels of maturity and we always looked at it as very eclectic and challenging, you know, sometimes in a good [00:31:00] way. So I'll have to go back to Wikipedia and maybe correct them. My first job was actually, I was on the Marvel side and it was as the assistant to the assistant, to the editor in chief. So I would do all of the grunt work and the running around that the assistant to the editor in chief didn't want to do. And she would turn to me and say, Dan, you're going to go run around the city and find this thing for Jim Shooter. Now, then I did that for about five or six months, I was still in film school, and then left, which everyone was aghast, you don't leave Marvel comics, by choice. And, but I had, I was still in school. I had a summer job already sort of set up, and I left to go take that exciting summer job. And then I was called over the summer because there was an opening in the Epic line. And they want to know if I'd be interested in taking on this assistant editor's job. And I said, it would have to be part-time cause I still had a semester to finish in school, but they were intrigued and I was figuring, oh, well this is just kind of guaranteed job. [00:32:00] Never knowing it was going to become career-like, and so that was then sort of my second job. Mike: Awesome. So this is going to bring us to the character of Terror. So he was introduced as a character in the Shadow Line Saga, which was one of those mature comics, it was like a mature superhero universe. That took place in a few different series under the Epic imprint. There was Dr. Zero, there was St. George, and then there was Power Line. Right. Dan: That's correct, yep. Mike: And so the Shadow Line Saga took his name from the idea that there were these beings called Shadows, they were basically super powered immortal beings. And then Terror himself first appeared as Shrek. He's this weird looking enforcer for a crime family in St. George. And he becomes kind of a recurring nemesis for the main character. He's kind of like the street-level boss while it's hinting that there's going to be a eventual confrontation between the main character of St. George and Dr. Zero, who is kind of [00:33:00] a Superman character, but it turns out he has been manipulating humanity for, you know, millennia at this point. Dan: I think you've encapsulated it quite well. Mike: Well, thank you. So the Shadow Line Saga, that only lasted for about what a year or two? Dan: Probably a couple of years, maybe a little over. There was about, I believe, eight to nine issues of each of the, the main comics, the ones you just cited. And then we segued those over to, sort of, uh, an omni series we call Critical Mass, which brought together all three characters or storylines. And then try to tell this, excuse the pun, epic, you know story, which will advance them all. And so wrapped up a lot of loose ends and, um, you know, became quite involved now. Mike: Okay. Dan: It ran about seven or eight issues. Mike: Okay. Now a couple of years after Terror was introduced under the Epic label, Marvel introduced a new Ghost Rider series in 1990 that hit that sweet spot of like nineties extreme with a capital X and, and, you know, [00:34:00] it also gave us a spooky anti heroes like that Venn diagram, where it was like spooky and extreme and rides a motorcycle and right in the middle, you had Ghost Rider, but from what I understand the series did really well, commercially for Marvel. Comichron, which is the, the comic sales tracking site, notes that early issues were often in the top 10 books sold each month for 91. Like there are eight issues of Ghost Rider, books that are in the top 100 books for that year. So it's not really surprising that Marvel decided to go in really hard with supernatural characters. And in 1992, we had this whole batch of horror hero books launch. We had Spirits of Vengeance, which was a spinoff from Ghost Rider, which saw a Ghost Rider teaming up with Johnny Blaze, and it was the original Ghost Writer. And he didn't have a hellfire motorcycle this time, but he had a shotgun that would fire hell fire, you know, and he had a ponytail, it was magnificent. And then there was also the Night Stalkers, [00:35:00] which was a trio of supernatural investigators. There was Hannibal King and Blade and oh, I'm blanking on the third one. Dan: Frank Drake. Mike: Yeah. And Frank Drake was a vampire, right? Dan: And he was a descendant of Dracula, but also was a vampire who had sort of been cured. Um, he didn't have a hunger for human blood, but he still had a necessity for some type of blood and possessed all the attributes, you know, of a vampire, you know, you could do all the powers, couldn't go out in the daylight, that sort of thing. So, the best and worst of both worlds. Mike: Right. And then on top of that, we had the Dark Hold, which it's kind of like the Marvel equivalent of the Necronomicon is the best way I can describe it. Dan: Absolutely. Yup. Mike: And that's showed up in Agents of Shield since then. And they just recently brought it into the MCU. That was a thing that showed up in Wanda Vision towards the end. So that's gonna clearly reappear. And then we also got Morbius who is the living vampire from [00:36:00] Spider-Man and it's great. He shows up in this series and he's got this very goth rock outfit, is just it's great. Dan: Which looked a lot like how Len Kaminsky dressed in those days in all honesty. Mike: Yeah, okay. Dan: So Len will now kill me for that, but. Mike: Oh, well, but yeah, so these guys were all introduced via a crossover event called Rise of the Midnight Sons, which saw all of these heroes, you know, getting their own books. And then they also teamed up with Dr. Strange to fight against Lilith the mother of demons. And she was basically trying to unleash her monstrous spawn across the world. And this was at the same time the Terror wound up invading the Marvel Universe. So if you were going to give an elevator pitch for Terror in the Marvel Universe, how would you describe him? Dan: I actually wrote one down, I'll read it to you, cause you, you know, you put that there and was like, oh gosh, I got to like now pitch this. A mythic manifestation of fear exists in our times, a top dollar mercenary for hire using a supernatural [00:37:00] ability to attach stolen body parts to himself in order to activate the inherit ability of the original owner. A locksmith's hand or a marksman, his eye or a kickboxer his legs, his gruesome talent gives him the edge to take on the jobs no one else can, he accomplishes with Savage, restyle, scorn, snark, and impeccable business acumen. So. Mike: That's so good. It's so good. I just, I have to tell you the twelve-year-old Mike is like giddy to be able to talk to you about this. Dan: I was pretty giddy when I was writing this stuff. So that's good. Mike: So how did Terror wind up crossing into the Marvel Universe? Like, because he just showed shows up in a couple of cameos in some Daredevil issues that you also wrote. I believe. Dan: Yeah, I don't know if he'd showed up before the book itself launched that might've, I mean, the timing was all around the same time. But everybody who was involved with Terror, love that Terror and Terror Incorporated, which was really actual title. Love the hell out of [00:38:00] the book, right. And myself, the editors, Carl Potts, who was the editor in chief, we all knew it was weird and unique. And, at one point when I, you know, said to Carl afterwards, well I'm just gonna take this whole concept and go somewhere else with it, he said, you can't, you made up something that, you know, can't really be replicated without people knowing exactly what you're doing. It's not just another guy with claws or a big muscle guy. How many people grab other people's body parts? So I said, you know, fie on me, but we all loved it. So when, the Shadowline stuff kind of went away, uh, and he was sort of kicking out there is still, uh, Carl came to me one day and, and said, listen, we love this character. We're thinking of doing something with horror in Marvel. This was before the Rise of the Midnight Sons. So it kind of came a little bit ahead of that. I think this eventually would become exactly the Rise of the Midnight Sons, but we want to bring together a lot of these unused horror characters, like Werewolf by Night, Man Thing, or whatever, but we want a central kind of [00:39:00] character who, navigates them or maybe introduces them. Wasn't quite clear what, and they thought Terror, or Shrek as he still was at that point, could be that character. He could almost be a Crypt Keeper, maybe, it wasn't quite fully baked. And, so we started to bounce this around a little bit, and then I got a call from Carl and said, yeah, that's off. We're going to do something else with these horror characters, which again would eventually become probably the Midnight Sons stuff. But he said, but we still want to do something with it. You know? So my disappointment went to, oh, what do you mean? How could we do anything? He said, what if you just bring him into the Marvel Universe? We won't say anything about what he did before, and just use him as a character and start over with him operating as this high-end mercenary, you know, what's he going to do? What is Terror Incorporated, and how does he do business within the Marvel world? And so I said, yes, of course, I'm not going to say that, you know, any quicker and just jumped into [00:40:00] it. And I didn't really worry about the transition, you know, I wasn't thinking too much about, okay. How does he get from Shadow Line world, to earth 616 or whatever, Marcus McLaurin, who was the editor. God bless him, for years would resist any discussion or no, no, it's not the same character. Marcus, it's the same character I'm using the same lines. I'm having him referenced the same fact that he's had different versions of the word terrors, his name at one point, he makes a joke about the Saint George complex. I mean, it's the same character. Mike: Yeah. Dan: But , you know, Marcus was a very good soldier to the Marvel hierarchy. So we just really brought him over and we just went all in on him in terms of, okay, what could a character like this play in the Marvel world? And he played really well in certain instances, but he certainly was very different than probably anything else that was going on at the time. Mike: Yeah. I mean, there certainly wasn't a character like him before. So all the Wikias, like [00:41:00] Wikipedia, all the Marvel fan sites, they all list Daredevil 305 as Terror's first official appearance in. Dan: Could be. Mike: Yeah, but I want to talk about that for a second, because that is, I think the greatest villain that I've ever seen in a Marvel comic, which was the Surgeon General, who is this woman who is commanding an army of like, I mean, basically it's like a full-scale operation of that urban myth of - Dan: Yeah. Mike: -the dude goes home with an attractive woman that he meets at the club. And then he wakes up in a bathtub full of ice and he's missing organs. Dan: Yeah. You know, sometimes, you know, that was certainly urban myth territory, and I was a big student of urban myths and that was the sort of thing that I think would show up in the headlines every three to six months, but always one of those probably friend of a friend stories that. Mike: Oh yeah. Dan: Like a razor an apple or something like that, that never actually sort of tracks back. Mike: Well, I mean, the thing now is it's all edibles in candy and they're like, all the news outlets are showing officially [00:42:00] branded edibles. Which, what daddy Warbucks mother fucker. Jessika: Mike knows my stand on this. Like, no, no, nobody is buying expensive edibles. And then putting them in your child's candy. Like, No, no, that's stupid. Dan: No, it's the, it's the, easier version of putting the LSD tab or wasting your pins on children in Snickers bars. Jessika: Right. Dan: Um, but but I think, that, that storyline is interesting, Mike, cause it's the, it's one of the few times I had a plotline utterly just completely rejected by an editor because I think I was doing so much horror stuff at the time. Cause I was also concurrently doing the Hellraiser work, the Night Breed work. It would have been the beginning of the Night Stalkers work, cause I was heavily involved with the whole Midnight Sons work. And I went so far on the first plot and it was so grizzly and so gruesome that, Ralph Macchio who was the editor, called me up and said, yeah, this title is Daredevil. It's not Hellraiser. So I had to kind of back off [00:43:00] and realize, uh, yeah, I put a little too much emphasis on the grisliness there. So. Mike: That's amazing. Dan: She was an interesting, exploration of a character type. Mike: I'm really sad that she hasn't showed back up, especially cause it feels like it'd be kind of relevant these days with, you know, how broken the medical system is here in America. Dan: Yeah. It's, it's funny. And I never played with her again, which is, I think one of my many Achilles heels, you know, as I would sometimes introduce characters and then I would just not go back to them for some reason, I was always trying to kind of go forward onto something new. Mike: Yeah. Jessika: Is there anything about Terror's character that you related to at the time, or now even. Dan: Um, probably being very imperious, very complicated, having a thing for long coats. Uh, I think all of those probably, you know, work then and now, I've kind of become convinced weirdly enough over time, that Terror was a character who [00:44:00] and I, you know, I co-created him with Margaret Clark and, and Klaus Janson, but I probably did the most work with him over the years, you know? So I feel maybe a little bit more ownership, but I've sort of become convinced that he was just his own thing, and he just existed out there in the ether, and all I was ultimately was a conduit that I was, I was just channeling this thing into our existence because he came so fully formed and whenever I would write him, he would just kind of take over the page and take over the instance. That's always how I've viewed him, which is different than many of the other things that I've written. Mike: He's certainly a larger than life personality, and in every sense of that expression. Jessika: Yes. Mike: I'm sorry for the terrible pun. Okay. So we've actually talked a bit about Terror, but I [00:45:00] feel like we need to have Jessika provide us with an overall summary of his brief series. Jessika: So the series is based on the titular character, of course, Terror, who is unable to die and has the ability to replace body parts and gains the skill and memory of that limb. So he might use the eye of a sharpshooter to improve his aim or the arm of an artist for a correct rendering. And because of the inability for his body to die, the dude looks gnarly. His face is a sick green color. He has spike whiskers coming out of the sides of his face, and he mostly lacks lips, sometimes he has lips, but he mostly lacks lips. So we always has this grim smile to his face. And he also has a metal arm, which is awesome. I love that. And he interchanges all of the rest of his body parts constantly. So in one scene he'll have a female arm and in another one it'll sport, an other worldly tentacle. [00:46:00] He states that his business is fear, but he is basically a paid mercenary, very much a dirty deeds, although not dirt cheap; Terror charges, quite a hefty sum for his services, but he is willing to do almost anything to get the job done. His first job is ending someone who has likewise immortal, air quotes, which involves finding an activating a half demon in order to open a portal and then trick a demon daddy to hand over the contract of immortality, you know, casual. He also has run-ins with Wolverine, Dr. Strange Punisher, Silver Sable, and Luke Cage. It's action packed, and you legitimately have no idea what new body part he is going to lose or gain in the moment, or what memory is going to pop up for him from the donor. And it keeps the reader guessing because Terror has no limitations. Mike: Yeah. Dan: was, I was so looking forward to hearing what your recap was going to be. I love that, so I just [00:47:00] want to say that. Jessika: Thank you. I had a lot of fun reading this. Not only was the plot and just the narrative itself, just rolling, but the art was fantastic. I mean, the things you can do with a character like that, there truly aren't any limits. And so it was really interesting to see how everything fell together and what he was doing each moment to kind of get out of whatever wacky situation he was in at the time.So. And his, and his quips, I just, the quips were just, they give me life. Mike: They're so good. Like there was one moment where he was sitting there and playing with the Lament Configuration, and the first issue, which I, I never noticed that before, as long as we ready this time and I was like, oh, that's great. And then he also made a St. George reference towards the end of the series where he was talking about, oh, I knew another guy who had a St. George complex. Dan: Right, right. Right, Mike: Like I love those little Easter eggs. Speaking of Easter eggs, there are a lot of Clive Barker Easter eggs throughout that whole series. Dan: [00:48:00] Well, That's it. That was so parallel at the time, you know. Mike: So around that time was when you were editing and then writing for the HellRaiser series and the Night Breed series, right? Dan: Yes. Certainly writing for them. Yeah. I mean, I did some consulting editing on the HellRaiser and other Barker books, after our lift staff, but, primarily writing at that point. Mike: Okay. Cause I have Hellraiser number one, and I think you're listed as an editor on it. Dan: I was, I started the whole Hellraiser anthology with other folks, you know, but I was the main driver, and I think that was one of the early instigators of kind of the rebirth of horror at that time. And, you know, going back to something you said earlier, you know, for many years, I was always, pressing Archie Goodwin, who worked at Warren, and worked on Erie, and worked on all those titles. You know, why can't we do a new horror anthology and he was quite sage like and saying, yeah. It'd be great to do it, but it's not going to sell there's no hook, right? There's no connection, you know, just horror for her sake. And it was when Clive Barker [00:49:00] came into our offices, and so I want to do something with Archie Goodwin. And then the two of them said, Hellraiser can be the hook. Right. Hellraiser can be the way in to sort of create an anthology series, have an identifiable icon, and then we developed out from there with Clive, with a couple of other folks Erik Saltzgaber, Phil Nutman, myself, Archie Goodwin, like what would be the world? And then the Bible that would actually give you enough, breadth and width to play with these characters that wouldn't just always be puzzle box, pinhead, puzzle box, pinhead, you know? And so we developed a fairly large set of rules and mythologies allowed for that. Mike: That's so cool. I mean, there really wasn't anything at all, like Hellraiser when it came out. Like, and there's still not a lot like it, but I - Jessika: Yeah, I was going to say, wait, what else? Mike: I mean, I feel like I've read other books since then, where there's that blending of sexuality and [00:50:00] horror and morality, because at the, at the core of it, Hellraiser often feels like a larger morality play. Dan: Now, you know, I'm going to disagree with you on that one. I mean, I think sometimes we let it slip in a morality and we played that out. But I think Hellraiser is sort of find what you want out of it. Right. You go back to the first film and it's, you know, what's your pleasure, sir? You know, it was when the guy hands up the book and the Centobites, you know, or angels to some demons, to others. So I think the book was at its best and the movies are at their best when it's not so much about the comeuppance as it is about find your place in here. Right? And that can be that sort of weird exploration of many different things. Mike: That's cool. So going back to Terror. Because we've talked about like how much we enjoyed the character and everything, I want to take a moment to talk about each of our favorite Terror moments. Dan: Okay. Mike: So Dan, why don't you start? What was your favorite moment for Terror [00:51:00] to write or going back to read? Dan: It's a great question, one of the toughest, because again, I had such delight in the character and felt such a connection, you know, in sort of channeling him in a way I could probably find you five, ten moments per issue, but, I actually think it was the it's in the first issue. And was probably the first line that sort of came to me. And then I wrote backwards from it, which was this, got your nose bit. And you know, it's the old gag of like when a parent's playing with a child and, you know, grabs at the nose and uses the thumb to represent the nose and says, got your nose. And there's a moment in that issue where I think he's just plummeted out of a skyscraper. He's, you know, fallen down into a police car. He's basically shattered. And this cop or security guard is kind of coming over to him and, and he just reaches out and grabs the guy's nose, you know, rips his arm off or something or legs to start to replace himself and, and just says, got your nose, but it's, but it's all a [00:52:00] build from this inner monologue that he's been doing. And so he's not responding to anything. He's not doing a quip to anything. He's just basically telling us a story and ending it with this, you know, delivery that basically says the guy has a complete condescending attitude and just signals that we're in his space. Like he doesn't need to kind of like do an Arnold response to something it's just, he's in his own little world moments I always just kind of go back to that got your nose moment, which is just creepy and crazy and strange. Mike: As soon as you mentioned that I was thinking of the panel that that was from, because it was such a great moment. I think it was the mob enforcers that had shot him up and he had jumped out of the skyscraper four and then they came down to finish him off and he wound up just ripping them apart so that he could rebuild himself. All right, Jessika, how about you? Jessika: I really enjoyed the part where Terror fights with sharks in order to free Silver Sable and Luke Cage. [00:53:00] It was so cool. There was just absolutely no fear as he went at the first shark head-on and, and then there were like five huge bloodthirsty sharks in the small tank. And Terror's just like, what an inconvenience. Oh, well. Mike: Yeah. Jessika: Like followed by a quippy remark, like in his head, of course. And I feel like he's such a solitary character that it makes sense that he would have such an active internal monologue. I find myself doing that. Like, you know, I mean, I have a dog, so he usually gets the brunt of it, but he, you know, it's, it is that you start to form like, sort of an internal conversation if you don't have that outside interaction. Dan: Right. Jessika: And I think a lot of us probably relate to that though this pandemic. Mike: Yeah. Jessika: But the one-liner thoughts, like, again, they make those scenes in my opinion, and it gave pause for levity. We don't have to be serious about this because really isn't life or death for Terror. We know that, and he just reminds us that constantly by just he's always so damn nonchalant. [00:54:00] Dan: Yeah. He does have a very, I'm not going to say suave, but it's, uh, you know, that sort of very, I've got this, you know, sort of attitude to it. Mike: I would, say that he's suave when he wants to be, I mean, like the last issue he's got his whiskers tied back and kind of a ponytail. Dan: Oh yeah. Jessika: Oh yeah. Dan: Richard Pace did a great job with that. Mike: Where he's dancing with his assistant in the restaurant and it's that final scene where he's got that really elegant tuxedo. Like. Dan: Yeah. It's very beautiful. Mike: I say that he can be suave and he wants to be. So I got to say like my favorite one, it was a visual gag that you guys did, and it's in issue six when he's fighting with the Punisher and he's got this, long guns sniper. And he shoots the Punisher point blank, and Terror's, like at this point he's lost his legs for like the sixth time. Like he seems to lose his legs, like once an issue where he's just a torso waddling around on his hands. And so he shoots him the force skids him back. [00:55:00] And I legit could not stop laughing for a good minute. Like I was just cackling when I read that. So I think all of us agree that it's those moments of weird levity that really made the series feel like something special. Dan: I'm not quite sure we're going to see that moment reenacted at the Disney Pavilion, you know, anytime soon. But, that would be pretty awesome if they ever went that route. Mike: Well, yeah, so, I mean, like, let's talk about that for a minute, because one of the main ways that I consume Marvel comics these days is through Marvel unlimited, and Terror is a pretty limited presence there. There's a few issues of various Deadpool series. There's the Marvel team up that I think Robert Kirkman did, where Terror shows up and he has some pretty cool moments in there. And then there's a couple of random issues of the 1990s Luke Cage series Cage, but like the core series, the Marvel max stuff, his appearance in books like Daredevil and Wolverine, they just don't seem to be available for consumption via the. App Like I had to go through my personal [00:56:00] collection to find all this stuff. And like, are the rights just more complicated because it was published under the Epic imprint and that was create her own stuff, like do you know? Dan: No, I mean, it wouldn't be it's choice, right. He's probably perceived as a, if people within the editorial group even know about him, right. I was reading something recently where some of the current editorial staff had to be schooled on who Jack Kirby was. So, I'm not sure how much exposure or, you know, interest there would be, you know, to that. I mean, I don't know why everything would be on Marvin unlimited. It doesn't seem like it requires anything except scanning the stuff and putting it up there. But there wouldn't be any rights issues. Marvel owned the Shadow Line, Marvel owns the Terror Incorporated title, it would have been there. So I'm not really sure why it wouldn't be. And maybe at some point it will, but, that's just an odd emission. I mean, for years, which I always felt like, well, what did I do wrong? I [00:57:00] mean, you can find very little of the Daredevil work I did, which was probably very well known and very well received in, in reprints. It would be like, there'd be reprints of almost every other storyline and then there'd be a gap around some of those things. And now they started to reappear as they've done these omnibus editions. Mike: Well, yeah, I mean, you know, and going back the awareness of the character, anytime I talk about Terror to people, it's probably a three out of four chance that they won't have heard of them before. I don't know if you're a part of the comic book historians group on Facebook? Dan: I'm not. No. Mike: So there's a lot of people who are really passionate about comic book history, and they talk about various things. And so when I was doing research for this episode originally, I was asking about kind of the revamp of supernatural heroes. And I said, you know, this was around the same time as Terror. And several people sat there and said, we haven't heard of Terror before. And I was like, he's great. He's amazing. You have to look them up. But yeah, it seems like, you know, to echo what you stated, it seems like there's just a lack of awareness about the character, which I feel is a genuine shame. And that's part of the [00:58:00] reason that I wanted to talk about him in this episode. Dan: Well, thank you. I mean, I love the spotlight and I think anytime I've talked to somebody about it who knew it, I've never heard somebody who read the book said, yeah, that sucks. Right. I've heard that about other things, but not about this one, invariably, if they read it, they loved it. And they were twisted and kind of got into it. But did have a limited run, right? It was only 13 issues. It didn't get the spotlight, it was sort of promised it kind of, it came out with a grouping of other mercenary titles at the time. There was a new Punisher title. There was a Silver Sable. There was a few other titles in this grouping. Everyone was promised a certain amount of additional PR, which they got; when it got to Terror. It didn't get that it like, they pulled the boost at the last minute that might not have made a difference. And I also think maybe it was a little bit ahead of its time in certain attitudes crossing the line between horror and [00:59:00] humor and overtness of certain things, at least for Marvel, like where do you fit this? I think the readers are fine. Readers are great about picking up on stuff and embracing things. For Marvel, it was kind of probably, and I'm not dissing them. I never got like any negative, you know, we're gonna launch this title, what we're going to dismiss it. But I just also think, unless it's somebody like me driving it or the editor driving it, or Carl Potts, who was the editor in chief of that division at that point, you know, unless they're pushing it, there's plenty of other characters Right. For, things to get behind. But I think again, anytime it kind of comes up, it is definitely the one that I hear about probably the most and the most passionately so that's cool in its own way. Mike: Yeah, I think I remember reading an interview that you did, where you were talking about how there was originally going to be like a gimmick cover or a trading card or something like that. Dan: Yeah. Mike: So what was the, what was the gimmick going to be for Terror number one? Dan: What was the gimmick going to be? I don't know, actually, I if I knew I [01:00:00] can't remember anymore. But it was going to be totally gimmicky, as all those titles and covers were at the time. So I hope not scratch and sniff like a, uh, rotting bodies odor, although that would have been kind of in-character and cool. Mike: I mean, this was the era of the gimmick cover. Dan: Oh, absolutely. Mike: Like,that was when that was when we had Bloodstrike come out and it was like the thermographic printing, so you could rub the blood and it would disappear. Force Works is my favorite one, you literally unfold the cover and it's like a pop-up book. Dan: Somebody actually keyed me in. There actually was like a Terror trading card at one point. Mike: Yeah. Dan: Like after the fact, which I was like, shocked. Mike: I have that, that's from Marvel Universe series four. Dan: Yeah. we did a pretty good job with it actually. And then even as we got to the end of the run, you know, we, and you can sort of see us where we're trying to shift certain aspects of the book, you know, more into the mainstream Marvel, because they said, well, we'll give you another seven issues or something, you know, to kind of get the numbers up. Mike: Right. Dan: And they pulled the plug, you know, even before that. So, uh, that's why [01:01:00] the end kind of comes a bit abruptly and we get that final coda scene, you know, that Richard Pace did such a nice job with. Mike: Yeah. I mean, it felt like it wrapped it up, you know, and they gave you that opportunity, which I was really kind of grateful for, to be honest. Dan: Yeah. and subsequently, I don't know what's going on. I know there was that David Lapham, you know, series, you did a couple of those, which I glanced at, I know I kind of got in the way of it a little bit too, not in the way, but I just said, remember to give us a little created by credits in that, but I didn't read those. And then, I know he was in the League of Losers at one point, which just didn't sound right to me. And, uh. Mike: It's actually. Okay. So I'm going to, I'm going to say this cause, it's basically a bunch of, kind of like the B to C listers for the most part. And. So they're called the Legal Losers. I think it's a really good story, and I actually really like what they do with Terror. He gets, she's now Spider Woman, I think it's, Anya Corazon, but it was her original incarnation of, Arana. And she's got that spider armor that like comes out of her arm. And so she [01:02:00] dies really on and he gets her arm. And then, Dan: That's cool. Mike: What happens is he makes a point of using the armor that she has. And so he becomes this weird amalgamation of Terror and Arana's armored form, which is great. Dan: Was that the Kirkman series? Is that the one that he did or. Mike: yeah. That was part of Marvel Team-Up. Dan: Okay. Mike: it was written by Robert Kirkman. Dan: Well, then I will, I will look it up. Mike: Yeah. And that one's on Marvel unlimited and genuinely a really fun story as I remembered. It's been a couple of years since I read it, but yeah. Dan: Very cool. Mike: So we've talked about this a little bit, but, so

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, Associate Editor from the National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore. Joining me in just a moment are Dr. James Gammie and Dr. Timothy Gardner to discuss our feature paper this week describing the first-in-human clinical experience with a novel transapical beating heart mitral valve repair.     First, here are the highlights of this week's journal. The first paper is from co-primary authors doctors Yoon, [Tsue 00:00:49], and [Cha 00:00:50] as well as corresponding authors Dr. [Che 00:00:55]  and Dr. Kim from the Seoul National University College of Medicine. These authors examine mechanisms underlying diabetes-induced microvasculopathy, testing the hypothesis that Notch signaling in endothelial cells may play an important role in this condition.     The authors tested this hypothesis by inducing diabetes in eight-week-old adult mice using intravenous streptozotocin. They then modulated endothelial Notch signaling using chemical inhibitors in both wild type and transgenic mice. Results showed that the Notch ligand called Jagged-1 was markedly increased in endothelial cells of diabetic mice. Using endothelial specific Jagged-1 knocked down mice, they found that blocking Jagged-1 prevented diabetic microvaculopathy. Furthermore, using the induceable endothelium-specific Jagged-1 knocked down mice, blocking Jagged-1 even at four weeks after the establishment of diabetic microvaculopathy could reverse the condition.     In summary, these findings show that diabetes induces Jagged-1 over expression and suppresses Notch signalling in endothelial cells leading to diabetic microvaculopathy in adult mice. The clinical implications are that dysregulated intercellular Notch signalling may therefore represent a novel molecular target in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy.     The next study by Dr. Smith and colleagues at the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands evaluated the association between LDL cholesterol variability and four cognitive domains at 30 months in the 4428 participants of the prosper study.     Results showed that a higher LDL cholesterol variability was associated with lower cognitive test performance for intermediate and delayed memory-related tasks, selective attention, and processing speed. Higher LDL cholesterol variability was also associated with lower cerebral blood flow and greater white matter hyperintensity load in an MRI substudy of 535 patients.     In addition to being independent of the mean LDL cholesterol levels and of clinically overt cardiovascular diseases, these associations were present both in the placebo and pravastatin treatment [inaudible 00:03:43] of the prosper trial suggesting that the findings did not mearly reflect pleiotropic effects of statins or of nonadherence.     The study importantly provides the first observational evidence that lipid variability, not just absolute or mean values, but the variability, maybe of importance to neurocognitive function and thus contributes while understanding potential pathways of neurocogniticve decline.     The next study is by first author, Dr. [Huh 00:04:19], and corresponding author, Dr. Ralph, from the Menzies School of Health Research Charles Darwin University in Australia. These authors aimed to investigate the long term outcomes from acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.     They achieved this aim by using linked data between the rheumatic heart disease register, hospital data, and death register for residents of the northern territory of Australia, and examined 1248 patients with rheumatic heart disease as well as 572 patients with acute rheumatic fever in the period 1997 to 2013.     The main findings were that in the first year after an acute rheumatic fever episode, the incidents of progression to rheumatic heart disease was 10 times higher than acute rheumatic fever recurrence; 10% of rheumatic heart disease patients had severe disease at diagnosis. The presence of comorbidities was associated with higher incidence of rheumatic heart disease complications and mortality. In particular, comorbid renal failure and hazardous alcohol use accounted for 28% of the access indigenous mortality.     These findings have global relevance for settings with high acute rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease rates and really emphasized the need for integrated chronic disease management strategies for these patients.     The final paper is by first author Dr Bettencourt, corresponding author Dr. Blankstein, and colleagues from Brigman and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. These authors sought to answer the question what is the most appropriate score for evaluating the pretest probability of obstructive coronary artery disease?     To answer the question, the authors compared the Diamond-Forrester score with the two CAD consortium scores recently recommended by the European Society of Cardiology, and they did this in 2274 consecutive patients without prior CAD referred for coronary CT angiography. CT angiography findings were used to determine the presence or absence of obstructive CAD defined as 50% or more stenosis.     Here's a refresher of the different probability scores. The Diamond-Forrester score is calculated based on chest pain type such as non-anginal, atypical or typical angina, gender, and age. The first CAD consortium model score called CAD consortium basic is also based on these factors, but was developed using more advanced statistical modeling strategies which were not available when the Diamond-Forrester model was derived. Additionally, the population had a lower prevalence of disease than the original Diamond-Forrester derivation cohort.     The second CAD consortium score called CAD consortium clinical included the same characteristics as CAD basic, but also included the following clinical risk factors; diabetes, smoking status, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Moreover, the presence of typical chest pain was weighted less in diabetics compared to nondiabetics in the CAD clinical score.  Results showed that among symptomatic individuals referred for coronary CT angiography, the CAD consortium clinical pretest probability score demonstrated improved calibration and discrimination for the prediction of obstructive CAD compared to the Diamond-Forrester classification.     Driving home the clinical implications of this, the authors applied these observed differences in pretest probability of obstructive CAD to guidelines-based patient management algorithms and projected that the use of the newest score could decrease the proportion of individuals in whom testing would be recommended and increase the yield of diagnosing obstructive CAD.     Those were the highlights of these weeks issue. Now, for our feature paper. Our feature paper today is about the first-in-human clinical experience with the transapical beating heart mitral valve repair using a expanded polytetrafluoroethylene chordal insertion device. We're really lucky today to have the first and corresponding author, Dr. James Gammie from the University of Maryland Medical Center as well as Dr. Timothy Gardner, associate editor from Christiana Care Health System to discuss this exciting paper. Welcome, both of you.   Tim: Thank you.   James: Thank you.   Speaker 1: James, may I start with you? What an exciting title, a first-in-human experience, and this is really sounding very reminiscent of our experience with TAVR and aortic stenosis valves. Could I ask you, with so many exciting things, what is it about the results that excited you most?   James: This is an exciting project in that we believe it affords a new treatment option for patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation. We believe that this is a less invasive way of achieving surgical grade reduction of mitral regurgitation. This is a project which has involved a great number of people on our team both within the university and then within Harpoon Medical, as well as our colleagues in Europe to bring this device from an idea which was asked more than a decade ago into a clinical experience.     It really rose out of our recognition in particularly my own practice that virtually, every patient with degenerative mitral regurgitation could be fixed with ePTFE or Gore-Tex neo-chords, and the question became how can we place neo chords on a prolapsed mitral leaflets without doing open heart surgery?     We begin working on that in the laboratory a number of years ago and went through a variety of prototypes, and ultimately, came up with this idea where we could use a 3 millimeter shafted instrument with a specially designed wrap of Gore-Tex on a 21-gauge needle such that we could land on the underside of the mitral leaflet, deploy device, and create a specially designed knot on the atrial surface of the leaflet, and that would anchor the ePTFE on the leaflet. We could repeat that a few times transapically and then adjust the length of those chords in real time using transesophageal echo guidance.     We got this to work in the laboratory and we had hoped that we would have some modest success in humans, but we've been quite pleasantly surprised that it has just worked and we've outlines this initial clinical experience in the manuscript.   Speaker 1: First of all, I'd just like to pick up on the point that this is degenerative mitral regurgitation, so this is limited to the primary mitral regurgitation, not secondary?   James: That's correct and we know that right now, at least in North America, that two-thirds of mitral valve operations are done for degenerative disease. That's correct.   Speaker 1: I think a lot of the audience out there is going to be wondering how this new technique compares to the MitraClip. Could you tell us a little bit more about that?   James: I do MitraClip as well, so I think I'm well positioned to comment on the differences. The Harpoon device right now is still in operation. It does require a small one or two-inch incision. We anticipate it's going to be a thoracoscopic approach in the very near future and then, beyond that, we would hope to extend it to a transcatheter approach. That's one difference.     The MitraClip now is certainly across the world. It's used predominantly for functional mitral regurgitation. In our own experience, it seems to work best for functional mitral regurgitation and as you know, there are anatomic limitations for MitraClip in degenerative disease. The MiraClip replicates the LCRA surgical approach and I think what we've learned from all the less invasive approaches to treat mitral valve disease is that we have to respect what we've learned from our surgical experience, and we know that the LCRA approach works best when it's combined with an annuplasty ring, and certainly, the MitraClip, again, is mostly this perfunctional MR.     Another point I'd bring up is that the experience with MitraClip has been that when you place a MitraClip, you get a fairly strong fibrous reaction and in most of the series, it's not been possible to then go back and surgical repair the valve, but you have to do a replacement because you've compromised the leaflets. Our own approach were simply putting Gore-Tex sutures in the leaflets and we believe that one advantage is that we're not burning any bridges, and that you can go back and do an open repair of you had to.     In our experience, you asked about our results, we had great results in 10 out of 11 of our patients. One patient did require a reoperation. Actually, one of the chords had come untied on the surface in that patient. We were able to go ahead and do a repair and we saw as we had anticipated it based on our animal experience, there was not much compromised to the leaflets.     One of the advantages of our approach is that we can titrate the length to the Gore-Tex chords to optimize the amount of coaptation and maximize the quality of the repair, and that's something that we can't do an open cardiac surgery, and one of the challenges of mitral valve repair is that you have to figure out how long to make those chords while the heart is arrested and placid, and that's one of the challenges in why mitral valve repair is certainly some degree of an art to doing that.     What we've found is that the imager is incredibly important, and so we've teamed up with our echocardiography colleagues, and they really provide essential input into the procedure, and it's done not looking directly at the valve, but looking up at the screens. I think as surgeons, with this procedure, we're moving more into almost becoming interventionalists.   Speaker 1: Thank you, James. That was so exciting. Tim, I have to bring you into this now. Now that James has said they're becoming like the interventionalist. Back to my original comment of TAVR and aortic stenosis, are we witnessing history in the making now? You invited an editorial by Dr. Michael Mack and his title was very provocative, Transcatheter Treatment of Mitral Valve Disease. Is it deja vu all over again? What are your thoughts?   Tim: I think this is an exciting report and I think that this is the wave of the future. I agree completely with Michael Mack that we are beginning to see interventions for mitral valve disease that are effective, less invasive, in some instances catheter based, but this is just the beginning. In fact, mitral valve disease is somewhat more complex even than aortic stenosis, but this type of experience and the ingenuity and the technical prowess, and the ability to do this minimally, invasively, and so on really portend a whole new era.     I agree with Jim. This is sort of the common ground between the interventional structural cardiologist and the surgeon, and we're becoming even more entwined, more collaborative, and more mutually supportive. We are in a new era and I think over those next decade or so, we're going to see this and similar, and even different procedures tried and proven to be useful for the variety of mitral valve disorders that we encounter. Perhaps the era of the full sternotomy for fairly straightforward, single, focused operations will become something of a thing of the past.   Speaker 1: That's beautifully put. James, with that comment, what are the next steps?   James: As we said in the manuscript, this isn't barely experience and we're continuing to learn as we move [inaudible 00:17:07] to the clinical arena. We are currently in the midst of a CE Mark trial in Europe. We rolled it out to eight separate centers. As we approve clinical experience, we will learn more about precisely which patients work best with this approach and we will accrue longer term data. We now have a number of patient out to a year with stable results and so, as the numbers go up, we'll do that, and then we anticipate a randomized trial in the United States in the early to mid portion of 2017 where we'll compare this approach to conventional open cardiac surgery.   Speaker 1: That's fantastic. Thank you so much to both of you, gentlemen, for joining me on our podcast today.   Tim: Thank you.   James: Thank you.   Speaker 1: You've been listening to Circulation on the Run. Thank you for joining us this week and don't forget to tune in next week.