Podcasts about Captain Ahab

THOMAS TRANG chats to Paul Burke about Dark Neon Dirt, LA heists, Caravaggio, Hollywood money, Elmore Leonard and Andor.DARK NEON DIRT Shaun Nguyen is a Vietnamese war orphan who made it to America. But danger was never far behind – from the Chinatown gangs he ran with in New York, to his years in Iraq dodging bullets and defusing bombs. Nguyen learnt how to survive. By all means necessary.Now he's a high-end thief in Los Angeles. One of the best, but smart enough to know he's living on borrowed time. Then a job goes sideways, leaving bodies on the Hollywood Freeway, stolen diamonds in his pocket, and a target on his back.Which gets the attention of Thomas Monroe, an LAPD lieutenant who's been hunting Nguyen for years. Captain Ahab with a gun and badge, plus his own dirty secrets closing in on him fast. The two of them are set on a collision course – a thief who won't be caught and the cop who doesn't miss.Not exactly the quiet life Nguyen is after, especially now he's met a mysterious woman who's landed in town. They fall for each other hard. A gallerist living in France who used to be with the FBI's Art Crime Team. Able to spot forgeries a mile off, but she hasn't figured him out yet.So once he wraps up this business with the diamonds, Nguyen is done with the game. The problem is she's not quite done with the FBI.Welcome to the City of Angels – where everyone has an angle.Thomas Trang is a French/Vietnamese writer currently living in the UK after stints in Australia, New York, and Singapore. His stories have previously appeared in FutureQuake, Full House Literary and the Revolutions 2 anthology. He is currently working on a SF trilogy which mixes cyberpunk with the gritty realpolitik of The Wire and Cold War spy fiction.Mentions: Army of Shadows (Fr. Film), Dennis Lehane, Michael Clayton (Am. Film), Sarah Paretsky, Don De Lillo, Hunter (Fr. TV)  Miami Vice (TV show), Ilyn Welch.Recommendations Paul Burke writes for Monocle Magazine, Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network, Punk Noir Magazine (fiction contribution). He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2025. His first book An Encyclopedia of  Spy Fiction will be out early 2026.Produced by Junkyard DogProduced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023 & 2024 & National Crime Reading Month& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 20242024 Slaughterfest,

We opened the episode with a continuation of our Villains Month coverage, diving into the more nuanced territory of morally gray characters. In this third week, we shifted from examining outright villains to exploring the blurred lines between villains and antiheroes.While often confusing, this distinction can help deepen our understanding of literary characters and narrative structure. We discussed how selfish motives and chaotic actions typically define villains, whereas antiheroes may lack traditional heroic qualities but are still driven by noble or relatable goals.What Is On Our NightstandsBefore diving into the main theme, we shared what's currently on our nightstands. Arthur has just finished Transmentation | Transcience by Darkly Lem, a multi-universe sci-fi thriller recently released by Blackstone Publishing. He's moving on to Rhino: The Rise of a Warrior by Nicholas Sainsbury Smith, which is being described as a Conan-meets-Mad-Max-style story set in the Hell Divers universe. A book review will be published soon.Meaghan, on the other hand, is juggling a few books. She's reading an advanced copy of When She Was Gone by Sarah Foster, a psychological thriller that explores family estrangement and disappearance through multiple POVs.She's also in the early chapters of Grady Hendrix's Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, which touches on the dark history of homes for “troubled” girls, wrapped in Hendrix's signature dark humor. Additionally, she's reading Scythe and Sparrow by Brynn Weaver on her subway commutes - the final installment in the Ruinous Love trilogy, known for its dark romance and black comedy. The first book, Butcher and Blackbird, is even getting a film adaptation.Defining Villains vs. AntiheroesOur main discussion centered around defining the differences between villains and antiheroes. We agreed that villains are typically characterized by outright selfishness, chaos, and harm with little to no regard for others. They oppose the protagonist and often revel in destruction or dominance.Antiheroes, in contrast, may lack traditional heroic qualities - like moral clarity, compassion, or honor - but are usually driven by a personal code or a higher, sometimes noble, purpose. Their actions might be questionable, but their motives often aim toward the greater good. For example, they may take morally ambiguous paths to achieve just ends.We used Patrick Bateman from American Psycho and Joe Goldberg from You to illustrate this line. While both offer internal justifications for their actions, we agree that their intentions and outcomes mark them more as villains than antiheroes. They may rationalize what they do, but ultimately their actions are self-serving and destructive.Another great example we discussed was Zayden from Fourth Wing. Though initially perceived as a villain by the protagonist, Violet, his motivations are revealed to be much more layered, shifting his status into antihero territory. Similar shifts occur in characters like Rhysand from ACOTAR, who is misunderstood early on but ultimately acts with benevolent intentions.The Complexity of Character Roles in Narrative StructureWe examined how literary structure, especially multiple POV storytelling, can alter our perceptions of characters. With multiple viewpoints, we often gain deeper insight into the inner motivations of a character who might otherwise appear villainous from another perspective.Meaghan made the point that antiheroes don't need to be the main character. In stories with multiple perspectives, an antihero can be a supporting or secondary character whose actions significantly impact the narrative, even if they're not the protagonist.We discussed characters like Captain Ahab from Moby Dick, Jay Gatsby, and Shakespearean figures like Macbeth and Hamlet. These figures blur the lines between heroism and villainy by embodying both admirable and damning traits. Captain Ahab is fueled by vengeance but is also driven by deeper human emotions, while Gatsby's immoral actions are motivated by love and longing.We touched on how world-building can influence a character's perceived morality. In tightly defined universes, a single action might shift a character from hero to villain or vice versa. The broader and more complex the setting, the easier it becomes to justify or criticize those actions.Modern Obsession with Antiheroes and Reader RelatabilityA recurring theme in our talk was the rising popularity of antiheroes, especially in BookTok communities and modern literature. Meaghan emphasized how modern readers are drawn to nuanced characters who reflect the gray morality of real life. Straightforward good-versus-evil narratives feel outdated to many readers who want complexity and inner conflict in their characters.Romance novels, particularly dark romance, often play with this dynamic. Characters like Zade Meadows from Haunting Adeline or those in Lights Out by Navetta Allen operate with morally questionable methods but are driven by well-intentioned motives, making them compelling and controversial at the same time.We also reflected on Joe Goldberg's character arc and how the show's clever use of internal narration makes viewers uncomfortably sympathetic toward someone who is clearly a villain. This blurring creates tension and complicates our engagement with the story, prompting us to question our moral compass.Characters like Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones were also mentioned. While initially self-serving, he evolves over the series into someone with more noble intentions, even if he doesn't fit the typical heroic mold. He shifts from a villain to a morally gray character and eventually a reluctant hero in some people's eyes.Genre Examples and Pop Culture InfluenceWe highlighted how genres like comic books and dark fantasy frequently feature antiheroes. Characters like Deadpool, Daredevil, The Punisher, and Batman exemplify this model. These characters challenge traditional morality, often operating outside the law but still striving to uphold a personal sense of justice. Meaghan noted that even characters like Geralt from The Witcher are often misclassified as antiheroes when they may just be grumpy or reluctant heroes.Arthur brought up the Murderbot Diaries as another upcoming example - an android that hacks its programming to gain autonomy while also occasionally killing humans. It's complex, emotionally resonant, and set to become an Apple TV series.We also briefly touched on Silo's Juliet, who represents a reluctant hero more than an antihero. Her role highlights how characters are shaped by the world around them and are often pulled into heroism unwillingly.We examined situations where antiheroes may shift into villain territory, such as Tamlin from ACOTAR, whose descent into darker behavior between books one and two sparked significant conversation among readers. While some hope for redemption, others see the character's trajectory as complete.Finally, we discussed how some stories allow villains or antiheroes to win. Meaghan noted that this feels more realistic because, in life, good doesn't always triumph. These narratives, while less conventional, often leave a more lasting impact on readers.Final Thoughts and What's NextWe wrapped up by affirming our shared preference for morally complex characters over one-dimensional heroes or villains. Antiheroes, with their flaws, motivations, and layered choices, make for more engaging narratives. Readers want characters that mirror real-life complexity, and antiheroes offer that depth in spades.In the closing segment, we teased our next episode, where we'll focus on different portrayals of a famously adapted villain character across books, films, and shows. We plan to compare portrayals, potentially do a ranking, and analyze how this character has changed across time and mediums.In the meantime, we encouraged listeners to check out our latest reviews and ARCs on our website, FullyBooked.ca, and subscribe to the Bookish newsletter to stay up to date with all our content.

Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and sci-fi producer, Ryan T. Husk review and react to Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 5, episode 4, "Silicon Avatar"Producer: Ryan T. HuskAudio Engineer: Scott JensenExecutive Producer:Jason OkunAssociate Producers:Dr. Ann Marie Segal        Eve England Yvette Blackmon-TomTJ Jackson-BeyTitus MohlerDr. Mohamed Noor Anil O. Polat    Joe Balsarotti Mike Gu Dr. Stephanie BakerCarrie SchwentFaith HowellEdward FoltzMatt BoardmanChris McGee Justin WeirJake Barrett Henry Unger Allyson Leach-HeidJulie Manasfi Jed Thompson Dr. Susan V. Gruner Glenn Iverson  Dave Gregory Chris Sternet Greg K Wickstrom Cassandra Girard Chuck A.Chris Garis Special Thanks to Malissa LongoEvery week, we rewatch an episode of The Next Generation, relive and review it. Join us!Rewatch TNG every week and get in on the discussion - we'd love to have you!If you enjoy our content please leave us a five star rating and comment/review.Support and join the community here:https://www.patreon.com/The7thRuleWatch the episodes with full video here:https://www.youtube.com/c/The7thRuleSocial media:https://twitter.com/7thRulehttps://www.facebook.com/The7thRule/https://www.facebook.com/groups/The7thRulehttps://www.instagram.com/the7thrule/Get cool T7R merchandise here:https://the-7th-rule.creator-spring.com/Malissa Longo creates fun and functional Star Trek art at:https://theintrovertedrepublic.com/Get radical Trek swag at Ryan's online store here: https://star-trek-and-chill.myshopify.com/We continue The 7th Rule journey without our friend, our brother, Aron Eisenberg.He is still with us in spirit, in stories, in laughter, and in memories, and the show must go on.

Welcome to Issue 261 of Critical Encounters, a podcast about Marvel Champions, a Living Card Game by Fantasy Flight Games. Here we take a good look at that most critical piece of the game, the Encounter Sets. We'll discuss those poorly understood characters, unfairly labeled Villains, and their various plans to shape humanity and benefit the planet, as well as those so-called heroes intent on thwarting them. In this villain issue we look at Unus Part II, the first scenario of the AoO box. You can find us on Discord as: Vardaen, bigfomlof, ScarleyRhodey Email us at: criticalencounterspod@gmail.com Follow us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/criticalencounterspod/ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg-r6-EooHoJGa1RRsH7i3w Find our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/criticalencounterspodcast Find our Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vardaen You can also find our Discord Channel on the Marvel Champions Monthly Discord Server. “You cannot hide from me Mutant” -- Ahab "The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. Over unsounded gorges, through the rifled hearts of mountains, under torrents' beds, unerringly I rush!" - Captain Ahab, Moby Dick  

The President's caddy is inspecting beef. ALSO: Some guy who thinks he's Captain Ahab is building the shiniest building in Tennesee. PLUS: The Crofton Brush Company, and a song of the week from Talk Talk!!!Talk Talk - "Life's What You Make It": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G42rmPvbbUCold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCroftonChannel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.com

How To Hook Into Your Audiences' Emotions. In this compelling and illuminating episode, Chris Ryan and Alex Simmons delve into the intricate world of flawed heroes and captivating villains by deeply analyzing classic and modern narratives.  They look at how a character's actions, flaws, and backstory trigger emotions in your audience. Buckle up as they unveil the storytelling secrets behind such iconic characters as Doc Savage, Captain Ahab, and Frohdo, to name a few.  The boys explore the moral and emotional evolution of the characters' complexity over the decades. Have any questions, comments, or suggestions? Then please leave them in the Comments Section. Write: TTDSOnAir@gmail.com And follow us on ... ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Tell The Damn Story⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.TellTheDamnStory.com www.Facebook.com/Tell The Damn Story⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube.com/ Tell The Damn Story⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you're enjoying these episodes, take a moment to help wet our whistle and click on the link to ... ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Me A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠!⁠⁠⁠⁠

A familiar figure from children's fiction inspires Vieves to look for commercials featuring literary icons. From Mr. Darcy selling beer to Captain Ahab selling car insurance, it's an English major's fever dream. Plus, Coca Cola ruins Christmas. Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week's show: Etsy - Waldo https://youtu.be/5CNd2DFWLv8?si=ufbCxhE3G_EonA5q LIttle Caesars - Save like Scrooge https://www.ispot.tv/ad/qsoW/little-caesars-pizza-hot-n-ready-slices-n-stix-save-like-scrooge Mercedes Benz - Ebenezer https://www.ispot.tv/ad/q_lj/2022-mercedes-benz-eqs-holidays-scrooge-t1 Heineken - Pride & Prejudice https://youtu.be/Z3qSBOL0uOk?si=Gyk1zjgO1I8kEQ_9 BPA Appliance Efficiency - The Case of the Blue Clue https://youtu.be/jMOReJ8VQgM?si=BeHXCtdMEla_I0V2 American Dental Association - Don Quixote https://youtu.be/uQAjZCAvczE?si=y-MVfv3GA0Q7YyK6&t=11 Kentucky Fried Chicken - Tom Sawyer https://youtu.be/x-GLhcFocQI?si=917QvYbatPiLqibu Alka Seltzer - Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde https://youtu.be/_HPfwQwhVKI?si=3_tDxYJOKAr72DYF Geico - Captain Ahab https://www.ispot.tv/ad/t_6J/geico-captain-ahab-looks-for-parking Uber for teens account - haircut https://youtu.be/zdhzq3o17mA?si=Ma9cvs7siX0sL8h4 Coca-Cola's Holiday Ads Trade the ‘Real Thing' for Generative A.I. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/style/coca-cola-holiday-ads-ai.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb&ngrp=mnp&pvid=5A221D47-B066-4A2D-B44C-B49E42013CFE Coca Cola - AI generated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RSTupbfGog

Ray Bradbury, BBC Radio 3 | Leviathan 99 | May 4, 1968Waiter Fitzgerald and who tells the poetic prophetic story of the rocket ship and her crew commanded by a blinded captain, crazed like Herman Melville's Captain Ahab, hurtling through space to intercept the terrible white Moby Dick-like comet Leviathan. On the rocket base Crew of the Cetus 7 Technical direction by Harry Catlin Adapted for stereophony and produced by H. B. FORTUIN Robert Eddison is in 'The Importance of Being Earnest at the Hay-market Theatre. London Second broadcast followed by an interlude at 7.40: : : : :My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA -- VARIETY X ARMED FORCES -- THE COMPLETE ORSON WELLES .Subscribing is free and you'll receive new post notifications. Also, if you have a moment, please give a 4-5 star rating and/or write a 1-2 sentence positive review on your preferred service -- that would help me a lot.Thank you for your support.https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr#scifiradio #oldtimeradio #otr #radiotheater #radioclassics #bbcradio #raybradbury #twilightzone #horror #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #horrorclassics #xminusone #sciencefiction #duaneotr:::: :

Nick and Kyle recap the week in Heathcliff! We also discuss Christmas decorations, Moby Dick, and glasses! Send us feedback on twitter @HeathcliffRecap or send us an email at HeathcliffRecap@gmail.com! Our theme song is Heathcliff's Meat Song by Louie Zong! Check him out at louiezong.com. Comics featured in the episode: November 16, 2024: https://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff/2024/11/16 November 18 2024: https://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff/2024/11/18 November 19, 2024: https://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff/2024/11/19 November 20, 2024: https://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff/2024/11/20 November 21, 2024: https://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff/2024/11/21 November 22, 2024: https://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff/2024/11/22

Call us Captain Ahab this week because we just landed a White Whale. In part one of a two-part episode, we're diving as deep as we can into the career of Philip Seymour Hoffman. From his work with Paul Thomas Anderson to blockbuster fare such as Twister and all the way to his 2005 Oscar win for Capote, Hoffman was one of the greatest actors of the late 20th and early 21st Century and it's an honour to cover him for our fifth birthday.  Andrew Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Twitter: @StephenPorzio I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Andrew Carroll and Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. Licence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(Jonah 1:1-17 & Mark 4:37-41) The story of Jonah looks like its all about a whale swallowing a man who someone survives in its belly for three days. This impossible scenario is about so much more than that. Hear how the whale, like Captain Ahab in Moby Dick, is really all about revenge (Make Believe 3/4).

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Get ready to dive into the deep end with We Didn't Read It as we tackle Herman Melville's classic novel, "Moby Dick!" This week, we're setting sail on a comedic voyage through Captain Ahab's obsessive quest for revenge against the legendary white whale. Join us as we navigate the turbulent waters of 19th-century whaling, poking fun at the highs and lows of life at sea, and laughing our way through one of literature's greatest tales of obsession and adventure. Don't miss this hilarious take on a timeless classic!

There's something about gazing out a body of water that goes to the horizon that reminds you of the vast inhumanness of so much of the planet. I was struck by that last summer at the Indiana Dunes, on the shore of Lake Michigan. When the water rises up to the horizon like that, filling your vision, it's not hard to imagine the existential panic Captain Ahab's youngest sailor felt when he went overboard in a whale fight. The rest of the crew went off chasing the whale, and there he was, bobbing up and down with nothing but ocean around. Don't worry, he got rescued, but in the hour he was alone in the ocean, something changed in him. While he had floated there, surrounded on all sides by undulating water ready to engulf him, “The sea had jeeringly kept his body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul.” I was less likely to be engulfed by the inhuman expanse of the sea because I was on the shore, surrounded by giant umbrellas, beach balls, and plenty of sunscreened humans. Plus, out at the farthest edge of the coast, I could see the smokestacks of the steel industry. They're strangely grounding, those giant structures at the edge of my vision. The sight kept the infinite of my soul from drowning, but probably because it felt like they were jeering at me. Sometimes if you want to be acknowledged, jeering is what you settle for. The smokestacks reminded me of another way I'm engulfed – we're all engulfed: in a world run by fossil fuels. Which is not great. Not just because they're heating the planet up. Also because fossil fuel production takes land, and labor, and leaves an immense amount of pollution in the communities that surround it. Jeering might be the right word, too, for how those smokestacks relate to the region around them. The Dunes are in the Calumet Region, which also includes cities like Gary, Hammond, and Michigan city – cities dominated, according to scholar and writer Ava Tomasula y Garcia, by smokestacks and “air you can see and taste because it's so dirty.” The region was dominated for over a century by some of the dirtiest industries in the world. Not too long ago, Ava published an article about all this in Belt Magazine. She tells the story of the oil and gas industry in Indiana, and considers how its influence continues to shape the region. It was because of that article that I wanted to talk with her. Ava is a graduate student in Anthropology at Columbia University, where she's focused on medical anthropology. Specifically, she's interested in undiagnosable illness that people living in the Rust Belt and the Calumet Region link to industrial toxicity. These are not “monumental” illness like cancer and asthma but things that are much harder to diagnose, like brain fog and nausea. I hope to have her on again to talk about that research. Today's episode, though, is about how the geology of the region ended up shaping its industrial development, which also shaped its social history – who moved to the region, how race and labor struggles played out, and how regions like the Calumet, often known these days as the “Rust Belt,” are more complex than that term implies. And after that, we go back through the archives of our classified ads, to remember what used to be for sale. Music Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.

The 2024 Record Store Day is in the books. We had a variety of RSD exclusive releases in mind when we set out this past weekend morn. One particular platter was the '77 Ennio Morricone "Orca" soundtrack. The flick is an old fave about a vengeful killer whale seeking revenge on the fisherman that slaughtered his family. We obsessed over this record, bouncing from shop to shop. Kind of a real life Captain Ahab as he obsessed over his elusive whale in classic novel "Moby Dick". Just call us Ismael. Was RSD a success for you? Do you find your booty? In our "News, Views and Tunes", we pay tribute to two legends and announce the 2024 This Is Hardcore fest. Musically, crank some Witchfinder General, Cold As Life, ACXDC, Pentagram (Chile), Seth, Castle Rat and we introduce Quebec bashers Backstabber in our "Indie Spotlight". Horns Up!

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1169, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: What'S The Gossip? 1: In the 1950s the New York Evening this newspaper became a tabloid and "National" , eventually moving to Florida. the Enquirer. 2: The name of the tabloid website and TV show TMZ refers to a 30-mile zone centering on this major city. Los Angeles. 3: This word also used for gossip is a drinking fountain aboard ship. a scuttlebutt. 4: In 1977 Rupert Murdoch launched a gossip column originally found at and named for this page of the New York Post. Page Six. 5: Famous feuding gossip columnists in the golden age of Hollywood were Louella Parsons and this alliterative lady. Hedda Hopper. Round 2. Category: Starbuck 1: Starbuck was a native of this Massachusetts island, like that man in the limerick. Nantucket. 2: Starbuck serves as chief mate aboard the Pequod in the most famous work by this author. Herman Melville ("Moby Dick"). 3: Starbuck openly spoke against this captain's mad quest. Captain Ahab. 4: Because Starbuck was a member of this religious group, anyone on board could call him "Friend". Quakers (Society of Friends). 5: "I will have no man in my boat", said Starbuck, "who is not afraid of" one of these. Whale. Round 3. Category: New Country 1: The 2 Saudi-adjacent countries called this (Aden) and this (Sanaa) merged in 1990 to form a new nation. North and South Yemen. 2: With independence in 1993, Eritrea made Ethiopia landlocked, cutting off its access to this sea. the Red Sea. 3: A 24-year armed conflict led to the independence of this nation from South Africa in 1990. Namibia. 4: Until 1994 the nation of Palau was part of this "small" Pacific island group. Micronesia. 5: Russia and China do not recognize the sovereignty of this Muslim majority nation that broke away from Serbia in 2008. Kosovo. Round 4. Category: Something'S Looming Over Me 1: In the state of Querétaro, this country's largest monolith looms over the town of Bernal. Mexico. 2: In Norwich, England it's Norwich Castle, which for 500 years was repurposed as this type of institution, for sure using its keep. a prison. 3: Historic cog railway line and all, in Manitou Springs, Colorado it's this peak that looms. Pikes Peak. 4: Looming over San Francisco, this landmark that opened in 1972 was sold in 2020 for the first time. the Transamerica Pyramid. 5: The cliffs of the Dodecanese Islands, a popular place for rock climbers, loom over this sea. the Aegean. Round 5. Category: Harry Potter And The Chapter Titles 1: In book 1,"The blank Hat". Sorting. 2: In book 4,"The blank World Cup". Quidditch. 3: In book 6,her "Helping Hand". Hermione. 4: In book 7,"The Elder blank". Wand. 5: In book 2,"The Whomping blank". Willow. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Ahoy for the last time, me hearties! In this episode we cover Moby Dick from chapter 102 until the bitter, watery end.  Ishmael finally reveals why Captain Ahab is so obsessed with Moby Dick, we finally discover the fate of pretty much the entire crew of the Pequod, and Moby Dick finally deigns to grace the page.Jackie does her Bob Dylan impression against our will. Rachel solves a fabulous mystery. Bekah trudges up and down a mountain. Topics include: free range Beastie Boys, Mario Mario and Luigi Mario, the wagon of sobriety, Mr. Worldwide's new look, the absolute best hairstyle for a man, the location of the soul, the Cavity Queen, the most secret Filipino of all, Moomin Quest, and whether you should wash your legs (yes). ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It's the first episode of 2024, and you know what that means - it's time for our New Year's Resolution special! Join us as we look back at the failures (and successes) of 2023 and set new goals for the coming year!

Come join our book club and listen as we read Akino Matsuri's horror stories, one that is about a mermaid. Another about a family that move into a house that has a dark history. And a woman who seems to have looks, fame and fortune, as well as mysterious past. Skip plot synopsis @3:34   Email: WeAppreciateManga@Gmail.com   133: Petshop of Horrors vol. 8 By Akino Matsuri Translation by Tomoharu Iwo and James Lucas Jones Lettering by Nunu Ngien     D goes to a beach resort with Leon and Chris. Leon is there only to pick up ladies but when Chris and D help a girl find a lost ear-ring they are rewarded a boat trip by the girl's grandfather, a man who spends his years chasing a mermaid he once saw at a young age.   A violent wave hits the boat causing D to fall overboard, when they find D washed up on shore, he does not seem to be his usual self.  D only recognises the girl's grandfather, calling him Shido, which is odd because Shido did not give out his name.  The next day D predicts a volcano erupting, all islanders set out to sea but they lose D once again. The next time they find D he is with a mermaid, having had a body swap experience, D is now back into his own body.  Having been saved previously by the mermaid, he was able to repay the favour by letting her reunite with her long-lost love, Shido, whom had no memory of her, since the only way he can keep his memories is if he stays with the mermaid. They leave Shido behind with her, but unfortunately for Leon this means he will forget the existence of mermaids.   The second story involves an entire family who have recently moved in to a new house. The family enter the pet shop looking to buy one however they do not seem to agree on what pet they want. The Count ends up choosing a pet for them that just so happens to appear to each family member as the pet that they originally wanted, for example, to the grandmother it appears as a cat but to the youngest son it appears as a gecko, D names the pet Tenko (or Tiān hú / Ten-chan depending on whichever translation) but the rest of the family bicker about what new name to give it.   One lonely girl in the family sees Ten-chan as a human, and it becomes clear that the pet favours this girl who seems down in spirit and isolated from the family. In truth the girl is a ghost, a part of the family that previously owned the house. D, having a sense of what's up checks with the police and visits the house. When he arrives, there is a house fire, the family escape except for their pet, who stays inside with the ghost. D comes to save Ten-chan who as it turns out, is a kitsune (a mythical nine-tailed fox), but not before they exorcise the ghost and let her pass on to the other side.   In the story “Deja-vu” D lets Chris decide what pet to give to a woman who seems to have everything. Searching the pet shop, he sees the child like ghosts of twin sisters, Meanwhile the detective Leon discovers the woman patron to be a missing person, long thought to be dead and intends to reunite the woman with her sister. When the time comes for the woman to meet her pet, she is forced to confront her inner child. Or as D calls it, a beautiful bird.     Note: The bonus chapter ‘Flowers, Detective and the Detective's Little Brother' will be spoken about on a later episode of our podcast which will cover all bonus chapters.   Topics:   ·       The mute character Chris and the use of children and other side characters functioning as plot devices. ·       For more Mermaid lore, check out A Book on Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders, and on the Other Spirits, a treatise by Paracelsus (Theophrastus von Hohenheim) The 1819 French fantasy novella, Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué and ‘The Little Mermaid' by Hans Christian Anderson, and there is also Bloody Mary in the Mirror: Essays in Psychoanalytic Folkloristics. ·       Video that shows the Cresta mall mermaid incident in Johannesburg ·       https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bloody-Mary-Mirror-Psychoanalytic-Folkloristics/dp/1604731877  Bloody Mary in the Mirror: Essays in Psychoanalytic Folkloristics   Historical, scientific, and cultural references:   ·       Shido as a character is an homage to Captain Ahab from Moby Dick. Shido is chasing a mermaid believing it to be a portent of doom, its appearance being a bad omen. In truth the mermaid has pre-cognition and the power to change a person's memory as well as save those from the disasters she predicts. They are very similar in that Captain Ahab and Shido both own boats, have scars that remind them of a perceived injustice and an obsession that leads them to chase. For Ahab it is the white whale, for Shido it is the mermaid. ·       The Déjà vu story shares a certain similarity to Truman Capote's novel ‘Breakfast at Tiffany's' in that Holly Golightly is a woman who flees her family to become a wealthy socialite in New York. Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe too, who was born Norma Jean Mortensen with her natural hair being a curly red and not her iconic straight blonde, she would defy her husband Jim Dougherty to pursue a career in showbusiness, albeit (and by his own account) he was initially supportive of her ambition until it became clear that she had to be single to get a contract in Hollywood.     Facebook Instagram Twitter/X Official Website   Email

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In Herman Melville's Moby Dick, we meet Captain Ahab for the first time long after the Pequod has left Nantucket. “There was,” says Melville's Ishmael, “an infinity of firmest fortitude, a determinate, unsurrenderable wilfulness, in the fixed and fearless, forward dedication of that glance. Not a word he spoke; nor did his officers say aught to him; though by all their minutest gestures and expressions, they plainly showed the uneasy, if not painful, consciousness of being under a troubled master-eye. And not only that, but moody stricken Ahab stood before them with a crucifixion in his face; in all the nameless regal overbearing dignity of some mighty woe." Dr. Virginia Arbery has taught Moby Dick for years is, once again, reading it with our Wyoming Catholic College seniors many of whom are introduced to the book and Captain Ahab for the first time.

There may be some dated or downright silly elements of Cutter's Way, Ivan Passer's 1981 mystery—but what's great about it outweighs any of its clumsiness and stays in the viewer's memory. Not enough people know about John Heard's performance as the unhinged, unlikable, yet undeniably compelling Alex Cutter; this film without any scenes of military conflict is one of the best about Vietnam. Join Mike and Dan for a conversation about the ways in which the title character resembles Captain Ahab physically, emotionally, and psychologically; how the film uses and then abandons Hollywood conventions; and the ways in which a convoluted murder plot doesn't detract from complicated issues of heroism, friendship, and justice. So jump on that white horse and give it a listen! One of our favorite memoirs of Vietnam is Things I'll Never Forget: Memories of a Marine in Vietnam. Thom Jones's short story collection The Pugilist at Rest contains incredible fiction about the war (and would, we imagine, be admired by Alex Cutter). Follow us on X or Letterboxd. Incredible bumper music by John Deley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

There may be some dated or downright silly elements of Cutter's Way, Ivan Passer's 1981 mystery—but what's great about it outweighs any of its clumsiness and stays in the viewer's memory. Not enough people know about John Heard's performance as the unhinged, unlikable, yet undeniably compelling Alex Cutter; this film without any scenes of military conflict is one of the best about Vietnam. Join Mike and Dan for a conversation about the ways in which the title character resembles Captain Ahab physically, emotionally, and psychologically; how the film uses and then abandons Hollywood conventions; and the ways in which a convoluted murder plot doesn't detract from complicated issues of heroism, friendship, and justice. So jump on that white horse and give it a listen! One of our favorite memoirs of Vietnam is Things I'll Never Forget: Memories of a Marine in Vietnam. Thom Jones's short story collection The Pugilist at Rest contains incredible fiction about the war (and would, we imagine, be admired by Alex Cutter). Follow us on X or Letterboxd. Incredible bumper music by John Deley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There may be some dated or downright silly elements of Cutter's Way, Ivan Passer's 1981 mystery—but what's great about it outweighs any of its clumsiness and stays in the viewer's memory. Not enough people know about John Heard's performance as the unhinged, unlikable, yet undeniably compelling Alex Cutter; this film without any scenes of military conflict is one of the best about Vietnam. Join Mike and Dan for a conversation about the ways in which the title character resembles Captain Ahab physically, emotionally, and psychologically; how the film uses and then abandons Hollywood conventions; and the ways in which a convoluted murder plot doesn't detract from complicated issues of heroism, friendship, and justice. So jump on that white horse and give it a listen! One of our favorite memoirs of Vietnam is Things I'll Never Forget: Memories of a Marine in Vietnam. Thom Jones's short story collection The Pugilist at Rest contains incredible fiction about the war (and would, we imagine, be admired by Alex Cutter). Follow us on X or Letterboxd. Incredible bumper music by John Deley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film

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Host Meg Wolitzer presents three stories featuring famous villains, real and fictional. A woman writes a letter to a former president—now residing in Hell—in “Thank You, Mr. Nixon,” by Gish Jen, performed by Cindy Cheung. And a man in recovery faces off against a former Roman leader with a really bad rep in "Playing Ping-Pong with Pontius Pilate" by Greg Ames, performed by Nate Corddry. Finally, Moby Dick has a say in its own epic in “Captain Ahab, A Novel by the White Whale,” by Paul West, performed by Diane Venora. Author Gish Jen provides on-stage commentary about her work.

Feeling tired? Join Geoffrey by the fire for another classic tale - tonight, we sail the tropical 19th Century seas in search of history's most famous whale. Stretch out your sea-legs and step aboard the ship with Captain Ahab in an adventurous passage to another place and time. Love Night Falls?

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Sherlock Holmes matched wits with Moriarty and Captain Ahab battled his great white whale. Who challenged Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers the most during their over 40 years doing Car Talk, you ask? Not Chrysler's legal team, nor the FCC. No, it was a 13-year-old twerp from Seattle named Melissa. Her first appearance here on this episode of the Best of Car Talk. And if you want to listen to more Car Talk, sign up for Car Talk+! Car Talk+ is the easiest way for fans to access more than 800 Car Talk episodes, wherever you listen to podcasts. Find out more at plus.npr.org/cartalk or find the Car Talk channel in Apple Podcasts.

Was Stockton Rush on a suicide mission when he took four souls with him to see the Titanic down at the ocean's depths in a submersible he must have known was going to fail? A friend and submersible skipper who'd been on Titan and had warned Rush about its flaws — believes he was driven by ego, greed and a pathological need to win, no matter what the cost. It is a story for the ages with Rush in the role of the doomed Captain Ahab. Also — Trish talks about a Toronto high school teacher who killed himself after a brutal encounter with anti-racist training forced on him by the Toronto School Board. And Nigel Farage learns the truth about why he was debanked. It's more absurd than you thought. Support Trish on Substack and stay critical. Premium Episodes: https://trishwood.substack.com/podcast Follow her on Twitter Website: www.trishwoodpodcast.com  Shop: https://www.trishwoodpodcast.com/shop  Leave us a voice message

Avast, savvy cyber-citizens! Are you tired of feeling like Captain Ahab, forever chasing the elusive white whale of data security in the vast sea of our hybrid workspaces? Fear not, for we bring you a trove of invaluable tools to help you battle cyber threats like a seasoned digital pirate! Here are the topics we'll uncover today: Phishing Tips Barracuda Breach Automatic Updates Why First Reasons for Problems Phishing Victims First Ever Electric Vehicle Charging Tesla Other Potential Update Problems Confabulation Real Dangers of AI Our trusted scribe, Craig Peterson, has charted a course to a secure treasure trove of solutions. X marks the spot where you'll discover the power of Password Manager (1Password), the prowess of Malwarebytes in fending off virtual Krakens, and the reliability of Windows System Utilities in keeping your ship sailing smoothly. But heed this warning, me hearties! The depths below are treacherous, with human error lurking beneath the waves, waiting to ensnare unsuspecting sailors. Let us remain vigilant and keep a watchful eye on the horizon! Join me, fellow buccaneers, on an epic quest for cyber security, and you shall never again find yourself shipwrecked on the dangerous digital shoals. Together, we shall conquer the #CyberSecurity challenges of the #HybridWorkplace and uncover priceless #DataTreasures. Read the full article here: The Game of 'Spy the Breach' in a Hybrid Office - Catching Data Thieves with Style You can also catch Craig at the following stations and channels: With Jim Polito at 0836 Tuesdays WTAG AM 580 - FM 94.9  Talk 1200 News Radio 920 & 104.7 FM WHJJ NewsRadio 560 WHYN WXTK Craigs Show Airs 0600 Saturday and Sunday With  Jeff Katz 1630 - Tuesdays WRVA 96.1 FM, 1140 AM   WGAN  Matt Gagnon 0730 Wednesdays Craigs Show Airs 1700 Saturday  WGIR 610 & News Radio 96.7 Chris Ryan 0730 Mondays  Craigs Show Airs 1130 Saturday  On the Internet: Tune-In (WGAN) Radio.com (WRVA) iHeartRadio (WGIR, WTAG, and other stations)

Captain Ahab encounters an old nemesis - a cloud whale that sucks blood for nourishment - and loses himself in the hunt.  Will he break his little ships? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.com Support the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at threadless.com/humanisttrek Socials Mastodon Facebook Instagram Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch

The panel discuss chapters 72–81 and focus particularly upon Ishmael's connexion (literal and figurative) to Queequeg, and the analogous, fated and willed relationships between the Pequod, the crew, Captain Ahab, and across humanity more generally.Continue reading

For years, the "white whale" of Medicare reimbursement has created many "Captain Ahab" impressions among policymakers and professional societies. In a movie script written in the style of George A. Romero, the Radiation Oncology Case Rate Program (ROCR) was unexpectedly published on June 28th, generating significant buzz among the RadOnc (RadMed) community. The model projects $212 million dollars in savings for CMS over a 5-year period but...how? On this "hot take" episode of OOTB, we discuss how one private consulting firm uses the data from another private consulting firm to make some...interesting...economic forecasts. --- Earn free CME for this episode: https://earnc.me/E9XHPi www.becktamd.com www.photonmedia.org Twitter: @drbeckta --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radmed/support

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Few things, even in literature, can really be said to be unique — but Moby Dick is truly unlike anything written before or since. The novel is nominally about the obsessive hunt by the crazed Captain Ahab of the book's eponymous white whale. But interspersed in that story are digressions, paradoxes, philosophical riffs on whaling and life, and a display of techniques so advanced for its time that some have referred to the 1851 Moby Dick as the first “modern” novel. (Summary by Stewart Wills) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/librivox1/support

Star Trek writers go on a mushroom trip and forget almost everything they know about science. Do you experience turbulence in space? What exactly is the scientific definition of “winking out”? It's the episode that sends Captain Ahab across universes to catch his… other… Captain Ahab.  This one is weird, y'all. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.com Support the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at threadless.com/humanisttrek Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (03/15/2023): 3:05pm- On Tuesday, Congressman Jeff Van Drew—Republican representing New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District—held a town hall meeting to address the estimated fourteen whales that have washed up along the Atlantic coast since December 2022. Many environmental experts believe the sudden, drastic uptick in whale deaths is linked to offshore wind development's usage of sonar to map the ocean's floor. Why doesn't New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy do something to halt this disturbing trend? 3:30pm- Rich recaps Congressman Jeff Van Drew's (R-NJ) town hall. PLUS why is NPR bizarrely blaming Atlantic coast whale deaths on lobstermen? 3:50pm- Listener “Groovie Grapes” on Twitter hilariously declares, “Captain Ahab had more compassion for whales than Gov. Murphy.” 4:05pm- On Wednesday, the House Homeland Security Committee held a field hearing in McAllen, Texas to address the crisis currently unfolding at the U.S. Southern border. Amazingly, no Congressional Democrats attended the hearing. Congressman Mark Green (R-TN) vociferously condemned his Democrat colleagues for boycotting the hearing, failing to help “shine a light on the truth,” and ultimately partaking in an unproductive “political stunt." 4:15pm- Following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced they will guarantee all customer deposits—even those exceeding the FDIC's standard $250,000 per depositor guarantee. While speaking on the Senate floor, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) stated: “I'm not going to bubble wrap it…It's a bailout.” 4:30pm- Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo—the Nigerian brothers hired by actor Jussie Smollet to fake a hate crime—spoke with Fox News and provided play-by-play of how the hoax unfolded in January of 2019. 4:45pm- On Tuesday, a Russian Su-27 jet collided with a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone—causing the drone to crash-land in the Black Sea. While speaking with the press, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and General Mark Milley denied that the incident amounted to a potential act of war. According to reports, Russia is now attempting to recover the $32 million U.S. drone. 5:05pm- The Drive at 5: Dr. Wilfred Reilly—Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University & Author of “Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk About”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Stanford Associate Dean of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Tirien Steinbach interrupting a speech being given by Judge Kyle Duncan, a Trump-appointed judge serving on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Steinbach claimed of Judge Duncan's guest lecture, “for many people at the law school…your advocacy, your opinions from the bench, land as absolute disenfranchisement of their rights.” What is happening on college campuses? 5:40pm- James O'Keefe joins The Rich Zeoli Show to announce the launch of his latest media venture—O'Keefe Media Group. The group promises to empower and equip “a movement of thousands of people…with the support of an in-house team of elite journalists to bring factual, unbiased stories to light. Plus, O'Keefe is hassled by CNN live on-air! Learn more about the newly established O'Keefe Media Group here: https://www.okeefemediagroup.com 6:05pm- While appearing on The Daily Show with Kal Penn, President Joe Biden claimed it was “close to sinful” that states like Florida have passed legislation restricting “gender affirming” surgeries on children. PLUS did Kal Penn steal Rich's Buffalo Bill bit? 6:30pm- Momma Zeoli warns Rich to be nice to people… 6:35pm- In his most recent editorial, Reason's Jacob Sullum argues that President Joe Biden “wants to redefine federally licensed gun dealers in service of an ineffective anti-crime strategy.” You can read the full article here: https://reason.com/2023/03/14/bidens-plan-to-unilaterally-expand-background-checks-for-gun-buyers-is-legally-and-logically-dubious/ 6:45pm- Was Brendan Frasier's Academy Award winning performance in “The Whale” fatphobic? Dove soap seems to think so—tweeting: “Stop giving fat suits awards!! We want better representation in Hollywood.”

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: On Tuesday, Congressman Jeff Van Drew—Republican representing New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District—held a town hall meeting to address the estimated fourteen whales that have washed up along the Atlantic coast since December 2022. Many environmental experts believe the sudden, drastic uptick in whale deaths is linked to offshore wind development's usage of sonar to map the ocean's floor. Why doesn't New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy do something to halt this disturbing trend Rich recaps Congressman Jeff Van Drew's (R-NJ) town hall. PLUS why is NPR bizarrely blaming Atlantic coast whale deaths on lobstermen? Listener “Groovie Grapes” on Twitter hilariously declares, “Captain Ahab had more compassion for whales than Gov. Murphy.”

EPISODE 155: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:42) SPECIAL COMMENT: "A Democratic president," writes Will Saletan (whose brother and I co-wrote a book of poems in 4th grade, "is standing up to Putin. And he's facing a Republican who would rather attack Mickey Mouse." But Ron DeSantis's ignorant, naive, isolationism is much worse. It opens the door for a full-on Republican campaign pledge (under him or Trump) to betray Ukraine as of 1/20/25. Just last night a retired American military officer went on Fox and told Carlson "The truth is coming out that this war was not started by Russia." What happens on 1/20/25, if one of them is inaugurated as president, and moments later Putin bombs...Poland? Because that just went from farfetched scenario to tangible possibility as the Polish Security Agency discovered Russian agents installing hidden cameras along the Polish railroad lines on which Western ammunition and weapons are transported to Kiev. If Putin has already game-planned an attack on NATO, we have to wonder: Would Trump or DeSantis be so committed to the anti-Ukraine, pro-Putin stance that THEIR United States would wind up permitting or even supporting a Russian war against NATO? It is a long, interwoven saga of DeSantis and Fox and Trump and Georgia 2020 and Marjorie Taylor Greene disclosing classified information at the Mexican border and how you won't hear this on Fox - or on CNN for that matter, where David Zaslav publicly recommitted to Chris Licht (who when we were at MSNBC together we all thought used to eat paste) in a meeting with 600 CNN Managers (CNN? 600 Managers? There's your problem right there). The New CNN's recommitment to useless, pointless, banal stenography was brilliantly characterized by Dylan Byers of Puck: "Nearly one year in, it's clear that Zaslav still believes in his vision for CNN as a nonpartisan, broadcast-style news digest, and still believes that Licht is his Captain Ahab." Captain...AHAB? Wait, doesn't Moby-Dick (or is it Moby-Licht) end with mass death?  CALL ME ISHMAEL. MY BOAT SANK. THE END. B-Block (19:18) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: Shenanigan and Banshee, 14-week old shep/husky puppies in Devore, CA. (20:15) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: My career at the RKO Radio Network, where my boss was Charley Steiner, and where he once tasked me with finding out when and where a secret meeting between Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner and Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn would be held. And after I gave up and went to get some pizza, I literally RAN INTO STEINBRENNER ON THE STREET YELLING OUT THE DETAILS OF THE MEETING. C-Block (43:40) MORE THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: A little under the weather today so let me re-tell the adventures of another '80s job, which I waited 10 months to be able to start, and which lasted only half that long. Why almost nobody remembers me as "Keith Olbermann, SportsCenter 5, Boston."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host Dennis Leap and special guest Mr. Grant Turgeon discuss Chapter 71 of Herman Melville's American classic Moby Dick. Captain Ahab signals another Nantucket whale ship named the Jeroboam to have a meeting to gain information on Moby Dick. The Jeroboam's Captain Mayhew was fearful to join up with the Pequod because there was a malignant epidemic on board. Onboard the Jeroboam was an insane sailor who believed he was the archangel Gabriel. From a distance between the ships, Gabriel warns Ahab not to pursue Moby Dick because it would lead to his death. Ahab, like the ancient Israelite King Jeroboam, ignores the warning of a prophet.

It's the Weekly News Reel! Sophia Fisher of The Times Independent discusses another local tragedy – the death of a Grand County High School student in a car accident. Plus, more discussion of water resources and raising trash and storm water rates. Alison Harford of the Moab Sun News talks noise statistics from downtown special events, the 10-year anniversary celebration of Moab's Captain Ahab trail, and the interesting crew of high school debaters. Plus, the Moab Sun News tells us ‘what happened' at this week's city council meeting. // Weekly News Reel Mentions: // The Times-Independent: GCHS student dies in highway crash https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/gchs-student-dies-in-highway-crash/ // The Times-Independent: ‘How to land the plane safely' https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/how-to-land-the-plane-safely/ // The Times-Independent: City raises trash rates; storm water increase coming https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/city-raises-trash-rates-storm-water-increase-coming/ // Moab Sun News: How loud are Moab's festival events? https://moabsunnews.com/2023/03/02/how-loud-are-moabs-festival-events/ // Moab Sun News: Moab's Captain Ahab trail turns 10 https://moabsunnews.com/2023/03/02/moabs-captain-ahab-trail-turns-10/ // Moab Sun News: Debate team members find identity – and victory https://moabsunnews.com/2023/03/02/debate-team-members-find-identity-and-victory/

The universe has a sense of humor. I know this because right now, in theaters, I have the opportunity to find a marquee where the phrases COCAINE BEAR and JESUS REVOLUTION can sit side by side. What a time to be alive. And for a title so brashly blatant (here I go with the alliteration again, Lord) as COCAINE BEAR, I'd expect for the movie to be as simple as humanly possible. It's a bear. It does coke. It goes on a woodland rampage. Simple. I don't need a story about a single mom (Keri Russell) clashing with her preteen (Brooklynn Prince in a role that never ceases to make me feel old, because wasn't she just playing a precocious first-grader in THE FLORIDA PROJECT like...yesterday?) only for said girl to be kidnapped by the Cocaine Bear. I don't really need a story about a sad sack drunkard son of a mob boss (Alden Ehrenreich) whining about his ex to his best friend (O'Shea Jackson Jr.) while they track down the missing coke. I really don't need to know the escapades of a trigger-happy park ranger (Margo Martindale). Hell, if we can just let mob boss Ray Liotta spend 90 min as aviator-wielding Captain Ahab facing off against a drugged-up psycho black bear, I'd be set. But sometimes, we just don't get what we want. We get far, far less. And sometimes, people bring infants to the 10:45pm screening. --------------------------- Closing Song: "Sleep When Dead" - A Giant Dog --------------------------- Review THE MOVIES on Apple Podcasts & I'll read it on the next episode! --------------------------- Follow Daniel on: Twitter - @TheMovies_Pod Instagram - @themoviespod Letterboxd - https://letterboxd.com/Daniel_Berrios/

David Rothenberg is a writer, philosopher, ecologist, and musician, speaking out for nature in all aspects of his diverse work. He investigates the musicality of animals and the role of nature in philosophy, with a particular interest in understanding other species by making music with them. As a professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, he “teaches engineers nonquantifiable things.” He is also an acclaimed composer and jazz clarinetist known for his integration of world music with improvisation and electronics. Originally intending to be a scientist, music pulled Rothenberg away during his high school years – ultimately becoming the modality through which he would explore nature and deep ecology. Looking back at those high school years of the 1970s, Rothenberg told The New York Times, "I was influenced by saxophonist Paul Winter's Common Ground album, which had his own compositions with whale and bird sounds mixed in. That got me interested in using music to learn more about the natural world." As an undergraduate at Harvard, Rothenberg created his own major to combine music with communication. He traveled in Europe after graduation, playing jazz clarinet. Listening to the recorded song of a hermit thrush, he heard structure that reminded him of a Miles Davis solo. Because of Rothenberg's study of animal song and his experimental interactions with animal music, he is often called an "interspecies musician." He is said to "explore the sounds of all manner of living things as both an environmental philosopher and jazz musician." Rothenberg's book Why Birds Sing: A Journey into the Mystery of Bird Song (Basic Books 2005) was inspired by an impromptu duet in March 2000 with a laughingthrush at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. A CD accompanying the book also featured Rothenberg's duet with an Australian lyrebird. The book served as the basis for a 2006 feature-length BBC documentary of the same name. His next book, Thousand Mile Song (Basic Books 2008), reflects similar curiosity about whale sounds considered as music, from which both scientific and artistic insights emerge. It was turned into a film for French television. Philip Hoare of The London Telegraph said of the book, "while Rothenberg's madcap mission to play jazz to the whales seems as crazy as Captain Ahab's demented hunt for the great White Whale, it is sometimes such obsessions that reveal inner truths...I find myself more than a little sympathetic to the author's faintly bonkers but undoubtedly stimulating intent: to push at the barriers between human history and natural history." His book Survival of the Beautiful: Art, Science and  Evolution (Bloomsbury Press 2011) was described by the journal Nature as exploring the theme that beauty is not random but is intrinsic to life—and that evolution proceeds by sumptuousness, not by utility alone.  His remarkable output in books is matched by his creative output in other areas. As a composer and jazz clarinetist, Rothenberg has sixteen CDs out under his own name over the past 30 years. His 2020 releases include In the Wake of Memories and They Say Humans Exist, named best jazz album of the year by Stereo+ Magazine in Norway. He has performed or recorded with Peter Gabriel, Pauline Oliveros, Ray Phiri and Suzanne Vega. As a musician, Rothenberg tries to blend the indigenous energy of the world's primal music with the exploratory spirit of improvisation. He has studied jazz clarinet professionally, as well as Tibetan ritual wind music in Nepal and folk music in Norway. Since 2014, Rothenberg has been an Ambassador of the international non-governmental humanitarian mission, the Dolphin Embassy, participating in non-invasive research of the possibilities of free dolphins and whales – playing music for them. In 2017, the Dolphin Embassy released the full-length documentary Intraterrestrial, which received awards from international film festivals. The film's soundtrack features music by Rothenberg. Links to his extensive work, global press coverage, and extended recognition can be found on his website. Please join us in conversation with this remarkable philosopher and interspecies musician who combines art and science to make nature come alive in remarkable ways!

The only thing sweeter than Biden's response to his classified-document takedown is the scramble from his team, press secretary, and the Democrats to pretend it's no big deal. Then, Grace and Howie discuss more fake news layoffs: first it was CNN, and now, it's MSNBC! Say it ain't so!

Geeg Wiiles' grandfather left his post and took a piece of the country with him. However, upon arriving back, he could never again find the home of Captain Ahab-Thus his adventures in traveling the world began. Learn more at their website-https://ahabsadventures.com/Support the show

Donald Trump appears to be running for President. If he does, America could become meaner & more violent. Road rage, guns, racists gone wild, callous to helping other humans, all safety nets challenged - what else? Daylight Savings Time ends this weekend...Marco Rubio introduced a bill to keep it permanent however, scientists say permanent STANDARD time would be healthier. Has Putin been Captain Ahab all along? -- Donald's candidacy and the Russian invasion of Ukraine are, it turns out, all part of the same thing. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today I talked to Hester Blum, editor of a new edition of Moby-Dick (Oxford UP, 2022). "It will be a strange sort of a book, tho', I fear; blubber is blubber you know; tho' you may get oil out of it, the poetry runs as hard as sap from a frozen maple tree;--& to cook the thing up, one must needs throw in a little fancy.... Yet I mean to give the truth of the thing, spite of this." Moby-Dick has a monumental reputation. Less well known are the novel's unexpectedly weird, funny, tantalizing, messy, and wondrous moments. Narrator Ishmael, along with the whaleship Pequod's other meanest mariners, and renegades and castaways, is beguiled into joining Captain Ahab in his vengeful pursuit of the white whale that dismasted him. But along the way, Ishmael takes the reader along many a detour into variegated ways of knowing. In a tone strangely compounded of fun and fury, Moby-Dick brings outlandish curiosity to bear on the multitudinous, oceanic scale of our diverse world. William Domnarski is a longtime lawyer who before and during has been a literary guy, with a Ph.D. in English. He's written five books on judges, lawyers, and courts, two with Oxford, one with Illinois, one with Michigan, and one with the American Bar Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Today I talked to Hester Blum, editor of a new edition of Moby-Dick (Oxford UP, 2022). "It will be a strange sort of a book, tho', I fear; blubber is blubber you know; tho' you may get oil out of it, the poetry runs as hard as sap from a frozen maple tree;--& to cook the thing up, one must needs throw in a little fancy.... Yet I mean to give the truth of the thing, spite of this." Moby-Dick has a monumental reputation. Less well known are the novel's unexpectedly weird, funny, tantalizing, messy, and wondrous moments. Narrator Ishmael, along with the whaleship Pequod's other meanest mariners, and renegades and castaways, is beguiled into joining Captain Ahab in his vengeful pursuit of the white whale that dismasted him. But along the way, Ishmael takes the reader along many a detour into variegated ways of knowing. In a tone strangely compounded of fun and fury, Moby-Dick brings outlandish curiosity to bear on the multitudinous, oceanic scale of our diverse world. William Domnarski is a longtime lawyer who before and during has been a literary guy, with a Ph.D. in English. He's written five books on judges, lawyers, and courts, two with Oxford, one with Illinois, one with Michigan, and one with the American Bar Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

On this SELECTED SHORTS, bad guys.  Host Meg Wolitzer presents three stories featuring famous villains, real and fictional.  A woman writes a letter to a former president—now residing in Hell, in “Thank You, Mr. Nixon,” by Gish Jen, performed by Cindy Cheung.  And a man in recovery faces off against a former Roman leader with a really bad rep in "Playing Ping-Pong with Pontius Pilate" by Greg Ames, performed by Nate Corddry.  Finally, Moby Dick has a say in its own epic in “Captain Ahab, A Novel by the White Whale,” by Paul West, performed by Diane Venora.   Join and give!: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/symphonyspacenyc?code=Splashpage See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.