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Rick Kogan is joined in studio by Paul Teodo to talk about the new storytelling event ‘Listen Up!’ at Carnivale on May 21st.

On today's episode I welcome on Toby Huss a photographer, Actor and painter. In this episode I speak to Toby about his new book titled “American Sugargristle” a body of work taken on his travels around America where he documented abandoned shopping malls, bingo halls, diners, and many other forgotten corners of this country. The photos in the book are accompanied by text from Toby and the photos often showcase Toby's sense of humor as well. Many of you may know Toby from his career in Film & TV having acted in films and shows such as King of the Hill, Seinfeld, Carnivale on HBO, Beavis & Butthead , and The Adventures of Pete & Pete on Nickelodeon. It was a pleasure getting a chance to speak with Toby about his new book as well as all the other creative pursuits that inspire him. USE Promo Code "Banter" for 2 months free at picdrop.com Purchase Toby's Book : https://hatandbeard.com/collections/books/products/american-sugargristle-by-toby-huss?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaf3BJUNyQK0CzwfrIrvG1BNk4zkMlll5893MTYrCHiG1P8V_GLlwoWsLEWuHA_aem_E-lMSjFeLxdPNAiYdyBV8w Peep Toby's work : www.tobyhuss.com @tobyhuss

With the semifinals of the Champions League approaching and the end of the Premier League closing in, we welcome back our Senior Soccer Correspondent Jeff Carnivale! Also, be sure to listen for a very important Run That Back update during the show. #indiesportsradio

What's up Bros? What an underwhelming finale for an underwhelming season. We don't know what the next steps for this show are, but changes need to be made. We started this recap going over Erika and Boz's appearance on WWHL. It was not great to say the least and some interesting shots were taken. Maybe more happens at the reunion that leads to this? Then in this episode, we pick up on the boat. Sutton removes herself from the conversation but notably both Garcelle and Kyle didn't speak up on her behalf. Tilly tells the group that Sutton felt as though the attack was premeditated. Erika feels justified in her voicing her opinions to Sutton, and we agree. What we didn't need was Dorit piggybacking on everything she said. Garcelle and Tilly both point out Sutton's desire to be besties with Kyle. It appears like the blind loyalty that Sutton has for Kyle is starting to wear thin on Garcelle. Even so, Garcelle calls out Kyle for not supporting Sutton. Kyle feels blindsided by it but her lack of awareness with the Sutton situation is a bit confusing. After a decent Tilly impression by Kyle, Erika and Dorit decide to do an insulting rendition of a southern accent towards Sutton who was simply sitting there quietly. Boz takes Sutton for some 1 on 1 time where Sutton ALMOST has an epiphany... The ladies dress up for a Carnivale dinner where Erika says she would like to be able to move forward with Sutton. We get the usual summary of where everyones at now and then it ends with a one month later about Erika. Making it crystal clear that not every season of every show needs an after credits scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Born in Dallas, Texas, K Callan's first professional job was at the Margo Jones Theatre. She first gained national attention as Peter Boyle's mousy wife in the legendary Joe. Her career includes film, television and theater. Other memorable films include American Gigolo and A Touch of Class. A regular guest star in countless television movies and series, her favorite television roles include the lesbian Veronica in the Emmy-winning "Cousin Liz" episode of All in the Family, Superman's mom on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and the wife of an Alzheimer's patient on Nip/Tuck. Callan is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Television Academy and is a past Board Member of the Screen Actors Guild. In addition to her work as an actor, she has also authored a string of showbiz reference books: "How to Sell Yourself as an Actor", "The Script is Finished, Now What do I Do?", "Directing Your Directing Career", "The Los Angeles Agent Book" and "The New York Agent Book".  K is also known for her work on Barney Miller, Quincy MD, Rhoda, The Waltons, Dallas, Lou Grant, Newhart, Police Squad, AfterMash, Moonlighting, Hunter, LA LAw, NYPD Blue, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Coach, Desperate Housewives, ER, Chicago Hope, Greys Anatomy, Dawson's Creek, Heroes, Veep, Castle, King of the Hill, Meet the Browns, Justified, Carnivale, Brooklyn 99, NCIS and The Chosen.    Want to watch: YouTube Meisterkhan Pod (Please Subscribe)

Fluent Fiction - Italian: Carnivale Magic: A Tale of Passion & Recognition Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/it/episode/2025-02-28-23-34-02-it Story Transcript:It: Il sole tramontava su Venezia, colorando il cielo di sfumature rosa e dorate.En: The sun was setting over Venezia, painting the sky with shades of pink and gold.It: Le strade erano colme di gente mascherata che ballava e cantava.En: The streets were filled with masked people dancing and singing.It: La città pulsava di vita e magia.En: The city pulsed with life and magic.It: In una piccola bottega di maschere, Marcello, un giovane artigiano, si chinava su un tavolo di lavoro, circondato da scaffali colmi di maschere colorate.En: In a small mask shop, Marcello, a young craftsman, was bent over a worktable, surrounded by shelves full of colorful masks.It: Si sentiva insicuro di fronte alla grandezza del Carnevale, convinto che nessuno avrebbe mai apprezzato le sue creazioni.En: He felt insecure in the face of the grandeur of the Carnevale, convinced that no one would ever appreciate his creations.It: Giulia, una turista fiorentina avventurosa, entrò nella bottega con un sorriso luminoso.En: Giulia, an adventurous tourist from Firenze, entered the shop with a bright smile.It: Aveva sentito parlare delle maschere di Marcello da un amico e desiderava vedere il suo lavoro con i propri occhi.En: She had heard about Marcello's masks from a friend and wanted to see his work with her own eyes.It: Girò per la stanza, ammirando le maschere appese.En: She toured the room, admiring the masks hanging.It: Tra tutte, una particolare attirò la sua attenzione: una maschera decorata con piume e stelle di pizzo.En: Among them, one in particular caught her attention: a mask decorated with feathers and lace stars.It: "Chi ha fatto questa?"En: "Who made this?"It: chiese Giulia, indicando la maschera.En: Giulia asked, pointing to the mask.It: "Quella è mia," rispose Marcello con un filo di voce.En: "That one is mine," Marcello replied in a low voice.It: "Non è nulla di speciale."En: "It's nothing special."It: "Ma è bellissima!"En: "But it's beautiful!"It: esclamò Giulia.En: exclaimed Giulia.It: "Vorrei indossarla al ballo di domani sera!"En: "I would like to wear it at the ball tomorrow night!"It: Marcello non poteva credere alle sue orecchie.En: Marcello could not believe his ears.It: Giulia, con gli occhi pieni di entusiasmo, decise allora che quella sarebbe stata la maschera perfetta per il Carnevale.En: Giulia, with eyes full of enthusiasm, decided that it would be the perfect mask for Carnevale.It: Vedendo la sua passione, Marcello trovò un nuovo slancio di creatività.En: Seeing her passion, Marcello found a renewed surge of creativity.It: Intanto, Beatrice, un'istoria locale, osservava la scena con interesse.En: Meanwhile, Beatrice, a local historian, watched the scene with interest.It: Scriveva articoli sulle tradizioni di Venezia per una rivista culturale e trovava la storia di Marcello affascinante.En: She wrote articles about Venezia's traditions for a cultural magazine and found Marcello's story fascinating.It: Decise di intervistarlo, affascinata dal suo approccio unico e dalla voglia di affermarsi nel mondo delle maschere veneziane.En: She decided to interview him, captivated by his unique approach and desire to establish himself in the world of Venetian masks.It: La sera del ballo, il Palazzo Ducale brillava mentre i partecipanti sfilavano con abiti sfarzosi.En: On the night of the ball, the Palazzo Ducale shone as guests paraded in lavish attire.It: Giulia, con la maschera di Marcello, entrò elegante e sicura di sé.En: Giulia, with Marcello's mask, entered elegantly and confidently.It: Tutti si fermarono a guardarla.En: Everyone stopped to look at her.It: Le luci danzavano sulle piume e il pizzo, creando un effetto ipnotico.En: The lights danced on the feathers and lace, creating a hypnotic effect.It: Tra gli ospiti, c'erano anche figure influenti nel mondo dell'arte, che notarono subito l'opera d'arte sul volto di Giulia.En: Among the guests were also influential figures in the art world who immediately noticed the work of art on Giulia's face.It: Il mattino seguente, Beatrice tornò da Marcello con la notizia che la sua maschera era stata il successo della serata.En: The next morning, Beatrice returned to Marcello with the news that his mask had been the success of the evening.It: Lo abbracciò e gli promise un articolo sulla rivista, elogiando l'artigianalità e la passione che metteva nelle sue creazioni.En: She hugged him and promised him an article in the magazine, praising the craftsmanship and passion he put into his creations.It: Marcello, colmo di emozione, comprese che il suo lavoro aveva finalmente trovato il riconoscimento che meritava.En: Marcello, filled with emotion, realized that his work had finally received the recognition it deserved.It: Con il Carnevale avviato verso la conclusione, Marcello partecipò con più sicurezza alle celebrazioni, sapendo che la sua arte era apprezzata.En: With the Carnevale nearing its conclusion, Marcello participated in the celebrations more confidently, knowing that his art was appreciated.It: Giulia partì da Venezia, felice di aver indossato un pezzo unico e aver conosciuto un vero artista.En: Giulia left Venezia, happy to have worn a unique piece and to have met a true artist.It: Beatrice, soddisfatta, scrisse il suo articolo sui mestieri di Marcello, contribuendo a preservare e trasmettere le tradizioni veneziane.En: Beatrice, satisfied, wrote her article on Marcello's crafts, contributing to preserving and transmitting Venetian traditions.It: Da quel giorno, Marcello continuò a creare con passione e fiducia, sapendo che ogni maschera portava con sé un pezzo del suo cuore e della storia di Venezia.En: From that day on, Marcello continued to create with passion and confidence, knowing that each mask carried a piece of his heart and the history of Venezia.It: La sua bottega divenne un must per ogni visitatore durante il Carnevale, una tappa imperdibile in cui la magia dell'artigianato vivo brillava splendente.En: His shop became a must-visit for every visitor during Carnevale, a can't-miss stop where the magic of living craftsmanship shone brightly. Vocabulary Words:the craftsman: l'artigianothe grandeur: la grandezzathe feather: la piumathe lace: il pizzothe historian: l'istoriathe guest: l'ospitethe shelf: lo scaffalethe enthusiasm: l'entusiasmothe approach: l'approcciothe desire: la vogliato paint: colorareto bend: chinarethe creativity: la creativitàthe recognition: il riconoscimentothe conclusion: la conclusioneto transmit: trasmetterethe craftsmanship: l'artigianalitàthe creation: la creazionethe participant: il partecipanteto admire: ammirareto exclaim: esclamareto stop: fermarsito interview: intervistareto notice: notareto hug: abbracciarethe heart: il cuorethe scene: la scenathe must-visit: il mustthe shelf: lo scaffalethe mask: la maschera

Fluent Fiction - Italian: Triumph through Trials: A Journey of Support and Strength Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/it/episode/2025-02-21-23-34-02-it Story Transcript:It: Il vento freddo tagliava l'aria nel campo di allenamento nei pressi delle Dolomiti.En: The cold wind cut through the air at the training field near the Dolomiti.It: Luca e Giulia erano lì da settimane, allenandosi duramente per la gara che si avvicinava.En: Luca and Giulia had been there for weeks, training hard for the upcoming race.It: Le montagne erano coperte di neve, un paesaggio meraviglioso ma implacabile.En: The mountains were covered in snow, a wonderful yet relentless landscape.It: Luca era concentrato sul suo allenamento.En: Luca was focused on his training.It: Ogni mattina si svegliava presto e correva sui sentieri innevati.En: Every morning he woke up early and ran on the snowy trails.It: Giulia, la sua compagna di allenamento, lo seguiva con determinazione, anche se ultimamente dubitava di sé stessa.En: Giulia, his training partner, followed him with determination, although lately, she had been doubting herself.It: Un giorno, durante una serie di esercizi, Giulia inciampò su una radice nascosta sotto la neve.En: One day, during a series of exercises, Giulia tripped over a root hidden under the snow.It: Si accasciò a terra con un grido di dolore.En: She collapsed to the ground with a cry of pain.It: Luca corse subito da lei, il cuore in gola.En: Luca immediately ran to her, his heart in his throat.It: "Giulia!En: "Giulia!It: Stai bene?"En: Are you okay?"It: Luca osservò l'angolo dolorante della caviglia di Giulia.En: Luca examined the painful angle of Giulia's ankle.It: "Credo sia slogata," disse con preoccupazione.En: "I think it's sprained," he said with concern.It: Giulia cercò di alzarsi ma il dolore era troppo forte.En: Giulia tried to stand up, but the pain was too intense.It: Luca decise subito: niente più allenamenti da solo.En: Luca immediately decided: no more training alone.It: Rimarrà con Giulia, aiutandola a guarire.En: He would stay with Giulia, helping her to heal.It: I giorni seguenti furono difficili.En: The following days were difficult.It: Mentre il Carnivale colorava la valle con suoni e danze, Luca e Giulia erano al campo, concentrati sulla guarigione di lei.En: While the Carnivale colored the valley with sounds and dances, Luca and Giulia were at the field, focused on her recovery.It: Luca le preparava impacchi di neve e la guidava in esercizi lievi per recuperare forza.En: Luca prepared snow packs and guided her through gentle exercises to regain strength.It: "Ce la farai, Giulia," diceva Luca, incoraggiandola.En: "You'll make it, Giulia," Luca would say, encouraging her.It: "Siamo un team."En: "We're a team."It: Giulia, nonostante il dolore e i dubbi, cominciava a sentire un cambiamento.En: Despite the pain and doubts, Giulia began to feel a change.It: Non doveva essere perfetta subito.En: She didn't have to be perfect immediately.It: Doveva fidarsi del processo.En: She had to trust the process.It: Un pomeriggio, mentre Giulia lavorava sui suoi esercizi, guardarono giù verso il villaggio.En: One afternoon, as Giulia worked on her exercises, they looked down towards the village.It: Un corteo di maschere e costumi riempiva le strade.En: A procession of masks and costumes filled the streets.It: Era il Carnivale.En: It was the Carnivale.It: Risate e musica salirono fino a loro, riempiendo i cuori di calore e speranza.En: Laughter and music reached them, filling their hearts with warmth and hope.It: "Guarda, Giulia, che bellezza," disse Luca.En: "Look, Giulia, how beautiful," Luca said.It: I colori del festival erano un promemoria della gioia, un incoraggiamento a godere del viaggio.En: The colors of the festival were a reminder of joy, an encouragement to enjoy the journey.It: Nel tempo, la caviglia di Giulia migliorò.En: In time, Giulia's ankle improved.It: Riprese fiducia e, insieme a Luca, tornarono ad allenarsi.En: She regained confidence and, together with Luca, returned to training.It: Il loro legame si era rafforzato.En: Their bond had strengthened.It: Luca aveva imparato che il supporto vale più dei successi personali.En: Luca had learned that support is worth more than personal success.It: Giulia, più sicura e grata, affrontava ora la corsa con un nuovo spirito.En: Giulia, more confident and grateful, now faced the race with a new spirit.It: Quando il grande giorno della gara arrivò, erano pronti.En: When the big day of the race arrived, they were ready.It: Non importava più solo vincere, ma godersi insieme ogni momento sul percorso, tra le maestose Dolomiti.En: It was no longer just about winning, but about enjoying every moment together along the course among the majestic Dolomiti.It: E così, tra cori e neve, Giulia e Luca iniziarono a correre, più uniti che mai.En: And so, among cheers and snow, Giulia and Luca began to run, more united than ever. Vocabulary Words:the wind: il ventothe field: il campothe race: la garahard: duramentethe landscape: il paesaggiorelentless: implacabilethe trail: il sentierothe partner: la compagnadetermination: determinazioneto trip: inciamparethe root: la radiceto collapse: accasciarsito sprain: slogareto heal: guarirethe pack: l'impaccogentle: lievistrength: forzato trust: fidarsithe procession: il corteothe mask: la mascherathe costume: il costumelaughter: risatehope: speranzaconfidence: fiduciathe bond: il legameto strengthen: rafforzaremajestic: maestosethe cheer: il corounited: unitito face: affrontare

2/19/25 6am CT Hour - Ashley Noronha/ Mario Costabile John, Glen and Sarah chat about Pope Francis' double pneumonia, polar vortex, Elon Musk in the news and chocolate mint day. Ashley reports on Pope Francis' health, Carnivale, the Jubilee Year and Chair f St. Peter. Did You Know - Your bones are brand new every 10 years Mario shares about a Family Conference that focuses on building up parents to raise children in the faith. https://arrayofhope.regfox.com/beloved

In honor of Valentine's Day, the season of Carnivale, and our own amusement, we bring to you this extra-long episode, where we heat things up and get a little down and dirty with our worldbuilding. What role does sex play in the world you're building -- and how do you depict that? This comes up a lot, obviously, in romantasy and other related subgenres, but even if that's not what you're writing, sexuality and gender dynamics are still part of whatever world your characters inhabit! So what's the dominant paradigm of sexual relations in your world? How sex-positive or puritanical are they? How queernorm? How monogamous or expansive in their ideas of relationships? What physical attributes, clothing styles, or acts do they find particularly sexy? And how accepting or judgmental are they of desires that fall outside that paradigm? We also wrangle with the craft of how to portray these things on the page. How do you decide what amount of "on-screen" spice feels right for this particular story? How explicit do you get, and what words do you choose for that? And even in non-sexy scenes, how much word count do you spend on cluing readers in to the ways in which your world's sexual mores might not match their assumptions? [Transcript TK]

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An evening of Glitter and Glam, or an evening at a creepy carnival? Why not have both, and so much more! These are the themes for this year's Lone Star Spanking Party November 7-11, 2024 Join Sarah Gregory and Paul “Tubaman” Rogers as they tell us all about everything we can expect at Lonestar 2024. Brats, Littles, Breakfasts, Brunches, Male Events, Female Events, and so much more! We hope to see you there! But you'd better hurry, tickets are going fast and rooms are filling up! CLICK HERE TO BUY YOUR TICKET And BE SURE TO USE THE LINK IN YOUR EMAIL (from ShowPass) TO REGISTER!!  There is NO at-the-door Registration this year. So if you want to come to the party, don't procrastinate!

Of all the amazing restaurants in Fulton Market, you can consider Carnivale to be the ‘OG’. Many Chicago food lovers know it for its pan-latin fusion cuisine and flair-filled entertainment, but soon you can have your very own ‘Chef’s Table’ experience. Chef Carlos Garza joined Kevin Powell and Michael Piff on the Chicago’s Very Own […]

Our old shipmate Hannah Haverkamp returns to regale us with the historical inspiration behind the costumes of The Terror! For all your age of sail, nautical, polar exploration, Victorian, historical-fiction-with-a-supernatural-twist needs. Featuring Royal Navy uniforms (and their lack of uniformity), Inuit engineering, and the thematic tragedy of Carnivale. Hannah's Sources Parks Canada "Dressing For Arctic Expedition" Terror Camp 2022 Keynote: Annie Symon (Costume Designer) Terror Camp 2021 Panel D - Costuming: Alexa Figuerres (Uniforms and Undress), and Kit Barton (Carnivale) "Tales of the Doomed Franklin Expedition Long Ignored the Inuit Side, But “The Terror” Flips the Script" - Kat Eschner, for Smithsonian DRESSED TO KILL: BRITISH NAVAL UNIFORM, MASCULINITY, AND CONTEMPORARY FASHIONS 1748-1857 – Amy Miller THE ROYAL NAVY 1790-1970 – Robert Wilkinson-Latham HOW TO READ A SUIT – Lydia Edwards Ken's Sources Erebus by Michael Palin Terrorspotting by Tealin on tumblr every post collected under our Terror tag on tumblr Dee's Sources ‘Our ancestors returned home': How a Chilkat robe made its way back to Southeast Alaska by Tripp J Crouse, KTOO watching the ding-danged show The Terror (2018) season one on AMC

Weekly Shoutout: Chicano Frankenstein, a new novel from Daniel A. Olivas (AC54)! *Content Warning: The short film discussed in this episode centers on sexual assault and suicide. -- Hi there, Today I am so excited to be arts calling the cast and crew of SHAME, an awareness-driven short film! FB https://www.facebook.com/ShameTheShortFilm | IG https://www.instagram.com/shametheshortfilm About SHAME, a short film: After a woman is assaulted by a mutual friend, she struggles to communicate with her best friend about what happened, leading to tragic consequences. Sexual assault and suicide are not common topics spoken in households. When we try to, we often get asked the wrong questions like: "What were you thinking going out looking like that? We told you not to go out late. Why did you do that? There's nothing wrong with you. Why are you complaining? Life's hard – so what?" We are making a short film that will bring to light the shame we feel and show the sudden and abrupt nature of suicide when trauma is not dealt with. If you are interested in having a seminar/discussion at your campus, reach out to shametheshortfilm@gmail.com About our guests: Ashna Sharan (Writer/Producer) is an actor-screenwriter based in Los Angeles, CA. Her credits include appearing on HBOMax's hit show, Our Flag Means Death, and on BET's show, Twenties to name a few. Her love for storytelling started when she learned how to dance on stage. During the pandemic, she also produced and wrote her own anthology quarantine web series that won several awards in film festivals and lockdown competitions all over the world. https://www.ashnasharan.com | IG @ashkash009/ Kelly Lynn Warren (Director) is an established director-writer-producer with two award winning short films, 'Manipura' and 'The Dissection of Jack and Jill', as well as a youtube web-series 'Caren with a C-Unmuted'. Originally from Belton, Missouri, Warren has a BFA in Theater / Broadcast & Film from UCM. She has also successfully co-produced two other award winning shorts and has had the pleasure to act in several films and television shows, including HBO's “Carnivale." https://linktr.ee/kellylynnwarren1313 | IG @kellylynnwarren1313/ Sophia Cofino (Actor) has been a professional working actor in theater, musicals, commercials, voiceover and film for over 25 years. She is most passionate about immersive and devised theatre for social change projects. She regularly can be seen performing with Neo Ensemble Theatre and is an avid participant in the Hollywood Fringe Festival as both an actor, producer, and director. https://linktr.ee/sophiacofino | IG @sophiacofino Ashna, Sophia, and Kelly: Thanks for this wonderful conversation! All the best! Resources: https://rainn.org/about-national-sexual-assault-telephone-hotline https://www.nsvrc.org/survivors https://www.nami.org/your-journey/identity-and-cultural-dimensions/lgbtq/trauma-and-internalized-shame/ -- Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro (cruzfolio.com). HOW TO SUPPORT ARTS CALLING: PLEASE CONSIDER LEAVING A REVIEW, OR SHARING THIS EPISODE WITH A FRIEND! YOUR SUPPORT TRULY MAKES A DIFFERENCE, AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN. Much love, j

Carnivale General Manager Sam Randazzo joins Steve to talk about the amazing experience of eating at Carnivale. A unique experience that hits all five senses and amazing Latin infused foods curated by Chefs Carlos Garza and Miguel Tenesaca.

After years of struggle, a hostess gets to throw her most famous and popular annual event once again, so come and see who attends.April 1933, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus arrives in New York, but everyone is more interested in the return of Cobina Wright's Circus Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria.Other people and subjects include: James HR Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” William May Wright aka “Bill,” Prince Serge Obolensky, Elsa Maxwell, President Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Prince David – Prince of Wales, King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, Wallis Simpson – Duchess of Windsor, Viscountess Thelma Morgan Furness, Virginia “Birdie” Graham Fair Vanderbilt, Lili Damita, Raymond Guest, Tony Biddle, servants Bruce & Fred, William “Bill” Paley, Samuel Klein, Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, Sally Tevis, Mrs. E. Marshall Field, Mrs. James Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, Mr. & Mrs. John Hearst, Grand Duchess Marie, Countess de Forceville, bluebloods, George Gershwin, Ed Wynn, Eva La Galliene, Jimmy Durante, Hope Williams, Noel Coward, Fred Astaire, Clifton Webb, Fanny Ward, Beatrice Lillie, Fanny Brice, Charles Winninger, Lupe Velez, Cleon Throckmorton, Peter Arno, Cecil Beaton, Rosamund Pinchot, Rudy Vallee, Erna Gilsow, Lucrezia Bori, Marilyn Monroe, giraffe women – Red Karens from Karen Hills, Burma, National Geographic magazine, the Little Season, trained seal, donkey, elephants, calliope, ball park mustard, costume themes (Paris Apaches, Siamese twin, peasants, snake charmers, harem, cowboys, Cossack rider, aerialist, tight rope, juggler, pantomime, Pierrot, Pierrete, Annie Oakley, cellophane sylph) Greatest Show on Earth, Circus Ball, Society Circus Ball, Sassiety Circus, April in Paris, Butterfly Ball, Metropolitan Opera Ball, Nineteenth Century Parisian Carnival, beer garden, Prohibition, Cullen-Harrison Act of 1933, legalizing beer & wine, ocean liners Bremen, Olympic, Ile de France, Waldorf-Astoria New York, Jade Room Basildon Room, Grand Ballroom, Madison Square Garden, Colony Club, Ritz-Carlton, memoirs, multiple events of same name, blended details, circus, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, gladiators, menagerie, amphitheater, Philip Astley, John Bill Ricketts, George Washington, Joshuah Purdy Brown, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, P.T. Barnum, James Anthony Bailey, Golden Jubilee tour, traveling circus, traveling museum, canvas tent, Soviet circus, Lenin, Moscow Circus School, gymnastics, China, acrobatics, tin type – melanotype – ferrotype, metal polaroid, Daguerrotype, Adolphe Alexandre Martin, Civil War, Wild West, World War I, World War II, animal rights, carnivals, Middle Ages, Renaissance, minstrel shows, Greek god Dionysus, Roman god Saturnalia, Germanic Nordic goddess Nerthus, Carnival of Venice, Napoleon, Carnivale international locations, Mardi Gras, Boy Scouts of America, W.D. Boyce, Scouting Movement (British), James Baden-Powell, London fog, YMCA, Ernest Thompson Seton, Woodcraft Indians, Daniel Carter Beard, Sons of Daniel Boone, resilience, hope, chaotic times, pandemic, recovery, historical footage of war times, gas masks, bunny costumes, Lebanon Civil War, women having tea, humanity, better times--Extra Notes / Call to Action:New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.comMansions of the Gilded Age & The Gilded Age Society by Gary LawranceInstagram: @MansionsoftheGildedAge and @TheGildedAgeSocietyhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/mansionsofthegildedagehttps://www.youtube.com/c/MansionsOfTheGildedAgeShare, like, subscribe--Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: Eeny Meeny Miney Mo by Harry Roy, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2Section 2 Music: Organ Grinder's Swing by Jack Payne, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 3 Music: One Two, Button Your Shoe by Jack Hylton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30sEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsTwitter – https://twitter.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

This week, we take your comments and ideas as we imagine a new country in Epcot's World Showcase.  We already have 11 countries, but there is room to add more.  We take a look at what those could be.  Maybe Spain or Taiwan?  What would they look like and would you include characters or a ride?  Animal Kingdom is adding a Tropical Americas section and has some countries represented. What could we do that the Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom doesn't already have?  We start with a possibility of Russia but quickly move to Australia, imagine the sounds of didgeridoos and the Outback! We then dive into the thought of Brazil, with its amazing Carnivale celebration and an Amazon River ride.  Then we look at India, with the thought of the Jungle Book being front and center along with Bollywood and the unique flavors of Indian food. Of course we take a tangent about funding and whether Epcot should have IP involved in their countries. We love reimagineering and creating new ideas for the parks and can't wait to hear what you think!Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you know when there are new episodes.Do you want to share your experiences? Be sure to leave us a voice mail on our website and we'll play it on our show! Let's talk on our social media pages or send us an email! Join our Facebook Community group FacebookInstagramWebsiteWe appreciate you joining us this week and every week and would love to hear from you! Finally, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser so that others can find us!It's time to press play – Let's talk about it!

On the evening of March 24, 1990, nearly one hundred patrons gathered to celebrate Carnivale at the Happy Land Social Club, a small informal night club in the Bronx that catered to a mostly Honduran clientele. The evening took a deadly turn when, around 3:30 am, an explosion of fire roared up the stairway leading to the second-floor club, blocking the only exit from the building and trapping the patrons in a room rapidly filling with toxic smoke and fire. It's unknown how many patrons managed to escape the fire, but by the time the fire department had extinguished the blaze, eighty-seven people were dead.Thank you to the amazing Dave White of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for research!ReferencesBarbanel, Josh. 1990. "Bronx social club's sublease: How a firetrap skirted the line." New York Times, March 28: B1.—. 1990. "Tracing the club's owners." New York Times, March 27: B2.Barron, James. 1990. "The living search the faces of the dead." New York Times, March 26.Blumenthal, Ralph. 1990. "Fire in the Bronx; 87 die in blaze at illegal club." New York Times, March 26.Gelman, Mitch, Alexis Jetter, and Beth Holland. 1990. "87 die in arson called act of spurned lover." Newsday, March 26: 3.Gilbert, Allison. 2020. "A faded tragedy's long shadow." New York Times, March 29.Golden, Tim. 1990. "In the saddest way, New York learns about Hondurans." New York Times, April 1.Hernandez, Raymond. 1995. "Survivors call settlement 'unjust'." New York Times, July 7.Hevesi, Dennis. 1992. "Guilty plea by landlord in fire case." New York Times, May 9.Hirsch, James. 1988. "Most social clubs run the gamut of illegality." New York Times, August 22.Kerr, Peter. 1986. "Social Clubs: Modern Mob still uses a few as offices." New York Times, April 15.Lambert, Bruce. 1991. "Confession tape on Bronx blaze is heard by jury." New York Times, August 1.Lorch, Donatella. 1991. "Ex-girlfriend recalls threat before flames." New York Times, July 31.—. 1991. "Witness tells of visit by Happy Land fire suspect." New York Times, July 31.Maykuth, Andrew. 1990. "N.Y. fire suspect described as 'down to his last hope'." Philadelphia Inquirer, 03 27: 1.McFadden, Robert. 1990. "The Knights of the Padlock Sweep Forth." New York Times, March 31.New York Times. 1990. "7 victims: their stories, struggles and dreams of better lives." New York Times, March 29.Nieves, Evelyn. 1991. "Refugee found guilty of killing 87 in Bronx Happy Land fire." New York Times, August 20.People of the State of New York v. Julio Gonzalez. 1995. 163 Misc. 2d 950 (New York Supreme Court, Bronx County, February 10).Purdy, Matthew. 1995. "More than five years after the arson fire at the Happy Land Social Club..." New York Times, July 7.Roberts, Sam. 2016. "Julio Gonzalez, arsonist who killed 87 at a nightclub in the Bronx, dies at 61." New York Times, September 15.Schanberg, Sydney. 1990. "Please, some respect for 87 who died." Newsday, April 13: 62.Stanley, Alessandra. 1991. "At Happy Land mass-murder trial, days of tears, humor and boredom." New York Times, July 28.Stanley, Allessandra. 1990. "25 years to life for the arsonist at Happy Land." New York Times, September 20.Strom, Stephanie. 1990. "Hispanic residents rally against closing of social clubs." New York Times, April 6.Terry, Don. 1990. "Social club crackdown is the latest in a series." New York Times, March 26: A1.Wichers, Christine. 1990. "Male violence the real cause of Bronx fire." New York Times, April 10.THE BUTCHER GAME will be released on September 17th, 2024! To Pre-order go to (https://zandoprojects.com/books/the-butcher-game/) PLUS! If you preorder the book, get an autographed poster while supplies last by visiting (http://thebutchergame.com/)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As we come out of winter, Johnnie Putman and Steve King welcome the magic of spring with some real mental magic! The Musical Mentalist himself, Sidney Friedman, is back in studio to amaze us with his incredible intuitive abilities! We saw it with our own eyes, and you can too in The Alley at Carnivale […]

Meet the artist behind the giant puppet in this year's Manitou Springs Carnivale parade that honors the legacy of the late Charles Rockey.

On this super duper episode of "The LAW" Live Audio Wrestling, dive into the intense world of the UFC 295 PPV with in-depth reviews and insightful commentary from Chris Tidwell and Bradie Whetham.   The fellas also discuss the new TNA name change, the original six sided ring, and the potential direction the company might be heading towards.   Plus, don't miss an exclusive 1 on 1 with old friends Chris Tidwell and Sinn Bodhi (Kizarny) as they share their unique perspective on the world of Pro Wrestling, animal rescues, being a good brother, and so much more.    Get ready for a riveting blend of analysis, laughs, and behind-the-scenes stories that true fans won't want to miss. Here only on "The LAW" Live Audio Wrestling!   Sponsored by:   SNMEradio.com Fannatickets.com TotalSportCards.com Podstarz.net AwesomeToyShow.ca PodPlant.ca "THT" The Handshaking Team

This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Donna K. Philips. I wrote about Donna in my new release The Joy of Cruising Again in a section called ‘The Fun ships,' where I featured Donna's dad, the cruise industry, and carnival cruise line food and beverage giant Everette Daniel Phillips, in a chapter titled ‘Hot, Hot, Hot: Donna K. Phillips Remembers Her Fun Ship Father.' In the introduction to The Fun Ships, I wrote: “Carnival Cruise Lines owned the brand, and the space in the fledgling cruise market, of The Fun Ships, essentially from its beginning with the launch of Mardi Gras in 1972 and Carnivale in 1975. In 1977, Joe Farcus was commissioned by Carnival to design its third ship, the Festivale, and stayed to design its next 30 or so ships. Today the retired Farcus is an internationally known icon of design. Shortly thereafter, food and beverage innovator, Everette Phillips, came to Carnival after stints with Morrisons Cafeteria, Eastern Steamship Line, Commodore Cruise Line (with its dancing waiters), and Chandris Cruises (now Celebrity Cruise Line), and stayed at Carnival until retirement. The late Phillips was recognized universally by the cruise industry as a food and beverage giant. No one did more to bring to life the motto ‘The Fun Ships,' than Joe Farcus and Everette Phillips.” Perhaps that bold assertion is subject to discussion. If so, perhaps we can talk about it on The Joy of Cruising Podcast! Joe Farcus was on The Joy of Cruising Podcast episode#30. Today through the words of Donna, who shared much of her dad's experiences from the time of her first cruise with him at 11 months old through his retirement from carnival in 1997, we get a sense of the other The Fun Ships pioneer, Mr. Phillips, as he was known as by the many people who worked with him and for him. I met Donna a couple of years ago. I was talking to a friend about the premise of The Joy of Cruising series, and she said, “You should speak with Donna Phillips; she's part of cruising royalty.” Of course, that piqued my curiosity, and I asked if she could facilitate an introduction to Donna. She stated that she would and then shortly after our call, forwarded me an article shedding light on “cruising royalty.” The article was “Carnival family mourns Food & Beverage giant Everette Phillips,” Seatrade cruise news, by Anne Kalosh, and quoted several former associates of Mr. Phillips, one of whom I was familiar with, John Heald. I knew I needed to research Phillips and meet Donna. Support the show

On this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, we take a look at why we as a society are so impacted by celebrity deaths such as Matthew Perry. For many, they are like family to us, though it is often hard to explain why. Also on this episode, we discuss an expose that shed a light on Marvel's recent struggles and what that means for Disney and the MCU, plus the discovery that HBO's Casey Bloys has been having employees troll TV critics over unfavorable reviews. As well as spoiler-free reviews of It's a Wonderful Knife and The Marsh King's Daughter. Best yet, we conclude this week's podcast with an interview with Carnivale creator Daniel Knauf as he discusses that show's 20th anniversary and his hopes for a revival, his stellar work on The Blacklist, his long career in Hollywood, and most importantly: his exciting new project, Gingerland, intended for families around the world. Daniel is as genuine a person as he is a talent, and this is a fascinating interview you won't want to miss! The previous Daniel Knauf interview we mention in this episode can be found HERE. Discussed on this episode: (0:00 – 41:00) Opening | Marvel's Struggles, Casey Bloys on HBO Trolling TV Critics (41:01 – 47:20) It's a Wonderful Knife (47:21 – 50:40) The Marsh King's Daughter (50:41 – 1:23:23) From the Outside In Topic: The Impact of Celebrity Deaths (1:23:24 – 2:38:11) Daniel Knauf Interview: Carnivale's 20th Anniversary, The Blacklist Revelations, Gingerland Listen to our new podcast, Inspired By A True Story, now available in your favorite podcast feed! Please support The Hollywood Outsider and gain immediate access to bonus content, including Patreon exclusive podcast content like our Bad Movie Night by visiting Patreon.com/ TheHollywoodOutsider Be sure to join our Facebook Group Follow us on X @BuyPopcorn

Bakotunes Halloween Season Kick-Off Show! Veteran sideshow performer (Universal Studios, Alice Cooper show) and actor (Tim Burton's "Big Fish", HBO's "Carnivale", TV's "America's Got Talent," "Touched By An Angel" and more) George "The Giant" McArthur is back for Halloween with his annual STRANGE MUSEUM OF ODDITIES & WONDERS - October 13-14, 20-21, 27-28, 2023! Location: 5630 District Blvd., Bakersfield, CA 93313. Hours of Operation: Fridays 5pm-10pm, Saturdays 2pm-10pm. Private tours also available with advance booking! Tickets available online at: https://georgethegiant.ticketleap.com and at the door! For more info, visit the official Facebook page! Hear stories from his adventures as one of the most well-known giants of his day! Sponsored by Chain Cohn Clark - Kern County's leading accident, injury, and workers' compensation law firm. Subscribe to Bakotunes at all podcast outlets and follow our socials!Instagram / Twitter / More LinksContact: mattomunoz@gmail.com

In this Episode: Our Heroes cover the second Miles Morales Spider-Man flick: Across the Spider-Verse. Does it hold a Spider-Candle to the first one? Tune in to find out..! Follow Us: Our Website Twitter Instagram Facebook Items discussed (links to more info): Note - if the below links don't work in your podcast player please visit the show page at: https://ebd.fm/episodes/224 First movie - Into the Spider-Verse Empire Strikes Back (middle movie) Great YT videos about this one Shreddy Kruger Gillete Mach 5 Worderer Pub Burger Spider Gwen Bagel head scene Jason Schwartzman Joker foot chase Spiderman 2099 Peter Parked Car Spider T-rex All Spider-people video Darkwing Duck H0bie video Karan Soni (Pavitr Prabhakar) - Deadpool guy Blunt Talk (wih Patrick Stewart) Jake Johnson (Spider-dad) Fifth Element city Chad's random YT video Gwen and love video Spider Punk Daniel Kaluuya (H0bie) - Black Panther dude Sicario Spot Everything Everywhere Bagel Multiverse overdose Michael Keaton as Vulture Michael Keaton as Batman (Flash) Original Batmobile Supergirl Ezra Miller's troubles Hank Venture as The Bat Russian Guyovitch Asohka Parallel worlds theory The Man in the High Castle The Flashpoint Paradox Pattinson Batman Dr. Strange Multiverse Red: stop. Green: go. Yellow: go real fast. Cucumber Patch Wakanda Forever X-Men First Class New lame X-Men movie Quicksilver, lightning in a bottle This is a tasty burger! The strikes Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Kill Bill split Jackie Brown Snowstorm movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Spider-Ham Spider-Man Noir 1st original Spider-Man Nega-Scott (Pilgrim) Tom Holland cry calling Carnivale cancelled Deadwood cancelled Firefly cancelled Greatest American Hero Theme The Fallguy Theme Bounty Hunter ep of The King of the Hill Oscar Issac Ex Machina Goddamn Robot's John Laguerta in Dexter (Luna Lauren Velez) Guidance Counciler (Rachel Dratch) J.K. Simmons Clancy Brown Mustache Scene@https://www.tiktok.com/ Mahershala Ali Origins of Miles (Donald Glover) Lando Childish Gambino Lando Show Yaki Soba Lego kid's animations Fan video of Sebastian Stan Joey Bag o' donuts Ex's Album Waffle hammer Darkman Post credits song 1: Offspring - Come Out and Play Post credits song 2: Childish Gambino - Sweatpants

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host & producer George Sirois is celebrating the 20th anniversary of HBO's acclaimed series Carnivale with the show's creator Daniel Knauf. George & Daniel discuss the initial inspiration that led to Daniel sitting down and writing a screenplay while working as a health insurance broker, the decision to turn it from a feature film into a television series, the path that led to HBO, the development of the show, and the culmination of this epic collision of good and evil. Daniel's complete archive of his work - both seen and unseen - can be accessed HERE.Subscribe to all shows in the Once Upon a Podcast Network by clicking HERE.The Excelsior Journeys podcast exists primarily as a platform for creatives of all kinds (authors, filmmakers, stand-up comics, musicians, voice artists, painters, podcasters, etc) to share their journeys to personal success. It is very important to celebrate those voices as much as possible to not only provide encouragement to up-and-coming talent, but to say thank you to the established men & women for inspiring the current generation of artists.If you agree that the Excelsior Journeys podcast serves a positive purpose and would like to show your appreciation, you can give back to the show by clicking HERE.Want to be an in-demand podcast guest? Join the Endless Stages Challenge and you'll become one in less than 100 days. I'm so proud to be an affiliate for this challenge, and I invite you - creatives from all walks of life - to click on this link HERE.Click HERE to learn more about the challenge, and click HERE for more information about Endless Stages.

Hollipop and Robi are joining the Carnivale! We're talking HBO's prematurely axed series from 2003, Carnivàle, created by Daniel Knauf. There's snake charmers, bearded ladies, and ferris wheel mishaps galore in this epic battle between the Dark and the Light.

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Kristi Callan, daughter of actress and author K Callen. That's K as in the letter, no period. We talk to Kristi about her mother's 50+ year career in stage, film, television and commercials in everything from an iconic All in The Family episode to the recent Knives Outbuzzed about film. Along the way we talk about Sanka commercials, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Carnivale, American Gigolo, Deep Space Nine, A Touch of Class, The Onion Field and much more. We even discuss a long lost Benson & Hedges cigarette commercial. You remember the ‘healthy' cigarette! We also take time to discuss Kristi's musical career in bands like Wednesday Week, The Roswell Sisters, Goat Deity, Dime Box Band and even aCheap Trick cover band, Cheap Chick. We hit upon everything from Hootenanny's, several cross country moves, a great Norman Lear story, the LA punk rock scene of the late seventies, early eighties, The Ramones recognizing her mother on a flight, seeing Eddie Van Halen on the set of One Day at a Time, meeting The Brady Bunch's Christopher Knight, long lost LA venues like The Starwood and the Music Machine and much more. It's evident from this interview just how much Kristi loves her mother who is going strong and sill acting at age 87. So much so, Kristi barely wanted to talk about her own career and wanted to focus almost exclusively on her mother alone. But we persevered and got her to talk about it all on this brand new episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast. Everyone has a story.

A PSA to all bachelorettes: today is NOT your day. I chatted with the disarmingly charming Ray Gunn about the overlooked connotations of the word “boylesque," the best practices for dealing with Australian hen parties, why lactose and codpieces should never meet, the two sexiest things a performer can do onstage, drinkin' white wine and pissin' on Coney Island, pillow talk with the late Toni Elling, the main difference between Chicago and New York burlesque performers, and how to use the “whole chicken” onstage. Shout outs to Due Damage, Hot Toddy, Jett Adore, Bazuka Joe, Perle Noire, Egypt Blaque Knyle, Isaiah Esquire, Tigger, Bettie Blackheart and Epe, the Burlesque Hall of Fame, and the late Toni Elling.  Follow Ray Gunn: @iamraygunn on Instagram and Ray Gunn on Facebook Follow Chris Harder: @TheChrisHarder on Instagam, Twitter, TikTok, and www.HarderChris.com Follow Show Boys: @ShowBoysPod on Instagram Questions for Chris? Email him at ShowBoysPod@gmail.com or HarderBurlesque@gmail.com More about Ray Gunn: Crowned King of Burlesque at the 2013 Burlesque Hall of Fame, Ray Gunn has headlined at burlesque festivals and shows across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand with his smoldering, sexy, and frequently avant garde solo acts. Trained in contemporary dance, acrobatics, capoeira, and pole dancing, Ray creates imaginative works of strip-tease art that show off his athletic ability and inspired choreography. Ray served on the creative team of ‘Beggar's Carnivale' in St. Louis and is also the creator of the Vertical Side Show of Chicago.       

This week The Joy of Cruising Podcast, welcomes a special guest. In The Joy of Cruising  books, all the passionate cruisers I write about are special—whether they are “ordinary” cruisers with extraordinary stories, or “Googleable” individuals such as TV personalities, Grammy winners and nominees, a Hall of Famer, and UK's first non-royal, non-celebrity cruise ship Godmother. Today I am honored to welcome one of those Googleable individuals: Joseph Farcus, a veritable legend of cruise ship design, and author of the book, Design On the High Seas. I featured Joe in my new release The Joy of Cruising Again in a section called “The Fun Ships.” Joe's entrée into the world of cruising was in 1975 when the architectural firm he worked for, Morris Lapidus Associates, was engaged by Carnival Cruise Line to work on its 2nd former liner to add to its Mardi Gras. Morris Lapidus, renowned for its design of Miami's famed Fontainebleau Hotel, was commissioned to design the ship, which was renamed Carnivale, for its transformation into a cruise ship. Joe oversaw much of the work as the project manager on board at the shipyard and designed Carnivale's theater. By the time Carnival purchased its 3rd ship, a passenger/cargo ship that would become the Festivale, Joe had left Morris Lapidus. Joe approached Ted Arison, founder and CEO of Carnival, in an effort to obtain his first contract as an independent architect. Joe eventually got the contract to design Festivale, and it was a massive success, positioning the Fun Ships to launch their first build of a new ship, the Tropicale. Joe landed the contract to design the Tropicale and went on to design the next 30 Carnival ships. In 2000, he also began designing for Costa Cruises, Carnival's Italian subsidiary and designed 11 ships for them. Joe's last ship where he led the design for a Carnival ship was the Magic in 2011. He designed the Costa Diadema in 2014 before retiring later that year. Support the show

Dark Side of the Library Podcast Episode #134: Dark Adult Fiction Books Released in July 2023 (Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you)   Alchemy of a Blackbird, by Claire McMillan (July 11) https://amzn.to/3CAEg6r   The Beast You Are: Stories, by Paul Tremblay (July 11) https://amzn.to/3JjwD8r   The Bones of the Story, by Carol Goodman (Jul 11) https://amzn.to/4441WMU   Boys in the Valley, by Philip Fracassi (July 11) https://amzn.to/46djx6i   Camp Damascus, by Chuck Tingle (Jul 18) https://amzn.to/3qUVKIa   The Carnivale of Curiosities, by Amiee Gibbs (July 11) https://amzn.to/3p3qO8k   The Centre, by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi (July 11) https://amzn.to/3mpUrPB   Circle of Death, by James Patterson (Jul 3) https://amzn.to/3NDEe4a   Cutting Teeth, by Chandler Baker (July 18) https://amzn.to/3Lh1hiX A Good House for Children, by Kate Collins (July 4) https://amzn.to/43kKFPz   The Only Purple House in Town, by Anne Aguirre (July 11) https://amzn.to/3MCkEW6   The Possibilities, by Yael Goldstein-Love (Jul 25) https://amzn.to/3XiDrZI   The Rain, by Joseph A. Turcott (Jul 18) https://amzn.to/46dREel   Silver Nitrate, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Jul 18) https://amzn.to/3pp7kLo   Sucker, by Daniel Hornsby (Jul 11) https://amzn.to/40PzPhU   The St. Ambrose School for Girls, by Jessica Ward (Jul 11) https://amzn.to/3PjW9hy   Weaver and the WItch Queen, by Genevieve Gornichec (Jul 25) https://amzn.to/3KUA0UD   Wildwood Magic, by Willa Reece (Jul 25) https://amzn.to/3Xj6UT6   Winter Sea:Dark Water Daughter, by H.M. Long (Jul 18) https://amzn.to/3NB8Z9Z   The Wonder State: A Novel, by Sara Flannery Murphy (July 18) https://amzn.to/46Oi3zH   The Woods are Waiting, by Katherine Greene (Jul 11) https://amzn.to/3XhFJbj   Dark Side of the Library Amazon Live Channel: https://www.amazon.com/live/darksideofthelibrary/ Dark Side of the Library Podcast:  https://www.darksideofthelibrary.com/

Lana meets Gemma Constantine's nemesis, Clarity reveals their secret project, and something turns up in Consummate Fork's basement.Sponsor: Chronopop by Terminus Technologies (Interspecies Darkweb influencer video by Zzgz^)Why wait?

Johnnie Putman and Steve King return to form with a full length show and they are featuring some of the best in show business! First is Sidney Friedman, The Musical Mentalist, and he wows our listeners plus WGN’s own Bob Fukuda with his mind-boggling routine. His show Sidney's Secrets is at The Alley at Carnivale […]

Carla Gallo is an actor whose first major film role was in David Russell's feature SPANKING THE MONKEY. This breakout performance gained Carla an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and the film won the Audience Award in Sundance. This caught the attention of filmmaker Judd Apatow who cast her as the female lead in the cult favorite UNDECLARED. Carla went on to work consistently with Apatow in such features as, THE 4O YEAR OLD VIRGIN, KNOCKED UP, SUPER BAD, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL, FUNNY PEOPLE and GET HIM TO THE GREEK. Carla played dynamic roles in the iconic series, CARNIVALE, CALIFORNICATION and MAD MEN. Her other television credits include BURNING LOVE, 2 BROKE GIRLS, WORKAHOLICS, SNEAKY PETE, and recurring roles on BONES and MAYANS M.C. In both Universal's NEIGHBORS and NEIGHBORS 2, Carla gives scene stealing performances as Seth Rogen's and Rose Byrne's loveably unglued friend. Carla has completed work on two Netflix features, A FUTILE & STUPID GESTURE directed by David Wain, LITTLE EVIL directed by Eli Craig. Her other feature credits include, I LOVE YOU MAN, WE BOUGHT A ZOO, MOTHER AND CHILD, HAPPIEST SEASON and FOUR GOOD DAYS. Most recently, Carla will re-team with Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne as a lead in the Apple TV+ comedy series PLATONIC which is now out! We chat about Career dry spells, sucking Steve Carell's toe, course correction, winning mentality, fear, feedback and Bones. The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Carla out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecarlagallo/ ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan

Manchester City has done it again! They clinched the English Premier League title and have advanced to the Champions League final. Jeff Carnivale returns to the show to discuss this dominance and tries to explain what happened to his beloved Arsenal. All this plus the NBA playoffs!

Today we sit down with the super talented, Nick Stahl. I was so excited for this show. Nick did not disappoint. Nick talks us all about coming up the industry. Reconciling a rocket ship launch to stardom while trying to find his identity as a young boy.  He talks about his work in the Terminator, Bully, Man Without a face, and many others. Nick talks about how moving to austin was the best thing he's done. It's given him a greater appreciation for the work.. He's one of our favorites. I hope you guys like the interview as much as we liked hangin with him. 

Today's guest is writer and showrunner, Daniel Knauf. Daniel Knauf had a couple of small credits to his name—a TV movie here, a stint on Wolf Lake there—when he managed to sell the intricate Great Depression-era genre show Carnivale to HBO.The series, an intricate blend of meticulously researched period detail and secret-history fantasy, purported to tell the tale of what happened when the last two “Avatars”—superpowered beings of light and darkness—met in the United States on the eve of World War II. The series attracted a cult audience that remains devoted to this day, but a mass audience wasn't sure what to make of the program, and HBO canceled it after two seasons, saying the show's story was finished, in spite of Knauf's plan for a six-season run.We go deep inside the writer's room, what it takes to be a showrunner and many of his misadventures in Hollyweird!Enjoy my conversation with Daniel Knauf.

Aunt Ciata (c. 1854-1924) was a beloved spiritual leader that kept samba music alive in Rio de Janeiro.  This month, we're talking about Mischief Makers:  oddballs, chameleons, and nonconformists. Queens of quick wit. History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn't help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should. Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we'll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more.  Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures.  Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Liz Smith, Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Lindsey Kratochwill, Adesuwa Agbonile, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Ale Tejeda, Sara Schleede, and Abbey Delk. Special thanks to Shira Atkins. Original theme music composed by Miles Moran. Follow Wonder Media Network: Website Instagram Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Justin goes on a vision quest. Ben throws a fit. Stumpy and Libby decide to leave for Hollywood. Produced by Kristen Riley and Daive Reed Edited by Daive Reed Thanks for being here and if you enjoyed the episode, please rate, review, and subscribe. Or, even easier, tell people about us! It really helps us out.  Find us on Twitter and Instagram @CastFiles We also auto-post on YouTube, if that's your streaming service of choice, or if you like closed captions.  And finally, email us at TheRotatingCastFiles@gmail.com   Content Warnings -

In the follow up to Babylon we are all upset and cry a bunch. I also call Ronald D Moore a bunch of names because he made me feel bad feelings. I really hope he writes more for the series. Produced by Kristen Riley and Daive Reed Edited by Daive Reed Thanks for being here and if you enjoyed the episode, please rate, review, and subscribe. Or, even easier, tell people about us! It really helps us out.  Find us on Twitter and Instagram @CastFiles We also auto-post on YouTube, if that's your streaming service of choice, or if you like closed captions.  And finally, email us at TheRotatingCastFiles@gmail.com   Content Warnings -

Babylon is finally upon us. Will it swallow us whole as Lodz warned or will we just have a nice time with the creepy bartender? Only time will tell. (No it won't, leave immediately). Produced by Kristen Riley and Daive Reed Edited by Daive Reed Thanks for being here and if you enjoyed the episode, please rate, review, and subscribe. Or, even easier, tell people about us! It really helps us out.  Find us on Twitter and Instagram @CastFiles We also auto-post on YouTube, if that's your streaming service of choice, or if you like closed captions.  And finally, email us at TheRotatingCastFiles@gmail.com   Content Warnings: Death, adult themes --------- “...And on her forehead, a name was written, a mystery. ‘Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and of the abominations of the earth…” The carnival rolls into Babylon, a tapped-out silver-mining town with a luckless history - and few visible inhabitants. Samson looks to raise morale by treating the troupe to a night at a local car in town, while Sofie and Libby take in a film. Finally, a group of restless miners arrives just in time for the evening cooch show - and the latest tragedy to befall Carnivale.    We open with Justin squatting and praying in the wreckage of the ministry/orphanage. In his prayer, he mentions Babylon as we fade to a man walking down the road as the carnival approaches. Jonesy and Samson stop to talk to the guy and it's apparent something is amiss.  The roadman has an Irish accent and Samson asks if he's from Babylon. He looks taken aback but reconsiders and says yes. Jonesy tells him there's nothing behind them but 50 miles of sand and sidewinders, which is the way the man is headed. He asks if they're a carnival and when they confirm he says they've been waiting for them for a long time. Samson asks “how's that?” but he just smiles and walks off.  Welcome to Babylon. We should not stop here even for a moment.  Rita Sue being Rita Sue hollers “hey handsome” at him as they pass.  The carnival arrives in Babylon and it's clear that no one is happy about being there. Dora Mae says Rita Sue says Babylon is cursed. Ruthie says it's just a place. Gecko counters with “just a place no other carnival will play.” Samson tells them to set up, but Rita Sue rightly points out there's no one around for them to play to. He counters that if that were true they wouldn't be here, would they?  Immediately Samson goes to confront Management about why they're there. He demands management tell him something he can share with the crew, but management is silent.  Jonesy and his crew are setting up. Gecko is begging to stop by El Paso, which isn't going to happen apparently. The crew is telling Jonesy they're going to wire to another show for work and Jonesy calls them some 1930s name that showcases how little he cares. Ben's working, but sees Lodz's trailer and beelines it past Jonesy to the trailer. It's like he was pulled to it. Lodz is shaking in his bed. They call it “the clangs”.  “You have an infallible, if irritating, gift for stating the obvious.” Ruthie breaks it up by telling Ben to go back to work. She calls Lodz on his bullshit and threatens him if he keeps messing with Ben. “I will tear your pecker off like a piece of French bread.” Sofie argues with Apollonia over her recent sexual encounter during the dust storm. Sofie says she liked it, liked the way he held her. Which, I saw that scene, did not occur. Apollonia warns or threatens or suggests she might be pregnant. Sofie says he didn't knock her up because that only happens in dime novels. Wouldn't that be great if true? But, of course, now she's worried that she may be pregnant.  Fortunately, when Sofie leaves the trailer she sees the Dreyfuss women practicing. They're also bickering because everyone is on edge and that's what you do with families. Also fortunate, as Sofie approaches Dora Mea storms off and Rita Sue is distracted by Stumpy hanging a torn banner.  It's obvious these two don't spend much time together when Sofie decides to sit and stay for a cigarette. Sofie asks Libby how you can tell if you're pregnant which leads to the discovery that no one knows but at least Libby tells Sofie to require a rubber next time. I don't think Sofie knows what that looks like or where to get them, but maybe she and Libby will be best friends and Sofie can learn.  Dora Mea shocks the hell out of Ben while he's shaving, even going so far as to lean in for a kiss. It's obvious he's the most fun to play with since he's the new guy and a prude.  a person who is or claims to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity.: "the sex was so ambiguous and romantic that none but a prude could find it objectionable". synonyms: puritan, prig, killjoy, moral zealot/fanatic, moralist, Mrs. Grundy, Grundy, old maid, schoolmarm, pietist, Victorian, priggish person, bluenose, goody-goody, goody two shoes, holy Joe, holy Willie, Miss Prim Jonesy is still furious with Samson but they haven't discussed it, even on that 50 miles of sun and dirt drive, but Jonesy tells Samson he needs to do something now or people will start leaving. So, in an effort to prevent many of the rousties from deserting, Samson takes them out on the town for the night. Unfortunately, what that means is one nearly abandoned bar with the man from the road as a bartender. When Samson says, looks like you didn't make it out of town, he cryptically responds, never does.  Rather than go to the bar, Sofie and Libby dress up for a night at the movies. They approach the theater but it appears closed. Sofie, reluctant to turn back yet, suggest they may be early. Inside, they find a small counter with candy. As Sofie reaches for a few bars another creepy man appears from around the corner and catches them. Libby distracts him so Sofie can steal the candy. He confirms they're with the carnival before putting on a silent movie.  As the movie plays they talk about sex. The man is watching and listening.  At the bar, there's actually music now so everyone is dancing. Dora Mae is flirting with the bartender who says the town doesn't come in here. Everyone's dancing and having a good time, Libby and Sofie arrive after the movie to join in. Ben is getting annihilated at a table by himself until Ruthie asks if he wants to dance. Jonesy is also sitting alone, watching.  The creepy as fuck townsmen with lust in their eyes are being goddamn creeps. As the night carries on and slow dancing starts Libby and Sofie are still dancing. Jonesy asks to cut in. It's a gut-wrenching scene. Libby is amazing though, she knows the cues and as she politely brushes Jonesy off with a smile she also dances Sofie's back to him. Jonesy wanders to the bathroom. Ben stumbles in.  “You can go to hell.” “Where do you think we are, farm boy?” Ben stumbles off alone into the dark. Tensions are still high in the morning.  No one seems to notice Ben's absence the next morning, except for Ruthie. When Lodz learns of it, he employs Lila to take him on an undisclosed errand. Cut to Sofie, Libby, and Dora Mea at the breakfast table. We learn Libby “fell off the roof” so the blow-off is all Dora Mea's tonight. Apollonia is butting in as Libby and Sofie enjoy each other and Sofie has to run off.  Now Ben, who has apparently just woken up in total darkness, flicks his Zippo to discover that he's in an abandoned and seemingly sealed-off mine shaft in the Babylon mine. It's reminiscent of Justin's vision trip he played on Iris's last episode. Soft hands, hard rock.  Night falls -  Meanwhile, Lodz sits alone outside in the wilderness at night, and he may or may not be able to hear Ben screaming for help. The carnival opens for evening business. At first, there's no one. Samson says to Jonesy, give it time. Jonesy makes a snide remark about management. “What kind of spider crawled up your ass?” Then we hear a horse or horses pull up and see lanterns in the distance. This. Is. Bad. The horses are the only thing making any noise.  The crowd that descends on the carnival is extremely large and composed almost entirely of sullen-faced, grey-suited, dirty miners.  Samson is unnerved and tells Stumpy to cancel Dora Mae's blow-off (i.e. she keeps her panties on). It's a full house so Stumpy wants to do the blow-off because that tends to mean more tips. As the show continues we hear some men saying things so we know they aren't ghosts or whatever.  Jonesy is out at the Ferris wheel. When two filthy men get into his cart he asks for their tickets. When they don't give them up, but the rest of the folks are hollering to get started, he refuses to lock them in and instead holds the accelerator to as fast as it will go. Hilarious if I didn't fully expect this thing to fall apart at some point.  Sofie is reading the Tarot cards for her mother. The miner wants to know when he'll hit high dirt. Sofie does the thing where she tells him the cards are unclear rather than whatever Apollonia actually said, which was probably “he's fucked”, so the miner gets up to leave but Apollonia has Sofie ask the miner if he knows the name "Scudder." The miner does and relates that Scudder worked the mine several years prior and that Scudder had killed Carl Butridge with a pickaxe. Apollonia declines to explain the incident or its relevance to her daughter. Down in the mine shaft, Ben has stumbled across a pickaxe, just as Scudder, dressed as a miner, comes round the corner. Scudder is silent. Ben chases him, finally getting him to stop when he yells, “I know who you are.” Scudder replies, “but do you know what that means?”  In light of Ben's silence, Scudder sets off down the tunnel. Ben can't keep up, and soon collapses when he finds the lifeless body of Carl Butridge, pickaxe still lodged in his chest. Back at the cooch show, Rita Sue is unconvinced about Samson's warning. She says they've worked tougher crowds and has Stumpy call for the men who will pay an extra $0.50 to see the final show. Dora Mae is going to do the blowoff. Both the Babylon barkeeper and the local projectionist are in the crowd. We hover on Stumpy as he watches the crowd go through the second curtain. He looks uncertain, but it's tough to say whether this is because he believes Samson or because he's watching for Samson so they don't get caught.  Back at the Ferris wheel, Jonesy proceeds to get drunk while those original minors are still flying around and around. Someone yells “you wanna fight?” or something which is rich because they are literally at his mercy. Miners on the ground end up beating to snot out of Jonesy as another person stops the wheel.  Samson arrives and breaks up the fight, then tells Jonesy to leave since they had a deal. (He wasn't supposed to drink on the job). Jonesy stumbles off into the dark.  Dora Mae is in the middle of her blow-off - Stumpy and Rita Sue standing by - A full-blown handstand, are you kidding me? Impressive.  As she lands out of her handstand the miners rush the stage, grabbing her and dragging her toward them. She's terrified and calls out, “Daddy!” Stumpy rushes to help her and she runs off the back of the stage as the tent collapses. Dora Mae is cut on the way out.  Next, we see her she's outside a tent, in a robe, hyperventilating. That must have been terrifying. Rita Sue stands silently by while Stumpy brings her ointment to keep it front getting puss-y, which is a very hard word to write down… Dora Mea thanks him and Rita Sue appears to be fighting grief, guilt, and anger but remaining silent. Dora Mea looks up toward the camera like she's looking toward someone just as Rita Sue slips around the tent after Stumpy, leaving her alone. Back to Ben, the least interesting storyline in this episode. He's still in his cave.  Ben has relit his Zippo and discovered a series of letters carved in the wooden beams supporting the mine: AVATARAVATARAVATAR. He copies "TARAVATARA" onto his arm in charcoal.  Ben takes Burtridge's headlamp, lights it, and sets off in search of Scudder. Get ready: Jonesy, staggering up the hillside outside of the carnival, comes across a tree and we can see legs dangling from it. It's Dora Mea, you can see her shoes with the little heel and the white ankle socks. You can also see the blood from her cut - if not additional trauma - has run all the way down her legs to her socks.  Jonesy pauses, slowly looking up at her face. He vomits. Next, we see him stumbling through the carnival carrying Dora Mae. Ruthie sees him and tells him to lay her down “over here” while laying out her jacket for him to put her on.  Rita Sue notices and runs over. Screaming only the screams of someone experiencing a part of themselves actually dying.  Dora Mea's throat was cut and the word "Harlot" was carved into her forehead. We hear Brother Justin saying over the scene: “...And on her forehead, a name was written, a mystery. ‘Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and of the abominations of the earth…” SONG: The World Is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, “January 10th, 2014” (2015) Championing female vigilantism in a world rife with male violence, “January 10, 2014” is a rogue entry to the emo canon, centered on women but not from the vantage point of the male gaze. It brings together two stories: The first is the true story of Diana, Hunter of Bus Drivers, who murdered two late-night shuttle-bus drivers in response to decades of sexual violence on the women of Juárez, Mexico, due to the indifference of the police. The second is Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt – a protective force associated with, among other things, wild animals, woodland, the underworld, fertility, and childbirth. It's an ambitious concept but, in its own idealistic way, rewrites a common narrative — both within emo and the world at large — that seeks to confine women to one of two categories: “victim” or “evil.” By contrast, “January 10th, 2014” holds women up as beacons of bravery and strength and vigilante action as worthy of thanks. While it feels fairly deflating that the examples chosen are ones of abject desperation and myth, it works within the utopian framework of the song, whose soaring post-rock-influenced landscape communicates its vision better from within clouds. However, what really elevates “January 10, 2014” are the dueling vocals and the passing of the most affecting lines — “Are you afraid of me now?” — to keyboardist Katie Shanholtzer-Dvorak, which brings a much-needed sense of agency to a genre that often deprives women of it whether it means to or not. —Emma Garland  

The topsoil of 10,000 farms decides to ruin everybody's day. Pretty rude. Produced by Kristen Riley and Daive Reed Edited by Daive Reed Please rate, review, and subscribe.  Find us on Twitter and Instagram @CastFiles   Content Warnings - death, adult themes   This opening shot is gorgeous! Everything is brown, but they're situated near mountains. Mountains we will never see again.  We zoom in and see Ben working on a car. Probably stealing carburetors before it was cool. The conjoined twins are in the background doing their morning stretches. Ben sees them and is fascinated.  Lodz is being fancy in his trailer with his absinthe, performing his own rendition of Jurassic Park. He seems thrilled about it.  Sofie and her mother argue in their trailer about Sofie's habit of going to town to have a little fun. She says she never lets it go too far and she's not lying. Apollonia doesn't want her to go and slams the door to prevent her, or at least make her point even more apparent. We get a premonition that something is to come. Before Sofie forces the door open she says “what are you talking about? It's a beautiful day.” FORESHADOW. Samson is getting all dolled up in the management trailer. As he leaves we see through the curtain where management was, and it's yanked closed.  Ben is getting food from the hottest server at the circus. He sits with someone I've never noticed before, who pointedly gets up and sits at another table. Why? Weren't we all thrilled about Ben last episode? Is it because that woman died in Tipton? At a nearby table, all of our remaining characters are seated. Gecko complains about the heat and the shade while sitting in the shade. Lila riles everyone up by saying a nearby road leads to Babylon. Libby says she heard 3 rousties were strung up there in ‘32. Dora Mea says it wasn't rousties it was freaks - two pinheads and an albino. Apparently, Gecko is albino-phobic.  Next, we see Jonesy following Samson through the carnival grounds. He's worried that his men are going to bolt, everyone's been jumpy since they went off course.  Samson says it's not his call, it's management. Jonesy says maybe he could talk to management. His men stand behind him, encouraging him. This is what we call foreshadowing.  Samson shuts it down and walks away. Jonesy follows him to the car. He tells Jonesy he expects everything to be set up by the time he returns. Jonesy shouts to his men to get back to work. No one's thrilled. 

Pack up the babies! Grab the old ladies! Everyone knows, everyone goes, Brother Benjamin St John's Show! Produced by Kristen Riley and Daive Reed Edited by Daive Reed Thanks for being here and if you enjoyed the episode, please rate, review, and subscribe. Or, even easier, tell people about us! It really helps us out.  Find us on Twitter and Instagram @CastFiles We also auto-post on YouTube, if that's your streaming service of choice, or if you like closed captions.  And finally, email us at TheRotatingCastFiles@gmail.com   Trigger Warnings: Death, evangelism, complex boundaries between siblings   Summary Carnivàle shows up in Tipton as a funeral is in progress. Most of the mourners turn away from the coffin and watch the carnival come into town. One fancy guy seems pretty pissed.  The carnival is setting up as Samson reads off a list for purchases in the town. Samson tells Hawkins to go with Jonesy. Jonesy has never worked this town. They used to have a circuit until Hawkins showed up. Which doesn't make sense yet.  Samson has the carnival setting up. The angry, fancy guy comes over. Lyle Donovan, Tipton's sheriff, comes to find Samson. They shoot the shit for a bit, but Lyle sucks and tells Samson he's not going to allow it. “Because the town is too poor” but probably because Lyle sucks.   The two have known each other for a long time, but Donovan refuses to let Samson set up the carnival since Donovan doesn't want his people being cheated out of what little money they have left.  Paying for entertainment is not the same thing as being cheated, you moron. And if they gamble? That's on them.  In town, it's obvious how bad off the town is. There's hardly any food and no water, even the cows are dehydrated. It's definitely bad. Jonesy haggles over barely corn while Ben sees a truck with the Big Sky Farms sign on it.  Just then, the little girl he healed before identifies Ben as a healer. Jonesy pulls up in the truck as the town is being wild and calls over the ruckus to Ben to get into the truck.  In a nice juxtaposition, the poor migrants from Minten have a new place of worship. Justin and his congregation are having a great time at Chen's. Justin and Iris are trying to get everyone on key, but we know I don't want that. Justin preaches that people who God hates are better believers than the ones who don't have it as hard or something.  Eleanor gives God credit when shaking Justin's hand and Justin replies that it isn't a miracle, just a lot of hard work. Honestly, I want to hear more people say that. Take credit for your hard work!  Some council members show up and want a “nickel tour”. Iris says “well well.” Jonesy arrives and says Ben was being called Jesus. Samson isn't interested because the carnival has been kicked out. BUT Jonesy has an idea. Samson stages a faith-healing revival in order to circumvent Donovan's edict. Samson plays the organized religion game and talks to the reverend, spinning a cute tale and promising 50% to this guy's church. There's a catholic church down the road, and Samson says “why don't we let the Catholics take care of the Catholics?” The game is on.  After gaining the support of Tipton's reverend, we get a great shot of Stumpy's born-again speech. His daughters are dressed up, collecting coins in plates, and looking very "respectable". Quotes because respectability is a patriarchal construct.  Samson is confronted by Lyle and uses the great “freedom of religion” bullshit we're all being persecuted under today. It's a great comparison between what's happening in Tipton and Minten. The poor folks are being taken by religion. Lila is dressing Ben, putting product in his hair. Ruthie, Gabriel, and Samson walk in. Samson asks who dressed him, Lodz? Because he's styled exactly like The Gentleman Geek. Ruthie says it's like seeing a ghost and Samson shoos her out.  Ben gets all high-strung, as is his #1 characteristic., and says he's not going to do it. He tries to leave, but Gabriel physically stops him. Samson says it's not an option to leave.  Stumpy's speech is incredible.  I always love these stories, because they're humble brags of how much sinning someone has gotten up to in their lives and it kind of makes you jealous.  As he ends it, his story for introducing Ben is that he was struck down and Ben brought him back, which turned his sinning light around.  Samson sits behind Lila and Lodz, mentioning the tux was a mean trick. Lodz is thrilled.  Gabriel looks dapper in his gray suit.  Stumpy calls for healing, and people want healing. He calls for a woman in the back, in a wheelchair, Gabriel brings her and the chair to the stage. She has stomach cancer, it's in her spine and keeps her legs from working. Ben is absolutely freaking out. Finally, the woman reveals her face - because Ben is a big dummy and can't tell it's Ruthie - as Stumpy leads the crowd in a chant of Jesus, Jesus!  Ben finally touches her and she performs, the crowd goes wild. Lila in the background shouts the loudest. It's all very good and honestly, exactly what revivals are so…no hard feelings.  We get another dream sequence. It's the diner song with the terrible lyrics. Ben wakes up and Samson announces that, due to the incredible success of the revival show, they now have fresh eggs, bacon, and orange juice.  The rousties send Ben off for more orange juice, while getting a refill he asks Sofie about her mom. Appolonia isn't great, but at least she's talking.  Ben says he has something that needs doing in town. He'd seen a  sign for “Big Sky Farms” and needed to investigate. Samson gives him access to the car.  Ben is late for his own show chasing leads.  When he gets back, he asks if there's been a wreck. But it's all the folks here for the revival show. As he walks toward the carnival a woman with a sandwich board sign recognizes him, Ben is swarmed and Gabe ends up carrying him off.  Back at Chin's, now the migrant church, the council members - Munson and Templeton - are getting their “dime tour” though you know they used to be regulars here. Justin is showing them the boys' dorms, which is almost complete. The girls' dorm, across the hall, is already complete. Justin calls Iris over, she's wearing one of those designs that grown women had to wear that make them look shapeless like dolls, and she asks if Carroll Templeton was the other Templeton cousin, no it was his nephew. She gives her condolences.  This awful Tempelton says he wishes Justin would've come to them first. When Justin says he'd love their support in the future, the other guy has to speak up.  It's all stupid politics. That guy gets to tell him the demo was planned for this whole block. They offer Justin a run-down place outside of town, in exchange for “this cracker box”. Templeton threatens Justin, which will turn out just fine. I'm sure.  Justin walks out, sweating. Iris rushes out after him, trying to calm the situation. When Justin yells “no!” the older Templeton starts to choke. He's led out by his dumb cronies. Iris starts to realize there's a connection. It's probably the hottest her brother has looked to her in a while.  Sofie tends to Appollonia. Appy says he needs her, Sofie isn't thrilled, but Ben shows up asking for help. Sofie gives him a “disguise” and tells him to wait in the truck. She ends up driving him to the house.  It's in need of a paint job and a good porch sweeping. He knocks on the door and asks to see Ms. Donovan. At first, he's told she's indisposed, but then is let inside.  Sofie is dismissed, politely. Ben shows Becca Donovan the pictures. She knows Scudder, they were lovers at one time, and she knew about Flora. Becca also tells him the rules of the game. Take a life to give a life. If Ben hasn't figured this out already, I swear.  Regardless, Becca knows about the dreams. His daddy had the gift/curse. Because everything is a story about fathers and sons.  Lyle shows up and bodily throws Ben out.  Sofie drives them back and asks questions that Ben refuses to answer so she kicks him out of the car.  He yells “crazy damn bitch” and she backs up and says to his face “what'd you call me?” He actually repeats himself, which most people wouldn't, but refuses to get in. He walks away, in the finest clothes he's ever worn.  Later that evening, Samson is waiting for Ben to return, Since he hasn't yet, they have a standby.  We cut back to Sofie and Ben in a weird little standoff. Eventually, Sofie asks if she can have a cigarette, and Ben replies “can I drive?” So they make up.  Back at the revival with the stand in Ben, Doramea comes up with bloody legs. She was run over by a thresher.  It's all going fine until the sheriff walks in. Cops are always looking out for only themselves. But honestly, it's the draw of religion too. Hope, whether it's false or not, is still hope.  He demands the healer heal his ailing mother instead of the thrasher victim. But he also knows the healer stand-in isn't the healer they've been sold. Fortunately, Ben shows up. He asks about the rules. He's worried because he knows if he does it someone or something will die. He tells the cop to move back. But Becca tells him no, don't touch me. She's not willing to kill someone else for her sake. Ben alerts the crowd, telling them to remember she said she doesn't want to be healed. He asks about Scudder, she informs him that Scudder was in Babylon after he was with her, then she dies.  Later that night, Samson demands to know what Ben would've done if she hadn't stopped him. I'm not sure he wants to know. He ends up punishing Ben with latrine duty.  Another comparison you may have already picked up is between Norman and Samson. They both refer to their charges as children - "little girl" vs "children".  As they're leaving, Jonesy asks where. Samson gives directions. Jonesy says, damn that'll take us mighty close to Babylon. Samson replies, no that'll take us to Babylon.  On a bicycle. 

Ben gets sent on a wild goose chase but it turns out that the goose isn't so wild. Justin learns a fun, new trick he can do. And we are all left with a sense of foreboding. Produced by Kristen Riley and Daive Reed Edited by Daive Reed Thanks for being here and if you enjoyed the episode, please rate, review, and subscribe. Or, even easier, tell people about us! It really helps us out.  Find us on Twitter and Instagram @CastFiles We also auto-post on YouTube, if that's your streaming service of choice, or if you like closed captions.  And finally, email us at TheRotatingCastFiles@gmail.com   Content Warnings - pedophilia suggested, suicide The Recap Love me or leave me plays on the sound system in the diner.  The lyrics are disagreeable from start to finish and absolutely distract me from what's happening, which is… Justin walks into a diner and sits on a stool at the counter. Ben walks in and sits next to Justin. The two men don't acknowledge each other's presence.  After a few minutes, Scudder, dressed in a black tuxedo and top hat, walks in and sits at the booth behind Ben and Justin. Ben and Justin watch him intently in the mirror above the counter.  Eventually, Belyakov, previously seen in both Ben and Justin's dreams chasing Scudder during World War 1, enters the diner and sits across from Scudder at the booth.  The waitress moves over to Belyakov and Scudder and comments ominously, "Every prophet in his house." Scudder and Balyakov raise their wine glasses in a toast. As the glasses clink, the large window that Scudder and the soldier are seated next to explodes inward, showering the four men in shards of glass. The dream ends. Ben and Justin wake suddenly from the shared dream. Ben goes to wash and gets harassed by the Dryfuss ladies - Libby and Rita Sue. It's pretty fun. Because, as I said while watching, it's not dangerous.  Sofie and Appolonia argue.  Jonesy is assigning men to work for the morning and sends Ben to clean out the baggage trailer, a carnival joke since the baggage trailer doesn't exist.  Ben, however, finds a run-down trailer filled with baggage which he proceeds to dig through on the pretense of cleaning it. I love luggage with all those stickers - the real thing, not the Home Goods version. I'd go through it too, you know, for organizing purposes.  He finds a suitcase containing not only Scudder's top hat (which Ben pops), but also Scudder's trademark black tuxedo (which is spattered with blood).  In an old cigar box, he finds an old photo of his mom standing in front of a truck with the label "Big Sky Farms." He exclaims and the wind closes the door, so he pulls out a zippo. A definite fire hazard. Heading back through the carnival Samson asks where he's been hiding. Samson shares the joke, but Ben was in the trailer. He shows Samson the photo to prove it since taking him to the non-existent trailer proved fruitless.  Samson lies about not recognizing the picture, and so does Ben. Samson wants to hold onto it, but Ben pockets it. On the back of the picture is written "H.S. and Flo." He pockets it.  Samson goes to the management trailer and finds the picture in the photo album. He asks management, who's behind a curtain, “what the hell are you up to?”  Cut to Justin, who's getting ready for work and making me realize just how little I understand about men's clothing. Why doesn't that second shirt have a back? When he wears the overcoat, you can't see it anyway. Why?  Also, staring at your sister's nipples is probably frowned upon by parts of the bible.  At church, we have my favorite singer, Eleanor's son. Eleanor has been “set right”. I love that he says he enjoyed parts of the service when Justin asks. He's so honest! The rich folks are unhappy with the migrants and make it known to Justin. Lunch at the carnival. The cooch family - “No one wants to see a lumberjack dance the cooch.” I do.  Jonesy is pissed about Babe Ruth. But not really.  Ben and Sofie sit together for lunch.  Lodz and Lyla discuss Sofie and Ben. Lyla makes comments about teaching new puppy tricks.  At the diner from the dreams, Justin and Norman, and Iris.  Back at the carnival, Appolonia won't read the cards for Sophie, so rather than lie or make something up, she turns everyone away. As she's leaving the trailer she runs into Ben, Ben gets pulled over by Ruthie to fetch Gabriel's wrist cuffs. In her trailer, he smells her perfume. He's smitten.  At Justin and Iris's, the wealthy folks come by. Mainly they want to kick out the migrants. But Templeton isn't ready for what's about to happen. Justin gets ahead of him and requests Templeton give him The Chin's. Templeton tries to laugh it off and offers $50 for a tent. Templeton tells Justin no, Justin gets pissed, especially when Templeton takes the Lord's name in vain. Justin touches him, the room goes black and the woman from Mr. Chin's shows up and transports them to Chin's. Inside we see sex, drugs, gambling, and exploitation of all kinds. Templeton asks “anything new on the menu? “ Which is gross even before you know what he's requesting. He gets keys to room 4, Justin still holding on to the other Templeton forces him to watch.  Iris walks in with the lemonade and we're all back at the house.  After the carnival, Jonesy shows us how he has a lifelong crush on someone he's known since before she hit puberty which is a real problem. Sofie tries to let him down easily.  Gecko and Dora mea  Lodz airs his concerns about Ben to Samson, who maintains that Ben is just a harmless rube.  Lodz counters by saying that he saw Scudder in Ben's dreams. Samson doesn't care, because Scudder's dead and has been for years.  Lodz isn't convinced and asks Samson to bring the matter to Management since Mgmt hasn't listened to Lodz since St Louis.  He also suggests that Samson take the carnival south instead of the usual northward course. Samson disagrees and leaves the trailer. Samson sees Jonesy dismiss everyone and watches as Ben stumbles around to find a place to sleep. The “rousties” seem to bed down wherever they can.  Lodz goes to Appolonia, trying to convince her to let him in. She is obviously angry about it, and so is Sophie when she walks in and kicks him out. Sophie asks if she's ok, Appolonia throws a porcelain cup at her and she storms out.  We see Ben bedding down under a truck, then his WWI nightmares again in which a Russian soldier is stalking Scudder from No Man's Land. The bear shows up. Ben wakes abruptly.  He sees a mobile Apollonia approaching, she reaches her hand out and he takes it. She gasps and whispers "You're the one,". At the same time, Sofie returns to the trailer and finds her mother missing. She yells Mama! And Appolonia collapses into Ben's arms.  The situation, when Sofie discovers it, is misconstrued and Ben is beaten until Samson manages to calm things down. He has everyone stop punching Ben and gets others to help Appolonia back inside. Sofie can't hear her anymore. She's scared.  And finally, Samson announces that the carnival will be moving south instead of north. Lodz smirks. Ruthie, who forcibly made Gabriel stop hitting Ben, also kind of forcefully patches Ben up - she's in charge of these two boys and neither can argue that. Gabriel sits outside as Ruthie applies ointment and checks his ribs. She makes sure there are no hard feelings against Gabe. Ben says there aren't. He shows her the picture, she knows who Flora was but didn't know her personally.  Ruthie explains that the woman is Scudder's old "sweetie," and that Scudder traveled with Carnivàle and performed as the Gentleman Geek, wearing his trademark black tuxedo.  She confirms that Scudder might have been in World War 1 and informs Ben that Scudder was drunk. Ben reveals to Ruthie that the woman in the picture is his mother, Flora Hawkins. Ruthie now has a whole lot of spotty history snap into place. She lets Ben take his picture and the one she had of Scudder. As Ben leaves Ruthie calls Gabriel back inside. See? We all know who's in charge.  In Mintern, Justin gets Chin's. Templeton is like every other wealthy and influential person, a fucking coward. He ends his life, leaving behind a family during the great depression to fend for themselves.  Justin returns home, high on power, and looks longingly at his sleeping sister before turning off the radio and awakening her. He tells her everything and she's silent and then seems to be quietly thrilled. This makes Justin cry, she comforts him in a way that could be sibling-like but somehow is suggestive of more.  Later, we see Justin return to his room to self-flagellate. That's not a euphemism. Actually, it probably is. Iris hears him from the living room.  In the final scene, the carnival is wrapping up. Ben sees the little hat and vest from the bear in his nightmares attached to the side of management's trailer.  

Having made their return from Florida, Steve and Johnnie are back and are joined by “The Musical Mentalist,” Sidney Friedman, to talk about his upcoming shows at the Gorton Center on March 4th and at The Alley at Carnivale on March 15th. During their talk, he also makes his Oscar predictions and performs some “sleight […]

In this week's episode we look a little closer at how our Irish ancestors lived and worked through the 40 days leading up to Easter Sunday each year. This was a time known as "Lent". It was treated very seriously by the Roman Catholic church - who were very specific in their directions to the flock as to how they should live their lives over this time of penance, fasting and piety.We start with a letter that looks at something called "The Skellig List" and then focus on a Lenten letter that was read out from the pulpits across County Wicklow in the late 1800s.The music starts with a tune of celebration - "Chasing the Fox" (celebration/carnivale) - then moves onto a suitable religious song, the "Our Father" sung in Irish, before celebrating Easter (and the end of Lent) with "Easter Snow". We do hope you enjoy.Music featured in this episode:"Chasing the Fox" performed by The Chieftains."Ar nAthair" performed by Michael Nash."Easter Snow" performed by Matt Molloy and Martin Carthy.Support the Letter from Ireland Show:Thank you for listening to the Letter from Ireland show. To support the podcast, get lots of member-only features and follow Mike and Carina behind the scenes as they travel around Ireland go to ALetterfromIreland.com/plus .

It's the Great Depression and we're meeting our new cast of friends. It's very dusty, possibly magical, kind of fun, and a bit depressing. Produced by Kristen Riley and Daive Reed Edited by Daive Reed Thanks for being here and if you enjoyed the episode, please rate, review, and subscribe. Or, even easier, tell people about us! It really helps us out.  Find us on Twitter and Instagram @CastFiles We also auto-post on YouTube, if that's your streaming service of choice, or if you like closed captions.  And finally, email us at TheRotatingCastFiles@gmail.com   SHOW NOTES   Set Up: In the midst of the Dust Bowl, a traveling carnival roams from town to town scratching out a living. And a Methodist minister regains his faith in the lord after seeing amazing visions. Trigger Warnings: Sexual assault, human death, animal cruelty and death, child exploitation.   Opening Lines: Samson: Before the beginning, after the great war between Heaven and Hell, God created the Earth, and gave dominion over it to the crafty ape he called man. And to each generation, there was born a creature of light and a creature of darkness. And great armies clashed by night in the ancient war between good and evil. There was magic then, nobility, and unimaginable cruelty. And so it was. Until the day that a false sun exploded over Trinity, and man traded away wonder for reason.   Summary: Nightmare sequence. In Ben's opening dream, we see, various:Scudder being chased by the Usher through a cornfield Scudder retreating from Bruno the bear in World War 1 a hand (possibly Ben's or Boffo's) holding a Templar ring (probably Boffo's) bearing the motto "In Hoc Signo Vinces" ("By this sign you shall conquer" in Latin) Scudder, in a black tuxedo, and Belyakov face each other in the diner Sofie turning over the Magician during Ben's tarot reading the funeral procession in Tipton Ruthie with a snake during one of her acts Scudder popping his top hat a dead lamb a photo of the Babylon mining crew, focusing in on Scudder's picture Apollonia's rape by the Tattooed Man a picture of Felix's gun on a pillow next to four bullets a picture of Lobster Girl from Gunderson Ben wakes up from a dream with no arms or legs more scenes from the trench during World War 1, featuring Belyakov aiming at Scudder a shot of Dora Mae's funeral On a barren farm in the middle of a dust storm a young man, Ben Hawkins, watches over his dying mother. He reaches for her when she has a coughing fit and she pulls away, disgusted. "Don't touch me," she says before dying.  It's fine. This probably won't impact the rest of his life.  Outside, a group of trucks rolls down the highway. They stop to find Hawkins digging in the rock-hard ground with a man on a bulldozer shouting at him.  Samson, the co-manager of a traveling carnival, bets his right-hand man, Jonesy, that the man on the bulldozer "squashes" Hawkin's meager resistance. Jonesy takes the bet and gets out of the truck to help.  He realizes that Hawkins is trying to bury his mother and, after the bulldozer guy comes over to see what's up and finds out, Jonesy asks if he has shovels and has the carnival roustabouts help. The eclectic troupe, including conjoined twins, a giant, and a bearded lady, hold a small burial service for the deceased.  The bulldozer man waits for the burial and funeral to complete, which is good of him, then destroys the house.  As Samson and the gang try to decide what to do with Hawkins, a car is approaching and Ben collapses, so Ruthie has Gabriel carry Ben. In Mintern, California, Brother Justin Crowe delivers a sermon on the devil. An older woman, Eleanor, is listening to the sermon and as the plate is passed she reaches in and makes eye contact with the plate holder, to distract him. She takes money from the plate, but Iris, Crowe's sister, sees her. As Eleanor tries to leave during a song Iris stops her. Iris is terrifying.  Justin talks to Eleanor in his home after the service, Iris leaves the room and Eleanor tries to talk herself out of the situation. Justin confronts her and suddenly she starts coughing up gold coins. Brother Justin takes it as a sign from god and asks her to pray with him. In the commentary, they say how the original was more in control of the situation and essentially made this happen. I appreciate that they tempered him and made him more complex to start, so he has a place to go. If he started badly, where would we go? It's very dramatic and the coins disappear, but the whole scene is played as though it occurred to both of them, not just as a vision from Brother Justin. Iris had left the room, so did not witness this.  On the road, Samson and Jonesy are listening to the radio, we're driving by families and groups on the side of the road. It's showing a swath of the population during this time period. We get a glimpse of the folks in the town with the shot from the kids' room. Bunk beds and both kids scurry to the window to watch the carnival arrive in the night. They're so excited.  Ben is passed out in Lila, the bearded lady, and Professor Lodz's truck. I love the hooka. It feels so fancy. The two are discussing their strange passenger and Lila asks Lodz, the carnival's mentalist, to tell her what Hawkins is dreaming about.  I love the dynamic of these two immediately. It's obvious they're comfortable together, have a teasing relationship, and like to push one another. I'm sure it will all stay exactly this way.  Lodz gives in and touches Ben's forehead. He starts to convulse and sees strange flashes of two men, one in a tuxedo and the other in a military uniform, in a restaurant, a man with a huge tree tattooed on his chest in a cornfield, what looks like WWI, and a bear with a tiny hat.  Lila pulls Lodz away and he collapses after whispering, "Scudder." In the morning Ben meets the odd cast of characters and tries to hightail it back to town. We get to see the carnival being set up. In the commentary, they discuss how difficult it was to shoot these scenes because we have to imagine which portion or percentage of the carnival is set up at that point in time.  We meet Sofie and Apollonia in a quick scene. We know Sofie is a tarot reader and her mother appears catatonic, however, they can communicate, somehow. Sofie speaks aloud, whether for our benefit or because that's how it works, but Appolonia doesn't speak aloud. She will throw tarot cards if she's frustrated.  On Ben's way out of the trailer, he wraps himself in a flowery robe (they'd undressed and washed his clothes while he was out). He gets his clothes and leaves the carnival. Sofie catches up with him on the road, but he's not exactly thrilled to be there. He's rude so she drives off to town. This next scene is really sad, with the tent city and the grieving woman. It's set up in a way that he gets through to the grieving woman but we don't know if it's magical or not. This scene is so heartbreaking.  Sofie continues on to town. Ben walks up to the gas station and notices Sophie's vehicle. He hears screaming from inside and rushes in to find two men trying to rape Sofie. He helps attack her attackers and they escape going back to camp.  Jonesy sees them arrive, Sofie's torn clothes and fast exit from the vehicle make it obvious what happened, but not who instigated it. Jonesy doesn't come off well here, but Sofie is more aware of the world they live in than Jonesy is.  Meanwhile, Samson tries to convince Ben to stay on with the carnival. Samson is amazing in this scene. Ben walks off. We see him come back though and Samson continues to chat him up while Ben eats.  That night Ben walks the carnival, now in full brilliance, and sees all the happiness it brings. We see hand-painted banners, a lighted midway, rides, and acts. He also sees Jonesy being super sweet with the girl in the little red wagon.  Next, he wanders to the coochie show. The commenters had a field day talking about adding this family. After the cooch show, Ben realizes there's also sex work involved and is scandalized! Sofie brings Ben his jacket, and they chat. Ben says he's not a “carnie”.  Another nightmare. Foreshadowing.  Back in California, Brother Justin has a similar nightmare to Ben's and goes for a walk.  He walks through town, then through a migrant camp. He arrives in from Mr. Chin's. Neon lights and all! He's approached by a woman enticing him to go inside, but he grabs her and she slaps him away.  It starts to snow and then rain blood.  As he watches the sign it burns out except for a small cross in the middle. He drops to his knees and weeps. The snow and blood are gone, and the street in is present-day with people milling around.  The next morning Ben helps pack up the carnival and lets Sofie read his cards.  She decides to read his past and as she turns the cards Ben has flashbacks of his mother.  In his flashback, she is screaming at a younger version of himself for digging up a dead cat and when she pulls it from him it springs to life. Horrified she says he has been marked by the devil. Later when she is dying he tries to touch her, to heal her, and she shrinks away, grabbing a cross.  Sofie sees that Ben is visibly distraught and she asks what he sees, she can't see his visions - only what the cards indicate. Or actually, what the cards and her mother say to her.  He's flashing back to his childhood when he's holding a kitten and his mother tries to take it from him. Rightly, as far as she knows since the kitten had been buried for 3 days at that point. She takes it from him, but it's not dead anymore. It ends badly.  He tells Sofie he doesn't see anything and tells her to continue.  She turns the last card and tells him that he has a great gift that he has kept secret, squandered. She asks what he is hiding and he stammers "nothing" and runs away. He comes to a neighboring field of crops and weeps. A little girl asks why he is crying and he looks up to find a disabled girl, who we saw earlier enjoying the carnival. She says her mother says the carnival folk is marked. Ben says they're just people.  He asks if it hurts, meaning her legs, and she says yes. Samson hollers at him to ask if he's coming along. Ben ignores him and Samson says, whatever let's go.  Ben leans down and touches the little girl's legs. As he concentrates the field around them starts to shrink and die.  He runs off towards the carnival as it leaves and jumps in the last truck. The little girl stands up and runs toward her house, the field around her is dying as she goes. Miracles ain't free, as the commenters say.  As much as Ben was trying to help, during the dust bowl and Great Depression, the family probably would've been better off with that food. We've seen this girl a few times in this episode and have no reason to believe she was unhappy, or really worse off than anyone else. 

"The voice was me...the voice was the narrative in my head that told me to have hope" - Michael Kim LewisMichael (@drfixme) hangs out in the neighborhood!-------------Michael is an actor, improvisor and host of the podcast Dr Fix Me! In today's episode: We talk moments that changed our lives (our "Hallelujah Moments")! We talk actually listening to the voice in your head! We talk starting your own show! We talk living and studying abroad...Brazil and Russia and Dekalb, oh my! All hail the Church of Improv!-------------You can follow Mike (@drfixme) on IG and TikTok; listen to Dr Fix Me on all streaming platforms; watch recordings of live episodes on Youtube!-------------ALSO, catch me on episodes of Dr Fix Me here (watch as I get carried in like the king that I am), here (me doing my best impression of a supportive therapist/sponsor), and here (who knew "Scorned Lover Who They Tried to Murder" was going to be my best role yet)!ALSO ALSO, the best way to watch Dr Fix Me is live! If you're in Chicago, every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month Dr Fix Me is live at the Lincoln Lodge at 730! Come watch us get fixed!

It's been two and a half years since the wonderful actress Kelly Preston has passed away. Back when it happened, Halloween Boutique Psychotronic Reviews had planned a tribute for her, recording episodes on some of her movies. The first recorded TWINS (1988) we recorded and it is in the backlog for future release. However, we also recorded one on her movie SPELLBINDER (1988) which is what we are releasing first.When Jeff (Timothy Daly) and his friend Derek (Rick Rossovich) see a young lady Miranda (Kelly Preston) being hit by a man in a parking lot, Jeff stops the attack and offers Miranda a place to stay. Soon the two fall in love. Miranda's past and the man that attacked her are related to her childhood and a group of people who she says dabble in the occult. Jeff, the good man he is, promises to keep her safe from any reprisals from the group. Will the two be able to just live a normal life and be left alone?The film was directed by Janet Greek, known for her work on the television series BABYLON 5. The screenplay was written by Tracy Torme known for his work on Saturday Night Live, CARNIVALE, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, and FIRE IN THE SKY (1993). Your co-hosts take a look at this hidden gem of a horror film and give their thoughts while paying tribute to the beautiful actress Kelly Preston who left us all too soon.

We’re rounding near the end of our Best of 2022, with Rob’s Pick, End: Carnivale Here’s what we said then: Time to hitch the wagons, hit the dusty trail for the next town, the next ballyhoo, the next mark on the route. That’s right, it’s time to lay on hands with the rest of the geeks as we settle down to discuss Carnivale. The HBO darling that ended too soon, but why? Was it rolling downhill towards a depression or was it a show that was just too far ahead of its time for people to be able to dig their teeth in… well, there is only one way to find out, and that is to keep your hands outta our poke, save it for the cake eaters, hang with the gazoonies on The End: Carnivale! Ohhkay here we step right up step right up it’s time for the amazing half man half man… The Man Man! Full Episode