Podcasts about Cotati

**Listener Request**In 1972, 20-year-old Jeannette Kamahele disappeared while hitchhiking near the Cotati onramp of Highway 101 in Santa Rosa, California. Last seen getting into a faded brown pickup truck, she was never heard from again. Though often linked to the Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders, Jeannette's case stands apart as she is the only presumed victim never found.This episode is part of our Lost Coast series, highlighting MMIP cases across Northern California. These are the places where Indigenous women have gone missing, and where silence has often followed. Today, we focus on Jeannette, not just what was taken from her, but what justice still demands.Sources:https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/jeanette-kamahele-0https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/santa-rosa-hitchhiker-murders/https://www.santarosahitchhikermurders.com/articles.phphttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Rosa_hitchhiker_murdershttps://charleyproject.org/case/jeannette-kamaheleSupport the show

Why is it so difficult to study the evolution of early galaxies? Are metallic D&D dice better than plastic ones? And can you have too many Pokémon tattoos? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome Justin Cole, who is currently a grad student at Texas A&M studying the evolution of distant galaxies in pursuit of his PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics. As always, though, we start off with the day's joyfully cool cosmic thing – the recent – and remarkable – discovery of four planets orbiting Barnard's Star, a tiny star not much bigger than Jupiter with the highest measured proper motion of any star in our sky. Chuck and Justin discuss why the discovery of new exoplanets is so challenging, which leads to Justin explaining what he's studying: galaxies in our universe that developed less than 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang – about 2.5 billion years before the birth of our own Milky Way Galaxy. We've got a handle on what's going on with our neighbors like the Andromeda Galaxy, but when it comes to early galaxies, we have a very limited range of wavelengths and scant data to study. This makes it harder to derive understandings of galactic evolution and whether they support or conflict with the standard model of physics. Our first audience question comes from Ricardo, who asks, “What if we discover extraterrestrial plant life and find out it's intelligent? Actually, what if we discover plants on Earth are intelligent? Would it be unethical to eat them?” After Chuck shares a little about Marvel's intelligent, telepathic species of plants called the Cotati, and imitates Audrey 2 from Little Shop of Horrors, Justin weighs in on the ethics of eating intelligent plants and asks a critical question: Would we understand them enough to know? What would happen if we bit into a head of alien lettuce and it started screaming? The ensuing discussion is… tasty, albeit a little unsettling. Our next question is from Thomasina, who asks, “I read that the Big Bang theory is in trouble – what does that mean? And did the Big Bang never happen?” Justin, who is an early universe guy, clarifies what's going on here. We occasionally find galaxies that seem to be too big for the amount of time that they've had to grow. We're also finding black holes that with our current instruments, also appear to be too big. In each case, we're finding better ways to simulate these situations, and it's not that they're too big, or that the Big Bang isn't supportable, it's that we're using tools that are calibrated to “nearby and today” that aren't as good at helping us assess early galaxies. Next up, Justin, who is getting ready to run a Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition roleplaying session after the podcast recording, talks about using D&D Beyond to create his own campaigns (set in the World of Warcraft universe!). Chuck and Justin discuss the benefits of rolling metal dice, and Justin shows off a couple of his beautiful D20. Not to be outdone, Allen shares his 120-sided die, the largest die allowed by three dimensional Euclidean geometry in conventional space. Meanwhile, Chuck tells us the sad story of his old, worn plastic dice. As Allen points out, Chuck was in the hobby before it was cool! And as we run out of time, Justin shares his intention to get one Pokémon tattoo for every state he and his wife visit. If you'd like to know more about what Justin's up to, he suggests you Google “Justin Cole Astronomy” or “Justin Cole A&M.” We hope you enjoy this episode of The LIUniverse, and, if you do, please support us on Patreon. Credits for Images Used in this Episode: Size comparison between Jupiter, Barnard's Star, and the Sun. – Credit: Creative Commons. Diagram of evolution of the (observable part) of the universe from the Big Bang (left), the CMB-reference afterglow, to the present. – Credit: NASA/WMAP Science Team. Evolution of the gas density overlaid with a transparency mask to only visualize regions with significant ionizing radiation in the Thesan-1 simulation. – Credit: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. #TheLIUniverse #CharlesLiu #AllenLiu #SciencePodcast #AstronomyPodcast #JustinCole #Astronomy #Astrophysics #BarnardsStar #GalacticEvolution #BigBang #StandardModelofPhysics #ExtraterrestrialPlantLife #IntelligentLife #D&D #Pokemon #Tattoos

Dan Berger, Alan Baker. Cartograph Wines co-founder Alan Baker is back with us on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. His last time on the show was this episode in April of 2024, almost one year ago. Cartograph is a label known for small-lot elegant Pinot Noir, Rieslings and sparkling wines as well, from Russian River Valley and Mendocino Ridge. Dan Berger says that if you are a wine lover, you know that the best part of that is finding these small local producers that make excellent wine. These wines are under the radar, so Alan declares they need a better radar. Alan and his wife moved up from San Francisco in 2009 to launch the brand. Cartograph Wines has just purchased a new property in Dry Creek Valley which will become their new home and tasting room. It should be ready in about one year. There is Syrah on the property and they plan to install some art there too. For now they are in Healdsburg. From Radio to Wine Alan worked in radio in St. Paul, MN for sixteen years before he “caught the wine bug.” Before that he studied music and shifted into making recordings of music, which led him to NPR in the twin cities. When he tasted a certain bottle of wine, which was a 1998 Alscatian Riesling. “That silly $13 bottle of wine changed my entire life.” – Alan Baker Steve Jaxon has named Dan Berger “Mr. Riesling” and the nickname is well earned. Alan and Dan first interacted because they share a taste for dry Riesling. If you handle it right, it can be “bone dry” and still have a lot of fruit flavors. Cartograph has planted Riesling recently so next year they will have some to taste from their estate. Alan did bring a Rosé, a 2024, 100% Pinot Noir, light salmon color and completely dry. 90% was pressed directly from the grapes, and they also collect the juice that comes from the sorting table. Dan believes that the screw cap is one of the secrets to California Rosé. The screw cap makes a prefect seal with no oxygen transfer at all. This way, the wine stays in perfect condition for a lot longer. They are also tasting a 2023 Pinot Noir that Dan calls "dramatic." There is a hint of pomegranate. The majority of the fruit in this bottle comes from their estate vineyard in Russian River Valley near Cotati. Dan says it is so close to Petaluma Gap that it could be considered a Petaluma Gap style wine. It has low alcohol, 13.7%.  There is some oak, Dan calls it a "grace note" of aromatics. Dan suggests decanting it for an hour or so between opening it and tasting it.

Wade Johnson and Justin Bowman from Oliver's Markets and Erin Latham from Moonlight Brewing Co. join Steve Jaxon and Herlinda Heras on Brew Ha Ha. Wade Johnson is the head of the gourmet cheese department at Oliver's Market. Justin Bowman is the beer and spirits manager at Oliver's Market in Cotati. Erin Latham is here from Moonlight Brewing Co. She has brought their We Love LA beer to taste and to describe the fund raising campaign. Erin was also on BHH last year on August 15, along with Brian Hunt, to promote the 32nd Anniversary party. Last week we talked to Andy Link of Common Space Brewery in Los Angeles. They are leading the We Love LA effort. Moonlight's We Love LA Beer Moonlight's We Love LA beer is an American style lager that will be released this Saturday at their taproom. They have a roster of bands and other performers plus food trucks. 3350 Coffee Lane. A portion of the proceeds from the beer sales goes to the United Way Los Angeles. They are also accepting direct donations. Russian River Brewing Co. is open in Santa Rosa on 4th St. and at their big Windsor location. Visit their website for up-to-date hours, menus, beers and more. Wade Johnson takes care of cheeses at all the Oliver's stores. He has brought three cheeses to taste today. They are a California-made Gouda, an Irish cheddar and Point Reyes Farmstead Bay Blue. He started at Oliver's in 2010 and “grew up behind the cheese counter.” Visit our sponsor Pizzaleah in Windsor for the finest pizza menu and the most authentic flavors around!

In this episode of the Strange Motion Way podcast, hosts Tim and Carrie Strange welcome Zane Cullen, a renowned figure in the automotive industry. Zane shares his journey from a childhood surrounded by cars to becoming a successful builder and restorer. He discusses his early influences, including his father's passion for automobiles and his experiences in BMX racing. Zane recounts his first cars, the impact of his family on his automotive journey, and his significant restoration projects, including working with Dick Long. The conversation also touches on Zane's relationship with his wife, Steph, and how they met during their high school years. Throughout the episode, Zane reflects on the lessons learned from his experiences and the importance of pursuing one's passion in the automotive world. In this conversation, Zane Cullen shares his journey through the automotive world, from his early experiences at the Roadster Show to the establishment of Creative Concepts and later Cotati Speed Shop. He reflects on the influence of legendary figures in the industry, the significance of ISCA shows, and the evolution of car culture. Zane's passion for automotive design and the connections he made along the way highlight the rich history and community within the hot rod scene.

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AGENDA 21 was passed in 1992 without any particular fanfare. The media was almost completely silent about it, and continues to relegate Agenda 21 to page 9, if any mention is made at all. But included in Agenda 21 is a plan for high-speed trains nationwide. Ooo, how exciting! Another interesting part of the plan is that it includes building six-story apartment complexes along these train lines, intended to relocate civilians away from their farms and ranches, which will no longer be approved for residential development. If you want to know what researchers have discovered about this effort, a simple google will lead you to all you ever wanted to know. Personally, I prefer the facts, Ma'am, nothing but the facts.Further investigation reveals that the Clintons and the Bushes approved of Agenda 21 and also approve of this development of a One World Government system. Barack Obama is also supportive of this Agenda 21 effort and this OWG plan, with approval and funding coming from our own federal government as well as local governments, is being implemented nationwide today. Locally, the little towns of Cotati (population 7,333 not counting the chickens or the snakes) and Cloverdale have been putting elements of Agenda 21 in place for years already. Why would our government choose these little unknown towns to begin implementing this thing? More importantly, if our own presidents are willing to give the United States of America over to a one world government system, then who is looking out for America's best interests now? That is, on the world stage, who has America's best interests at heart? Certainly not someone who supports a plan to eliminate the USA's independent nation status. Am I right? My point – and this is an awful realization to me – is that no one is looking out for America's best interests anymore. Our own presidents and leaders in Congress have already given their blessings to turn our nation over to an undetermined, unelected world government organization. That only leaves We, the People and God to look out for America's best interest. That said, we may have troubled times ahead, but when God is with us, who can be against us? That is, we have nothing to fear but fear itself. We can do this.Agenda 21 is being implemented across America, and many Americans have never heard of it. There is a list of mayors who have signed on to support it on the ICLEI website. It is actually a list of Progressive politicians, and the list includes mayors of nearly every major American city. (See diagram, above.) What this means, interestingly, is that when polled, while Progressives make up less than 20% of the political landscape in America, they've made a particularly impressive nationalized effort to put themselves into leadership in so many of America's largest cities! Bravo to the Progressives, but aren't you curious how they managed that?

Po ciekawym początku, "Empireum" szybko przeobraziło się w typowy, przeprowadzony z rozmachem crossover, któremu w końcówce brakowało własnej tożsamości, ale po skoncentrowaniu wydarzeń na konkretnych postaciach i przekazaniu funkcji scenarzysty Jonathanowi Hickmanowi - jednemu z najciekawszych autorów współczesnego Marvela - inwazja Cotati na Ziemię nabrała charakteru. Więcej na temat "Empireum: X-Men" dowiecie się z kolejnego odcinka podcastu Nightslime.Rozmawiamy o kosmicznych roślinach w starciu z mutantami zombie i wynikających z tego skojarzeniach z kinem klasy B, a z drugiej strony o wątku przypominającym historię o formowaniu wyprodukowaną przez studio A24 albo napisaną przez Daniela Clowesa; o kanibalistycznym sposobie na rozwiązanie problemu głodu przy użyciu kopii Multiple Mana; o postaci Magik, która od dawna zasługuje na większa rolę i w końcu ją dostaje; o starszych paniach z Agrokultu, które gdyby były mężczyznami, przy takim zachowaniu szybko zostałyby anulowane; a także o coraz częstszym użyciu ocenzurowanych przekleństw w komiksach głównego nurtu.Patronami odcinka są:Paweł Jaksik, Jakub Kraszewski, Sebastian Wojtasik ------------------------------------- Możesz nas wesprzeć na https://patronite.pl/Nightslime

Matt, James & Cassius. Herlinda Heras visits Ghost Town Brewing in Oakland, plus we have three other guests on Brew Ha Ha with Harry Duke and Herlinda Heras today. Matt Inlow from Flagship Taproom, Cassius Camus from Battle of the Brews and James Holt, owner of Civilization Brewing are also in the studio. The Battle of the Brews is Saturday April 1, from 1 to 5 pm. It is the 26th annual beer event hosted by the Active 20-30 of Santa Rosa. In addition to a fund raising event it is a BJCP Judged beer event. It has also evolved into a barbeque competition. It is held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. In the Grace Pavillion Building there will be 65 different breweries and a large stage with a succession of bands. There will be food and drink galore, too. Flagship Taproom Matt Inlow from Flagship Taproom will also be at Battle of the Brews. This will be the brewery's third time there. At the Flagship Taproom they have a great menu, and since the Battle of the Brews needs 500 servings of an item, they chose their rosemary smoked pork tenderloin sandwich, for the competition. Picture smoked pork tenderloin, with freshly made aioli sauce, melted brie and arugula all on a soft brioche bun. They have a wood-fired smoker for tri-tip, chicken thighs and pork ribs. There are three locations of Flagship Taproom. A group of friends opened the first one opened in Cotati in 2016. There are  20 rotating beer taps and they do barbeque. They also like events, so they have trivia nights, tap takeovers, comedy shows, with indoor and outdoor events. They are also in downtown Santa Rosa, at 446 B Street. Then at the end of April 2022 they opened a location on the Windsor Town Green. They are at 1001 McClelland Drive. Ghost Town Brewing Herlinda Heras calls in from Oakland where she is visiting Ghost Town Brewing. It is near the Oakland Coliseum where the A's play. Ghost Town has been around for about 10 years but became famous during the pandemic after they started canning their beer. Herlinda will be a judge at the Battle of the Brews. Herlinda has been a beer judge at several international competitions and it is fun for her to be judging in her own backyard for once. The next beer they taste is called Super Lemon Haze. Their different hazy beers are named after different bud strains, like Pineapple Express and Moon Rocks. It's a simple beer with great aroma and fruity flavor from 100% Citra hops. It is always a top seller. Civilization Brewing Civilization Brewing is located at 490 Mendocino Ave. at the corner of Ross St. (where the old Local Barrel used to be). They have decorated it with a lot of "weird stuff" from junk shops and antique dealers. They have arcade games and big statues, and an old cathode ray tv tube for playing the really old video games. The last beer is the Peach Rhubarb Sour.

Bliss Cameron This week we spend time in a community of low-income seniors, many who live with a disability.  We ask how they are handling the days of this major storm.  Are they huddled in fear?  Making serious plans for a sudden evacuation?   We find human beings facing physical limitations with a small measure of resource and support.   And, we find stories laced with good humor and insight.  Reports on the downside of community society, tales of companionship and a surprising offer from a neighborhood business.   Hang out with Bliss Cameron and other seniors as the storms continue to rage.   Produced and Hosted by Shelley Berman. Production help by Adrienne Lauby. Charles St. Village, Cotati, California   The bridge over the Charles St Village creek.             (Air date Jan. 13, 2023) The post Some Seniors In the Storm – Pushing Limits – January 13, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Colabora Con Biblioteca Del Metal: En Twitter - https://twitter.com/Anarkometal72 Y Donanos Unas Propinas En BAT. Para Seguir Con El Proyecto De la Biblioteca Mas Grande Del Metal. Muchisimas Gracias. La Tienda De Biblioteca Del Metal: Encontraras, Ropa, Accesorios,Decoracion, Ect... Todo Relacionado Al Podcats Biblioteca Del Metal Y Al Mundo Del Heavy Metal. Descubrela!!!!!! Ideal Para Llevarte O Regalar Productos Del Podcats De Ivoox. (Por Tiempo Limitado) https://teespring.com/es/stores/biblioteca-del-metal-1 Racer X fue una banda estadounidense de heavy metal y speed metal fundada en 1985 en Los Ángeles, California. Liderada por el guitarrista Paul Gilbert, lograron un importante reconocimiento en los bares de la ciudad californiana debido a su estilo rápido y técnico. Más tarde, con la inclusión de Bruce Bouillet crearon una armonía sincronizada de guitarras que llegó a redefinir su sonido gracias al disco Second Heat de 1987. A pesar de que su popularidad iba al alza a finales de la década, en 1988 Gilbert optó por renunciar a la agrupación para fundar junto con el bajista Billy Sheehan la banda Mr. Big, que significó que en 1989 Racer X cesara sus actividades. En 1999, Racer X volvió a los escenarios con su clásica formación integrada por Jeff Martin como vocalista, Gilbert en la guitarra, Juan Alderete en el bajo y Scott Travis en la batería, mientras que Bouillet no quiso participar de esta reunión. En esta segunda etapa lanzaron dos álbumes de estudio y dos en vivo, hasta que a finales de 2002 decidieron separarse indefinidamente para enfocarse en sus respectivos proyectos musicales. La historia de la banda se remonta a 1982 cuando Paul Gilbert envió una maqueta a la revista Guitar Player, que atrajo la atención de Mike Varney —productor y dueño de Shrapnel Records— que por ese entonces escribía su columna «Spotlight». Dos años después se trasladó a Los Ángeles para inscribirse en el Guitar Institute of Technology (G.I.T.), en donde conoció a los también estudiantes Juan Alderete y Harry Gschoesser. ​ Al poco tiempo los tres decidieron crear una banda, pero al no tener vocalista, Gilbert solicitó la ayuda de Varney para que les consiguiera uno. Finalmente, gracias al productor estadounidense conocieron a Jeff Martin, que por ese entonces era cantante de la banda Surgical Steel.​ Luego que Gilbert se graduó del G.I.T. en 1985, la banda se enfocó en grabar su primer álbum con Varney como productor. Como Martin aún vivía en Phoenix, por ende no podía ser parte de las grabaciones de las canciones en Los Ángeles, el resto de Racer X grababa las maquetas y se las enviaba a su casa para que él escribiera las letras. Al final, el cuarteto musical se trasladó a Cotati, California, para registrar su disco debut Street Lethal que salió al mercado el 1 de enero de 1986 a través del sello Shrapnel.Tras la publicación de su primera producción, Racer X rápidamente llamó la atención de los distintos bares del Sunset Strip de Los Ángeles, mientras que Gilbert pronto fue llamado como uno de los nuevos exponentes del metal neoclásico.Después de la publicación de Street Lethal, Gilbert optó por seguir enseñando en el GIT con el objetivo de asegurar mejores ingresos salariales. En su calidad de profesor conoció a varios estudiantes, pero Bruce Bouillet le llamó la atención por su talento y por lo rápido que aprendía cada técnica que él le enseñaba. Debido a ello, Gilbert lo invitó a unirse a la banda y creó una armonía sincronizada de guitarras que llegó a redefinir el sonido de Racer X.​ Por su parte, en 1986 Harry renunció porque su visa había expirado, que lo obligó a regresar a su natal Austria. En primera instancia, contrataron a Todd DeVito para suplantar su puesto, pero finalmente optaron por Scott Travis, que por ese entonces tocaba la batería en la banda Hawk.Conformada esta segunda alineación, todos sus integrantes se trasladaron a los estudios Prairie Sun Recording de Cotati para grabar su segundo álbum Second Heat, publicado en febrero de 1987 por Shrapnel.Luego del lanzamiento de Second Heat la popularidad de Racer X aumentó, llenando en varias ocasiones los recintos The Roxy, The Trobadour y Contry Club de la ciudad californiana, en donde se grabó material para las futuras producciones en vivo Extreme Volume Live (1988) y Extreme Volume II Live (1992).​ A pesar de que la popularidad y los conciertos iban al alza, Gilbert renunció a la banda para formar una nueva agrupación junto con el bajista de Talas, Billy Sheehan, la que se concretó en 1989 con el nombre de Mr. Big. Su repentina salida llevó al resto de Racer X a contratar a Chris Arvan como nuevo guitarrista, que también pertenecía a Shrapnel pero que nunca lanzó un álbum con el sello.Al poco tiempo Martin también se alejó de la banda, por ello se les unió el vocalista de Lynch Mob, Oni Logan, para completar las últimas presentaciones ya firmadas. Tras ello, Racer X optó por separarse a mediados de 1989.Con la separación de la banda cada uno de los integrantes inició posteriores proyectos musicales. Jeff Martin formó una banda de corta duración llamada Bad Dog, junto con el baterista Todd DeVito y al exguitarrista de War & Peace, Russ Parrish, conocido por ser miembro de Fight y Steel Panther. Tras la separación de la banda, Martin se unió como baterista a Badlands del guitarrista Jake E. Lee, labor que siguió en distintas agrupaciones con el pasar de los años. Por su parte, Juan Alderete, Bruce Bouillet y Scott Travis se asociaron con el exvocalista de Angora, John Corabi, y fundaron Black Cloud, que más tarde pasó a llamarse The Scream. A los pocos meses después Martin le comunicó a Travis el interés de Judas Priest de contratarlo como sustituto de Dave Holland, que renunció a la banda por problemas personales. Con la ayuda de Martin, Travis grabó un vídeo tocando tres canciones clásicas de los ingleses y se envió a España donde se encontraban los integrantes de la banda. A los pocos días ingresó oficialmente a Judas Priest a fines de 1989, que significó su salida de The Scream.En 1997, Gilbert renunció a Mr. Big para iniciar una carrera como solista con el disco King of Clubs (1998), que contó con la participación de Bouillet en la guitarra, Alderete en el bajo y Martin en la batería en algunas canciones. Esto motivó a los músicos para reunirse después de diez años, aunque Bouillet fue el único que no quiso participar. En 1999 salió a la venta su álbum de reunión Technical Difficulties, que recibió buenas críticas por parte de la prensa especializada y una buena recepción comercial sobre todo en Japón. Al año después pusieron en el mercado Superheroes, que contó con un concepto extraño de vestimenta ya que cada uno de los músicos creó un personaje de ficción: Gilbert se convirtió en Electric Bat, Martin en Motorman, Alderete en The X-tinguisher y Travis en Cowboy Axe.El álbum fue promocionado con una gira por diversos recintos, cuyo primer concierto de su reunión se celebró el 25 de mayo de 2001 en el Whisky a Go Go de Los Ángeles, el que fue grabado y lanzado como álbum en vivo con el título de Snowball of Doom. En enero de 2002 se presentaron en cuatro ciudades japonesas en donde se grabó el doble álbum en vivo Snowball of Doom 2, que salió a la venta en diciembre del mismo año en Japón. Además, en el mismo año se puso a la venta Getting Heavier, que hasta entonces es el último álbum de la banda, ya que al poco tiempo optaron por tomarse un receso indefinido.Después del lanzamiento de Getting Heavier sus miembros optaron por separarse en buenos términos para enfocarse en sus proyectos personales. Gilbert retomó su carrera en solitario y ha publicado una serie de discos con gran éxito en Japón; Martin ha grabado y girado como baterista junto a otros artistas como George Lynch, Kevin DuBrow y Michael Schenker, y en 2006 inició su carrera como solista con el álbum The Fool. Alderete se unió a The Mars Volta en 2003 con los que grabó varios álbumes, hasta que en 2012 se tomaron un receso, mientras que Travis continuó su trabajo con Judas Priest. El 17 de enero de 2009 la alineación conformada por Gilbert, Martin, Alderete y Travis dieron un concierto único de reunión en el Sheraton Park Hotel Ballroom de California, en el marco del show NAMM 2009. El evento fue realizado por la fábrica de guitarras Ibanez, en conmemoración del 20 aniversario de la PGM Guitar fabricada exclusivamente para Gilbert en 1989.

Ever wondered what it's like to run a sustainable design-build company? This week Spencer talk with David Leff of Leff Construction from Sebastopol, California. Founded in 1978, the company established itself as an early adopter of green and sustainable building processes when it built the first solar multi-family project in Cotati, California. Decades later, Leff Construction Design Build enjoys its nationally recognized reputation for award-winning, whole-home remodeling and new home projects. Get to know David's story!

Today on the podcast, I interview Cary Snowden is the Chief Executive Officer for Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley.  She has been with the local Club since 2016 and with Boys & Girls Clubs for over 14 years.  Her career began in Texas after receiving her master's degree from the University of North Texas in Human Development & Family Studies and has grown into serving children and families in myriad of capacities and needs.   In March of 2022, Cary received Sonoma County Woman of the Year, by Senator Bill Dodd, she received Boys & Girls Clubs of America's National Service to Youth award in 2013 and 2019 and was nominated for BGCA's Professional of the Year in 2014.   She lives in Cotati, with her husband Tim and is a proud mother, stepmother and grandmother.  This lady does amazing things for our community, and I am so thankful for her to share her story!

We took a break on 3/21/2022 but are back this week with a show featuring Dr. Dianna Grayer discussing her new stage play "Release: Unearthing the Silent Rumblings". The first showing is on April 2 at Congregation Ner Shalom in Cotati. This Black production consists of 4 short plays sure to stir the hearts and minds of the audience. It is an invitation to talk about race in a safe place. Included will be a facilitated conversation and discussion after the show. Listen to the interview with Dianna Grayer and discover how she works with her creative spirit. Check out the show's web archive page to listen to the show at your convenience, for bio of the guest, more details and presentation dates of the play, links referenced, announcements, this week in Herstory and the music playlist. http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA22/WSA220328.html

One of the things that sets our guest Jessica Carter apart is that she is that she takes an embodied approach to every business that she has created. Join me, Deborah Axé on You Are A Culture Keeper Podcast in conversation about how to bring empathy & other Feminine Business Practices to "slay in a good way" in your creative business. She cohosts a podcast with Paula Castillo called Should I Stay Or Should I Grow about navigating career & other changes in your life. In 2010 Jessica Carter was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease. Doctors tried for 4 years to get her blood work into the normal range with no success. She started researching natural options & was able to put her autoimmune disease into remission. She started helping others achieve their health goals with quality essential oils and supplements. She realized she desired more than working at a 9 to 5 job, so she left after 15 years of teaching music, to pursue her calling. In a short time, she created a multimillion dollar business. It's her passion to empower other women to achieve their deepest desires too.  Jessica is a 500hr registered yoga teacher, essential oil specialist, army veteran, mindfulness coach, retreat leader & career coach. She created a trademarked yoga system, ōmmYōga, that helps individuals release any negative emotions or trauma stored in the body. She wrote two Amazon #1 Best Sellers, ōmmYōga and ōmmYōga Kids.  We took a break last week to take a brief vacation & line up this episode as well as several other heavy hitters including: Isabelle Tierney on Self Regulation, & Craig Chalquist on Mythology, Academia & Terrapsychology (The Psychology of Place.) Connect with Jessica Carter: Website: https://ommyoga.me/ (https://ommyoga.me) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessica_carter_ommyoga/ (https://www.instagram.com/jessica_carter_ommyoga/) Amazon #1 Best Selling Books https://amzn.to/3ikQW7C (ōmmYōga)- https://amzn.to/3ikQW7C (https://amzn.to/3ikQW7C) https://amzn.to/3In5JsM (ōmmYōga Kids )- https://amzn.to/3In5JsM (https://amzn.to/3In5JsM) Podcast: https://www.shouldistayorshouldigrow.com/ (https://www.shouldistayorshouldigrow.com) Support Jessica's podcast: https://anchor.fm/shouldistayorshouldigrow/support (https://anchor.fm/shouldistayorshouldigrow/support) #PaulaCastillo #ShouldIStayOrShouldIGrow #JessicaCarter #OMMYoga #OMMYogaKids  #podfade #CarolineMyss #EnergyAnatomy #AnatomyOfTheSpirit #Audible #Appalachian #ArmyVet #ommYoga #ommYogaKids #millionaire #MillionaireMindset #MoneyMindset #YouAreABadass #JenSincero #CarolineMyss #fomo #empathy #CliftonStrengths #GallupStrengths #CathyHeller #PodcastCourse #YourTurnToPodcast  #NorthGeorgia #WomenPodcaster #FemalePodcaster #Women'sHistory Special Thanks to our Sound Guru: Paul Lamb NoodlePaul12@hotmail.com At Rue Henry Studio in Cotati, CA. in Cotati, CA Original Music by Deborah Axé.  Track: Eventually

Joaquin Bernal, Union representative at the Cotati-Rohnert Park School District explains to us why they are on strike. He invites the community to call the superintendent's office and express support for educators in order to reach an equitable contract. Individuals can call 707 792-4722 to express their opinion in a respectful manner to the superintendent. Here you can find the contact information for board members.https://www.crpusd.org/our_district/board_of_trustees #crpusd #cotati-rohnertpark #rpcea --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rafael-vazquez7/support

El maestro Joaquín Bernal de la unión de trabajadorxs nos presenta su punto de vista del porque tuvieron que empezar una huelga el día de hoy. Si gusta apoyar a educadorxs, puede dejar mensaje respetuosamente en 707 792-4722 para decirle a la superintendente que llegue a un arreglo equitativo. Para mandar correos electrónicos a la mesa directiva, diríjase a esta pagina web. https://www.crpusd.org/our_district/board_of_trustees --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rafael-vazquez7/support

Culture Keepers! This is part 2 of a series with guest Sulaiman Hyatt. Tune into episode #4 to hear the first part. I'm your host, Deborah Axé. Today we cover: When saying I love you can be problematic. Love Languages. We start out with giving big love to the late great Bell Hooks, social activist & prolific author of 40 books including All About Love,  We unpack the optics of a bicultural friendship. Being sensitive around being a white person in black spaces. We have introspection around Consent about how to contribute in BIPOC communities by asking, rather than inserting yourself as a white savior.  A funny story about a Burning Man Hottie who totally fucked shit up on the dance floor, but not in a good way! And while you're listening in on this conversation, jump onto youareaculturekeeper.com so you can connect with our amazing global community. We have incredible events, workshops & parties in the works so that you can meet like minded folks to connect & support each other's dream projects. We will also have ways for you to contribute to the team so we can keep supporting humanity to raise their energy & evolve, with each episode. Let's dive in with transformative justice & violence prevention activist, Sulaiman Hyatt!” Join our network for parties, events & get your free giveaways when we drop it like it's hot: https://my.captivate.fm/dashboard/podcast/YouAreACultureKeeper.com (YouAreACultureKeeper.com) will be adding workshops & membership soon! Stay in touch with Sulaiman Hyatt: Instagram: https://my.captivate.fm/dashboard/podcast/@sulaimanhyatt (@sulaimanhyatt) Facebook/ Meta: sulaiman.hyatt https://www.facebook.com/sulaiman.hyatt (https://www.facebook.com/sulaiman.hyatt) #Sex #Consent #Dating #CancelCulture #NonviolentCommunication #ManEnough #Psychology #Gentrification #LoveLanguages #BellHooks #AllAboutLove #FeministAuthor #Privilege #Friends #LakeMerritt #LakeMerrittDance #DanceParty #ConsentCulture #OaklandActivists #BIPOC #TransRights #HumanRights #TenantRights #PublicHousing #TenantOrganizer #TouchConsent #HugConsent #HugPermission #Identity #ClearCommunication #CommunityBuilding #CommunityOrganising #Community #ArtCommunity #ActivistCommunity #hulahoop #snowflakes #TransformativeJustice #ViolencePrevention #CulturePodcast #ArtPodcast #HousingRights #Covid #WhiteSaviorSyndrome #WhiteKnightSyndrome #Ally #Allies #MeToo #MaleFeminist #ToxicPornography #Valentine'sDay #VDay #ValentinesDay #ValentinesDay2022 #Cypher #SpiritHaus #AfricanAmerican #Mental #Health #Black #BlackHistoryMonth #Feminist Special Thanks to our Sound Guru: Paul Lamb NoodlePaul12@hotmail.com At Rue Henry Studio in Cotati, CA. He just announced, he has room for 2 more podcasts per week. And Web Support & Media Rockstar: Wendy Garcia! https://my.captivate.fm/dashboard/podcast/wendygarcia.net (wendygarcia.net) Original Music by: Deborah Axé.  Track: Eventually

Join our network for parties, events & get your free giveaways when we drop it like it's hot: YouAreACultureKeeper.com will be adding workshops & membership soon! Hello Beautiful Culture Keeper Community. I am so fired up today. I just got through covid. I'm feeling new life in me, new energy. I faced some fears of mortality & I'm so excited to share this episode with you. So much that we've broken it up into 2 episodes. Our Guest today on YAACK, is Sulaiman Hyatt. He is a beautiful humyn & father of a beautiful child. He is also an incredible activist. He organises tenants specifically in public housing. He has a heavy focus on communities, which have been impacted generationally with violence & oppression. He focuses on transformative justice & violence prevention. He works for the Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco. But today, we're actually going to talk about sex. We are even going to mention cancel culture a bit. I just really have been excited to share this episode with you. There's a lot of conversations that need to happen around sex & even consent around touch. Simple things like, "hey may I give you a hug," during covid season. We've really learned better communication around consent. I just wanted to expand the word because there's a lot of people who have never heard this word before in relation to touch. But it also can expand into things like, "Hey, may I have this difficult conversation with you right now? Do you have the time or energy for this right now? Or would another day be better for you?" So it's around self regulation & it's around, how do we talk about consent when we are being sexual with each other. It's also really helpful information around dating. There might be some cutie you've had your eye on & you're wondering why the communication doesn't flow better. Chances are that there's something around consent communication that you can learn that'll really increase your chances of dating the person that you're interested in.  I also want to share that I have learned so much from my friendship with Sulaiman around dating & what we women are worth as a result of our many conversations around consent, clear communication, & touch. We start out with critiquing lyrics to hip hop & R&B songs. We get into the nitty gritty of how to talk about sex.  Stay in touch with Sulaiman Hyatt: Instagram: @sulaimanhyatt Facebook/ Meta: sulaiman.hyatt https://www.facebook.com/sulaiman.hyatt (https://www.facebook.com/sulaiman.hyatt) #Sex #Consent #Dating #CancelCulture #ManEnough #NonviolentCommunication #Psychology #ToxicMusic #R&B #Playlist #Music #Privilege #Friends #LakeMerritt #LakeMerrittDance #DanceParty #ConsentCulture #OaklandActivists #BIPOC #TransRights #HumanRights #TenantRights #PublicHousing #TenantOrganizer #TouchConsent #HugConsent #HugPermission #ClearCommunication #CommunityBuilding #CommunityOrganising #Community #ArtCommunity #ActivistCommunity #snowflakes #TransformativeJustice #ViolencePrevention #CulturePodcast #ArtPodcast #HousingRights #Covid #WhiteSaviorSyndrome #WhiteKnightSyndrome #Ally #Allies #MeToo #MaleFeminist #ToxicPornography #Valentine'sDay #VDay #ValentinesDay #ValentinesDay2022 #Cypher #AfricanAmerican #Mental #Health #Black #BlackHistoryMonth Special Thanks to our Sound Guru: Paul Lamb NoodlePaul12@hotmail.com At Rue Henry Studio in Cotati, CA. in Cotati, CA And Web Support & Media Rockstar: Wendy Garcia! https://my.captivate.fm/dashboard/podcast/wendygarcia.net (wendygarcia.net) Original Music by Deborah Axé.  Track: Eventually

Hey Culture Keepers! Today's guest on You Are A Culture Keeper Podcast is the fabulous Alicia Touch! She is an Oakland based visual artist, & mentor who works with Resin acrylic pour. She creates beautiful jewelry that includes crystal earrings & precious stones.  Her artistic journey was deepened by a near death auto accident. Her work is deeply aligned with the spiritual journey that she has done as a result & as a form of therapy. One of the things I love about her work is that she is incredible at recreating really organic, natural looking crystal scapes on canvas. Her vibe promotes healing physically through art, poetry, & her original music. She is really wonderful at mobilizing people with Pop-up art parties, producing events in both Bay Area & LA that include, visual artists, djs, body paint, dancing, fashion, & multi-media art. She is also an amazing advocate, mentoring artists to believe in themselves.  She actively supports them in launching, starting with their first art exhibits.  We talk about how competition in the arts is so outdated & has no room in the new paradigm. But first, let's start with how she had the courage to quit her day job & start her own artistic career.  Follow her on IG @alicia.touch.art https://www.instagram.com/alicia.touch.art/?utm_medium=copy_link (https://www.instagram.com/alicia.touch.art/?utm_medium=copy_link) Find her art on Etsy at ATouchArt: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ATouchArt (https://www.etsy.com/shop/ATouchArt) Special Thanks to our Sound Guru: Paul Lamb Studios in Cotati, CA And Web Support & Media Rockstar: Wendy Garcia! Wendy.garcia.net Join our You Are A Culture Keeper Podcast community, get the latest episodes, network with our tribe for workshops, & more connections at: youareaculturekeeper.com Share with us how you are a Culture Keeper in your community too! #OaklandArt #ResinArt #CrystalArt #AliciaTouch #Art #VisualArt #Jewelry #JewelryMaking #CambodianArtist #BayArea #ArtMentor #ArtCompetition #DIYArt #QuitYourDayJob #crystals #ArtParty #ArtPopUp #WholeVibe #LakeMerritt #LakeMerrittArt #LAArt #ArtCareer #SelfEmployed #Entrepreneur #FemaleEntrepreneur #FemaleBusiness #WomenBusiness Special Thanks to our Sound Guru: Paul Lamb NoodlePaul12@hotmail.com At Rue Henry Studio in Cotati, CA. And Web Support & Media Rockstar: Wendy Garcia! https://my.captivate.fm/dashboard/podcast/wendygarcia.net (wendygarcia.net) Original Music by Deborah Axé.  Track: Eventually

What's up Culture Keepers! This is You Are A Culture Keeper Podcast with your host Deborah Axé. We're in for a ride today with Garrett Shider aka Starchild Jr. Funk guitarist, vocalist & songwriter, producer & podcaster of Stuffs & Thangs Podcast. Personally recruited as a teenager as the guitarist for George Clinton, & Funkadelic,  Son of P-Funk frontman, Garry Shider aka Diaper Man. Garrett, tours worldwide & has 3 recent funk albums out: Pandemic, Regurgitated Youth & Hand Me Down Diapers.  I'm so excited to have you listen in on our conversation.  We dip into the importance of self care as artists, especially when we have fast paced schedules or are on tour. We talk about the compromises we sometimes face as commercial versus independent artists. We acknowledge stigmas around mental health in the African American communities. We share some next level tips around self care, including not meditating or journalling when you're upset, but instead moving your body in the gym, or on the dance floor.) We give some shout outs to the following musicians as well in this episode: Norwood Fisher of Fishbone, Beebs Money$, NIKO IS, Talib Kweli & of course, George Clinton. Wanna stay in touch with our guest, Garrett Shider aka Starchild Jr? https://www.instagram.com/starchildjr/ (https://www.instagram.com/starchildjr/) https://www.facebook.com/gshider (https://www.facebook.com/gshider) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5EjTDc5yAnl82ic_qWtixw (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5EjTDc5yAnl82ic_qWtixw) Stuffs n Thangs Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNzJs2FVjPE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNzJs2FVjPE) Garrett Shider's Music: My personal Fave: Live "I'm A Funkadelic" by Garrett Shider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ga4gCGl4tQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ga4gCGl4tQ) Cabin Fever Video by Garrett Shider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gNdhIdlvHs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gNdhIdlvHs) Fly Video by Garrett Shider. Hilarious! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gNdhIdlvHs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gNdhIdlvHs) Special Thanks to our Sound Guru: Paul Lamb Studios in Cotati, CA And Web Support & Media Rockstar: Wendy Garcia! wendygarcia.net Join our You Are A Culture Keeper Podcast community, get the latest episodes, network with our tribe for workshops, & more connections at: youareaculturekeeper.com Share with us how you are a Culture Keeper in your community too! #GeorgeClinton #PFunk #Funk #GarrettShider #GarryShider #DiaperMan #Funkadelic #SelfCare #Meditation #Journalling #Fishbone #NikoIs #Beebs$ #TalibKweli #Parliament #StuffsNThangsPodcast #DCMusic #IndependentArtists #IndyArtist #DIYMusic #MentalHealth #Music #NewMusic #NewAlbum #PandemicTour #AfricanAmerican #Mental #Health #Black #BlackHistoryMonth Special Thanks to our Sound Guru: Paul Lamb NoodlePaul12@hotmail.com At Rue Henry Studio in Cotati, CA. And Web Support & Media Rockstar: Wendy Garcia! https://my.captivate.fm/dashboard/podcast/wendygarcia.net (wendygarcia.net) Original Episode Music by Deborah Axé. Track: Eventually

Representantes de la unión de maestrxs de Cotati-Rohnert Park dicen que han estado trabajando sin contrato por mas de un año y que el distrito escolar no quiere pagarles adecuadamente. Maestrxs ganan $10,000 menos que otros distritos y por eso algunxs maestrxs se están yendo a otros distritos a trabajar. Piden a la comunidad que les apoyen, mandando mensajes de correo electrónico a la mesa directiva exigiendo un contrato y pago justo. https://crpusd.org/our_district/board_of_trustees #crpusd --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rafael-vazquez7/support

Representatives from the Teachers Union at Cotati-Rohnert Park School shared their frustration at not being able to get the district to compensate them properly. They are asking for the community support by showing up to the next board meeting or emailing the board to agree to a contract. https://crpusd.org/our_district/board_of_trustees #crpusd #teachersunion --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rafael-vazquez7/support

Hello Culture Keepers! Welcome to You Are A Culture Keeper Podcast. We are fighting gentrification worldwide by supporting Culture Keepers. Join the party at youareaculturekeeper.com for events, workshops, mixers, & membership so that you can meet other visionary entrepreneurs & free thinkers in our global community. Share your goals & dreams & find your team to help build your legacy project! I am your host, Deborah Axé, multilingual musician, songwriter, & social justice afficionado. Today my Culture Keeper Guest is Téa Renee, host of Bone Keeper Podcast & Ayurvedic Practioner & Rhythm style Roller Skater. She is from Florida, Atlanta & now resides in sunny San Diego, CA. Get ready to laugh a lot while you learn about the ancient healing art from India that allows you to figure out why you sleep, eat, & poop the way you do & how to make that all even smoother. We unpack how doctor's treat patients differently based on gender & race. She shares how she healed herself & has taught others to gauge their own mental states including depression. We also mention how to heal hpv using cbd & the importance of self care. #youareaculturekeeper #DeborahAxe #TeaRenee #BonekeeperPodcast  Some cool resources we talked about: #Ayurveda #pitta #vata #kapha #dosha #BodyType #JanuarySuarez #SpinalNetworkChiropractic /Care.  #TimelineTherapy #Sharu #Astrocartography #KatieGlass  #AyurvedicAstrology #Ryan Strong #RyanKiersack Black Owned Skate Co: #MoonlightRoller  San Diego & SoCal Roller Skating: #LibertyStation #SkateWorldSanDiego #DerbyUnited #SanDiegoRollerGhouls #SunsetRollerSkate  #FreeSkateFriday #EpicRollertainment Rink Skate Communities In LA: Venice Chino Fountain Valley Skating Badasses: #DerrickPernell #ohhsopreshous #DreSoSuave #SweetMonet #music #HealthyDiet #doshas #IndiaDiet #IndiaHealth #RollerSkating #RhythmSkating #HPV #CBD #HPVCBD #CureHPV #MaleHPV #MaleHPVTest #HPVTest #skateCulture #Culture #Arts #SanDiegoSkating #LASkating #SkateWorldSanDiego #Moxie #Ridel172 #JBSkating  Special Thanks to our Sound Guru: Paul Lamb NoodlePaul12@hotmail.com At Rue Henry Studio in Cotati, CA. And Web Support & Media Rockstar: Wendy Garcia! https://my.captivate.fm/dashboard/podcast/wendygarcia.net (wendygarcia.net) Original Music by Deborah Axé.  Track: Eventually

Hi, everybody, this is Deborah Axé & I'm the host of “You Are A Culture Keeper” podcast. With weekly conversations with musicians, activists, & artists exploring what it means to be a Culture Keeper.  These are thought leaders who are helping humanity evolve by speaking about social change in a language that is more palatable than politics. It's also a call to action for each one of us to consider how we can be Culture Keepers & Allies in our lives.  So years ago, I attended an epic party in San Francisco. That changed my life. Our Brazilian percussion troupe was invited to perform. The host was an Immigration lawyer who counteracted gentrification by supporting diverse artists & advocating for their right to be in this country.  So, in one room there was a dj playing funk & soul & we were all dancing like no one was watching. Our samba troupe performed in the backyard, & upstairs was this incredible grand room with a mic set up & people from all over the world & all languages were getting up on the mic & sharing their beauty. There were hip hop artists, poets, comedians, songwriters & people singing in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, & Turkish.  And at one point the host got on the mic and said, “ thank you all for being here. Thank you for sharing your creativity & your magic. Every single one of you in this home is a culture keeper. Please Keep it up, cause we need you.  And boom, I had a name for who I am. Beyond being an ally, I am also a Culture Keeper & this became my call to action in this lifetime.  So join us weekly at You Are A Culture Keeper podcast where we will explore identity, music, unpacking privilege, women & BIPOC communities in the arts & more surprises that we get to learn about & explore together! We launch Jan. 1, 2021 just in time for NY resolutions, but visit us beforehand for some early fan episodes & juicy give aways…  youareaculturekeeper.com Original Music by Deborah Axé.  Track: Eventually #gentrification #culture #arts #music #BIPOC #LGBTQ+ #allies #ally #SocialJustice #ArtPodcast #CulturePodcast #MusicPodcast #Identity #musician Special Thanks to our Sound Guru: Paul Lamb NoodlePaul12@hotmail.com At Rue Henry Studio in Cotati, CA.

Intro Thanks to all our Patrons: Humble Citizens Dan and Kate; Local Officials Frank, Rey, and Jonathan; Mayors Angela, Chad, Devon, Maggie, Matt, Nyan, Ryan, and Tasha; Presidents Ariel, Jeanine, Matt, and Ruby Thanks to Khelan from Homo Superior - explain the show Background (3:30) Wiccan created by Allen Heinberg and Jim Cheung in Young Avengers #1 (April 2005) Billy Kaplan is a magic user recruited by Iron Lad (a time-traveling variant of Kang the Conqueror) to join a team of heroes to replace the disbanded Avengers Initially calling himself Asgardian, he changes his name to Wiccan Begins dating his teammate Teddy Altman, the shapeshifter called Hulkling Meets Tommy Shepherd, who looks identically to him but has different hair and superspeed powers Billy & the Young Avengers join Captain America's anti-registration team in Civil War - an attack on Billy is what kicks off a massive fight that leaves several heroes dead or incapacitated Billy & Tommy come to learn of a possible connection to the Scarlet Witch, who previously had twin boys named Billy & Tommy that vanished when it was revealed that she created them out of chaos magic, but they later vanished after Mephisto wiped them from existence - their souls were “repurposed” into Billy Kaplan & Tommy Shepherd #BecauseComics Children's Crusade: Billy & the Young Avengers seek out Wanda, who had been missing since House of M, to determine parentage - after finding an amnesiac Wanda in Latveria and engaged to Dr. Doom, she has her memory & powers restored, and reveals that she is in fact their mom - a battle with Dr. Doom leaves Cassie dead, but Teddy proposes to Billy Empyre: Thanks to his Skrull-Kree heritage, Teddy becomes Emperor of a new alliance, and they declare war on the Cotati, a plant-like race bent on revenge against former Skrull enslavers - before he leaves, Teddy and Billy get married in Vegas, and then officially once the war is over, combining Skrull, Kree, and Jewish customs Currently serving as prince consort to Teddy Issues (7:32) Uncertainty over parentage causes stress Questions over extent of powers (17:40) Husband's responsibilities pull him off-world (30:14) Not an issue: his family and support system (37:38) Break (47:43) Plugs for BetterHelp, Play Comics, and Al Ewing Treatment (49:23) In-universe - Have Billy say “no more magic” to put aside that aspect of his life for a while Out of universe - Focus on what the patient wants to talk about, and whether they have a good fit with the therapist (51:36) Skit (feat. Khelan) (59:20)   DOC: Hello Billy, I'm Dr. Issues. BILLY: Hey Doc.  D: How are you?  B: I mean, things have been worse. D: That's not exactly a rousing endorsement. B: Sorry, I just mean there were a lot of questions that were driving me crazy, and I don't have nearly as many as I did before. That's a good thing. D: I'm glad to hear that. So what lingers? B: Still a ton of stuff. *pause* This is a bit hard, you know? I get it's your job, but sometimes I think even professionals will misinterpret what I'm saying, so I'm careful with what I let out. D: Totally understandable. Just remember that this is confidential, so even if things don't go as expected, they stay between us as long as no one is put in danger. B: Good to know. D: So, name something you want to discuss. B: Iwanttobecalmiwanttobecalmiwanttobecalm… D: Excuse me? B: Sorry, just wanted to be sure I was in the right headspace before I started. Is it wrong to want your husband to be around more? D: That...sounds like a loaded question. I take it you mean “more than he is now” and that there is some sort of barrier to that? B: Exactly. D: Does he disagree with you? B: NOT exactly. It's more to do with...outside activities. D: Are they activities that you approve of? B: I don't have a choice. D: There's always a choice; it's just a matter of consequences. B: Well, the consequences here involve the wellbeing of a whole empire, so do with that what you will. D: *pause* Heavy stuff. B: And listen, I'm so proud of him taking on this responsibility, and he does it so well and capably. And it doesn't hurt that he looks AMAZING with a crown on his head. I just… I want some more US time, y'know? D: For once when talking to a superhero, I DO know, quite well. How far would you say the scale has shifted? B: Oh, he hasn't packed on weight or anything. He still can bench press D: *interrupting* I'm glad that you're clearly still into him physically...what I meant was, on the work-life balance spectrum of his time with the crown versus his time with you, where is he on that scale? B: Hmmmm...maybe 75-25? No that's too harsh. How about 60-40. D: Your first answer was your gut, and that's ok. Intuition that's unrecognized can lead to dangerous emotional impulse. Your second answer sounds like what you would settle for. But tell me...really. What do you want it to be? B: The selfish side of me would say 5-95, and that's being generous. I just… we're newly married, our honeymoon was interrupted by symbiote dragons attacking the resort, and it seems like he can't make a decision without having to worry about some intergalactic treaty or alliance hanging on his every move. I love him, and I'll be his ride or die until neither of us draw breath, but I confess I did NOT see this as part of the whole “till death do us part” thing when I fell in love with him. So the simple answer is I don't honestly know what a good balance would be, but I know this ain't it. D: That may be one of the most mature answers I've heard in a long time. I'm not going to promise that those outside factors are going to change, but I can vow that it is my ethical duty to help your attempts at discovering a better balance each time we discuss it in each session. My only caution to you is to not expect things to just magically change. B: Except you realize who you're talking to, right? D: Yes, but even still- B: Iwantabetterbalanceiwantabetterbalanceiwantabetterbalance D: As I was saying, I know you want things to get towards total devotion, but the increase in civil unrest may be taking an emotional toll on your partner. Have you talked about that with him? B: Pardon me, but, I don't think it's THAT bad. D: Well, 25-75 isn't your perfect goal, and yet, the attempts on the lives of your fellow heroes must have led to so much anxiety.  B: No, no, that's not - D: But you did say he was willing to surrender if it came time to save you. I'm glad that he has made it known how much he loves you. B: Iwantabetterkingdomiwantabetterkingdomiwantabetterkingdom D: You're clearly using your abilities to influence what you can. I've been talking a lot here. Rather than creating more stress for yourself, let me know, what's your take on your husband's pushback? B: *semi-robotic* I want the kingdom to be better. *normal* I thought I made that clear with the spells and the talking and I really thought you would have picked up on this by now oh my gosh have I completely made things worse oh no oh no oh no not again… D: Well, I usually don't jump to this in a session, but your anxiety appears to be through the roof! Have you considered other forms of relaxation, or a discussion on possible medication management? B: Sorry, sorry, I just had a bit of a freakout there...we were talking about acceptable balance. I'm willing to work at it the slow...the NON MAGIC way. D: No problem. 76-24 is not the worst I've ever heard in terms of a ratio B: WHAT? D: Just a bit of humor on my end. Usually the reality is somewhere between your gut and your partner's thoughts. I'm in no position right now to tell what the number is. Only you know that. B: Oh, so the things you said before, with what I cast, and the responses after that, it wasn't so bad I didn't screw everything up there's still a chance oh my god this is amazing! D: You're...welcome? I must say, for someone who knows a lot about things I couldn't begin to understand, you sell yourself short with how much you have in your control. B: Maybe not as much as you think, doctor. D: Ok then, perhaps we'll discuss how much control you have over the situation in our next session. In the meantime, enjoy that makeup honeymoon that your constituents planned for you out of respect for your personal lives. B: Whoa...whoa...then it really made a difference? I did better? I...nevermind. You're right. Let's leave it at that. Iwanttogototeddyiwanttogototeddyiwanttogototeddy... Ending (66:24)  Recommended reading: Young Avengers Vol 1 Review read: Tamir “Mad at myself for sleeping on such a unique and engaging podcast, but after binging and catching up in just under 3 months I have two things to say: 1) This podcast is amazing. Just because the characters are fictional doesn't mean the issues they have are and it always surprises me when I get emotionally invested in an episode and have to remind myself that I'm in public.  2) I'm now sad that I have to wait weekly for new episodes when I was knocking out a couple a day while working. 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Woody Hastings and Jenny Blaker didn't like the idea of a new gas station in a rural area of Cotati, in Sonoma County. Their efforts launched a growing statewide movement to stop the construction of new gas stations and the expansion of existing ones. Both longtime environmental activists, deeply concerned about climate change, they see the once iconic gas stations at the last stop in fossil fuel pipeline.

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 6/7/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz commenting on the weekend's graduation ceremonies and guests Christine Byrue and Maddy Ruddell on the Sunrise Youth Movement March to Fight Climate Change.The weekend's outdoor graduation ceremonies, welcomed after 2020's pandemic restrictions relegated them to Zoom meetings, brings our attention to the future of the youth. Elaine Holtz interviews two members of the Sunrise movement, one a Sunrise Coordinator and teacher Christine Byrue and the second a 16-year-old student Maddy Ruddell. Maddy called in from the Sunrise Youth March from Paradise, CA to San Francisco that had reached Winters, CA, 130 miles done of the 266 mile march. Maddy will arrive with other marchers in Santa Rosa for a rally of supporters at Juillard Park on Thursday June 10th 10-11 am, and then head on to Cotati. On Monday June 14th the marchers arrive at Golden Gate Bridge for a rally with supporters. Listen to the show. This show's web archive page has the links referenced for joining their action, as well as descriptions of the segments, bios of the guests, this week in Herstory, announcements and the playlist. https://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA21/WSA210607.html

On this episode Fridge is joined by John Dell'Osso the former Mayor of Cotati and by Certified Professional Dog Trainer Devan Amundsen of Bergin University. John's parents actually owned Penngrove's Green Mill Inn from the 1970's until very recently when he and his family sold the property to Bonnie Bergin of the Bergin University of Canine Studies where Devan now teaches. We're talking about the delicious Green Mill Dry Hopped Pilsner brewed in celebration of this legendary local landmark as well as topics such as; the rich history and the bright future of the Green Mill Inn, everyones mutual admiration of dogs in general and the difficulties of running any operation in a pandemic. Whether that be local government, a dog training academy or even a brewery. This one really is "beer at its best." 

Recorded in the cellar of Prairie Sun Recording Studios, in an area described as “just a cement floor and a water heater,” Bone Machine is Tom Waits‘ eleventh studio album. It was released in September of 1992. Bone Machine was recorded and produced entirely at the Prairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California, in a room of Studio C known as “the Waits Room”, located in the old cement hatchery rooms of the cellar of the buildings. Prairie Sun's studio head Mark “Mooka” Rennick said, “[Waits] gravitated toward these ‘echo' rooms and created the Bone Machine aural landscape. […] What we like about Tom is that he is a musicologist. And he has a tremendous ear. His talent is a national treasure.” Waits said of the bare-bones studio, “I found a great room to work in, it's just a cement floor and a hot water heater. Okay, we'll do it here. It's got some good echo.” Bone Machine was the first Waits album on which he played drums and percussion extensively. In 1992, Waits stated: “I like to play drums when I'm angry. At home I have a metal instrument called a conundrum with a lot of things hanging off it that I've found – metal objects – and I like playing it with a hammer. I love it. Drumming is therapeutic. I wish I'd found it when I was younger.” If you're not familiar with Waits, this is as good as any place to remedy that. Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/esoterica-the-podcast/message

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We are walking now more than ever!Parents are struggling with putting their kids to bed now thanks to the pandemic!Roosters are invading Cotati!Shaq paid off a young man's engagement ring for his girlfriend.We are pairing what we watch on TV with certain wines.Facial recognition at SFO!

Learn the tricks of the trade for centrifugal ethanol extraction. Jason talks to Adam Chambers of Delta Separations about how their CUP line of ethanol extractors are the best tool for extracting the most out of your biomass, as well as all the other equipment offerings Delta has released recently. Times, temperatures, and SOPs that Delta usually charges for training on are 'extracted' in this interview. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: Jason Showard - 00:00:11  Hello and welcome to Episode three of The Modern Extractor, the podcast that focuses on the processes, equipment and science found in a cannabis extraction laboratory. I'm your host, Jason Showard, and I work professionally in the cannabis extraction field. Here in season one, we're focusing on ethanol extraction and post-processing. With each episode digging deep into a particular stage in that process. The shows are released in an order that follows the progress of material through a lab, following it from Cultivar to concentrate.    Jason Showard - 00:00:39  Last week we discussed how to select quality biomass to extract from. After listening back to the show, I feel like I said a lot about what could go wrong there and neglected to mention that forming great relationships with your local growers is the absolute best way to consistently get quality biomass. In the second half of last week's show, we talked to Bri Tolp from Futurola about how their shredders can get you to your ideal mill sites for extraction. It was a great show and definitely worth a listen if you haven't already.    Jason Showard - 00:01:08  This week takes us to the next stage, which is the extraction process. We've got Adam Chambers from Delta Separations on today to give us the latest from Delta, as well as breakdown how their revolutionary CUP Series centrifuges will get you the most out of your material. So without any further ado, Adam Chambers, welcome to The Modern Extractor.    Adam Chambers - 00:01:28  It's great to be here. Looking forward to this.    Jason Showard - 00:01:30  Absolutely. Yeah. We're excited to have you as far as starting off with you. Where are you calling in from today?    Adam Chambers - 00:01:36  So today I'm speaking to you guys from the conference room here at Delta Separations in Cotati, California, just north of San Francisco and south of Santa Rosa. It's the main headquarters for Delta Separations and it's where we've been full time for the last couple of years and has been our home, this acquisition, and this strange year that we've had.    Jason Showard - 00:01:59  OK, great. Tell me a little bit about your journey to Delta and how you ended up working there.    Adam Chambers - 00:02:06  Of course, I don't think it would be uncommon to say that a lot of the people here at Delta, their route to the company was somewhat unconventional and I'm no exception. I studied forensic molecular biology, got a minor in chemistry and physics at the Virginia Commonwealth University. After graduating, I moved back over to Europe. I am half British in case that's of any consequence. And my father lives in Mediterranean Spain. I spent a couple of years up there just kind of figuring out what I was going to do.    Adam Chambers - 00:02:43  And I was invited to open an ethanol extraction facility in Southern California and in Coachella. And so I, you know, two weeks later, I was on a plane. And I had, and that was where I'd kind of get my start. And in the middle of the Mojave, really hot, inhospitable environment but we threw together some shipping containers that we retrofitted ourselves. And did the electrical and all of that stuff. And fitted with our own homemade extraction system with pumps and some basic...

In this episode, we see Vulcan taking his anger out on the Cotati on the Moon while Magneto rains chaos on the Cotati on Earth. An epic few issues for the X-men...too bad we won't read Empyre.... Follow Us! Kyle POX IG --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-of-x/message

Bruce's cousin becomes immortal in this week's Immortal She-Hulk #1 from Marvel Comics. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_586291" align="alignright" width="228"] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology affiliate link.[/caption] Immortal She-Hulk (2020) #1 Published: September 23, 2020 Writer: Al Ewing Penciler: Jon Davis-Hunt Cover Artist: Joe Bennett IN THE WAKE OF EMPYRE, JEN WALTERS GOES IMMORTAL! The Cotati invasion has changed everything for Jennifer Walters. Now she seems to have a new lease on life…but things are never that simple for the gamma-powered. Al Ewing gives She-Hulk the “IMMORTAL” treatment with a horrifying stand-alone tale! Want to pick next week's comic? Vote here!

Bruce's cousin becomes immortal in this week's Immortal She-Hulk #1 from Marvel Comics. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_586291" align="alignright" width="228"] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology affiliate link.[/caption] Immortal She-Hulk (2020) #1 Published: September 23, 2020 Writer: Al Ewing Penciler: Jon Davis-Hunt Cover Artist: Joe Bennett IN THE WAKE OF EMPYRE, JEN WALTERS GOES IMMORTAL! The Cotati invasion has changed everything for Jennifer Walters. Now she seems to have a new lease on life…but things are never that simple for the gamma-powered. Al Ewing gives She-Hulk the “IMMORTAL” treatment with a horrifying stand-alone tale! Want to pick next week's comic? Vote here!

On this week's review Stack, we're talking: Bill & Ted Are Doomed #1, Dark Nights Death Metal: Trinity Crisis #1, Empyre Aftermath: Avengers #1, Empyre Fallout: Fantastic Four #1, Stealth #5, Something is Killing the Children #10, Superman #25, Ultraman: The Rise of Ultraman #1, Ice Cream Man Presents Quarantine Comix Special #1, Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #5, Web of Venom: Wraith #1, G.I. Joe #8, Reaver #11 and Blackwood: The Mourning After #4. SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Transcript: Alex:                 What's up y'all, welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Alex:                 And on The Stack we talk about a bunch of comics that come out today. A little bit of a slower week after Labor Day. [crosstalk 00:00:23] chill. Justin:              Never. Alex:                 Never? Justin:              Never. Every week when comics come out… Come on, we just had a… We walked through the great desert of comic drought and here we are back, every week's exciting. There's a lot of fun stuff. Alex:                 I will tell you that in my mind, this is less comics than usual, but just because we did probably 36 comics last week and are doing a little less this week, so there you go. Justin:              I think that may be what it is. We're doing just a slightly less number of them. Alex:                 Yes. We talked for, I don't know, like an hour last week. That was a very long episode of The Stack. But hey, let's see what we get here. Two hours for this one. Justin:              Yeah. Let's extend it. Let's offer our thoughts on everything. Alex:                 And one little business note. Pete is off because he has poison ivy. Now let's get into it. First off, Bill and Ted are Doomed #1 from Dark Horse Comics written by Evan Dorkin and art by Roger Langridge. This is the official prequel to the film Bill and Ted Face the Music. I think it suffered a little bit by switching around of the release schedule of Bill and Ted 3, unfortunately it's coming out afterwards. I talked about this on the live show a little bit. I would just be excited about anything that Evan Dorkin and Roger Langridge are doing together because they're so good. And in my mind, this doesn't disappoint. But how'd you feel? Justin:              Yeah, it was fun. I haven't seen the new Bill and Ted movie. I'm not a die hard Bill and Ted guy. I've seen the first two, but I got to say this played almost like Bill and Ted in an Archie comic, in a fun way. It felt just like a fun, almost episodic, touchstone on all the different characters that are in the universe. Yeah, I'm excited to see where it goes next. Alex:                 It feels like the two dudes who created this are such bit dudes, so they're a perfect field for it. And you get verbal bits, you get little graphic bits from Roger Langridge in the background of things. It definitely, if you haven't seen the third movie, it plays off a lot of the storylines there and sets up those things. So I would highly recommend watching the movie first and then go and read this, because it's not that it ruins bits necessarily for the movie, but it certainly sets up a lot of the plot points there. But this is fun in its own, right. It's Bill and Ted going on a world tour, dealing with the bummer that is their not paying off on the promise of their big concert at the end of Bogus Journey. It's fun stuff. I really enjoyed this issue a lot, particularly for it being like… You could phone in a prequel for a comic like this, but there clearly is a lot of love that went out here. Justin:              Yeah, exactly. And like I said, it does that smart thing that a lot of tie-in books do, where it takes one thing about the characters and it just plays on it, as opposed to getting deep into the mythology of a certain thing or just trying to do something new. It's like, here, let's just touch all these things and then push them down the field a little bit, and it does a good job of that. Alex:                 Next up Dark Nights Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1 from DC Comics written by Scott Snyder and art by Francis Manapul. Now I will say this plays like just another spinoff of Dark Nights Death Metal. This is an essential chapter of the book, I feel like? Justin:              100%. Alex:                 Which is crazy, but you get Francis Manapul art, you get Scott Snyder doing wild writing. It's great. I mean, we had Scott on the live show two weeks ago or a week and a half ago at this point, and he talked quite a bit about the Dark Nights event. It's just fun to see all of those wild ideas at play here. I liked this issue quite a bit, like I've been liking this series, I think. Justin:              I do too. And this is a good distillation of all the characters, as opposed to the main book, which is really grinding the plot forward and having to touch on so many things. This takes the pace down a little bit, I think, and really lets each character give you a little bit of status quo with them. And after hearing from Scott, it was really cool to see all the different, especially the Trinity characters, and the rest of the characters, to see them and look at them through his eyes. Alex:                 Yeah. I'm curious to see how it plays out in the next issue because there's a big cliffhanger at the end here that feels what he is trying to do with the main series. This is an essential issue, but also with the main series, he's just throwing you into the middle of things. Things have already happened. Between the month that the comics have been released or two weeks or three weeks or whatever, other things have gone on and same thing as here, but here we're getting a glimpse of it and everything is great. Let's move from the middle of an event to the end of an event. I want to talk about these together. We got the very alliterative Empyre Aftermath Avengers #1 from Marvel written by Al Ewing, art by Valerio Schiti, Empyre Fallout Fantastic Four #1 from Marvel written by Dan Slott and art by Sean Izaakse, or Izaakse, I guess. Alex:                 We were a little mixed, I think, about the Empyre event. This had the Kree-Skrull armada fighting the Cotati, some plant people, bunch of other stuff going on. But here as the title says, it's not as clean as Avengers and Fantastic Four, it's a little mixed together. But the Avengers issue is dealing a lot with Emperor Hulkling, the Fantastic Four issue is dealing a little more firmly with Fantastic Four, as well as some other things and both of them and big teases for the future of the Marvel universe. Given how mixed I was about the Empyre event, I was surprised how much I liked both of these issues. Justin:              Yeah, I think these books did a good job of giving us the context that we felt we were lacking with the main event. I feel like with the main event, we were like… The storytelling felt like, “Oh, this is exciting, this is building up to something big.” And then it just was actually sort of a smaller event than we thought. It was a hang out event. Not a lot of characters died and not a lot of status quo stuff was changed. It was like, there's this issue, and now we've resolved this issue. And these give us like, “Well, here's what is different,” a little bit. Justin:              And honestly, it's not a ton. But there are great scenes in here. I love this stuff in the Al Ewing written book, Empire Aftermath, where we get the Brand versus versus Captain Marvel stuff. That stuff was really cool. Just seeing the Avengers hanging out and talking. There's a great scene between Captain America and Tony Stark. “I wish we trained them. Registered them. Just kidding. Let's not go there.” That was fun. There were some good moments in here. Alex:                 The other thing that I really liked about that book in particular is framing Hulkling as a different type of king in the Marvel universe, because we've got Black Panther, we've got Doctor Doom, we've got all of these characters who are very regal and serious and are very “We do what we need to do.” “We do what is best for Wakanda.” “I do what is best for Latveria.” And they frame it as Hulkling is at the beginning of this journey, so he may get to that point. Certainly a lot of people warn him that you're going to get to a point where these choices are going to be impossible, and if you want to be emperor, you need to choose the people that you're representing. Alex:                 But right now he is an emperor that doesn't necessarily hold back when things need to be done, but he is trying to be more benevolent for that. And that to me, that is a fascinating character to follow going forward, particularly the idea that Wiccan is going to be with him, and it's the sort of thing, I don't know if there's plans for this. I honestly have just not paid much attention to what's coming forward in comics. But if there was a Emperor Hulkling comic, that would be a great character thing to follow. Just the idea of how do you rule two races that have hated each other for millennia and try to do it the right way with your husband by your side? That's great. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. And being able to… They're the characters that emerged from this as the most interesting. I like the tags at the end of both of these books, but they are the ones… I would definitely like to see them on a day to day basis, what they're up to, because otherwise most of the characters in this book are characters we know and already like and they're just being themselves. Thor and She-Hulk are officially dating, which I thought was a fun revelation here. Alex:                 Also, I think this was in this one, I'm kind of mixing them up now, but I love the line after the unofficial Kree-Skrull wedding where the rabbi says, “This is the first outer space same-sex Jewish wedding that I've ever officiated.” But just fun. Just fun stuff. Good times. And the Fantastic Four issue I thought it was very good as well, and also in terms of delineating itself from the Avengers issue, focusing on the history of the blue area of the moon, which has been very key to Marvel universe continuity, working in the unknown that weird Nick Fury robot dude who took over for the Watcher and coming up with a new status quo for him as well. Just a good stuff. It's very clearly following off of Dan Slott's run on Fantastic Four, and it feels of a piece of that, but his run has been good. His run has been funny. He has a good handle of the characters, so this feels fun as well. Justin:              Yeah. Agreed. What I also want to just real quick want to say, it was nice that each separate issue, they came out the same week, and really reflected the different writers who have shepherded this project, their tones a little bit differently, and they were able to have their own wrap up. Because Dan Slott I feel was so Fantastic Four focused and got to have the humor of a Spider-Man hanging out and Wolverine talking shop and all that. That was a very Dan Slott thing to do. Alex:                 Yeah. So good stuff. Even if you were on the fence about Empyre, maybe pick up these two issues so you can have a sense of the new status quo in the Marvel universe. Let's move on to another one. Stealth #5 from Image Comics, written by Mike Costa and art by Nate Bellegarde. Man, I love this book. We've been talking about every issue of this book. This is about a old dark horse, Darkhawk, excuse me, esque superhero, who is suffering from dementia. His son is investigating mysteries that are tied with it. There is an old villain of his who is tied to his origin who is coming after him. This is the issue before the end, so it definitely feels like, even though some big things happened, there's a little bit of a pause there, but particularly with the villain, with Dead Hand, it's so well written and he's so calculated and terrifying at the same time. It's very impressive to read. Justin:              Yeah, I was going to say this comic… We've raved about it so much. Its main characters are so well done. And then they take the time and this issue to really establish… The most fun character in this issue is the villain and we get a little bit of origin snuck into the back half of the book, but it was just another great book. Great action. Really well drawn. Everyone's on the same plane. I don't know what's going to happen in this last issue. Alex:                 I'm very excited to go and get to the end of it. Let's move on to another one that's been great the entire run, Something is Killing the Children #10 from Boom! Studios, written by James Tynion IV, art by Werther Dell'Edera. This is continuing the storyline of a bunch of invisible monsters killing some children. It's fascinating to me that so little and so much happens in every issue of this book. I don't know if you get that feeling as well. Justin:              100%. I get the exact same feeling of like… I'm always like, “Ooh…” This is such a tonal book. It's something that you read where you're just like… You want the taste of it. It's not about a million things happening because the dread they create each issue and those moments of horror and every day… I'm always reminded reading this of the issue where the cop is like, “Hey, I have a bunch of beer in my bag if you want to grab one.” When they're in the impromptu morgue they made in the high school gym, a couple of issues back. And every issue just has those great little details, and then also just a bunch of horrifying action. And this issue has maybe more action than we've seen for a couple. Alex:                 I have a question for you. When there is a monster comes out and kills one of the children, in your head are you like, “That's the thing that's killing the children.” Justin:              No, because I'm constantly, “Is that the thing killing the children?” Because I don't believe… There's something… The mystery they've created here leaves a little bit of like, “Maybe that's not what's killing the children.” Alex:                 Another great issue of this book, and Werther Dell'Edera's art is so gorgeous. I also love the layouts of this book. I mean, this might be part of getting it digitally, but the fact that they have these huge spreads that are multi panels long, it just feels and reads different from every other comic that I'm reading today. Real good stuff. Moving on to Superman #25 from DC Comics written by Brian Michael Bendis and art by Ivan Reis. This is introducing another new villain for Superman, or maybe ally, we'll see what happens, but it is a race of aliens that we've never met before who are aware of the destruction of Krypton, become concerned about Superman, and then proceed to follow him throughout history. Alex:                 So we get a parallel, for this anniversary issue, of Superman's entire history through this alien's perspective as well as through Superman's perspective and his relationship with Lana Lang, which we're reestablishing here. I like this issue. I'm cautiously optimistic after big guy with weird lip that I'm forgetting of the name, [Roeger Thargar 00:15:49] or whatever, the other villain that he introduced. There's a lot of returning to the destruction of Krypton and mining that, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Justin:              Reading this issue, maybe you want to take a mental check in on Bendis's run in general. What do you think? Because this felt a hard reset and sort of like, “Ah, I don't know, let's start over,” in some ways. And I this issue. It made me really think Superman is going to get with Lana Lang, oddly. In a sort of stressful way of. Alex:                 That would be fucked up if that would happen. Justin:              Agreed. But what do you think this means for Bendis's run in general, or what do you think of Bendis's run in general, reading this? Alex:                 I appreciate the fact that he's added a lot of new characters to the Superman continuity. That's certainly something that's needed, but this is the absolute worst way of saying this. A lot of reading his run feels like a chore. Like, “I got to read this because he's going to be adding this new thing that people are going to pick up on later on and it's going to affect the rest of DC continuity so I got to know what's going on.” I don't know, it doesn't feel exactly the right fit for Bendis at the same time. Justin:              I agree. It feels homeworky, where a lot of it is just so much of laying the groundwork, when it's just like, “What is the story you're telling?” So much of the stuff that came before him, I love so much with Superman, the real Superman family living in Smallville and it was a real family unit, and I was like, “I see what the story is here. It's a family unit rallying around their father/husband who is Superman and what he has to do.” And everyone got to do their own thing. In this it feels like Lois and Superman are always in different places, very busy. John Kent is with the Legionnaires now. It feels like everyone's working so hard and I don't know what's happening. Alex:                 There seems to be a loss of the core values of Superman in a certain way. And I think it's funny, because that's something that he is trying to hit constantly and trying to work around and trying to reemphasize. And he does get around to it sometimes in his run, like the fight with the Injustice League in Metropolis, which I honestly do not remember whether that was in Superman or Action Comics, was very good and very tense and very dangerous, but then it was interrupted by Leviathan coming in to be like, “Let's stop this fighting.” It feels watching a chess game in a certain way, to get to your point about laying the groundwork. Justin:              And that's everyone's favorite activity, is just tucking in and watching some fucking chess. Alex:                 Yeah. Bobby what's his name. Justin:              Yes. Searching for Bobby chess fish. Alex:                 Moving on to another setup thing though, Ultraman, The Rise of Ultraman #1 for Marvel Comics, written by Kyle Higgins and Matt Groom, art by Francesco Manna, Michael Cho, Gurihiru, Ed McGuinness, and Espen Grundetjern. This is the classic Ultraman hero. We get a front story and a bunch of backup stories. I'll tell you what, I wasn't totally sold on the lead story because I felt it actually did kind of a Bendis thing of deconstructing and decompressing the origin of Ultraman, and by the end of the issue, I was like, “Great, that was the thing that I was curious to see you get to at the beginning of this issue, because I don't know any of these characters or what's going on.” But I really liked the back matter a lot. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. It was weird. This story had that confidence of “You know what we're doing here. Look at these characters, they're hanging out, they're screwing around.” And then it sort of ended with “Oh, I don't actually know these characters. I don't know what's happening.” And then I'm like, “Oh, I see. Maybe there's an Ultraman happening here.” But the back matter really set it up, set up the whole thing. The Ultra Q I think was the name of the one that really set up what the deal was and how the Kaiju organization came together. And then they had the fun interspersion of the funnies version of Ultraman. Alex:                 Yeah, I like that stuff quite a bit. It's certainly a big package in terms of there's a lot of stuff going on in the comic, so I think it's worth picking up potentially for that. Particularly if you're a fan of Ultraman. I don't have a connection to the franchise or anything, so I was a little lost to the lead story, but I'm definitely curious to pick up the second issue and see how that continues because clearly Marvel has put a lot of faith of this. This is a big priority for them. So I'm curious to see where it goes, particularly because it gets to the point you want it to get to at the end of that first issue. Alex:                 Let's move on to another one, I'm very curious to talk to you about this one, Ice Cream Man Presents: Quarantine Comix Special #1 from Image Comics written by W Maxwell Prince, art by Martin Morazzo, but also by Declan Shalvey and Chris O'Halloran, Deniz Camp, and Artyom Poplin, with Aditya Bidikar, A Ewing, Al Ewing I guess, and PJ Holden, Christopher Cantwell, and Eoin Marron with Chris O'Halloran. So this is a collection of, as the title says, short comics that the Ice Cream Man team published while in quarantine. There are, I believe, four tales of their own, and then four guests tales that go along with it. What'd you think about this book in total and then any particular stories you want to call out? Justin:              I mean, this felt like such a good ice cream. Obviously we love… We talk about this book nonstop. It's something that is just a scary comic book that does so much with its stories to create dread, but also there are moments of humor and really make a point. And this felt like a great book that really digested what we're going through right now and recontextualized our own everyday horror and put it in these different storylines in a way that I thought was great, really great. Alex:                 Yeah. I really like this a lot too. The thing that I was most curious about reading this book is how other people would handle the idea of Ice Cream Man. And of course the lead stories, they capture it perfectly, they're great. They feel exactly Ice Cream Man because it's the team that's doing it. But the one for me that worked perfectly that I could not believe it was the main team not doing it, that was the one by Deniz Camp and Artyom Poplin with Aditya Bidikar. That was the one, if you haven't read it this is obviously spoilers, but it's basically a girl who is looking out through window at the outside world as it's falling apart, whether it's through coronavirus or something worse, like zombie plague, it's not entirely clear. And in the background it certainly seems like her family is falling apart and breaking apart. Alex:                 And at the same time, she's drawing little pictures on the windows to add things into the landscape and what's going on. And of course, things become more horrible, the drawings take on a life of their own. To me, that was like… This is an Ice Cream Man story. This is exactly what it feels like, particularly in the early days of quarantine, to look outside of the window and see those empty streets. Perfect. Justin:              Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Being able to really artistically bring that into the comic book form, I thought this whole book just gives that off in a way that I haven't seen anyone do that. How'd you feel about the Animal Crossing? Alex:                 It was all right. I thought that was okay. I haven't really played Animal Crossing necessarily, but it was like… It's a funny story, but it was too jokey for Ice Cream Man for me, if that tracks? Justin:              Yeah, totally. Alex:                 But yeah, this is a great package. And to your point about the quarantine stuff, I've kind of rankled against anything that talks about quarantine, TV shows that are like, “It's set during quarantine. We filmed it during quarantine. Everybody filmed it on their Zoom cameras,” makes me annoyed and I could care less because I'm living that right now. But this is something that worked for me. Justin:              And I think the real smart thing they did is really interpret it as opposed to presented it, and that's what I love about it. I got to give a shout out to the first story, because it's got my man Shakespeare in it. Alex:                 There you go. Love Shake CW. Justin:              Shakes CW. That's how I think. Scholars refer to him in that way. Alex:                 Back in time. Yeah, great stuff though. Definitely pick that up. Next up Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #5, excuse me, from DC Comics, written by Kami Garcia, art by Mico Suayan and Jason Badower. We've also talked about almost every issue of this one. This is a more realistic take on Joker and Harley. Joker is a serial killer, Harley is the psychiatrist working with the Gotham PD trying to track him down. This issue, Joker is in her house and she confronts him. This is very well written, but to me, the art is definitely the standout, and it's just gorgeous to look at across the board. Justin:              Agreed. The use of color in this is so smart. The different passages we get in black and white with Joker affectation, and then the other sections that come through. But vivid detail in the black and white. And then later we get the sort of the more comic booky feeling normal coloring passages. It's great. And the way they are positioning Joker and Harley here is something that I haven't really seen in a while, and it was great to see joker with a straightforward origin. There's not a ton of like, “He's a ghost from the future,” or whatever. It was nice to see that. Alex:                 Good book. Definitely pick it up. For adults only. Next up, Web of Venom: Wraith #1 from Marvel written by Donny Cates, art by Guiu Villanova. This is another issue teeing up the big King In Black event that's coming very, very soon. Here we get Wraith, who is in Donny Cates's Guardians of the Galaxy run, dealing with his own symbiote, [Arjun 00:27:03]. Big stuff happens here. This is as tense and big and crazy as usual as we have come to expect from Donnie Cates's Venom run. Good stuff. Justin:              This book doesn't… I'm not super familiar with Wraith, but it didn't have any business being this good and interesting and exciting. It's great. It had the vibe of a great Western story, but bringing in all the symbiote continuity, I guess is the way… It's amazing, just in general, that Venom has become this universe spanning continuity. Alex:                 I don't want to make this one person versus another, but I was struck reading this book, which is something that Donny Cates has already done, where Brian Michael Bendis was like, “Where did the symbiotes come from? The planet Klyntar. That's where they're from.” And the fact that Donny was like, “Yeah, yeah, but also they're the prison for this god Knull. It's not actually their planet or where they come from. It's this other thing,” is in my mind… It's funny that it's a responsible retcon of a retcon, if you know what I mean. Justin:              It's funny to be calling out Bendis so hard in this episode of The Stack, [crosstalk 00:28:23], who we like. Alex:                 Don't come for us, man. Justin:              Don't come for us, man. I also want to call out in this book, the art feels like… The pacing of it, the ramping up and coming down. This feels something that could have been a standalone, Western short story, just with this great Marvel universe stuff laid over top of it. Alex:                 Yeah, it's very good. All of these Web of Venom event things have been very good. Let's move on to another surprisingly good comic, GI Joe #8 from IDW written by Paul Allor and art by Emma Vieceli. I got to say, I went from not caring about GI Joe at all to this being top of my stack every month. This book is great. Justin:              We keep talking about it. Pete's not even here and here we are talking about GI Joe comics, because the depth of the world building they're doing here is just so good. Alex:                 I think my main impression of GI Joe is the 80s cartoon where you have Cobra Commander and it's all very silly and everybody's like, “My name is Ice Cube and shoot ices.” That's pretty much all it is. Justin:              Most of the communication is just the them shouting their names, and their names are also what they do. It's a very Pokemon thing for them to do. Alex:                 And the fact that not only is this team taking the idea of GI Joe seriously, but actually plumbing into their character deaths and making these often excruciating to read character studies about the choices that people need to make in the middle of war, is bonkers. This issue, we get a character who is… Well, the whole setup is Cobra has taken over the world, GI Joe is the underground fighting back, and here we get one of the characters, I'm honestly forgetting which stupid name she has, but she is the Canadian ambassador. She's behind enemy lines. She's starting to fall in love with one of the people from Cobra- Justin:              Are you talking about Bombstrike? Alex:                 Yes. There we go. And the choices that she needs to make across the board where it's like… It's hard to watch. It's hard to read on both sides, when she makes the right choices, when she makes the wrong choices, but that comes down to the writing. The art is good. I really am shocked how great this book is. Justin:              Yeah, and continues to impress. It's not just a flash in the pan one story was good. Continues to be great across the board. Alex:                 Mainly it feels like, and I don't say this to deride the writer or anything, but this feels like if Tom King decided to write GI Joe, what would happen. Justin:              That's good. That's a compliment. Alex:                 Next up, Reaver #11 from Image Comics written by Justin Jordan and art by Niko Henrichon. This follows our fantasy world extreme characters attacking some dudes on a boat. I got to tell you, we've talked about a bunch of issues in this book. It feels like Justin Jordan has finally figured out which characters work, which characters pop, and is just focusing on them, and that in my mind is such a smart decision. Justin:              It's really funny in the page, the author page or the artist page, after the cover, we see all the characters who are initially wandering through the wilderness, and I was like, “Oh yeah, remember all those people?” And now it's just gotten down to these few characters that are just kicking ass. Alex:                 And it's great. I mean, it works. I'm glad they pivoted the book to that. If you have an enormous dude who is impossible to kill and is a crazy murderous barbarian, and a tiny girl with a ghost face and sharp teeth who likes to bite people, focus on them. That's all good. Get rid of the other characters and it's all fine. Justin:              Bring out the bitey girl. Alex:                 But it's good. In terms of being extreme fantasy, I think this is a fun issue. Justin:              Agreed. Alex:                 Last one to talk about, another Evan Dorkin book from Dark Horse Comics Blackwood: The Mourning After #4, art by Veronica and Andy Fish. I'll admit, I haven't really read Blackwood or The Mourning After, but I like this issue quite a bit. This is bunch of people from seemingly a magical school or a magical library who are fighting against somebody. There's some evil masks. The character designs are great. The magic is great. Even knowing nothing about this, I think part of it is that Evan Dorkin is good at plot, Veronica and Andy Fish are great at art, so the issue works even if you don't know anything about it. Justin:              The way that the masked person kills people in this is unbelievable. It's horrifying. Every time I was just like, “Huh.” You see their corpse, it's great. Alex:                 It's kind of amazing reading these two Evan Dorkin Dark Horse books back to back, which I did, Bill and Ted are Doomed and The Morning After #4, because you have one that's like, “Fun times, Bill and Ted, woo.” And the other one's, people's flesh being ripped off their bones. Good stuff. Just very talented guy. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. And to be able to work in those two different tones is very cool. Alex:                 There you go. All right, that is it for The Stack. If you'd like to support our podcast, patreon.com/comicbookclub. 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On this week's Stack podcast, check out reviews for: Seven Secrets #1, Dark Nights Death Metal #3, Something is Killing the Children #9, Empyre #5, The Flash #759, Adventureman #3, Marauders #11, Judge Dredd: False Witness #2, Wonder Woman #760, Big Girls #1, The Immortal Hulk #36, Stealth #4, The Amazing Spider-Man #46, Transformers: Galaxies #8 and Excellence #9. SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. TRANSCRIPT: Alex:         What's up, you all? Welcome to The Stack, I'm Alex. Justin:       I'm Justin. Pete:         I'm Pete. Alex:         And on The Stack, we're talking about a bunch of books that have come out this very week. Kicking it off with a big new book from BOOM! Studios, Seven Secrets #1, written by Tom Taylor and illustrated by Daniele Di Nicuolo. Pete, I want to go to you first, because I was very surprised to hear, I think this was your favorite book of the week. Is that right? Pete:         It really was. Justin:       Yes. Pete:         It is. It's a great book, I love the art. It's a very interesting idea, that there are seven secrets and they are highly guarded secrets. And people kind of like dedicate their lives to them. There's this kind of like societies built around, protecting the secrets. I think it's just a very creative idea, and fun, amazing art. A lot of action right out of the box. So, yeah, I think this is a great book. I'm very excited for more. Justin:       Yeah, I agree. This is really fun. It reminded me a lot of the Iron Fist run, that I want to say, Matt Fraction did which dealt with the… Alex:         I think it was Fraction and (Ed) Brubaker, right? Justin:       Yes, yes, that is accurate. Which got into all the different sort of fighting squads in doing battle throughout all of time. It has that same sort of dynamic art style, and feels like it's very numerical, you're chasing very specific things. So, I really like this. Alex:         Yeah, I thought this is great as well. I mean Tom Taylor is such, such a reliable writer and Daniele Di Nicuolo almost has like this Proto, Manga style in a way, where feels more detailed than that in terms of the fight, but the propulsive nature of the action suggests that a little bit. There's also a really good emotional underpinning, that I won't spoil for any or somebody who's planning on reading of the book. My only little quibbled with it… Pete:         Hey, watch yourself. Alex:         All that… It reminded me a little bit in pacing of Wynd from BOOM! Studios, another book we really liked a lot. But both of them felt like… Just to take like a very broad view, back in the day, you had these ‘done in one issue', right? People still do aim for done in one issue, then you had (Brian Michael) Bendis came along with Ultimate Spider-Man and this whole decompression, and aiming for the trade thing. Both Wynd and Seven Secrets which I both like a lot, seem almost different in a way where it's not decompression for the trade, so much as here are the first 20 pages of the story. Where they ended places, where it's like not even the of a chapter, exactly, so much is it almost feels in the middle of a chapter. and I need to read the second issue to understand more of what's going on. I don't know if you guys got that same feeling for that. Justin:       No, I hear you. Especially in Wynd. Pete:         That's a very weird thing to say, but, okay. Justin:       No, but I get it from a storytelling perspective, it's like we've talked about writing for the trade for almost the entire run of our podcast, and this is taking it to the next level. It's like literally writing the trade, and then chopping it up with like a butcher's knife, and here's the first issue. Alex:         Yeah, which is, it's a good first issue, and I highly recommend picking it up. But it just, it needs more, for me. Pete:         I don't… Yeah, I disagree. I think the ending was a fucking crazy ending and it's a kind of fun place to leave it off until next time. Alex:         It's good. It's a good book. Definitely pick it up. That's why we wanted to lead with it. Next up, Dark Nights: Death Metal #3 from DC Comics written by Scott Snyder and art by Greg Capullo. Talk about wild. This is a wild ride to through the DC Universe. The heroes of the DC Universe are being completely beaten down by the Batman Who Laughs, who now is the Dark Knight, I think he's called. Justin:       The Darkest Knight. Alex:         Yeah, there we go… Because he has Doctor Manhattan powers. They're trying to stave off the death of the Multiverse as usual, as you do. And so, they've invaded Apocalypse to go and rescue Superman in this issue. Some other things happen. How'd did you feel about this? Pete:         Now this is just a fun comic. Like by the title it's like, Dark Nights: Death Metal. Like let's take this, what we know and love, and just turn it to 11. You got para Robins; you've got like insane crazy ideas. Everything is fun and over the top about this. You've got Superman with like knuckle-dusters on. I mean this is just crazy fun that like you know, just makes the young kid inside of you excited about what you're seeing on the page. [00:05:00] Justin:       The way you even structure your review, Pete, reminds me of Stefon on SNL, which is actually sort of a good description of this book. But it's like you want to go to the craziest night club in the DC Universe. [laughter] Pete:         Yeah. Justin:       You've got Batman a dinosaurs, you've got a dwarf riding another Batman. And that's literally what this is, it's like a million ideas jammed up in a blender and spread out over a crisis style storyline line. And I like it as well. It's like they took a hammer to the Elseworld's annual crossover from like the late ‘90s, smashed up all those bits, jammed them together, and we're like, “This is an event we're actually going to spend some time in.” And this issue, especially, I thought was super fun. All the Superman stuff was great. The Mister Miracle escape, all that. I… Pete:         Yeah. The use of Mister Miracle is amazing. The dark side of Batman was crazy. Like seeing Wonder Woman with like a metal ass chainsaw. It was just so badass. Justin:       I could do with a few less Batman, let me just say that. Alex:         Yes, it is… We're reaching critical mass with Batman, and I think they would kind of realized that to the point where Harley Quinn is like, “Man, he's really good with branding”, and just calling that out. And I think like that's the sort of cheeky self-awareness that makes this work, because it's Scott Snyder realizing how ludicrously over the top it is. Everything that's going on and leaning into that, versus saying, “No, no, no. This is serious stuff here. Okay, there's a lot of Batman.” It doesn't feel… The stakes are high, but it doesn't feel serious at any point, and I think that's good. Like that gets into you. One of my favorite characters from Scott Snyder's run, we get Jarro the pint-sized Starro [overlap talk] who think Batman is his dad. Pete:         Come on. Alex:         It's great. It's super fun, and cute. Justin:       It's so funny. Alex:         That's enjoyable. I do want to ask you guys… Pete:         The all hands in moment was fun. Alex:         Super fun. I did feel like this issue was a little more expository than I would've liked. There was a lot of standing around and be like, “Okay, real quick, here's what we need to do, and here's what's going on. This is complicated. I'm just going to bring you up to speed”, in between the fun moments. But there was a hint that there's something else going on with both Batman and Superman, where they turn to each other in the middle, after they freed Superman. And I think it's Superman says, “Does Diana know about you?” And Batman says, “No. Does she know about you?” So, what do you think's going on with them? What is the deal? Justin:       I don't know, that moment it stressed me out little bit because it… To me, not to be the Pete in the situation… Pete:         Yeah. Justin:       But it made me feel like it's going to be like, “Did you tell her that this is all a simulation that's happening?”  “No, I didn't tell her. Did you?” It felt like a ‘too cool for school secret' that I don't want to disrupt the flow just when I'm really getting into the flow of the book. Pete:         Yeah, yeah. Alex:         Yeah. I could see something like that. I mean my big thought is that Batman is already dead. That he died, that's why he's running around with the Black Lantern Ring. That's why he was able to escape the omega beams, that hit him from the Dark Side Batman. I don't know what Superman's secret is, but to me that feels like the most reasonable thing that could happen to him, and that would be sad for Diana because they essentially have already lost. Pete:         Well, but like this is, it sort of exists in the dark Multiverse. So, it's the flip flop of everything. So, maybe that's the win, the fact that they're already dead or there's something, where it's going to be something with emotional resonance, like them being dead, but that is actually the victory they find or the loophole they escape through. Alex:         I mean, I think you kind of just said this, but what if the whole thing is in the Dark Multiverse? What if they're not in the Real Multiverse at all but this is just where the heroes have lost already, and this the flip side of the story to show them the way that things could've have gone horribly wrong. Justin:       Yeah, I mean that to me… Because all this hype about like this is the real continuity. I'm like, “I don't need that.” This is just as good a story if it takes place in a Dark Multiverse, but I think what emerges from that I guess is what the lesson is. It's are we going to get this Superman in the world or some version of these characters. Alex:         Good fun stuff. Moving on, Something is Killing the Children #9 from BOOM! Studios written by James Tynion IV, illustrated by Werther Dell'Edera. If you happen to read this book Something is Killing the Children, it's a bunch of monsters. They like to eat children. And there's one woman who may or may not be able to stop them. In this issue, she trying to appeal to a young boy who has previously been attacked by the monsters to try and act as bait for them. Man, this book is so good. So, well drawn, so well written. This is almost the opposite of what I was saying with Seven Secrets where it's like not a lot happens every issue but it feels so weighted every single time. [00:10:06] Justin:       Yeah, there's just a creeping dread all the time, and we get little dribs and drabs of backstory each time. It's really interesting, and also really horrifying, the stuff that happens. The adults feel like they're crippled and stuck in place the entire time. There's a whole section about like, “I'm just handing out beers, because I don't know what else to do.” While the kids are either being murdered or trying to act against these monsters. And the sort of reveal, at the end, is interesting and maybe spins the story in a different direction. Pete:         Yeah, I mean this is a very interesting comic. Each issue has been a fun surprise of like, what's kind of in store. In this one, we kind of get her back story, the main hunter's backstory and it's very cool the way it's told. I really love the paneling and the art of this book. It's just very unique and cool. And I think this is one of my favorites in this stack. It's really great every time we get to read this. Alex:         I agree. Let's move back to Marvel for Empyre#5 story by Dan Slott and Al Ewing, written by Al Ewing, art by Valerio Schiti. And when I say move back to Marvel, this is the first time we're talking about Marvel in The Stack. I thought here's another on… [chuckle] So, this is the second to the last issue of Empyre, Marvel's big events, which is plants versus zombies. In this, the Cotati, a plant race, has been attacking Earth. They want to take over the Earth and the entire universe. The Kree and Skrull are trying to stop them. But in the middle of all of that whole Hulkling has been leading the Kree and the Skrull army, except not really. There's actually somebody masquerading as him, Wiccan who secretly married him. Figured that out the last issue. That's where they pick up this issue, with both that, and the fact, that She-Hulk, who has been taken over by one of these plant creatures, and is supposedly dead is attacking the Thing. So, lots of stuff going on here. As we round up this event, how are you feeling about it? Pete:         Well this issue, I'm like, “All right now, things are happening.” Like things are really cooking now. I feel like I'm just starting to get into this event. But this was a great issue; a lot happened. It's sad though we didn't address the She-Hulk stuff yet, but I feel like this had a great amount of kind of like story mixed with action and the weight of everything happening. I really like this issue. Justin:       I like this issue too. It really is… I'm so surprised it's ending already. It does feel like it's just ramping up. It feels so short to go right into the final movement right here. I really like that they folded in the wedding between Hulkling and Wiccan, as sort of a main story point. Like that feels really good. But I feel like I need two more issues to really elevate the stakes. And if the She-Hulk death is like the whole thing here, it's like… I don't know, it feels a little disjointed. Alex:         It's… Pete:         I… Oh, I'm sorry… Alex:         All I was going to say is, this struck me over the past couple of issues but it really started to hit me with this one. And I know this isn't a TV show, so it's the wrong term, but there's not enough sets in this book. Like it takes place… Pete:         Ha… Weird. Alex:         It takes place on the alien ship mostly, where they really haven't left the throne room that Hulkling is in. And then there's a couple of glimpses of other places that they go to that mostly seem motivated by what's happening in the spin offs side stories. So, we get a bunch of stuff at Wakanda, but it's more like here's an overview of what's happening in other places, and then Tony Stark and Reed Richards are just hanging out in Avengers Mountain and putting together a suit. So, like you guys are saying every issue of this is good and fun. Dan Slott and Al Ewing know what they're doing. Valero Schiti's art is very good superhero art, but there's not a lot going on, which is surprising. Pete:         Yeah… So first of, I want to say I'm sorry Wakanda is not enough for you. Secondly, I love… Alex:         Hey, what can you, Wakanda do about that? Pete:         Ahhhhhh… Justin:       Oh, boy. Alex:         Giddy-up… [chuckles] Pete:         Anyways… I really love The Thing stuff in here like this. Like when you're talking about a classic fight and this whole thing about giving up. I thought that was a perfect kind of monologue for The Thing to have. I really thought it was a cool bad ass moment. Alex:         Yeah, I agree The Thing stuff is good, the character stuff is good, like I was saying it's well written, it's well drawn. I just want a little more out of a big cosmic event. Justin:       Yeah, of course, the small moments are great and you would expect that out of these writers, but like when you think about the great epic crossovers like Infinity Gauntlet, every issue a massive event happened, and you really felt the movement of the book. [00:15:00] And to your point Alex, there aren't a lot of sets; the movement has been very small. And you want those big sweeping moments like remember that… I want to say fifth issue of Infinity Gauntlet, when all of the beings of the universe showed up and it was like, “holy shit”. It felt huge, and this feels small. Alex:         Maybe part of it is the name. They've been selling it as this big event. They've been building up for a while. They called it Empyre, and so far, the Cotati haven't done anything. Like they're trying to take over Earth, but we don't get to actually see them really taking over Earth. Not to armchair write this but I want to see them take over Earth in issue one, and then expand outward from that like what happens next how what happens when they start to actually take over the universe make this a big thing and it just I don't know it feels small. Next up, Dryad #4 from Oni Press, written by Curtis Wiebe and illustrated by Justin Osterling. We launched this in a live show, but we are setting up an interview with the creative team. So, check for that in your local Comic Book Club feed. But this book is great and wild, every issue. We talked about it as the heir to Saga very purposely. I think, in the promotional materials, they call it the Saga Continues for the next issues. But if you haven't been reading, it started off as a fantasy story. It's about two parents, take their kids, hide out in a fantasy style town. Turns out, it's not really a fantasy world; it's actually a tech world with some fantasy looking creatures. Magic has disappeared, except the dad actually has magic. And last issue, they got picked up by a mercenary team, and taken back to the city that they've fled from, that's where they had this issue. Things go terribly wrong for there. I just don't know what this book is, from issue to issue, and I love it. I love it. [chuckle] Justin:       Yeah, it's mixing up a lot of stuff in a good way though it's moving through it very specifically in a smart way. I'm totally on board with it. The Saga comparison is great. I that we've made that… I think it also reminds me of Ascender and Descender as well; the image book. Because it is blending that science and magic worlds. Pete:         Yeah, I just think it's very interesting the way each issue is so different. This one is very action packed and a lot of crazy stuff going on. So, it's very cool when you pick up a book and you think you're like you have an understanding of it and it still surprises you. Justin:       Yep. Alex:         Good stuff. Let's move on to The Flash #759, from DC Comics, written by Joshua Williamson art by Rafa Sandoval and Scott Kolins. This kicking off finish line, which is technically Joshua Williamson's, I believe, last arc on The Flash. Something he teased way back when he was on our live show. So, this is something he's been building to for a really long time. Reverse Flash, Professor Zoom, has taken over Barry Allen's body, stranded him in the Speed Force, and meanwhile, he's trying to turn all of his friends against him. I know you guys aren't really into the speedsters. I, of course, enjoyed this issue because I love the speedsters. Love Bart Allen, like seeing him interacting with Barry and everybody else. What'd you guys feel about this one? Pete:         Well, I felt like we had, the art's unbelievable. And then, we had like an evil Flash messing with a younger big haired Flash, and then all old timey Flash was like, “Leave them damn kids alone.” Alex:         Oh, it was great, what a great cliff-hanger. Justin:       Yep, what a great summary of the book. Almost like a live reading of it. [chuckles] Alex as such a fan of the speedsters, does this make you like do wind sprints or does this make you sort of speed up in your own life. Alex:         I never stop moving when I read this book. Pete:         Wow. Alex:         Like I'm just, I'm going, going, going, the entire time. Justin:       Always on your treadmill that doesn't travel through time. Your very terrestrial… Alex:         My comic treadmill. [overlap talk] Justin:       Ah, that's good stuff. Pete:         Oh, boy. Justin:       I like this. I love Impulse, one of my favorite characters in the original comic, way back in the day. So, it's great to see him here and sort of getting a little bit of an emotional moment, which I think is something that's been missing from the character of Bart Allen for a while. It's sad to see Barry Allen being such a jerk. Alex:         Yep. There you go… Next up, Adventureman #3 from Image Comics written by Matt Fraction, pencils and colors by Terry Dodson, inks by Rachel Dodson. This about a woman who discovers that the old timey pulp hero, she loves and obsessed with, was actually real. She becomes the heir to his power and his mysteries and everything else. In this issue, she's dealing with that in some very weird ways. [00:20:01] As it turns out, she's just getting real buff and larger. And getting information that is powered by the pulp stories that powered Adventureman. This is great. I love seeing Matt Fraction just having fun and also clearly just leaning into letting the Dodson's do their stuff. Pete:         Yeah, yeah. This is what, I mean if you're going to say… The art is worth picking this up alone. I mean this is definitely… Alex:         If I was going say that Pete? Pete:         If anybody was going to say it. I'm just saying… Justin:       If any one of the three of us were to hypothetically say that… [chuckle] Let's call it a catch phrase. Pete:         Yeah. I feel like… This story is good, but really, it's just fantastic art, and it's so weird the way we're kind jumping between worlds and stuff. But I'm very interested in the story. I think it moves really well. We're kind of finding things out with the main character, which is cool. But yeah, it's interesting. I'm curious to see how this kind of unfolds. Justin:       The main character grows 15 inches in her time. What would happen with you guys if one of you or both of you grew 15 inches Alex:         Whew. I would probably scratch against the ceiling, first of all, in this basement where I'm taping right now. Justin:       [chuckle] That's right, because you're already six two, right? Alex:         Yeah, I'm very tall, as you guys know. [chuckes] Justin:       Yeah. Pete:         Yep. Justin:       Maybe you have grown this much. We don't even know. Alex:         That'll probably hurt a lot, right? Justin, you probably know this, but when my kids grow, they go crazy, like literally, insane. Justin:       Yeah… When children grow, they scream the entire time, right? Alex:         Yup, pretty much. Justin:       That's what happening with my kids… Pete, if you grew, you'd be mad, though, because you like to be Wolverine sized. Pete:         Yeah, I like to be short. But I would say if I would've have grown 15 inches maybe like during high school, that would've been glorious. Really could've changed my volleyball career. Alex:         Too many inches… Too many inches, I don't like it. Justin:       Also, I'd like a longer definition of volleyball career, eventually, but that's cool… It's cool for now. I like this comic a lot. I think we've given sort of the crown of cleanest comic to a TV or movie adaptation to Kieron Gillen's Once and Future. I think we can share that crown with this book. It feels like very much writing it for the eventual TV show or movie that this would become. Alex:         Yeah, and Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick have that TV production arm, Neutral Milk Hotel or whatever it's called… Justin:       [chuckle] Whoa… Hipster slam… Pete:         Hipster slam… Alex:         Yuhhh… Got you guys, know I love you. I think you're amazing. We're happy over your house, once. It was very nice. Marauders #11 from Marvel Comics, written by Gerry Duggan and art by Stefano Caselli. Pete:         The Duggs! Alex:         This is… Man, this cover, so nervous with this cover. You know I love the Kate Pryde, man. I was really nervous, man, Pete:         Yeah, man. Alex:         I was really freaking out, it was tweaking here. Justin:       It's game over man. Alex:         Game over, Red. So, Kate Pryde was killed off a couple of issues back, by Sebastian Shaw on a boat. She wasn't coming back. She wasn't allowed to Krakoa. They couldn't reincarnate her in a new body. That's what this issue is dealing with. I'll spoil it right here… Three, two, one… Kate Pryde comes back! They figure out how to get her back. It turns out that she wasn't able to phase through their eggs, and all that Emma needs to do is pull her through. I'll tell you what, I love that Gerry Duggan is pushing the ‘frenemy-ship' or whatever you want to call it between Emma Frost and Kate Pryde. So much fun, I'm glad she's back. I know there's more mysteries to figure out but this a good book. I enjoyed it. Pete:         I got some questions. Alex:         Yeah, what up, Pete? Pete:         So, we get kind of, she has like a Viking funeral, do they purposely kind of make her look like Michael Jackson… In the boat? Or is that just me… Justin:       Let me ask you, Pete… Pete:         Like it was a weird choice, for she has like the kind of red jacket, and then the quarters over eyes or half dollars… Alex:         Oh yeah, like how Michael Jackson always had half dollars over his eyes? Pete:         No, but I mean it looks like a Michael Jackson outfit. Justin:       Like Captain Eel? Pete:         Yeah, I'm just… Maybe it's just me… Alex:         Okay. Pete:         But anyways… Justin:       Let me argue… Maybe say, Pete… I feel like maybe you're looking… If you guys have an X-Men book, you're maybe looking for something to… I believe it's called nit-pick? Pete:         Oh, interesting. Justin:       Or Pete-pick? Pete:         You know, I don't… Yeah, I mean, so we see a funeral, and then it's like me really like, “No, no… “ It was just the we didn't figure out the eggs part, right? Which, “Okay, cool, cool”  but then there was this weird moment where it was like, “Yeah, it took 18 eggs.”… “Oh, so she's 18 now?” Like that was a weird pervy moment. Alex:         Hold on. First of all, A) definitely misinterpreting that. But I did want to ask about that moment just because it's Nightcrawler calls out that they tried to resurrection her 18 times. I did a quick search for that because it seemed to me that was like some sort of religious thing that I wasn't picking up on. I couldn't find anything on it. I don't know if you guys know if there's anything from non-Judaism? I want to say Christianity or Catholicism… But something that is about 18 resurrections? Is there anything about that? Pete:         No. Not that I know… That's just why I thought it was something about her age or something because she's always been younger. Alex:         No, it's not about the age. It's definitely about like the 18 resurrections. So, I don't know if it means that there's like 18 Kate Pryde bodies out there that Nightcrawler's going to find, or if that is a specific reference to something. It was definitely a weird moment, but it was not a creepy age moment. Pete:         Okay, well it's definitely a weird moment that stuck out to me. Justin:       I would say we're not the most theological podcast hosts, when it comes to doing a deep dive on a religious reference. Alex:         Sure… Pizza priest though. Justin:       Pizza priest… No, pizza, pizza priest. Alex:         Yehey, pizza priest. Pete:         Yeah… Have a pizza priest. I'm not a regular priest. Justin:       Nice… I don't know the reference. I did like this book. I liked the position Kate Pryde had in the X-Men world where she was sort of ‘outsided' and not allowed. It's a good mystery. I don't know if that's over now, or what the deal is going forward. But I think this book is a fun sort of side book to the X-Men universe right now. Alex:         Yeah, I agree. Stefano Caselli's art is always good. Let's move on to Judge Dredd: False Witness #2 from IDW, story by Brandon Easton, art by Zei Kama, excuse me, Kei Zama. I think we have some pretty nice things to say about this book last time, which is why I thought it would be interesting to revisit. This is somebody on the outskirts, who lives in the wastelands outside of Mega-City One, comes into the city finds out that him and other people like him are being harvested. And that's where we pick up this issue. He continues to run very parallel to the storyline with Judge Dredd. But I like this book. I think, I'm surprised how much I like this book because I'm not the usual Judge Dredd fan. But I think it's doing a good job of channeling social commentary storytelling character along the way, even though you do have these two characters that really have not met yet at all. Justin:       I feel like a lot a book we'll talk about in a little bit, Transformers book, and a lot of like books that have been around for a long time that maybe need a little reinvention. I think there's been a lot of smart takes, and this feels like right in that line where it's like, “Let's look at these characters from a different angle and find a new story here.” I don't know what… so I like this. It remind me of a show called Exosquad… You guys ever watch Exosquad back in the day? Alex:         No… I've heard the name. Justin:       Pete, no? Pete:         Nothing. Yeah, I don't know what you're talking… Justin:       Cartoon… Very cool. Pete:         What's it about? Help me out. Justin:       It's a lot like, sort of pilots of these mech-suits. They have cool haircut. There's a lot of good relationships in it. It's fun. Pete:         Cool. Justin:       It's in the world in the sort of the style of Starcom, you ever watch that? Pete:         No. No. Justin:       I guess maybe I grew up in a different Multiverse. [chuckles] Alex:         Yeah. Pete:         Yeah. I guess so. Alex:         This does feel like stuff that is right across to play for you, Pete. I'm surprised you don't know it. Pete:         Yeah, yeah. I mean you can't watch every cartoon, I guess. Justin:       That's true. Pete:         Yeah, I would like to try, I would like to try, yeah. I just want this to kind of get going. I thought this was really cool comic I do like this, but I wanted the main characters to kind of come together a little bit it. It seemed a little too side story, but I really think it's very cool. Art's great. Alex:         Let's move on to something that was a huge surprise for me in a very pleasant way. Wonder Woman #760 from DC Comics, written by Mariko Tamaki, art by Mikel Janin. So, Wonder Woman is, at least initially, going up against Maxwell Lord, thinks Maxwell Lord is brain washing a bunch of people in the city. By the end, things seem to be going at a very different direction. Mariko Tamaki is… On such a roll. Justin:       Yeah. Alex:         Just with writing, with her storytelling, with every that's going on. This is one of the better Wonder Woman arcs I think I've read in a very long time. [00:30:04] I love that it's not mining the Greek Gods stuff anymore, or anything like that. But it still feels very emotionally grounded. And man, Mikel Janin's art is gorgeous. Pete:         So good. Justin:       Yeah, the art is so good in this. How about that cute rabbit… I mean damn. Alex:         Yes. Justin:       Yeah, Melanie the Rabbit, I believe is the name. Alex:         Yeah… I also want to call out the cover, which is one of the best covers I've seen in a really long time. Pete:         Yeah, I just Wonder Woman, like kind of talking shit to robots. I loved it. Justin:       Well what I liked about this and a lot of Mariko Tamaki's work is, rather than… I feel there's such a trend in trying to scoop up every aspect of the characters and trying to like mash it up and be like, “This is what it all means.” and I think that's just, it's so much work when this is just a great story that is like scoping up some aspects, and being like, “Here are the things about Wonder Woman I want to talk about,” and then telling that story. And I think this is great. If you're a fan of Alias, the (Brian Michael) Bendis book from back in the day, the Jessica Jones character…  I think feel like there's a connection point there, especially with the Purple Man stuff, in this book. Pete:         Yeah, yeah. You got the creepy mind control guy. But yeah, I really think the art is great. We get the pair of demons, there's a lot of fun stuff going on. But yeah, the writing is the real hero. This is very interesting. I'm excited to see where this goes. Alex:         Let's roll out to a new book from Image Comics, Big Girls #1, story and art by Jason Howard. This is about a world where some children are growing to gigantic size, men grow into monsters, women usually grow into gigantic helpful people… There's one… [chuckles] Justin:       That's such a true statement. Alex:         Yeah. A gigantic helpful woman who is trying to hold back the monsters. And that's basically what you get in the first issue, as well as some moral quandaries. I overall like this, but had some concerns about it. Curious to hear what you guys think though. Pete:         Yeah, there was a kind of a real fucked up moment in the book. Justin:       Yes. Pete:         That I was like, “Yeah, I don't know if you can come back from that.” But it's a fun premise. It's cool. The art's great. I'm excited to see where this goes but it's an interesting enough story that I'm definitely going to pick up the next issue. Justin:       Yeah, I agree that. It felt like, of all the comics we read and cite, it's so hard to have a premise that feels super fresh, and then executing it in a way that invites you in with the characters. And I think this book does a good job of that and it's a fun surprising idea, and it's such a visual idea that I think is well done. And the emotional hit that… I guess we're not spoiling… It was sort of harsh. Pete:         Yeah… It was very harsh Justin:       Especially, the way the story was told where that harsh moment happened, and then the reason why it happened came after, which I think was smart from a storytelling perspective, but a little more difficult to read. Pete:         Yeah. It was tough on the reader. Alex:         I'm curious to see where they go with this one, because my big concern about it was, I love the idea that men grow up to be monsters, women are the only people who could protect us… Like there's so much metaphor that you can mine there, and I think it hasn't quite gotten there yet and it also muddies the ground a lot with the reveal at the end of the issue, which again, I won't spoil here. So, it's going to be interesting to see what Jason Howard has to say with this comic, and how he says it. Particularly, because he is a man saying something about misogyny, so I don't know. There's a lot of opportunity with this book, and I'm very excited to see where it goes. Jason Howards aren't always very good, but again, I'm a little concerned/nervous about what direction it might head in. Justin:       I really thought earlier on, that you're going to say, “Oh, it's like men are from Mars and women, they're from Venus.” [chuckles] Alex:         Yeah. Have you thought about that?… Have you thought about it? Immortal Hulk #36 from Marvel, written by Al Ewing and art by Joe Bennett. Man, this book is fucked up bad. Oh my god. Justin:       Yeah. Alex:         It's fucked up… Hulk is now, Dumb Hulk, and Rick is evil, and turned into to a horrible monster. Absorbing Man is getting ripped into pieces. Horrible things are happening all the time. Pete:         I can't take this anymore… I'm tapping out. I want my Hulk back. I can't… This was cool for a little while, guys. But it's getting weird now. [chuckles] It's getting really weird now, guys. Justin:       I still love this book. I'm very excited for the story line coming with a leader; I feel like we're leading up to. [00:35:03] Pete:         Yeah. Justin:       But… Alex:         Well, I think the leader is inside of Rick, right? Justin:       Yeah, but it's like… Well the trap hasn't been fully sprung; I feel like. Alex:         Okay. Justin:       But I also think another title for this book would be, Everybody's Clay Face…? Pete:         Yeah. Justin:       In a lot of ways… And to Pete's point, how does Hulk come back from this and go back to being just a regular old dude? Pete:         I just… Yeah… I can't anymore. Alex:         I feel like they're already doing it though, right? Like there was no way they were going to keep Hulk out of crossovers and showing up in other books. I wish they had. I wish they could've kept it in this own pocket thing. But they've already had him show up, and be like, “Yeah, I'm the Asshole Hulk, let me help you.” [chuckles] It just doesn't quite work at all. But to your point, Justin… Like particularly, Joe Bennett's art is… Shade. The splash page towards the beginning that reveals the twisted monstrous Rick… Pete:         No… no… Alex:         Is nightmarish like literally out of a nightmare and it's… amazing. It's great stuff. Justin:       Yeah. Pete:         It's too much. Alex:         Stealth #4 from Image Comics. Pete:         They've gone too far. Alex:         [chuckle] Stealth #4 from Image Comics written by Mike Costa and art by Nate Bellegarde… I don't know why I can't pronounce that name. So, this is starting to wrap up. This story about a man who has this powerful like Dark Hawk-esk armor, the stealth armor. He is suffering for dementia. It may be because of the armor, maybe not. His son is trying to track him down and save him/help him/slash stop him Meanwhile, there's a two-faced… Half-faced, I guess, gangster… Pete:         Half a face. Alex:         Half a face, who's trying to kill him. This book is so good. And particularly, Nate Bellegarde's pacing… Pete:         Yeah. Justin:       Yeah. Alex:         That's between like amazing action and hilarious moments. Particularly in this issue, that are wonderful. Justin:       And just, there's a couple of panels… This guy gets shot, sort of halfway, maybe in the two thirds away through the book. And it's just… It's so surprisingly done that it really sticks with you. A lot of the angles that that he chooses to draw the characters from are so good. It's just a great book. Pete:         Yeah, it's really awesome. There's some real cool fight sequence stuff like this one guy gets his leg kicked in, that was really brutal. But also, what's tough for me is to see a sweet white Lincoln get destroyed. And that was that was tough. That was tough to watch. But this is a great book. Fun design on the villain, it keeps getting more and more interesting, and yeah, I'm very, very much enjoying this book. Alex:         Great stuff… Amazing Spider-Man #46 from Marvel written by Nick Spencer, and art by Marcelo Ferreira. It's continuing with the Sins Rising storyline where the Sin-Eater is back. Turns out the Sin-Eater is maybe not exactly what you think he is, and he is attacking villains. And in this issue, maybe be making them better, maybe making them worse, not entirely clear. Justin, you were very excited about this issue talk about it a little bit. Justin:       I can't believe the turn that Nick Spencer's taken this book on. After doing such a light hearted Spider-Man, and then now the Sin-Eater story, the set-up issues, and then getting here, it's like so much more topical, so much more like satirical. And it's just, these panels where Sin-Eater kills this villain and then we get this moment where the crowd starts clapping… It was devastating, and it felt like it just, it activated all of my stress about our world in a way. And Pete, to you, I don't know what you think about this. But it feels like an indictment of the Punisher, and that whole… His whole world… Pete:         Yeah, yeah. I mean they're like basically booing people who clap at violence. You know what I mean? But it's also tough because it's like there's violence in comics, and there's real life. But this is supposedly real life and they're saying that like people would enjoy killing in real life, which I don't think, if you like the Punisher that's not what you're saying in life. I mean there might be people out there like that. But I think it's nice to have a person like the Punisher fighting a good fight, instead of like going through things in normal way. It's a creative outlet for things and your anger, or this is saying people are too dark… [00:40:01] People are too fucked up, the world is too fucked up. And this is very depressing. I'm very surprised that you like this issue. This is my least favorite. You got Spider-Man kind of shaken to his core being like, “I can't believe everybody clapped. What kind of world this is? I don't feel like the quippy self, happy go lucky Spider-Man.” And it's kind of like the darkness of the world is affecting Spider-Man here. Justin:       I love that though. I think that is what… It feels like Nick Spencer is channeling the world around him, and being like, “This world feels darker than I ever thought it was.” And Spider-Man doesn't have a place in that world, in this world. And he's showing that in the story, and using this Sin-Eater as a way of talking about that, I think, is just so smart. I really love this story. Alex:         It's definitely very surprising and going in different directions. Let's move on and talk about Transformers Galaxies #8 from IDW, written by Sam Maggs, art by Beth McGuire-Smith and Umi Miyao. This is something that I think we were very surprised about the last issue. This is about a young Transformer on a ship that is escaping from Cybertron, turns out things are not exactly what they seem. This issue where he… He? She? I don't know, bro?… Yep… Pete:         It's a robot. Alex:         A robot has met up with Arcee and Greenlight to the Transformers, who revealed the truth about what's going on. And course, everybody is being brainwashed, they're trying to… they're the baddies, and yeah, that's kind what it follows. Another really good issue of this title just because it grounds the emotion of the Transformers which I am very impressed by. Justin:       Yeah, I agree. I love this. This feels like a Twilight Zone or a Black Mirror version of a Transformers story. It's tense. It's sort of stressful. It gets into like philosophy, religion, and it's just really well done. Pete:         Yeah, it's very interesting. It's cool, this kind of series, characters kind of find this information struggle within stuff. I think this as, it's hard because I keep wanting there to be more Transformers that I know, you know what I mean? They talk about Cybertron, and all that kind of stuff, and Primus… But like I keep wanting to see like a different Transformers that I know from the ‘80s, and from the cartoons, and stuff like that… But the fact that they're telling this kind of more original story is very cool. Justin:       You want them to turn into cars. Pete:         No, I just want like Laserbeak to be in the background, spying on them or you know something else. Justin:       Would you say there's more than meets the eye here? Pete:         Oh yeah, there is more. Justin:       One more question… Alex:         The thing I… Justin:       Oh, go ahead… You go ahead… Alex:         No, no, please I want to I hear your question. Justin:       No, it's just definitely unrelated [chuckle]. Alex:         My question is also unrelated, so you go ahead. Justin:       Okay, great. Well then, let me ask you… Pete, as a pizza priest, are you marrying slices back together or how does that work? Are you a priest, two slices of pizza? Or are you bringing the good word of pizza to the people? Pete:         I'm doing both. I am bringing slices together. I'm am also, trying to make sure that people know about the good pizza, are partaking in some good pizza. Alex:         Do you ever take two slices of pizza, and hold one on each hand, and say, “I now pronounce you”, and then slapped them together and say, “Calzone!” [chuckles] Pete:         No no, I wouldn't do that. That's sacrilege. Alex:         Got you… Back to the Transformer book, the main thing that I was thinking about the entire issue, do Transformers kiss? And when they kiss does it sound terrible? Like because they're two like… Justin:       Metal on metal. Alex:         Yeah, like two cars smashing into each other. Pete:         Yeah, but it doesn't sound bad to them. Alex:         Right, but would it sound bad to us humans? Pete:         Yes. Yeah, sure. Justin:       Like when cars kiss, we call it an accident. [chuckle] Pete:         Yeah, it's loud. Alex:         That's true. Last book we're talking about Excellence #9 from Image Comics created and written by Brandon Thomas, created in art by Khary Randolph. I know we have talked about every issue of this book. But every issue of this book is absolutely insane. Pete:         Phenomenal. Alex:         Oh my god, so good. Justin:       So, good. Alex:         This issue we have our main character who's been trying to start a magic revolution. Travels to a library to gather information, and finds out he is way out of his depth.  He is doing this way to soon, but now it is too late because he has already started the revolution. God, I love how direct every issue is in terms of the story it's telling. [00:45:03] And also, of course, Khary Randolph's art is out of control. Justin:       Yeah. Pete:         It's bananas. The character designs are fantastic. It's got like an old-school hip hop vibe to it. It's glorious. The panel work is… This is just such a fun book. Justin:       Yeah. This book… We talk about it so much, please check this book out it is… I'm trying to think of… Because the art isn't like reminiscent of a particular other style, it just encapsulates so much of just great comic book art from very still, emotional panels to super dynamic action panels. It's just a real textbook book on great comic book art, as on the writing and art side. Alex:         There's a thing that happens… I will now spoil something that happens in the issue, but as he comes into the library, he sees a bunch of grannies who were looking at him, and he's like, “That's weird they never looked at me before.” When he messes up, they all pop up and they're like, “Oh, that's it. You fucked up. We're taking you down son.” And there's a panel where there's just all three of them floating in the air about to attack him that I think I shouted, “Oh, shit!”, out loud when I was reading it. [chuckle] It's great. The action in this book is great. It's so tense. It's so creative. Definitely picking up. And that's it for The Stack. If you like to support us, Patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also, we do a live show every Tuesday to Crowdcast and YouTube. Come, hangout, and chat about comic books with us… iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher or the app of your choice, to subscribe and listen to the show. ComicBookClubLive.com for this podcast or at Comic Book Live on Twitter. Come chat with us. And that's it. We'll see you next time at the Virtual Comic Book Shop. Pete:         I now pronounce you, pepperoni and mushrooms. [chuckles] It's a good combo. [00:47:02] The post The Stack: Seven Secrets, Dark Nights Death Metal And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Covid made the release of comics a little wonky. But we're finally getting back to a normal schedule so the Pull List is back. We actually have a lot of books to talk about. One thing we do ask though is...when the hell is Saga coming back? It's been almost two years since we got an issues and it really drives home the fact that when it comes to independent books, nothing is guaranteed...even if it's super popular. Outside of the big 2, Dpalm sings the praises once again of the Power Ranger books and he might have even convinced Kriss to pick it up. Over at DC, we really need to talk about how great the Flash run of Williamson has been. We know he's coming to the end of his time on the book and of course like everything with Barry, Eobard Thawne is proving why he is the Flash's greatest enemy.  For Marvel, the Star Wars books are still great but the biggest thing right now is the Empyre event that's going on. While it seems to really be an Avengers/Fantastic Four event, X-Men #10 involves Vulcan and ties into Empyre while also setting up for the big X-Men even coming this fall. Also, if you've been reading X-Force then you know there's a lot of similarities between what that team has been dealing with and the Cotati threat in Empyre.   Issues: Power Rangers Ranger Slayer Ninja Turtles Star Wars Star Wars: Darth Vader #3 Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Star Wars DC The Flash Latest #758 Young Justice Legion of Superheroes Deceased Marvel X-Men #10 X-Factor #1 X-Force New Mutants Venom Amazing Spider-Man Fantastic Four Empyre   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork   Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!  

Covid made the release of comics a little wonky. But we're finally getting back to a normal schedule so the Pull List is back. We actually have a lot of books to talk about. One thing we do ask though is...when the hell is Saga coming back? It's been almost two years since we got an issues and it really drives home the fact that when it comes to independent books, nothing is guaranteed...even if it's super popular. Outside of the big 2, Dpalm sings the praises once again of the Power Ranger books and he might have even convinced Kriss to pick it up. Over at DC, we really need to talk about how great the Flash run of Williamson has been. We know he's coming to the end of his time on the book and of course like everything with Barry, Eobard Thawne is proving why he is the Flash's greatest enemy.  For Marvel, the Star Wars books are still great but the biggest thing right now is the Empyre event that's going on. While it seems to really be an Avengers/Fantastic Four event, X-Men #10 involves Vulcan and ties into Empyre while also setting up for the big X-Men even coming this fall. Also, if you've been reading X-Force then you know there's a lot of similarities between what that team has been dealing with and the Cotati threat in Empyre.   Issues: Power Rangers Ranger Slayer Ninja Turtles Star Wars Star Wars: Darth Vader #3 Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Star Wars DC The Flash Latest #758 Young Justice Legion of Superheroes Deceased Marvel X-Men #10 X-Factor #1 X-Force New Mutants Venom Amazing Spider-Man Fantastic Four Empyre   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork   Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!  

Arranca el mega crossover espacial de Marvel y es tiempo de revisar una de las rivalidades más antiguas entre civilizaciones espaciales ficticias... y una nueva/vieja amenaza presente en este evento. ¿Quieren más? Pues seguimos con la sección del Ken es Ken para explicarles la vida y obra de Paco el Flaco, mejor conocido como Woozy Winks. ¿En donde? En www.patreon.com/DStripAndo¿No les sobra ni un peso? ¡No hay problema! Déjenos una reseña positiva en iTunes y evitas la corte marcial. Solo vayan a http://bitly.com/DStripAndoNosotros no tenemos escuchas, tenemos una armada, y estos son sus miembros:Mayora: Velasco, AlejandraCapitán: Rosas, FedericoSargento: Ramos, CarolinaSargento: Nieto, MauricioSargento: López, JorgeSargento: Rosales, JaimeSi comparten este episodio harán méritos para ser Cabos (o Quepos). Si son escuchas pasivos, de soldados rasos jamás pasarán.

Arranca el mega crossover espacial de Marvel y es tiempo de revisar una de las rivalidades más antiguas entre civilizaciones espaciales ficticias... y una nueva/vieja amenaza presente en este evento. ¿Quieren más? Pues seguimos con la sección del Ken es Ken para explicarles la vida y obra de Paco el Flaco, mejor conocido como Woozy Winks. ¿En donde? En www.patreon.com/DStripAndo¿No les sobra ni un peso? ¡No hay problema! Déjenos una reseña positiva en iTunes y evitas la corte marcial. Solo vayan a http://bitly.com/DStripAndoNosotros no tenemos escuchas, tenemos una armada, y estos son sus miembros:Mayora: Velasco, AlejandraCapitán: Rosas, FedericoSargento: Ramos, CarolinaSargento: Nieto, MauricioSargento: López, JorgeSargento: Rosales, JaimeSi comparten este episodio harán méritos para ser Cabos (o Quepos). Si son escuchas pasivos, de soldados rasos jamás pasarán.

As far as events go, Empyre is shaping up to be a pretty good one! The story so far... As the joint fleet of the Kree and the Skrulls approaches Earth, the Avengers prepare to defend the Cotati while the Fantastic Four send Franklin, Valeria, Jo-Venn and N'kalla back to Earth while they make contact with Hulkling to establish the situation. The initial conflict is brief, but it is soon established that the Cotati intend to establish themselves as a new empire to avenge themselves on the rest of the universe in the name of all the plants that have suffered at the hands of humanoids, just using the Avengers to delay their enemies until they were ready to grow.

Join Christian, Josh and Edgelord Brian as they cover a record number of comics! This week, the supporting characters take the spotlight in My Hero Academia, Daredevil decides to face the consequences of his actions, Kaido reveals the details of his Project New Onigashima, the war against the Cotati continues in Empyre, and much more! As always you can find Christian on Twitter/Instagram @thechrisespinal Josh @jdcole_37 and Brian @bdotesp! follow the show on Twitter/Instagram @newjumpcity. Our theme song is by @drum_fu. Watch the video version of this episode on our Youtube channel here! Feel free to email us at newjumpcitypod@gmail.com with any suggestions, recommendations, feedback, or fan theories you'd want us to read on the show!   Intro - 00:00:00 Chainsaw Man ch.78 - 00:03:56 New Mutants #11 - 00:07:28 Wolverine #3 - 00:11:49 Hellions #2 - 00:14:35 Boruto ch.48 - 00:18:23 Batman #95 - 00:31:29 Dr. STONE ch.159 - 00:38:07 Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling #1 - 00:42:38 Empyre #2 - 00:51:02 Empyre: Avengers #1 - 00:56:31 Empyre: X-Men #1 - 01:01:19 My Hero Academia ch.278 - 01:11:57 Daredevil #21 - 01:24:46 One Piece ch.985 - 01:39:00 Black Clover ch.258 - 01:45:37 DragonBall Super ch.62 - 01:51:03

This week Muse takes over the podcast like immanent Kree/Skrull armada hovering above Earth's atmosphere in Marvel's Empyre. Want us to cover a specific comic next week? Let us know! You can follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr @CourtofOwlets! You can also follow Joe on both Twitter and Instagram at @JoeCoOwlets! You can also follow Vi on Twitter and Instagram at @SelinaCoOwlets! You can also follow Muse only on Twitter @muse0ica! |This week's comics: Empyre #1 (00:50 - 12:29) and Fantastic Four #21 (12:30 - 19:11)|

Badr and Drew pay Walt a visit to discuss Empyre's prelude issues (10:57), debate who is the Michael Jordan of comic book artists (45:00), and tackle Drew's doubt in Rick Remender (01:03:23). Who do you think is the MJ of comicbooks? What's your top Backburner Series? Leave us an email, or message us @theshortboxjaxWant to support the show in exchange for commercial-free listening, bonus episodes, and merch? Consider becoming a patron!   Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/theshortbox)

It's our most botanical episode yet. Brett and EvilJeff give sun and water to the plight of the Cotati in Empyre #0 and the story of Poison Ivy in Harley Quinn. Plus, Doom Patrol is back!

The inaugural episode of California Appellate Law Podcast discusses California's anti-SLAPP law, Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 and several key decisions by the California Court of Appeal and the California Supreme Court. In 1992, California enacted Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 which provides a mechanism for quickly dismissing frivolous lawsuits and awarding attorney's fees to the defendant. The law applies to lawsuits that arise from free speech or petitioning activity, such as filing a lawsuit.Appellate Specialist Jeff Lewis' biography and background.Appellate Specialist Tim Kowal's biography and background.California Supreme Court Cases on “Prong One” of the Anti-SLAPP Analysis:City of Cotati v. Cashman (2002) 29 Cal.4th 69.Park v. Board of Trustees (2017) 2 Cal.5th 1057.Wilson v. CNN (2019) 7 Cal.5th 871.Recent Cases on “Prong Two” of the Anti-SLAPP Analysis:Gruber v. Gruber (2020) 48 Cal.App.5th 529.Standard General v. Charney (Cal. Ct. App., May 4, 2020, No. B294313)  [unpublished].Recent Cases on “Prong One” of the Anti-SLAPP Analysis:South Coast Property Services, Inc. v. Caelus (Cal. Ct. App., May 6, 2020, No. G057785) [unpublished].Gotterba v. Travolta (2014) 228 Cal.App.4th 35Recent Case on Anti-SLAPP Applied to a Federal Claim:Patel v. Chavez (2020) 48 Cal.App.5th 484.Hilton v. Hallmark Cards, 599 F.3d 894, 901 (9th Cir. 2010).Other Cases Mentioned:Varian Medical Systems, Inc. v. Delfino (2005) 35 Cal.4th 180.Dowling v. Zimmerman 85 Cal.App.4th 1400.Westreich v. Higa (Cal. Ct. App., May 5, 200, No. B293726) [unpublished].Third Laguna Hills Mutual v. Joslin (Cal. Ct. App., May 5, 2020, No. G057230) [unpublished].Please send feedback and suggestions for future episodes to CALPodcast@gmail.com.

Mark "Mooka" Rennick is the owner and founder of Prairie Sun Recording Studios located in Cotati, CA which has been the primary studio that tracked hundreds of the aptly named "shred guitar gods" records of the late 80's and early 90's on Mike Varney's legendary Shrapnel Records label. This episode is information packed with tons of likely never heard before stories of the guitar shred era as well as the infamous Tom Waits room, gear and recording techniques at Prairie Sun, and much more. www.prairiesun.com www.gregmarra.com  

The Miles Davis Sextet featuring John Coltrane and "Cannonball" Adderley [01:02] "Straight,No Chaser" Miles & Monk at Newport Columbia PVC 8978 1964 (1977 reissue) This is from the Miles Davis Sextet side of the album, recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958. It features Davis on trumpet, Adderley on alto sax, Coltrane on tenor sax, Bill Evans on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Jimmy Cobb on drums. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra [10:01] "Jeep's Blues" At Newport Columbia CL 934 1957 Recorded the same year as Davis' set. The track we listened to features co-composer Johnny Hodges on alto sax. Wings [15:53] "Let 'Em In" Wings at the Speed of Sound Capitol Records SW-11525 1976 Number 1 on the top 200 albums, and number 3 on the Hot 100. This is definitely the sound of 1976, at least to my younger self's mind. Nina Simone [21:04] "Fine and Mellow" Nina Simone at Town Hall Colpix CP 409 1959 Recorded live at New York City's Town Hall, this is a fine Billie Holiday composition. The Spindles [24:28] "Night Time Is a Holy War City" Atlas Amped Sell the Heart STHR-005 2011 Doesn't get much more local than this septet. I've shared bills with several of these upstanding acts. Pink Floyd [29:31] "Fat Old Sun" Atom Heart Mother Harvest SKAO-382 1970 One of David Gilmour's favorite tunes. This one has definitely grown on me over the years, thanks in part to some of the John Peel BBC recordings (https://amzn.to/391cy1q) of this song (https://youtu.be/2ULHW_pH4Bs). John Greenway [34:50] "Botany Bay" Australian Folk Songs and Ballads Folkways Records FW 8718 1960 If you're going to start somewhere, you might as well start at the beginning. Blondie [37:30] "The Tide Is High" Autoamerican Chrysalis CHE 1290 1980 Originally recorded by The Paragons, Blondie took this single to number 1 on the Hot 100, and the album made it to number 7 on the top 200. Comets on Fire [43:01] "Hatched Upon the Age" Avatar Sub Pop SP 704 2006 Santa Cruz's own, and partially recorded at Prairie Sun Studios in Cotati! Avatar would be their final studio album. Stan Getz [49:12] "Time After Time" Award Winner: Stan Getz Verve Records MG V-8296 1957 A fine rendition of this Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne standard. Music behind the DJ: "Black Magic Woman" by Terry Baxter and his Orchestra

"Creating the Life You Want," a monthly PODCAST discussing different components and topics of designing, manifesting and building the happy, healthy, purposeful life of your dreams. Your host, Dr. Sonya M Kelly, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Author, Spiritual Healer and founder of Golden Temple Meditations (GTM) based in Cotati, CA. Each month, Dr. Kelly will interview a guest on how they have created the life they want; engage in conversations with guests on a particular topic related to living one’s dream life; or share her knowledge, insights and personal experiences surrounding a particular component of a consciously designed life. This third podcast episode is called, “Turning Tragedy into Triumph.” Our guest this month is John M. Speicher, a Mechanical Engineer, inventor, and Rocket Scientist. He is listed as an inventor or co-inventor on over 35 US and foreign patents. One of his inventions was featured at the San Jose Museum of Technical Innovation for 20 Years. He survived a debilitating car accident, recovered and has gone on to invent a workstation that helps others with major back and neck injuries to continue being productive. Currently, Mr. Spiecher is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and one of the founders of Altwork, the company that sells the workstations. You can see a video of the workstation in action at https://www.facebook.com/altworkstations or find out more at www.Altwork.com Dr. Kelly has over 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist specializing in goal setting and implementation; life balancing skills, stress management as well as anxiety and depression management. She is available for Video or Telehealth psychotherapy sessions as well as seeing clients in person in her Santa Rosa and Petaluma, California offices. She accepts Medicare and Medi-Medi Insurances as well as debit and credit cards. Dr. Kelly is now an in-network Provider for BEACON HEALTH OPTIONS Insurance as of December 2019. Her audiobook, "Meditative Visualization; How 2 Minutes a Day Can Change Your Life," is available for purchase on Amazon, iTunes, Audible, CDbaby.com and at her website, www.GoldenTempleMeditations.com/marketplace Dr. Kelly can be contacted via her business smartphone at 707-292-6714 or by email, GoldenTempleMeditations@gmail.com. We hope you have enjoyed this podcast and will join us for next month's podcast.

"Creating the Life You Want," a monthly PODCAST discussing different components and topics of designing, manifesting and building the happy, healthy, purposeful life of your dreams. Your host, Dr. Sonya M Kelly, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Author, Spiritual Healer and founder of Golden Temple Meditations in Cotati, CA. Each month, Dr. Kelly will interview a guest on how they have created the life they want; engage in conversations with guests on a particular topic related to living one’s dream life; or share her knowledge, insights and personal experiences surrounding a particular component of a consciously designed life. This third podcast episode is called, “Changing with the Times.” The guest this month is Dr. John A. Duvall, a former Hollywood Sound Effects Movie Editor, having worked at most of the major Studios; including Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, and Disney; on such films as “Dances with Wolves,’ “the War of the Roses,” and “Awakenings.” He has a PhD in Transformative Studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Dr. Duvall is the author of the book, “The Environmental Documentary: Cinema Activism in the 21st Century” which is available on Amazon.com and at Barnes & Noble’s Book Stores. He is a founding member of Cinema Studies at “Dominican University of California;” and currently a professor of Communications and Media Studies at “Dominican University of California.” Dr. Duvall’s story demonstrates the need to be flexible with the changes that life throws at us while remaining true to our life’s dream and/or purpose. We also had a special appearance in this episode of the host’s dog, Shadow. Dr. Kelly is available for Video or Telehealth psychotherapy sessions as well as seeing clients in person in her Santa Rosa and Petaluma, California offices. Her audiobook, "Meditative Visualization; How 2 Minutes a Day Can Change Your Life," is available for purchase on Amazon, iTunes, Audible, CDbaby.com and at her website, www.GoldenTempleMeditations.com/marketplace Dr. Kelly can be contacted via her email, GoldenTempleMeditations@gmail.com. We hope you have enjoyed this podcast and will join us for next month's podcast.

Randy and Dalton quest for supplies leads them back into Cotati, but a trip to the market is no easy thing in a world inhabited by the infected.

Having escaped the house, Randy and Dalton must decide where they will go as Cotati continues to spiral into chaos. Discussion points include tattoos and overcoming our personal inadequacies.

TITLE: “Embracing Your Uniqueness” with Gayle Whitlock, LMFT PODCAST: Creating the Life You Want Episode #: 2 DATE: October 2019 Host/Creator: Sonya M. Kelly, PhD Introducing, "Creating the Life You Want." a monthly PODCAST discussing different components and topics of designing, manifesting and building the happy, healthy, purposeful life of your dreams. Hosted by, Dr. Sonya M Kelly, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, author, Spiritual Healer and founder of Golden Temple Meditations in Cotati, CA. Each month, Dr. Kelly will interview a guest on how they have created the life they want; engage in conversations with guests on a particular topic related to living one’s dream life; or share her knowledge, insights and personal experiences surrounding a particular component of a consciously designed life. This second podcast episode is called, "Embracing Your Uniqueness." The guest this month is Gayle Whitlock, LMFT. She is a psychotherapist in Santa Rosa, Ca who preferred clients are those who have been marginalized by society due to gender preference, race, culture, and religion as well as having been orphaned, raised in the foster care system, adopted or raised by extended family instead of their biological parents. Ms. Whitlock shares her story of how she was raised by her grandmother after the death of her own mother, how she is embracing her own uniqueness while helping others to do the same. She can be reached via her website, www.NewLeafCounselingServices.org Dr. Kelly is available for Video or Telehealth psychotherapy sessions as well as seeing clients in person in her Santa Rosa and Petaluma, California offices. Her audiobook, "Meditative Visualization; How 2 Minutes a Day Can Change Your Life," is available for purchase on Amazon, iTunes, Audible, CDbaby.com and at her website, www.GoldenTempleMeditations.com/marketplace Dr. Kelly can be contacted via her email, GoldenTempleMeditations@gmail.com. We hope you have enjoy this podcast and will join us for next month's

Introducing, "Creating the Life You Want." a monthly PODCAST discussing different components and topics of designing, manifesting and building the happy, healthy, purposeful life of your dreams. Hosted by, Dr. Sonya M Kelly, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, author, Spiritual Healer and founder of Golden Temple Meditations in Cotati, CA. Each month, Dr. Kelly will interview a guest on how they have created the life they want; engage in conversations with guests on a particular topic related to living ones dream life; or share her knowledge, insights and personal experiences surrounding a particular component of a consciously designed life. This first podcast episode is called, "THE GIFT OF DISCIPLINE." This episode defines discipline, self-discipline, self-empowerment, gives some skill-building exercises, and uses engaging examples from Dr. Kelly's as well as others lives to demonstrate how discipline can be fun. Dr. Kelly is available for Video or Telehealth psychotherapy sessions as well as seeing clients in person in her Santa Rosa and Petaluma, California offices. Her audiobook, "Meditative Visualization; How 2 Minutes a Day Can Change Your Life," is available for purchase on Amazon, iTunes, Audible, CDbaby.com and at her website, www.GoldenTempleMeditations.com/marketplace

Radiokeys Members Emily and Stewart are back in the "Red Room" at their parents' house in Concord after a long lay off to record their first album at Prairie Sun in Cotati. They reconvene to discuss the Swampy, foot-stomping Rock 'n' Roll of San Francisco's own, the Stone Foxes! The Radiokeys singers discuss the awesome feel changes the Stone Foxes employ, their self made success through licensing, and the experience of opening a show for them in Concord. Em and Stew also discuss TV shows, their love of cooking, as well as some exciting new Radiokeys news! Please check out the Stone Foxes at their website or on music streaming sites everywhere! If you like the podcast, please lend us a 5 Star Review on iTunes or the Apple Podcast App (the algorithms seem to like that), tell a friend, and please subscribe, it'd mean the world to us!  Radiokeys' Information: RadiokeysMusic.com Instagram: @RadiokeysMusic Twitter: @Radiokeys Facebook: Facebook.com/radiokeysmusic Download our music for free at reverbnation.com/Radiokeys  

Adam Spiegel from Sonoma Distilling Company is back with Steve Jaxon, Mark Carpenter and Herlinda Heras today. Adam tells how they started with a 700 square foot distillery, then into a 6000 square foot facility for the last five years, and now they have a new 12,000 square foot facility with a 9000 square foot barrel room. Now he can make more whiskey and better whiskey. He started making beer and wine, then grappa, then whiskey. He explains what grappa is, which is a distilled product made from the pumice, the leftover crushed grapes and other material that is left over after wine is made. They “rehydrate” the material then distill it. The pots distillation method will produce a lower alcohol, more full bodied whiskey, with more viscosity and esters and mouth feel. This is what he wants in a premium product and he will continue to do it. Mark helped start the distilling program at Anchor Brewing and they had licenses to do distilling, wine and beer. Each one had to be a separate operation, but you could have all three. The winery was actually across the street. Adam says that Mark paved the way for him. Anchor was one of the first 40 distilleries in the US. Adam was one of the first 200 American distillers in 2010 and now there are over 1800. Even in Sonoma County there are about 25. He describes their year-round Rye and Bourbon whiskeys and their seasonal cherrywood rye and cherrywood smoked bourbon. He uses the flavored whiskeys to make reduction sauces. Herlinda mentions that Adam was just on the cover of Whiskey International magazine. They have pot stills instead of column stills. Columns stills are good at a single pass, distilling a product over and over again and they are very efficient. Pot stills are a lot more work but produce “...highly viscous, super-ester-driven really full-bodied whiskies.” Adam says this is the California ethos of whiskey production. They use new char American oak. They use some 30 gallon barrels for more rapid aging, which allowed him to sell his product sooner. Mark agrees that the new charred barrels make the whiskey come to life much quicker. In part two, Herlinda Heras welcomes two representatives of the Pink Boots Society, an international organization for women who are involved in any way in the beer business. Mark thinks it’s great that there are women working in breweries now. Sarah Gibbons from the Stone Brewery Restaurant and Taproom in downtown Napa and Katie Green who works at Grav South Brewery in Cotati. The Pink Boots Society was created for women in brewing to have a community. Teri Fahrendorf founded it with Laura Ulrich who is the current president. They are tasting a promotional brew, a Brut IPA, a c0llaboration brew made by some Pink Boots society members. One of the hops is an experimental hops named the Lotus, and another, Mosaic.  (The inventor of the Brut IPA style, Kim Sturdevant, was on Brew Ha Ha last November, here is the episode.) Sarah describes the Stone Brewing building in Napa, which is a historical building and they do a lot to maintain it. They have phenomenal brewers making Napa-specific beer. They also have their big brewery in Escondido, near San Diego.    

His two distinguished guests: 1. Jill White, an Attorney with Collaborative Council of the Redwood Empire⁠—a group of professionals who work with clients to resolve disputes without going to court. Members of the Collaborative Council include, family law attorneys; civil, business, real estate, probate, and estate planning attorneys; mental health practitioners; neutral financial professionals; and other types of experts that may be involved in a Collaborative conflict resolution process. 2. Reb Irwin Keller, who celebrates more than a decade as Spiritual Leader for Ner Shalom in Cotati. An advocate for LGBT and HIV, Reb Irwin authored Chicago's Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Ordinance, which passed into law in 1989; and previously served as staff attorney and executive director of the AIDS Legal Referral Panel of the San Francisco Bay Area.

In this podcast and interview a good friend of mine Ritz Guggiana the owner of Nutri-Fit in Cotati. Over the hour and a half we discuss topics that range from diet to training to personal philosophy to marriage all the way to parenting. It was great to catch up with Ritz on this podcast and spend a little time with a local trainer who I know cares as much as I do. I hope that in this podcast we are able to convey how talented Ritz is as a personal trainer. I also hope that you come to know that self experimentation is a platform for educational development and to learn to be a better coach. Follow Ritz on Instagram @ritzguggiana and @nutri_fit_cotati

By Blair Hardman Jim Boggio was called the King of the Stomach Steinway, and the Lord of the Belly Baldwin. Keyboard magazine said he was one of the three best accordion players in the United States at the time of his death in 1996. But he was more than a great musician. He was also a comic actor in many radio and TV commercials. But mainly he loved to laugh and loved to make other people laugh. In 1997, a statue of Jim was erected in La Plaza Park in Cotati, the only life sized bronze statue of an accordionist in the world. This is a collection of his work that I assembled for his memorial in 1996. Absolute Irony is a production of Zone Recording in Cotati CA, and ZoneRecording.com. We love hearing from you.  Email us at blair@zonerecording.com. Thanks    

David Evans is a Tattooer at Cotati Tattoo in Sonoma County. Follow him @davidevanstattoos and go get some rad trad from him! Find me @renzo_butchart  Find the pod cast @bravecastlepodcast Come get tattooed at @glassbeetletattoo   Thank you to AGENT INK GALLERY in Santa Rosa for their support. Colleen and Curt Barnickle are local hero’s. PLEASE go support their gallery! agentinkgallery.com COME TO THE SKETCHY KNIGHTS LIVE DRAWING NIGHT JULY 26TH  COME  AT AGENT INK GALLERY

Today’s premium pre-rolls are nothing like the joints of yesteryear or those jarred freebies from dispensaries. Hear why cannabis enthusiasts love the convenience and portability of these single-sized rolls. And why herbal patients trust the consistent, dosed experience found in the high quality strains of Buena Vista Premium Rolls. Buena Vista pre-rolls come sealed in a mini humidor bag with Boveda, 2-way humidity control to retain exceptional potency, flavor and aroma. What’s the future of pre-rolls? Find out from Ben Falik, Director of Brand and Marketing for Buena Vista Premium Rolls. Buena Vista was dubbed the Best New Pre-Roll in 2018 by San Francisco Chronicle’s GreenState editors and writers. Watch Cultivate’s pre-roll edition to learn: • Who will answer your dry weed questions when you call Boveda 3:03 • How many Boveda 320 gram do you need to keep 11 pounds of flower fresh 3:45 • What sets Buena Vista apart from other pre-rolls 5:04 • Why pre-rolls have a negative rep 7:00 • Why Buena Vista uses Boveda to keep cannabis fresh 8:33 • What it means if you smell weed in your car on the way back from the dispensary 9:45 • What’s the future of pre-rolls13:35 • If you can smell Durban Poison though your screen 17:09 • What’s new for Buena Vista 19:29 • How Buena Vista helps veterans through Operation EVAC 24:30 • What is Mercy Wellness of Cotati 27:49 • How to support the legalization of cannabis 28:54 • If Boveda can save moldy flower 29:39

Tony Guaraldi-Brown is a professional illustrator and comic book artist who also teaches art at Rancho Cotati High School. He is a master of his craft and deep thinking individual. Find him and his book at www.tgbart.com and @tony_guaraldi_brown 

Hey everyone! Welcome to Season 2! In this episode, your G&G friends drink a lovely Cotes du Rhone and a wonderful flower from Mercy in Cotati, CA, home of the Accordion Festival. The Mister talks SF Beer Week and his favorite new beer, while Tia J discusses the finer points of cooking beans. Featuring special guest, Muscles McGee aka Magic Lard!

We record on the road, with Jason Sohm, after our show in the bay area, in the city of Cotati. We talk shows, Jason lighting his hair on fire, and get into some serious relationship advice/talk...also, we say "take it out da bag" a bunch of times...Enjoy! Follow us: Twitter - @JMOpodcast, @NickLarson85, @BabyManChild Instagram -  @JMOpodcast, @NickLarsonComedy, @ElComicoSaul Snapchat -  @Nicklarson85, @Truheo84 Visit our website - http://www.jokemeoff.net/

It's a short one this week, filled with partial origins for Vision and Mantis. We find out what happened to the original Human Torch. We find out why the Kree and the Skrulls hate each other. We meet Moondragon. And we see Scarlet Witch get attacked by a chair.

This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for July 14, 2015. In this episode, we sit down with Sonoma County, California artist, writer, mom, wife, teacher, spiritual music leader, hand holder, community builder, and inspired life guide, Susie Stonefield Miller! Songs played: - Future People by Alabama Shakes (2015) - Hurricane by Mindy Smith (2004) Please subscribe and rate! Thank you.

This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for July 14, 2015. In this episode, we sit down with Sonoma County, California artist, writer, mom, wife, teacher, spiritual music leader, hand holder, community builder, and inspired life guide, Susie Stonefield Miller!Songs played:Future People by Alabama Shakes (2015)Hurricane by Mindy Smith (2004)Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to stay connected on all the social media places!Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, 8Tracks, Pinterest, SoundCloudPlease feel free to rate and subscribe and do all the things the robots like to push us up the ladder on I-Tunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/spilling-rubies/id928952261

Laura Knoff, certifed nutritionist visits the PhatMan Radio Show to discuss her book,"The Whole Fod Guide to Overcoming Irritable Bowel Syndrome." Laura Knoff has been studying nutrition since 1975 and earned her Nutrition Consultant, Nutrition Educator, Diet Counselor, and Nutrition Instructor certificates from the Institute for Educational Therapy (now Bauman College) in Cotati, California. Laura holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Florida Atlantic University and was a Senior Research Associate at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the Lipoprotein Group for eight years. She is also a registered professional member of the National Association of Nutritional Professionals (NANP) and is Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition by NANP.

Sal and Stu go on the road to northern California's remote retired hippy town Cotati.  They talk police, sandal repair, performing in Cotati, and newer comics.