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We look at the depths of incompetence with the Signal saga - and look at the reality of whether all this is 'secure' or not.RFK Jr. tells people to take vitamin A for measles. They do. It gives them liver damage.Marky Mark and the Zucky Bunch decide to steal content from a website that steals content. How meta.We have a new segment! Always The Ones You Most Expect. And yeah, it's what you think it is. Depressingly long.And by god Pete's been to the USA and had a cracking time. Did he meet Don and Elon? Maybe. How much did it cost him? Other than his dignity.Enjoy!PS - don't forget 10% off at cbco.beer with CRP10 code!

WARNING: This episode touches on CP and FA staff stupidity related to ABDL. Listener discretion is advised Welcome to an EMERGENCY EPISODE of season 6 of the TFTuesday Podcast! In this episode, Zil and K-Libra sigh beleaguredly with Pesimist about yet another controvery surrounding FA's new Content Policy, this time as it relates to babyfurs & ABDLs, as well as Luffy spouting off bizarre republican-like pro-life rhetoric about fertilized eggs being minors... Yeah, we're exhausted from FA doing this to us every month at this point. Depressingly, the summary is identical to our last emergency ep's summary: The crew breaks down what got us to this point, talks about the policy in full, pick apart its ramifications, and how it affects transformation fans. The group also discusses the importance of speaking up and the chilling effect this policy may have on all sorts of art content. Can someone pls fire Luffy already? Link to FA's Discord to provide feedback: ⁠https://discord.gg/fur-affinity⁠ Luffy's headass takes: https://bsky.app/profile/lewdlunadelsol.bsky.social/post/3l74yrfqiye2h - - - A podcast for all your TF-ey needs! Featuring in-depth discussions amongst longtime TF artists. The TFTuesday podcast focuses on transformation, mainly in the niche of the furry community. Content warning: This podcast occasionally touches on NSFW topics. This episode features discussions of ch1ld p0rn0gr4phy, diapers, ABDL, oviposition, eugenics, online harassment, and broader political themes. Oh, and Luffy too. Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/tftuesdaypod Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFTuesdayPod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1cYhqNGb4033ucISNdxaIk Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tftuesday-podcast/id1599438910 - - - Featuring Pessimist: https://bsky.app/profile/pessimist.bsky.social Hosted by Zil: https://twitter.com/Zilepo_Opeliz Co-hosted by K-Libra: https://bsky.app/profile/k-libra.bsky.social Art by HoneyBear: https://bsky.app/profile/honey-bear.bsky.social - - - The music used for the intro and outro is [Ambient soundscape with drums by Erokia]; Sounds provided by Erokia/Jordan Powell from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org

About 15 years ago, frustrated by his inability to persuade his leaders at the time to use real language when communicating financial results, Apella's Andrew Brown tried to find other firms that offered inspiration. Depressingly, he could only really find one. But what a one! This CEO of a rising star of the FTSE250 (which would eventually become a FTSE50) had that year opened his CEO statement by saying that "it had been a difficult year which would require explanation and context, but he recognised that too many readers don't get beyond para three so here is a helpful list of six things you really need to know." It was so refreshing.  A couple of years later he described the previous 12 months as “the year of the chameleon: quite useful in that they eat insects, but challenging and a bit fickle”. One year he said that high on his list of worries was the firm not achieving specific financial ratios but second was having a garage full of stuffed toys if a marketing campaign failed. Third, was his wife getting pregnant. He's also compared results to baked potatoes, pavlovas and seedless watermelons. He also liked quoting Dickens every now and again. That CEO was Henry Engelhardt. He co-founded Admiral Insurance Group and now joins us on The Little Questions podcast alongside Apella Advisors partners Andrew Brown and Jenny Scott.  You can get in touch by emailing podcast@apellaadvisors.com and please consider leaving us a review. Find out more at apellaadvisors.com. Andrew Brown, formerly Director of Communications and Public affairs at Ageas Insurance, Andrew has more than ten years' experience leading the corporate affairs functions for global, listed, multifaceted firms across a range of regulated and unregulated sectors. He has considerable experience in issues, crisis and change management as well as reputation sentiment analysis and insight. Formerly Director of Communications at Drax Group plc and Group Corporate Affairs Director at Regus plc. Email: acb@apellaadvisors.com Jenny Scott, former Executive Director of Communications at the Bank of England and co-lead for Bank wide strategy. Advisor to the Governor, sat on the Bank's executive committee and risk committee. Formerly economics and politics correspondent for the BBC and presenter of the Daily Politics. Trustee of Pro Bono Economics. Email: jjs@apellaadvisors.com This podcast is produced by The Podcast Coach.

Depressingly, this episode mainly reflects what's dominating the news, the headlines and indeed social media and, it's Farage. The man is everywhere, like a stain you simply can't get rid off, partly because Sunak et al have pandered to him for years. Marina and Jemma delve into how quite long he's been disrupting from the side-lines with some extraordinary clips to illustrate. Meanwhile, the Reform manifesto (contract) has been announced and it's holier than a piece of Emmental - fiscal black holes all over the shop. So why do people buy it? With so many people turning to Reform it warrants discussion and means no one is entirely sure who the real opposition will be post election. Then we look at the latest spat of strange AI images created for 'patriotic' reasons by right -wingers though the Trawl ladies think it might be a case of 'too much time on their hands.' They've mainly been inspired by the Trooping of The Colour and Alison Pearson might have had the worst take of all. Some great under rated tweets and clips finish off the ep and pudding is superb and very fitting and is by Larry and Paul and the Broken News team. Enjoy!Thank you for sharing and do tweet us @MarinaPurkiss @jemmaforte @TheTrawlPodcastPatreonhttps://patreon.com/TheTrawlPodcastYoutubehttps://www.youtube.com/@TheTrawlTwitterhttps://twitter.com/TheTrawlPodcast

Hour 1 - Rashee Rice... Really, more allegations?  Jacob and Coach Paul talk a little bad press for the Chiefs to kick off a Wednesday.

One Church's ongoing series in the book of Mark. This week Pastor Matt shares about Jesus's lack of panic in the face of great need. For more information or resources, check out our website, becomingone.churchtrac.com. Mark 8:1-9, 1 Kings 19:4-7

FOLLOW UP: RIFTER NOT BERLINGO, BAD ANDREWDuring the Year of unintended consequences - 19 December 2023 episode, Andrew stated that Alex Grant has an e-Berlingo, which is incorrect. Alex has the more stylish e-Rifter, which shares a lot of the platform but is not the same. Apologies Alex, Andrew has been suitably chastised for his error. FOLLOW UP: WELSH 20MPH LIMIT TO NOW BE ENFORCEDThe Welsh Government has stated that the newly introduced default 20mph speed limit, for built up areas, will be enforced from this month onwards. Depressingly, the article we link to, on the BBC News site which you can read by clicking here, has several quotes making it explicit that in Wales at least, compliance equals safety. Speed cameras will be installed in areas where it is deemed that too many are breaking the limit, rather than where there are accident blackspot as has been the norm. DECEMBER AND FULL YEAR NEW CAR REGISTRATIONSOnce again we note so many have trouble with the difference between new car registrations and sales. They are not the same. The good news is that registrations rose 17.9% on 2022, but still it is way down on the Before Times, approximately 17.5% down. We always need to put these figures into context. A lot of positive fuss was made about the volume of battery electric cars (BEV) which is impressively up, but the percentage of those registered is down for both December and 2023. Some of this may be due to holding back vehicles with 2024 and the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate about to land. More of a concern will be Private registrations that fell 14% for December and 0.1% for the year. Fleet is doing all the heavy lifting now. However, the inevitable calls for incentives and/or subsidies for private buyers has started. Click this link to the SMMT article for more information. SUPERMARKETS STILL RIPPING US OFF ACCORDING TO RACThe RAC brings out its monthly report into fuel prices, once again confirming that supermarkets are holding onto the duty relief the Government intended to be passed onto the public. Click this Autocar article link here, to read more. JLR LAUNCHES BESPOKE INSURANCE FOR RANGE ROVERSFollowing the issues JLR have had around their vehicles and how older models have been targets for thieves, which they appear to have solved for some models, with a £10 million effort we discussed a few weeks ago, they now are offering insurance for those struggling to get cover. Click this Motoring Research article link for more information. AUDI E-TRON RECALLED IN THE USAudi E-Trons built before March 2022 have been recalled in the United States over a fire risk connected to LG Energy Solutions battery packs. The affects nearly 27,000 cars and there is no remedy yet. You can learn more by clicking this link here to a Consumer Reports article.TESLA RECALL OVER FAULTY DOOR RISKTesla is issuing an over-the-air-update to fix the risk of doors opening during an accident, in the United States. Model S and X from 2021 to 2023 are affected by this. If you wish to learn more,

Andy and Randy talk about their frustrations after an unforgivable Falcons loss and how close they are to just being done with Desmond Ridder and his costly mistakes.

I regret to inform you that we are all officially the frog that has been plunked into the pot of exponentially warming waters of an economic panopticon. One that poses incalculable risks to privacy, free speech, and private property. Depressingly, this is already a forgone conclusion…you don't have a choice in the matter. We will be forced to adopt CBDCs, or central bank digital currencies, within a generation if not sooner. How will it happen? How harsh will it be? What can we do about it? I explain the Magenta Pill outlook on this impending financial fascism.  Follow me on: - Substack - Twitter - Patreon - Podbean

Apple isn't perfect on environmental issues, but it's depressingly ahead of its peers. The distance between where the mobile industry is and where it needs to be is stark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to a Deloitte Report from last year, “The UK has one of the poorest rates of social mobility in the developed world. This means that people born into low-income families, regardless of their talent, or their hard work, do not have the same access to opportunities as those born into more privileged circumstances”. Charities like The National Tutoring Programme, the National Access programme, the Sutton Trust, The Social Mobility Foundation, Career Ready, UpReach are working hard to support young people in difficult circumstances. However, we are unlikely to see any transformational change without political will, finances, a joined up approach between the government, private sector and charities. And of course a mindset change.A couple of weeks back I had two members of the Career Ready Youth Advisory Board on my podcast. For those who don't know Career Ready, it is the national social mobility charity founded in 2002 to boost social mobility by empowering young people and giving their talents a platform to flourish. Career Ready now has a network of 1000 employer supporters, 3500 volunteers and have have so far reached over 200000 young people including supporting 30000 young people on its high impact Career Ready post-16 programme. Both my guests Victoria Ayodeji and Marley Ahmed are highly self motivated, are on the path to great career journeys and deeply committed to giving back. And they are involved with various initiatives which support them in this ambition. Essentially these Gen Z social mobility advocates and role models, believing in walking the talk. In this free wheeling conversation, we spoke about their early years, educational attainment,

The brilliant Ellis Cose @EllisCose and I discuss the depressingly timely topic of Civil War.  Barbra F Walter's book How Civil Wars Start and How To Stop Them.Buy How Civil Wars Star and How To Stop Them:https://www.amazon.com/How-Civil-Wars-Start-Stop/dp/0593137787

Mario Canseco, President of the Research Co. Polling Company discusses why there was such a low voter turnout for the 2022 BC municipal elections Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Burnaby RCMP officer fatally stabbed while on duty Mike Hurley, Mayor of Burnaby reacts to a female Burnaby RCMP officer being fatally stabbed while accompanying a by law officer to a call. Doug McCallum isn't done yet - voting recounts and crashing cars Linda Annis, Surrey City Councillor for Surrey First comments on Doug MccAllum asking for a recount, after having lost the 2022 mayoral race to Brenda Locke by less than 1000 votes. One-on-one with Langley city mayor-elect Nathan Pachal Jawn Jang chats with the new mayor-elect of Langley City, Nathan Pachal. Depressingly low voter turnout in BC's municipal elections Mario Canseco, President of the Research Co. Polling Company discusses why there was such a low voter turnout for the 2022 BC municipal elections Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When I did a rent (and invest) vs. buy analysis back in January 2021 with a 2.6% interest rate, the results were pretty neck-and-neck. As rates climbed this year, I figured it would be fun (I'm using the word “fun” loosely) to revisit the exact same scenario with the higher rate. Depressingly, when we recorded this episode just last week, the rate was 5.95%. In the course of a single week, it's now surpassed 7% as of publish (9/27/2022). How have the rates changed the math now and how does one realistically budget for a median home in the US today with 6+% 30-year fixed rates? Let's find out. I'm also joined by Andy Taylor, VP & GM of Credit Karma Home (https://www.creditkarma.com/) to discuss breakeven costs, refinancing, and borrowing against home equity. Episode transcriptions can be found at https://www.podpage.com/money-with-katie-show/. — Mentioned in the Episode Summer 2022 interest rates: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/mortgages/mortgage-rates-08-31-22/ Early 2021 rent vs. buy analysis: https://moneywithkatie.com/blog/when-the-math-supports-buying-your-primary-residence-instead-of-renting "Average net worth of homeowners," from CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/select/average-net-worth-homeowners-renters Quit Like a Millionaire by Kristy Shen: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/592323/quit-like-a-millionaire-by-kristy-shen-and-bryce-leung-foreword-by-jl-collins/ Data on home ownership averages: https://www.ngpf.org/blog/economics/qod-how-many-years-has-the-typical-american-homeowner-been-in-their-current-home/ Average median home value, from The Motley Fool: https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/research/average-house-price-state Private mortgage insurance: https://www.investopedia.com/mortgage/insurance/ Average homeowners insurance: https://www.investopedia.com/insurance/homeowners-insurance-guide/ Average property tax rate: https://smartasset.com/taxes/texas-property-tax-calculator#UMznyF9L22 Average mortgage rate for 30-year term: https://www.bankrate.com/mortgages/todays-rates/mortgage-rates-for-monday-july-25-2022/ Amortization calculator: https://www.bankrate.com/mortgages/amortization-calculator/ Paying interest first in mortgage payments: https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answer/07/mortgagepayments.asp Average broker's commission: https://www.ownerly.com/real-estate/average-commission-for-real-estate-agent/ Average closing costs: https://themortgagereports.com/35800/guide-to-mortgage-closing-costs-what-average-mortgage-costs-are-and-how-to-keep-yours-low Average 3% rental increases: https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/average-rent-increase-percentage-268659 IRS Standard Deduction: https://brighttax.com/blog/irs-standard-deduction-expats Rule of 150: https://www.businessinsider.com/renting-versus-buying-a-house-advice-math-rule-2019-9 28/36 Rule: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/twenty-eight-thirty-six-rule.asp — Follow Along - Listen to Money with Katie here: https://www.podpage.com/money-with-katie-show/ - Read Money with Katie: https://moneywithkatie.com/ Follow Money with Katie! - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moneywithkatie/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/moneywithkatie - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moneywithkatie   Subscribe to Morning Brew - Sign up for free today: https://bit.ly/morningbrewyt Follow The Brew! - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorningBrew - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew

A DOGS 1988 press release proves to be depressingly relevant. Still waiting for Gonski.  Money works in education. The devastating impact of the Morrison government on TAFE. U.S. conservatives bemoan excessive INCLUSIVITY in curriculums, using gag orders to halt any progressive conversation.Great State School of the week- Churchill Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info

Ned and Meg revisit the historical waypoints along the existence of Monopoly, our favorite polarizing game. If you are lucky enough to have people in your life still willing to engage you in a game of Monopoly, you are probably a good hearted person. That's nice. However, everything about Monopoly is ruthless and rewards avarice and that's what we like to discuss. See also: daring escapes from Nazis, the perpetual rebranding of Monopoly, DIY sets, and so on. Welcome to the cult. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get the shots, don't be a dick, thanks for listening!

Depressingly relentless waves of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc around the world in 2021, which made it difficult and often impossible to regularly do the kind of on-the-ground reporting that we pride ourselves on here at TRNN. But the news didn't stop, and neither did we. Even if we couldn't cover them in person, our expansion of audio reporting at TRNN allowed us to intimately cover this year's most important stories and to bring you the voices of people on the front lines of the fight for a better world. In this special year-in-review episode of The Real News Network podcast, Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez and TRNN's resident radio legend Marc Steiner discuss the importance of audio reporting and the projects we're working on for 2022. They also recount some of the highlights from our coverage this past year on The Marc Steiner Show, Working People, and TRNN's other podcast offerings, including: the fall of Kabul to the Taliban; the fight for Indigenous land at Fairy Creek; Jewish activists around the world speaking out against the Israeli occupation; strikes at Kellogg's, Warrior Met Coal, Frito-Lay, and more; and the introduction of our new TRNN podcast Art for the End Times.Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/from-kabul-to-the-alabama-coal-mines-our-year-in-podcastsPre-Production/Studio: Dwayne GladdenPost-Production: Stephen FrankHelp us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-mssSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-stGet The Marc Steiner Show updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-stLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

Depressingly relentless waves of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc around the world in 2021, which made it difficult and often impossible to regularly do the kind of on-the-ground reporting that we pride ourselves on here at TRNN. But the news didn't stop, and neither did we. Even if we couldn't cover them in person, our expansion of audio reporting at TRNN allowed us to intimately cover this year's most important stories and to bring you the voices of people on the front lines of the fight for a better world. In this special year-in-review episode of The Real News Network podcast, Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez and TRNN's resident radio legend Marc Steiner discuss the importance of audio reporting and the projects we're working on for 2022. They also recount some of the highlights from our coverage this past year on The Marc Steiner Show, Working People, and TRNN's other podcast offerings, including: the fall of Kabul to the Taliban; the fight for Indigenous land at Fairy Creek; Jewish activists around the world speaking out against the Israeli occupation; strikes at Kellogg's, Warrior Met Coal, Frito-Lay, and more; and the introduction of our new TRNN podcast Art for the End Times.Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/from-kabul-to-the-alabama-coal-mines-our-year-in-podcastsPre-Production/Studio: Dwayne GladdenPost-Production: Stephen FrankHelp us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-mssSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-stGet The Marc Steiner Show updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-stLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

Gavan was joined by Historian and host of the Three Castles Burning Podcast Donal Fallon to discuss the Monaghan Asylum Opera this week. In recent weeks, an Opera has taken to the stage of the Abbey Theatre, telling the unlikely story of an Asylum in Monaghan which was taken over by its staff - who proclaimed a Soviet. The hospital still exists in Monaghan today - but the event, mostly forgotten until brought back to the stage, was international news in its day. They are exciting times in the Abbey Theatre - with some new faces, like  Executive Director Mark O'Brien, brought in from the thriving Axis Theatre in Ballymun. The reopening of our theatres in recent times - like the return of live music - brought a degree of normality into our lives, of course time will tell how much of that remains, but a return of bums to seats in the National Theatre lifted spirits. And amidst the programming of recent weeks was Elsewhere, which told the story of the so-called ‘Monaghan Soviet' - predating the more famous takeover of Limerick City, what occurred in Monaghan in late January 1919 was the first significant such event in Ireland - and, as we will hear today, it was news internationally, with plenty of exaggerated headlines on the other side of the Atlantic. Against the backdrop of world events, words can enter popular usage. Depressingly,Merriam-Webster gave the 2020 word of the year to 'Pandemic', as did dictionary.com.  But, in the world of late 1917, 1918 and onwards, one of the words that had entered mainstream consciousness - and which was bandied about on all sides - was Soviet. As a noun, it means “an elected local, district, or national council in the former Soviet Union.” Some in the press spoke with fear of the idea of ‘Soviets' emerging amongst disgruntled workers, but others used the word positively - from the Labour Party to the unions.  Listen and subscribe to On The Record with Gavan Reilly on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.      Download, listen, and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Ken and Lou team up for a slightly more serious episode focusing around returning to work, Seasonal Affective Disorder, and the positive and negatives of being a full-time content creator. Other topics include House of Ashes, Nintendo Online Expansion Pack, Animal Crossing's update, and Polygon's questionable preview of Shin Megami Tensei V.

Authentically Russian. Depressingly bleak, a touch of divinity and more than a little strange.'The Death Of Ivan Ilyich' by Leo Tolstoy is a collection of 11 novellas, which contain Russian everything (characters, landscape, traditions, culture, etc.,). There is no connecting theme in the stories but they do contain some commonalities. They're told from an outside narrator, have men as the principal characters, contain multiple references to Russian words or Arabic influences and are about everyday interactions.I summarised the book as follows. "These are probably the easiest way to introduce yourself to Tolstoy's 'realistic fiction' without having to commit to an 800+ page book like Anna Karenina or War & Peace. I've never been to Russia but this conforms to most of what I have heard elsewhere about their traditions and culture. There is a strong emphasis on the bleakness and suffering in life, but hey, that's just how Russians roll."I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro(0:38) - Synopsis(3:28) - Anguish: Extreme unhappiness due to mental/physical suffering(8:22) - Rumination: The Russian version of introspection(12:19) - Personal Observations/Takeaways(13:33) - SummaryConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

Authentically Russian. Depressingly bleak, a touch of divinity and more than a little strange.'The Death Of Ivan Ilyich' by Leo Tolstoy is a collection of 11 novellas, which contain Russian everything (characters, landscape, traditions, culture, etc.,). There is no connecting theme in the stories but they do contain some commonalities. They're told from an outside narrator, have men as the principal characters, contain multiple references to Russian words or Arabic influences and are about everyday interactions.I summarised the book as follows. "These are probably the easiest way to introduce yourself to Tolstoy's 'realistic fiction' without having to commit to an 800+ page book like Anna Karenina or War & Peace. I've never been to Russia but this conforms to most of what I have heard elsewhere about their traditions and culture. There is a strong emphasis on the bleakness and suffering in life, but hey, that's just how Russians roll."I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro(0:38) - Synopsis(3:28) - Anguish: Extreme unhappiness due to mental/physical suffering(8:22) - Rumination: The Russian version of introspection(12:19) - Personal Observations/Takeaways(13:33) - SummaryConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Welcome to the past! This episode has EVERYTHING. 1) Depressingly optimistic pandemic predictions from over a month ago Rabs and Tars 2) Thong pants 3) A whole bunch of hot takes about random things including (but not limited to): - Rihanna - The Queen - "Spotify podcasts that nobody listens to" - Federer - Crocs - In the Heights - Black Widow - "Religious" teas So if YOU are in the mood for controversies that have been since overshadowed by the Delta variant/Olympics BOY DO WE HAVE THE EPISODE FOR YOU!

Low-energy episode this week, as I'm snowed in, but hey, George finished Control! I started Ys IX: Monstrum Nox! There was some news on the horizon when this was recorded, so we attempted to predict what it would be. It was, uhhh... Depressingly accurate, it turns out. Then, in Retro Corner, George played some Mickey Mouse games for Children. Magical Quest, The Great Circus Mystery, and Mickey Mania, to be specific. You know, David Jaffe worked on Mickey Mania. That was before he went on to greener pastures, creating such beloved franchises as Twisted Metal, God of War, Calling All Cars, and Drawn to Death. I don't know what he's up to now. He doesn't return my calls. Theme song by David Cassel Outro music: "Dynamite" by Dr. Casper Darling

Happy Galentine's, Happy Valentine's and indeed Happy Any Day! To celebrate all things lovely and funny, today's episode is a celebration of rom-coms. I'm joined on my Zoom by two brilliant writers of funny love stories: Laura Jane Williams is the author of OUR STOP (the international 2019 hit), and two other novels, THE LOVE SQUARE (2020) and THE LUCKY ESCAPE (publishing June 2021). Abigail Mann is the author of THE LONELY FAJITA (winner of the Comedy Women in Print Unpublished Prize) and THE SISTER SURPRISE (publishing in March 2021). Laura and Abigail conveniently have completely opposite methods. We talk about whether their books are heavier on the rom or the com, how to go from a blank page to a finished novel, and how their writing has changed over lockdown. Hope you enjoy! If you do, pls do the usual: like, subscribe, review, tell a friend, and MAKE MY DAY at @lily_lindon, @bookymcbookface, or @witlitpod. Lily xoxo PS. This was recorded in December 2020. Depressingly, the lockdown references are still relevant. PPS. Please could a spelling bee somewhere tell me whether it’s meant to be Rom Com, romcom, rom-com, or something else entirely?

Depressingly, sexual harassment in a development studio is once again the lead news item this week, and from a studio most gamers would never think it could happen. That, and major seismic shifting in the power structure of the digital storefront landscape. The news includes: Multiple employees resign over Skullgirls studio head’s behavior Microsoft sides […]

Depressingly, sexual harassment in a development studio is once again the lead news item this week, and from a studio most gamers would never think it could happen. That, and major seismic shifting in the power structure of the digital storefront landscape.The news includes: Multiple employees resign over Skullgirls studio head's behavior Microsoft sides with Epic in legal battle with Apple Another intimidating obelisk has been found in Microsoft Flight Simulator Let us know what you think.

"Solidarity Forever" was written by trade union activist Ralph Chaplin in 1915. It has been covered by a multitude of artists including Pete Seeger. Underneath the simple and catchy tune is a message of solidarity and desire to create a more fair and just society. Listen to the song here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thericeclub/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thericeclub/support

How do you tell if someone is lying? When Richard Wiseman, Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, conducted a nationwide experiment to identify the tell-tale signs, the results were surprising. If you want to spot a liar, don’t look at them. Listen to what they say and how they say it. in If you want to distinguish fact from fiction, radio, not TV or video is your friend. Visual cues distract us from what is being said and good liars can control their body language more easily than their voice. Depressingly, Richard has also shown that our nearest and dearest are the most able to deceive us. Richard is a rare breed: a scientist who is also a practising magician. By the age of 17 he was performing magic tricks at children’s parties and a member of the exclusive Magic Circle. He chose to study psychology to try and understand why we believe the unbelievable and spent many years doing research on the paranormal: studying séances, haunted places and extra sensory perception. Could a belief in the paranormal be the price we pay for scientific discovery, he wonders? Jim Al-Khalili talks to Richard about his magical Life Scientific and finds out more about his work on lying, ESP and luck. Are some people born lucky or is it a mind-set that can be learnt? Producer: Anna Buckley

This was from our Live-Streamed TRAILER TALK where we discussed the trailers for Solar Opposites, Connected, The Willoughbys, and JJ Villard's Fairy Tales. Not all positive. #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere           

How do you tell if someone is lying? When Richard Wiseman, Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, conducted a nationwide experiment to identify the tell-tale signs, the results were surprising. If you want to spot a liar, don't look at them. Listen to what they say and how they say it. in If you want to distinguish fact from fiction, radio, not TV or video is your friend. Visual cues distract us from what is being said and good liars can control their body language more easily than their voice. Depressingly, Richard has also shown that our nearest and dearest are the most able to deceive us. Richard is a rare breed: a scientist who is also a practising magician. By the age of 17 he was performing magic tricks at children's parties and a member of the exclusive Magic Circle. He chose to study psychology to try and understand why we believe the unbelievable and spent many years doing research on the paranormal: studying séances, haunted places and extra sensory perception. Could a belief in the paranormal be the price we pay for scientific discovery, he wonders? Jim Al-Khalili talks to Richard about his magical Life Scientific and finds out more about his work on lying, ESP and luck. Are some people born lucky or is it a mind-set that can be learnt? Producer: Anna Buckley

Depressingly in the UK, most Friday and Saturday nights see fights outside pubs, clubs and food outlets. But witnesses to this fight in April 2015 saw a man being attacked by a much younger love rival as his wife watched on, before leaving with the younger man. In this episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast we take a look at the background to this incident and the tragic consequences. Have you enjoyed the podcast and want more? Listen to 18 bonus episodes plus other exclusive content at www.patreon.com/uktruecrime        Want to talk about the show or any other aspect of UK True Crime? Join over 1100 others on our friendly facebook group today: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1479468325433430        www.uktruecrime.com

As the Israeli Air Force bombed Gaza last week, killing several Palestinians and wounding many others, a tweet from the United Nations envoy for the Middle East peace process, Nickolay Mladenov, neatly summarised the gross distortions of the way Israel’s criminal occupation is so often presented to the world. “Everyone in Gaza needs to step back from the brink”, wrote Mladenov, thus repeating, yet again, the tired old lie of moral equivalence between an occupying force and the resistance forces opposing it. Depressingly, it seems nothing ever changes for the long-suffering Palestinians. Yet many commentators believe the Israeli massacre of 60 Palestinians on May 14th may yet prove to be a historical turning point in the struggle for Palestinian national liberation. Palestinian-American human rights lawyer, activist and writer, Noura Erakat, spoke to Alex Whisson on the back of her Australian speaking tour.

More hacked documents from within the Democratic Party were released by Guccifer 2.0. The latest batch includes a memo informing Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) staff how to handle the Black Lives Matter movement. Depressingly, it informs staff to not endorse any specific policy situations called for by the civil rights group. And Americans view labor unions more positively. That’s good news for non-union workers who, according to a study, would see their pay increase if more Americans were unionized. We talk with one of the co-authors of that study, Washington University Sociologist Jake Rosenfeld.Finally, the Fifteenth anniversary of 9/11 is around the corner. And--just in time for it--President Obama extended the State of Emergency declared by George W. Bush in September 2001. We discuss the extension in a Classified Session.

More hacked documents from within the Democratic Party were released by Guccifer 2.0. The latest batch includes a memo informing Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) staff how to handle the Black Lives Matter movement. Depressingly, it informs staff to not endorse any specific policy situations called for by the civil rights group. And Americans view labor unions more positively. That’s good news for non-union workers who, according to a study, would see their pay increase if more Americans were unionized. We talk with one of the co-authors of that study, Washington University Sociologist Jake Rosenfeld.Finally, the Fifteenth anniversary of 9/11 is around the corner. And--just in time for it--President Obama extended the State of Emergency declared by George W. Bush in September 2001. We discuss the extension in a Classified Session.

The next episode of Bacon Ice Cream Productions latest podcast, Sharp Angles, is here!What happens when three people that have different levels of experience with a film sit down and watch it together, and then have a meaningful discussion on the result?Find out the answer and take a listen as Jeanette(the Fangirl), Danae(the Neophyte), and Rich(the Fanboy) sit down to take in the next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Captain America: The Winter Soldier!Captain America: The Winter Soldier...Depressingly realistic or amazingly so? That's just one of the questions tackled on Sharp Angles this time around. And if that isn't deep enough, what about Scarlett Johanson's hair? Could it get any worse? There's no topic we won't tackle, as we so thoroughly prove on this episode. Tune in now!Thanks for listening, and don't forget to post away here on the blog, or hit up the community page on http://www.baconicecream.com, and hit us up on Twitter @sharpanglesbic!Also, send feedback to: sharpangles@baconicecream.comNext time on Sharp Angles...our journey into the MCU Continues with the next movie of Phase Two: Guardians of the Galaxy!Direct Download available here.

This week, Miko Technogeisha guests to talk about depression, passion, self awareness, and arousal while in the depths of despair.

This week, Miko Technogeisha guests to talk about depression, passion, self awareness, and arousal while in the depths of despair.

Police brutality, shooting unarmed citizens, Detroit in shambles, there’s nothing relatable in the 1987 sci-fi classic Robocop.  Nothing at all!  NOTHING AT ALL.    taggin':  comedy, movies, sci-fi, robocop, police, po-lice

9 AM - More on alcohol causing accidents; Joe drank and wrestled; Facebook posts are "depressingly stereotypical" based on your sex; Nobel prize; Morning Joe didn't get why veterans rallied in DC; Racist police dogs; Jack's dog may be a racist.