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MLB Commish Manfred has REINSTATED Pete Rose.. How We Feel About that Folks..?? full 586 Tue, 13 May 2025 22:15:52 +0000 j44DNG5O8ckprBPBWAtxcHShXxrPXlyi mlb,cincinnati reds,rob manfred,pete rose,mlb news,reds,mlb breaking news,manfred,sports The Drive with Stoerner and Hughley mlb,cincinnati reds,rob manfred,pete rose,mlb news,reds,mlb breaking news,manfred,sports MLB Commish Manfred has REINSTATED Pete Rose.. How We Feel About that Folks..?? 2-6PM M-F 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Sports False https://playe

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(6:00) Softball secures national seed despite late inning ACC Championship loss(15:00) Did Link and Norvell deliver ahead of schedule and now find themselves up against it?(20:00) 8 wins a standard for success for football?(25:00) ACC resources providing cover for underperformance for Norvell in 2025(40:00) Culture. Folks couldn't stop talking about it in 2023, not a peep now(48:00) How can you criticize Link Jarrett?! And other takeaways from another winning weekend on the diamond(59:00) Jaxson West, internet punching bagMusic: Alexsucks - Worm In The Sunvitaminenergy.com | Shake it and take it!

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This is  Part 3 of the mini-series that covers the story of Bobby Baker. This mini-series is part of a larger series covering  Billy Sol Estes, Mac Wallace, Bobby Baker and other members of Johnson's Texas inner circle.  All of these  men  were quite intertwined around Johnson at the time of the assassination. They  were involved in circumstances that were closing in on Johnson too and that provided him great motive in the killing of the President.  The story is extraordinary.  Today's episode covers the civil lawsuit filed by Capitol Vending against Serv-U corporation. A lawsuit  whose allegations revealed a kickback scheme involving Baker, his law partner Ernest Tucker and lobbyist Fred Black.  The civil suit touched off a firestorm of press investigation that led to other allegations which surfaced. This led Senator John J. Williams of Delaware to begin his  own review, requesting that Baker address the matter with the Senate leadership. From Lyndon Johnson's vantage point, here was Bobby  Baker who was known as Little Lyndon and was perhaps the second most powerful man in the senate. He was  Bobby Baker the Secretary to the Majority, the right hand man of Lyndon Johnson in the senate....and just months before the assassination, allegations of wrong doing by Baker begin to surface. Baker declined to meet with Senators, and alternatively chose to resign his position as majority secretary of the  Senate. The abrupt resignation did not stave off the inevitable,as Williams and other republican senators called for a formal Senate investigation into the affairs of Bobby Baker. They got it. And thus began an eighteen month internal Senate investigation conducted by the Senate Rules and Administration Committee along with  investigations by the FBI, the IRS and  a grand jury investigation as well. Investigations that eventually became a prelude to  Baker's ultimate prosecution by federal authorities and a conviction and jail sentence.    Baker's resignation from one of the most powerful positions in the country happened just prior to the President's assassination and created a growing rumor that the scandal would lead back to Johnson and result in his political demise or more...  The Republicans smelled blood in the water.  Join us in this third   episode of what is sure to be a fascinating series on another  incredible story that envelopes around Lyndon Johnson at the time of the Kennedy assassination.  Rumors of Johnson's involvement began to swirl almost immediately after the President's assassination and there is a defined school of thought within the JFK assassination research community that staunchly believes in Johnson's involvement. His involvement  in both the assassination and its cover up. Join us in one of the most fascinating story tells of the Kennedy assassination and stick around as we will be returning to the Mexico City series right after we complete this min-series that was spawned by the recent release of the Billy Sol Estes and Cliff Carter tape that the two recorded in 1971. Folks, you just can't write this stuff. Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over  the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it,  were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This  real-life story is more fascinating than fiction.  No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as  we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

If you remember we carried a story this past week about the danger in taking the United States Postal Service private. That concern just got a reality check as David Steiner, a former CEO of the nation's largest waste management company who currently serves on the FedEx board of directors, is poised to take over control of the U.S. Postal Service. Might this be the first shoe to fall?  This is the Business News Headlines for Friday the 9th day of May, thanks for being with us. In other news, talks between the U.S. and China over trade is as confusing as most things coming from Washington. US Markets closed mixed today.  Folks in Chicago are having some good fun celebrating native son Pope Leo the 14th.  The Wall Street Report and yet another radar outage in Newark.  Meanwhile the FAA has just dropped a 20 billion dollar plan to fix issues just like that.  And because the possible privatization of the United State Postal Service is once again top of mind…we're bringing back Herb Copley to offer up what might happened should the Trump administration choose to go private with the USPS.  Ready?  Let's go. Thanks for listening! The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on  PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon Central on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

In our final hour, we continue to talk about police (and military) themes -- and ask Dave Saunders what everybody can do for fun in and around Richmond this weekend.

Tonight, we're stepping into a world where the darkest corners of human nature collide with forces we can't quite explain. This episode is all about true crime cases that twist into the supernatural—murders, trials, and hauntings where the line between evil deeds and otherworldly influence blurs. We're diving into four chilling tales: the infamous Amityville Horror, Arne Cheyenne Johnson's “Devil Made Me Do It” trial, the unsolved Villisca Axe Murders, and the Smurl family's demonic ordeal. These aren't just campfire stories—they're real cases that left investigators, families, and entire communities grappling with questions no one can fully answer.   Picture this: a man guns down his family, and the house he leaves behind becomes a nightmare of voices and apparitions. A brutal stabbing leads to a courtroom defense of demonic possession. An axe-wielding killer vanishes, but the echoes of his victims linger in a cursed home. A family fights an unseen tormentor for 15 years, claiming it's hell-bent on their destruction. We've got the gritty details—court records, witness accounts, and expert takes from cops, paranormal investigators, and skeptics alike. Is this just human horror with a spooky twist, or could something truly sinister be at play?  We'll see you on the inside.. ---- TIME STAMPS: 0:00 - Shadows of Evil: True Crime & The Supernatural 1:14 - Intro 2:33 - https://holler.baby/thefreakydeaky  4:03 - Dabbling Into True Crime  4:53 - My Son Looks Like Joe Rogan From The Back  5:25 - The Amityville Horror House  7:23 - ScareBNB (Don't Steal My Idea)  14:51 - Do You Believe The Amityville Horror Account?  15:53 - What Lingers After Tragedy?  18:46 -  Arne Cheyenne Johnson: The Devil Made Me Do It Trial 24:46 - Was Arne Johnson Possessed?   25:24 - Schizophrenia & The Supernatural Is Episode 250  28:33 - Can You Sense Personality Shifts In People?  31:36 - The Villisca Axe Murders (Trigger Warning?) 31:53 - Hey YouTube, Fight Me.  34:23 - Christian Alienates The Female Audience  36:23 - This Show Is 83% Sarcasm (Study It)  39:53 - Zak Bagans Is a Plague  42:13 - Orbs Are Dust 99.9999999% Of the Time, Folks  43:23 - Who Goes To Off A Family With No Weapon..  45:13 - Most Ghost Hunter Shows Are Cringy & Unbelievable  47:49 - The Smurl Family Haunting  48:33 - Scott Knows Music, Mmk? 50:13 - Impossible To Get Rid of The Warrens  53:59 - Smurl Case: Psychological Strain or Supernatural Experience? 54:13 - Why Video Evidence Is Untrustworthy These Days 57:23 - Notorious Haunted Houses Next Week 58:31 - Outro  _____________________________________________ +PRODUCERS: Eric Long, Daniel Heng, Anthony M,  +BECOME A PRODUCER: http://bit.ly/3WZ3xTg +BUY A $9 SHOUT-OUT: https://holler.baby/thefreakydeaky The Twilight Zone meets Mystery Science Theatre 3000 meets an uncomfortable Thanksgiving dinner conversation with your in-laws. TFD is a weekly paranormal comedy podcast featuring real ghost stories, Cryptid lore discussions, and true paranormal experiences hosted by believer/skeptic in-laws. Recorded in an undisclosed location somewhere in the beautiful woods of Wasilla, Alaska. +SUBMIT YOUR (TRUE) STORY: —Email: thegang@thefreakydeaky.com   —Voicemail: 801-997-0051  +WEBSITE & MERCH: —Website: www.thefreakydeaky.com  —Merch: www.thefreakydeaky.com/store  +JOIN THE DISCUSSION: —TFD Facebook Group: https://tinyurl.com/tfdfb   —Instagram: https://bit.ly/2HOdleo   —Facebook: https://bit.ly/3ebSde6 

"I never ran for office thinking that I was going to be rich. I already knew. How did I know? Because your dad, my dad, we weren't poor as folks would like to say. Folks don't like to use the word poor anymore. But we weren't in poverty, or we weren't unfortunate in a lot of ways, but we weren't rich. We still had tough times." From family councils and tech legacies to state politics and AI innovations, Fred Durhal III's life is a masterclass in leadership forged through Detroit's unique cultural and political terrain. Raised in a family that counted MLK allies and owned tech firms before Black tech was a trend, Durhal says, “Public service was never a choice — it was a calling.” He shares how music shaped his leadership style, the reality of being a Black state rep under constant scrutiny, and why he's running for mayor: “I want to rebuild Detroit through the strength of our families.” This Detroit is Different interview dives into roots, representation, and the relentless hope that fuels his vision. Detroit is Different is a podcast hosted by Khary Frazier covering people adding to the culture of an American Classic city. Visit www.detroitisdifferent.com to hear, see and experience more of what makes Detroit different. Follow, like, share, and subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Sticher. Comment, suggest and connect with the podcast by emailing info@detroitisdifferent.com

Folks we're fighting the atheists with our heavenly dicks againLet's use that viral soda map to do conference realignmentPerils of the new GTARyan is mad about the Kentucky Derby for reasons you probably cannot predict but we hope you will appreciateWhere to go for lunch in AmericaTest driving our Mike Lombardi voicesCritical support to the gotcha merchants at CBS Sunday MorningStaring uneasily at the normies cresting the horizon of the Belichick chronicleFullcast theme song arranged and performed by Nathan BerryCheck out Surber's band, Killer Antz: https://linktr.ee/killerantzListen to Phantom Island, Ryan's new show with Godfrey, which is not a college football show because a second simply cannot exist, at falconscottproductions.comCheck out Jason's free CFB Watch Grid newsletter and other work: https://www.jasonkirk.fyi/DID YOU KNOW: Holly and Spencer write a year-round newsletter, featuring football and also unfootball things, at https://channel-6.ghost.io/

Folks, the conclave kicks off tomorrow and we can barely contain ourselves. This week, we're doing a round up of everything you need to know before we get conclaving.Here are the articles we referenced https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/conclave-roundup-conclave-begin-less-48-hourshttps://cruxnow.com/vatican/2025/05/young-people-tell-cardinals-they-want-a-role-in-the-future-churchhttps://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-americas/2025/05/liberation-theology-old-timers-mourn-francis-and-reflect-on-next-popehttps://www.ncronline.org/vatican/disgraced-cardinal-becciu-agrees-obey-francis-wishes-and-leave-conclavehttps://archive.is/OXF2iIntro Music by Amaryah ArmstrongOutro music by theillogicalspoonhttps://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-blues*Support The Magnificast on Patreon*http://patreon.com/themagnificast*Get Magnificast Merch*https://www.redbubble.com 

Folks, it's a high stakes switcheroo, FACE edition! Nat and Ange are chatting their faces off about the 1997 John Woo masterpiece FACE/OFF starring John Travolta and Nic Cage. Swipe it! #podcastersofinstagram #podcastersoffacebook #putyourbooksdown #gentlecomedy #nataliecsandersonjones #angelabingham #gentlecomedy #genx     Follow Put Your Books Down on social media:     Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/putyourbooksdown     Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/putyourbooksdown/     Natalie on IG:  https://www.instagram.com/nataliesanderson/     Angela on IG:  https://www.instagram.com/angelabinghamofficial/     Podcast produced by http://clantoncreative.com

Folks this one's a fun one. Strap in. Join Spencer, Ty and Andy -- along with friend of the show Griffin -- as they sit down to write a television show... and maybe more. Support us on Patreon for $5, $7, or $10: www.patreon.com/tgofv. A big shout-out to our $10/month patrons: Abbie Phelps, Adam W, Anthony Cabrera, asdf, Axon, Baylor Thornton, Bedi, bernventers, bunknown, Celeste, Charles Doyle, Dane Stephen, Dave Finlay, David Gebhardt, Dean, Francis Wolf, Heather-Pleather, Jacob Sauber-Cavazos, James Lloyd-Jones, Jennifer Knowles, Jeremy-Alice, Josh O'Brien, Kilo, LM, Lawrence, Louis Ceresa, Malek Douglas, Newmans Own, Packocamels, Phat Ass Cyberman, Rach, raouldyke, Rebecca Kimpel, revidicism, Sam Thomas, T, Tash Diehart, Themandme, Tomix, weedworf, William Copping, and Yung Zoe!

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Folks, on this week's episode we hear about a truck full of dimes rolling over on a highway, a Korean cop who went without handcuffs for 12 years, if cat buttholes get on every surface they sit on, a flight that was diverted due to an iPad that got stuck in a seat, and the guy who had to be rescued twice on Mt. Fuji after losing his phone twiceBecome a patron for weekly bonus eps and more stuff! :⁠www.patreon.com/whatatimepod⁠Check out our YouTube channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/whatatimetobealive⁠Get one of our t-shirts, or other merch, using this link! ⁠https://whatatimepod.bigcartel.com/whatatimepod.com⁠Join our Discord chat here:⁠discord.gg/jx7rB7JTheme music by Naughty Professor⁠: https://www.naughtyprofessormusic.com/@pattymo // @kathbarbadoro // @eliyudin// @whatatimepod©2025 What A Time LLC

I sat down with a group of twenty Republicans, former Republicans, and Democrats in Lancaster, PA. We talked about the political divide in America. Why all the hate politically these days? Why won't Republicans stand up against Trump? Why are people afraid to engage with those they disagree with politically. Fascinating conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is  Part 2 of the mini-series that covers the story of Bobby Baker. This mini-series is part of a larger series covering  Billy Sol Estes, Mac Wallace, Bobby Baker and other members of Johnson's Texas inner circle.  All of these  men  were quite intertwined around Johnson at the time of the assassination. They  were involved in circumstances that were closing in on Johnson too and that provided him great motive in the killing of the President.  The story is extraordinary.  The Bobby Baker Scandal is an incredibly fascinating story and compliments what you have already heard about Billie Sol Estes and Malcolm Wallace. Baker was to some extent  unrelated to the Estes and Wallace stories  but nevertheless engaged in equally illegal conduct, some of which  led back to Johnson. From Johnson's vantage point, here was Baker who was known as Little Lyndon and was perhaps the second most powerful man in the senate. He was  Bobby Baker the Secretary to the Majority, the right hand man of Lyndon Johnson in the senate....and just months before the assassination, allegations of wrong doing by Baker begin to surface. He is forced to resign his position and began an eighteen month battle that included investigation by the FBI, the IRS a grand jury and an internal Senate investigation conducted by the Senate Rules and Administration Committee.  An investigation that was to last for more than 18 months and eventually be a prelude to  Baker's ultimate prosecution by federal authorities and a conviction and jail sentence.  Rather than answer to the scandal that was developing, Baker resigned in October 1963 , forcing the need for the Senate investigation.  Baker's resignation from one of the most powerful positions in the country happened just prior to the President's assassination and created a growing rumor that the scandal would lead back to Johnson and result in his political demise or more...  The Republicans smelled blood in the water.  Join us in this second  episode of what is sure to be a fascinating series on this other incredible story that envelopes around Lyndon Johnson at the time of the Kennedy assassination.  Rumors of Johnson's involvement began to swirl almost immediately after the President's assassination and there is a defined school of thought within the JFK assassination research community that staunchly believes in Johnson's involvement. His involvement  in both the assassination and its cover up. Join us in one of the most fascinating story tells of the Kennedy assassination and stick around as we will be returning to the Mexico City series right after we complete this min-series that was spawned by the recent release of the Billy Sol Estes and Cliff Carter tape that the two recorded in 1971. Folks, you just can't write this stuff. Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over  the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it,  were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This  real-life story is more fascinating than fiction.  No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as  we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

ey it's the Morning After...let's get that coffee, Panadol going and try to get it together for UFC 317 Fight Week! On today's agenda the Aftermath UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo! What's on tap for the winners? Bo Nickal/RDR! What's next for Bo? How about we also get into UFC 317! Early preview, Belal or JDM, Jose Aldo, Valentina Shevchenko AND MORE! Plus with the show going down at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada we give you our TOP 3 Canadian Entertainers of ALL TIME! Folks if you enjoy this show please support Manscaped! You can get 20% OFF and FREE shipping today with code "SUBMISSION" now at https://manscaped.com 

Folks! It's Holy Smokes: the comedy podcast where we smoke w33d and tell Bible stories. In ep 48:An all-time Bible story: Water into Wine, plus Scoochie accidentally roasts Jes, and an improv scene about Jesus' disciples stanning him heavy at the function.For monthly bonus videos, unreleased Scoochie Boochie songs, and discounted Scoochie Boochie merch, join the Patreon!patreon.com/holysmokespod

This is episode 221, 1863, the midst of the Transvaal Civil War. As you heard in episode 220, this was the making of a new president and one who'd take the Trekker Republics into the 20th Century, albeit in the midst of the Anglo-Boer War. There had been a rapid and real effect — as the farmers took up arms against each other, the Transvaal's economy collapsed. This weakened the government's ability to back up its stated authority. By now the tiny independent States of Lydenburg and Utrecht had joined the Transvaal accepting the authority of the Transvaal. They had been outliers since the trekkers first arrived in those regions, fifteen years earlier. To recap - In 1859, Transvaal President, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, was invited to stand for President in the Orange Free State, many burghers there now wanted to unify with the Transvaal. They were mainly worried about how to deal with King Moshoeshoe of the Basotho. The Transvaal constitution that he had just enacted made it illegal to hold office abroad, still Pretorius won the Transvaal election, then Volksraad attempted to side-step the constitutional problems by granting Pretorius half-a-year of leave. They hoped some kind of solution would be found — Pretorius left for Bloemfontein and appointed Johannes Hermanus Grobler to be acting president in his absence. Up stepped Stephanus Schoeman from the Marico region who unsuccessfully attempted to use force to supplant Johannes Grobler as acting president. Schoeman believed that the presidency should have been granted to him as the new Transvaal constitution stipulated that in the case of the president's dismissal or death, the presidency should be granted to the oldest member of the Executive Council. Schoeman was three years older than Grobler. Forward fast to 1863, Kruger had defeated Schoeman at a skirmish outside Potchefstroom. He had also managed to convince some of the supporters of rebel in the Heidelberg district to switch sides, and had ridden back to Pretoria with a local farmer of high standing, Jan Marais. There a council of war determined that rebels like Schoeman were taking advantage of a disagreement between the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The two fledgling Boer Republics could not agree on where the boundary lay between them. Transvaal President Van Rensburg duly assigned Kruger the duty of riding to the Free State to settle the question of the border - and he left almost immediately, taking a group of burghers with him as security. Further West, the Marico district was a hotbed of rebel activity and the commandant there, Jan Viljoen, heard about Kruger's mission and organised a commando. On the way to Potch, a spy warned Kruger about what awaited. He changed course, and set off with a small detachment to confront Viljoen while Kruger's 2 IC, Veld kornet Sarel Eloff dashed forward to seize a nearby kopje - the all important high ground. Viljoen is so happened, was also on his way to the very same kopje. One of the aspects of this conflict which is interesting is how Kruger used his spies or messengers as he called them. They were feeding him information daily, information about what Schoeman and Viljoen were up to. The capacity to recon an enemy was one of the defining strengths of the Boer military system, and would be sharpened constantly over the coming century and a half. Folks, there are remarkable resonances in this apparently distant little civil war. When the Union of South Africa was achieved, Bloemfontein was nominated as the seat of the Supreme Court of the union. Cape Town and Pretoria shared power, parliament in Cape Town, Pretoria the seat of government. The Free State is slap bang in the middle — so they got the Supreme Court. These historical instances reflect a legal and political philosophy that, in the aftermath of internal conflict, prioritising national healing through amnesty can be more beneficial than widespread punitive actions.

Jonah Goldberg explains how Donald Trump's economic agenda is fundamentally a left-wing one and the Rousseauian roots of his nationalism. Show Notes:—Friday's G-File—Trump's interview with Time The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch's offerings—including Jonah's G-File newsletter, regular livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Folks who have taken our love, dedication, empathy, and presence for granted are now in the find out phase. And while they are over there trying to figure it out, I hope you're finding the joy that lives within. I'm over the moon to drop this week's episode featuring Joy Donnell—Joy As Liberation. I've always felt her through what she shares here on LinkedIn, but to meet her in person healed me a little more. Stay Connected with Joy Donnell: LinkedIn:   / doitinpublic   See What She's Building: https://linktr.ee/doitinpublic ____ About We Ain't Dying For This: We are a community of Black women committed to our collective liberation through radically soft living. Tune in each Thursday at 7 PM CST, to hear from Black women who are choosing to live their lives on their own terms. Stay Connected with Crystle Johnson & We Ain't Dying For This: Subscribe to our Youtube Channel:    / @thecrystlejohnson   We Ain't Dying For This Instagram:   / weaintdyingforthis   Crystle's Instagram:   / thecrystlejohnson   Crystle's LinkedIn:   / crystlejohnson   Crystle's TikTok:   / iamcrystlejohnson  

Folks, Brian's got mad yo-yo skills and he's been keeping it a secret from us this whole time. You're gonna want to see this one for yourself, so head over to our Patreon to get VIDEO EPISODES as well as our AD-FREE audio episodes for as low as $2 a month! Support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @bwecht, and Leighton at @graylish (Twitter)/@buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seth and Sean dive into what anonymous NFL executives are saying about the Texans draft and Jaguars GM James Gladstone apparently a really good job of selling himself.

In our final hour, we talk weekend events and April's jobs report!

Folks, Our podcast is going through some rebranding changes as we prepare for the immediate future. We're not going anywhere, but we're working on ways to make a podcast better for us and our fans. I appreciate your patience.

(May 1, 2025) Folks in the Southern Adirondack community of Gloversville are picking up the pieces after a massive fire burned several buildings downtown Tuesday night; the reservation system for hikers at the Adirondack Mountain Reserve begins today and runs through the end of October; and the trio Constantinople is bringing the magical sounds of the Persian setar and the Senegalese kora to the North Country this Sunday.

It sure looks like Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is trying to make life easier for Alberta separatists. Her UCP government's removing barriers to trigger a referendum (on Alberta sovereignty, obviously) at the same time she's rattling her sabre at Prime Minister Mark Carney. Folks grounded in reality know Alberta's not going anywhere...so why would Smith stick her neck out there?  4:30 | The Discourse co-hosts Cheryl Oates and Erika Barootes get into the UCP's Bill 54 including union/corporate donations and referendum triggers (20:45). We analyze NDP MLA Jodi Calahoo-Stonehouse's tactical takedown of Premier Danielle Smith (26:00) and a cease and desist from two First Nations chiefs (36:00). How about Jamil Jivani's flamethrower attack on Ontario Premier Doug Ford (41:30)! After losing the election and his seat, where does Pierre Poilievre go from here (49:30)? We look at top post-election Alberta storylines (1:02:20), and debate whether or not Rachel Notley should seek the federal NDP leadership (1:06:00).  1:17:20 | Jespo reads a couple awesome emails from Real Talkers G and Joel.  EMAIL THE SHOW: talk@ryanjespersen.com  REGISTER FOR THE REAL TALK GOLF CLASSIC: https://www.ryanjespersen.com/real-ta... FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK, X, INSTAGRAM, and LINKEDIN: @realtalkrj & @ryanjespersen  JOIN US ON FACEBOOK: @ryanjespersen  REAL TALK MERCH: https://ryanjespersen.com/merch RECEIVE EXCLUSIVE PERKS - BECOME A REAL TALK PATRON: patreon.com/ryanjespersen THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS! https://ryanjespersen.com/sponsors The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Relay Communications Group Inc. or any affiliates.

This week on Toilet Radio, Joe and Jordo watch the first part of Sam Dunn's impressive 2011 documentary series Metal Evolution. We begin with "Pre-Metal" and talk about the primordial ooze from which blast beats and tremolo picking emerged. We're reviewing medieval chord progressions, Black Sabbath ripping off classical composers, jazz, Howlin' Wolf, the big money hustlas at Sun Studios, the origins of distortion and much, much more. But that's not all: We're also talking about discontinued energy drinks for reasons I cannot really ascertain. Folks, this is a very good one. If you enjoy it, please tune into the Patreon later today for the second part in this series as we talk about early metal in the US and the UK. Music featured on this show: Nocturnal Spawn – Unbroken Want more Toilet Radio? Get hundreds of hours of exclusive content and access to the TovH Discord over at the Toilet ov Hell Patreon. This program is available on Spotify. It is also available on iTunes or whatever they call it now, where you can rate, review, and subscribe. Give us money on Patreon to get exclusive bonus episodes and other cool shit.

Our good buddy Bill Pepper joined us this week on the show to discuss an episode that sees The A-Team attempting to rescue Murdock, who's been kidnapped by some hillbillies.  Folks, this may be the best we're ever gonna get from the A-Team.  Seriously, this episode was THAT good! Episode Title: BountyOriginal Airdate: April 2nd, 1985Find our 2023 & 2024 Summer Series from Episodes 207-211 & 240-245Find The Airwolf Years from Episodes 96 - 189Find The Knight Rider Years from Episodes 1 - 95-----We'll be back in two weeks, on May 21st, to discuss The A-Team Season 3 Episode 23: Beverly Hills Assault.  The A-Team is available to rent on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home.  But don't forget to check your local library for physical copies of the show too!-----The 80's Years Opening & Closing Theme by: Steve Corning, http://thinkfishtank.comThe 80's Years Logo Design by: Luke LarssonFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/the80syearsInstagram: @the80syearsThreads: @the80syearsBluesky: @the80syearsTikTok: @the80syearsEmail us: letusblowyourmind@gmail.comCall our Hotline: (207) 835-1954

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Folks, time to revisit some Cool Friends in ways you may or may not have heard them before. Throughout the next X number of episodes of the pod, I'll be posting shows featuring team-ups of Cool Friends that may or may not know each other, but they know me, and that's what counts! Let's put 'em in a jar, shake it up and see how it goes!This episode features:Segment 1: Tom Reimann [ep. 57] and Logan Trent [ep. 28]Segment 2: Timmy Heague [ep. 63] and Scott Koblish [ep. 25]Segment 3: Cory Privitera (Science Patrols) [ep. 11] and Adam Tod Brown [eps. 9 & 59]Segment 4: TJ Shevlin [ep. 69, nice] and Jeff Haidaczuk [ep. 58]So listen up and enjoy, my beautiful babies! I'll see you with the next one!And head on over to patreon.com/jeffmay for early access to uncensored episodes, exclusive shows, and more!

In this Earth Month special of Metabolic Matters, Dr. Nasha Winters sits down with a true agricultural icon and personal hero—Joel Salatin, also known as the “Lunatic Farmer.” This deeply inspiring conversation unpacks the roots of regenerative farming, the truth behind industrial agriculture, and the deep spiritual connection between soil health and human health.Joel shares powerful stories from his decades-long journey challenging conventional farming, the legacy of his family's ecological practices, and why the health of our planet and bodies are inseparable. From compost to community, microbiomes to monocultures, this episode is a soul-stirring call to action to reconnect with food, farming, and the Earth.Topics Covered:The historical roots of industrial farming post-WWIIJoel's path as a regenerative farming pioneerThe microbiome-soil health connectionHow hospitals and schools could heal communities through foodActionable steps anyone can take—urban or rural—to make a differenceResources & Links:Learn more about Joel's work: polyfacefarms.comJoel's book that changed it all: Folks, This Ain't NormalExplore regenerative food sourcing: Polyface Farm's shipping servicesFollow Joel on Socials:FB: https://www.facebook.com/PolyfaceFarmInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/polyfacefarmX: https://twitter.com/PolyfaceFarmYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@farmlikealunaticConnect with Dr. Nasha & the Metabolic Terrain Institute of Health

Still super annoying though. 0:00 - I accidentally ripped off my dentist 2:54 - Incredibly, YouTube manages to make its platform worse 8:10 - For next year's Oscars, the academy members will have to actually watch all the films in a category to vote 15:36 - TV shows. Do I prefer all episodes released at once? Or a more staggered release schedule? 29:38 - Folks are surprised the thing The Last Of Us Part II is most well known for happened on the show 39:40 - Andor's first three season 2 episodes are just as boring as season one's! 42:24 - Monster Hunter Wilds' first festival dropped this week and I'm quite enjoying it If you missed Saturday's live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on YouTube.  Alternatively, you can catch audio versions of the show on iTunes. Molehill Mountain streams live at 7p PST every Saturday night! Credits: Molehill Mountain is hosted by Andrew Eisen.  Music in the show includes "To the Top" by Silent Partner.  It is in the public domain and free to use.  Molehill Mountain logo by Scott Hepting. Chat Transcript: 7:00 PMJared Knisely​​an outline 7:01 PMaddictedtochaos​​Hello all. 7:01 PMaddictedtochaos​​Anyone get a Switch 2 preorder? 7:02 PMJared Knisely​​i have more important things to spend money on this week 7:02 PMJared Knisely​​like a 300 dollar dentist trip and gas 7:02 PMaddictedtochaos​​Ouch. 7:03 PMaddictedtochaos​​I lucked out and got the last one at my GameStop. 7:03 PMJared Knisely​​your plan doesnt cover preventative stuff? 7:07 PMJared Knisely​​i do it 7:07 PMJared Knisely​​right now to be exact 7:11 PMJared Knisely​​thats its called to tape it 7:24 PMaddictedtochaos​​I prefer binge watching. 7:25 PMJared Knisely​​so you are not a binger 7:28 PMSheekago​​Happy Saturday 7:29 PMJared Knisely​​think there 24 of that boring show of yours 7:46 PMLee Showron​​Hey 7:53 PMJared Knisely​​good fight to do for an hr 7:56 PMJared Knisely​​the next week is the first week in the month anyway

The "last minute" of last night's '60 Minutes' was worth the wait, as CBS News' Scott Pelley laid waste to his network's parent company's adding 'extra supervision' to the news magazine's content. I mean, it's not all that different from what I had to deal with as editor of my high school newspaper - except that it's already established that school students don't enjoy "freedom of the press" in their schools. Oh, and '60 Minutes' has been on the air nearly six decades, racking up an unmatched number of awards in journalism.While American broadcast and print media continues to cave to Donald Trump, international journalists are marveling at the destruction of the fifth estate. ------Meanwhile, in the aftermath of Senator Jon Ossoff's Marietta town hall last Friday, I caught up with many of the CDC's fired and/or 'RIF'ed workforce - the "Fired but Fighting" collection of people still deeply concerned about the state of their work and its use in disease prevention. To summarize, they came to get Team Ossoff to do better in matching the work done by Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock and his staff, but are encouraged Ossoff and his staff are now better aware they need to step up. ------New York Times' conservative columnist Bret Stephens appeared on last week's 'Real Time with Bill Maher' panel, opining that Democrats shouldn't be drawn in by the tens of thousands of people turning out to hear Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Imagine that - a conservative trying to keep the party he almost never sees eye-to-eye with from finding its populist base and succeeding. Naturally, he's wrong, and I'm here ot remind everyone why making the same istakes the party made in 2016 will fail the party and the nation on the whole.

It's time to heal, and to look ahead. On the Season 7 Finale, we look back at a lot of the good we got out of this season, and celebrate this incredible Phantoms team. We also look ahead to our future amidst a busy off season. Thanks for joining us once again on this crazy ride!Send us a textMerch Store Official WebsiteFacebook This recording is the sole view of the members of the Dump & Chase Podcast. This is a non-commercial fan production. We are not affiliated with or compensated by the Youngstown Phantoms, the United States Hockey League, or any league, club, or team. © 2025 Dump & Chase Podcast. All Rights Reserved

Folks, on this week's episode we hear about how the world's smallest otter's have been spotted again, a Virginia state flag that was banned for showing a breast, a dachshund that was found after 529 days, a man buying a WWI shipwreck on Facebook marketplace, and the woodpecker terrorizing a Massacusets town Become a patron for weekly bonus eps and more stuff! :⁠www.patreon.com/whatatimepod⁠Check out our YouTube channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/whatatimetobealive⁠Get one of our t-shirts, or other merch, using this link! ⁠https://whatatimepod.bigcartel.com/whatatimepod.com⁠Join our Discord chat here:⁠discord.gg/jx7rB7JTheme music by Naughty Professor⁠: https://www.naughtyprofessormusic.com/@pattymo // @kathbarbadoro // @eliyudin// @whatatimepod©2025 What A Time LLC

In the second hour of The Steakhouse, the guys continued their discussion about the Jax Ulbrich prank call and took callers about the situation. We also talked Bill Belichick after his terribly awkward CBS News interview, among other things, in Things I Learned.

Folks! It's Holy Smokes: the comedy podcast where we smoke w33d and tell Bible stories. In ep 47: improv scene about a priest getting hyped for the homily, Jes summons her girl army, and we literally butt heads.For monthly bonus videos, unreleased Scoochie Boochie songs, and discounted Scoochie Boochie merch, join the Patreon!patreon.com/holysmokespod

This is  Part 1 of the mini-series that covers the story of Bobby Baker. This mini-series is part of a larger series covering  Billy Sol Estes, Mac Wallace, Bobby Baker and other members of Johnson's Texas inner circle.  All of these  men  were quite intertwined around Johnson at the time of the assassination. They  were involved in circumstances that were closing in on Johnson too and that provided him great motive in the killing of the President.  The story is extraordinary.  The Bobby Baker Scandal is an incredibly fascinating story and compliments what you have already heard about Billie Sol Estes and Malcolm Wallace. Baker was to some extent  unrelated to the Estes and Wallace stories  but nevertheless engaged in equally illegal conduct, some of which  led back to Johnson. From Johnson's vantage point, here was Baker who was known as Little Lyndon and was perhaps the second most powerful man in the senate. He was  Bobby Baker the Secretary to the Majority, the right hand man of Lyndon Johnson in the senate....and just months before the assassination, allegations of wrong doing by Baker begin to surface. He is forced to resign his position and began an eighteen month battle that included investigation by the FBI, the IRS a grand jury and an internal Senate investigation conducted by the Senate Rules and Administration Committee.  An investigation that was to last for more than 18 months and eventually be a prelude to  Baker's ultimate prosecution by federal authorities and a conviction and jail sentence.  Rather than answer to the scandal that was developing, Baker resigned in October 1963 , forcing the need for the Senate investigation.  Baker's resignation from one of the most powerful positions in the country happened just prior to the President's assassination and created a growing rumor that the scandal would lead back to Johnson and result in his political demise or more...  The Republicans smelled blood in the water.  Join us in this introductory episode of what is sure to be a fascinating series on this other incredible story that envelopes around Lyndon Johnson at the time of the Kennedy assassination.  Rumors of Johnson's involvement began to swirl almost immediately after the President's assassination and there is a defined school of thought within the JFK assassination research community that staunchly believes in Johnson's involvement. His involvement  in both the assassination and its cover up. Join us in one of the most fascinating story tells of the Kennedy assassination and stick around as we will be returning to the Mexico City series right after we complete this min-series that was spawned by the recent release of the Billy Sol Estes and Cliff Carter tape that the two recorded in 1971. Folks, you just can't write this stuff. Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over  the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it,  were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This  real-life story is more fascinating than fiction.  No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as  we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

What is it about cults that attract people who should know better. Folks join a cult only to discover they wish they hadn't once it's too late to simply walk away. Here are a few groups from recent history of times people should have been more careful in what they joined.

Mystical Messages host and veteran astrologer Hilary Harley shares the cosmic star cast for May 2025.  While the sign of Taurus is typically connected to May, it is fiery Aries that dominates this month.  Several planets are now cycling through this brash and pioneering sign now.  From beginning to end, we feel the lead foot of Aries' planetary gas pedal.  The long winter months featuring Mars, Venus and Mercury retrogrades are over and done with.  We climbed out of our seasonal slumber and May finds us ready to roll on every front.  While it is exciting and super energizing, we might feel like we're high on rocket full, or too many Red Bull caffeinated drinks.  So pace yourself!  Watch for over committing and over promising to anything or anyone.  You may be pulled in numerous directions and easily distracted. Folks are quickly triggered and trigger happy; so watch your words.  Anger is rife especially around mid-month with the Full Moon in Scorpio revealing once-hidden dirt and grime.  When the Sun joins Radical Uranus just after the Full Moon, we are called to examine our values, how we spend our time, energy, and resources.  Prioritize what feels most important to you. We won't have a lot of patience to hang around waiting for others.  Impatience and impulsivity are heightened that much more when Taskmaster Saturn joins Neptune in Aries on May 24th, accelerating our need to get a move on.   Ain't no stopping us now!   To reach Hilary Harley: www.hilaryharley.com http://www.hilaryharley.com/ Hilary@hilaryharley.com Facebook:  hilary harley. https://www.facebook.com/hilary.harley.3 hilary harley astrology https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057501487642  holistic healing https://www.facebook.com/hilaryharley714 Instagram:  hilary.harley https://www.instagram.com/hilary.harley    

Welcome back to The Freaky Deaky! Tonight, we're diving headfirst into four mysteries that have baffled and tormented curious minds for decades—maybe even centuries. The Taos Hum, the Tunguska Event, strange disappearances in national parks, and the elusive phenomenon of ball lightning. These aren't just weird stories; they're reality-warping riddles. A low, maddening hum that refuses to be traced. A blast so massive it leveled a forest without a trace of impact. Hikers who step off the trail and simply cease to exist. And eerie, glowing orbs that flicker through storms like something out of a fever dream. We've got a packed episode ahead—scientists, researchers, eyewitnesses, and investigators who've dedicated their lives to chasing the unknown. And as we unravel each of these enigmas, I'll be throwing some questions your way—because I want to hear what you think, too. Maybe you're a skeptic looking for a rational answer, or maybe you're the kind of person who thrives on the unexplainable. Either way, you're in the right place. We'll see you on the inside.  -------- TIME STAMPS: 0:00 - Nature's Revenge: Is The Planet Out To Get Us? 0:58 - Intro Music 2:18 - Welcome Back 4:30 - Time Stamps Exist, Folks  4:58 - Mystery #1: The Taos Hum (New Mexico)  15:09 - What Is the Taos Hum? 16:48 - Deep Underground Military Bases (D.U.M.B's) 18:43 - Infrasound Works: Fact  19:36 - Mystery #2: The Tunguska Event  25:45 - The Infamous Haystack Discussion 26:58 - The Lesser Known Iron Discussion 29:13 - Nobody Actually Knows Anything Anymore TBH..  31:52 - What Caused The Tunguska Event?  34:22 - Mystery #3: Disappearances In National Parks (Missing 411 Stuff)  34:53 - David Pilates   46:03 - Hella Miles Away  47:23 - Is David Paulides a Grifter?  48:03 - It's Incredibly Easy to Disappear  49:03 - Reminder: Spelunking Is Dumb AF  50:23 - Episode 200 Was Quite Triggering  53:49 - Mystery #4: Ball Lightning  62:03 - What Is Ball Lightning?  64:23 - Give Us Your Thoughts In The Comments  67:03 - Outro -------- If you want to become a producer, visit this link: http://bit.ly/3WZ3xTg Episode Producer: Eric Long -------- The Twilight Zone meets Mystery Science Theatre 3000 meets an uncomfortable Thanksgiving dinner conversation with your in-laws. TFD is a weekly paranormal comedy podcast featuring real ghost stories, Cryptid lore discussions, and true paranormal experiences catering to the week's theme. Fresh episodes drop every Thursday across all podcast platforms, and feature perspectives from both believer and skeptic sides of the aisle. So if you're a fan of haunted places, terrifying paranormal activity, and true ghost stories from real people, you're in the right place, friend. Recorded in an undisclosed location somewhere in the beautiful woods of Wasilla, Alaska.   ++SUBMIT YOUR STORY FOR OUR LISTENER STORY EPISODES++ Email: thegang@thefreakydeaky.com Voicemail: 801-997-0051 ++WEBSITE & MERCH++ Website: www.thefreakydeaky.com Merch: www.thefreakydeaky.com/store ++FOLLOW OUR SOCIALS FOR EXCLUSIVES++ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3goj7SP Instagram: https://bit.ly/2HOdleo Facebook: https://bit.ly/3ebSde6 TFD Facebook Group: https://tinyurl.com/tfdfb TikTok: https://bit.ly/35lNOlu

This week Jordo sits down with an old friend. We're joined by Breno to talk about You Will Never Know Me, his new album as Black Band Shirt. The two talk about taking time off from work to deal with mental health stuff, Silent Hill 2, trying to promote music in a crumbling online ecosystem, songwriting, recording, playing live, and trying to determine whether you're making music for yourself or for someone who may or may not exist. Folks, it's a good one. Music featured on this show: Black Band Shirt – Sacred Hurt Want more Toilet Radio? Get hundreds of hours of exclusive content and access to the TovH Discord over at the Toilet ov Hell Patreon. This program is available on Spotify. It is also available on iTunes or whatever they call it now, where you can rate, review, and subscribe. Give us money on Patreon to get exclusive bonus episodes and other cool shit.

Folks reach out to Keen Wealth for all sorts of reasons, at all different points in their lives. We talk to young couples just starting out who want to put themselves on a path towards financial security. New retirees want to feel secure about transitioning away from work. Older seniors come to us looking to secure their legacies and make life a little easier for the next generation.  And, sometimes, a person realizes they've been receiving bad financial advice, and they're hoping my team can help them clean up the mess. On today's show, we discuss some warning signs that the person managing your money might not be putting your best interests first, as well as how Keen Wealth's comprehensive process can restore your confidence in your financial planning. 

This week we talk about AI chatbots, virtual avatars, and romance novels.We also discuss Inkitt, Galatea, and LLM grooming.Recommended Book: New Cold Wars by David E. SangerTranscriptThere's evidence that the US Trump administration used AI tools, possibly ChatGPT, possibly another, similar model or models, to generate the numbers they used to justify a recent wave of new tariffs on the country's allies and enemies.It was also recently reported that Democratic mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo used AI-generated text and citations in a plan he released called Addressing New York's Housing Crisis. And this case is a bit more of a slam dunk, as whomever put the plan together for him seems to have just copy-pasted snippets from the ChatGPT interface without changing or checking them—which is increasingly common for all of us, as such interfaces are beginning to replace even search engine results, like those provided by Google.But it's also a practice that's generally frowned upon, as—and this is noted even in the copy provided alongside many such tools and their results—these systems provide a whole lot of flawed, false, incomplete, or otherwise not-advisable-to-use data, in some cases flubbing numbers or introducing bizarre grammatical inaccuracies, but in other cases making up research or scientific papers that don't exist, but presenting them the same as they would a real-deal paper or study. And there's no way to know without actually going and checking what these things serve up, which can, for many people at least, take a long while; so a lot of people don't do this, including many politicians and their administrations, and that results in publishing made-up, baseless, numbers, and in some cases wholesale fabricated claims.This isn't great for many reasons, including that it can reinforce our existing biases. If you want to slap a bunch of tariffs on a bunch of trading partners, you can ask an AI to generated some numbers that justify those high tariffs, and it will do what it can to help; it's the ultimate yes-man, depending on how you word your queries. And it will do this even if your ask is not great or truthful or ideal.These tools can also help users spiral down conspiracy rabbit holes, can cherry-pick real studies to make it seem as if something that isn't true is true, and it can help folks who are writing books or producing podcasts come up with just-so stories that seem to support a particular, preferred narrative, but which actually don't—and which maybe aren't even real or accurate, as presented.What's more, there's also evidence that some nation states, including Russia, are engaging in what's called LLM grooming, which basically means seeding false information to sources they know these models are trained on so that said models will spit out inaccurate information that serves their intended ends.This is similar to flooding social networks with misinformation and bots that seem to be people from the US, or from another country whose elections they hope to influence, that bot apparently a person who supports a particular cause, but in reality that bot is run by someone in Macedonia or within Russia's own borders. Or maybe changing the Wikipedia entry and hoping no one changes it back.Instead of polluting social networks or Wikis with such misinfo, though, LLM grooming might mean churning out websites with high SEO, search engine optimization rankings, which then pushes them to the top of search results, which in turn makes it more likely they'll be scraped and rated highly by AI systems that gather some of their data and understanding of the world, if you want to call it that, from these sources.Over time, this can lead to more AI bots parroting Russia's preferred interpretation, their propaganda, about things like their invasion of Ukraine, and that, in turn, can slowly nudge the public's perception on such matters; maybe someone who asks ChatGPT about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, after hearing someone who supports Russia claiming that it was all Ukraine's fault, and they're told, by ChatGPT, which would seem to be an objective source of such information, being an AI bot, that Ukraine in fact brought it upon themselves, or is in some way actually the aggressor, which would serve Russia's geopolitical purposes. None of which is true, but it starts to seem more true to some people because of that poisoning of the informational well.So there are some issues of large, geopolitical consequence roiling in the AI space right now. But some of the most impactful issues related to this collection of technologies are somewhat smaller in scale, today, at least, but still have the potential to disrupt entire industries as they scale up.And that's what I'd like to talk about today, focusing especially on a few recent stories related to AI and its growing influence in creative spaces.—There's a popular meme that's been shuffling around social media for a year or two, and a version of it, shared by an author named Joanna Maciejewska (machie-YEF-ski) in a post on X, goes like this: “You know what the biggest problem with pushing all-things-AI is? Wrong direction. I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.”It could be argued, of course, that we already have technologies that do our laundry and dishes, and that AI has the capacity to make both of those machines more efficient and effective, especially in term of helping manage and moderate increasingly renewables-heavy electrical grids, but the general concept here resonates with a lot of people, I think: why are some of the biggest AI companies seemingly dead-set on replacing creatives, who are already often suffering from financial precarity, but who generally enjoy their work, or at least find it satisfying, instead of automating away the drudgery many of us suffer in the work that pays our bills, in our maintenance of our homes, and in how we get around, work on our health, and so on.Why not automate the tedious and painful stuff rather than the pleasurable stuff, basically?I think, looking at the industry more broadly, you can actually see AI creeping up on all these spaces, painful and pleasurable, but generative AI tools, like ChatGPT and its peers, seem to be especially good at generating text and images and such, in part because it's optimized for communication, being a chatbot interface over a collection of more complex tools, and most of our entertainments operate in similar spaces; using words, using images, these are all things that overlap with the attributes that make for a useful and convincing chatbot.The AI tools that produce music from scratch, writing the lyrics and producing the melodies and incorporating different instruments, working in different genres, the whole, soup to nuts, are based on similar principles to AI systems that work with large sets of linguistic training data to produce purely language based, written outputs.Feed an AI system gobs of music, and it can learn to produce music at the prompting of a user, then, and the same seems to be true of other types of content, as well, from images to movies to video games.This newfound capacity to spit out works that, for all their flaws, would have previously requires a whole lot of time and effort to produce, is leading to jubilation in some spaces, but concern and even outright terror in others.I did an episode not long ago on so-called ‘vibe coding,' about people who in some cases can't code at all, but who are producing entire websites and apps and other products just by learning how to interact with these AI tools appropriately. And these vibe coders are having a field day with these tools.The same is increasingly true of people without any music chops who want to make their own songs. Folks with musical backgrounds often get more out of these tools, same as coders tend to get more from vibe coding, in part because they know what to ask for, and in part because they can edit what they get on the other end, making it better and tweaking the output to make it their own.But people without movie-making skills can also type what they want into a box and have these tools spit out a serviceable movie on the other end, and that's leading to a change similar to what happened when less-fiddly guns were introduced to the battlefield: you no longer needed to have super well-trained soldiers to defeat your enemies, you could just hand them a gun and teach them to shoot and reload it, and you'd do pretty well; you could even defeat some of your contemporaries who had much better trained and more experienced soldiers, but who hadn't yet made the jump to gunpowder weapons.There are many aspects to this story, and many gray areas that are not as black and white as, for instance, a non-coder suddenly being able to out-code someone who's worked really hard to become a decent coder, or someone who knows nothing about making music creating bops, with the aide of these tools, that rival those of actual musicians and singers who have worked their whole life to be able to the same.There have been stories about actors selling their likenesses to studios and companies that work with studios, for instance, those likenesses then being used by clients of those companies, often without the actors' permission.For some, this might be a pretty good deal, as that actor is still free to pursue the work they want to do, and their likeness can be used in the background for a fee, some of that fee going to the actor, no additional work necessary. Their likeness becomes an asset that they wouldn't have otherwise had—not to be used and rented out in that capacity, at least—and thus, for some, this might be a welcome development.This has, in some cases though, resulted in situations in which said actor discovers that their likeness is being used to hawk products they would never be involved with, like online scams and bogus health cures. They still receive a payment for that use of their image, but they realize that they have little or no control over how and when and for what purposes it's used.And because of the aforementioned financial precarity that many creatives in particular experience as a result of how their industries work, a lot of people, actors and otherwise, would probably jump at the chance to make some money, even if the terms are abusive and, long-term, not in their best interest.Similar tools, and similar financial arrangements, are being used and made in the publishing world.An author named Manjari Sharma wrote her first book, an enemies-to-lovers style romance, in a series of installments she published on the free fanfic platform Wattpad during the height of the Covid pandemic. She added it to another, similar platform, Inkitt, once it was finished, and it garnered a lot of attention and praise on both.As a result of all that attention, the folks behind Inkitt suggested she move it from their free platform to their premium offering, Galatea, which would allow Sharma to earn a portion of the money gleaned from her work.The platform told her they wanted to turn the book into a series in early 2024, but that she would only have a few weeks to complete the next book, if she accepted their terms. She was busy with work, so she accepted their offer to hire a ghostwriter to produce the sequel, as they told her she'd still receive a cut of the profits, and the fan response to that sequel was…muted. They didn't like it. Said it had a different vibe, wasn't well-written, just wasn't very good. Lacked the magic of the original, basically.She was earning extra money from the sequel, then, but no one really enjoyed it, and she didn't feel great about that. Galatea then told Sharma that they would make a video series based on the books for their new video app, 49 episodes, each a few minutes long, and again, they'd handle everything, she'd just collect royalties.The royalty money she was earning was a lot less than what traditional publishers offer, but it was enough that she was earning more from those royalties than from her actual bank job, and the company, due to the original deal she made when she posted the book to their service, had the right to do basically anything they wanted with it, so she was kind of stuck, either way.So she knew she had to go along with whatever they wanted to do, and was mostly just trying to benefit from that imbalance where possible. What she didn't realize, though, was that the company was using AI tools to, according to the company's CEO, “iterate on the stories,” which basically means using AI to produce sequels and video content for successful, human-written books. As a result of this approach, they have just one head of editorial and five “story intelligence analysts” on staff, alongside some freelancers, handling books and supplementary content written by about 400 authors.As a business model, it's hard to compete with this approach.As a customer, at the moment, at least, with today's tools and our approach to using them, it's often less than ideal. Some AI chatbots are helpful, but many of them just gatekeep so a company can hire fewer customer service humans, saving the business money at the customer's expense. That seems to be the case with this book's sequel, too, and many of the people paying to read these things assumed they were written by humans, only to find, after the fact, that they were very mediocre AI-generated knock-offs.There's a lot of money flooding into this space predicated in part on the promise of being able to replace currently quite expensive people, like those who have to be hired and those who own intellectual property, like the rights to books and the ideas and characters they contain, with near-free versions of the same, the AI doing similar-enough work alongside a human skeleton crew, and that model promises crazy profits by earning the same level of revenue but with dramatically reduced expenses.The degree to which this will actually pan out is still an open question, as, even putting aside the moral and economic quandary of what all these replaced creatives will do, and the legal argument that these AI companies are making right now, that they can just vacuum up all existing content and spit it back out in different arrangements without that being a copyright violation, even setting all of that aside, the quality differential is pretty real, in some spaces right now, and while AI tools do seem to have a lot of promise for all sorts of things, there's also a chance that the eventual costs of operating them and building out the necessary infrastructure will fail to afford those promised financial benefits, at least in the short term.Show Noteshttps://www.theverge.com/news/648036/intouch-ai-phone-calls-parentshttps://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/regrets-actors-who-sold-ai-avatars-stuck-in-black-mirror-esque-dystopia/https://archive.ph/gzfVChttps://archive.ph/91bJbhttps://www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/tech/hollywood-celebrity-deepfakes-congress-law/index.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/2024/12/21/nx-s1-5220301/deepfakes-memes-artificial-intelligence-electionshttps://techcrunch.com/2025/04/13/jack-dorsey-and-elon-musk-would-like-to-delete-all-ip-law/https://www.404media.co/this-college-protester-isnt-real-its-an-ai-powered-undercover-bot-for-cops/https://hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo-chatgpt-housing-plan/https://www.theverge.com/news/642620/trump-tariffs-formula-ai-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grokhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-cant-predict-the-impact-of-tariffsbut-it-will-try-e387e40chttps://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/17/llm-poisoning-grooming-chatbots-russia/ This is a public episode. 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We temporarily leave the Billie Sol Estes Mini-Series and pivot now to a Mini-Series on Mac Wallace. Today's episode is the  third in our story about  Wallace as  we cover the  Douglas Kinser murder trial. Wallace was charged and convicted of the murder but received only  a five year sentence which was suspended. In Texas at the time, this was  a crime that for most people, would have put them in the electric chair. Defended by Lyndon Johnson's  own attorney John Cofer and provided bail by two of Johnson's closer associates, the implications are that Johnson was at the very least taking steps to carefully control the trial and its outcome. Many believe that Johnson's objective was to keep his sister Josefa out of the trial and avoid perhaps exposing some of Johnson's corrupt practices. Others were more nefarious in their assessment of Johnson's motives, believing perhaps that Wallace was sent to silence Kinzer after Kinzer attempted to blackmail Johnson through Josefa. All of this possibly coming about, after Josefa said too much to Kinzer  about Johnson's  involvement in the 1948 stolen senate election and perhaps other dealings of Johnson. According to this line of thinking, Kinzer was attempting to strong arm Johnson  and secure an SBA loan to improve the operations of his Pitch and Putt golf course.  You now know most of the scandalous aspects of Estes and how Wallace might have fit in...and it wont be much longer, after the Wallace Mini-Series, that you will hear the story of  Bobby Baker. These men were all members of Johnson's Texas inner circle.  Oh, and there is more on the  Billie Sol Estes affair, so be patient and stay tuned  and you will hear it before we complete the  larger series covering  these four men.  Wallace was indeed a convicted murderer and we take you through the crime in this episode. The murder of Doug Kinser. It will be up to you to determine if this was a crime of passion that did not define who the rather intellectual  Wallace really was, or whether it was symptomatic of his core and the cold blooded killer that Billie Sol Estes made him out to be. All of these  men were quite intertwined around Johnson at the time of the assassination. They  were involved in circumstances that were closing in on Johnson too and that provided him great motive in the killing of the President.  The story is extraordinary.  After hearing of Wallace's possible involvement in multiple murders related to the Estes scandal and possibly even President Kennedy's  murder,  it is time to learn more about just who Mac Wallace really was.  Sit back and enjoy this Mini-Series covering Wallace.Rumors of Johnson's involvement began to swirl almost immediately after the President's assassination and there is a defined school of thought within the JFK assassination research community that staunchly believes in Johnson's involvement. His involvement  in both the assassination and its cover up. Join us in one of the most fascinating story tells of the Kennedy assassination and stick around as we will be returning to the Mexico City series right after we complete this min-series that was spawned by the recent release of the Billy Sol Estes and Cliff Carter tape that the two recorded in 1971. Folks, you just can't write this stuff. Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over  the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it,  were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This  real-life story is more fascinating than fiction.  No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as  we relive one of the most shocking moments in Americ

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