Podcasts about genres

How do you begin to describe 1992?Well, Her Majesty called it her Annus horribilis, for a number of reasons. Quite possibly including the three weeks Boyz II Men spent at number one, possibly not. But whatever the reason, we can safely say that the twelve months of glittering pop culture that we call '92 were definitely diverse and, quite frankly, bonkers.As we've ascertained in this pop parish before, that post-Baggy, pre-Britpop (to throw in some 'labels') landscape was a bit of a hinterland. Genres blurred, one hit wonders came and went, Wet, Wet Wet spent a third of a year at No1 and Right Said Fred even existed. But do not be fooled, listeners! There is plenty to rediscover amongst the decade's shrapnel and 1992 is the place to be in this episode's 90s scene! And our special guest here is comedian, author and podcast host Josh Widdicombe.Josh co-hosts the hugely popular podcast Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett, which has somehow become so successful that they undertook a live arena tour in 2023 and released a book which topped the Sunday Times Bestseller Charts. He also presents the football podcast, QUICKLY KEVIN: WILL HE SCORE? And on TV, amongst others, Josh co-hosts in the multi-award-winning Channel 4 series The Last Leg, and, lest we forget, triumphed on the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special in 2024. And now in 2026, Josh sees the launch of a new podcast - MUSEUM OF POP CULTURE - where he takes us through the wildest and most entertaining stories of unhinged genius, world dominating success and shaming failure.Join us we re-explore 1992 and the 3rd NOW album of that very year - it's only NOW23 everyone! In 45 minutes more hit-filled than Noel's House Party (possibly), we celebrate Tasmin Archer, Dr. Spin, Bjorn Again and others! We wonder why '92 was so full of old songs, remixed songs, Satellite football channel related songs (well, one actually) and explore important cultural questions such as what is an indent nobble, what was the KLF's greatest track, does Mick Jagger remember the 90s, who would win in a fight between Longpigs & All saints and how many songs in the history of recorded music really feature the word BOOM?And, AND, once again do nothing for international relations with Jon Secada.Buckle up, this is 1992 baby! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liebe Hörerinnen und Hörer, die Welt der Spiele ist voller Dinge, die es verdient haben, gemocht zu werden: Zeitlupeneffekte, süße Tierbegleiter, blaue Lichtschwerter, die Liste ist endlos. Allerdings stehen auf ebendieser Liste auch Dinge, mit denen wir persönlich so gar nichts anfangen können - und darum soll es heute gehen. Hand in Hand schlagen Andre Peschke, Dom Schott und Paul Kautz ihr Zelte vor dem Mikrofon auf und beichten einander und der Welt, welche Teile der Spielewelt sie nicht ausstehen können. Es geht um Features, Kleinigkeiten, aber auch ganze Genres. Hier werden heute keine Freunde gemacht, aber dafür Herzen erleichtert. In dieser Folge zu hören: Andre Peschke, Dom Schott, Paul Kautz Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Einleitung 00:10:16 - Genre-Ignoranz 01:02:13 - Der Schleichlevel 01:09:58 - Nemesis 01:18:29 - Crafting 01:27:28 - Konkrete Spiele

In this 35th episode, Alan begins a (fingers crossed) monthly series of episodes featuring the comic book genre assigned to that month. Which makes this episode a discussion of ... science fiction comics!What sci-fi comics has the Professor been reading the last few years?What classic comic titles does he recommend? What new books?  Listen to the episode ... and FIND OUT!!!Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Action Film Face-OffSend e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and Professor Alan @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

IN THE MIX W/ DJ DEE MONEY | 1/5/26 - Variuos Genres by DJ Dee Money

Audiovisual ➡️ fanlink.tv/Y0UTUBE Tracklisting ➡️ soon.. For the very last mix of the year, we turn up the energy and welcome back Floloco, Schirmchendrink's co-founder and bartender-in-chief. His 'Glow Gin', the bold, spiced alternative to classic Mulled wine (Glühwein), is all about warmth and momentum. Just like the drink, it's comforting yet powerful, familiar yet exciting, built to keep you moving while the nights are longer. A true child of the 80s, Floloco has spent decades immersed in electronic music, shaping a sound that thrives on emotion, groove, and forward drive. His mixes are never rushed; tracks are carefully selected and arranged until they lock together into something whole. Genres blur, energy rises and falls, and tension is released with intent. Storytelling remains at the core — but this time, the story dances. If you feel it in your body, the mission is accomplished. This closing mix of the year delivers exactly that: groovy, energetic, and charged with momentum, while still carrying Floloco's signature melancholic edge. It bounces confidently across genres, powered by rhythm, drama, and that unmistakable Floloco swing. Like a perfectly heated Glow Gin, it warms you up from the first moment — then keeps the fire burning until the very last beat. As we close out the year, we want to say a huge thank you to all the incredible artists who trusted us with their music, and to our loyal listeners around the world who keep the Schirmchendrink spirit alive. We wish you a happy new year and only the very best for 2026 — filled with good health, great moments, and even better music. The journey continues, and the year ahead is already lined up with amazing artists and exciting episodes. Cheers! The bartenders Floloco @floloco www.facebook.com/iamfloloco www.instagram.com/iamfloloco Gimérique @gimerique www.facebook.com/gimeriquemusic www.instagram.com/gimerique Schirmchendrink @schirmchendrink www.facebook.com/schirmchendrink www.instagram.com/schirmchendrink

Bereit für die TOP 5s? Die mittlerweile legendäre Expertenrunde™️ bestehend aus Vizzy, Martes, Beezy, Nivito und Flori stellt ihre Top 5 Alben und -Projekte des Jahres vor – von Playboi Carti über Jim Legxacy bis hin zu Drake/PND und Pashanim. Wir plaudern über neue Highlights, viele bittere Enttäuschungen, den Abwärtstrend des HipHops und warum immer mehr Künstler aus anderen Genres unsere Listen dominieren. LET'S VIBE & STOP DULLI CULTURE!

Rätsel des Lebens – Kolumne von Dirk Kaesler & Stefanie von WietersheimDirk Kaesler & Stefanie von Wietersheim"Spielhosen forever" – Macht die „Work-Life-Balance“ die Generation Z glücklich? – Kolumne von Dirk Kaesler & Stefanie von Wietersheim(Hördauer ca. 32 Minuten)Unter der Überschrift „Rätsel des Lebens“ schreiben wir jeden Monat in unserer Kolumne darüber, was uns in der aktuellen Gesellschaft als erstaunlich, rätselhaft, aufsehenerregend oder amüsant erscheint.Rätsel des Lebens. Warum, um Gottes Willen, haben wir uns insgesamt 50 Folgen der Netflix-Serie „The Crown“ angesehen, von denen jede 58 Minuten dauert? Die Windsor-Story in Einzelhappen über Monate genossen oder als Binge Watching reingezogen – und dabei gefiebert, gelacht, geweint und schließlich getrauert, als alles vorerst vorbei war? ...Den Text der Kolumne finden Sie hierDirk Kaesler Prof. Dr., war nach seiner Promotion und Habilitation an der Universität München von 1984 bis 1995 Professor für Allgemeine Soziologie an der Universität Hamburg, von 1995 bis zu seiner Pensionierung 2009 an der Universität Marburg. Er lebt inzwischen in Potsdam. Zu seinen Forschungs- und Publikationsschwerpunkten gehören Wissenschafts- und Religionssoziologie, Politische Soziologie, Geschichte und Theorien der Soziologie, ihre Klassiker und Hauptwerke und dabei vor allem Max Weber. Zu seinen letzten Buchveröffentlichungen gehören die 2014 im Verlag C.H. Beck erschienene Biographie „Max Weber. Preuße, Denker, Muttersohn“ und sein zusammen mit Stefanie von Wietersheim 2021 im Verlag LiteraturWissenschaft veröffentlichter Band "Schön deutsch. Eine Entdeckungsreise".2009 bis 2014 sind in "literaturkritik.de" regelmäßig seine Glossen "Abstimmungen mit  der Welt" erschienen.Stefanie von Wietersheim ist Kulturjournalistin und Buchautorin. Ihre Bildbände Frauen & ihre Refugien, Vom Glück mit Büchern zu leben und Mütter & Töchter wurden zu Klassikern ihres Genres. In ihrem Buch Grand Paris – Savoir-vivre für Insider und solche, die es werden wollen schreibt sie über ihre Wahlheimat Frankreich. Sie geht als Autorin der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung im In- und Ausland auf Reportage. Zusammen mit Dirk Kaesler veröffentlichte sie 2021 im Verlag LiteraturWissenschaft.de Schön deutsch. Eine Entdeckungsreise.Wenn Ihnen diese Sendung gefallen hat, hören Sie doch hier mal rein.Sprecher: Matthias PöhlmannAufnahme, Schnitt und Realisation Uwe Kullnick 

Weil 2025 für Adventures ein außergewöhnliches Jahr war, sprechen wir darüber und vergeben erstmals den BOML AWARD! Natürlich höchst subjektiv und nur bei Spielen, die wir tatsächlich kennen. Über bemerkenswerte Titel, die wir noch nicht gespielt haben oder aus anderen Genres reden wir auch. Und natürlich gibt es einen kleinen Ausblick auf das kommende Jahr. Wir wünschen euch ein grandioses 2026! Falko & Matt Timecodes00:00:00 Einleitung 00:06:28 The Drifter 00:17:23 Rosewater 00:25:54 Elroy and the Aliens 00:30:00 Kathy Rain 2 00:35:31 Casebook 1899 00:37:16 Simon the Sorcerer: Origins 00:40:48 Old Skies 00:57:20 Foolish Mortals 01:04:50 Lost Records 01:08:40 The Roottrees Are Dead 01:13:39 Dispatch 01:18:57 The Séance of Blake Manor 01:24:00 Blue Prince 01:28:41 Kleiner Exkurs zu AdHoc Studios 01:32:17 Weitere Spiele, die wir nicht gespielt haben 01:39:05 Fazit und Ausblick auf 2026 Shownotes Polygon: Best Adventure Games 2025 Guardian: The Video Games You May Have Missed in 2025 Das klappt so nicht: Die besten Adventures 2025 The Point'n'Clicker: My Top Ten Kommende Titel: Ashwood Conspiracy I Need To Go Tenebris Somnia Midnight Scenes: Among Graves Cult Vacui The Dark Rites of Arkham Victorian Dread TR-49 Perfect Tides: Station to Station Uncle Lees Cookbook Earth Must Die Shadows of the Afterland Theropods Folgencover-Foto von  Fauzan Saari auf Unsplash (minimal nachbearbeitet, ähm) --- Netter Podcast? Schöne Folge? Dann gib diesem Podcast gern Sterne oder Bewertungen in der App oder auf der Seite, wo du die Folge gehört hast. Wir freuen uns über jedes Abo: „Benutze Ohr mit Lautsprecher" auf Steady Gratis: „Benutze Auge mit Newsletter" Link zum Discord-Server Mailkontakt: Falko und Matt

Rätsel des Lebens – Kolumne von Dirk Kaesler & Stefanie von WietersheimDirk Kaesler & Stefanie von Wietersheim"Spielhosen forever" – Macht die „Work-Life-Balance“ die Generation Z glücklich? – Kolumne von Dirk Kaesler & Stefanie von Wietersheim(Hördauer ca. 32 Minuten)Unter der Überschrift „Rätsel des Lebens“ schreiben wir jeden Monat in unserer Kolumne darüber, was uns in der aktuellen Gesellschaft als erstaunlich, rätselhaft, aufsehenerregend oder amüsant erscheint.Rätsel des Lebens. Warum, um Gottes Willen, haben wir uns insgesamt 50 Folgen der Netflix-Serie „The Crown“ angesehen, von denen jede 58 Minuten dauert? Die Windsor-Story in Einzelhappen über Monate genossen oder als Binge Watching reingezogen – und dabei gefiebert, gelacht, geweint und schließlich getrauert, als alles vorerst vorbei war? ...Den Text der Kolumne finden Sie hierDirk Kaesler Prof. Dr., war nach seiner Promotion und Habilitation an der Universität München von 1984 bis 1995 Professor für Allgemeine Soziologie an der Universität Hamburg, von 1995 bis zu seiner Pensionierung 2009 an der Universität Marburg. Er lebt inzwischen in Potsdam. Zu seinen Forschungs- und Publikationsschwerpunkten gehören Wissenschafts- und Religionssoziologie, Politische Soziologie, Geschichte und Theorien der Soziologie, ihre Klassiker und Hauptwerke und dabei vor allem Max Weber. Zu seinen letzten Buchveröffentlichungen gehören die 2014 im Verlag C.H. Beck erschienene Biographie „Max Weber. Preuße, Denker, Muttersohn“ und sein zusammen mit Stefanie von Wietersheim 2021 im Verlag LiteraturWissenschaft veröffentlichter Band "Schön deutsch. Eine Entdeckungsreise".2009 bis 2014 sind in "literaturkritik.de" regelmäßig seine Glossen "Abstimmungen mit  der Welt" erschienen.Stefanie von Wietersheim ist Kulturjournalistin und Buchautorin. Ihre Bildbände Frauen & ihre Refugien, Vom Glück mit Büchern zu leben und Mütter & Töchter wurden zu Klassikern ihres Genres. In ihrem Buch Grand Paris – Savoir-vivre für Insider und solche, die es werden wollen schreibt sie über ihre Wahlheimat Frankreich. Sie geht als Autorin der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung im In- und Ausland auf Reportage. Zusammen mit Dirk Kaesler veröffentlichte sie 2021 im Verlag LiteraturWissenschaft.de Schön deutsch. Eine Entdeckungsreise.Wenn Ihnen diese Sendung gefallen hat, hören Sie doch hier mal rein.Sprecher: Matthias PöhlmannAufnahme, Schnitt und Realisation Uwe Kullnick 

Send us a textIn today's episode, I'm chatting with Sami Young - a mom, wife, PE teacher, and avid reader who is perpetually caught between just one more chapter and not knowing what to read next. She's a proud millennial with a TBR list taller than my houseplants, and you might remember her from Episode 63, when she joined me alongside her son, Jarek.Episode Highlights:How Sami keeps a book with her everywhere she goes, even when reading time is short.What her real-life reading routine looks like right now and why nighttime has become her go-to.Easing into audiobooks by co-reading with a print copy.Why she likes to switch genres between books instead of reading the same kind back-to-back.Reflecting on reading aloud to her son when he was younger and how that shaped his love of reading.What it's like to be a family of re-readers (and why their bookshelves are always full).Savoring quiet reading moments - like sitting in the sunshine with a book and wishing it could last forever.Show NotesSome links are affiliate links, which are no extra cost to you but do help to support the show.Books and authors mentioned in the episode:Alan Gratz books (book recs in Ep. 6 with Lilianna)Six of Crows by Leigh BardugoHarry Potter series by J.K. RowlingWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahPrisoner of War by Michael P. SpradlinThe Other Woman by Sandie JonesBook FlightThe House Across the Lake by Riley SagerPeople We Meet on Vacation by Emily HenryThe Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner✨ Find Your Next Great Read! We just hit 175 episodes of Bookish Flights, and to celebrate, I created the Bookish Flights Roadmap — a guide to all 175 podcast episodes, sorted by genre to help you find your next great read faster.Explore it here → www.bookishflights.com/read/roadmapSupport the showBe sure to join the Bookish Flights community on social media. Happy listening! Instagram Facebook Website

durée : 00:58:19 - LSD, la série documentaire - par : Céline du Chéné - Depuis une quinzaine d'années, on assiste à une véritable éclosion de cabarets mêlant dissidence et expérimentation artistique, nous rappelant que le cabaret porte en lui une longue histoire d'accueil de toutes les sexualités et de tous les genres. - réalisation : Laurent Paulré

Christoph Martin Wieland  – 1733-1813Teil 2, Buch 5Der Schlüssel zur Abderitengeschichte – ENDE (Hördauer 28 Minuten)Alle BeiträgeDas ProjektWir haben ein besonderes Projekt gestartet, das uns in diesem Jahr begleiten wird. Gemeinsam mit vielen unserer talentierten Sprecherinnen und Sprecher haben wir das Buch "Geschichte der Abderiten" von Christoph Martin Wieland vertont. Wir sind begeistert, euch diese altgriechischen Schildbürgergeschichten in zahlreichen Folgen präsentieren zu können. Lasst euch von den faszinierenden, amüsanten Erzählungen aus vergangenen Zeiten verzaubern und taucht ein in die Welt der Abderiten die unseren Schildbürgern in nichts nachstehen; im Gegenteil. Wir wünschen euch viel Spaß beim Zuhören, Staunen über den gesammelten Unsinn, den Wieland uns präsentiert!Übrigens, man kann auch beinahe jederzeit einsteigen und jede Folge verstehen, ohne die vorherigen gehört zu haben. Das BuchDie "Geschichte der Abderiten" von Christoph Martin Wieland ist ein satirischer Roman, der schon zu Lebzeiten des Autors als Abbild seiner Heimatstadt Biberach an der Riss betrachtet wurde. Möglicherweise hatte Wieland einige Charaktere aus seiner Reichsstadt vor Augen, doch in dieser Schrift werden auch menschliche Verhaltensweisen dargestellt, die zu allen Zeiten und an jedem Ort anzutreffen sind. Der formale Aufbau des Romans orientiert sich an antiken Komödienautoren und Satirikern, welche Geschichten aus dem verschrienen Abdera im klassischen Hellas verbreiteten. Christoph Martin Wieland (1733-1813) war ein deutscher Dichter, Übersetzer und Herausgeber zur Zeit der Aufklärung. In dem Buch wird das Altertum einer Stadt namens Abdera in Thrakien behandelt, welches bis in die fabelhafte Heldenzeit zurückreicht. Ob sie ihren Namen von verschiedenen möglichen Quellen empfing oder nicht - das spielt uns keine große Rolle. Immerhin fiel die Stadt nach ihrer ersten Gründung aufgrund ihres hohen Alters zusammen. Erst Timesius von Klazomene unternahm um die Zeit der 31. Olympiade den Versuch sie wieder aufzubauen - jedoch wurden seine Früchte durch feindlich gesinnte wilde Thrakier zunichtegemacht.Christoph Martin Wieland war ein bedeutender deutscher Schriftsteller und Übersetzer des 18. Jahrhunderts. Er gilt als einer der wichtigsten Vertreter der deutschen Aufklärung und hat mit seinen Werken maßgeblich zur Entwicklung der deutschen Literatur beigetragen.Wieland war ein äußerst vielseitiger Autor, der in verschiedenen Genres wie Roman, Drama, Essay und Lyrik tätig war. Seine Werke zeichnen sich durch eine klare Sprache und eine tiefe Humanität aus, die bis heute faszinieren.Besonders bekannt ist Wieland für seinen Roman "Agathon", der als eines der ersten Werke der deutschen Literaturgeschichte gilt, das den Begriff des "Bildungsromans" prägte. Auch seine Übersetzungen von Werken antiker Autoren wie Homer oder Vergil sind bis heute von großer Bedeutung.Insgesamt war Ch. M. Wieland ein herausragender Vertreter seiner Zeit, dessen Werk bis heute einen wichtigen Platz in der deutschen Literaturgeschichte einnimmt.Wenn Ihnen dieser Beitrag gefallen hat, dann mögen Sie vielleicht auch diesen.  Hörbahn on Stage - live im Pixel – Autor*innen im Gespräch - besuchen Sie uns!Sprecher und Realisation Uwe Kullnick

Pas question de passer en 2026 en hésitant sur le féminin ou le masculin de viscère ou de stalactite. Entre deux réveillons, petit quiz digestif de quelques noms. Encore une fois j'ai sélectionné ceux dont, personnellement, je trouve toujours le genre surprenant...Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

As the holiday season hits there's nothing like grabbing a good book, heading to a cool shady spot and reading a story that takes you into another world. But with so many digital distractions, how popular are books and what genres are catching readers' interest the most? Please note: This story contains sexual references.

Most people still prefer to read print formats with Gen Z embracing this most traditional of formats. - Kebanyakan orang masih lebih memilih membaca buku dalam format cetak, dengan Gen Z yang paling antusias dengan format tradisional ini.

Alle Jahre wieder eskaliert es.Was als besinnliches Weihnachts-Special begann, ist bereits jetzt – in seiner zweiten Auflage – zur legendenumwobenen TuneFish-Tradition geworden: Ein Abend, an dem Musiknerds ihre Würde ablegen, ihr Wissen riskieren und die Technik bis an ihre absoluten Belastungsgrenzen treiben.In Anlehnung an unser letztes Weihnachts-Special haben wir auch dieses Jahr wieder völlig den Verstand verloren und ein großes Musik-Quiz aufgezogen. Mit allen Gäst*innen, die 2025 bei uns zu Gast waren. Ja. Allen.In einem technischen Kraftakt sondergleichen werden die Gäste zugeschaltet, gegeneinander ausgespielt, musikalisch geprüft und emotional destabilisiert. Fragen aus allen Genres, Jahrzehnten und Nerd-Tiefen. Booster, Buzzer, Ego, Schadenfreude – alles dabei.Was passiert, wenn 14 Musikliebhaber*innen, 2 Hosts, ein Quiz, zu wenig Zeit und zu viel Meinung aufeinandertreffen?Lehnt euch zurück, macht euch einen Glühwein auf –und beobachtet, wie eine eigentlich festliche Idee vollständig aus dem Ruder läuft......RUBRIK: Die HausaufgabeLars und Markus schlagen sich gegenseitig ein Album vor, das dann subjektiv auseinandergenommen wird.Wir vergeben Punkte zwischen 1 (mies) und 10 (genial). Es gibt immer jede Menge Gesprächsstoff!Ihr könnt jederzeit mitvoten. Jedes besprochene Album führen wir hier https://www.tunefish-podcast.de/hausaufgabe/ mit Wertung auf. Ihr könnt Eure Punktzahl als Mail an tunefish@derherrgott.de, über das Formular auf der Seite oder via Social Media schicken.>>> EUER SENF DAZU:Unser Podcast lebt immer auch von Eurem Input, daher scheut Euch bitte nicht zu kommentieren, zu kritisieren oder gerne auch zu loben. Sei es als Text oder Sprachnachricht. Wir senden unglaublich gerne Eure Meinungen. Alle Kontaktmöglichkeiten, Shownotes und Infos zu unseren Gästen (und natürlich auch alle Episoden selbst) findet Ihr auf unserer Website: https://www.tunefish-podcast.de/>>> EUER SUPPORT:Da wir den Podcast dauerhaft werbefrei halten wollen, Euch aber gleichzeitig mehr Musik im Podcast bieten wollen, haben wir uns auf Anregung einer Hörerin überlegt, wie Ihr – die Hörenden – uns hier vielleicht etwas unterstützen könntet. Wählt selbst:• Patreon• PayPal• BitcoinAlle Support-Infos:https://www.tunefish-podcast.de/support/Unsere begleitende Spotify Playlist zur Episode 34:>> erscheint in Kürze Hier könnt Ihr die von uns in dieser Episode erwähnten Künstler, Songs oder Alben nachhören, die wir in den einzelnen Episoden besprechen:Wenn Euch gefällt, was wir tun ...... helft Ihr uns unglaublich damit, wenn Ihr uns eine positive Bewertung gebt, wo auch immer Ihr uns hört.5 Sterne, Abos und Likes bei den einzelnen Folgen sind unser schönster Applaus. Stay tunefished, Lars & Markus .....RSS-Feed zum Podcast:Coming soon.....Schreibt uns eine Mail oder kommentiert auf unserer nagelneuen Website:https://www.tunefish-podcast.de/TuneFish aufInstagramBlueskyFacebookMastodon

The GO is taking some much needed time away from the studio and spending the holidays with their families and friends. So in place of the regular episode, we’re revisiting a couple topics from prior episodes. This week, we’re featuring the topics “Renaming Genres” and “Early Access vs. 1.0.” In between these two, Alyssa stops by to talk about Red Bow, and David gives his thoughts on Outlaws 2: Heritage. Invite to Fuze social media platform Hollywood Outsider / Gaming Outsider Cruise Info ***Time stamps may not be exact depending on ad placement*** On This Episode (2:02) Renaming Genres (40:08) Red Bow (PC) (43:25) Outlaws 2: Heritage (PC) (1:09:33) Early Access vs, 1.0   Grab the episode now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Google Play Music and more. If you love this episode and want other gaming content you can't get anywhere else, please support us on Patreon! Also, don’t forget to check out our Discord Server and our web site, where you can read all of our written content.

Wir etablieren eine neue Weihnachtstradition: Zum Fest der Liebe setzt es barbarische Hiebe. Wie bereits letztes Jahr widmen wir uns erneut den Abenteuern muskelbepackter Helden und knapp bekleideter Mamsellen, die sich zum Entführen und späteren Retten anbieten. Dieses Mal knöpfen wir uns die ersten und besten Teile von Roger Cormans "Deathstalker"-Reihe vor, die zu den populäreren preiswerten Vertretern des berüchtigten Genres zählen. Doch verdienen sie ihre Beliebtheit oder gehören sie eher auf den filmischen Müllhaufen? Findet es heraus in dieser Folge! Viel Spaß dabei!Folgt uns auf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sergejs Letterbox⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Martins Letterbox⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Und besucht:https://www.actionfreunde.de/https://liquid-love.de/forum/Music Intro: https://www.purple-planet.com

In this special episode of Novel Spirits, the boys celebrate the holiday season with another great, humorous session of camaraderie:The votes were in for the Battle of the Genres, revealing our first, unanimous victor. And we reviewed 'The Last Christmas' by Gerry Duggan, a very Deadpool-ish take on a Zombie-filled Christmas - highlighting themes, characters, and artistic style, as always. The drinks were flowing, the boys were rolling, and all-in-all it was just a good time. We even scheduled our next few episodes for you!We also may have mentioned One Piece and AI at some point, but dive into those at your own discretion. Cheers! Book of the Month: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Christmas-Brian-Posehn/dp/1582406766Topics of the Month: One Piece - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRMG8ZQZR/one-piece?srsltid=AfmBOor1DiP7YLr6r5YGNozS_Fka6ek28I_TtDnpKFt3kRKYVgqrBmiaDispatch (episode coming soon!) - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592160/Dispatch/Spirits of the Month: Nothing specific. Anything that makes you jolly lol 

Text for DA Podcast Ep 95 Title SuggestionsVirgin Births in Ancient CultureVirgin Births in Greek and Hebrew Culture Show NotesWe look for origins of the Virgin Birth doctrine in Christianity.  Principally we search the Greek and Hebrew cultures that are the context behind the birth narratives in Matthew and Luke's gospels. What we don't conclude is that the origin of the Virgin Birth was that mistake in the translation of the Old Testament into Greek, which created for the first time “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son…”. But we do wonder if the first version of Luke even had the Virgin Birth.Links:Greco Roman Literature and the New Testament : Selected Forms and Genres. Jan. 1988 by David E Aune (Editor)From John Nelson's Behind the Gospels, Aug 08, 2024 “How to Write an Infancy Narrative: A Seven-Step Guide to Ancient Birth Stories”https://www.behindthegospels.com/p/how-to-write-an-infancy-narrative?utm_source=publication-searchAndhttps://www.behindthegospels.com/p/is-matthews-story-of-the-virgin-birth The early creed which seems to deny the Virgin Birth doctrine: Romans 1:3–4 Mark Goodacre thinks Mary conceiving out of wedlock might be an origin. NT Pod 64https://podacre.blogspot.com/2012/12/nt-pod-64-is-virgin-birth-based-on.html The Bart Ehrman Blog - Why Was Jesus Born of a Virgin in Matthew and Luke?https://ehrmanblog.org/why-was-jesus-born-of-a-virgin-in-matthew-and-luke/  Doubts Aloud Links:Please give feedback and ask questions using:  doubtsaloud@gmail.com 

„Und so sehen wir betroffen, den Vorhang zu und alle Fragen offen." So endete traditionell das Literarische Quartett, aber NICHT MIT UNS! In der letzten Folge Kapitel Eins werden alle offenen Fragen beantwortet. Ja, alle. Solange sie nicht das Leben, das Universum oder den größten Teil des Rests betreffen. Neben den letzten Fragen halten wir Rückschau in diesem Epilog. Siebeneinhalb Jahre habt ihr uns eure Zeit und eure Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt (und eure Abos). Vielen Dank. Und wenn ihr den Epilog fertig gehört habt, schnappt ihr euch bitte ein Buch, auf das ihr so richtig Lust habt. Viel Spaß mit dieser letzten Folge! Timecodes und Kapitelmarken 00:00:00 - Lieblingsfolgen 00:25:24 - Lieblingsbücher, Neuentdeckungen und Enttäuschungen 01:05:08 - Top 3 Genres und Must-Reads 01:25:17 - eBook-Reader 01:45:41 - Empfehlungen anderer Buchpodcasts 01:52:15 - Macht's gut und danke für den Fisch Shownotes Falls sich jemand fragt: Das Zitat in der Folgenkachel sind die letzten Zeilen aus Clive Barkers Roman „Weaveworld" Wo ihr uns in Zukunft findet Jochen: Newsletter / Instagram Falko: Newsletter / Adventurepodcast / Bluesky / Mastodon / Mailkontakt

In this episode, we delve into the incredible benefits of reading for brain health with guests Leanne Stuver, a nurse educator and Director of Lifelong Learning, and Heather Elwell, CEO of Brain Health Mentors. Learn how reading stimulates multiple brain areas, enhances social connections, and supports lifelong learning. Discover the advantages of different reading formats, genres, and even how book clubs can enrich your cognitive and social wellbeing. Join us as we discuss the science behind reading, offer practical tips, and share personal favorite book recommendations. This episode is filled with insights and strategies to help you integrate reading into your brain health routine. Tune in for a comprehensive discussion on how to make reading a key component of a happier, healthier life.00:41 The Brain-Boosting Power of Reading01:09 Meet Our Guests: Leanne Stuver and Heather Elwell03:14 How Reading Impacts the Brain07:30 The Benefits of Book Clubs10:00 The Neuro Nook Book Club22:04 Books vs. Audiobooks: What Science Says26:05 Genres and Their Unique Brain Benefits34:09 Rapid Fire Book Recommendations41:03 Final Thoughts and Tips for Better Brain HealthResourcesLearn more about the Neuro Nook (Book Club)Explore the Neuro Nook (Book Club) Reading ListView Our Neuro Nook Rx Infographic

Some people just don't get on with certain types of games. Fighters, Beat 'Em Ups, Point and Click, PUZZLE...sometimes it's just not your cup of tea. BUT, on a rare occasion, a game RISES UP from these hated categories and manages to GRAB YOU! Today we will talk about these special, GENRE-BUSTING games. Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT for ARG 324 as we tackle Chaos Reborn and Bookworm Deluxe!

Some people just don't get on with certain types of games. Fighters, Beat 'Em Ups, Point and Click, PUZZLE...sometimes it's just not your cup of tea. BUT, on a rare occasion, a game RISES UP from these hated categories and manages to GRAB YOU! Today we will talk about these special, GENRE-BUSTING games. Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT for ARG 324 as we tackle Chaos Reborn and Bookworm Deluxe!

New SPND20 Mixtape in the collection! Welcome @lucalozano

Jay, Ron, Lindsey, and our friend, Matt Spaulding, talk about our favorite Christmas movie genres as well as other assorted topics. Buy Matt's book - Santa in His Own Words

Alle Jahre wieder lädt Moderator Geoff Keighley im Dezember zu den Game Awards ein. Neben der Preisverleihung, bei der unter anderem das Spiel des Jahres gekürt wird, gibt es auch viele neue Trailer und Ankündigungen zu sehen. Wir haben uns die Nacht um die Ohren geschlagen und verraten euch in Folge 198 des PC Games Podcast, was ihr verpasst habt und auf welche Titel ihr euch im kommenden Jahr besonders freuen könnt.Von Tomb Raider: Catalyst über Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic bis hin zu Control Resonant waren für jeden Fan der unterschiedlichen Genres spannende Spiele-Ankündigungen dabei. Doch auch die Preisverleihung hatte einiges zu bieten. Unter anderem mit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Split Fiction, Hades 2 und Ghost of Yotei gab es schließlich mehrere Anwärter, die ordentlich abräumen konnten.Lasst uns in den Kommentaren wissen, welche Ankündigung für euch am vielversprechendsten ist und, ob ihr mit dem Spiel des Jahres zufrieden seid? Falls nicht, verratet uns doch, in welchen Titel ihr dieses Jahr am meisten Zeit investiert habt. Freut euch außerdem auf die nächsten drei Podcast-Folgen, denn die werden ganz besonders. Aber zunächst einmal wünschen wir euch viel Spaß beim Anhören der aktuellen Ausgabe!Der PC Games Podcast - der offizielle Videospielpodcast der PC Games - erscheint seit über einem Jahrzehnt regelmäßig und liefert dabei wöchentlich gleich mehrere Talks zum riesigen Thema Videospiele.Unser Moderationsteam, Michi Grünwald und Vivi Ziermann, deckt dabei etliche Bereiche ab: Review-Gespräche und Previews zu brandaktuellen Games, nostalgische Rückblicke, Reports, Interviews und vieles mehr. Dabei gibt es natürlich auch immer mal wieder spannende Insights in die Spielebranche und in die Redaktion des ältesten, noch aktiven Videospielmagazins Deutschlands - seit 1992 am Start!Unser Spiele-Podcast ist vollkommen kostenlos zugänglich und neben unseren Webseiten auch auf allen großen Podcast-Plattformen - von Apple Music bis hin zu Spotify - zu finden.

Ep. 166 Ideas from MAX: Programming Genres Back to Back The next conversation in our Ideas from MAX series features Wallace Thomas' hot take on a cappella music, which leads into a broader conversation on booking and programming strategy. Wallace Thomas is a member of the a cappella group Ball in the House (https://www.ballinthehouse.com/) Follow us on social media and let us know your thoughts and questions - https://linktr.ee/nobusinesslikepod Our theme song is composed by Vic Davi.

I interviewed Maisha Wester about Coded Black on Monday, November 17, 2025 at IDFA DocLab in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

Sortez papier et stylo, amis des mots, dans une minute un quiz sur le genre des noms. Ce genre, masculin/féminin, fait partie des pièges de notre langue bizarre. Les Français s'en méfient moins que du croquemitaine participe passé, et pourtant, ils devraient... moi-même je me fais encore parfois ramasser !Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Where are the mockumentaries, romcoms, parodies , sword-and-sandal movies these days? In this episode we spoke about current and future trends in Hollywood, which genres we wish to make a comeback and what if we made a modern version of Yugoslavian partisan western. Enjoy!

On this week's episode of The Literary Life podcast, Angelina Stanford, Thomas Banks, and Atlee Northmore talk about their favorite film adaptations of books they like and why they think these are worthy adaptations. Genres of movies they discuss include adaptations of classic books, kids and family films, film noir favorites, beloved directors, and so much more. They also share some "hot takes" on movies they liked better than the books, and vice versa. We hope this lighthearted, chatty episode will be a little treat for your listening enjoyment during this holiday season. Join us back here again next week for the beginning of our new series on Moliere's Don Juan. Happening now–the House of Humane Letters Christmas sale! Head over to the website to peruse the discounted webinars and mini-classes on sale, already discounted, no coupon code needed. Don't forget to check out this coming year's annual Literary Life Online Conference, happening January 23-30, 2026, "The Letter Killeth, but the Spirit Quickeneth: Reading Like a Human". Our speakers will be Dr. Jason Baxter, Jenn Rogers, Dr. Anne Phillips, and, of course, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks. For the full show notes of this episode, please visit https://theliterary.life/305. 

Summary:This week on Next in Media, Mike Shields talks with Erick Opeka, President & Chief Strategy Officer at Cineverse and board member at the startup Micro Co. Opeka breaks down how short-form “micro-dramas”—already attracting hundreds of millions of daily viewers in China—are taking shape in the U.S. and why they could become a $20 billion category.He explains how Cineverse's 22 streaming services, proprietary Matchpoint technology, and deep ad-tech stack position it to lead this wave. From Quibi's missteps to AI-driven efficiencies, Opeka shares how the next generation of vertical video could transform storytelling, advertising, and the very idea of television.⭐ Key Highlights

We did one of theses over a year ago, so why not do it again. Answering viewers questions on Anime Mailbag 2: Electric Boogaloo!Socials/Discord - https://linktr.ee/whatdoyousayanime0:00 - Intro1:57 - Taking a swing at new subject matter in anime13:28 - Holiday shows, snacks, and drinks21:48 - Favorite conventions and bucket list events33:42 - Best and worst YouTuber anime41:13 - One last Watch Club nomination47:39 - Changing personal anime opinions over time56:07 - What's the first anime to make you cry?1:02:00 - Anime we want (or don't want) to get the One Piece treatment1:10:00 - Genres we want more of in anime1:19:48 - Perfectly balanced romance anime1:25:09 - Swapping MC's in each others shows1:30:38 - Anime to video game adaptations (and favorite 10 Brother)1:36:12 - Visiting real life Japanese landmarks from anime

It's time to give Thanks! And we're thankful for the amount of readable material out in the ether - because without it, what else would we bring to the table?This month is something special - our very first Battle of the Genres as Novel Spirits! One genre, two books, one victor. Jacob and Michael face off to see who can bring the top sample of Magical Realism. Piranesi or Blade of the Immortal!Piranesi - https://www.amazon.com/Piranesi-Susanna-Clarke/dp/1635577802Blade of the Immortal - https://www.amazon.com/Blade-Immortal-Omnibus-Hiroaki-Samura/dp/1506701248The drinks varied for this episode because there wasn't a set theme to work with, so bring out your favorite and enjoy all the same. Any and all feedback welcome!And don't forget to like, subscribe, and comment/vote for your chance to win some amazing studio prizes. Subscribers (and voters!) are auto-enrolled in our new monthly raffle, where you can win studio merch, books, comics, games, and more.As always, Cheers! Until next time. #podcast   #podcasts   #podcasting   #comics   #artist   #writing   #reviews   #comicreviews   #comicreview    #booklover   #bookreview   #booktok  #books   #artwork   #art   #podcastlife  #drunkreaction  #readingcommunity  #funny  #indieauthors  #bookrecommendations #piranesi #ninja #samurai #bladeoftheimmortal #magic #magicalrealism #narnia #mixology #drinks  

Mit ihrem legendären Album "Paranoid" haben Ozzy Osbourne und Black Sabbath 1970 den internationalen Durchbruch geschafft. Mit Songs wie "Paranoid", "War Pigs" oder "Iron Man" sind auf dem Album auch drei der bekanntesten Songs der Gruppe. Diese Folge ist für das Team der Meilensteine etwas ganz Besonderes. Es ist die erste Folge, die wir live in einem Club vor Publikum aufgezeichnet haben und mit dieser Folge verabschiedet sich das Meilensteine-Team sich von der verstorbenen Rock- und Heavy Metal-Legende Ozzy Osbourne. "Paranoid" von Black Sabbath gilt heute als eines der stilprägenden Alben des Heavy Metal. Der Begriff Heavy Metal war ein Jahr zuvor zum ersten Mal in einem Song erwähnt worden, bei Steppenwolfs "Born To Be Wild" heißt es: "I like smokin' Lightning, Heavy Metal Thunder, Racing with the Wind and the Feeling, that I'm under." Und auf "Paranoid" machen Black Sabbath sich auf den Weg, die Musik zu machen, aus der der Heavy Metal entsteht. Damit hat in den kommenden Jahren der Hardrock und Heavy Metal dann gefühlt musikalisch die Zeit der Hippie-Musik abgelöst und ist zum musikalischen "Next Big Thing" geworden. Bis Black Sabbath so geklungen haben, wie sie auf "Paranoid" klingen, hat es noch eine kurze Weile gedauert. In der Anfangszeit bestand die Band noch aus sechs Musikern und machte eher Heavy Blues-Musik. Ob das Album "Paranoid" von Black Sabbath schon Heavy Metal ist, oder noch Heavy Blues, oder etwas anderes dazwischen, darüber streiten sich Fans gerne. Worüber sich viele Fans einig sind, ist, dass es wegweisend für das Genre Heavy Metal ist. Genau deshalb ist es auch ein absoluter Meilenstein. SWR1 Musikredakteur Stephan Fahrig stellt fest: "Es hat unbestreitbar die Wurzeln des Heavy Metal und auch alle Zutaten dieses Genres schon beinhaltet, wie wir sie heute als Heavy Metal definieren würden." Auch der Gitarrensound auf "Paranoid" von Black Sabbath ist ikonisch. Wie Tony Iommi zu diesem Sound gekommen ist und wie er von seiner Fender Stratocaster zur für ihn typischen Gibson SG-Gitarre gewechselt ist (dabei spielen ein Unfall und ein Zufall eine entscheidende Rolle), und vieles mehr besprechen wir im (Live)Podcast zu "Paranoid" von Black Sabbath. __________ Über diese Songs vom Album "Paranoid" sprechen wir im Podcast (19:55) – "War Pigs"(41:09) – "Paranoid"(47:07) – "Iron Man"(01:01:58) – "Hand Of Doom" __________ Alle Shownotes und weiterführenden Links zur Folge "Paranoid" findet ihr hier: https://1.ard.de/black_sabbath_paranoid __________ Ihr wollt mehr Podcasts wie diesen? Abonniert die Meilensteine! Fragen, Kritik, Anregungen? Meldet euch gerne per WhatsApp-Sprachnachricht an die (06131) 92 93 94 95 oder schreibt uns an meilensteine@swr.de

We're back just in time to talk about what's in our spotify wrapped bento boxes!Rate Us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on Apple Podcasts!Connect With The Show: Follow Us On Instagram Follow Us On Twitter Follow Us On TikTok Visit Us On The Web  

Pour yourself something spiced and settle in as we revisit writing tips from this season's genre deep dives.

Lea klärt mit Fabian Siegismund, Dimi und Paul, ob Triple-A-Titel wie CoD und Battlefield gegen die neue Shooter Konkurrenten wie Arc Raiders eine Chance haben und welche Strategie die Zukunft des Genres formen wird.

Worum geht's: Im Format Ausgefragt! beantworten die Podcaster Fabian, Chris und Gunnar (plus Rahel und Henner) Fragen der Hörer. Die sind in der Regel so ausgewählt, dass die Antworten nicht nur „Ja“, „Nein“ oder „Wurscht“ lauten können, sondern idealerweise ein bisschen was Persönliches preisgeben. Wir danken allen, die Fragen eingesendet haben! Ausgefragt! gehört zu unseren festen Formaten – es erscheint halbjährlich. Wer eine Frage hat, schickt die bitte einfach per Mail an fabian AT stayforever PUNKT de; Fabian sammelt die dann für die nächste Folge im Frühjahr. Bitte keine Fragen zum Podcast an sich oder zu geplanten Folgen. Dies sind die Fragen von dieser Folge: Frage 1, gestellt von: Uwe Große AAA-Spiele scheinen mir aktuell wahlweise storygetriebene Action-RPGs mit Shooter-Mechaniken, rollenspielähnliche Action-Adventures mit starken Story-Elementen oder Looter-Shooter mit Puzzle-Elementen zu sein. Genres verschwimmen, zumindest bei teuren Produktionen. Das letzte Genre, das neu “erfunden” wurde, sind Souls-Likes, wobei auch die vielleicht eher Mechanik als Genre sind. Sind die Möglichkeiten des Mediums ausgeschöpft oder schon alle bekannt? Erwartet ihr noch richtig Neues in den kommenden Jahren? – Frage 2, gestellt von: Anna Habt ihr noch Kontakt zu euren Spielefreunden von “damals” (Marco, Rollenspielgruppen, Hotseat-Partner bei M.U.L.E. etc.)? Hören diese vielleicht sogar Stay Forever und freuen sich über Erwähnungen – oder ist das alles eingeschlafen? – Frage 3, gestellt von: Andreas Gab es bei euch DEN einen Moment (bzw. die Momente), wo euch bewusst geworden ist, dass ihr biologisch offiziell alt seid? Ich schieb zum Beispiel immer meine Brille nach oben, wenn ich Nachrichten auf dem Smartphone lese. Wie geht ihr mit dem Thema “Altern” um? Vermeidet ihr das konsequent? Oder macht ihr euch Gedanken wegen Vorsorge, sowohl medizinisch als auch finanziell? – Frage 4, gestellt von: Marius Ich hab es schon öfter erlebt, dass Mechaniken aus Spielen, die ich gerade spiele, mich in der echten Welt triggern und Handlungsimpulse erzeugen, denen ich widerstehen muss. Zum Beispiel wollte ich zu Zeiten von Black and White gerne echte Bäume ausreißen und über einem Sägewerk abwerfen. Und als ich viel Max Payne spielte, wollte ich in jedem Badezimmerschrank Painkiller suchen. Ist euch das auch mal passiert? – Frage 5, gestellt von: Andreas Die meisten von uns kennen das Vorurteil: “Wer sein Hobby zum Beruf macht, hat ein Hobby weniger.” Ich für meinen Teil habe Respekt – um nicht zu sagen: Angst – davor, dass mir ein liebgewonnenes Hobby durch negative Erfahrungen vergällt wird, wenn aus diesem Hobby mein Beruf würde. Wie geht es euch damit? Gibt es für euch nicht auch Tage, an denen ihr von Videospielen und der damit zusammenhängenden Industrie die Nase voll habt? – Frage 6, gestellt von: Patrick Wie geht ihr mit Spiele-Themen und -Inhalten um, die euch physisch oder psychisch belasten? Generell könnt ihr euch ja aussuchen, ob und wer welches Spiel behandelt. Ich denke da an Gunnars Aussage, dass er keine Jumpscares mag und sehr schreckhaft ist. Da er bei Folgen zu Resident Evil dabei war, stelle ich mir das Spielen schwierig vor. Die anderen haben da bestimmt auch Beispiele. Also was sind für euch problematische Inhalte oder “Hürden” beim Spielen? – Frage 7, gestellt von: Daniel Ihr seid gestresst, überfordert oder anderweitig unzufrieden mit einer Situation. Wohin würdet Ihr euch am liebsten zurückziehen, um abzuschalten und zu regenerieren? – Frage 8, gestellt von: Tobias Gibt es Spiele, die ihr vor allem wegen deren Minigames mochtet? Wo diese euch vielleicht sogar besser gefallen haben als das Hauptspiel? – Frage 9, gestellt von: Raffael Wenn ihr zurück in eure Jugend oder Kindheit reisen und eurem jüngeren Ich einen Rat oder eine Erkenntnis mit auf den Weg geben könntet, was wäre das? Also was hättet ihr rückblickend gerne schon damals gewusst oder verstanden?

Yorgos Lanthimos ist zurück mit einem Film, der irgendwie nicht so den großen Hype kreiert hat wie noch "Poor Things" vor einigen Jahren. Vielleicht weil er "nur" eine Adaption ist? 2003 ist nämlich die wahnwitzige Folter-Verschwörungs-Komödie "Save the Green Planet" erschienen, die Lanthimos jetzt ein bisschen geerdeter als "Bugonia" ins Kino bringt. In beiden Filmen entführt ein verrückter Verschwörungstheoretiker den/die CEO eines Pharmaunternehmens. Um den südkoreanischen Wurzeln dieser Geschichte ein bisschen nachzuspüren hat sich Christian Stephan Fasold vom Podcast "Kino Korea" eingeladen. Welche Version gefällt uns besser und was erzählen uns diese Filme in einer Zeit, die ja sowohl von Verschwörungsmythen *als auch* den großen Firmen (und ihren CEOs) bestimmt wird? CUTS ist komplett unabhängig und werbefrei, deshalb brauchen wir eure finanzielle Untersützung: Ab 3€ im Monat bekommt ihr große mehrstündige Special-Folgen zu Regisseur*innen und Genres sowie Zugang zum CUTS-Discordserver, wo wir jeden Tag über Filme und anderes diskutieren: https://steadyhq.com/cuts Ihr findet CUTS natürlich auch auf Twitter und Instagram und mich auf Letterboxd. Vielen Dank an alle, die uns mit 5€ oder mehr im Monat unterstützen! Hans B., Jens Bahr, Timo Baudzus, Max Baxmann, Björn Becher, Marcel Behrmann, Max Decker, Manuel Deschmann, Maximilian Dietrich, Nikolas Ditz, Heiko Dörr, Jon Eden, Stefan Elipot, Bernhard F, István Faze, Patrick Fey, Hylia Fischer, Tobias Forner, Arne-Leonardo, Lucas Fuchs, Lisabeth Fulda, Danai Gavranidou, Timo Gerdau, Max Gilbert, Johannes Greve, Katharina Günther, Matthias Hagel, Simon Hartmann, Hadi Hawash, Leon Herrmann, Jonathan Hilgenfeld, Dominic Hochholzer, Enola Marina Hoffmann, Paul Höller, Andre Hollstein, Lukas Hoppmann, Jakob Jockers, Anette John, Melanie Juhl, Michael Kandzia, Karl Kaufmann, Martin Kleisinger, Boris Klemkow, Moritz Krien, Moritz Kunz, Thomas Kustermann, Thomas Laufersweiler, René Lehmann, Felix M, Joseph Mayr, Sebo McPowers, Yannick Mosimann, Giancarlo M. Sandoval, Mirko Muhshoff, Flamur Mula, Matthias Nauhaus, Maria Ortese, Nicolai Piuk, Wolfgang Plank, Simon Popp, Philipp R., Jessica Ring, Thomas Roth, Joscha Sauerland, Michael Schill, Jessica Schmidt, Martin Schober, Jesko Schrader, Dominik Schröder, Nils Schuckenberg, Jeremiah Schwarze, Timm Seestädt, Louis Sir-Excel-Lot, Eyk Stankiewicz, Thomas Stehle, Marius Stein, Carolin T, Basil Tardent, Martin Teichert, Valentin Tischer, Dorijan Vukovic, David Wahl, Tobias Walter, Philipp Watermann, Regula Weber, David Wieching, LoLegend Yo, Joseph Z., Florian Zeppenfeld, Stefan Ziede, & meine Oma :)

Our guest today is Etienne Forget, the award-winning French film composer renowned for his innovative fusion of synthesizers and neo-classical elements. He is known for his work on Netflix's "The Forest," "Missions," "Last Journey of Paul W.R.," "AKA," and many more. In this captivating conversation, we discuss Etienne's unconventional path into film scoring, starting with chance encounters on bulletin boards to working on high-profile Netflix projects. He shares candid stories about music school, his first film project, navigating the French film industry, and the importance of maintaining relationships while building a music career.

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Anne Ganguzza and Tom Dheere share decades of combined experience in this insightful episode, dedicated to the long view of a voice acting career. Having been in the industry since the cassette and CD demo era, the hosts emphasize that longevity is achieved not through linear steps, but through resilience, strategic adaptation, and continuous self-improvement. The discussion provides a candid look at why the work never stops, the necessity of community, and the critical importance of mastering the mental game. 00:00 - Anne (Host) Hey bosses, Anne Ganguzza here. Are you ready to take the next step in your voiceover career? At Anne Ganguzza Productions, I specialize in target marketed coaching and demo production that gets you booked. If you're thinking about elevating your performance or creating an awesome demo, check me out at anneganguzza.com. 00:22 - Speaker 2 (Announcement) It's time to take your business to the next level, the boss level. These are the premier business owner strategies and successes being utilized by the industry's top talent today. Rock your business like a boss a VO boss. Now let's welcome your host, Anne Ganguzza. 00:41 - Anne (Host) Hey, hey everyone. Welcome to the VO Boss podcast and the Real Bosses series. I'm your host, Anne Ganguzza, and I'm here with the one and only illustrious Mr Tom Dheere, real Boss. 00:54 - Tom (Host) Hi everybody, hi Anne hey. 00:56 - Anne (Host) Tom, how are? 00:57 - Tom (Host) you. I'm doing pretty good, if I'm not mistaken, haven't you, didn't you just have an anniversary? 01:03 - Anne (Host) I did Just celebrated 25 years with my hubby whoa. It seems like yesterday. I swear to god, 25 years just went so fast that's amazing and uh, and you, just, you just were telling me about your blogiversary how long have you been blogging? 17 years oh my god, tom that blogging, I mean I've been blogging for a you been blogging 17 years. Oh my God, tom, blogging, I mean I've been blogging for a while, but blogging for 17 years is insane. 01:31 - Tom (Host) Thank you. 01:31 - Anne (Host) Wow, you must have really good SEO. That's all I got to say. 01:35 - Tom (Host) I would like to yeah. Yeah, my SEO is pretty good. 01:37 - Anne (Host) Yeah, we would like to think that you have good SEO, but, wow, so long term relationships. You know it makes me think about voiceover, because I have been in voiceover just about as long Not quite as long as I've been married to my husband, but you know, 21 years, and it's. It's incredible. I feel like I just started, but yet I don't, because it is and we always talk about it being a marathon, not a sprint and I think you've been in voiceover longer than me. 02:03 - Tom (Host) Yes, I decided I wanted to be a voice actor in 1994. 02:09 - Anne (Host) Wow yeah. And then I got my commercial demo. Some people were born in 1994. 02:14 - Tom (Host) Not me, I know. 02:17 - Anne (Host) Yeah, some of my students haven't been born. 02:19 - Tom (Host) Some bosses listening to this are going to be like, I was born in 1994. I know, or 2004. And then I got my commercial demo in 1995 and I booked my first voiceover in 1996. And I went full time as a voice actor in 2005 and started coaching in 2011. So I've been-. 02:39 - Anne (Host) Oh, I started coaching just shortly before you. Yeah, yeah, just a little bit longer, because then we started coaching just shortly before you. Yeah, yeah, just a little bit longer, because then because we met shortly thereafter at Voice 2012. 02:49 - Tom (Host) Oh my goodness, we already knew each other, but I don't think we met. 02:52 - Anne (Host) Yeah, but I remember we. 02:54 - Tom (Host) I definitely remember we hung out at Voice 2012, which was 13 years ago. Oh my gosh. 02:59 - Anne (Host) Woo At Disneyland. You know so and it's funny because we talk about you know how long have you been in voiceover and how long did it take you to become successful in voiceover? Well, I always say you know, my overnight success took many, many years. So I think and I think it's something that a lot of people don't understand, especially those that are intrigued by this industry you know thinking that, oh yeah, it's, I can stay at home, I can do this. You know thinking that, oh yeah, it's, I can stay at home, I can do this. You know, I can buy the mic. It'll cost me a few hundred dollars and then I can just start booking jobs and making money. 03:32 And I think really for I know we talk about all the time, but I think I want to have a whole episode dedicated to the realities of having a long view career and the fact that it is something that you have to be in for the long run if you truly want to be successful at it. I mean, of course, you could be in it for a couple of years and then, if you don't like it, you get out. But most people I know want to make a good, they want to be successful at it, they want to make a good living. So let's talk about what it's like to be in voiceover for a long time and what it looks like, because it's certainly not like a corporate job. I am a corporate girl and came from corporate and then education, and I certainly was not handed a paycheck every other week in this full-time voiceover job. That's for sure, because it's a much different, much different industry. It's our own businesses. 04:22 - Tom (Host) I have the luxury of being able to zoom out and look at 30 years of being in the voiceover business, where when I started, you know, they just segued out of reel to reels and started using plastic cassette tapes. So I'm of the cassette tape generation of voice actors that started in the mid 90s and now we are. I was CDs, you were CDs, so you were, just I was CDs. 04:51 - Anne (Host) Yeah, shortly after the cassettes came the CDs. 04:53 - Tom (Host) Just as CDs came out and then, a few years after the CDs, came the MP3. 04:57 - Anne (Host) Yeah, and it was a thing, because I remember the burning of the CDs was like, oh God, who do I get to do that for me? 05:03 - Tom (Host) I did it myself. 05:04 - Anne (Host) Yeah, well, that was before. Right CD burners came out and now you know you can have a CD. I had a duplication company that I did all my cassettes through and then started doing the CDs. 05:14 - Tom (Host) There, you go and then I was like wait a minute. 05:20 - Anne (Host) I can print my own labels. 05:21 - Tom (Host) using Avery, I can burn my own CDs, stick it in the tray and my desktop. 05:25 - Anne (Host) I was one of those people. I got that. The stamp thing where you push it down, you stamp your label on the CD and that was like, oh my gosh. 05:33 - Tom (Host) Oh, now I feel old. Now we're getting really anachronistic and alienating ourselves. 05:37 - Anne (Host) That was like. That was like that. That was the coolest. That was the peas knees. 05:40 - Tom (Host) That was kind of fun. 05:42 - Anne (Host) I love that little stamper. That was awesome, it was. 05:46 - Tom (Host) But anyway, so, yeah, so looking back and zooming out and looking at what are the realities of what you need to have a long VO career, I mean it starts with training. It absolutely starts with training. I'm a theater-trained actor. I went to college and then I did a little graduate work at a place called the National Shakespeare Conservatory that used to be here in New York City. So I got like hardcore theater training about body and mind and spirit and voice and engaging. I had great voice coaches, I had ballet coach, chekhov coach, like all this stuff. That really gave me a very, very, very solid, solid foundation. Gave me a very, very, very solid, solid foundation. So if you want so the so step one. If you want longevity in the voiceover industry, if you want a long career, you got to start with very solid training performance training, voiceover training, genre training, so you can be demo ready. 06:38 - Anne (Host) I didn't realize you you had been a theater trained. Yes, I did. How did I not know that about you, Tom? And I know I've known you for a long time it doesn't come. 06:45 - Tom (Host) I mean, it was so long ago, Wow. 06:47 - Anne (Host) Do you miss it? Do you still do it or do you miss it? 06:50 - Tom (Host) No, I haven't been on a stage in almost 25 years. When I discovered voiceover after I dropped out of the conservatory for reasons we will not get into as soon as I discovered voiceover I was like, oh, that's where I need to be and that's where, also, I can take all of that training that I did on stage and I had a little bit of on camera. I had a little bit of TV and a little bit of film experience very, very little bit like extra work on 30 Rock and things like that. 07:25 You know that's that sort of that. You know if you blink you'll miss me, that sort of thing. But that turned into that inhabited me. As I'll put it to you this way, that sort of training, theater training, it's like pro wrestling, like it's large gestures, projecting, you know, into an audience and then voiceovers is is boxing. It's very, it's very intimate and it's very, it's very, very close. 07:51 Um, so that all that great theater training, I had to obviously learn to make adjustments and turn from this very open, broad presentation, presentational type of acting to this very intimate, one-on-one, you know, doing this, this kind of acting. And I use that training, consciously or unconsciously, every every day, 30 years later, but, like I, I definitely attribute a big, I credit a large part of my longevity as a voice actor to the performance training that I got and I had a great voiceover coach uh, who's no longer, who's with us Um, she really set me on the path to understanding the difference between theater acting and film acting and voice, voice acting, and you know it gave me all kinds of exercises and stuff and you know I recorded. I still have the cassette demo to this day. Um, but that training I still have it. Uh, I whip it out once in a while on a, on a, on a at a conference or something. 08:48 I'll be like check it out once in a while at a conference or something. I'll be like check it out and people are like, oh my god, is that a what's? And then the Gen Z's are like what's a J card? What look? 08:55 - Anne (Host) it up if you don't know what it is in those 30 years, though, would you say that there's been like, okay, so I do this, and then I get to this level, and then this is what I do. Next, is it like a to this level, and then this is what I do next? 09:07 - Speaker 2 (Announcement) Is it like a? You know, one of the? 09:08 - Anne (Host) steps to attaining and achieving that voiceover career. 09:14 - Tom (Host) That's a great question. First off, there are no levels, there are no steps. It never gets any easier, it just turns into different types of hard. 09:22 - Anne (Host) Ah, that we can just go home now, because that I think that sums it up in a nutshell, because it is so not a linear climb. It is not, but it's something that I think that you know over time. That's why I think you have to be in it for a long time, right, so you can adjust, you can evolve, you can work with it and understand it and somewhat predict it. I don't know. 09:45 - Tom (Host) Not predictable. Oh, I wish I could predict it. 09:48 - Anne (Host) But maybe a little bit. You can make it more predictable in certain ways, right? Yes, you can. Yeah. 09:53 - Tom (Host) Yeah, Absolutely Understanding how the industry ebbs and flows understanding trends, keeping up with performance trends, keeping up with technology trends. That's a big part of the realities of a long VO career, but but yeah, let yeah. I definitely want to drive home the point that there is no linear like do this, do this, do this successful? That's not. That's not how it works. You got to get your training, you got to get a website, you got to get demos produced, you got to set up a home recording studio. Those are your pillars. 10:35 - Anne (Host) And even the intricacies of that. Changes. I think you have to have, I think what's pillars, and even the intricacies of that. Changes have a down or a lull in your business and you question everything you've ever like. You know what got you into it in the first place. You're like, oh my gosh, I don't belong here, should I? I mean, there's so many things that happen during a lull in your business because it makes you question am I good enough? Am I valid, am I to be a success in this industry? Should I just quit? Should I give it up? Should I not have quit my job? And so there's so many things that get in the way of evolving and growing in your career. 11:17 And again, this is not a linear growth. It's ups, it's downs, and sometimes you can be like, oh, I just booked that gig, and then things are amazing for a while. But then you're like, okay. Sometimes you can be like, oh, I just booked that gig, and then things are amazing for a while, but then you're like, ok, so I should be able to book the other gig, I should be able to book a gig a week now. And then you say, ok, my goal is to book 10 jobs every week. Did you ever try that? Because I tried that a long time ago. Oh, I'm going to book. 11:44 - Tom (Host) My goal is to book 10 jobs a week. I had a very specific thing to that end, which is, I thought for a very long time I needed three very specific sources of voiceover income to be successful and consistent and sustainable on an income level. One was with a regular client that I was making well over $10,000 a year with for a number of years. One was Voice123 as a source of online casting, a source of auditions and bookings, and then I was just that elusive third source and I was saying that for years and years and years and my career has evolved and gone up and down and all around that I don't think that way anymore, because what's interesting is that client that was paying me well over $10,000 for many, many years, who I still work with to this day. I've worked with them since 1997. I now book one or two clients, one or two gigs a year with them, because their business model changed and the industry of their genre changed, so therefore my relationship with them changed. 12:51 I'm still on Voice123 making great money, and there's so many factors too. 12:57 - Anne (Host) So many factors to that and I love that because it's not just about you and your skill set and your skill level. The industry changes because our clients change. Their industries change right, their jobs change. Our relationships change with the people that some people come and go from jobs, and especially when you're talking about the repeat client or clients that you've had for years, which are great, they're wonderful, they're one of the more predictable things in this industry that you can count on, but then again, you know, don't count on them all together because tomorrow they could be gone. 13:33 - Tom (Host) Right, and as you were talking, I just had a revelation. 13:37 - Anne (Host) Ah Okay. Will you disclose the revelation, Tom? Oh, no, I'm going to share. 13:42 - Tom (Host) No, I'm going to leave and run away and write a book. 13:44 - Anne (Host) No, let's go. I must go now. No revolution share. 13:47 - Tom (Host) No, I'm going to leave and run away and write a book. No, let's go, I must go now. No revolution, no, no, no, no, no. So this is one thing I've realized In the past 25 years or so of me being a voice actor roughly 50% of my voiceover income has come through e-learning, explainer, corporate, industrial, medical. That's been roughly 50% of my income this whole time, almost since the beginning. 14:10 - Anne (Host) So that's been stable. 14:11 - Tom (Host) Yes, but what hasn't been stable is the other 50%. We're talking purely on a genre level. On a genre basis On a genre level, well yay corporate explainer e-learning. Right. 14:26 - Anne (Host) All my stuff too, no-transcript. 14:50 - Tom (Host) Yeah, it's interesting because now that I'm kind of thinking through the evolution of what the other 50% has been and the other 50% hasn't been all one other genre but it's been a combination of other genres but I would say, for the first third of that years, a big part of that years, that other third was that part a big part of that other 50 was commercial. But then around from 2011, basically for like roughly 2011, and for another 10 years it turned into audiobooks, that which a big, the lion's share of that other 50 was audiobook narration, and now what a big chunk of it is is political. Yeah, yeah, yeah, so things change. 15:31 - Anne (Host) Mine is more. Yeah, I'm going to say mine is more heavier on the e-learning, just because it's what I enjoy doing E-learning, corporate explainer, all of that side. 30% commercial, but again that's the one that is super volatile, the commercial genre aspect of it. And audiobooks. I did one and I said uh-uh and I was no longer going to pursue that, and then I had other areas of my business that I found to be interesting, which obviously VO Boss was one of those. Vo Peeps was another thing and those were alternate sources of income. 16:03 But when you talk about just voiceover, the real steady part has been the size of the market in the non-broadcast long format narration genres, and I always tell people like it's just a huge market that is always needing voiceover. 16:21 And for me that's just kind of where I live, because I love it number one and I find it to be challenging intellectually and also creatively, and so that's where I choose to spend my time, pursuing income and pursuing jobs in those genres. In terms of ups and downs, yes, but there's ups and downs in those genres as well because, again, you're still trying to find the client, you're trying to, you're trying to be able to, to get the client's attention. Yes, right, I mean there's, there's. It can be a huge market, but if they don't know, you're out there, right. And then part of that is the let's try to get their attention to say, hey, I'm out here, you can hire me for that voiceover, let me audition for you, I'm available, you know I'm reliable and that sort of thing. So that's, that's got to be like a big portion of the consistency, like resilient. Being resilient and consistent I think is so important in having a long term career in this industry, resiliency and consistency. 17:26 So at the beginning- Resilient, resilient, resilient, right here on my arm. 17:29 - Tom (Host) Oh, look at that. 17:29 - Anne (Host) Resilience. Yes, resilience is on my arm, so-. 17:32 - Tom (Host) Oh, that's, I didn't know. I never noticed that. 17:34 - Anne (Host) That's crazy yeah it is definitely a plus. 17:38 - Tom (Host) So as a just a very brief recap, and then keep going, the realities of long VO career. We said training at the beginning and then I talked about genre stability working in stable genres, and then when you're talking about consistency and resilience. But you touched upon something which is also the next part of it is adapting to the realities of marketing strategies, because marketing strategies, the realities of marketing strategies. 18:06 Yeah, oh my gosh. Yes, Because marketing strategies, the effectiveness of marketing strategies, changes through the years. What worked five years ago doesn't necessarily work anymore, and what didn't work or didn't exist five years ago as a marketing strategy may be a critical part of your marketing strategies and tactics. 18:24 - Anne (Host) And see well, performance too has evolved over the years, Not quite as drastic as marketing strategies and tactics. And see well, performance too has evolved over the years, Not quite as drastic as marketing. 18:31 - Tom (Host) Performance demands evolve, Genres rise and fall and grow and ebb and flow and marketing strategies. All of this stuff evolves and changes and some stuff becomes obsolete and some stuff becomes like if you're not doing it now, you may not have a career, and then five years from now, it's going to, it's going to change on you. 18:50 - Anne (Host) And when I think about like longevity right, I think about a lot of people will be like burnout, you know, is there burnout or is there just, you know, fatigue in the actual work that's involved in running a business? I think there's think there's two different things, right. I personally feel I mean, unless you've been in it for a while and you're really like I'm gonna give this a go, right, and I'm gonna audition a hundred times a day, then you experience fatigue or burnout. I can see that for sure, because I think there's more ways to really move forward than just the auditioning on a daily basis. There's so many other things you can do in terms of marketing and business, right. 19:28 But I feel like just being consistent and being out there, because a lot of times I talk about when do clients buy? We are at the mercy of the clients needing our services. Really, we are at the mercy of the clients buying or needing our services number one, and then purchasing our services, and so, unless that need exists, right, it's hard. It's like we have to just be patient and we have to be resilient and we have to be consistent in our marketing and we also have to make sure that we're consistent in our skill set right and that we are not falling into something that we're educating ourselves along skill set right and that we are not falling into something that we're educating ourselves along the way, so that if somebody is asking for a conversational read, when the script is not written conversationally but yet we're still reading it, you know, in a way that sounds like this is what they want to hear, versus you acting, you know, and that's easy to fall into. 20:22 It's very easy to fall into that. I deal with that all the time because I teach long format narration, because you can keep somebody's attention for a sentence. But talk about keeping somebody's attention for, you know, five minutes or 10 minutes or an hour right, how are you doing that effectively, especially in today's world where you know I can barely like, I can't sit through a sitcom without scroll. You know, scrolling on barely like. 20:43 - Tom (Host) I can't sit through a sitcom without scrolling on my phone. Yeah Right, no, it's definitely a challenge and that's why continuing education with great coaches like Anne not to blatantly plug too much, Because Anne who is also a narrator, who is booking work regularly, who is reading casting notices and auditioning for stuff regularly work regularly? Who is reading casting notices and auditioning for stuff regularly? Who's? 21:05 I'm assuming you're having conversations in some capacity with your representation, you know and making cold calls and emails, and doing blog posts and social media and shooting videos. Yeah, there's so much to it, right? 21:15 - Anne (Host) There's so much more than just the audition and and I did want to just want to finish my thought on like I was talking about like, is it fatigue because you're doing 100 auditions a day, or is it burnout? 21:26 I'll be quite honest with you, I don't think the majority of people that get into this industry know how much work it takes To be quite honest, know how much work it takes to actually be successful and to do this for long term. And the people that have stuck it out, they get it, I mean, and that just becomes part of their part of their strategy, part of their resilience. And, honestly, I think a lot of people they don't give it enough of a chance and they quit before they've put in the actual work. So I don't think there's burnout, to be honest, unless you're talking about people who've been at it for 20 years, right, and they're just burnt out. But in the beginning I don't think you find people with burnout because I don't think they realize just how much work it takes and I say that one more time, tom they do not realize how much work it takes and even today for me, right, and you, it takes a lot of work. 22:17 - Tom (Host) Yeah, I mean I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. A couple years ago someone booked a free 15 minute consult with me and I'm like sure what's going on. They're like I've booked, I've done all these auditions and I just can't seem to book anything. And I'm like well, how many have you done? 40? 22:33 - Anne (Host) Yes, exactly. 22:37 - Tom (Host) And I'm such a jerk I went oh, I'm so sorry, just like I did and I apologize profusely. I'm like, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I really don't mean to laugh, but you need to put two zeros on the end of that before you can really. Exactly, he was very he's like okay, thanks for your time, and he pretty much hung up on me. He was very upset and I feel bad to this day. I hope he's a successful voice actor right now. I felt really bad about that. 23:06 - Anne (Host) It's funny because people, yeah, I will say that it's kind of like the old thing, like when you invite 100 people to a party, how many people show up? Right, there's a small small percentage. Right? If you do auditions, how many? If you book how many percent of those auditions? Right, and Tom, that's something you can go back to your spreadsheet. I don't have a spreadsheet. 23:25 - Tom (Host) I did have a spreadsheet before. 23:26 - Anne (Host) I know you've got the numbers and so you could say it's a lower percentage than people think they think oh, I auditioned for 100. I should be able to book 50. 23:34 - Tom (Host) No, take a zero off of that. 23:35 - Anne (Host) Yeah, exactly Exactly, it is in the 1% to 2% to 3%. 23:40 - Tom (Host) If you're booking 5% of your auditions, you're doing amazing. 23:43 - Anne (Host) Oh, that's amazing. And that's even if you've been in the industry for 20 years. Yeah, exactly. 23:48 - Tom (Host) And also that percentage will go up and down based on whether the auditions are coming through your representation, which there may be a lot less people auditioning for it, or if it's coming through an online casting site, especially if it's like a free online casting site, like if you're on Casting Call Club or something where literally thousands of people are auditioning, you know or if it's through your self-marketing strategies, where you're one of a handful of people with of your demographic on some production company's roster and you're one of three or four people that are auditioning. So the percentages will go up and down. But if you average the whole thing out, yeah, if you're doing 5%, you're doing really, really well. 24:23 - Anne (Host) Yeah, and I'm going to say, I'm going to say a big part of that again, it runs into this whole mindset. That I think is a huge part of success in long-term success is mindset Because, again in the beginning, when you're like, oh my gosh, i've've auditioned 40 times and I didn't get anything, or I auditioned 100 times, you know what I mean? I got a short list and so that whole thing in the very beginning of my career myself, right was hard. I had to fight through it. I had to fight, I had to make sure that I was like no, no, no, no. I am confident in my skills, I'm confident that I can do this, and I think that your mental mindset has a lot to do with your success and in sticking it out right Again and pushing through the lean times, pushing through the times where even you know I did a great audition, I could have been the perfect voice, yet I still did not get the job, understanding that people cast for many different reasons. It's not all to do with your skill or performance. 25:28 - Tom (Host) I agree. I need to make one more very important point, which is the reason why I'm able to still be in the voiceover industry, because there was a time when my income was fluctuating wildly and then kind of downshifted. This is one thing. That this is, bosses. If there's one thing I want you to take away from this conversation, it's this. It's that decision makers they make decisions in certain ways over who they're going to cast, why they're going to cast them and how they're going to cast them. That changes over time. So in the 90s there were no online casting sites. It was agents. So either you had an agent or you didn't. And self-marketing I was making in the 90s I was making 50 cold calls a day. A lot of people didn't really even have email. 26:22 Nobody knew what that was, so the decision makers in the 90s right were agents and managers which I didn't get representation for a very long time. 26:30 - Anne (Host) I didn't get my first quality, consistent rep until 2005. Yep, yep. I think it was 2006. Before that, it was 2006. 26:37 - Tom (Host) Okay, and then you know, and then it evolved into email, so I'll put it. So it's like this You're a voice seeker, you're a decision maker and you're looking in this direction and saying this is how I decide, this is how I cast voice actors. They've got these horse blinders on. This is the point where they're facing. You need to be right there in their view, being like how you doing With your demos in their hand, with the marketing and whatever, but there's going to come a point and this happens for almost all of them that at some point they're going to be like nope, this is how I make voiceover decisions now. 27:10 This is how I cast Often, and in the early 2000s to this day it's shifted where now they're looking at online casting sites. So if the view of the decision makers goes from here and it moves in the spot, let's say it's a spotlight. If that spotlight goes over here and you're not in that spotlight, they're not booking you. You need to go from there to there to be like how you doing? Because now the spotlight's shining on you, because this is where they're making decisions on how to cast, and then it'll shift again. And it'll shift again. Agents, managers, casting directors, free casting sites, pay-to-play casting sites, self-marketing strategies indirect and indirect and AI. 27:53 - Anne (Host) And I always think, like we are so isolated in our booths, right, and we're auditioning, we're like, but I've got the skillset, but I'm not getting the work right, or whatever mindset tricks you're playing on yourself. You still cannot forget that our profession is guided by the clients who hire us. Right, they're decision makers, Like, what is like, where are they hiring? How are they hiring, is it? You know? They're busy people, we're busy people. 28:21 I mean I would say that life, the pacing of this life, just gets quicker and quicker and quicker, and so some of them still rely on talent agents or their agents or casting directors to help them make decisions. Some of them are like I just need to Google at the prompt and find someone. And it really depends on who is hiring us, really depends on who is hiring us. And don't forget to educate yourself and practice resilience and strategies to get to those people and understand why they hire us, why they may not hire us and how you can get in front of them. And I love that example of the spotlight, tom, because that just makes a whole lot of sense. You've got to be in their field of vision in order for that to happen, and there can be many reasons as to why you're not, but understanding and educating yourself and evolving along with the industry and being knowledgeable in more ways than just performance. There's a lot to be said for that. 29:13 Yeah, because you know what Cold calls worked, and then they don't work, and then emails work, and then they don't work, and then newsletters work, and then they don't work. And then emails come back a little bit, and then they work again. And then postcards work, and then newsletters work, and then they don't work back a little bit, and then they work again, and then postcards work, and then they don't work. 29:24 - Tom (Host) Yeah, exactly texting works, and then social media works, and then it doesn't work and then they go to a different social media platform that you were on exactly now. 29:31 - Anne (Host) They're tired of you know, like ai, they try ai and then they. 29:35 - Tom (Host) Then they get off of ai and you know it's, it never stops, which is why you make sure that and this is a big word and make sure that legacy thinking does not stagnate your voiceover career. Legacy thinking destroys careers. 29:50 - Anne (Host) Absolutely, absolutely. You have to have a broader and you have to have a broader sense of the business of voiceover to really understand and have longevity. Now there's very few people who maybe started off in the beginning. They're super talented, they're in a big market, they've got a manager right or an agent that is going to bat for them, and so you know that's a different story, but I would say that's maybe less than 1% of the total voiceover population where that's happening. 30:20 Other than that, you have to be, have your eye on the ball, you have to have your eye, you have to be in that spotlight, as Tom says, that moving, rotating spotlight. You have to be educated about that spotlight and I'm going to say that good, I'm going to say trusted people in the industry that you are have a relationship with good coaches, good agents, good managers, and your community is so important to help you to be successful. It is an isolating job, right, this is such an isolated. We're in our booths, we're by ourselves, and I know that it was a big adjustment for me when I went full time into voiceover versus, you know, having my corporate job where I went to the office every day. I had kind of a social interaction with my colleagues and my you know my teammates. And now, all of a sudden, I'm by myself and I have myself and my thoughts Scary. And my thoughts can be scary sometimes, especially when I'm doubting right, why am I not booking Right? Why? 31:18 And those thoughts can be destructive in a successful voiceover career. So the mental part of it, the resilience, the strategizing, is, I think, almost well. You can't really have a career without having good performance skills and good business skills. But also, if your mental health is not there and your community is not there to support you, your loved ones aren't there to support you, your loved ones aren't there to support you and encourage you, it's going to be really hard because it's an isolating industry and you know, thank goodness for the conferences, right, and the little get-togethers that we can have. I mean, we're just, we're like hungry people when we go to conferences. We're all like you know, we can't get enough of each other right. Seeing each other after all this time and really that community is, I think, a big part of what can help you to be successful in a long-term voiceover career. 32:11 - Tom (Host) I think you're right, anne. I think that's one of the most important ingredients to a successful long-term career is to be a part of the community for education, for inspiration, for commiseration and for renewal of purpose. 32:23 - Anne (Host) Exactly, yeah. So, bosses, we are part of a community, so I encourage you to be a part of a community. Be a part of Tom's community and really we will get through this and 20 years from now, we will still be God willing, if the technology doesn't, God willing if the creek don't rise, as the old people say. 32:44 God willing, we will still be here. We'll still be here doing voiceover and the stuff that we love, or, even if it's not voiceover, it's something that we love and that we still have our community. And so, what a great conversation, guys. Keep going. A marathon, not a sprint. Keep going. We've got faith in you and we've got a community here that can support you. Tom and I are here, so, bosses, reach out if you need, and we've got you All right. Big shout out to our sponsor, ipdtl. You, too, can connect and network like bosses real bosses. Find out more at IPDTLcom. Have an amazing week, bosses, and we'll see you next week. 33:21 - Speaker 2 (Announcement) Bye. 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The internationally renowned choreographer Sir Wayne McGregor swaps stage for gallery in a landmark exhibition exploring his multifaceted career at Somerset House (from 30 Oct 2025–22 Feb 2026). ‘Infinite Bodies' investigates how Wayne McGregor has combined body, movement and cutting-edge digital technologies to redefine perceptions of physical intelligence. Throughout the gallery space he draws together designers, musicians, engineers and dancers to bring the artworks to life.The Booker prize winning novelist Anne Enright is in the studio to talk about her latest work, ‘Attention, Writing on Life, Art and the World'. Unlike her fiction, in these essays, Enright speaks directly to the reader, elucidating her thoughts on everything from family history to Irish politics and the control of women, to new perspectives on literary legends. There's a screen idol at the heart of Tanika Gupta's new play, Hedda (at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, until 22nd November). Inspired by the life of Anglo-Indian film star Merle Oberon, Gupta sets her play just after India's independence and transforms Ibsen's classic into a story about power, identity and representation.Producer: Katy Hickman Assistant Producer: Natalia Fernandez

About this EpisodeThis episode is a little different from the usual Think Like a Game Designer conversation. Instead of a freeform discussion, I came prepared with a curated list of questions to guide the conversation, giving us a structured look into Jordan's creative process, his philosophies on innovation, and the lessons he's learned over decades of building worlds. The result is a fast-paced, insight-packed episode that feels like sitting in on a masterclass in game design.About Jordan WeismanJordan Weisman is a legendary figure in interactive entertainment, whose career spans tabletop games, video games, theme parks, and beyond. As the creator of Battletech, Shadowrun, and Crimson Skies, and the founder of iconic companies like FASA and WizKids, Jordan has shaped generations of players and creators alike. His work is defined by boundless curiosity, fearless experimentation, and a lifelong commitment to collaborative storytelling.In this episode, Jordan and I explore what it means to think small, fail boldly, and keep learning no matter how much success you've had. We discuss how curiosity drives innovation, why emotional courage is more important than financial risk, and how respect—for yourself, your team, and your audience—is at the heart of great creative work. Whether you're just starting your design journey or looking to rekindle your passion after decades in the industry, Jordan's insights offer a masterclass in staying creative for life.Think Like A Game Designer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Justin's QuestionsWhat's something that you're passionate about outside of your career, and what do you love about it? (00:01:33)* During the pandemic, he rediscovered model building and diorama crafting, a childhood hobby that brings him therapeutic joy.* He enjoys it because it's tangible, visual storytelling where you can actually see progress, a much different process than game design, which often feels abstract or slow.What do you love about that kind of model building and creating? (00:04:05)* It aligns with Jordan's love of world-building and storytelling when creating small, detailed scenes that tell a story visually.* It's satisfying because each session produces visible progress, reinforcing creativity and immersion.What is advice that you would give to someone that's just starting out in your industry? (00:04:06)* Think small. Beginners often aim for massive projects like the ones they admire.* Start with something you can finish using your own limited resources.* Completion and execution teach more than ideas ever will.* Focus on learning through doing, not imagining.Now let's flip to the other side of the equation: what do you see as an important lesson that industry veterans need to learn? Or put another way, what advice do you think your older self might give to you? (00:06:30) * Avoid hubris. Experience can blind you. Everything you know might be wrong.* Listen to young minds. Youth brings creativity because it hasn't learned what's supposedly impossible.* Over time, past failures make people too cautious; veterans must keep their beginner's mindset.* Innovation demands courage to look foolish publicly; fear of embarrassment kills creativity.* Stay humble, keep experimenting, and reassess old assumptions regularly.Are there any practices or rituals or ways that you try to keep yourself in that beginner's mind? How can one get the advantages of experience and minimize the disadvantages? (00:08:09)* You must be willing to “go face first into the mud.”* As he said in the previous question, public embarrassment is the price of innovation.* Surround yourself with young thinkers, question assumptions, and resist dismissing ideas based on past failures.* Always check whether past lessons still apply, because markets and contexts change. Jordan gives an example of a failed company born from his overconfidence, where he didn't re-research the market because he assumed he already knew it.What do you consider the most important skills to cultivate for your profession, and how do you cultivate these skills? (00:15:13)* Endless curiosity: Study adjacent fields like comics, fiction, tech—anything that feeds creative cross-pollination.* Build a box: Instead of “thinking outside the box,” define constraints clearly to evaluate ideas. For example: He designed Mage Knight by creating a checklist of problems (ease of entry, low cost, retailer needs) and solving within that “box.”* He values self-education: when he didn't know toy manufacturing, he paid a small company to teach him the process.So let's get to the areas where the industry or you have been dead wrong. What common advice do you hear about your industry that is dead? (00:24:26)* “Nothing is ever dead.” Genres, mechanics, and IPs always come back (vinyl, RPGs, etc.) * When people say something's over, it's actually ready for reinvention.* He used to believe in-person collaboration was essential, but remote work proved him wrong.* He often misjudged products (like thinking Funko Pops would flop).* Absorb wisdom but not edicts.* Success and failure are cyclical, making timing and humility matter more than certainty.What books, articles, or learning resources have had the biggest impact on you? And if there are any key takeaways that stuck with you that come to mind? (00:30:53)* Mentions Reed Hastings' book (Netflix culture) and Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull (Pixar). The value here is the small-team principles and leadership lessons, though he's skeptical of the “find five geniuses” model.* His biggest lessons came from mentors, not books: Mark Miller (creator of Traveller): taught him kindness and professionalism. His father, Mort Weissman: joined FASA, ran the business side, and kept it alive.* He emphasizes mentorship, respect, and kindness as lasting business principles.What is the right way to find a partner? (00:33:14)* Finding a partner is like finding a life mate: talk about goals, work habits, expectations.* Negotiate the “prenup” early, meaning you should decide how you'll split if things go wrong.* Avoid the naive approach he took (asking friends at the table).What about systems, software, and tools that have had a big impact on your workflow?(00:38:18)* Internal tool: his “box” process for evaluating ideas.* Software: Slack (no internal email, all communication centralized), Google Docs (collaboration), ClickUp/Jira (task tracking).* Avoid “Not Invented Here” syndrome: don't build tools you can buy.* Focus on your core innovation; outsource or use existing solutions for everything else.* Reuse mechanics unless your innovation demands new ones.* Let your team choose tools bottom-up instead of enforcing top-down.What's your favorite project, and what lessons did you learn from it? (00:45:46)* His favorite is always the one he's working on now, but emotionally, Shadowrun and Crimson Skies stand out. Shadowrun came from trying to differentiate from Cyberpunk and combining fantasy with cyberpunk via the Mayan calendar. Crimson Skies was born from personal burnout after his wife pushed him to rediscover his passion. It led to reinvention and eventually Microsoft's acquisition of his company.* His lesson here is that passion and reinvention are crucial; listen to loved ones and know when to move on from stale success.You can find the previous episode with Jordan below: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit justingarydesign.substack.com/subscribe

In Business of Story Episode 530, Park Howell interviews Greg Logan, author of Creating a Blockbuster Brand and founder of Narrativity, who's worked with companies like Google and Adobe to transform brand storytelling. Greg reveals Hollywood's 27 Genres framework that aligns brand stories with audience emotional reality through classical storytelling wisdom with modern technological precision. Discover how to identify your audience's genre preference, use enemy and superpower thinking for magnetic brand differentiation, and defeat brand indifference through systematic genre alignment. Learn the proven formulas that create blockbuster brand appeal and drive measurable business results for marketing leaders seeking competitive advantage. Craft your brilliant brand story strategy in minutes, not months, and instantly create compelling content that converts customers with the StoryCycle Genie™ #StoryOn! ≈Park