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Introducing Rob Ruiz Meet Rob Ruiz, a seasoned Senior Full Stack Developer with nearly two decades of expertise in WordPress innovation and open-source magic. As the Lead Maintainer of WP Rig since 2020, Rob has been the driving force behind this groundbreaking open-source framework that empowers developers to craft high-performance, accessible, and progressively enhanced WordPress themes with ease. WP Rig isn’t just a starter theme—it’s a turbocharged toolkit that bundles modern build processes, linting, optimization, and testing to deliver lightning-fast, standards-compliant sites that shine on any device. Show Notes For more on Rob and WP Rig, check out these links: LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robcruiz WP Rig Official Site: https://wprig.io GitHub Repository: https://github.com/wprig/wprig Latest Releases: https://github.com/wprig/wprig/releases WP Rig 3.1 Announcement: https://wprig.io/wp-rig-3-1/ Transcript: Topher DeRosia: Hey everybody. Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m your host Topher DeRosia, and with me today I have- Rob Ruiz: Rob Ruiz. Topher: Rob. You and I have talked a couple of times, once recently, and I learned about a project you’re working on, but not a whole lot about you. Where do you live? What do you do for a living? Rob: Yeah, for sure. Good question. Although I’m originally from Orlando, Florida, I’ve been living in Omaha, Nebraska for a couple of decades now. So I’m pretty much a native. I know a lot of people around here and I’ve been fairly involved in various local communities over the years. I’m a web developer. Started off as a graphic designer kind of out of college, and then got interested in web stuff. And so as a graphic designer turned future web developer, I guess, I was very interested in content management systems because it made the creating and managing of websites very, very easy. My first couple of sites were Flash websites, sites with macro media Flash. Then once I found content management systems, I was like, “Wow, this is way easier than coding the whole thing from scratch with Flash.” And then all the other obvious benefits that come from that. So I originally started with Joomla, interestingly enough, and used Joomla for about two or three years, then found WordPress and never looked back. And so I’ve been using WordPress ever since. As the years have gone on, WordPress has enabled me to slowly transition from a more kind of web designer, I guess, to a very full-blown web developer and software engineer, and even software architect to some degree. So here we are many years later. Topher: There’s a big step from designer to developer. How did that go for you? I’m assuming you went to PHP. Although if you were doing Flash sites, you probably learned ActionScript. Rob: Yeah. Yeah. That was very convenient when I started learning JavaScript. It made it very easy to learn JavaScript faster because I already had a familiarity with ActionScript. So there’s a lot of similarities there. But yeah. Even before I started doing PHP, I started learning more HTML and CSS. I did do a couple of static websites between there that were just like no content management system at all. So I was able to kind of sharpen my sword there with the CSS and HTML, which wasn’t particularly hard. But yeah, definitely, the PHP… that was a big step was PHP because it’s a proper logical programming language. There was a lot there I needed to unpack, and so it took me a while. I had to stick to it and really rinse and repeat before I finally got my feet under me. Topher: I can imagine. All right. So then you work for yourself or you freelance or do you have a real job, as it were? Rob: Currently, I do have a real job. Currently, I’m working at a company called Bold Orange out of Minneapolis. They’re a web agency. But I kind of bounce around from a lot of different jobs. And then, yes, I do freelance on the side, and I also develop my own products as well for myself and my company. Topher: Cool. Bold Orange sounds familiar. Who owns that? Rob: To be honest, I don’t know who the owners are. It’s just a pretty big web agency out of Minneapolis. They are a big company. You could just look them up at boldorange.com. They work for some pretty big companies. Topher: Cool. All right. You and I talked last about WP Rig. Give me a little background on where that came from and how you got it. Rob: Yeah, for sure. Well, there was a period of time where I was working at a company called Proxy Bid that is in the auction industry, and they had a product or a service — I don’t know how you want to look at that —called Auction Services. That product is basically just building WordPress sites for auction companies. They tasked us with a way to kind of standardize those websites essentially. And what we realized is that picking a different theme for every single site made things difficult to manage and increase tech debt by a lot. So what we were tasked with was, okay, if we’re going to build our own theme that we’re just going to make highly dynamic so we can make it look different from site to site. So we want to build it, but we want to build it smart and we want to make it reusable and maintainable. So let’s find a good framework to build this on so that we can maintain coding standards and end up with as little tech debt as possible, essentially. That’s when I first discovered WP Rig. In my research, I came across it and others. We came across Roots Sage and some of the other big names, I guess. It was actually a team exercise. We all went out and looked for different ones and studied different ones and mine that I found was WP Rig. And I was extremely interested in that one over the other ones. Interestingly enough- Topher: Can you tell me why over the other ones? Rob: That’s a great question. Yeah. I really liked the design patterns. I really liked the focus on WordPress coding standards. So having a system built in that checked all the code against WordPress coding standards was cool. I loved the compiling transpiling, whatever, for CSS and JavaScript kind of built in. That sounded really, really interesting. The fact that there was PHP unit testing built into it. So there’s like a starter testing framework built in that’s easy to extend so that you can add additional unit tests as your theme grows. We really wanted to make sure… because we were very into CICD pipelines. So we wanted to make sure that as developers were adding or contributing to any themes that we built with this, that we could have automated tests run and automated builds run, and just automate as much as possible. So WP rig just seemed like something that gave us those capabilities right out of the box. So that was a big thing. And I loved the way that they did it. Roots Sage does something similar, but they use their blade templating engine built in there. We really wanted to stick to something that was a bit more standard WordPress so that there wasn’t like a large knowledge overhead so that we didn’t have to say like, okay, if we’re bringing on other developers, like junior developers work on it, oh, it would be nice if you use Laravel too because we use this templating engine in all of our themes. We didn’t want to have to worry about that essentially. It was all object-oriented and all that stuff too. That’s what looked interesting to me. We ended up building a theme with WP Rig. I don’t know what they ended up doing with it after that, because I ended up getting let go shortly thereafter because the company had recently been acquired. Also, this was right after COVID too. So there was just a lot of moving parts and changing things at the time. So I ended up getting let go. But literally a week after I got let go, I came across a post on WP Tavern about how this framework was looking for new maintainers. Basically, this was a call put out by Morton, the original author of WP Rig. He reached out to WP Tavern and said, “Look, we’re not interested in maintaining this thing anymore, but it’s pretty cool. We like what we’ve built. And so we’re looking for other people to come in and adopt it essentially.” So I joined a Zoom meeting with a handful of other individuals that were also interested in this whole endeavor, and Morton reached out to me after the call and basically just said, “I looked you up. I liked some of the input that you had during the meeting. Let’s talk a little bit more.” And then that eventually led to conversations about me essentially taking the whole project over entirely. So, the branding, the hosting of the website, being lead maintainer on the project. Basically, gave me the keys to the kingdom in terms of GitHub and everything. So that’s how it ended up going in terms of the handoff between Morton and I. And I’m very grateful to him. They really created something super cool and I was honored to take it over and kind of, I don’t know, keep it going, I guess. Topher: I would be really curious. I don’t think either of us have the answer. I’d be curious to know how similar that path is to other project handoffs. It’s different from like an acquisition. You didn’t buy a plugin from somebody. It was kind of like vibes, I guess. Rob: It was like vibes. It was very vibey. I guess that’s probably the case in an open source situation. It’s very much an open source project. It’s a community-driven thing. It’s for everybody by everybody. I don’t know if all open source community projects roll like that, but that’s how this one worked out. There was some amount of ownership on Morton’s behalf. He did hire somebody to do the branding for WP Rig and the logo. And then obviously he was paying for stuff like the WPrig.io domain and the hosting through SiteGround and so on and so forth. So, we did have to transfer some of that and I’ve taken over those, I guess, financial burdens, if you want to think of it like that. But I’m totally okay with it. Topher: All right. You sort of mentioned some of the things Rig does, compiling and all that kind of stuff. Can you tell me… we didn’t discuss this before. I’m sitting at my desk and I think I want a website. How long does it take to go from that to looking at WordPress and logging into the admin with Rig? Rob: Okay. Rig is not an environment management system like local- Topher: I’m realizing my mistake. Somebody sends me a design in Figma. How long does it take me to go from that to, I’m not going to say complete because I mean, that’s CSS, but you know, how long does it take me to get to the point where I’m looking at a theme that is mine for the client that I’m going to start converting? Rob: Well, if you’re just looking for a starting point, if you’re just like, okay, how long does it take to get to like, okay, here’s my blank slate and I’m ready to start adopting all of these rules that are set up in Figma or whatever, I mean, you’re looking at maybe 5 minutes, 10 minutes, something like that. It’s pretty automated. You just need some simple knowledge of Git. And then there are some prerequisites to using WP Rig. You do have to have composer installed because we do leverage some Composer packages to some of it, although to be honest, you could probably get away with not using Composer. You just have to be okay with sacrificing some of the tools the WP Rig assumes you’re going to have. And then obviously Node. You have to have Node installed. A lot of our documentation assumes that you have NPM, that you’re using NPM for all your Nodes or your package management. But we did recently introduce support for Bun. And so you can use Bun instead of NPM, which is actually a lot faster and better in many ways. Topher: Okay. A lot of my audience are not developers, users, or light developers, like they’ll download a theme, hack a template, whatever. Is this for them? Am I boring those people right now? Rob: That’s a great question. I mean, and I think this is an interesting dichotomy and paradigm in the WordPress ecosystem, because you’ve got kind of this great divide. At least this is something I’ve noticed in my years in the WordPress community is you have many people that are not coders or developers that are very interested in expanding their knowledge of WordPress, but it’s strictly from a more of a marketing perspective where it’s like, I just want to know how to build websites with WordPress and how to use it to achieve my goals online from a marketing standpoint. You have that group of people, and then you have this other group of people that are very developer centric that want to know how to extend WordPress and how to empower those other people that we just discussed. Right? Topher: Right. Rob: So, yeah, that’s a very good question. I would say that WP Rig is very much designed for the developers, not for the marketers. The assumption there is that you’re going to be doing some amount of coding. Now, can you get away with doing a very light amount of coding? Yes. Yes, you can. I mean, if you compare what you’re going to get out of that assumed workflow to something that you would get off like Theme Forest or whatever, it’s going to be a night and day difference because those theme, Forest Themes, have hours, hundreds, sometimes hundreds of hours of development put into them. So, you’re not going to just out of the box immediately get something that is comparable to that. Topher: You need to put in those hundreds of hours of development to make a theme. Rob: As of today, yes. That may change soon though. Topher: Watch this space. Rob: That’s all I’ll say. Topher: Okay. So now we know who it’s for. I’m assuming there’s a website for it. What is it? Rob: Yeah. If you go to WPrig.io, we have a homepage that shows you all the features that are there in WP Rig. And then there’s a whole documentation area that helps people get up and running with WP Rig because there is a small learning curve there that’s pretty palatable for anybody who’s familiar with modern development workflows. So that is a thing. So the type of person that this is designed for anybody that wants to make a theme for anything. Let’s say you’re a big agency and you pull in a big client and that client wants something extremely custom and they come to you with Figma designs. Sure, you could go out there and find some premium theme and try to like child theme and overhaul that if you want. But in many situations, I would say in most situations, if you’re working from a Figma design that’s not based off of another theme already that’s just kind of somebody else’s brainchild, then you’re probably going to want to start from scratch. And so the idea here is that this is something to replace an approach, like underscores an approach. Actually, WP Pig was based off of underscores. The whole concept of it, as Morton explained it to me, was that he wanted to build an underscores that was more modern and full-featured from a development standpoint. Topher: Does it have any opinions about Gutenberg? Rob: It does now, but it did not when I took it over because Gutenberg did not exist yet when I took over WP Rig. Topher: Okay. What are its opinions? Rob: Yeah, sure. The opinion right out of the gate is that you can use Gutenberg as an editor and it has support like CSS rules in it for the standard blocks. So you should be able to use regular Gutenberg blocks in your theme and they should look just fine. There’s no resets in there. It doesn’t start from scratch. There’s not a bunch of styling you have to do for the blocks necessarily. Now, if you go to the full site editing or block-based mentality here, there are some things you need to do in WP Rig to convert the out-of-the-box WP Rig into another paradigm essentially. Right when you pull WP Rig, the assumption is you’re building what most people would refer to as a hybrid theme. The theme supports API or whatever, and the assumption is that you’re not going to be using the site editor. You’re just going to kind of do traditional WordPress, but you might be using Gutenberg for your content. So you’re just using Gutenberg kind of to author your pages and your posts and stuff like that, but not necessarily the whole site. WP Rig has the ability to kind of transform itself into other paradigms. So the first paradigm we built out was the universal theme approach. And the idea there is that you get a combination of the full site editing capabilities. But then you also have the traditional menu manager and the settings customizer framework or whatever is still there, right? These are things that don’t exist in a standard block-based theme. So I guess an easy example would be like the 2025 WordPress theme that comes right out of the box. It comes installed in WordPress. That is a true block-based theme, not a universal theme. So it doesn’t have those features because the assumption there is that it doesn’t need those features. You can kind of transform WP Rig into a universal theme that’s kind of a hybrid between a block-based and a classic theme. And then it can also transform into a strictly block-based theme as well. So following the same architecture as like the WordPress 2025 theme or Ollie or something like that is also a true block-based theme as well. So you can easily convert or transform the starting point of WP Rig into either of those paradigms if that’s the type of theme you’re setting out to build. Topher: Okay. That sounds super flexible. How much work is it to do that? Rob: It’s like one command line. Previously we had some tutorials on the website that showed you step-by-step, like what you needed to change about the theme to do that. You would have to add some files, delete some files, edit some code, add some theme supports into the base support class and some other stuff. I have recently, as of like a year and a half ago or a year ago, created a command line or a command that you can type into the command line that basically does that entire conversion process for you in like the blink of an eye. It takes probably a second to a second and a half to perform those changes to the code and then you’re good to go. It is best to do that conversion before you start building out your whole theme. It’s not impossible to do it after. But you’re more likely to run into problems or conflicts if you’ve already set out building your whole theme under one paradigm, and then you decide how the project you want to switch over to block-based or whatever. You’re likely to run into the need to refactor a bunch of stuff in that situation. So it is ideal to make that choice extremely early on in the process of developing your theme. But either way it’ll still work. That’s just one of the many tools that exist in WP Rig to transform it or convert it in several ways. That’s just one example. There are other examples of ways that Rig kind of converts itself to other paradigms as well. Topher: Yeah. All right. In my development life, I’ve had two parts to it. And one is the weekend hobbyist, or I download cadence and I whip something up in 20 minutes because I just want to experiment and the other is agency life where everything’s in Git, things are compiled, there are versions, blah, blah, blah. This sounds very friendly to that more professional pathway. Rob: Absolutely. Yes. Or, I mean, there’s another situation here too. If you’re a company who develops themes and publishes them to a platform like ThemeForest or any other platform, perhaps you’re selling themes on your own website, whatever, if you’re making things for sale, there’s no reason you couldn’t use WP Rig to build your themes. We have a bundle process that bundles your theme for publication or publishing. Whether you’re an agency or whether you’re putting your theme out for sale, it doesn’t matter, during that bundle process, it does actually white label the entire code base to where there’s no mention of WP Rig in the code whatsoever. Let’s say you were to build a theme that you wanted to put up for sale because you have some cool ideas. Say, page transitions now are completely supported in all modern or in most modern browsers. And when I say print page transitions, for those that are in the know, I am talking about not single page app page transitions, but through website page transitions. You can now do that. Let’s say you were like, “Hey, I’m feeling ambitious and I want to put out some new theme that comes with these page transitions built in,” and that’s going to be fancy on ThemeForest when people look at my demo, people might want to buy that. You could totally use WP Rig to build that out into a theme and the bundle process will white label all of the code. And then when people buy your theme and download that code, if they’re starting to go through and look through your code, they’re not going to have any way of knowing that it was built with WP Rig unless they’re familiar with the base WP Rig architecture, like how it does its object-oriented programming. It might be familiar with the patterns that it’s using and be able to kind of discern like, okay, well, this is the same pattern WP Rig uses, so high likelihood it was built with WP Rig. But they’re not going to be able to know by reading through the code. It’s not going to say WP Rig everywhere. It’s going to have the theme all over the place in the code. Topher: Okay. So then is that still WP Rig code? It just changed its labels? Rob: Yeah. Topher: So, it’s not like you’re exporting HTML, CSS and JavaScript? The underlying Rig framework is still there. Rob: Yeah. During the bundle process, it is bundling CSS and HTML. Well, HTML in the case of a block-based theme. But, yeah, it is bundling your PHP, your CSS, your JavaScript into the theme that you’re going to let people download when they buy it, or that you’re going to ship to your whatever client’s website. But all that code is going to be transpiled. In the case of CSS and JavaScript, there’s only going to be minified versions of that code in that theme. The source code is not actually going to be in there. Topher: This sounds pretty cool. You mentioned some stuff might be coming. You don’t have to tell me what it is, but do you have a timeline? When should we be watching for the next cool thing from Rig? Rob: Okay, cool. Well, I’m going to keep iterating on Rig forever. Regardless of any future products that might be built on WP Rig, WP Rig will always and forever remain an open source product for anybody to use for free and we, I, and possibly others in the future will continue to update it and support it over time. We just recently put out 3.1. You could expect the 3.2 anytime in the next six months to a year, probably closer to six months. One feature I’m looking at particularly closely right now is the new stuff coming out in version 6.9 of WordPress around the various APIs that are there. I think one of them is called the form… There’s a field API and a form API or view API or something like that. So WP Rig comes with a React-based settings framework in it. So if you want your theme to have a bunch of settings in it to make it flexible for whoever buys your theme, you can use this settings framework to easily create a bunch of fields, and then that framework will automatically manage all your fields and store all the data from those fields and make it easy to retrieve the values of the input on those fields, without knowing any React at all. Now, if you know React, you can go in there and, you know, embellish what’s already there, but it takes a JSON approach. So if you just understand JSON, you can go in and change the JSON for the framework, and that will automatically add fields into the settings framework. So you don’t even have to know React to extend the settings page if you want. That will likely get an overhaul using these new APIs being introduced into Rig. Topher: All right. How often have you run into something where, “Oh, look, WordPress has a new feature, I need to rebuild my system”? Rob: Over the last four or five years, it’s happened a lot because, yeah, I mean, like I said, when I first took this thing over, Gutenberg had not even been introduced yet. So, you had the introduction of Gutenberg and blocks. That was one thing. Then this whole full site editing became a thing, which later became the site editor. So that became a whole thing. Then all these various APIs. I mean, it happens quite frequently. So I’ve been working to keep it modern and up to date over the past four years and it’s been an incredible learning experience. It not only keeps my WordPress knowledge extremely sharp, but I’ve also learned how various other toolkits are built. That’s been the interesting thing. From a development standpoint, there’s two challenges here. One of the challenges is staying modern on the WordPress side of things. For instance, WordPress coding standards came out with a version 3 and then a version 3.1 about two years ago. I had to update WP Rig to leverage those modern coding standards. So that’s one example is as WordPress changes, the code in WP Rig also needs to change. Or for instance, if new CSS standards change, right, new CSS properties come out, it is ideal for the base CSS in WP Rig, meaning the CSS that you get right out of the box with it, comes with some of these, for instance, CSS grid, Flexbox, stuff like that. If I was adopting a theme framework to build a theme on, I would expect some of that stuff to be in there. And those things were extremely new when I first took over WP Rig and were not all baked in there essentially. So I’ve had to add a lot of that over time. Now there’s another side to this, which is not just keeping up with WordPress and CSS and PHP, 8. whatever, yada yada yada. You’ve also got the toolkit. There are various node packages and composer packages of power WP Rig and the process in which it does the transpiling, the bundling, the automated manipulation of your code during various aspects of the usage of WP Rig is a whole nother set of challenges because now you have to learn concepts like, well, how do I write custom node scripts? Right? Like there were no WP CLI commands built into WP Rig when I first took it over. Now there’s a whole list. There’s a whole library of WP CLI commands that come in Rig right out of the gate. And so I’ve had to learn about that. So just various things that come with knowing how do you automate the process of converting code, that’s something that was completely foreign to me when I first took over WP Rig. That’s been another incredible learning experience is understanding like what’s the difference between Webpack and Gulp. I didn’t know, right? I would tell people I’m using Gulp and WP Rig and they would be like, “Well, why don’t you just use Webpack?” and I would say, “I don’t know. I don’t know what the difference is.” So over time I could figure out what are the differences? Why aren’t we using Webpack? And I’m glad I spent some time on that because it turns out Webpack is not the hottest thing anymore, so I just skipped right over all that. When I overhauled for version 3, we’re now not using Gulp anymore as of 3.1. We’re now using more of a Vite-like process, far more modern than Webpack and far better and faster and sleeker and lighter. I had to learn a bunch about what powers Vite. What is Vite doing under the hood that we might be able to also do in WP Rig, but do it in a WordPress way. Because Vite is a SaaS tool. If you’re building a SaaS, like React with a… we’re not a SaaS. I guess a spa is a better term to use here. If you’re building a single page application with React or view or belt or whatever, right, then knowing what Vite is and just using Vite right out of the box is perfect. But it doesn’t translate perfectly to WordPress land because WordPress has its own opinions. And so I did have to do some dissecting there and figure out what to keep and what to not keep to what to kind of set aside so that WordPress can keep doing what WordPress does the way WordPress likes to do it, but also improve on how we’re doing some of the compiling and transpiling and the manipulation of the code during these various. Topher: All right. I want to pivot a little bit to some personal-ish questions. Rob: Okay. Topher: This is a big project. I’m sure it takes up plenty of your time. How scalable is that in your life? Do you want to do this for the rest of your life? Rob: That’s a fantastic question. I don’t know about the rest of my life. I mean, I definitely want to do web development for the rest of my life because the web has, let’s be honest, it’s transformed everyone’s way of life, whether you’re a web developer or not. You know, the fact that we have the internet in our pocket now, you know, it has changed everything. Apps, everything. It’s all built on the web. So I certainly want to be involved in the web the rest of my life. Do I want to keep doing WordPress the rest of my life? I don’t know. Do I want to keep doing WP Rig the rest of my life? I don’t know. But I will say that you bring up a very interesting point, which is it does take up a lot of time and also trust in open source over the past four or five years I would argue has diminished a little bit as a result of various events that have occurred over the past two or three years. I mean, we could cite the whole WP Engine Matt Mullerwig thing. We can also cite what’s going on with Oracle and JavaScript. Well, I mean, there’s many examples of this. I mean, we can cite the whole thing that happened… I mean, there’s various packages out there that are used and developed and open source to anybody, and some of them are going on maintained and it’s causing security vulnerabilities and degradation and all this stuff. So it’s a very important point. One thing I started thinking about after considering that in relation to WP Rig was I noticed that there’s usually a for-profit arm of any of these frameworks that seems to extend the lifespan of it. Let’s just talk about React, for example, React is an open source JavaScript framework, but it’s used by Facebook and Facebook is extremely for-profit. So companies that are making infrastructural or architectural decisions, they will base their choice on whether or not to use a framework largely on how long they think this framework is going to remain relevant or valid or maintained, right? A large part of that is, well, is there a company making money off of this thing? Because if there is, the chances- Topher: They’re going to keep doing that. Rob: They’re going to keep doing it. It’s going to stay around. That’s good. I think that’s healthy. A lot of people that like open source and want everything to be free, they might look at something like that and say like, well, I don’t want you to make a paid version of it or there shouldn’t be a pro version. I think that’s a very short-sighted way of looking at that software and these innovations. I think a more experienced way of looking at it is if you want something to remain relevant and maintained for a long period of time, having a for-profit way in which it’s leveraged is a very good thing. I mean, let’s be real. Would WordPress still be what it is today if there wasn’t a wordpress.com or if WooCommerce wasn’t owned by Automattic or whatever, right? They’ll be on top. I mean, it’s obviously impossible to say, but my argument would be, probably not. I mean, look at what’s happened to the other content management systems out there. You know, Joomla Drupal. They don’t really have a flourishing, you know, paid pro service that goes with their thing that’s very popular, at least definitely not as popular as WordPress.com or WordPress VIP or some of these other things that exist out there. And so having something that’s making and generating money that can then contribute back into it the way Automattic has been doing with WordPress over these years has, in my opinion, been instrumental. I mean, people can talk smack about Gutenberg all they want, but let’s be real, it’s 2025, would you still feel that WordPress is an elegant solution if we were still working from the WYSIWYG and using the classic editor? And I know a lot of people are still using the classic editor and there’s classic for us, the fork and all that stuff. But I mean, that only makes sense in a very specific implementation of WordPress, a very specific paradigm. If you want to explore any of these other paradigms out there, that way of thinking about WordPress kind of falls apart pretty quickly. I, for one, am happy that Gutenberg exists. I’m very happy that Automattic continues. And I’m grateful, actually, that Automattic continues to contribute back into WordPress. And not just them, obviously there’s other companies, XWP, 10Up, all these other companies are also contributing as well. But I’m very grateful that this ecosystem exists and that there’s contribution going back in and it’s happening from companies that are making money with this. And I think that’s vital. All that to say that WP Rig may and likely will have paid products in the future that leverage WP Rig. So that’s not to say that WP Rig will eventually cost money. That’s just to say that eventually people can expect other products to come out in the future that will be built on WP Rig and incentivize the continued contributions back into WP Rig. The open source version of WP Rig. Topher: That’s cool. I think that’s wise. If you want anything to stay alive, you have to feed it. Rob: That’s right. Topher: I had some more questions but I had forgotten them because I got caught up in your answer. Rob: Oh, thank you. I’ll take that as a compliment. I mean, my answer was eloquent. But I’m happy to expand on anything, know you, WordPress related, me related, you know, whether it comes to the ecosystem in WordPress, the whole WordCamp meetup thing is very interesting. I led the WP Omaha meetup for many years here in Omaha, Nebraska and I also led the WordCamp, the organizing of WordCamp here in Omaha for several years as well. That whole community, the whole ecosystem, at least in America seems to have largely fallen apart. I don’t know if you want to talk about that at all. But yeah, I’m ready to dive into any topics. Topher: I’m going to have one more question and then we’re going to wrap up. And it was that you were talking about all the things you had to learn. I’m sure there were nights where you were looking at your computer thinking, “Oh man, I had it working, now I gotta go learn a new thing.” I would love for you to go back in time and blog all of that if you would. But given that you can’t, I would be interested in a blog moving forward, documenting what you’re learning, how you’re learning it and starting maybe with a post that’s summarizes all of that. Obviously, that’s up to you and how you want to spend your time, but I think it’d be really valuable to other people starting a project, picking up somebody else’s project to see what the roadmap might look like. You know what I mean? Rob: For sure. Well, I can briefly summarize what I’ve learned over the years and where I’m at today with how I do this kind of stuff. I will say that a lot of the improvements to WP Rig that have happened over the last year or two would not be possible without the advent of AI. Topher: Interesting. Rob: That’s a fancy way of saying that I have been by coding a lot of WP Rig lately. If you know how to use AI, it is extremely powerful and it can help you do many things very quickly that previously would have taken much longer or more manpower. So, yeah, perhaps if there was like five, six, seven people actively, excuse me, actively contributing to WP Rig, then this type of stuff would have been possible previously, but that’s not the case. There is one person, well, one main contributor to WP Rig today and you’re talking to them. There are a handful of other people that have been likely contributing to WP Rig over the versions and you can find their contributions in the change log file in WP Rig. But those contributions have been extremely light compared to what I’ve been doing. I wouldn’t be able to do any of it without AI. I have learned my ability to learn things extremely rapidly has ramped up tenfold since I started learning how to properly leverage LLMs and AI. So that’s not to say that like, you know, WP Rig, all the code is just being completely written by AI and I’m just like. make it better, enter, and then like WP Rig is better. I wish it was that easy. It’s certainly not that. But when I needed to start asking some of these vital questions that I really didn’t have anyone to turn to to help answer them, I was able to turn to AI. For instance, let’s go back to the Webpack versus Gulp situation. Although Gulp is no longer used in WP Rig, you know, it was used in WP Rig until very recently. So I had to understand like, what is this system, how does it work, how do I extend it and how do I update it and all these things, right? And why aren’t we using WebPack and you know, is there validity to this criticism behind you should use webpack instead of Gulp or whatever, right? I was able to use AI to ask these questions and be able to get extremely good answers out of it and give me the direction I needed to make some of these kind of higher level decisions on like architecturally where should WP Rig go? It was through these virtual conversations with LLMs that I was able to refine the direction of WP Rig in a direction that is both modern and forward-thinking and architecturally sound. I learned a tremendous amount from AI about the architecture, about the code, about all of it. My advice to anybody that wants to extend their skill set a little bit in the development side of things is to leverage this new thing that we have in a way that is as productive as possible for you. So that’s going to vary from person to person. But for me, if I’m on a flight or if I’m stuck somewhere for a while, like, let’s say I got to take my kid to practice or something and I’m stuck there for an hour and I got to find some way to kill my time 9 times out of 10, I’m on my laptop or on my phone having conversations with Grok or ChatGPT or Gemini or whatever. I am literally refining… I’m just sitting there asking it questions that are on my mind that I wish I could ask somebody who’s like 10 times more capable than me. It has been instrumental. WP Rig wouldn’t be where it is today if it wasn’t for that. I would just say to anybody, especially now that it’s all on apps and you don’t have to be on a browser anymore, adopt that way of thinking. You know, if you’re on your lunch break or whatever and you have an hour lunch break and you only take 15 minutes to eat, what could you be doing with those other 45 minutes? You could just jump on this magical thing that we have now and start probing it for questions. Like, Hey, here’s what I know. Here’s what I don’t know. Fill these knowledge gaps for me.” And it is extremely good at doing that. Topher: So my question was, can you blog this and your answer told me that there’s more there that I want to hear. That’s the stuff that should be in your book when you write your book. Rob: I’m flattered that you would be interested in reading anything that I write. So thank you. I’ve written stuff in the past and it hasn’t gotten a lot of attention. But I also don’t have any platforms to market it either. But yeah, no, I made some… I’m sorry. Topher: I think your experience is valuable far beyond Rig or WordPress. If you abstract it out of a particular project to say, you know, I did this with a project, I learned this this way, I think that would be super valuable. Rob: Well, I will say that recently at my current job, I was challenged to create an end to end testing framework with Playwright that would speed up how long it takes to test things and also prevent, you know, to make things fail earlier, essentially, to prevent broken things from ending up in the wild, right, and having to catch them the hard way. I didn’t know a lot about Playwright, but I do know how toolkits work now because of WP Rig. And I was able to successfully in a matter of, I don’t know, three days, put together a starter kit for a test framework that we’re already using at work to test any website that we create for any client. It can be extended and it can be hooked into any CI CD pipeline and it generates reports for you and it does a whole bunch of stuff. I was able to do this relatively quickly. This knowledge, yes, does come in handy in other situations. Will I end up developing other toolkits like WP Rig in the future for other things? I guess if I can give any advice to anybody listening out there, another piece of advice I would give people is, you know, especially if you’re a junior developer and you’re still learning or whatever, or you’re just a marketing person and just want to have more control over the functionality side of what you’re creating or more insight into that so you could better, you know, manage projects or whatever. My advice would be to take on a small little project that is scoped relatively small that’s not too much for you to chew and go build something and do it with… Just doing that will be good. But if you can do it with the intent to then present it in some fashion, whether it be a blog article or creating a YouTube video or going to a meetup and giving a talk on it or even a lunch and learn at work or whatever, right, that will, in my experience, it will dramatically amplify how much you learn from that little pet project that’s kind of like a mini learning experience. And I highly encourage anybody out there to do that on the regular. Actually, no matter what your experience level is in development, I think you should do these things on a regular basis. Topher: All right. I’m going to wrap this up. I got to get back to work. You probably have to get back to work. Rob: Yeah. Topher: Thanks for talking. Rob: Thanks for having me, Topher. Really appreciate it. Topher: Where could people find you? WPrig.io? Rob: Yeah, WPrig.io. WP rig has accounts on all of the major platforms and, even on Bluesky and Mastodon. You can look me up, Rob Ruiz. You can find me on LinkedIn. You can find me on all of those same platforms as well. You can add me on Facebook if you want, whatever. And I’m also in the WordPress Slack as well as Rob Ruiz. You can find me in the WordPress Slack. And then I’m on the WordPress Reddit and all that stuff. So yeah, reach out. If anybody wants to have any questions about Rig or anything else, I’m happy to engage. Topher: Sounds good. All right, I’ll see you. Rob: All right, thanks, Topher. Have a good day. Topher: This has been an episode of the Hallway Chats podcast. I’m your host Topher DeRosia. Many thanks to our sponsor Nexcess. If you’d like to hear more Hallway Chats, please let us know on hallwaychats.com.
Deze aflevering nemen we nu al op met de bovenste knoop open, en dan moeten de feestdagen nog beginnen. De gezelligheidsagenda voor januari stroomt alweer vol, dus Gijsje, Femke en Barbara willen heel graag afspraken zoals in B&B Vol Liefde: dat ze samen ‘activiteiten' gaan ondernemen – en daarna pas gaan vreten. Verder zien we vol afgrijzen de opkomst van de winkelketengymp aan. En we zijn flink geschrokken van de alarmerende berichten over ‘the cliff' waarbij je op je 44e en op je 60e flink achteruit knalt. Een beetje zoals Oei ik groei, maar dan andersom. (‘Oei! Ik stort schoksgewijs in'). Om teleurstellingen in het echt te voorkomen, zullen we daarom al onze profielfoto's even aanpassen. Dan schuift Astrid Pascal aan, die vijf jaar lang spontaan met een nieuwe liefde de wereld over zeilde en terloops twee schipbreukelingen redde en 48 uur op windkracht 10 overleefde. Haar boodschap: je kan op je spaarcenten blijven zitten – maar je kan ze ook uitgeven aan het mooiste avontuur van je leven.MenzisLuister aflevering 41 van de Menzis podcastserie De Zorggids: Besluit, Begin, BeweegBears with BenefitsGebruik kortingscode SAARPODCAST15 voor 15% extra korting vanaf €20 bij Bears with Benefits, ook boven op de 38% korting op de Winter Glow kerstbox. Geldig t/m 21 december 2025!Adverteren?Wil je adverteren in deze podcast? Stuur dan een mailtje naar adverteren@bienmedia.nl.
This week, the gals hike up their snowpants to brave a specific northeastern tundra. Topics include the true wing king, a dastardly dioramist, and flirting via pussywillow. Gulp down a classic Tom & Jerry cocktail, put the Ouija board away, and tune in for Buffalo Crimes. For a full list of show sponsors, visit https://wineandcrimepodcast.com/sponsors. To advertise on Wine & Crime, please email ad-sales@libsyn.com or go to advertising.libsyn.com/winecrime.
We come to you a bit lost, as one week rolls into another, and Christmas is almost here! But we made it, and are here to chat to you about how we are wrapping up the term for our families PLUS how seasonal homeschooling is helping us realign our days.Reports are a hot topic for both of us with January reporting due soon. Gulp!In exciting news, the Sisters Who Homeschool Patreon platform is open from today as we slowly begin the prologue of our Journal Club. And, what a beautiful time of year to rest and reflect.We explain the different ways you can join our Journal Club and give you a sneak peek into what will be on offer for our homeschooling community. Please follow the link in our show notes to become part of our Journal Club where we will share and celebrate all the unique experiences of homeschool life.Support the showThanks for listening! Purchase our Journal Kits here Journal Kits Join our Journal Club via our Patreon platform here Journal Club We would love to answer your questions and help you share your stories.Write to us at:hello.sisterswhohomeschool@gmail.comFollow us at:FacebookInstagram
This week, Lotus and John are feeling particularly thankful for the handful of absolutely bananas stories that dropped in their laps! Including:Tencent's ultimate investment in UbisoftYoko Taro's projects keep getting canceledUnity coming to UnrealMegabonk withdraws from The Game AwardsUnknown Worlds vs Krafton gets unbelievably weirdRoblox CEO says the wildest things you can imagine on a podcastAlso, Lotus and John played/watched/listened to:One Battle After Another (film)Lingo 2Berserk B.I.T.S.The Phlegms' new album Gulp (album)Pluribus (television show)We, of course, answer your burning HIVE QUESTIONS from our lovely Discord.
Send us a textAn escaped mental patient embarks on a murder spree after escaping from an institution in 1987 Oakland, CA. He encounters a group of punks and they all regale each other with tales about their shared love of movies, people, places and memories beyond our knowable universe. On Episode 695 of Trick or Treat Radio we have another Patreon Takeover, this time with EF Contentment! EF has selected the films Freaky Tales and Nightmare (1981) for us to discuss! We also talk about underdog films, video nasties, and the romantic sleaziness of big cities in the 80s. So grab your favorite 80s mixtape, equip your favorite Nazi smashing weapon, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: Patreon Takeover, EF Contentment, High Spirits, Steve Guttenberg, Liam Neeson, The Buggering, Crying Game, Neil Jordan, Blood Diner, Night Patrol, The Unknown Comic, Billy Barty, The Being, Ryan Prows, Lowlife, C.M. Punk, Justin Long, Ricardo Zarate, Mike Nichols, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Stargate, DTS audio, SDDS, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Ali, The Gulp of Mexico, Skydance Paramount, Howard Dean, Mike Dukakis, Roman Polanski, G.I. Joe, “Bubba”, Univeral Healthcare, Sara Ottoman, Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson, Sugar, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Freaky Tales, Captain Marvel, Go, Mystery Train, Pulp Fiction, Maniac, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Green Room, the punk rock hip-hop and metal scenes, Lost Boys, Ishtar, Raising Arizona, Radio Days, Tom Hanks, Sid and Nancy, Big Trouble in Little China, Breaking Away, Top 5 Underdog Movies, Roger Ebert, Repo Man, David Cronenberg, Quentin Tarantino, Megadeth, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, plagiarism vs. homage, Nancy Reagan, TOO $HORT, Jay Ellis, Blade, The Fury, Brian De Palma, Three Days in the Valley, Nightmare, Romano Scavolini, Video Nasty, Trick or Treats, Death Wish Club, Basket Case, Alice Sweet Alice, Astron-6, Steven Kostanski, Deathstalker, Patton Oswalt, Daniel Bernhardt, Brain Dead Studios, Once Bitten, Lake Placid, Transylvania 6-5000, Razorback, Lifeforce, Gremlins 2, The Funhouse, Demon Witch Child, Night of the Demon, Jim Carrey, and generational trauma.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.comSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show
Your body already knows.It knows when something's right, when it's time to rest, when your next move is aligned. You just have to remember how to listen.This hypnotic journey is designed to be played as you drift to sleep at night. I'll guide you into the gentle space between waking and dreaming where your subconscious mind is open and receptive. From there, you'll reconnect to your body's wisdom and the intuitive signals that guide your every choice.Listen nightly for 30 days and notice the difference: you'll begin to sense your body's messages more clearly, trust them faster, and feel supported by your inner guidance in daily life.Your body is your oracle.CONNECT w/ LOVED ONES on the OTHER SIDE: https://www.jinaseer.com/email-lm-loved-ones// TIME STAMPS // 0:00 - 4:30 :: An intro and how to use this episode.4:31 - END :: Directive Hypnotic Journey: Your Body As An Oracle// MORE HYP JOURNEY INFO + PREP // Access the PDF, hypnotic track and more here - https://www.jinaseer.com/session-prepEpisode 3 - Anatomy of a Past Life RegressionEpisode 214 - Awareness: Your New RealityEpisode 215 - Anatomy of a Hypnotic Journey: Another Lifetime, Higher Self & SuggestionEpisode 237 - Clear & Kind Communication With your Body | Theme Preview// THE VIDEO //This sunset is from October in Joshua Tree National Park. I was set to do the longest hike I've ever done solo the day after this sunset. As I was sitting here I was looking at the trail maps (as I do hundreds of times before a big effort) and freaking myself out. I realized, "Oh I'll be hiking behind the mountains in the distance BEFORE the sun rises tomorrow." GULP. Nervousness elevated. I got to to the trail head the next morning and it was so dark I spent an hour getting the courage to begin. An intense morning. Hahahahaha. I did it tho! 37 mile hike in just under 11 hours on the California Riding and Hiking Trail in JTNP. A trail I've been stalking for years. I'm proud :) The video for this episode is available on...Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/@JinaSeerSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2QVHsoLED5BZdHu5uMSG0s?si=jUnbXB6zTfqA2QUopImbKg// SUBSCRIBE + LEARN MORE // SeerSessions.com and SeerSessions.com/subscribe to get on my email list.
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Hello Colorado Rapids fans. Well, that was underwhelming. This week on Holding The High Line, we break down the Rapids out of town scoreboard. The guys banter about the international break. The USMNT has two friendlies and no juice. Zack Steffen didn't get called up. He did not deserve it. We talk about Poch's every worrying comments. Also not that many of you are going to the game on Tuesday at DSGP. Then we take a high level view of the Real Salt Lake game and the Rocky Mountain Cup. Can Rapids fans take solace in retaining the Cup for the first time since in 19 years? Is the team for sure missing the playoffs? How about Cole Bassett again being played at left wing? We discuss the Chris Armas contract talks. Matt has some non-Rapids first team news to update you on. We look at playoff elimination scenarios for the weekend. Gulp. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
The Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report is your best resource for the Virginia Beach Fishing Report, Ocean View Fishing Report, Norfolk Fishing Report, Lynnhaven Inlet Fishing Report, and everywhere in between.For the anglers looking for an Eastern Shore Fishing Report, Hampton Fishing Report, Buckroe Beach Fishing Report, or York River Fishing Report, look no further. Every week we bring you a report for those anglers interested in a Cape Charles Fishing Report and a Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Fishing Report and for every location in the Lower Chesapeake Bay. For our guys looking for the Virginia Fishing Report, we've got you covered.First this week, we catch up with Captain Robbie Bryan with Reel Release Sportfishing. Robbie shares an excellent flounder report, noting some of the best action he's seen in years with consistent fish in the 20–22 inch range and trophies pushing 30 inches. He also talks opening day cobia, tough sight-fishing conditions, and how salinity changes pushed fish deeper. Robbie dives into conservation tips, why patience is key when setting the hook on flounder, and how anglers can help sustain the cobia fishery by being selective in harvest. Next, we hear from Captain Colt North with Litigator Sportfishing. Colt kicks things off with a fun recap from North Carolina, where he and his crew enjoyed red-hot yellowfin tuna action, boating fish up to 70 pounds on ballyhoo/sea witch rigs. Back in the Bay, he reports strong flounder fishing with limits coming off bucktail/Gulp rigs around wrecks and pilings, along with the arrival of spadefish and sheepshead. He also gives an update on cobia, which are present but not quite fired up yet due to fluctuating temps. Colt highlights his summer Litigator Kids Camps, offering ages 8–16 the chance to learn hands-on techniques across cobia, drum, reef, and inshore fishing. Sponsors:Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle Shoreline PlasticsGreat Days OutdoorsKillerDockHilton's Realtime-NavigatorAFTCOSalts Gone Fish Bites Sea TowBlack BuffaloStayput Anchor
The Cubs became the first time in Wild Card round history to win the first game of a series at home and not sweep by winning the second. Well, at least no team that won the first game has ever lost the series. Yet. Gulp. Oleg and Praz are here to handle a very special RECRAP postgame.
‘This is England's best chance in a long time to take the urn home.' Teddy and Corbin break down England's newly announced 16-man squad for the Ashes this summer.We also update our race to open the batting rankings.Are we getting a bit nervous about these Ashes? Maybe…
‘This is England's best chance in a long time to take the urn home.' Teddy and Corbin break down England's newly announced 16-man squad for the Ashes this summer.We also update our race to open the batting rankings.Are we getting a bit nervous about these Ashes? Maybe…
‘This is England's best chance in a long time to take the urn home.' Teddy and Corbin break down England's newly announced 16-man squad for the Ashes this summer.We also update our race to open the batting rankings.Are we getting a bit nervous about these Ashes? Maybe…
Pigs with human kidneys. Iron lungs. Bionic prostheses. And bendable genitals. Mary Roach is here, and Alie is freaking out. Over the last two decades, this science icon has written seven New York Times bestsellers, including Stiff, Bonk, Gulp, and Packing for Mars. Her latest release, Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy is all about Human Technomorphology. Prep your flesh for getting to 4th base in a lab, bugs on drugs, elective amputation, gene-tweaked farm animals, vacuum chambers, beating hearts, leftover tendons and much more with a scicomm legend who's Alie's personal career hero. Visit Mary Roach's website and follow her on InstagramCheck out Mary's books including her latest, Replaceable You, available on Amazon and Bookshop.orgDonations went to The Amputee Coalition and United Ostomy Associations of AmericaMore episode sources and linksOther episodes you may enjoy: Disability Sociology (DISABILITY PRIDE), Genicular Traumatology (BAD KNEES), Stem Cell Biology (CELLS MAKING CELLS), Systems Biology (MEDICAL MATHEMATICS), Neurotechnology (AI + BRAIN TECH), Osteology (SKELETONS/BODY FARMS), Surgical Oncology (BREAST CANCER), Dipterology (FLIES)400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topicSmologies (short, classroom-safe) episodesSponsors of OlogiesTranscripts and bleeped episodesBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a monthOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes!Follow Ologies on Instagram and BlueskyFollow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTokEditing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake ChaffeeManaging Director: Susan HaleScheduling Producer: Noel DilworthTranscripts by Aveline Malek Website by Kelly R. DwyerTheme song by Nick Thorburn Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Our guest today is Mary Roach, a science writer who's often drawn to taboo, or simply squeamish subjects, like sex, cadavers, or the digestive process. In books like Stiff, Bonk, Gulp, and Packing For Mars, Roach teaches her readers about the human body as well as basic – and not so basic – scientific concepts. It's science through storytelling – and humor. On July 28, 2025. Roach came to KQED's studios in San Francisco to talk about her new book, Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy, with journalist Alexis Madrigal, the co-host of KQED's Forum.
Hey du netter Hörer!Hier eine Folge. Jan hat nix vorbereitet. Merkste gleich selbst...Viel Spaß! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What if showing up as your most authentic, playful self was the key to doing truly brilliant work?Bree Groff, author of Today Was Fun: A Book About Work (Seriously), shares her radical rules for injecting more joy, creativity and aliveness into your professional life. An eye-opening listen for anyone who wants to finally merge work and life into one joyful expression of their fullest self.You can find Bree at: Website | Instagram | Episode TranscriptIf you LOVED this episode, you'll also love the conversations we had with Seth Godin about turning the workplace into a wellspring of fulfillment and innovation.Check out our offerings & partners: Join My New Writing Project: Awake at the WheelVisit Our Sponsor Page For Great Resources & Discount CodesCheck out our offerings & partners: Beam Dream Powder: Visit https://shopbeam.com/GOODLIFE and use code GOODLIFE to get our exclusive discount of up to 40% off. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In Part 2 of "My Cougar Love Story", Jayna picks up where she left off—the most awkward "meet the parents" moment since Ben Stiller met Robert De Niro. These aren't just any parents... we're talking a pastor and his very proper wife. (Gulp.) If you could take one guess at how they might feel about their precious son dating a much older, twice divorced woman from another country....you'd probably be right. What you might not expect, however, are all the lengths Jayna would go through in order to try and win them over. Let's just say, she tried everything short of speaking in tongues- a full blown PR campaign for redemption! Was it a losing battle? Listen and find out! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to send some love, please click here: Buymeacoffee.com/BigLashEnergy Our not-so-secret goal is to create a tribe of badass women who find beauty in the messiest parts of life. We're learning and laughing as we go! If you know someone who could use a little BLE in their life? If so, could you pretty please share this show with them! ...let's grow this tribe together! HOW TO CONNECT: Find us on INSTAGRAM! BigLashPodcast Jaynas makeup and personal IG: JaynaMarieMakeup We're official! Here's our website: www.biglashpodcast.com IN THIS EPISODE: -Navigating age gap relationships -Dating older women -Interracial love -Crazy Date Stories -Unconventional love -Following your heart
This week marked 50 years since Fleetwood Mac's 1975 self-titled album, often ranking as one of the best rock albums of all time in various music lists. We celebrate by turning back the pages, and also look to the future with new releases and emerging artists! Dublin punks DC Dolls' guitarist Abi joins us to talk about the band's year and new single Blame Me, and we hear music fromFleetwood Mac, Muse, Olivia Dean, The DSM IV, Wunderhorse, Gulp, Pompadour, Highway 56, Sprints, Car Boot Sale, Ms Mohammed, Africa Express, Kneecap, Kokoroko, DC Dolls.Find this week's playlist here. Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows!Touch that dial and tune in live! We're on at CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston, or on cfrc.ca, Sundays 8 to 9:30 PM! Listen back to full shows in the linked CFRC archive for 3 months from broadcast.Like what we do? Donate to help keep our 102-year old radio station going!Get in touch with the show for requests, submissions, giving feedback or anything else: email yellowbritroad@gmail.com, Twitter @YellowBritCFRC, IG @yellowbritroad.PS: submissions, cc music@cfrc.ca if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well.
This week, party boat captain Payton Gepp and C&R regular captain Eric Kerber do some flounder pounding with your favorite smallmouth lure, we meet a real life striper fishing Jesus, stiff the girls at the trampoline park on anchoring tips, and invest our life savings in the wrong color Gulp.
Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss orange wine phenomenon Gulp Hablo, a brand that has taken New York and other markets by storm over the last few years. What exactly is it about this orange wine from Spain that makes it so popular - the packaging, the size, the flavor profile, the varieties, or something else? Can other producers and brands learn some valuable lessons here? Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.Joanna is watching: VinePair's Best New BartenderZach is reading: The 10 Most Important Scotch Whiskies of the Last 25 YearsAdam is reading: The Unstoppable Rise of Gulp Hablo, Everyone's Favorite Liter of Orange WineInstagram: @adamteeter, @jcsciarrino, @zgeballe, @vinepair Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
At Kindred Church, we believe that God is radically inclusive because that's what Jesus repeatedly demonstrates. But if we're not careful, we can affirm the inclusivity of God without actually responding to it in our lives. In today's sermon, we'll explore a powerful passage in which Jesus reminds us that we are included by God while he also shows us how we might be excluding ourselves. Gulp! Get ready to be comforted and challenged…at the same time! Scripture Reading: Luke 14:15-24 Share: Know someone who needs this message right now? Send them the link! Connect: https://rb.gy/0gguyc Give: https://pushpay.com/g/kindredumc Prayer: https://rb.gy/xwmuok Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/kindrednc.church/kindreds-latest-6-22-2025
In this episode, Rachel introduces John Swartout, who is a political powerhouse (don't let that deter you- his stories are really interesting). During last week's CPW Commission meeting, Commissioner Robinson asked what it was people wanted the commission to do from a policy standpoint. John answered and it was powerful.I also talk a little (sneak listen alert) about my historical fiction piece. Gulp.This episode is brought to you by Adam Rose at Illiff Custom Cabinetry. Find him on The Facebook, man.Don't forget to check your cows, check your fields, and check your neighbors. It matters.
Miserere mei, Deus (‘Have mercy upon me, O God) Disaster! With one fell swoop, the second king of Israel broke three of the commandments God had given to help His people live in the light of His holiness. The enormity of what David had done in his sudden relationship with Bathsheba did not seem to strike his heart immediately, however. He had coveted another man's wife, committed adultery, planned and plotted the death of one of his most loyal and upright followers – and then carried on as if everything was normal. But God knew, and in his love and holiness He sent the prophet Nathan to confront David. Gulp! It was a task that required courage, given the king's sometimes domineering and even tyrannical tendency to exert his power in unkind and capricious ways. Nathan, who seems to have served as something akin to a court chaplain, knew that he was risking his life, and wisely approached the matter by telling David a riddle within a parable about a rich man stealing a poor man's pet lamb, before pointing the finger squarely at him. Nathan's words pierced the hardness in David's heart, reminding him of the shepherd he had been, and the unfairness of the tale that he had just heard. The penny dropped. David heard and took the matter to heart – and his repentance was as profound and far-reaching as his faithfulness had been so outstanding on so many other occasions. Deeper far than mere remorse, the Holy Spirit has used David's record of his repentance in what we know as Psalm 51 to touch and convict countless hearts ever since. As we reflect and pray, may the Lord help us to enter more deeply into a 360 degree awareness of own faults and failings, and to pray blessing upon blessing on those who we have hurt or maligned. Few pieces of music can help us to enter more deeply into this ‘mea culpa' recognition of our own sins and shortcomings than Gregorio Allegri's stunningly beautiful setting of this psalm. You will probably be familiar with the story of how this sublime music was discovered. Jealously guarded by the Vatican, and forbidden to be sung anywhere outside the pope's own Sistine Chapel, (and even there only during Holy Week), the story goes that Mozart, the teenage musical prodigy, heard the Miserere being sung during a service, and promptly rushed home and wrote the whole complex piece out from memory. Whether or not the story depicts exactly what happened, the fact is that, thanks to Mozart, the music entered the public domain – for which we can never be too grateful. A devout believer, Allegri himself had trained as a priest, and worked with the Vatican's Papal Choir. He has been described as a man ‘whose music was imbued with his religious faith and personal sense of justice, and who was ‘a model of priestly peace and humility, a father to the poor, the consoler of captives and the forsaken, a self-sacrificing help and rescuer of suffering humanity.' This combination of David's words and Allegri's heavenly music represent a wonderful opportunity for heart spring-cleaning. The music was recorded for us in Berlin in April 2025, and played by Susanne Herzog, Shirley Richards, Anne Seidler, Gabriele Kröhnert and Alexander Koderisch, with Julia and Thomas Herzog and Peter Richards making solo contributions on recorder, cor anglais and French horn.
Today we've got David Dayen on to talk about the big Apple decision limiting fees on the company's app store, and then the building supply disruptions thanks to Trump's tariffs, which look to be comparable to what happened during the pandemic. Gulp.
Arne Slot and his merry men got the title over the line, but how does his (and his pal Jürgen Klopp's) Liverpool rank among the Premier League title-winning sides of old? That's the nice, uncontentious topic Marcus, Pete & Vish are discussing today. Gulp...Plus, after Jonás Gutiérrez was spotted busking in Newcastle city centre, who makes our garage band of rock-and-roll footballers?Our tour starts NEXT WEEK! Get your tickets now before it's too late: https://footballramblelive.com.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Fantasy Baseball Live – April 27, 2025Microsoft Team Invite:Segment 1 and 2: Review the weekend gamesAdditional Observations and Questions:1.Word out of NY is that they might make a move with Devin Williams. Who would you speculate for saves?a.Speaking of closers, Emmanuel Clase pitched the eighth inning while Cade Smith took the ninth. I understand they are just trying to get Clase back on track, but could this signal a change in closers?2.Austin Hays hit two home runs on Saturday. He's now up to five, despite missing the season's first two weeks. Are you buying this?3.Speaking of buying this, Tyler Mahle had another terrific start on Saturday. He has a sub-1.14 ERA, 3 wins, but only 26 strikeouts in 31 innings. Thoughts?4.Gage Workman is now a member of the White Sox. Interesting.5.Tyler O'Neill hits the IL, and the Orioles call up Dylan Carlson. Any interest?6.Logan Gilbert was removed from his start due to forearm tightness. Gulp.Segment 3: Waiver WireSegment 4: Closer ReportClose
This week on the Giz Wiz, we find a way to suit up a pup in post-surgery style, Chad has an "extra" and revisits a throwback game with a high-tech twist, and Dick has a gadget a smash buttons like it's an Olympic sport!
This week on the Giz Wiz, we find a way to suit up a pup in post-surgery style, Chad has an "extra" and revisits a throwback game with a high-tech twist, and Dick has a gadget a smash buttons like it's an Olympic sport!
"Yoshi!! Gulp!" Switch 2 The Past continues it's torrid pace with episode 2 all about Mario's most faithful sidekick. No not Luigi, but he is green, it's Yoshi! Travel back 30 years in the past to a simpler time when dinosaurs did indeed roam the earth. Special guests Dave (@remember64) and Cam (@cpawx) return to the podcast to chat about their favourite memories and reveal a few scandalous secrets about the game too. Sit back, relax and don't let that timer go down to zero!
What are some of the most jarring realities of adulthood? Jeremy shares a list of painful experiences that many adults face on a daily basis. Then, we transition to PMI, where we explore a positive, a negative, and an intriguing aspect of life. The fun continues on our social media pages!Jeremy, Katy & Josh Facebook: CLICK HERE Jeremy, Katy & Josh Instagram: CLICK HERE
In a debate that needed its own full episode, the elbows go up and the gloves come off when two of our favourite debaters take on Canada becoming the 51st state.
Kuala Lumpur International Airport says no to a ransom attack, switches to whiteboard. A tired and jet-lagged Troy Hunt got Phished then listed himself on his own site. Cloudflare completely pulls the plug on port 80 (HTTP) API access. Malware is switching to obscure languages to avoid detection. FORTH, anyone? Password reuse doesn't appear to be dropping. Cloudflare has numbers. A listener shares his log of malicious Microsoft login attempts. Why no geofencing? 23andMe down for the count (reminder). A sobering Ransomware attack & victim listing website. Gulp! "InControl" keeps VR planes aloft. And the European Union gets serious about a switch to Linux Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1019-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: drata.com/securitynow outsystems.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit threatlocker.com for Security Now legatosecurity.com
Kuala Lumpur International Airport says no to a ransom attack, switches to whiteboard. A tired and jet-lagged Troy Hunt got Phished then listed himself on his own site. Cloudflare completely pulls the plug on port 80 (HTTP) API access. Malware is switching to obscure languages to avoid detection. FORTH, anyone? Password reuse doesn't appear to be dropping. Cloudflare has numbers. A listener shares his log of malicious Microsoft login attempts. Why no geofencing? 23andMe down for the count (reminder). A sobering Ransomware attack & victim listing website. Gulp! "InControl" keeps VR planes aloft. And the European Union gets serious about a switch to Linux Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1019-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: drata.com/securitynow outsystems.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit threatlocker.com for Security Now legatosecurity.com
Kuala Lumpur International Airport says no to a ransom attack, switches to whiteboard. A tired and jet-lagged Troy Hunt got Phished then listed himself on his own site. Cloudflare completely pulls the plug on port 80 (HTTP) API access. Malware is switching to obscure languages to avoid detection. FORTH, anyone? Password reuse doesn't appear to be dropping. Cloudflare has numbers. A listener shares his log of malicious Microsoft login attempts. Why no geofencing? 23andMe down for the count (reminder). A sobering Ransomware attack & victim listing website. Gulp! "InControl" keeps VR planes aloft. And the European Union gets serious about a switch to Linux Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1019-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: drata.com/securitynow outsystems.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit threatlocker.com for Security Now legatosecurity.com
Kuala Lumpur International Airport says no to a ransom attack, switches to whiteboard. A tired and jet-lagged Troy Hunt got Phished then listed himself on his own site. Cloudflare completely pulls the plug on port 80 (HTTP) API access. Malware is switching to obscure languages to avoid detection. FORTH, anyone? Password reuse doesn't appear to be dropping. Cloudflare has numbers. A listener shares his log of malicious Microsoft login attempts. Why no geofencing? 23andMe down for the count (reminder). A sobering Ransomware attack & victim listing website. Gulp! "InControl" keeps VR planes aloft. And the European Union gets serious about a switch to Linux Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1019-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: drata.com/securitynow outsystems.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit threatlocker.com for Security Now legatosecurity.com
Kuala Lumpur International Airport says no to a ransom attack, switches to whiteboard. A tired and jet-lagged Troy Hunt got Phished then listed himself on his own site. Cloudflare completely pulls the plug on port 80 (HTTP) API access. Malware is switching to obscure languages to avoid detection. FORTH, anyone? Password reuse doesn't appear to be dropping. Cloudflare has numbers. A listener shares his log of malicious Microsoft login attempts. Why no geofencing? 23andMe down for the count (reminder). A sobering Ransomware attack & victim listing website. Gulp! "InControl" keeps VR planes aloft. And the European Union gets serious about a switch to Linux Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1019-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: drata.com/securitynow outsystems.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit threatlocker.com for Security Now legatosecurity.com
Kuala Lumpur International Airport says no to a ransom attack, switches to whiteboard. A tired and jet-lagged Troy Hunt got Phished then listed himself on his own site. Cloudflare completely pulls the plug on port 80 (HTTP) API access. Malware is switching to obscure languages to avoid detection. FORTH, anyone? Password reuse doesn't appear to be dropping. Cloudflare has numbers. A listener shares his log of malicious Microsoft login attempts. Why no geofencing? 23andMe down for the count (reminder). A sobering Ransomware attack & victim listing website. Gulp! "InControl" keeps VR planes aloft. And the European Union gets serious about a switch to Linux Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1019-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: drata.com/securitynow outsystems.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit threatlocker.com for Security Now legatosecurity.com
Kuala Lumpur International Airport says no to a ransom attack, switches to whiteboard. A tired and jet-lagged Troy Hunt got Phished then listed himself on his own site. Cloudflare completely pulls the plug on port 80 (HTTP) API access. Malware is switching to obscure languages to avoid detection. FORTH, anyone? Password reuse doesn't appear to be dropping. Cloudflare has numbers. A listener shares his log of malicious Microsoft login attempts. Why no geofencing? 23andMe down for the count (reminder). A sobering Ransomware attack & victim listing website. Gulp! "InControl" keeps VR planes aloft. And the European Union gets serious about a switch to Linux Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1019-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: drata.com/securitynow outsystems.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit threatlocker.com for Security Now legatosecurity.com
#595: Eva is finally closing in on her financial independence goals, but she's grappling with how to make a smooth transition from accumulation to decumulation. What should she consider? John has noticed a game-changing omission from recent discussions about traditional versus Roth IRAs. Is this as big of a deal as he thinks it is? An anonymous caller is excited to convert his primary residence into a rental property. But he'll only make a profit if he first sells some equities to pay down the mortgage. Is this a good idea? Former financial planner Joe Saul-Sehy and I tackle these questions in today's episode. Enjoy! P.S. Got a question? Leave it at https://affordanything.com/voicemail For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/podcast/binge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Trump's shocking 25% tariffs, unprecedented economic uncertainty, and a trade assault on Canada with no clear demands...and we are only mid week. Gulp.Mortgage industry veteran Dustan Woodhouse sits down with Adam & Matt to discuss the immediate challenges reshaping Vancouver's real estate landscape in early 2025. From Warren Buffett calling tariffs "an act of war" to Dustan's surprising reversal on fixed vs. variable mortgages in 2025, this conversation unpacks the hard realities facing our housing market and the larger Canadian economic landscape.Is this the tipping point that transforms Vancouver's real estate landscape for decades to come? Will the traditionally resilient Vancouver market once again defy economic gravity? And with uncertainty becoming the norm rather than the exception, how should sellers, buyers and investors position themselves for what's coming next? Don't miss this timely, insightful conversation!
Our 10th Annual Oscars Preview podcast is the 647th chat on Have You Ever Seen...and it's an in-depth look at the controversial 97th Academy Awards. First-time host Conan O'Brien will probably riff on the dirt, but also how this is one of those “who are you people” Oscars. Yeah, it just wasn't a terrific year for film and the nominations reflect that...particularly in major categories like Best Picture and Best Director. It also seems like people watched 15 or 20 movies all year, then just picked them as nominees in nearly every category. So fire up our show to hear if we think this will be the year of a sex-worker winning all the big prizes. Or will it be the year of a transgender drug lord? Or maybe it'll be the year of a surly, green witch. Or a brutal artist. Gulp down some Sparkplug Coffee on Sunday night. Our listeners get a onetime 20% discount by using our "HYES" promo code. The website? It's "sparkplug.coffee/hyes". Subscribe to our channel, but also rate and review our chats in your podcast app. And follow us on social media: @moviefiend51 and ryan-ellis for Ryan on Bluesky and @bevellisellis and bevellisellis on Bluesky. Email us: haveyoueverseenpodcast@gmail.com. And seek out the show on YouTube. The destination in the search bar is @hyesellis. Comment, like and don't leave before you subscribe.
In this engaging episode of the Stuck In My Mind Podcast titled "Activate Your Potential: Rick Tamlyn on Living Your Best Life," host Wize El Jefe welcomes Dr. Rick Tamlyn, an internationally renowned speaker, coach, and creator of the Bigger Game. Tamlyn's mission revolves around helping people design and live meaningful and impactful lives, a theme that resonates throughout the conversation. The episode begins with an intriguing discussion about the origin of the Bigger Game, a philosophy, and framework that Tamlyn developed over his 38-year career in personal growth and coaching. He describes it as an evolving concept, manifesting in various forms such as a book, workshop, a talk, and possibly a movie in the future. Rooted in the idea that the happiest people are those who are up to something bigger than they know how to create, the Bigger Game encourages individuals to view life as a game filled with opportunities. Tamlyn opens up about a pivotal moment in his life, sharing his personal journey of coming out as a gay man in the 1970s, navigating the AIDS crisis in New York City, and overcoming societal judgment and challenges. This personal struggle propelled him into coaching, leading him to become an advocate for helping others live authentically. Tamlyn emphasizes the importance of living a life aligned with one's values and shares insights on how to define and pursue what constitutes a great life. The episode delves deep into the elements of the Bigger Game, highlighting how people can push past fear and comfort zones to pursue their dreams and live out their potential. Tamlyn presents the nine-square Bigger Game board, which acts as a tool for assessing where individuals stand in their journey and what actions they need to take for growth. He articulates several foundational squares such as Hunger, Compelling Purpose, Gulp, Investment, Allies, and more, explaining how each plays a critical role in the game of life. Throughout the conversation, Wize El Jefe and Rick Tamlyn bond over shared philosophies and experiences. Wize reflects on his personal journey, opening up about his fears, losses, and eventually finding purpose and joy through podcasting. His story exemplifies the principles of the Bigger Game—embracing discomfort, confronting fear, and taking bold actions to make a meaningful impact. As the episode continues, Wize and Rick explore the concepts of living boldly, the importance of self-reflection, and ways to maintain motivation and inspiration when helping others achieve their dreams. Rick, drawing from his extensive experience, offers valuable insights into how people can uncover their life's compelling purpose through experimentation and reflection, advocating for trying different things to discover what truly resonates. The episode concludes with Rick emphasizing the importance of not worrying too much about what others think and embracing one's unique journey. His parting advice encourages listeners to play their own bigger games, live authentically, and continually strive for a more meaningful existence. Throughout the discussion, both Rick and Wize convey a shared commitment to impacting the lives of others, offering encouragement to anyone seeking to unlock their potential. Listeners of this episode are treated to an inspiring and heartfelt dialogue filled with practical wisdom from Rick Tamlyn's personal experiences and professional expertise. The conversation serves not only as a guide to living a fuller life but also as a testament to the power of personal transformation and intentional living.
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: relying on books when sick and bookish themed parties Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: bookishness that we are thankful for The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . 1:29 - Ad For Ourselves 1:53 - Currently Reading Patreon 8:19 - Fabled Bookshop 9:13 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 11:33 - Currently Reading Patreon 12:42 - Our Current Reads 13:03 - The Ruins by Scott Smith (Meredith) 14:15 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann 17:55 - The Turtle House by Amanda Churchill (Kaytee) 18:01 - Commonplace Books 19:40 - Betty by Tiffany McDaniel 21:09 - Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten (Meredith) 26:56 - Bonk by Mary Roach (Kaytee) 29:43 - Gulp by Mary Roach 31:01 - The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey (Meredith) 36:12 - Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross (Kaytee) 36:27 - Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross 36:35 - Fairyloot 38:51 - All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 39:51 - The Rook by Daniel O'Malley 39:52 - Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley 40:26 - Bookishness We Are Thankful For 41:47 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 41:56 - Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh 42:17 - Are You There? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume 43:52 - Matilda by Roald Dahl 44:00 - The Witches by Roald Dahl 44:01 - The Twits by Roald Dahl 44:02 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 45:27 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 45:35 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 47:05 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 48:16 - Lobizona by Romina Garber Russell 51:56 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 52:18 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 52:56 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 53:30 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer 54:26 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 56:04 - The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny 56:09 - Meet Us At The Fountain 56:13 - I wish you would consider the new airpod 4s as a gift to yourself this year. (Meredith) 56:16 - AirPods 4 1:01:36 - I wish to press Mr. Dickens and his Carol by Samantha Silva. (Kaytee) 1:01:37 - Mr. Dickens and his Carol by Samantha Silva Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. December's IPL is a recap of the 2024 year! Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!