Podcasts about Homer

"Relax, kids; I've got a GUT FEELING Uter is around here somewhere. After all, isn't there a little Uter in all of us? In fact, you might even say we just ATE UTER and he's in our stomachs right now! Wait—scratch that one." - Seymour Skinner It's time once again to bask in the warm, glowing, warming glow of yet another Simpsons Halloween special—and, quite possibly, the funniest one to date. On this fifth installment, Homer becomes an axe-wielding, family slaying psychopath, the family gets trapped in a dystopian society lorded over by Ned Flanders, and Bart and Lisa risk being gooified by their hungry teachers. And if that's not enough, it all culminates with a show-stopping, inside-out dance number! Our guest: Ian Jones-Quartey, creator of OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Support this podcast and get over 200 ad-free bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! And please follow the official Bluesky and Instagram!

The other day I found the perfect desk on Facebook Marketplace. Great photos. Fair price. Only ten minutes away from my house. But I didn't buy it. Why? Because one simple piece of information was missing — the dimensions. Without that one detail, I couldn't tell if it would fit our space… so I moved on. And it made me realize something. Farm customers do this all the time. They want to buy… but a small unanswered question stops them from moving forward. If customers are interested in your farm but not actually buying, the problem might not be your product -- it might be the questions your marketing isn't answering. In this episode, I'm unpacking the concept of customer objections and why understanding them is one of the most powerful marketing skills you can develop as a farmer. You'll learn: Why FAQs and customer objections are basically the same thing The most common questions farm customers ask before they buy Where in your marketing you should be answering these questions How unanswered objections quietly kill sales When you start intentionally addressing the questions your customers already have, something powerful happens… Your marketing becomes clearer. Your customers feel more confident. And sales become easier. Thank You to Our Podcast Sponsors: Local Line: Local Line is my farm's preferred e-commerce platform for farmers. Are you looking for a new solution for your farm? I can't recommend it enough. Easy-to-use inventory management, great customer service, continuous improvement, and a culture dedicated to equipping farmers with marketing expertise. Local Line is offering a free premium feature for free for one year on top of your paid subscription. Claim your discount by signing up for a Local Line account today and using the coupon code: MDF2026. Head to my special affiliate link to get started: www.mydigitalfarmer.com/localline Citizen Salmon Alaska Citizen Salmon Alaska is my go-to seafood partner for CSA farms. This is my fifth season working with them, and I keep coming back for a simple reason: it works. They offer wild sockeye salmon, halibut, black cod, shrimp, and smoked seafood — all sourced directly from independent fishermen out of Homer, Alaska. What makes this partnership such a win for farms is the model: I promote Citizen Salmon to my customers, they order directly from Citizen Salmon's website using a farm-specific code, Citizen Salmon ships frozen fish straight to them, and I earn a commission — without handling inventory, packing, or delivery. It's an aligned, ethical way to expand your product suite and serve your customers well. If you're curious about adding seafood to your CSA without adding work, learn more and reach out to Aaron at citizensalmonalaska.com. Farm Marketing School: Want a plug-and-play marketing system for your farm? Join Farm Marketing School, my monthly membership where I teach farmers how to build simple, repeatable marketing systems that actually drive sales. Inside, you'll get: ✅ Step-by-step marketing projects (emails, website design, lead magnets, promotions & more) ✅ Templates & swipe files to save you hours of work ✅ Live coaching calls every month for strategy & support Inside, you'll get access to bite-sized marketing projects like:

Today we bring you Laura's incredible birth story. Laura and her partner Mikey live in Homer, Alaska with their daughter Hannah.  I honestly don't know the best manner or order to present all of the awesome elements of this story, so I'll do my best to share it all as it hits me. First of all, Laura is an incredibly strong young woman. She experienced 4 miscarriages over the course of 2 years, as well as the miscarriage of an adopted baby. After ending her marriage, she packed up her life and moved to Fairbanks, Alaska. She eventually met her partner Mikey and they became pregnant shortly after dating. Not knowing if she'd be able to carry a pregnancy to full-term, along with the new relationship, a lot of things seemed uncertain.  But as love and life would have it, Laura did carry to term. She gave birth to their daughter Hannah in a cabin (with no running water!) on a day when the temperature was twenty degrees below zero! Laura describes her birth as a dream come true. She's also a birth doula, postpartum care specialist, placenta specialist, and certified lactation counselor - so as a fellow birth junkie, she had lots to share! Listening to Laura's story gave me goosebumps - it gave me warm and fuzzies - it made me tear up - it made me grateful - it made me hopeful.  We're so thankful for Laura and her tenacity and willingness to share with us. Oh and major PS - she straight up ate part of her placenta after giving birth. Like, her midwife cut off a piece and she held it in her mouth for a few minutes before eating. Total badass. Connect With Us Website: https://diahpodcast.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@diahpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingitathome/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/diahpodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doingitathome Merch: https://doingitathome.dashery.com/ Our Book: https://amzn.to/45Sxyr1 Support DIAH: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=KA3QQRRU58VPL Check Out Our Partners: Needed: https://needed.sjv.io/XY3903 - use code DIAH to get 20% off your first, one-time order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, and welcome to the Reloading Podcast here on the Firearms Radio Network.   Tonight we're finally going to set up Mike's FA X-10   X-10   Cartridge corner:    Suicide hotline 988 or 800-273-8255 https://walkthetalkamerica.org/ For Active Military or veterans, www.militaryonesource.com   Reviews:   Reloading Podcast Merch link   Please remember to use the affiliate links for Amazon and Brownells from the Webpage  it really does help the show and the network. Also visit https://huntshootoffroad.com/shop/ and use code RLP10 to save 10%on your Brass Goblin gear.   Patreons  New Patreons:  Current Patreons: Slim, Rick P, Billy G, Roland Y, Chris B, Justin N, Zeke, Byron Y, Homer, Larry C, Milsurp Duo, Chris S, Paul N, Alexander R, Carl K, Mark K, Drew, Richard C, Kenneth D, Mike S RLP pledge link   Thank you for listening.   How to get in contact with us: Google Voice # 608-467-0308 Reloading Podcast website. Reloading Podcast Facebook Reloading Podcast on Instagram Reloading Podcast on MeWe Reloading Podcast on Discord The Reloading Room  Buckeye Targets Rabbit Hole Precision   

The Gospel know as Luke is widely loved by Christians all around the world. But if you were to ask someone when it was written or where did this author get his sources, they might be a little confused. In this episode, I will look at the dating of this manuscript and exactly where he got his source information from. Would you be surprised to learn that this author borrowed from Homer, Jewish scripture and even Josephus to build stories for his accounts of Jesus

HITM: Sally checks in from Eventing Nation with a preview of the KY Three Day, the Maryland 5* situation and the load up to the Olympics. Auditor Paige stops by to chat about the annual Bull Run Hunt Vixen Hunt and her win of the “Best Barbie”. Plus, “This Day in Equine History” brings us the unluckiest loser in racing history. Listen in…AUDITOR POST SHOW: Answer Auditor questions.HORSES IN THE MORNING Episode 3905– Show Notes and Links:Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Glenn the GeekJamie and Glenn's Amazon StoreTitle Sponsor: WERM FlooringPic Credit: Auditor PaigeGuest: Sally from Eventing Nation | Go Eventing PodcastGuest: Auditor Paige on the Bull Run Hunt Vixen HuntLink: HRN SurveyAdditional support for this podcast provided by: US Rider, Equine Network and Listeners Like YouTime Stamps: 07:24 - Daily Whinnies13:06 - Sally from Eventing Nation14:44 - Maryland 5* uncertainty explained18:20 - Kentucky 3‑Day preview & entries24:21 - Focusing Eventing Nation on amateurs27:25 - LA Olympics & World Cup in Texas32:59 - Paige's Barbie‑themed Vixen Hunt41:34 - This Day in Equine History45:48 - Homer's cancer update50:24 - Auditor Post Show

Hello, and welcome to the Reloading Podcast here on the Firearms Radio Network.   Tonight the gang is  talking about TitanX, the new product from Mantis.   TitanX   Cartridge corner:    Suicide hotline 988 or 800-273-8255 https://walkthetalkamerica.org/ For Active Military or veterans, www.militaryonesource.com   Reviews:   Reloading Podcast Merch link   Please remember to use the affiliate links for Amazon and Brownells from the Webpage  it really does help the show and the network. Also visit https://huntshootoffroad.com/shop/ and use code RLP10 to save 10%on your Brass Goblin gear.   Patreons  New Patreons:  Current Patreons: Slim, Rick P, Billy G, Roland Y, Chris B, Justin N, Zeke, Byron Y, Homer, Larry C, Milsurp Duo, Chris S, Paul N, Alexander R, Carl K, Mark K, Drew, Richard C, Kenneth D, Mike S RLP pledge link   Thank you for listening.   How to get in contact with us: Google Voice # 608-467-0308 Reloading Podcast website. Reloading Podcast Facebook Reloading Podcast on Instagram Reloading Podcast on MeWe Reloading Podcast on Discord The Reloading Room  Buckeye Targets Rabbit Hole Precision  

Hello, and welcome to the Reloading Podcast here on the Firearms Radio Network.   Tonight Mike will try again to do a live comparison of electronic powder throwers    Chargemaster Supreme Intellidropper   Cartridge corner:    Suicide hotline 988 or 800-273-8255 https://walkthetalkamerica.org/ For Active Military or veterans, www.militaryonesource.com   Reviews:   Reloading Podcast Merch link   Please remember to use the affiliate links for Amazon and Brownells from the Webpage  it really does help the show and the network. Also visit https://huntshootoffroad.com/shop/ and use code RLP10 to save 10%on your Brass Goblin gear.   Patreons  New Patreons:  Current Patreons: Slim, Rick P, Billy G, Roland Y, Chris B, Justin N, Zeke, Byron Y, Homer, Larry C, Milsurp Duo, Chris S, Paul N, Alexander R, Carl K, Mark K, Drew, Richard C, Kenneth D, Mike S RLP pledge link   Thank you for listening.   How to get in contact with us: Google Voice # 608-467-0308 Reloading Podcast website. Reloading Podcast Facebook Reloading Podcast on Instagram Reloading Podcast on MeWe Reloading Podcast on Discord The Reloading Room  Buckeye Targets Rabbit Hole Precision   

HITM: Sally checks in from Eventing Nation with a preview of the KY Three Day, the Maryland 5* situation and the load up to the Olympics. Auditor Paige stops by to chat about the annual Bull Run Hunt Vixen Hunt and her win of the “Best Barbie”. Plus, “This Day in Equine History” brings us the unluckiest loser in racing history. Listen in…AUDITOR POST SHOW: Answer Auditor questions.HORSES IN THE MORNING Episode 3905– Show Notes and Links:Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Glenn the GeekJamie and Glenn's Amazon StoreTitle Sponsor: WERM FlooringPic Credit: Auditor PaigeGuest: Sally from Eventing Nation | Go Eventing PodcastGuest: Auditor Paige on the Bull Run Hunt Vixen HuntLink: HRN SurveyAdditional support for this podcast provided by: US Rider, Equine Network and Listeners Like YouTime Stamps: 07:24 - Daily Whinnies13:06 - Sally from Eventing Nation14:44 - Maryland 5* uncertainty explained18:20 - Kentucky 3‑Day preview & entries24:21 - Focusing Eventing Nation on amateurs27:25 - LA Olympics & World Cup in Texas32:59 - Paige's Barbie‑themed Vixen Hunt41:34 - This Day in Equine History45:48 - Homer's cancer update50:24 - Auditor Post Show

What happens when one of the world's largest industrial fishing fleets operates alongside small coastal communities that depend on the same fish to survive?In Alaska, trawl fisheries—especially those targeting pollock—play a major role in the global seafood supply. But they also raise major questions about their impact, including bycatch, ecosystem impacts, and who really benefits from the fish pulled from these waters.That's why in episode 215 of the Outdoor Minimalist podcast, we are discussing the current state of trawling in Alaska.To help us understand the issue, we're joined by David Bayes, a lifelong Alaskan and charter fishing captain who founded DeepStrike Sportfishing in Homer in 2003. With a background in biological sciences and decades on the water, David has served as president of the Alaska Charter Association and has been actively involved in fisheries management discussions across the state.Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/outdoor.minimalist.book/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.theoutdoorminimalist.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@theoutdoorminimalistBuy Me a Coffee: ⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/outdoorminimalist⁠⁠⁠Listener Survey: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/jd8UCN2LL3AQst976⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠------------------Episode ResourcesDeepStrike: https://www.deepstrikeak.com/our-fishing-storyOcean with David Attenborough: https://silverbackfilms.tv/shows/oceanwithdavidattenborough/Must Read Alaska: https://mustreadalaska.com/trawl-bycatch-understanding-the-serious-harm-to-alaska-and-the-possible-solutions/

6. Cline explores the decline of the Minoans on Crete and the Mycenaeanson mainland Greece. Both civilizations are categorized as failures that were internally fragile despite impressive architectural achievements like the Lion Gate. Overextension through massive construction projects and internal uprisings during periods of drought likely contributed to their demise. By the 11th century BC, these societies had vanished, though some cultural elements persisted through a permeable membrane into the Iron Age. Cline also discusses how Homer's epics, written centuries later, cautiously reflect this transition from the Bronze Age "Wanax" kings to the Iron Age "Basileus" leaders. (6)

What drove Herodotus to write the first great story of history? Tristan Hughes speaks with Dr. Roel Konijnendijk to uncover the world of Herodotus of Halicarnassus - the traveler, investigator, and storyteller behind The Histories.From Persian kings to Greek heroes, they explore his methods, digressions, and the quest to explain why empires rose, wars raged, and memory became history.MOREHomerListen on AppleListen on SpotifyThe Persian Wars: Darius, Athens and the Battle of MarathonListen on AppleListen on SpotifyWatch this episode on our YouTube channel: @TheAncientsPodcastPresented by Tristan Hughes. Audio editor and producer is Joseph Knight. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.All music courtesy of Epidemic SoundsThe Ancients is a History Hit podcast.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. You can take part in our listener survey here:https://insights.historyhit.com/history-hit-podcast-always-on Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 98! It's Friday the 13th, so it's FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)! We head to Camp Crystal Lake to talk cover bands, summer camp spreadhseets, sand & surf, cabin fever, punishment vs consequences, Homer's Odyssey, the Scooby-verse, Tom Savini, tanlines, favorite kills and SO much more!

Nick and Justin continue Male Nudity March with a conman trying work his way around the law and Ferox hisself. Post show song: CAUGHT A STRAY, a brand new song from the previous weekend's immersion session for HOMER 3, from THE LUCKY NIGHTSTICKS AND FRIENDS (Makarewicz, Nunziata, Murphy, Robinson, Cunningham).  By the way, you can donate to this show in the link if you have more money than sense. You can follow on Insta and on Twit and can comment on these on the Boards. You can also write a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts!Theme music by Nick Nunziata and Steve Murphy and their many bands can be heard on Soundcloud.

"Because of the Xanax, I'm not overanxious about being a Simpson anymore. I am a little anxious about being on Xanax, but the Zoloft covers that nicely." - Lisa Simpson Mr. Burns cancels the company's prescription plan, causing the disease-ridden Simpson family to seek a Canadian solution to their very American problem. But when Homer and Abe's drug-smuggling operation goes bust, the two find an unlikely friend in a certain 104-year-old Springfieldian who owns an aircraft perfect for a wild, third act caper. Our guest: Luke Savage from the Michael and Us podcast Support this podcast and get over 200 ad-free bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! And please follow the official Bluesky and Instagram!

Today's poem employs an image worthy of Homer to touch the stark reality of a mother's intuition. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Regardless of how you say "potato", you're gonna love this week's review of "Million Dollar Maybe", a surprisingly heartfelt and believable story that sees Homer forced to hide his lotto winnigns from his family. Despite what you may think, he's actually a pretty great father/husband for the most part!We also discuss complaining when waiting in line, the short-lived life of Springfield's newest resident, "Ricardo", our love of a good panini and more.Support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/fourfingerdiscountListen on Spotify - spoti.fi/4fDcSY0Listen on Apple Podcasts - apple.co/4dgpW3ZCHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Goin' Down To South Park - spreaker.com/show/goin-down-to-south-parkThe Movie Guide with Maltin & Davis - themovieguidepodcast.comThe One About Friends - spreaker.com/show/the-one-about-friends-podcastTalking Seinfeld - spreaker.com/show/talking-seinfeldSpeaKing Of The Hill - spreaker.com/show/speaking-of-the-hill-a-king-of-the-hill-The Office Talk - spreaker.com/show/the-office-talk-podcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/four-finger-discount-simpsons-podcast--5828977/support.

I thought the goal of my recent promotion was simple: sell 40 prepaid online store credit memberships. That was it. 40 spots. Hit the revenue goal. Move on. But as I was building the emails, teasing it on social media, and checking my stats inside Kit (my email service provider), I noticed something unexpected… My email list had jumped a LOT. And it wasn't random. It was happening because of how I positioned the promotion before it ever opened. That's when it clicked! Every promotion has a second goal. And most farmers completely miss it. Yes, promotions are meant to generate revenue. But they can also be powerful email list growth engines -- if you structure them intentionally. Inside Farm Marketing School, I serve vegetable CSA farmers, grass-fed meat producers, flower growers, dairy farms, microgreen subscriptions, and value-added brands — and this principle applies to every single one of them. In this episode, I unpack: Why most farmers unintentionally leave this opportunity on the table How to rethink the "runway" before you open the doors Why insider access can transform your email list into a VIP club And how this strategy works whether you're selling vegetables, meat, flowers, dairy, microgreens, value-added products, or farm experiences If you want to know exactly how to structure this strategy for your next launch, you'll need to listen in. Resources Mentioned in This Episode: What email provider do I use? I recommend Kit.com (formerly ConvertKit.com) -- it is easy to use, powerful, and getting better every year. It also integrates with most e-commerce providers and tools. Use my affiliate link! Farm Marketing School is my step-by-step membership program for direct-to-consumer farmers who are ready to treat marketing like a system, not a guessing game. Inside, you'll get plug-and-play projects, templates, monthly coaching, and a repeatable framework to help you grow your email list, run stronger promotions, and increase sales (whether you're a vegetable, meat, CSA, flower, dairy, microgreen, or value-added farm). Your investment is only $69/month. Over 15 marketing projects to choose from.

Well, we've arrived at our second last episode of NMD (as we know it).  Very sorry it's taken us a while to get this out.  With only one episode to go, Rob and Andy have a massive mix of emotions currently, but very much looking forward to sitting down to record the final episode.  Please get any last minute submissions into nomoneydownpodcast@gmail.comThanks for everything guys.Your pals,Rob & Andy

Clark and Carol sip on Jamba Juice, but will Det. Plumb spill the tea on who killed Floyd? LET'S SOLVE DTF: ST. LOUIS, HBO's mid-life crisis, buddy comedy, murder mystery. Did Floyd's energenic signing of Nails, Hair, Hips Heels by Todrick Hall turns Carol back to her husband? Are you DTS (Down to Solve)? Clark and Carol sip on Jamba Juice, but will Det. Plumb spill the tea on who killed Floyd? LET'S SOLVE DTF: ST. LOUIS, HBO's mid-life crisis, buddy comedy, murder mystery. Did Floyd's energenic signing of Nails, Hair, Hips Heels by Todrick Hall turns Carol back to her husband? Are you DTS (Down to Solve)? A darkly comedic tale of three middle-aged individuals entangled in a love triangle, leading to one's untimely demise. But if someone killed Floyd (David Harbour), whodunnit? Was it weather man Clark (Jason Bateman)? Or did his widow Carol (Linda Cardellini) take him down? Other suspects include Clark's wife Eimy (Wynn Everett), Floyd's stepson Richard (Arlan Ruf), or a mystery person like Peter Sarsgaard? St. Louis Detective Donoghue Homer (Richard Jenkins) and Twyla special crimes officer Jodie Plumb (Joy Sunday) will have to crack the case. The tv show was created by Steven Conrad (Patriot, Perpetual Grace, LTD). #DTFStLouis #hbo #hbomax s1e2 s1e02 s01e02 00:00 Intro 00:02 Timeline Gaps 00:18 Let's Solve DTF: St. Louis 00:56 Spoiler Alert 02:11 Victim: Floyd Smernitch 03:46 Suspect: Clark Forrest 05:59 Suspect: Eimy Forrest 06:17 Suspect: Carol Love-Smernitch 08:07 Suspect: Richard 08:22 Suspect: Christopher 07:17 Theory: Clark hired Modern Love After meeting at the cornhole party, Clark quickly hits it off with Floyd's wife Carol. Later, detectives Homer and Plumb dig deeper into Clark's relationship with Carol - and Floyd's time on the DTF app. Director Steve Conrad Writer Steve Conrad created by (as Steven Conrad) Cast Jason Bateman ... Clark David Harbour ... Floyd Linda Cardellini ... Carol Richard Jenkins ... Homer Joy Sunday ... Jodie Plumb Peter Sarsgaard ... Christopher Robert Spurce "Modern Love" Wynn Everett ... Eimy Arlan Ruf ... Richard Maddyn Kendall ... Genevieve Steven Rho ... Glenn/Glenn Plumb Producers Jason Bateman ... executive producer Todd Black ... executive producer Steve Conrad ... executive producer / executive producer (showrunner) Bob Dussault ... associate producer Christina M. Fitzgerald ... producer David Harbour ... executive producer Stephen Hoey ... co-producer Peter Moxley ... co-producer Jennifer Scher ... executive producer Steve Tisch ... executive producer Molly Allen ... executive producer Jason Blumenthal ... executive producer Michael Nelson ... executive producer Michael Costigan ... executive producer / producer Anabel Kane ... associate producer Genevieve Kane ... associate producer James Lasdun ... executive producer Taylor Latham ... co-executive producer 1 episode • 2026 Bruce Terris ... executive producer 1 episode • 2026 Michael P. Twombly ... co-producer (as Michael Twombly) 1 episode • 2026 K.C. Wenson ... executive producer (as KC Wenson) 1 episode • 2026 Kristina Wenson ... executive producer / producer Composer Alex Wurman music by Cinematographer James Whitaker director of photography Editors Kevin D. Ross Max Koepke Whitfield Scheidegger Production Designer Laura Fox Art Director Charles Varga Set Decorator Lance Totten Costume Designer Molly Maginnis

What happens when Christians stop thinking for themselves — and hand that job to AI? In this episode of Refining Rhetoric, host Robert Bortins sits down with Dr. Ben Holloway — philosopher, professor at Judson College at Southeastern Seminary, and incoming Bruce Little Chair of Christian Philosophy — to explore why classical Christian education depends on mastering language, logic, and the great books. From defending the faith against hard questions to why you simply cannot outsource your thinking to a machine, this is a conversation that will challenge and equip every homeschool family to love wisdom and pursue truth. Dr. Ben Holloway grew up in England, spent his 20s playing in a band and preaching the gospel with no formal education, then moved to America at 34 with his wife, two kids, and 29 boxes — and started his bachelor's degree at Moody Bible Institute. That late-in-life educational journey shapes everything about how he teaches and what he believes education is for. The conversation opens with a rich discussion of Christian philosophy — not as an abstract academic exercise, but as the indispensable tool Christians have always used to answer the questions the Bible doesn't directly address. From the early church borrowing the language of "substance" and "persons" from Greek philosophy to describe the Trinity, to the everyday challenge of interpreting a difficult passage of Scripture, philosophy and language are inescapably central to the Christian life. Dr. Holloway makes a compelling case that language is foundational to how we know God. Because God chose to reveal himself through 66 books, Christians are permanently and inescapably committed to the hard work of interpretation. You cannot outsource that to anyone — and certainly not to AI. He explains that AI isn't a reasoning machine; it's a pattern-matching product built to please customers, not to pursue truth. Students who try to use it before developing their own thinking ability won't just miss the learning — they'll also be incapable of evaluating what AI produces. What You'll Learn: - What Christian philosophy actually is — and why you can't do good theology without it - Why language is one of the most mysterious and important features of God's creation - How to read the Bible the way the author intended — not just the way it "speaks to you" - Three practical techniques for interpreting any difficult text correctly - Why Christians specifically cannot outsource their thinking to AI — and what's at stake if they try - Why using AI before you've learned to think is worse than not using it at all - The surprising connection between Homer's *Iliad* and the biblical meaning of glory and honor - Why hard-earned education is one of God's greatest gifts — and what we rob students of when we shortcut it   00:00 — Introduction & Dr. Holloway's Background 01:44 — Growing Up in England, Ministry Without a Degree & Coming to America 03:11 — Discovering a Calling to Teach at Moody Bible Institute 04:22 — What Makes Judson College Unique: Theory Meets Practice 05:07 — What Is Christian Philosophy — and Why Does It Matter? 06:27 — How the Early Church Used Philosophy to Describe the Trinity 08:26 — Language, God's Creation & Why It's So Mysterious 10:07 — How Language Connects to Truth and Education 12:11 — Why Christians Can't Outsource Bible Reading to AI 13:43 — Who Gets to Fix the Meaning of a Text? The Author, Not You 15:03 — Why You Shouldn't Skip the Parts of Scripture That Don't "Apply" to You 17:02 — Three Techniques for Interpreting Difficult Texts Correctly 21:25 — Honor, Glory & What Homer Teaches Us About the Bible 24:17 — Bethlehem, Lambs & the Depth of God's Storytelling (with Robert) 25:38 — AI, Thinking & Why You Have to Learn Without It First 29:10 — The Ethics of AI in the Classroom: Why It's a Form of Deception 31:05 — Handwriting, Blue Books & Seeing Students' Work 36:19 — The Satisfaction of Hard-Earned Learning 39:36 — Philosophy Means "Love of Wisdom" — and That's the Point 41:12 — About Judson College: Preview Days, Campus Visits & April 16 Experience Day 43:07 — Closing Thoughts: Christians, Culture & the Duty of This Generation   Resources: https://judsoncollege.com/   This episode of Refining Rhetoric is sponsored by Worldview Academy: Students call Worldview Academy the best week of their lives. Through week-long summer leadership camps for teens, Worldview Academy trains Christians to think and live in accord with a biblical worldview so they can better serve Christ and engage the culture around them. Worldview Academy reinforces what students are learning at home and at church and trains this generation to apply that knowledge to the challenging cultural issues they're facing. To find a camp near you or learn more about Worldview's weekend conferences and other resources for families, visit www.worldview.org

When you're feeling blue, all you have to do, is take a listen here, then you're not so blue. Why? We've got a Marrouvy kind of show. This week Jeff and Dave wrap up Part II of this portion of the book (and you might be say, "well it's about tome!") Tune in to learn all about how music iand gymnastics began to fade, and language study and literature became dominant. The Hellenistic era formed a bridge to Roman education, and while we might have a certain fondness for the wonder years of childhood – thank you Fred Savage, Danica McKellar, and Jason Hervey – the Greeks saw things quite differently. Childhood was simply a precursor for adulthood, and the whole purpose of education was to lead the youngster out of his unformed stage into the full-blown, mature adult toward which nature aimed. This took place not so much through school, but by the careful mentorship of a paedagogus, that man who led the child to and from school and taught him all the ropes. In this way, Isocrates triumphed over Plato, rhetoric over philosophy, and poetry was never completely banished from the culture. Homer reigned supreme an dclassical humanism was thoroughly traditional. Be sure also to sign up for the giveaway of the two-volume Aristotle set from Hackett! You'll need the secret code-word (it's Kontos). 

In this month's Q&A episode of Open Book, I answer questions from viewers across YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X on topics ranging from politics and global markets to career decisions, philosophy, and parenting. We cover Citizens United, the national debt, and the future of crypto, while also offering personal insights on finding your calling, managing time, and navigating difficult moments in life.

In Part 2 of our first Pod of Fame Rewatch episode, Jim, Wando and Trajko continue their deep dive into the iconic Simpsons episode "Homer at the Bat."We cover the final three segments in Part 2:Power Ranking the Ringers (2:05)Casting What-Ifs (15:50)2026 Ringers (38:15)

In Part 1 of our first Pod of Fame Rewatch episode, Jim is joined by longtime friends and Simpsons fanatics Wando and Trajko for a deep dive into the iconic Simpsons episode "Homer at the Bat."We cover the following four segments in Part 1:Favorite Scene (27:15)Best Quote (40:49)Favorite Reason a Player Missed the Game (48:23)Nits to Pick (51:59)

This is a preview of a bonus episode from the Patreon feed, TIYA After Dark! Head to patreon.com/thisisyourafterlife to hear this full episode and all the others for just $5 a month.Daniel Strauss and Drennen Quinn return to talk about Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York. They're my closest comedy friends since right before this movie came out in 2008, and it was fun to sit down and goof off about a movie Daniel calls one of his favorites that he'll never see again.We talk about: bedtime, a career in the arts, phone etiquette when recording a podcast, Theatre of Cruelty, aging, nontraditional horror, no longer being able to relate to characters you dislike, still relating to those same characters.Support the show and get the TIYA After Dark feed on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thisisyourafterlifeFollow Daniel and Drennen:https://www.instagram.com/danielstrauss/https://www.instagram.com/drennenwon/Follow/contact This Is Your Afterlife:https://thisisyourafterlife.com/https://www.instagram.com/thisisyourafterlife/thisisyourafterlifepodcast@gmail.comMusic by TIYA house band Lake Mary:https://lakemary.bandcamp.com/https://www.instagram.com/chaz.prymek/Artwork by Matt Sage:https://www.instagram.com/matthewjsage/

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:00:00 GMT http://relay.fm/focused/251 http://relay.fm/focused/251 David Sparks and Mike Schmitz Podcast coach and Streamlined Soloprenuer founder Joe Casabona joins us to talk about building systems, effective delegation, and when to actually automate. Podcast coach and Streamlined Soloprenuer founder Joe Casabona joins us to talk about building systems, effective delegation, and when to actually automate. clean 4546 Podcast coach and Streamlined Soloprenuer founder Joe Casabona joins us to talk about building systems, effective delegation, and when to actually automate. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code FOCUSED. Guest Starring: Joe Casabona Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. Joe's Website Joe Casabona | LinkedIn Focused #249: What if This Were Easy? with Ernie Svenson Toggl ‎Focus app | App Store Brick | Take Back Control of Your Screen Time Sponsor Games Balatro A World Without Email by Cal Newport Streamlined Solopreneur #520: 3 Steps to Reclaim Your Life from Email Onlinejobs.ph Tella SaneBox The End of Burnout by Jonathan Malesic Zapier OpenClaw David's OpenClaw video reMarkable Paper Pro Move reMarkable 2 Supernote Nomad USB Hub | Elgato Keychron Q3 QMK Custom Mechanical Keyboard Keychron K2 HE Wireless Magnetic Switch Custom Keyboard The Iliad by Homer The Odyssey by Homer

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:00:00 GMT http://relay.fm/focused/251 http://relay.fm/focused/251 Not Throwing Away My Shot, with Joe Casabona 251 David Sparks and Mike Schmitz Podcast coach and Streamlined Soloprenuer founder Joe Casabona joins us to talk about building systems, effective delegation, and when to actually automate. Podcast coach and Streamlined Soloprenuer founder Joe Casabona joins us to talk about building systems, effective delegation, and when to actually automate. clean 4546 Podcast coach and Streamlined Soloprenuer founder Joe Casabona joins us to talk about building systems, effective delegation, and when to actually automate. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code FOCUSED. Guest Starring: Joe Casabona Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. Joe's Website Joe Casabona | LinkedIn Focused #249: What if This Were Easy? with Ernie Svenson Toggl ‎Focus app | App Store Brick | Take Back Control of Your Screen Time Sponsor Games Balatro A World Without Email by Cal Newport Streamlined Solopreneur #520: 3 Steps to Reclaim Your Life from Email Onlinejobs.ph Tella SaneBox The End of Burnout by Jonathan Malesic Zapier OpenClaw David's OpenClaw video reMarkable Paper Pro Move reMarkable 2 Supernote Nomad USB Hub | Elgato Keychron Q3 QMK Custom Mechanical Keyboard Keychron K2 HE Wireless Magnetic Switch Custom Keyboard The Iliad by Homer The Odyssey by Homer

This Sunday, March 8th, we welcome back author and naturalist Bernie Taylor — the mind behind Before Orion — for a deep dive into one of the most influential stories ever told: The Odyssey. With Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey hitting cinemas this summer, the world is about to rediscover Homer's epic. But according to Bernie, the real story is far older, far stranger, and far more human than the previews suggest. Drawing on mythology, anthropology, archaeoastronomy, and the deep structure of the Hero's Journey, Bernie will guide us through: The prehistoric roots of The Odyssey What the epic was really about before Homer shaped it How ancient myths encode the movements of early humans  Why modern storytellers — even Nolan — may miss the deeper layers The universal hero pattern that predates civilisation How Before Orion reframes the entire mythic tradition If you're fascinated by myth, cinema, ancient storytelling, or the origins of human imagination, this is an episode you won't want to miss. Before Orion. Before Homer. The First Odyssey. Follow Bernie here: https://beforeorion.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@beforeoriondotcom/featured _____________________________ Follow us here: https://allmylinks.com/the-amish-inquisition Sign up for the newsletter, join the community, follow us online, and most importantly share links!  Producer Credits for Ep 414:   Producers - Alan Wilson, Eillen Potter, David ‘Stig' Hansen and Lee from The Big Conspire _______________________________   Leave us a voicemail: 07562245894 Message us here....follow, like, subscribe and share. (comments, corrections, future topics etc). We read out iTunes reviews if you leave them. Website - http://www.theamishinquisition.com/ Join the Element server: https://matrix.to/#/%23the-amish-inquisition%3Amatrix.org Subscribe to the Newsletter: Drop us an email and let us know Get your Merch from: The Amish Loot Chest - https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/amish-inquisition-loot-chest Email - theamishinquisition@gmail.com Buy us a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theamishguys Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/theamishinquisition Rumble - https://rumble.com/c/c-1347401 Twitter - https://twitter.com/amishinqpodcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/amish.inquisit.3 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theamishinquisition/?hl=en Bitchute - https://www.bitchute.com/channel/0fNMZAQctCme/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmv8ucrv5a2KpaRWyBWfBUA Find out how to become a Producer here - http://www.theamishinquisition.com/p/phil-1523918247/   Become a Producer! The Amish Inquisition is 100% supported by YOU.  NO Ads, NO Sponsorship, NO Paywalls. We really don't want to suckle at the teat of some faceless corporate overlord. But that is only avoidable with your help! Join your fellow producers by donating to The Amish Inquisition via the PayPal button on our website, simply donate whatever you think the show is worth to you. If you find the podcast valuable, please consider returning some value to us and help keep the show free and honest. Keywords Bernie Taylor, Before Orion, The Odyssey, Odyssey Decoded, Christopher Nolan Odyssey, Homer Odyssey explained, Hero's Journey, ancient mythology, prehistoric myth, anthropology and myth, archaeoastronomy, decoding The Odyssey, mythic storytelling, ancient Greek epic, Nolan Odyssey analysis, origins of the hero myth, The Odyssey symbolism, myth and human evolution, ancient navigation myths, oral tradition storytelling, The First Odyssey, Hashtags #BernieTaylor #BeforeOrion #TheOdyssey #OdysseyDecoded #ChristopherNolan #Homer #Mythology #HerosJourney #AncientMyth #Anthropology #Archaeoastronomy #AltHistory #Symbolism #EpicStories

#405 In this episode, Guy welcomed returning guest White Eagle Medicine Woman Suraj Holzwarth to discuss the Crystal Skull Method (CSM), a hands-on energy modality described as a next-level, "quantum" evolution of cranial sacral therapy synthesizing ancient practices and working with 32 skull points and 32 body points. The method aims to activate the pineal, pituitary, thalamus, and hypothalamus for total health, longevity, and expanded consciousness, emphasizing intention, trauma integration, and ethical readiness as more "light" activates. Suraj explained the pineal gland's role in serotonin/melatonin, intuition, and spiritual connection, and describes CSM's use of dual-hand electromagnetic holding, breathwork to "decalcify" and expand "beams of light," grounding to regulate intensity, and practitioner finger/element techniques to balance heat and coolness. They also explored sacred geometry—especially the Sri Yantra and torus field—as a grid CSM builds around the skull and body. The episode included information about a nine-day CSM training in Port Macquarie, Australia (Nov 20–28, 2026) and directs listeners to whirlingrainbow.com. About Suraj: White Eagle is the founding director and Drum Keeper of the GrandMother Drum International Peace Project and the 501c3 non-profit Whirling Rainbow Foundation based in Homer, Alaska. She is internationally known as a shamanic healer, seer, trance-medium, author, speaker, teacher, ceremonial and performance artist of Native American and European ancestry. She has since traveled over a million miles touching a million people in 20 countries with the 7 ft, crystal inlaid, thundering heartbeat of the world's largest drum of its kind, Grandmother Drum, and promoting unity, peace, tribal reconciliation, and earth sustainability. Her award winning CDs include "Journey of the Heart", "Songlines of the Soul", "Living Waters of Grace" and "Holy Ground". She is the author of "The Magic Bundle" children's book, and "Songs of A New Earth" songbook. White Eagle is also the director and co-producer of the award winning documentary film "GrandMother Drum: Awakening the Global Heart", selected as the Top 20 Spiritual Films at the Tel Aviv Spirit Film Festival. She is the founder and director of the Rainbow Fire Mystery School (RFMS) operating in Alaska, Hawaii and Peru and has led thousands of shamanic workshops, ceremonies and training globally for over 35 years. Starting with the acclaimed "Language of One" and "Heart of One" online spiritual programs, White Eagle has now expanded the RFMS to over a dozen certified online shamanic training programs. She is also the creator, director and lead instructor of the certified shamanic methods of Balancing the Shields© Community Mother DrumKeepers Training© and The Crystal Skull Method©.In 2013, White Eagle launched the Global Blue Flame Planetary Grid ceremony, activating and renewing the earth's grid in a one day ceremony annually with 62 trained groups worldwide. Key Points Discussed:  (00:00) - Awakening the Human Light Body: The Crystal Skull Method Explained! (00:54) - Podcast Setup and Visuals (01:24) - Guest Intro and CSM Preview (04:04) - What Is Crystal Skull Method (06:42) - Pineal Gland and Benefits (13:07) - Shadow Work and Integration (22:15) - Sacred Geometry and Human Potential (29:11) - Sri Yantra and Torus Field (34:40) - Beams of Light Breathwork (45:37) - Training in Australia and Certification (51:35) - Closing Links and Farewell How to Contact Suraj Holzwarth:www.whirlingrainbow.com   About me:My Instagram: www.instagram.com/guyhlawrence/?hl=en Guy's websites:www.guylawrence.com.au www.liveinflow.co

Aldrich Family - Homer's Love Note Goes to Henry's Teacher

χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! This week we celebrate our milestone 100th episode of the podcast, in which we finally arrive at the beginning of Ancient Greek literature... Homer! It feels like the long road has all been preparatory work to get ready for this moment and we are now starting out for real. Thanks to everybody who has supported the podcast over the last few years, we have just been warming up and now the real fun is here!καλῶς ὑμῖν γένοιτο!Josep & LeandrosHere is the section discussed (Iliad, 1. 1-7):μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆοςοὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκε,πολλὰς δ᾽ ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προΐαψενἡρώων, αὐτοὺς δὲ ἑλώρια τεῦχε κύνεσσινοἰωνοῖσί τε πᾶσι, Διὸς δ᾽ ἐτελείετο βουλή,ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα διαστήτην ἐρίσαντεἈτρεΐδης τε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς.Support the podcast and get access to episodes in advance as well as lots of other bonus materials: https://www.patreon.com/Hellenizdein Would you like to take AG classes with us? Check out our website for details: https://hellenicadidagmata.wordpress.com/ Follow us on “Twitter”: https://x.com/ancientgreekpod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/leighcobley.bsky.social Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/604916774052809 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientgreekpodcast/ Send us an email: theancientgreekpodcast@gmail.com 

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Homer's HERC building shuts its doors for three weeks starting Monday to wrap up interior renovations; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District's working budget draft closes four schools, totally eliminates library employees and increases student activity fees, among other things.

Homer's HERC building shuts its doors for three weeks starting Monday to wrap up interior renovations; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District's working budget draft closes four schools, totally eliminates library employees and increases student activity fees, among other things.

Daniel Coyle shares how to infuse ordinary work moments with greater meaning, joy, and fulfillment.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) Why shared improvement beats self-improvement 2) The three minute visualization that liberates tremendous clarity3) Why vulnerability comes before trust–not after Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1134 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT DANIEL — Daniel Coyle is the New York Times bestselling author of The Culture Code, which was named Best Business Book of the Year by Bloomberg, BookPal, and Business Insider. Coyle has served as an advisor to many high-performing organizations, including the Navy SEALs, Microsoft, Google, and the Cleveland Guardians. His other books include The Talent Code, The Secret Race, The Little Book of Talent, and Hardball: A Season in the Projects, which was made into a movie starring Keanu Reeves. Coyle was raised in Anchorage, Alaska, and now lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, during the school year and in Homer, Alaska, during the summer with his wife, Jenny, and their four children.• Book: Flourish: The Art of Building Meaning, Joy, and Fulfillment• Website: DanielCoyle.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Tool: Graph Gear mechanical pencil • Book: The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe• Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear • Past episode: 267: Managing Self-Doubt to Tackle Bigger Challenges with Tara Mohr• Past episode: 707: Amy Edmondson on How to Build Thriving Teams with Psychological Safety• Past episode: 732: How Aspiring Leaders Can Succeed Today with Clay Scroggins• Past episode: 830: Lessons Learned from the World's Longest Scientific Study on Happiness with Dr. Robert Waldinger— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Monarch.com. Get 50% off your first year on with the code AWESOME.• Vanguard. Give your clients consistent results year in and year out with vanguard.com/AUDIO• Shopify. Sign up for your $1/month trial at Shopify.com/betterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We opened with the Knicks' loss at MSG featuring questionable foul calls, Boomer identifying Mohamed Diawara as his new "Precious Achiuwa." C-Lo highlights Mike Brown's comments on the Knicks' poor three-point shooting and his first technical of the season involving SGA's ability to draw fouls. The discussion shifted to SGA's eccentric post-game attire, Jerry's baggy golf parachute pants, and Aaron Judge's monster home run for Team USA against the Rockies. The hour closed with the news of Lou Holtz's passing at 89.

Today's poem comes from Graves' verse/prose rendering of Homer's Iliad, The Anger of Achilles, and highlights the inglorious causes of the Trojan War's glorious climax. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Ever sit down to write your weekly email… Cursor blinking. Brain dead. And you're thinking: "I KNOW I should email my list… but what on earth do I say this week?" In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on how I actually find ideas when I feel stuck! Most great emails don't start with "content ideas" at all! They start with stories hiding in plain sight. If writing your weekly email feels harder than it should, chances are you're looking in the wrong place for ideas. In this episode, I walk you through how to identify the central story of an email, and why leading with a simple, relatable story is often the difference between an email people skim… and one they actually look forward to opening. I share: How to think in parables, metaphors, and everyday object lessons Real examples of emails I've written that started with ordinary moments The creative prompts I use when my brain feels totally empty A simple habit that trains your eye to notice stories all week long (before you ever sit down to write) If you've ever thought, "I don't have anything interesting to say," this episode will change how you see your own life (and your email content) completely. Resources  Mentioned In This Episode: 50+ Email Writing Prompts for Farm Businesses: Not sure what to say in your weekly farm email newsletter? This free download gives you 50+ email writing prompts designed specifically for farm businesses, so you're never staring at a blank screen again.

When Heracles accidentally wounds Chiron with an arrow dipped in the Hydra's blood, the immortal centaur must fight the spreading poison. As fever takes hold, time collapses, pulling him into visions of the past and a future filled with war and death. Written by Morag Cross. Directed by Bibi Jacob. Featuring: Gordon Peaston as Chiron. Doug Rand as Heracles. Morag Cross as Narrator and Okyrrhoe. Tercelin Kirtley as Peleus. Tom Morton as Achilles. Felix and Albert Giddingstone as Young Achilles. Original compositions written and performed by Chloe Dunn. Listen to Chloe's single Aphrodite Leaves. Outro theme, soundcapes and  production by Geoff Chong. Sources for this episode include: The Mithras Liturgy, a greek papyrus of magic healing spells; Philostratus the Elder Imagines 2.2 ; Homer's Iliad, Book XI; Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History Book 6; Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, Book 4; Eratosthenes; Hyginus; Ovid Metamorphoses, Book 2. Thanks to Cicely and Frog. Find bonus material on buymeacoffee

The Trojan War is the last great clash of the Greek heroes and it was all due to one face that launched a thousand ships- or was it? Join Fox and special guest, Squirrel, as we launch our first episode in our three part series on the lead up to the Trojan War and the women at the centre of it all. There are two prophecies Zeus receives about bringing calamity to mankind. The first involves Helen of Sparta who was born with a curse already laid upon her by both her divine father, Zeus, and her mortal stepfather. Starting with Leda and the Swan, the Abduction of Helen by Theseus and the Suitor's Oath, we work our way through Helen's story. The second prophecy involves Thetis and her son so we side quest through the history of Peleus as well.   Weaving through Homer's Iliad & Odyssey, the Cyrpia and countless histories, plays and poems, we bring you the House of Sparta.  Show notes can be found on our website at: www.talesfromtheenchantedforest.com You can also find us on: Bluesky Mastodon Instagram   TikTok

Comedy on a TuesdayFirst,  a look at this day in History.Then, Screen Directors Playhouse,  originally broadcast March 3, 1950, 76 years ago, The Paleface starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell.    A western comedy lightly adapted from the 1948 Bob Hope and Jane Russell film.Followed by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, originally broadcast March 3, 1949, 77 years ago, Caught With His Prints Down.  Another "Sam Shovel" case: "The Case Of The Photographer Who Was Stuck Up In A Darkroom," or "He Was Caught With His Prints Down."Then, The Great Gildersleeve starring Willard Waterman,  originally broadcast March 3, 1954, 72 years ago, Paula Winthrop Back in Town.  Paula Winthrop is back in town and proves to be a very expensive date.Followed by The Aldrich Family starring Ezra Stone, originally broadcast March 3, 1949, 77 years ago,  Planning Trip to Washington DC.   The Aldrich family and Homer are preparing for a trip to Washington, D.C.Finally,  Claudia,  originally broadcast March 3, 1948, 78 years ago,  Running Into Helen.    In Doctor Roland's waiting room.   Kathryn Bard and Paul Crabtree star.  Thanks to Richard G for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamCheck out Professor Bees Digestive Aid at profbees.com and use my promo code WYATT to save 10% when you order! 

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Episode 89 From An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope  Mark McGuinness reads and discusses an excerpt from Epistle II of An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/89_From_An_Essay_on_Man_by_Alexander_Pope.mp3 Poet Alexander Pope Reading and commentary by Mark McGuinness From An Essay on Man Epistle II By Alexander Pope Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise, and rudely great:With too much knowledge for the sceptic side,With too much weakness for the stoic's pride,He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast;In doubt his mind or body to prefer;Born but to die, and reasoning but to err;Alike in ignorance, his reason such,Whether he thinks too little, or too much:Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;Still by himself abused, or disabused;Created half to rise, and half to fall;Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled:The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides,Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides;Instruct the planets in what orbs to run,Correct old time, and regulate the sun;Go, soar with Plato to th' empyreal sphere,To the first good, first perfect, and first fair;Or tread the mazy round his followers trod,And quitting sense call imitating God;As Eastern priests in giddy circles run,And turn their heads to imitate the sun.Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule –Then drop into thyself, and be a fool!   Podcast Transcript In the early 18th century, Alexander Pope's poetry was known to every cultured person in England. He was a fashionable, successful, wealthy writer and the preeminent poet of his age. He was also a canny businessman who published his translations of Homer via subscription, an early form of crowdfunding, and they sold so well he built himself, an extravagantly large villa in Twickenham – and its famous subterranean grotto still exists today. His political satires were so sharp and topical that he was rumoured to carry a pair of loaded pistols when going for a walk, in case one of his targets took violent exception. Phrases from his poetry are still proverbial: ‘hope springs eternal', ‘Fools rush in where angels fear to tread', ‘a little learning is a dangerous thing', ‘To err is human; to forgive divine', ‘What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed', and also the title of the movie, ‘eternal sunshine of the spotless mind'. But these days, Pope has really fallen out of fashion. He's seen as archaic and artificial. In an age when formal poetry is out of fashion, for many people he represents the worst kind of formal poetry: his very regular metre and full rhymes sound clunky to our ears. His rhyming couplets are undoubtedly clever, but that's part of the problem, because these days we associate poetry with emotions and self-expression, so cleverness is seen as a little suspect and somehow inauthentic. And I'll be honest, for a long time, I had that image of Pope. He represented everything the Romantics rebelled against at the end of the 18th century, and as a young poet I was on the side of the Romantics, so I had no interest in Pope. However, a few years ago, I challenged myself to have another look at his work, and what I discovered was a really sharp and thought-provoking and witty and formidably skilful poet, who in certain moods, is an absolute pleasure to read. And he doesn't fit every mood, but then there aren't many poets who do. So turning to today's poem, An Essay on Man is one of Pope's major works, it's about 1,300 lines long. As the title suggests it's a meditation on the nature of what he called mankind, and we call humankind, we have to make allowance for the historic focus on the male as representative of the species. It's also a didactic poem, he's not just reflecting on the subject, he is telling us what we should think about it. Which again, is a deeply unfashionable stance for poets these days, at least when they are on the side of a conservative or establishment position. And he does this in the form of a series of verse epistles, verse letters, which are addressed to Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke. The epistle form also means that the poem addresses the reader in a very direct manner, as you would expect in a letter. His basic stance, which we find in many of his poems, is of a reasonable man writing for a group of like-minded people, trying to establish some sort of common sense, shared ideas and principles, in a world where these need to be debated and defined and defended. This was the world of the coffee house and the salon, where people came together to debate, sometimes in very robust fashion. It came to be known as the Augustan age in English literature, by comparison with the satirical and political poetry of the age of Augustus Caesar. OK looking more closely at the poem itself, the excerpt I just read is from the second Epistle, and one of the first things we notice is what Milton would have called the ‘jingling' rhymes: Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic’s pride, It's pretty unmistakeable isn't it? One pair of rhymes after another. And in case you're wondering, yes, these rhyming couplets do go on all the way through the poem, and indeed all the way through most of Pope's work. And not just in Pope: for over a century, from about 1650 to 1780, this was a hugely popular verse form. They are known as heroic couplets because they are associated with epic narrative poems, such as John Dryden's translations of Virgil and Pope's translations of Homer. Each line is in iambic pentameter, the familiar ti TUM ti TUM ti TUm ti TUM ti TUM, with two lines next to each other forming couplets, and the poem proceeding with one couplet after another. The form can be traced back to Chaucer, who used rhyming couplets for many of his narrative poems. But by the time of Dryden and Pope it had evolved into a tighter couplet form, described as closed couplets, meaning that they were typically self contained, with a sentence, or a discrete part of a sentence, beginning and ending inside the couplet. For instance: Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. That stands on its own as a single thought, a unit of sense, ending with a full stop. And the full rhyme of ‘scan' and ‘man' means the couplet snaps shut at the end – this is the closed couplet effect we associate with heroic couplets. In the next couplet he introduces the idea of man as a creature of ‘middle state': Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: And then another couplet elaborates on the sense of being pulled in different directions: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, So the poem proceeds one unit of sense at a time. The couplets are like Lego bricks, and Pope used them to build just about anything he wanted: literary and philosophical discourse here in the Essay on Man and in his Essay on Criticism; mock-heroic social comedy in The Rape of the Lock; actual epic in his translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey; and satire in The Dunciad. It's easy to see how this could become monotonous, and in the work of most poets of the time, it did. But Pope's great achievement was to take this established form and perfect it, sticking very strictly to the formal pattern, while varying the syntax, the grammatical patterns, with great subtlety and complexity, to keep the reader on their toes. Let's take another look at the first couplet. Notice the little pause in the middle of the first line, after ‘thyself': Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; This divides the line into two parts, conveying the dramatic tension in Pope's argument: he's saying that humans are ambitious for knowledge, they want to ‘scan' God, to examine him, but they should really focus on self-knowledge. This tension between opposites is known as antithesis, it's a rhetorical pattern we looked at back in episode 58 about one of Sir Philip Sidney's sonnets, and it's very common in Pope. And the tension is resolved in the next line, which is all one phrase, with no pause: The proper study of mankind is man. Have another listen to the couplet, to hear how the tension is established and then released: Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. So when all of this comes together, the tension and release, the regular rhythm of the metre and the full rhymes clinching the couplet, it has the effect of making the words sound truer than true. The following couplet picks up on the antithesis, and extends it into paradox: Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: An isthmus is a narrow strip of land between two bodies of water, so standing on it, you could easily feel precarious and threatened. ‘Darkly wise' means ‘dimly wise', possessing a little knowledge, but not enough for full understanding. And ‘rudely great' means ‘powerful but coarse and unfinished'. And I think we can recognise what Pope is saying from our own experience – that sense of knowing enough to know how little we really know; of having great potential, but struggling to fulfil it. And isn't it delightful how Pope compresses all those feelings into these neat little paradoxes: ‘darkly wise and rudely great'. In another famous line, he describes true eloquence as ‘What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed', which is exactly what he achieves here. We can also note that ‘darkly wise' and ‘rudely great' are not only antitheses expressed as paradoxes, they are also an example of another rhetorical pattern: parallelism, where similar structures are repeated with variation. In this case ‘darkly' and ‘rudely' are both adverbs and ‘wise' and ‘great' are both adjectives, so grammatically they are identical, which suggests both similarity and difference in mankind's relationship to knowledge and power. The next couplet uses a more elaborate parallelism: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, So both lines say ‘With too much something for the something else'. It's hard to miss the pattern, isn't it? And notice how the couplet form is perfect for laying out two ideas that seem to counterbalance each other perfectly. So we're only six lines in and Pope has put his finger on a central conundrum in human existence, and conveyed it with at least three rhetorical patterns nested inside each other – antithesis, paradox and parallelism. Not only that, he's handled the metre and rhyme with great skill, wrapping each thought up in the neat little bow of a rhyming couplet. And if your mind is starting to boggle, welcome to the world of Pope's verse: elegant, authoritative and very, very clever. When we look closely, there's a lot going on inside every single couplet. He's like a watchmaker, working at a tiny scale, making an instrument with great precision and balance, that keeps perfect time, and chimes beautifully. And Pope's contemporaries would have found it easier to follow the sense than we do, because they were used to reading this kind of stuff. But I'm sure the poetry would often have given them pause, even if only for a moment, as they read. And my guess is that they would have enjoyed this slight difficulty, and the pleasure of making out the sense, with the little dopamine hit of understanding. Like unwrapping a sweet before you can pop it in your mouth and taste it. So I hope we're starting to see why Pope is the undisputed master of the heroic couplet. Even T. S. Eliot had to admit defeat, when he wrote a passage in this style for The Waste Land, only for Ezra Pound to point out tactfully that he couldn't compete with Pope, and draw the red pencil through it. But the form is more than simply one couplet after another. When he stacks them together, they create verse paragraphs, longer units of thought, that function very like paragraphs in prose. So having established the idea of man caught between opposing forces, he goes on to elaborate on the theme to dazzling effect: He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much: The couplets are individually brilliant, and cumulatively overwhelming, both in terms of the mental effort required to tease out their meanings, and the tension between action and inaction, divine and bestial impulses, mind and body, birth and death, reason and error. And I think that's why I find this line so funny: Whether he thinks too little, or too much: It feels like he's throwing his arms up and laughing and admitting that he's overthinking it all. The verse paragraph ends with three more couplets, where he sums up the nature of man: Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! Although Pope is describing a ‘chaos of thought', his own thinking is always sharp, however convoluted his argument becomes. So he sticks to the themes of power and knowledge, undercutting man's pretension by saying he is ‘Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all', and ‘Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled'. And he ends this paragraph with another rhetorical device, the tricolon, which uses three parallel elements to build to a conclusion: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! We're familiar with this pattern in famous quotes from Julius Caesar, ‘I came, I saw, I conquered', the US Declaration of Independence, ‘Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness', and Shakespeare: ‘Friends, Romans, countrymen!' Here, Pope uses it with typical precision, since if someone is both the ‘glory… of the world' and it's ‘jest', i.e. the butt of its jokes, then that makes that person a ‘riddle': The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! So this sums up the nature of man, and sets up the jesting irony of the next verse paragraph: Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old time, and regulate the sun; If this were the start of the poem, we might be forgiven for taking Pope's words at face value, but in the light of what has gone before, it's pretty clear that ‘wondrous creature' is a mocking criticism. He was writing this in an age where Newtonian physics was in the ascendancy and people were full of enthusiasm about the new discoveries in science and the possibility of understanding and mastering the physical world. And given that we are still living in a so-called age of reason, I think his criticisms of scientific overreach are still relevant, and the joke is still funny, when he talks about instructing the planets in what orbits to follow, correcting time and regulating the sun. As if measuring were full understanding, let alone complete power. But Pope doesn't confine his criticism to scientists. He also has philosophers in his sight: Go, soar with Plato to th' empyreal sphere, To the first good, first perfect, and first fair; Or tread the mazy round his followers trod, And quitting sense call imitating God; He clearly doesn't have a lot of time for Plato's first principles. Neither is he impressed by the contemporary vogue for what we would call Orientalism: As Eastern priests in giddy circles run, And turn their heads to imitate the sun. It's possible that he had in mind the whirling dervishes of Persia, or maybe this is just a caricature of his idea of ‘Eastern priests'. So obviously this is a joke that hasn't aged so well. OK he ends this verse paragraph with a final jab, which restates the idea from the opening couplet in bluntly comic fashion: Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule – Then drop into thyself, and be a fool! It's hard to imagine a more apt image of intellectual presumption than trying to teach Eternal Wisdom a thing or two, but just in case we miss the point, Pope rams it home with relish: Then drop into thyself, and be a fool! And this is another characteristic aspect of Augustan poetry, particularly the satirical kind, that it can be very crude and direct, with a passage of sophisticated argument followed by a line or two where the mask drops and the insult is laid bare. And no, it's not big or clever, but let's face it, sometimes it can be deeply satisfying. One more little detail, which I can't help wondering about: notice how both of these couplets, conveying the same basic idea in very different tones, both hinge on the word ‘thyself': Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule – Then drop into thyself, and be a fool! So that word ‘thyself' could be used to refer to various individuals, and knowing Pope, I wouldn't be surprised if he intended all of them at once. Firstly, the phrasing sounds proverbial, in which case each couplet is an injunction to mankind at large. Secondly, it could refer to the reader, any reader, of the poem, whether Viscount Bolingbroke, an 18th-century wit, or you and me, reading the poem together on this podcast. It could also refer to the specific targets of Pope's criticism, such as the overreaching scientists or philosophers. I think Pope may also have had in mind a target nearer to home: himself. W. B. Yeats wrote in one of his essays, ‘We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry'. And it's entirely possible that Pope is doing both at once: we've seen the brilliance of his rhetoric, in puncturing the pretensions of his fellow men and women. Yet by making poetry as well as rhetoric, he is arguably arguing with himself as well. It was of course be entirely right and proper and expected for a Christian such as Pope to admonish himself as well as others, for the many and various sins he describes in An Essay on Man. So from a moral viewpoint, I think I'm on pretty safe ground in suggesting that ‘thyself' includes Pope. But I would go further, and say that the idea of a brilliant mind that is not quite brilliant enough to fully understand itself may have been a deeply personal subject for Pope. Because what we have here is an extremely clever warning about taking cleverness to extremes. Maybe the irony was not lost on Pope. As he wrote in another poem, An Essay on Criticism, ‘A little learning is a dangerous thing'. So perhaps as we hear this passage again, and enjoy the sparkling wit and scurrilous attacks on others, we can also detect a note of self-reflection, and self-accusation, that makes it a little more poignant than it first appears. From An Essay on Man Epistle II By Alexander Pope Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise, and rudely great:With too much knowledge for the sceptic side,With too much weakness for the stoic's pride,He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast;In doubt his mind or body to prefer;Born but to die, and reasoning but to err;Alike in ignorance, his reason such,Whether he thinks too little, or too much:Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;Still by himself abused, or disabused;Created half to rise, and half to fall;Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled:The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides,Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides;Instruct the planets in what orbs to run,Correct old time, and regulate the sun;Go, soar with Plato to th' empyreal sphere,To the first good, first perfect, and first fair;Or tread the mazy round his followers trod,And quitting sense call imitating God;As Eastern priests in giddy circles run,And turn their heads to imitate the sun.Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule –Then drop into thyself, and be a fool!   Alexander Pope Alexander Pope was an English poet and translator who was born in 1688 and died in 1744. As a Catholic he was barred from university and public office, so he educated himself and forged a brilliant literary career, becoming the leading poet of Augustan England, celebrated for his razor-sharp satire and polished heroic couplets. Early success came with An Essay on Criticism and The Rape of the Lock, followed by monumental translations of Homer that made him financially independent. His later works, including The Dunciad, attacked dullness and corruption. In An Essay on Man, he explored human nature, providence, and moral order with epigrammatic clarity. He lived at Twickenham, where he created a famous garden and grotto.   A Mouthful of Air – the podcast This is a transcript of an episode of A Mouthful of Air – a poetry podcast hosted by Mark McGuinness. New episodes are released every other Tuesday. You can hear every episode of the podcast via Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favourite app. You can have a full transcript of every new episode sent to you via email. The music and soundscapes for the show are created by Javier Weyler. Sound production is by Breaking Waves and visual identity by Irene Hoffman. 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