Podcasts about Hoo

The Mighty Casey is staking his claim on 2nd base. Our two poets break down the Rafael Devers vs the Red Sox showdown and then dive deep into the rise of Casey Schmitt and the struggles of Tyler Fitzgerald and one other player that only Ben will say is bad. Hoo could it possibly Lee? Listen to find out!Our new cocktail podcast, The Perfect Sip, is on hiatus but new episodes are in production. (Yeah, it's taking a long time ... life, you know?) If you haven't listened yet, you can catch up here: https://the-perfect-sip.captivate.fm/listenSpeaking of cocktails, today Ben is drinking a Next Word while Matthew is drinking a Married in June. Recipes below.Next Word1 oz Gin1 oz Green Chartreuse1 oz Apricot Liqueur1 oz Key Lime juiceCombine all in ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake until well chilled. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with brandied cherries or dried apricot.Married in June1 3/4 oz Gin1/2 oz Maraschino Liqueur1/2 oz Ginger Liqueur3/4 oz Lemon Juice1 barspoon simple syrup (optional)1 Dash Peychaud's bittersAdd all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake untill well-chilled. Double strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a lemon wheel or maraschino cherry (preferably Luxardo).#doitforginny

Hoo boy ... hope the kiddo doesn't sue us in 15 years for using him on the podcast.

Hoo boy—Steve wasn't able to work out the schedule (and internet acess in the Norwegian Sea) to join John and Lucretia for this week's episode, so he left them completely unsupervised, resulting in what John and Lucretia described as an “unplugged” edition, blessedly free (supposedly) from any historical analogies. Steve thinks “unhinged” might be a […]

Hoo boy—Steve wasn't able to work out the schedule (and internet acess in the Norwegian Sea) to join Joohn and Lucretia for this week's episode, so he left them completely unsupervised, resulting in what John and Lucretia described as an "unplugged" edition, blessedly free (supposedly) from any historical analogies.Steve thinks "unhinged" might be a better description of this heterodox episode, which somehow included quite a lot of history, just not in the usual edifying form that so many listeners have come to depend upon.You can guess the subjects. Go ahead: guess. Or listen here, and sign on to Steve's "Change.org" petition to require that the 3WHH never again go off without adult supervision. Or maybe you will like the ritual abuse Steve received in absentia.

Austin “Wade” Wilson, PhD, CMPC, is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant with nearly two decades of experience in the field of mental performance and 10-plus years of experience researching, teaching, lecturing, and supervising at the post-secondary level. He has designed and taught post-secondary level courses in general sport and exercise psychology, applied mental performance, psychology of injury, and sociology of sport. He is the President & Owner of Wilson Mental Performance Consulting (WMPC) and the President & Director of The MENTOR Magazine, Inc. (TMM). Since 2008, Wade has been a member of several professional associations and has equipped athletes, students, coaches, and professionals from various sectors with the mental acumen required for peak performance.His approach integrates a systematic process of education, acquisition, and implementation of mental training skills into practice and performance regimes. His clientele spans from varsity and ESports athletes to Paralympians, extending beyond sports to include military, sales, and business sectors. Wade's academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Recreation and Leisure Studies from the University of Waterloo, a Master's in Human Kinetics from the University of Windsor, and an Honours BA in Sport Psychology from Laurentian University. He also holds an Advanced Diploma as a Child and Youth Worker from Loyalist College, a Professional Certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy from Wilfrid Laurier University and has received certified professional training for cognitive behaviour therapy and single-session therapy.In 2023, he achieved the status of Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) with the Association of Applied Sport Psychology and has recently joined the registry of approved supervisors. As a former athlete, Wade has competed in various sports, both artistic/aesthetic and power/performance, with ice hockey being his primary interest.Wade was a goaltender at the Junior C, and Junior A, and had a rapid cup of coffee at the U-Sport varsity level. Off the field, Wade enjoys walks with his rescue greyhounds, Willa and Pearl, listening to jazz music, and cheering for his favourite NFL team, the Baltimore Ravens. Born in Trenton, Ontario, and having grown up in Tweed, Ontario, with stopovers in Sudbury and Winsor, he now resides with his wife and stepdaughter in Kitchener, Ontario.Chapters:0:00 – Introduction4:45 – Exploring Mental Performance and Toughness8:32 – Strategies to Eliminate Distractions and Maintain Peak Performance12:40 – Mental Performance vs. Creative Thinking: What's the Difference?15:19 – What is Mentor Magazine and Who is It For?19:29 – Understanding “Psollogy” in Ontario and Why It Matters25:40 – The Role of Athletes in Mentor Magazine: Are Inserts Possible?29:06 – How Parents Can Get Involved with Mentor Magazine32:23 – Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset: How to Tell the Difference35:48 – Navigating the Injury Process: What You Need to Know41:54 – Healing from Concussions: Timeframes and Individual Recovery44:13 – Benefits and Cost of Mentor Magazine: What to Expect→ CONTACT WADE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ←INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thementormagazineinc/WEBSITE: https://thementormagazine.caX/TWITTER: https://x.com/TMMIncMagazineYOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMentorMagazineInc→ CONTACT ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA ←15 MINUTE DISCOVERY CALL: https://calendly.com/rorymitchell-biz/15-minute-discovery-call?month=2025-02 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/officially.rory/YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@officiallyroryBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/officiallyroryX: https://twitter.com/officiallyrory HOO.BE: https://hoo.be/officiallyroryPAYPAL DONATIONS: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/rorymitch

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A group of travellers have won a landmark legal case against Medway Council to stay on a park and ride site.The families were given permission to stay on the land in Wigmore for three months from July 2023 is they paid a weekly fee, then were ordered to leave in the October.Reporter Davina Jethwa has been following the story and joins the podcast with all the details.Also in today's episode, a Maidstone drug dealer has been jailed after video was found of a manufacturing lab that was used to make tens of thousands of ecstasy pills.Video at KentOnline shows footage that was discovered on Jamie Stacey-Evans' phone.Leaders in Sevenoaks have been told their days in charge are numbered after nine Conservative councillors quit the party.They've formed a new group called West Kent Independents and the Tories no longer have overall control of the authority. Hear from the leader of the Lib Dems in the area.Inspectors have reported significant changes at a Kent school previously criticised for the number of fights and high levels of truancy.Ofsted have been back to Sandwich Technology School to check on safety, behaviour and attendance. Simon Sharples took over as headteacher in January and has been telling us about their success.A petition has been launched to protect five oak trees on the Hoo peninsula from a potential road widening scheme.It's feared developers behind plans for a new 760-home estate near High Halstow could chop down trees on Christmas Lane.Events are taking place in France to mark the 85th anniversary of one of the most incredible rescue missions during the Second World War.Privately owned Little Ships from England were used to collect Allied soldiers from beaches at Dunkirk in 1940. Reporter Gabriel Morris is in Dunkirk.And in sport, Ashford United's Gary Lockyer has collected the award for scoring the most goals in this season's FA Cup.The 32-year-old netted 10 during their campaign to the third qualifying round.

Sosa Henkoma is not just a survivor but a living testament to resilience, transformation, and the urgent need for systemic change. Raised in South East London, Sosa fled an abusive home environment as a child, seeking safety but instead falling into the grip of something even more insidious.At just 11 years old, he was groomed into the world of county lines drug trafficking a brutal system that exploits vulnerable children and erases their innocence in silence. It wasn't until much later that he was finally seen, not as a statistic or a lost cause, but as a survivor of grooming and child trafficking deserving of support, healing, and justice. Since then, Sosa has turned his pain into power, using his lived experience to advocate for change. Today, he dedicates his life to educating young people, supporting survivors, and working alongside law enforcement and institutions to shift the narrative from criminalization to compassion, punishment to prevention. His voice is a warning and a beacon reminding us that every child deserves to be protected, believed, and given the chance to heal.Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 1:07 - What's a truth about yourself that you only recently accepted?15:04 - Sosa speaks about the origins story, getting started in gang life. 54:29 - Can the past come back and haunt Sosa? 59:45 - Abandonment and do the triggers come back?1:05:45 - The message to the black community and the way to create abundance→ CONTACT SOSA HENKOMA ON SOCIAL MEDIA ← INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sosa_est/?hl=enTIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@sosa.estX/TWITTER: https://x.com/sosa_est7th

In the third series streamlined episode on the Chatter social audio app, we're back live from the Podcast HQ! Today In this powerful episode, Jonathan Howard joins the show to dive deep into the world of social media trends, coaching, and mentorship. With an inspiring abundance mindset, Jonathan shares his transition from a 9-to-5 job to becoming a thriving entrepreneur and creator. We also explore a vulnerable and emotional moment in his journey — surviving and rising above a hate crime. Trigger warning: This part of the conversation may be sensitive for some listeners. Jonathan brings a fresh perspective on how to stay ahead in digital spaces, deal with being misunderstood, and define what success in 2025 looks like. His insights on investing in coaching for personal growth are a must-hear for creators, entrepreneurs, and anyone navigating today's digital landscape. TELEGRAM PODCAST HQ: https://t.me/PodcastingHQ 

The bus buddies are back, as Alyssa from Breakfast in Beauclair returns to TNO to break down Frank chapters, highlighting how she relates to his cultural experiences! Topics include: Leap Day, mangoes, Asian-American heritage, waiting, SNL, Waffle House, TV remotes, pockets, Animorphs, Norman Osborne, Pirates Of the Caribbean, tech aging, “WELCOME TO CANADA, IDIOT.”, trash-talk, Frank's confidence, and more!TNO in Switzerland, Missouri, Rhode Island, and Pittsburgh: www.thenewestolympian.com/live  — Find The Newest Olympian Online —• Website: www.thenewestolympian.com• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon• Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian• Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/newestolympian.bsky.social• Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian• Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian• Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production —• Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert• Editor: Sherry Guo• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle• Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show —Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he journeys through the Riordanverse for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over the Greek mythology throughout. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

Hoo boy. Last week we had one story. Just a Target gift card. This week, we’ve got SM-33, another Dirty Clone, May the 4th Surprises, Lightspeed Bundles, AND MORE! Yikes. Presented by Radio Free Tatooine (https://www.radiofreetatooine.com) We love hearing from our Tatooiners. Join our Discord to share your thoughts, discuss strategies, and stay up to […] The post Galactic War Report – Episode 429: He’s a Pirate appeared first on RADIO FREE TATOOINE.

The Frick and Frack of facts and fun, David Waldman and Greg Dworkin close out the month with today's KITM. Hoo boy are the next 100 days going to be awful. The Trump Tariffs Tsunami has begun to reach landfall and will be lapping over our hairlines in only weeks. Tourists are staying away in droves. Americans don't support Donald K. Trump on the economy. They don't support him on a lot of things. In fact, Americans don't support Trump on so many levels, that if they had any other viable choice than Democrats to pick from, they'd have already fled to whomever that would be… even so, Trump is feeling pretty threatened. Like any wild animal, Trump has an instinctual defense ready: stupid lies. The more he's threatened, the more lies, and the more stupidity until Trump's pursuer gives up, or until Karoline Leavitt saves him. Karoline has her work cut out for her, as Trump would have dug all the way to ‘Gina in his ABC interview had Terry Moran only allowed him to. She-Wolf of the DOJ, Pam Bondi, will tell you that Donald personally saved the lives of one third of the United States population in only 100 days. I mean, what more can you ask? Trump says he “could” bring Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador, but doesn't feel like it. A Fortune 500 company fired their lawyer who helped an immigrant family. The Turner Diaries is the MAGA Constitution. El Salvador is in it for the money, crypto money, and by coincidence so is the Trump family.  Believe it or not, Trump has a trust problem in the courts. Trump's lawyers aren't helping by being assholes. LeBron James of lawyers, Steven Biskupic, will be defending the Judge arrested by Trump's FBI. Steven's LeBron James of a sister will be reporting.

Hoo boy, saddle up little doggy. This podcast is taking you out west for a little hootenanny. High-tail it over and listen to these greenhorns learn a thing or two from the master prairie schooner, Sabs. Join these bunch of saddle tramps as they explore the world of horses in the hit mobile and PC game, Horse World. Does the game live up to its name? Do we get one Jacob confused with the other? Would we make great horse caregivers? Give it a listen, cityslicker.Send us a textSupport the showhttps://linktr.ee/thefirsthourpodcast

Shop workers in a Medway village say they've been left “traumatised” after a series of “shocking” attacks on the store.Staff at the newsagent in Hoo say they're suffering regular verbal abuse and have had display stands chucked at them and have even been threatened with acid.Also in today's podcast, an abusive man who assaulted his partner for almost two years and made her life an “absolute misery” has been jailed.The offences starting shortly after the pair met in July 2022 and included belittling the victim in front of her friends and family, constantly demanding to know her whereabouts and making insults about her appearance.A nursery has been rated ‘Inadequate' after Ofsted inspectors discovered staff were giving children medicine without the “required written permissions” from parents.The site on Romney Marsh was given the lowest grading possible after being visited by the government watchdog last month.Anger is mounting in Britain's smallest town as it remains shut off so repairs can be carried out on the mayor's house - despite work grinding to a halt last week.The only road through the town - a route used by thousands of motorists a day - was closed on April 7 for more than three months, leaving many facing travel misery.And in football you can hear from the Gillingham boss ahead of their final home game of the season. They're hosting Swindon Town and will be hoping to keep their ten game unbeaten run alive. 

Hoo boy. It's here. It's problematic. Intentions go to war with execution in the infamous "Profit and Lace"SUPPORT OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/KandM00:00 | Introduction04:58 | Patron Comments30:40 | About the Episode/Time Capsule34:43 | Trivial Trivia49:03 | Episode Discussion 1:25:56 | The AlamarEmmys!*This is an audio-only feed of K&M's Video Podcast found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLidGSKPjKhVLDXW-9SDCdmYZR7rvMCIfp

To all the writers that feel like as soon as they submit their ideas to a big studio or publisher, that your ideas will be ripped off somehow, HOO boy do we have a game for you! Let that nightmare/fantasy come to life as you travel through the mixture of two stories and completely different genres in Split Fiction. You play as two writers who were supposed to be in their own bubbles trying out a machine that is supposed to make ideas a reality, but one of them panicked and well..here we are, stuck in their chaotic clashing theoretical realities! To top that off, this game is also a cooperative multiplayer experience that might have some of you sleeping on the couch if things don't go well. So if you are looking for a detailed review of the game, we will have that to you lickity split…fiction. Enjoy!

Joel Rochester aka fictionalfates makes his long-awaited return to TNO to dive into some Son of Neptune chapters where the real hero is trash talk. Topics include: electric cars, peak horse girl, nautical miles, Arion One, nickering, Goel Rochester, boss fights, expand/expound, glistening, DnD, life's fairness, Alcyoneus' perfection, Rule of Threes, synergistic moment, trash talk, black olives, and more!Listen to The Last & The Curious: http://thelastandthecurio.usShop TNO x Indland Stuff: https://www.inlandstuff.com Thanks to our sponsor, Headspace! Get Headspace free for 60 days at www.headspace.com/60OLYLMPIAN  — Find The Newest Olympian Online —• Website: www.thenewestolympian.com• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon• Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian• Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/newestolympian.bsky.social• Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian• Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian• Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production —• Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert• Editor: Sherry Guo• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle• Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show —Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he journeys through the Riordanverse for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over the Greek mythology throughout. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

Kelly Schubert is back on the pod and back in her hometown to discuss more Son of Neptune chapters live on stage with Mike! The trio is ready to eat breakfast and fight monsters, and they're all out of breakfast. Topics include: The Houston Rodeo, flattened pennies, Texas 4000, turbulence, losing things, rough air, Rice University, “Sure.”, ellipsis, Mufasa, Wicked, air fresheners, revisiting hometowns, ACME, breakfast for dinner, reindeer sausage, 24, cutting things close, all aboard, payphone calls to mom, Alaska, shed hunting, rumps, Coca-Cola, children's books, Bug Juice lore, Taqueria Ruby, late night food, trades, niche classes, and more! Thanks to our sponsors:Quince - Get free shipping and 365-day returns at www.quince.com/olympianNutrafol - Get $10 off your frist month + free shipping at www.nutrafol.com w/ code "OLYMPIAN"  — Find The Newest Olympian Online —• Website: www.thenewestolympian.com• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon• Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian• Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/newestolympian.bsky.social• Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian• Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian• Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production —• Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert• Editor: Sherry Guo• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle• Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show —Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he journeys through the Riordanverse for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over the Greek mythology throughout. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

Johnny is back, this time live on stage with Schubes in Richmond, VA (definitely not Quantico, VA) for some juicy Heroes of Olympus Book 2 chapters, where Frank FINALLY learns the details of the Zhang family gift! Topics include: Oatmeal Creme Pies, chess, Quantico, LotR fun facts, Wicked, three-pointers, dolt, Reverse Shrek, Crazy Rich Asians, Muhammad Ali, Frank's clothing, fun facts, Jeopardy!, state mammals, VR, roofs, AWOOGA, Troy Bolton, George McFly, car romantics, Das Racist, Running Flip Charades, talk-singing, disco fries, WWJD, Internet personalities, engineering, and more! PJO DS Game stream, Live stream discount, and more: http://www.thenewestolympian.com/patreonTNO Live in person and streamed: http://www.thenewestolympian.com/live  — Find The Newest Olympian Online —• Website: www.thenewestolympian.com• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon• Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian• Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/newestolympian.bsky.social• Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian• Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian• Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production —• Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert• Editor: Sherry Guo• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle• Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show —Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he journeys through the Riordanverse for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over the Greek mythology throughout. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

In this episode, Joe, Jen, Tom, and Brendan review season 3, episode 5 of Prime Video's The Wheel of Time. Let's climb Turnip Mountain! Hear Joe lose himself to laughter! Hear Jen triple up "Hoo boys!" Hear Tom see conspiracy! Hear Brendan blow us away! All that, plus the saddest farewell! The first part is spoiler-free, the last bit is spoiler-filled, but the whole thing is a dream!Send us your thoughts and questions!For 25% off the first month, use offer code TALK3. Offer expires April 18, 2025 midnight ET.https://patreon.com/talkaranrhiodSupport the showhttps://www.talkaranrhiod.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkaranrhiodInstagram: talk_aran_rhiodBluesky: @talkaranrhiodX: @arantalkDiscord: https://dsc.gg/talkaranrhiodMerch: https://www.newcreationsbyjen.com/collections/talkaranrhiod

Sibeal Pays A Visit.Book 3 in 18 parts, By FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels.It is selfish to believe that your family will always love you. At some point you will be asked to earn it{Right where we left off}It was H-hour plus four. A Thai soldier fired another burst from his T A R 21. The other four soldiers around him did the same. They were using an overturned car as cover. He saw movement at a building across the street to his right. He fired off another few rounds. The figure fell to the ground. By hard-earned experience, he realized the enemy soldier had probably dived for cover, not been hit."Time to fall back. One block back," he hoped he didn't sound too shrill. "You two go first," he indicated the two townsfolk. His battalion major had drafted them minutes after the attack began. Any organized supply depot had been an open invitation for an artillery strike, so he had called for civilians to help carry the ammunition loads instead. These two had been attached to his platoon. Now they were with him.They nodded, hefted up the crate of 5.56mm and sprinted toward the rear while his men gave them cover fire. They made it. He named off two of his other men. It was their turn to go. After their sprint to safety, it was time for him and the last two to go. They ran past some terribly close flanking fire, but all made it.This Thai soldier wasn't the squad leader, or even the squad's second in command. He was a lowly Phon Thahan (Private, not 1st Class). Those two men were already dead. No, he was a common soldier who found other men listening to his orders so, by default, he was in command. His initial squad of ten had shrunk down to three. The fourth man had been part of the regimental staff, a driver, sent into the firefight to replace losses. He still could point and shoot, which was all that mattered at the moment.At the next block he found the two civilians. His men dumped their empty clips on them, then positioned themselves for the next enemy rush. The leader of this ad hoc force took the driver over to the far corner of the building they sheltered behind. Too often, going inside buildings was a death trap. The enemy would corner you then call in their artillery."Guard this corner," he told the driver. "I'll be checking up on you." The frightened soldier nodded, then took up his post. Now he had a few seconds to consider his position. He was running out of town to retreat through. Behind him lay open fields. Just then he saw the tale-tell site of a Dragon Anti-Tank missile firing from the next raised roadway to his rear-right.He couldn't see if it hit anything. There was no huge explosion. Still, it indicated that other elements of his battalion were in the fight. From what little briefing he had been given when the attack started, the major had placed his heavy machine guns and recoilless rifles on each flank to stop the enemy's mobile forces from getting around his command and surrounding them.Little did the soldier understand he was involved in a textbook defense by foot-bound infantry versus armored opponents. His two townsmen were busy shoving bullets into the thirty round magazines. His men had already engaged the enemy to the front. Gone were the cries of 'got him'. No one gave a damn anymore. They were too exhausted to care. Now they counted the comrades they had left, not the possible number of enemy out there.Six minutes later he heard the sound of death coming his way."Everyone down," he screamed a second before an artillery round flattened their shelter. For a few moments all he could do was gaze up at the heavens. His body hurt, his ears were ringing and the belief that he could stop now, he had given it his best shot and his part in this battle were over.He pulled himself and examined what he had left. He wasn't hurt if you didn't count the blood coming out his ears. He couldn't say the same for his companions. One of the townsmen had the top of his head torn off, his soulless eyes gazing up to the forever. One of his men had a smoking chunk of meat where his spine should have been. A second one was nursing a bad leg wound.The third soldier? He was already up and firing. The second townsmen was a bit dazed, yet looked like he could carry on. The soldier crouch-ran to check on the driver. He was laying on his belly. For a second he mourned for that fellow then the man got off a burst, then scooted back. He had been 'playing possum' in order to draw some enemy out. He was alive and fighting."We have got to get out of here," he told the man. "Get to the elevated road across the field then provide cover fire for the rest of us." The driver acknowledged the command, fired off one more burst then bolted for the field. The Thai made his way back to his other survivors. He gave them the same order, the civilian first.The wounded man? He couldn't make it with that leg wound and if any of the others carried him they would most likely die too."Cover us as long as you can," he ordered. The wounded shoulder crawled to the corner to relieve the only standing soldier."Go," he ordered that man. Off he sprinted. The leader placed two spare clips next to the wounded man, wished him luck, then it was his turn to sprint to safety. Close to the end, a few bullets hurried him along. He found the others had made it unwounded as well. The townsman was already shoving more bullets into the empty magazines.To his right was the remnants of the squad with the recoilless rifle and a light machine gun. To his left was a group of six Thahan Phran, paramilitary border guards. He rejoined the firing line. The enemy had overrun the buildings closest to them and were faced with the same quandary he had just overcome, the open field. When a man tapped his shoulder he nearly jumped out of his skin.It was his company commander."You've been doing well. I'm placing you in command of this section. We have a Carl Gustav (another version of a recoilless rifle) in the trees over there," the Captain pointed to the right. Hold this position as long as you can. Help is on the way."Before this fight, the soldier had dreaded this officer. He had been so pompous, so spit-and-polished and arrogant. Now he saw different qualities in the man. He was cool under fire, had his mind on the bigger picture of the fight and the discipline he had instilled in his men was paying dividends the private soldier hadn't appreciated at that time."You are Sip Tho (corporal) now," the officer told him. With that declaration, the common foot soldier had inherited 13 more men, the squad of seven to his right and the six Thahan Phran to his left. Combined with his two that made something more like a combat command. The Captain made his way back up the line. The Thai didn't have long to appreciate his promotion. Smoke shells began detonating between his position and the town, obscuring the place."Remember," he shouted. "Short, controlled bursts and only shoot at something that you know is out there!" With that, he had established his command of the situation. Several explosions detonated in the wooded position. Half a minute later, a tank appeared and pumped another H E into the position. In doing so, it exposed its side to Thai's section.The two men manning his Dragon launcher looked his way. It was a shot at a 45 degree angle and any heavy weapons fire would bring about all kinds of hate."Fire," he ordered. The man aiming the device took a few seconds then let loose. The rocket didn't penetrate the side, but it did knock a track out."Now we are going to get it," the Thai mumbled.A few heartbeats later, a larger TOW missile slammed into it from a position to his command's rear. This time the tank blew up. Of equal importance to the soldier's mind, there were men behind him and that could only mean, the second regiment had finally arrived. He was sure he wouldn't be falling back any further, giving the invaders one more inch of sacred Thai soil. It also meant his men would most likely live to see the end of the day. That mattered too.  It was H-hour plus six. Two hour earlier, elements of the Vietnamese People's Army's 314th Mechanized regiment and 206th Tank Regiment with the Mobile battalion of the Laotian 1st Division and the Khanate's Laos Force Command slammed into Khon Kaen. By that time, the small city had already seen its share of hell. Khanate forces had stormed the regional airport with an aerial assault at 4:10 AM that morning.There were no dedicated combat troops in Khon Kaen. It was the HQ for both the Royal Thai 3rd Division and its component 1st regiment. That had resulted in a see-saw battle until the relief force arrived from the north. After that, resistance had collapsed. Over three hundred men surrendered. A hundred miles to the north forces in the town of Udon Thani, battalions of the 1st and 2nd regiments of the 3rd Division were still in combat with Laotian and Vietnamese forces. The final outcome of that battle had yet to be decided.What did matter was that the entire command structure of northeast of Thailand had been neutered. There were five more battalions out there that had no idea what to do next. They suffered from sporadic air attacks, but nothing serious was coming their way.What none of them were aware of was that a Far North Force out of the Laotian highlands had broken a battalion of the Royal Thai's 6th Infantry Division, taken Roi Et and severed the communications between the two formations. At Roi Et, the Khanate armored spearhead had left elements of the 2nd Regiment of Lao's 4th Division to hold the airport and was blazing a trail westward along Highway 23, to the south/rear of those five battalions.South of Roi Et, two other Thai battalions were grudgingly giving ground to a regiment of Vietnam's 305th Division plus the 270th Combat Engineers and 16th Artillery Brigade. What mattered was that those forces were drawing off the efforts of the 6th Divisions to counteract the invasion.The 6th Division had its own litany of woes. It was the subject of a dozen pinpricks. The division's commander had lost contact with the other two divisions under the 2nd Army's command. He had enemy forces to his north around Amnat Charoen, he'd lost contact with this 1st regiment HQ at Roi Et.His second regiment, at Ubon Ratchathani, was heavily engaged with the Alliance's North Force. His 3rd regiment, spread out along the southern approaches to his life line, Highway 24, had discovered small teams of Special Forces at every bridge and crossing, making every attempt at creating a unified front costly and ultimately futile.The 2nd Army's HQ and supply hub were at Nakhon Ratchasima. They were under attack, the airport had fallen and the sole mechanized regiment (minus one battalion) was having a terrible time retaking it. They were presently incapable of coming to his defense, since their third battalion had already been called to the capital to put down unrest/enemy forces.He finally made his decision. The remnants of the 1st regiment were to retire westward over the back roads towards the division headquarters at the Si Sa Ket Railway Station. The second regiment was to hold in place until sunset. Using all of the division's remaining assets, he was going to secure Highway 24 so that his command could retire using that path before they were cut off and defeated one regiment at the time.  It was H-hour plus seven. For one of the drivers in a Khanate Heavy Mountain Supply Zuun, there wasn't much to love about this mission. He was a truck driver with a weapon, not a true foot soldier. He was content with his role in logistics, which was why his current mission scared the crap out of him. He wasn't in an armored vehicle and was accompanied by only one Fast Zuun ~ by its very nature a lightly armored unit. Now he was driving deep into enemy territory with a truckload of Karin freedom fighters, who also were lightly equipped.He had already reached the first goal, the town of San Buri, 270 kilometers behind enemy lines and only 60 kilometers from downtown Bangkok. There was a fear that his own air force would mistake then for an enemy supply column and shoot them up. Then there was the fear that some rear echelon troops would find the convoy suspicious and fill his unarmed vehicle with holes. His luck held, the enemy were looking to the north and east, not at a group of trucks heading south.Soldiers from the rebel faction of the Thai Royal Army were stationed in each vehicle to cover any conversation with the local constabulary that might come up. The cover story was that the unit was driving with a purpose ~ the capital was under attack and they were reinforcements using back roads to avoid airstrikes ~ the phone network was a mess and the fact that the plan was so audacious, the normal police officers didn't feel the need to slow the military trucks down.The last phase was pure madness. They rolled down Road 304 at 80 kph. Every time they approached a checkpoint, the unit's commander called in a hopefully faux airstrike, on both them and the Thai soldiers. That made it plausible for the convoy to race forward as the troops around them were too busy diving for cover to stop them. If anything, the defenders thought those truck drivers were the bravest men they'd ever seen.At the end of the journey, they rolled across the Road 304 Bridge over the Chao Praya River, then dispersed. Each truck disgorged 16 Karin fighters, for a total of 560. To that was added the 100 members of the Fast Zuun and 35 drivers, three Tigr's and 59 combat troops. Miracles of miracles, they found the capital to be in total chaos.  It was H-hour plus 6 and a half. The Turkish Khanate commander of 100 looked south in the direction of In Buri. He was already in the 'spread chaos' phase of his operation. The central part of In Buri was the junction of Highways 11 and 32. Somewhere to the far north, friendly units were fighting their way to him. Forces retreating south, or reinforcements from Bangkok would have to pass through his position. He commandeered some passing civilian vehicles and created barricades on all three sides of the T-cloverleaf.Before long, the ground elements of an Airmobile Zuun had joined him. That allowed him to deploy several two-man observer teams over the surrounding countryside. He left two AFV's on the bridge and camouflaged the others in the best ambush points he could think of. Then, he waited.  It was H-hour plus eight. For Julia Atwood, this was the culmination of twenty-five years working in Asia, covering a host of military conflicts and both natural and man-made humanitarian disasters. She'd gotten a tip two days earlier that Bangkok Thailand was going to be the place to be. Since she wasn't a known anti-government reporter, her entry into the country had been easy enough.She had spent the previous day picking a city guide, luckily finding one she knew well, and looking around for sources of information about 'trouble'. What she found was a quiet city on the edge of an explosion. The police, paramilitary forces and the military had everything battened down tight. At the same time, the population was extremely anxious over the upcoming loyalist offensive against the rebel northwest.The military had clamped down on all information coming out of the prospective war zones while exhorting on all forms of mass media the sacred traditions of Thai national identity and the need for law and order. That made the hairs on the back of Julia's neck tingle. It spoke of an upcoming shit storm. Still, Day One had been a bust. Few people wanted to talk about what was going on; all known opposition leaders were in prison or in exile.She had awakened early in the morning to the sound of heavy weapons fire. She had been in enough war zones to know the difference between grenades exploding, or pistol, assault rifle, machine gun, and tank fire. She was hearing tank fire, which made no sense. The Thai army didn't need to use their tank's big guns to fire at anything the opposition could bring to bear.She slipped out the back of her hotel to avoid any possible police minder, gathered up her guide and went hunting for the story. Twice she barely avoided roving army patrols. What immediately occurred to her was these soldiers didn't seem to know what was going on. They were jumpy (not good) and nervous (great for a story).Her trained ears and years of instinct led her to one of the eyes of the storm. Julia's jaw nearly dropped open. There were Central Asian men riding around in Russian equipment surrounded by throngs of hundreds, possibly thousands, of Thai 'Red Shirt' protestors marching on a police barricade. Several leaders of the movement had bullhorns and were communicating with the police. It was a tense situation.Julia forced her way to the BMP-3M, then shouted up at the commander standing in the copula. She tried Uzbek. The man looked her way."No. I'm Kazak. My Uzbek isn't very good," he replied. Julia's Kazak wasn't the best in the world, but she endeavored to make it work."What are you doing here?""I could ask you the same thing," the man smiled. "We are part of the Alliance effort to bring about democratic change in this country." Julia knew he was spouting the party line."What are you really doing here?" she pressed."I have no idea," he chortled. "I don't speak this language, don't know who these people are and only found out where Thailand was two days ago.""Are there a lot of you here?""Not really.""How did you get here?""We landed at the airport. We are a portion of an airmobile Zuun."Just then one of the protestors tried to get the unit leader's attention. He kept repeating something."He wants you to advance on the police line and look menacing," she translated."Okay," the Khanate officer shrugged. "That I can do."He spoke rapid fire Kazak, which Julia couldn't quite follow. Her ride lurched forward, the crowd parted and she could see the blood drain out of the police commander's face. Without looking her way, the Kazak spoke to Julia."Tell them they have thirty seconds to put down their arms or I'm going to shred the lot of them."Julia thought about it for a second. She was recording this exchange on her camcorder. She knew this was straying dangerously close to becoming a participant, not a reporter. She translated to the Thai young man. He sprinted toward the police and relayed the message. She had no idea what a 100mm fragmentation shell would do, had an idea how bloody a 30mm auto-cannon could get and had great familiarity with the effectiveness of 12.7 & 7.62mm machine guns.The lead protestor had a rapid discussion with the lead policeman, bowing and begging for this situation to be resolved peacefully. The countdown reached eight when the officer indicated his acquiescence. The mob didn't surge forward victoriously. Julia slapped the turret to get the Kazak's attention."You don't need to fire.""I understand that," the man acknowledged. It wasn't over though. Another protestor, a woman, waved for the Kazak's attention. Since she wasn't alone in doing so, the man hadn't noticed her. What she was saying did get Julia's attention."She is saying that tanks are on the way!" she shouted at the man in the copula."Which direction?" he inquired. Julia confirmed the information relayed by the girl, who double checked with the person on the other end of her phone, worked out the terrain in her head, then drew a quick map on her palm."They are coming up the road one block up. They are heading north toward us.""Clear out the crowd," he responded evenly. He once more ordered his unit to action. One of the Tigr's raced forward and disgorged its men close to the next corner then the vehicle withdrew."What do you plan to do?" she asked."Do what I came here to do, kill the enemy.""But they have tanks.""Fortunately I have things that kill tanks," he grinned."Do you mind if I stick around?""It is your life," he shrugged. The BMP moved forward to the point where, with its barrel turned sideways, the vehicle was just short of exposing itself. He was busy talking to someone else.Seconds later, one of the Khanate soldiers at the corner launched a grenade up the street, then two others opened fire with their assault rifles. They ducked back around the corner right as a larger caliber machine gun chewed up the wall as well as the street in front of her. Two other soldiers fired off flares into the sky."You might want to get down," the Kazak advised her. Julia nodded, jumped off and ran to the corner to join the other troopers. She edged around the corner, leading with her camcorder. Sure enough, up the street was an honest-to-God tank, with others behind it. One of the foot-bound Kazaks was busy shouting at the others. Once more, a soldier fired a grenade at the tank, to no visible effect. This time he apparently got the response the Kazaks wanted.The tank's big gun fired. One of the troopers, mindful of Julia, grabbed her as they propelled themselves to the ground. The world exploded. Julia was doing a quick check of her well-being when she heard the BMP race forward, barrel turned perpendicular down the street and then it fired. Julia barely caught it all on her camera. The IFV had fired an anti-tank missile out of its main gun. The oncoming tank was a Ukrainian made T-84 Oplot.It exploded; the turret flying away in a curtain of flame. This time it was the blast that blew Julia to the ground. A Kazak soldier hefted her up and pulled her to safety. He was truly pissed when she dodged back into the danger zone to retrieve her camcorder. She sighed happily when she found it undamaged. The BMP rolled back behind cover."Get down," the Kazak ground pounder growled. "It is about to get a whole lot worse.""How?" she looked at him."Well, now that we have stopped the column from moving," he grinned like a maniac. That wasn't much of an answer. Then she noted all the Kazaks clutching at the concrete sidewalks. She did likewise. Seconds later, she heard the jets. 'Oh God', she gulped. She'd seen more than her fair share of airstrikes. She had never been this close to one.Out of the corner of her eye she noticed the Thai crowd moving closer."Get down," she screamed in Thai. "Get Down!"Others repeated her warning and the crowed went down to their knees. Then came the thunder. Julia could barely make out the whoosh of missiles before the detonating rockets and missiles shook her world.A stubby-winged jet raced past her vision. The pilot had gotten so damn close to the building tops she could make out every feature of his aircraft. This level of caution where civilians were concerned was surprisingly unlike the Khanate. She tried to stand, but the soldier next to her had wrapped an arm around her."They come in twos," he cautioned her.Sure enough another series of explosions rocked her surroundings. No sooner had she gotten to her feet, the Kazak commander shouted,"They are coming around for another pass, then we go!"A series of passes followed with the jets using auto-cannons on whomever was left out there.Julia pushed away from her guardian and rushed up to the BMP officer."Wait," she called to him. Stunningly, he waited, looking at her. "Let the crowd save the survivors. This is their struggle too.""If the soldiers fire on them there will be little I can do," he responded."Give them a chance."Against all her expectations, he did. The crowd moved to discover the carnage visited on their oppressors, and fellow countrymen.  It was H-hour plus eight. The Thai tank commander was close to the end of his rope. He'd been fighting since sunrise. Defend, attack, withdraw to a defensive position then wait for the order to counterattack. His platoon had dwindled down to his sole surviving tank. His company no longer acted as a separate entity. Now his battalion, barely a company in strength, operated as a fire brigade, shoring up his beleaguered battle group.The last attack, backed by air power, had shattered his unit. He fell back, literally backing into a second story building to avoid the ever-present Alliance attack helicopters. From his vantage point he could see a column of armored vehicles rolling down Highway 11. He was debating which one he would fire on first when he noticed a jeep coming his way. Onboard were three Thai soldiers, rebels.The jeep rolled right up to his hiding spot. The man in the back dismounted and he walked right up to the tank."Can we talk?" the man inquired. The tank commander kept him covered with this machine gun."What do you have to say, traitor?" he barked."I come to request,""We will not surrender," he growled."We are not asking you to surrender," the man corrected him. "We are asking you to let the war pass you by.""Why should I?""If you fight, you will be destroyed. The Thai army will need to rebuild when this is over and we must be strong. If you throw your life away, we will all be weaker."The tank commander had to think that over. If he began firing on that armored column he would be striking a mighty blow for his country. He would also be sentencing him and his men to death."There will be no surrender?""No sir," the man insisted.The rebel soldier made some sense. The Thai military would have to rebuild when this catastrophe was over. He and his men had done their part."We will stay here for a while," the tank commander informed the rebel."Very well," the soldier bowed. He remounted his jeep and drove away."We are going to stay here a while," he addressed his crewmen. "Get a bite to eat and a drink of water."His men hesitated for a moment."Now, while we have the chance."The men hopped to. They had their orders. They would worry about the morality of their actions later.  It was H-hour plus nine. The men in the Royal Thai Army's high command were finally getting ahold of the big picture. The good news was the Third Army's offensive was grinding to a halt along a line stretching along Highway 1 from Tham Pet Tham Tong Forest in the east to Chai Nat on the Chao Praya River in the west. It was accepted as fact that the 3rd Cavalry and 11th Infantry divisions could hold the line.West of the Chao Praya was a chaotic mess of small garrisons involved in raids and counter-raids. It was deemed unlikely the Alliance forces could push forward any further in that direction either. It also meant that they couldn't pull units from that region to reinforce any of their other trouble points and they had a few.That was most of the good news.Another piece of good news was the1st Army's 2nd Infantry Division had stopped the invasion force they were facing only a few kilometers over the frontier in the area of Watthana Nakhon District. As soon as they had gathered the majority of the division together, they would be mounting a counter-offensive with the intention of overwhelming that force and destroying it.After that, it only got worse.In the area of the 2nd Army, the 3rd Infantry Division and the 2nd Cavalry Division had virtually ceased to exist as cohesive forces. Two battalions of the 3rd Division were retreating south into the 6th Division's area. The 2nd Cavalry division had been reduced pre-battle to one mechanized regiment. That regiment was gone and with it, the supply routes for the 2nd Royal Thai Army.Inside that zone, the 6th Infantry Division still existed, but it was in a world of trouble. They had lost control of Highway 24, their primary supply/evacuation route, and were relentlessly being driven out of Ubon Ratchathani. Even with the slowly arriving battalions of the 3rd Division, the 6th could barely muster two combat-effective regiments and those were running short of fuel and ammunition. The 6th had become a static force, too large to be overwhelmed, too immobile to press the enemy out, or save themselves from a slow strangulation. Had they their assigned tank battalion, but they didn't.The 1st Army's 9th Division was in the worst shape. They had gathered into one elliptical shaped perimeter centered on Chanthaburi and were down to four battalions and two tanks. Technically, they had another battalion, except the 1st Army command had ordered that into Bangkok to aid in suppressing the rebel movement. The 9th Division was surrounded, under attack from the land, sea (the Indian Navy had joined the fight) and air. Their commanding general expected to be wiped out before sunset.And Bangkok?It was turning into a typhoon scale disaster. They had finally determined that there were eight small Khanate platoons roaming the city, seemingly at will. The 1st Division had finally located and destroyed one of those, along with a dozen protestors who chose to fight by their side. The others were still at large and causing trouble.That wasn't the worst of it though. The plan had been to pacify outlying neighborhoods and work their way in to the worst areas. That had started out effectively, then suddenly they had lost the northwestern and southeastern sectors. In the northwest, there were Karin fighters killing, or capturing police and paramilitary strongpoints.In the southeast, it was much worse. Unknown armored troops from the 9th Division's rear area had come seeping in along the riverfront. They seemed to be everywhere at once, surprising roadblocks and checkpoints then ambushing the forces sent to restore order. They were a cancer pushing into a city already short on reserves.There were public displays of defiance going out over the international news, surgical air strikes and a growing sense among the rank and file 'Guardians of the Public Order' that they were on the losing side. There were reports of police turning their backs on the unrest, directing traffic and arresting petty criminals instead.The Royal Thai Army in Bangkok still had over 50,000 men under its command. They were sure they were facing less than a thousand hardcore militants, yet they were losing control of the streets. Part of that was caused by the military being tied down to certain strategic areas they had to hold. They had to protect over a dozen buildings and, as they had painfully learned, a platoon wouldn't do.The Government House had been temporarily overrun and Parliament had been shelled. Channel 3 had been hijacked and the forces sent to take it back had been subject to intense helicopter attacks and driven back. They'd killed two such craft, but that only seemed to make the Alliance troops angrier. This was what a death by a thousand cuts felt like. This was worse than bad, because it looked bad on media going out all over the world.  It was H-hour plus twelve. The commander of the MARCOS had finally taken the time to eat. He was in the Maleenont Towers section of Khlong Toei, Bangkok. It had been his masterstroke, seizing the Channel 3 station. He wasn't sure who the eight shady characters who showed up with the VIPs were and he didn't really care. What did matter was while the VIP's fought like wildcats in private they were putting on a unified front while on TV.One of the VIPs was the former civilian Prime Minister of Thailand. The other guys seemed to hate her guts, but were willing to work with her to overthrow the generals. What he did care about was the nearly five hundred men under his command plus a dozen helicopters and jets somewhere above, waiting to swoop in and help when the next government attack materialized.He had to give them this much, the police forces had guts, not a lot of brains, but plenty of guts. Their counter-terrorism unit had known their stuff, but they didn't have any effective anti-tank weapons and he had a half dozen tanks. Whenever the army got feisty, he called up 'Shiva's Fist' ~ his men's joking reference to the Khanate air support. Those bastards not only killed you, they came back around and killed your corpse too.He got a call from the perimeter. Some of those Karin fighters had crossed half the city to join them. The Indian officer had thought that part of the Khanate plan was utter madness, yet here they were, shooting up the place in a manner only highly experienced insurgents could. Those guys didn't even want to hang around. They were asking for more ammo. The locals were giving them all the food and water they needed.At nine, once it was truly dark, the Khanate was promising to drop off a few tons of whatever they need plus some more medivac units. He was down nine men dead and twenty-seven wounded badly enough they need to be removed. The Khanate had lost four times as many. All in all, the overthrow of a military regime was turning out to not be as difficult as he thought it would be. He was waiting to be surprised.  It was H-hour plus fifteen. The fighting had died down and now the main activity was the Thai civic authorities fighting the fires burning in Saraburi. The Khanate Commander of 1000 looked over his shoulder at the burning city. It hadn't been much of a fight, mainly a few rear echelon forces from the Royal Thai 2nd Army and some paramilitaries.He wasn't in the town. The majority of his troopers had already rolled down to the junction of Highways 1 and 33. He had communication with other elements farther west on Highway 32 at Ang Thong and to the northwest at the junction of Highways 1 and 32. The offensive operations was essentially over for his command. That was just as well. He was running low on petrol. He still had plenty of ammunition though.They were sitting on the lifeline for the 1st Army's 3rd Cavalry and 11th Division to the north and the 2nd Division to the east. The 6th Division was too far in his rear to matter and the 9th Division was facing annihilation along the coast. It was very dark now, but the air force was still active. Some pilots were flying their sixteenth mission of the day.For most of the day, the Khanate Air Force had concentrated on his axis of advance and the battle in Bangkok. The Vietnamese Air Force had concentrated on the hapless 9th Division. In reality, the Alliance was almost at the end of its tether.His combined Laos and Far North Task Forces were spent. The North and Cambodian Task Forces had the 6th Division pinned down. The South Task Force had done the same with the 9th. Only the Central Task Force facing the 2nd Division appeared to be in serious trouble.None of those formations were actually near defeat, though many of them wouldn't realize that until morning. Only the 3rd Army's two task force had consisted of more than 5,000 hastily gathered troops and most of those were Cambodians, Laotians and Vietnamese. To that the Khanate had added 50 mobile Zuuns spread over ten task forces and another 50 airmobile, parachute and airlifted units ~ less than ten thousand men and women spread over all fronts.The cold, hard reality for him was that not a single loyalist Thai unit had been destroyed. The 3rd and 9th infantry divisions has been battered, that was true. The majority of their mobile forces, the 2nd and 3rd cavalry divisions, still existed as a potent force. The 11th and 2nd infantry divisions were also out there, but they were all cut off from the capital. And in this elegant global play, the one theater that mattered was Bangkok.In the morning, if they came for him, the loyalist Thai's were going to discover that offense was a lot more painful that defense. Only the 2nd Division bothered him. The forces to the north were too heavily engaged with the rebel Thai 3rd Army to dispatch more than a battalion his way and he would gobble up a battalion.It would be too much to ask the battered Alliance Center Task Force to keep the 2nd Division occupied. From what he had heard, they were on the verge of disintegration after a powerful Loyalist counterattack. He did have patrols on the 304 and 359 Roads in case their commander got creative. What those few men lacked in vehicles, they would compensate for with air power.The Khanate Air Force was a 24/7, all-weather operation. They had lost 40 aircraft to enemy action and a further forty to mechanical malfunction. Losses in helicopters was also high. But there were still enough of both to get the job done. Now all he had to do was wait for the Americans to arrive.  It was H-hour plus seventeen.There were only three major acts left in this macabre play before the eyes of the world. A squadron of 12 Tu-22M bombers found two of the 2nd Division's regiments sneaking to the west. The Thais had done this with as much secrecy as they could. Unfortunately, their move was one of only two option left to the Loyalist Royal Thai Army.Option One, the most likely one, had the 2nd Division attacking the Khanate troops south of Saraburi. It would not only give the 2nd Division freedom of movement, it would establish supply lines to the divisions currently holding the rebel Thai Third Army at bay. It was the predictable choice.The Khanate U A V were out there, scouting for them and when they spotted the three columns using the backroads to approach their attack positions, they relayed that information to a not-so-distant A-50E/I. The squadron of waiting bombers had incredible endurance and had been circling the suspected target area for three hours. They broke up into groups of six then into groups of two. The first two lined up on their targets then unleashed their lethal cargo.Each plane dropped sixty-nine 250 kg bombs. That was138 bombs with a combined explosive power of 75,900 lbs. spread out over three-quarters of a mile. The A-50 assessed the damage for 7 minutes before sending the second set of two in. Another 138 bombs. Another 75,900 lbs. of death. The third group wouldn't be needed. In ten minutes the fighting power of the 2nd Royal Thai Infantry Division had evaporated.Option Two? That called for the 1st Infantry Division, with her added units, to sally forth from Bangkok and rescue the trapped elements of their other divisions. That would have entailed abandoning large areas of the capital to the protestors and the tiny groups of invaders that were helping them. No one thought they would do that and they were right. Had they been wrong, there was another squadron of bombers waiting for them.  It was H-hour plus nineteen. The Thai Phon Thahan-turned-Sip Tho looked out into the darkness. Four hours ago he was anticipating crossing the Cambodian border and burning down their town for a change. Now, now it was wait-and-see. The majority of the division had withdrawn for a long night march to the west. From what he had gathered, the 2nd Army had been pummeled and it was once again the time for the 2nd Division to save the day.He spotted movement in front of him. He glanced over to his 'sniper', a Thahan Phran who was the best shot in his unit and had a taste for the task. The man had the target in his sights."I come to parlay," the voice in the darkness shouted in less than perfect Thai. The Thai soldier had to think what that meant. His instinct was to shoot the man. His training taught him to not make choices above his pay grade."Advance. Don't do anything stupid," he called out. To the man next to him he whispered, "Go get the Captain." The man slunk away. No one alive in the unit stood up to do anything. You even pissed crouched down. The man coming toward him was a Cambodian. It was evident in both his gear and accent. "What do you want?""We want a truce," the man replied. He remained very erect, his hands in the air and only made slow, careful movements."I should shoot you," he growled."That would be unfortunate for both of us. I would, of course, be dead, and my allies would open up with our artillery."The conversation was truncated by the captain's arrival. They went through much of the same routine, absent the 'I should kill you part' and the counter-threat. The captain turned to the Thai soldier."Blindfold and bind this man's hands then take him to the Phan Ek (Colonel). Let him figure this out."Without the soldier saying anything the Captain added, "This could be a ruse. I must stay here. Hurry."He nodded, took a shirt from one of the civilian volunteers, cut it into strips then blindfolded and bound the man."If you so much as sneeze, I'll put a bullet in your head," he warned the man."I understand," the Cambodian replied. The soldier took the Cambodian one block behind the lines, spun the man around several times, then led him toward the command bunker. He spun him around twice more before making his final approach. A wounded junior officer met him at the entrance."Come on," he took custody of the man. Having nothing else to do and not having been ordered to release the prisoner, the soldier followed along.The Regimental Commander had the man un-blindfolded. His hands remained bound."What do your masters want?" the Major snapped."They want a truce," the Cambodian blinked in the sudden bright light."You invaded us without a declaration of war. That makes you criminals, not combatants.""We attacked at the request of the legitimate authority in Thailand, the Commanding General of the Royal Thai Third Army.""Those men are rebels and you will not refer to them as anything but," the Phan Ek insisted."Very well. My Commander wishes to let you know that our mobile hospital has arrived. We wish to exchange prisoners and place our facilities at your disposal as well.""The Royal Thai army will be there soon enough," the Major glowered."Unlikely. Our Khanate allies have informed us that most of your division was destroyed on the road. You have one battered regiment and a handful of tanks. You are not going anywhere."The soldier wanted to slap the smug smile off the man's face."I do not have the authority to hand over prisoners until their status as POWs or criminals has been established," the senior officer countered."If you consider our men criminals, we will treat your men like traitors.""Are you threatening me?""Yes. A fact you should be aware of is that the Khanate has been flying in reinforcements since noon and we have five more armored, mechanized and artillery Zuuns to attack with. Come sunrise, we will be coming at you again unless we have a truce.""Now you are threatening us again," the Phan Ek pointed out."I am explaining the realities of your situation, nothing more," the Cambodian countered. "Our task force commander believes that further violence will be futile. You have done your job and we have done ours.""And your job was to keep us occupied so you could rape and pillage other parts of our country?""No sir. The Alliance forces have been operating under very strict guidelines. The Thai people are our allies and we are a liberating force," the Cambodian replied."You consider this town 'liberated'? You've destroyed it," the Phan Ek noted."It was unfortunate that you chose to fight us here."The Colonel studied the man silently for thirty seconds."I will agree to a two hour truce. That should allow me to contact my superiors for further clarification on my mission. We will hand over any critically injured 'invaders'. You will return any POW's you are holding in exchange.""Agreed," the Cambodian immediately responded."Just like that? It is really within your authority to make such a deal?""As I said earlier Phan Ek, we believe the fighting is over. We don't need your captured men. We would like to see as many as our comrades live as possible. No matter what your commanders say, the fact remains that if you come out of these ruins, you will be slaughtered. You know that. I know that. Peace is the only avenue that leads to any level of success. Today, today, both our forces did what our commanders told us to do. The dying should stop.""Go. The truce will take effect in, fifteen minutes ~ 12:12 am. We will transfer prisoners and wounded at your point of entry. We will both give a warning whistle fifteen, ten, five and one minute before the truce ends at 2:12 am. Do you understand?"The Cambodian repeated the terms of the truce. He was bound up then sent back with the Sip Tho."Do you really think this is the end of the fighting," he asked his blind captive."On the lives of my children I hope so," the man sighed. "I led 88 men into battle this morning and now I'm down to 46 effectives. I have lost too many already for a battle that wasn't in my nation's best interest. I am tired of the killing.""Me too," the Thai said a moment later. After he delivered him to the Captain on the front lines, the man was unbound."Good luck," he found himself saying."Good luck for both of us," the Cambodian gave a weary smile. "May we not meet again.""If I see you again, I will kill you.""I feel the same way," the man chuckled. "We are both soldiers doing what more powerful men have commanded us to do. I don't know about you, but I have had enough." Several Thai soldiers nodded. They had driven the enemy off Thai soil. Continuing the fight didn't seem to have much of a point.  

Baltimore's own Sherry Guo makes her TNO live show guesting debut in her hometown to break down some more Frank chapters of The Son of Neptune! Topics include: The Super Bowl, lactose, Maryland, horses, camping, Canadians, jealousy, sprat, Gray's theatrics, Wicked, Kendrick, spelling bees, The Baltimore Colts, 4DX, Mars vibes, car sickness, Pokémon, Guo, Schitt's Creek, Severance, Wikipedia, Google, kid/punk, Clocky, BUG JUICE ADVENTURE, apostrophes, The Luka Trade, hot animals, and more! TNO LIVESTREAM ON APRIL 13, 2025: http://www.thenewestolympian.com/live  — Find The Newest Olympian Online —• Website: www.thenewestolympian.com• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon• Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian• Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/newestolympian.bsky.social• Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian• Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian• Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production —• Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert• Editor: Sherry Guo• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle• Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show —Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he journeys through the Riordanverse for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over the Greek mythology throughout. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

Erin and Manasa from Camp Half-Pod are back, this time to cover some more chapters of Son of Neptune! I thought we would talk about all the Seattle shenanigans our trio gets up to, but OPE it's a warehouse adventure! Topics include: ahopping locally, ceremonial cabins, babies, aspects, gw, Gulman, The Berenstain Bears, horse girl tropes, The winter soldier, Lady Whistledown, Amazon Dash, adult friendships, mischievously, pecans, e-readers, reading on the beach, Downtown Seattle, rollercoaster, Beecher's, Seattle Supersonics, friendship bracelets, and more!NEW TNO PIN AND NOTEBOOK: https://www.thenewestolympian.com/merchTNO LIVESTREAM OF APRIL LIVE SHOW: https://www.thenewestolympian.com/live Thanks to our sponsors:Pretty Litter: Save 20% on your first order and get a free cat toy at https://www.prettylitter.com/olympianNutrafol: Get $10 off your first month plus free shipping at https://www.nutrafol.com with code "OLYMPIAN"  — Find The Newest Olympian Online —• Website: www.thenewestolympian.com• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon• Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian• Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/newestolympian.bsky.social• Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian• Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian• Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production —• Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert• Editor: Sherry Guo• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle• Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show —Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he journeys through the Riordanverse for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over the Greek mythology throughout. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

100 episodes! 100 games crossed off the Main Quest! And we're celebrating by covering a Sonic game! Hoo boy! I'm joined by the best of the best creators covering video games, Chris Coplien of Retro Hangover and Matt Storm of the Fun and Games and Reignite podcasts to talk about one of the most polarizing Sonic entries. What made the Sega CD so special? Why is Sonic CD so memorable? And is it still worth checking out today?? Check out everything Retro Hangover here! Check Matt out on: Fun and Games Reignite Support the show and get more content just like this on Patreon! No monthly payments? No problem! Get yourself something nice at the Merch Store!     Symphony of a Forgotten Sprite provided by Adhesivewombat

When in Connecticut, you gotta get the Connecticut-born podcasters on the show! Emily and Phoebe from Monster Donut return to cover some more chapters from The Son of Neptune! ALSO THERE IS A SPECIAL GUEST FOR THE Q&A!Topics include: Amazon's disruption, Inter-CT rivalries, Dark Connecticut, Claire's, Jane Austen (North Anger Abby?), corny jokes, Charon's range, Jason Stratham, British English, Cerberos, Team Hazel's Mom, Bushnell, high school crushes, Detective Nico di Angelo, Supernatural, The Mirror of the Erised, Seattle, Ship of Theseus, sample sales, self-help books, Hylla, prepositions, The Dark Knight Rises, Room on the Broom, Batman vs. Superman, Dunkin', Connecticut stereotypes, UCONN, Poo Poo Point, pizza, The Speaker Prophecy, and more! NEW MERCH! "I took Latin in high school" notebooks and "My very legal PDF" pins! www.thenewestolympian.com/merchTNO TOUR: www.thenewestolympian.com/live  — Find The Newest Olympian Online —• Website: www.thenewestolympian.com• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon• Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian• Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/newestolympian.bsky.social• Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian• Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian• Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production —• Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert• Editor: Sherry Guo• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle• Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show —Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he journeys through the Riordanverse for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over the Greek mythology throughout. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

Robert from The Dam Meme Page is back and we are here with some INTENSE chapters covering our Son of Neptune trio in Portland! Topics include: tap water, limited-use items, fast friends, fast enemies, strange names, The Mist, Central Park, Percy's vendettas, macrobiotic beef jerky, Portland's crunchiness, improv pun games, Hades heat system, extreme foods, The Powerpuff Girls, cornucopia of bad takes, The Monty Hall Problem, quintessential PJ, reading with the pod, monkey paws, Portland, Baja Blast, Squid Game, Dr. Strange, and more! TNO Live: www.thenewestolympian.com/live Thanks to our sponsors:Pique: Get 20% off on the Radiant Skin Duo, plus a FREE starter kit at www.piquelife.com/tnoNutrafol: Get $10 off your first month plus free shipping at www.nutrafol.com with code "OLYMPIAN"    — Find The Newest Olympian Online —• Website: www.thenewestolympian.com• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon• Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian• Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/newestolympian.bsky.social• Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian• Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian• Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production —• Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert• Editor: Sherry Guo• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle• Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show —Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he journeys through the Riordanverse for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over the Greek mythology throughout. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

A fun chat with Charlotte Wood all about her new book Stone Yard Devotional, the appeal of escaping society, mice plagues, and learning to sit in silence. Plus – Dave's music struggles, Laura's puppy struggles, and Andrew is on holiday in Mexico. Woo. Hoo.  We also recommend: The Mayors of New York by S. J. … Continue reading Ep. 282 Mice Plagues! With Charlotte Wood

Are you ever going to text me?This episode has armpit sweat stains.Jim, Jason, and Joseph get into a heated conversation about some of the sweatiest movies ever made.Joseph tries to explain the SNL "Weird Year" documentary... sort of?Jim is a confessed sweaty sleeper.Lee Cobb is easily the angriest of all the 12 men.Hoo-ha Al Pacino would have made for a very different Dog Day Afternoon.Florida may be the sweatiest location to film.The Nazis had problems too.Jason has ice cubes to share with Rosie Perez.Ozzy Nelson doesn't have  brothers on his wall.Why don't more people have Peacock?What Movie Channel classic had Jim all hot and bothered in middle school?

While you all meet our new guest, Niharika, our team in these Son of Neptune chapters meets Phineas! Topics include: Norway, the new MUNCH museum, next steps, “metrosexual”, water powers, phantom sensations, the Mercator Projection, suggestions, solstices, perfect timing, glaciers, flat tops, Polartech, beef jerky, pan fried ice cream, wool smells, dude bags, Toy Story, pigeons, and more!TNO Live in Richmond on 2/23 and more: www.thenewestolympian.com/liveNiharika's podcast w/ Mike: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4jN5IAsA30M3c7Tgt9rsaq?si=WSeTDfV4T1e6iklc9R_EtQ Thanks to our sponsor, Pretty Litter! Get 20% off your first order plus a free cat toy at www.prettylitter.com/olympian  — Find The Newest Olympian Online —• Website: www.thenewestolympian.com• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon• Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian• Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/newestolympian.bsky.social• Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian• Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian• Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production —• Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert• Editor: Sherry Guo• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle• Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show —Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he journeys through the Riordanverse for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over the Greek mythology throughout. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

Sherry returns as guest with a set of chapters she called dibs on far in advance, for good reason! We cover 4 fun Frank chapters as we follow along our team's continuing journey in The Son of Neptune! Topics include: film cameras, Florida, Dance Moms, recording timelines, snack time, trading, Butterscotch Krimpets, birth certificates, being ripped, languages, goosing, ROFL, Galaxy Quest, Business Daddy, fad diets, lactose, crediting, Mambo #5, shapeshifting, Teen Miss Dance of New Jersey, Missy Elliot, Pylos, MLMs, Chamber of Secrets, Willow Smith, Danse Macabre, and more!  — Find The Newest Olympian Online —• Website: www.thenewestolympian.com• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon• Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian• Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/newestolympian.bsky.social• Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian• Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian• Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production —• Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert• Editor: Sherry Guo• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle• Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show —Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he journeys through the Riordanverse for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over the Greek mythology throughout. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

Send us a textIn this one, Mike and Cody have a hangover from discussing the superbowl. Sorry, I meant to say from discussing these superb owls. Who knew there were so may good owls out there. (By the way did you see what I did there saying who knew...... like Hoo knew....... I'll see myself out.)NEW SITV MERCH!JOIN THE PATREON!https://linktr.ee/sitvpodAlbum art by @haileycomet_tattooHailey Comet TattooSupport the show

Send us a textWelcome to a very special "Seasons of JOY" episode of full spirals.  This series got its name from a couple of places.  One is that my partner in these episodes is my friend Joy Jordan. The other is our shared belief in paying attention to the seasons–and how they effect our lives.  And dropping in—paying attention—is the key to a richer, more fulfilling life.Episode Links:Joy Jordan's WebsiteThe "Hygge" (Hoo-gah) PracticeThe Little Book of HyggeThe Lunar Abundance PracticeCeltic Wheel of the YearSupport the showHelp Support Full Spirals and give the Arts a Voice! Join the community of "Spinners" on Patreon and contribute to the production of our impactful content HERE! Make a one time donation of your support in any amount HERE!

Steven and Schubes are back in Doylestown* in front of a fun crowd to cover a good chunk of the second book in the Heroes of Olympus series! Topics include: Wawa, Chekov's jelly beans, ring sliding, Pikachu, Percy Jackson and the Gaggle of Mercenaries, pirates, the quiet car, Babe Ruth, airport dads, directions, the BART, McFlurries, SEPTA, Dark Percy, Kingdom Hearts, Admiral Crunch, NPCs, Blake Shelton, The Voice, Amish Country, trap door installations, High School Musical 3, Joel Embiid, mascots, Backyard Baseball, and more.*Philadelphia T(N)OUR: www.thenewestolympian.com/liveThanks to our sponsor, Pretty Litter! Get 20% off + a free cat toy at www.prettylitter.com/olympian  — Find The Newest Olympian Online —• Website: www.thenewestolympian.com• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon• Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian• Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/newestolympian.bsky.social• Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian• Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian• Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production —• Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert• Editor: Sherry Guo• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle• Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show —Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he journeys through the Riordanverse for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over the Greek mythology throughout. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

Hoo boy, Will and Nelson are recording in the same room, and even get some drop in guests: Ollie and Spicy Beef Gaus!  This episode brought to you by Magic Mind! Get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with our link: https://www.magicmind.com/DOUBLEJAN #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance! The Notes: Will is in the flash! Law Dogs! Man's best lawyer! Magic Mind time! Spring jet tiger! The Borrowers podcast! Laura Lorson can't get enough credit! Will's song promises! Will and Ollie preview a song for Laura Lorson! Will and Bob Dylan have a lot in common! Will has a classic beauty! Will vs Timothee Chalamet! Our lawyer Spicy Beef Gaus drops in right when the law comes up! Olde English rhyme schemes are hot right now! You don't get pants in Hell! Ren Fest vs Hell! Top 5 Bibles! Contact Us! Follow Us! Love Us! Email: doubledeucepod@gmail.com Twitter & Instagram: @doubledeucepod Bluesky: @doubledeucepod.bsky.social Facebook: www.facebook.com/DoubleDeucePod/ Patreon: patreon.com/DoubleDeucePod Also, please subscribe/rate/review/share us! We're on Apple, Android, Libsyn, Stitcher, Google, Spotify, Amazon, Radio.com, RadioPublic, pretty much anywhere they got podcasts, you can find the Deuce! Podcast logo art by Jason Keezer! Find his art online at Keezograms! Intro & Outro featuring Rob Schulte! Check out his many podcasts! Brought to you in part by sponsorship from Courtney Shipley, Official Superfans Stefan Rider and Amber Fraley, and listeners like you! Join a tier on our Patreon! Advertise with us! If you want that good, all-natural focus and energy, our DOUBLEDEUCE20 code still works at www.magicmind.com/doubledeuce for 20% off all purchases and subscriptions. But once again, right now get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with the code DOUBLEJAN! Check out the Lawrence Times's 785 Collective at https://lawrencekstimes.com/785collective/ for a list of local LFK podcasts including this one!  

Beth Eyre of Wooden Overcoats, 20toMidnight, and more, makes her TNO debut to cover some incredible pre-quest chapters of The Son of Neptune, but also to go on some GLORIOUS tangents. Topics include: maths, Reyson, Gabriel Urbina, Zelda, The Silver Surfer, chess, bunk beds, Natalie Imbruglia, black pudding, The Pomeranian Line, Julia, pant lengths, OCD, Arabella, The New York Yankees, podex, “I took Latin in senior school,” croissants, water canon up the nose guy, maths, Chewsday, Language Tangent Town, Dark Mike, Rule of Threes, “This is the Stuff of Legends,” side quests, Theseus, and more! TNO in Hartford, Baltimore, Richmond and more: www.thenewestolympian.com/liveThanks to our sponsor, Pretty Litter! Get 20% off your first order plus a free cat toy at www.prettylitter.com/olympian  — Find The Newest Olympian Online —• Website: www.thenewestolympian.com• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon• Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian• Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/newestolympian.bsky.social• Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian• Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian• Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production —• Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert• Editor: Sherry Guo• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle• Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show —Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he journeys through the Riordanverse for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over the Greek mythology throughout. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

​​Welcome to You Haven't Blanked That! It's Christopher Nolan month! We watched Insomnia. We talk about Twin Peaks vibes, Robin Williams One Hour Photo, Hoo ha Al Pacino, Following, Hilary Swank, Indiana Jones 5, Tenet, the Riddler, Chris Nolan's voice, What We Are Blanking - Watchmen (animated), Santa Jaws, Blood Hook, The Last One At The Wedding, Jurassic Park (book), 4:30 Movie, Ken Burns' Civil War, ​​Opening theme by the Assassins ​​Closing theme by Lucas Perea ​​ For more info, click the link bio or below. https://linktr.ee/yhblankthat Email: Yhblankthat@gmail.com

The Year? 2025. Which is when Stephen King's novel The Running Man (published as written by Richard Bachman.) is set. People aren't currently being hunted for television, but we're only three days into this crapfest, so “there's still time”? This time out, Dave Sim and A Moment of Cerebus's Manly Matt Dow discuss: Dave remembers Cerebus fan Jeff Seiler which leads to Dave announcing Aardvark-Vanaheim's plans for 2025, first up (if Donald Trump doesn't crap all over Canada,) CAN11 and Narutobus on the Kickstarter! Did You Know?: Dave was in discussions to license/sell Cerebus to DC Comics in 1985. Dave reads the thirty-nine year old proposal (spoilers: he turned down $100,000. Then he self-distributed the collected High Society and made $150,000 a year later.) Now it CAN be told! DAVE screwed up your bookshelf... Cerebus continuity Matt's Steamboat Willie/Blade Runner mash-up (prints are coming soon?) Neal Adams and Creator's Rights 2025 Dave's thoughts on Deni Loubert and Cerebus in 1977 What does a normal day look like for Dave Sim? Why an Aardvark? Does Dave celebrate New Year's? Anniversary tours? A Cerebus bi-monthly spin-off book by other creators? Dave's thoughts on modern day Canadian life. The location and condition of Dave's Albatross notebooks (used in the creation of Cerebus from issues 20 through 300) (Trigger Warning for Margaret: it...it's not good...not good...) Who was Dave's model for F. Stop Kennedy in Going Home? (spoilers: it was F. Scott Fitzgerald.) Hoo-boy it's two hours fifty-six minutes of distraction from the fact that their gonna hunt you down for May sweeps!

Merry Christmas from the Who's Hoo team and the Night Owl Country band! Celebrate with us today as some of the best in independent country music sing some tunes for the holiday!

"Magenta Machine" by Brian Gibson from the soundtrack to Thrasher; The title track from Companion Rises (Twig Harper remix) by Six Organs of Admittance; "Another Space" by Earthen Sea from Recollection[ "Method Papers" by Hoo from III; "Ultravalid" by Oliver Coates from Throb, Shiver, Arrow Of Time; "Beyond the Raindrops" by Envy from Eunoia; "Love and Light (Larry Gus Panamix)" by Sandro Perri from Spaced Out; "Frisco Beaver" by the Goat from their self titles album; "Soft Strength" by White Poppy from Paradise Regained; "4U" by Klara Lewis from Thankful; "Phantom Brickworks VII" by Bibio from Phantom Brickworks LP II.

Al Pacino won his first Academy Award for his role as Lt. Col. Frank Slade, a cranky, demanding, foul-mouthed guy who also happens to be blind. Oh yes, 1992's Scent of a Woman had old Oscar in its sights (no pun intended). The grandstanding worked. Oodles of Oscar nominations and big bucks at the box office soon followed. But now, decades later, does this movie wear out its Thanksgiving welcome before we can say, “Hoo-ah”? Is Charlie (Chris O'Donnell) being noble or a nitwit in his efforts to protect his classmates? And why is this movie over two and a half hours long? The Old Roommates tango around these questions and more, all through their middle-aged lens. Listen to this. Old Roommates can be reached via email at oldroommatespod@gmail.com. Follow Old Roommates on social media @OldRoommates for bonus content and please give us a rating or review!#ScentofaWoman #BoGoldman #MartinBrest #AlPacino #ChrisO'Donnell

Wahh! Your TSHE hosts are busy! So we're bringing you a blast from the past. But first! A Rory Reviews!! Who's cuter? Robert DeNiro or Al Pacino? We're asking the important questions!Hoo boy, were we in a mood for some juvenile innuendo during this recording! In between double entendres and the resulting gales of laughter, we're talking about our weird spending decisions. From clothes to chocolate, batteries to bedding, here are the things about which we are either strangely cheap or strangely extravagant (the point is that we're strange). Hillary's firing off her dollar bill gun. Meredith is poverty-rebounding. Ann rhapsodizes about ice cream. Bobby likes beating the big boys. Plus, round Two of Munchy Madness is revealed!TSHE Recommends: How Do I Un-Remember This?Connect with the show!This is your show, too. Feel free to drop us a line, send us a voice memo, or fax us a butt to let us know what you think.Facebook group: This Show Has EverythingEmail: tsheshow@gmail.comTwitter: @tsheshow

Hoo boy. If you thought I was rough on James Wan's 2013 hit 'The Conjuring', you're probably not going to love this episode as I look at the even less true "true story" of the Warrens and their involvement with the Enfield poltergeist. But if you're someone who's thoroughly sick of Ed and Lorraine, this might be just the tonic you need.

Stupid News 11-6-2024 8am …Sorry, but the contract states “Unlimited Miles” …Watch out for those Hoo-ha Snakes …Your Air Fryer is Probably Spying on You

Hoo, boy, here we go. It's an internal monologue movie showdown between 1987's Raising Arizona and 2005's The Weather Man! Coens vs Verbinski! Cage Dancer John vs actor, Alec Wilson. Get your day started by boofing some pralines and loose Advil. Let's get into the placental logistics of quints, the pros and cons of the two penis problem and find out if Sean can remember what movies we actually watched! This is Cage Match.Intro music by: Bill Panks

October's cosmic horror month concludes with the reason for the season: ANNIHILATION (2018), a film all three hosts and special guest from RogerEbert.com and New York Magazine Matt Zoller Seitz all excited to get into it. We talk about what makes for a pure science fiction experience, differences between the book and the film, ANNIHILATION as the anti-blockbuster, deals with the fey, and of course, that goddamn bear. Hoo boy that bear. 

JoE Silva welcomes singer/songwriter and Punk Rock legend Bob Mould back to Georgia plus new music from BEEF, Sam Prekop, and HOO. Plus we get voicemail from Noelle Shuck of Shehehe

Join me for an insightful conversation with the amazing Dr. Nadine Macaluso a licensed marriage and family therapist. In this episode, she takes us through her remarkable journey from the fast-paced, high-stakes world of Wall Street romance to becoming a powerful advocate for women breaking free from toxic relationships. Together, we explore how to overcome unhealthy relationship patterns and uncover the blind spots that may be holding you back in your love life. Don't miss this empowering discussion!CHAPTERS:00:00 - Intro00:40 - Nadine's Story02:58 - Signs of Trauma Bonding06:22 - Understanding True Narcissism09:44 - Leaving a Narcissist: Steps to Freedom11:58 - Ready to Date Again? Signs to Look For17:14 - Rebuilding Self-Esteem After Trauma22:15 - Reflecting on the Past: Would You Change Anything?25:30 - Identifying Red Flags in Relationships27:50 - Knowing Yourself Before Physical Intimacy31:10 - Challenges in Modern Dating34:14 - Warning Signs: Run Like Hell37:20 - Strategies to Become 1% Better38:50 - Finding Dr. Nadine: Resources and Support→ CONTACT DR. NADINE MACALUSO ON SOCIAL MEDIA ←INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/therealdrnadine/?hl=en FIRST CHAPTER OF THE BOOK: https://drnae.com/giveaway-book/ LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/drnae

Emerging from the background of the podcast into the foreground, TNO editor Sherry Guo makes her HoO guesting debut to cover some Leo chapters that definitely focus on Leo! Topics include: babyproofing, Ramune, Codenames, Phoebe lore, overthinking messaging, cat calls, resume gaps, landlords, business emails, important jackets, adult Gushers, tents, hiking, Pike's Peak, purple mountains, secondary powers, phone storage, and more! TNO live in NYC & DC in September: www.thenewestolympian.com/live Thanks to our sponsor, Fabric by Gerber Life! Start saving for your little one at www.meetfabric.com/newestolympian — Find The Newest Olympian Online —  • Website: www.thenewestolympian.com • Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon • Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian • Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian • Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian • Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian • Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production —  • Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert • Editor: Sherry Guo • Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle • Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show —  Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he reads through the books for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over Greek mythology. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erica Ito of Seaweed Brain makes her TNO return and HoO-era debut to continue our coverage of The Lost Hero! She also gives her thoughts on the dynamic of the new trio, which includes some valid critiques! Topics include: revisiting stories, Mad-Eye Moody, Buzz Lightyear, team dynamics, time optimism, Google Map walk times, reads, softball, honk-shoo, Omaha, billionaires, strategic trash talk, Pokemon battles, Neo, interviews, NBA Street Vol. 2, and more! TNO Live: www.thenewestolympian.com/live — Find The Newest Olympian Online —  • Website: www.thenewestolympian.com • Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon • Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian • Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian • Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian • Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian • Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production —  • Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert • Editor: Sherry Guo • Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle • Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show —  Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he reads through the books for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over Greek mythology. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 4, 2024 is: hoopla • HOO-plah • noun Hoopla refers to talk or writing that is designed to get people excited about or interested in something, often with the implication that the person using the word does not find the thing exciting or interesting. // Marvin didn't understand all of the hoopla surrounding the new frozen yogurt shop in his neighborhood. See the entry > Examples: “The stars seemingly have aligned for the WNBA with Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese joining the ranks of A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi and others. The league is getting unparalleled attention. Now the challenge for the WNBA after opening its 28th season Tuesday night is translating the hype and hoopla into a movement and not just a moment in its history.” — Teresa M. Walker, The Associated Press, 15 May 2024 Did you know? In French, the interjection houp-là is used roughly the same way as English's upsy-daisy or whoops-a-daisy, as one might say when picking up a toddler who has fallen down on their bottom to assure them that their tumble is not a big deal. When the word was borrowed into English, however, it referred to a kind of excited or agitated commotion, synonymous with other h-words including hoo-ha, hubbub, and hullabaloo. Hoopla later gained a sense referring to hype, especially of the kind marketing execs cook up for the release of a new product. Both senses can carry with them a whiff of disapproval. If you're calling something hoopla—whether it's the bustle of activity around a holiday or the promotional buzz around a new movie—chances are you want to convey to others that the cause of the fuss may not be such a big deal.