Podcast appearances and mentions of Hope Springs

Support the Glad Trad PodcastPaul McCusker sits down to talk about Christian storytelling, audio dramas, and the upcoming audio production of Hope Springs00:00:00  Why are older books so descriptive00:07:40 Writing a novel vs writing a script00:14:23 The world of audio drama00:20:46 There's a certain intimacy to audio 00:26:36 How Paul got started directing00:30:54 What an audio drama set is like00:34:27 Preparing actors00:45:36 British actors are best00:50:12 Production of Hope Springs01:00:43 A Stranger Things Vibe01:04:29 Audio drama is growing01:10:19 What is the secret to a great audio drama Thank you to our Patrons / Channel Members:Jason YaokamKate ElminiCarol JBrenda AllorAllan SmithKathryn BurksEmilio PereaFollow us @gladtradpodcast Video Episodes on Youtube

On this episode of The People's Show, Bik Nizzar talks NHL debuts for Kudryavtsev and Tolopilo, and makes a bold comparison between Rory McIlroy's Masters quest and the Canucks' Stanley Cup hopes. With Inter Miami's visit to Vancouver on the horizon and the Whitecaps heating up, the sports scene in the city is buzzing. Emmy nominated broadcaster and former NHLer Brett Festerling joins to reflect on end-of-season meetings and what it's like being a bubble player. Plus, there's scrutiny on Elias Pettersson's performance and a discussion about whether the NHL should rethink rules around fighting after the punch on Forbort. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Media Inc. or any affiliate.

Federally Qualified Health Centers were created during the civil rights era to bring health care to more people, particularly underserved communities. Here in Northern Nevada, HOPES was originally a clinic for patients with HIV but has since expanded into a FQHC providing primary care and other services to around 14,000 patients in the Reno/Sparks area. On this episode of Renoites, I spoke with HOPES CEO Sharon Chamberlain about the history of HOPES and the services they provide, especially the type of services needed by our most vulnerable citizens. We also discussed how health care options have changed during her career, and the priorities of HOPES including harm reduction syringe exchange, sexual health and STI testing, medically assisted treatment for addiction, and mental and behavioral health. HOPES recently opened a second clinic immediately adjacent to the Cares Campus and operates the Hope Springs tiny home transitional housing community right across the street. We talked about the importance of this new location and making health care accessible to the unhoused. Thank you so much for listening! Did you know that Renoites is entirely funded by listeners just like you? Please consider supporting the show financially! You can just send a one time contribution via Venmo to @renoites or sign up to support monthly on Patreon! If you have guest suggestions, feedback, or otherwise want to get in touch, email me at conor@renoites.com Please tell people about the podcast and help spread the word by posting about it and telling your friends! Your word of mouth is worth much more than any online ad or boosted social media post. Thank you!

This week Ryan explains the greatness of spring, the best seasons, talks the oddity of cars and why the Browns can never just be normal. Subscribe! E-Mail:RyanWoodspod@gmail.comYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Nu1XWTHMOjA9--Eb3Ry-ATwitter: https://twitter.com/Ryan_WoodssInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanwoodss/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IntoTheWoodspod/

It's been a minute since we talked about Meryl Streep, so we decided what better time than Valentine's Day and her 2012 romantic drama Hope Springs. Streep stars alongside Tommy Lee Jones as a sexually frustrated older couple who submits to a couples therapy retreat (led by Steve Carell) hoping to rekindle their spark. Summer counterprogramming … Continue reading "328 – Hope Springs"

God Finally Shows His Face: Chuck Returns in Supernatural's "Don't Call Me Shurley"In this eye-opening episode of Gank That Drank, hosts Krissy Lenz and Nate McWhortor dive deep into one of Supernatural's most pivotal episodes - Season 11, Episode 20, "Don't Call Me Shurley." This game-changing installment finally confirms what fans had long suspected: Chuck is God, and he's been hiding in plain sight all along.The episode masterfully balances two parallel storylines. While Sam and Dean deal with a mysterious fog that's turning people violent in Hope Springs, Idaho, the real meat of the episode takes place in a bar where Chuck/God summons Metatron to edit his autobiography. Through their intense discussions, we get unprecedented insight into God's relationship with creation, humanity, and his sister Amara.Rob Benedict delivers one of his finest performances as Chuck/God, particularly during a confrontation where Metatron calls him a coward for abandoning his creation. The episode culminates in a powerful moment where Chuck performs "Fare Thee Well" (Dink's Song), leading to Dean's amulet glowing and confirming his divine identity.Key Topics Covered:The drinking game rules: Pop culture references, black veins, Amara mentions, fog appearances, and Chuck solosMetatron's transformation from antagonist to humanity's advocateChuck's revelation about his relationship with Amara and why he created the universeThe parallel between Chuck's autobiography and the show's writers commenting on their own workThe return of Dean's amulet and its significanceDiscussion of the episode's deeper themes about facing one's demons and the importance of fighting for creationKrissy and Nate's entertaining commentary and drinking game format make this complex episode more accessible while highlighting its significance to the series' overall mythology. As they note, this episode marks a turning point in Supernatural's narrative, setting up Chuck's eventual transformation from savior to villain in later seasons.Whether you're a longtime fan or new to the series, this episode of Gank That Drank offers invaluable insights into one of Supernatural's most crucial moments. Join them for their next episode as they travel back in time to Season 1's "Provenance." ---Learn more about supporting this podcast by becoming a member. It's just $5/month or $55/year. Visit our website to learn more.

EPISODE 8: Hal and John resume their investigation, discovering the clues Sheriff Kerrie had dug up about Hope Springs' gruesome history and the shady past of the Hand of God's Mercy. The pieces of the puzzle all begin falling into place – the Black Hand is a cult that has been run by the Macon family for decades, performing necromantic ritual sacrifices in a repeated effort to summon an eldritch being known as The Centre. Their efforts have never taken – until now, due to the volatile power of the Starheart. Their latest sacrifice of Todd Rice, however, seems not to have summoned the intended entity. Due to Rice's otherworldly metahuman abilities, the cult has instead summoned a creature of darkness from beyond the veil of space, something known as a Sun Eater. It begins slowly devouring the light of the Earth's sun, plunging the planet into darkness. In the midst of all this, Hal grapples with his own “fall from grace.” He knows what he has done wrong, and just wants to put things right if he can. He and John are caught between two impossible choices – disobeying the Green Lantern Corps' orders not to intervene, or allowing their planet to suffer the consequences of their inaction. Ultimately they decide to step in and stop the cult of the Black Hand, only to find that their efforts are for naught. The Sun Eater has already been summoned, and it will take an extraordinary amount of light in order to destroy it. In the fight against the cult, Hal's ring is remotely deactivated by the GLC in order to prevent its use. John realizes it's up to him to stop the Sun Eater, but he doesn't know if he has what it takes. Realizing what must be done, Hal decides to take John's ring for himself and fly into space to face the Sun Eater in John's stead. He pours everything he has into the creature, overloading the Sun Eater, the ring, and himself with sheer light and power. As the power disintegrates Hal, he shouts his old oath one final time. On Earth below, John watches as the blackened sky turns dazzling green, and then fades back to a sunlit day. He realizes that Hal has sacrificed himself to save them all. Once again, John is brought to Oa for disciplinary action by the Guardians. However, John has no regrets for his actions, nor does he have any doubts as to Hal Jordan's true character. Grudgingly admitting that John made the proper judgment call, the Guardians reactivate Hal's old ring and pass it on to John. He is left as the sole Green Lantern of Earth, a responsibility that he solemnly accepts. John's final act of the series is to adopt Hal Jordan's old oath as his own – the same oath that he once accused of being “corny,” but now which he understands the true meaning and weight of. END

EPISODE 7: Hal and John return to Hope Springs to the startling news of Sheriff Kerrie's disappearance. This time it's Hal's turn to fly off the handle. He practically turns the town upside down in his search for her, with John desperately pursuing in an effort to cool him off. Hal initially confronts Macon, but has no conclusive proof of any wrongdoing. They circle back to their previous lead with the Spider Guild operation. Both of the GLs are disturbed to learn that the crime ring is even more gruesome than they'd previously believed, uncovering a full-fledged “anthroform trafficking ring” that was used to smuggle the Horminth Collective onto Earth. Amongst the refugees they find Sheriff Kerrie, alive but gruesomely disfigured and hardly resembling anything human anymore. In a rage, Hal uses his ring to do what he'd threatened in his previous interaction with the Spider Guild – he murders all of them, declaring to John, “You saw it – it was self-defense.” John is horrified by Hal's behavior, but has little time to reflect on it as several other members of the Green Lantern Corps descend on Earth – Ch'p, Salaak, and Katma Tui. They initially came to retrieve the Horminth collective from its imprisonment on the moon, but have been alerted to Hal's rampage in Hope Springs. They darkly recognize that Hal should not have his ring, and take both he and John into custody. The two are transported to Oa, where John submits to interrogation. Here's where the bookends of John and Hal's interrogations from Episode 1 come into play. Here, in this interrogation, John learns more about Hal's prior disbarment from the Green Lantern Corps – Salaak claims that Jordan had “cracked” and couldn't handle the mental strain of his responsibilities. He also implies that Jordan is not at all what he has appeared, and provides disturbingly sound motive for Hal to be the true suspect behind Alan Scott's murder – perhaps it was Hal who initially stole the Starheart, hoping to claim its power for himself before ditching it with Todd Rice after discovering he couldn't use it. John doesn't want to believe any of it. He is let off with a grim warning from his superiors, the Guardians, who send both of the humans home. Back on Earth, John is given back custody of his and Hal's rings. John returns to Hope Springs to mourn his failures. Here he is approached again by Hal, who asks for his ring back. John is deeply suspicious, which Hal is aware of and claims to understand – but Hal explains that, despite his powerlessness, his will to solve the case and avenge Kerrie remains steadfast. Jordan asks John to trust him and help him tie up loose ends. Though hesitant, John hands over Hal's ring. They charge up together one last time. END EPISODE 7 

EPISODE 6: In Des Moines, we get a peek at Guy Gardner's life as GL. It's vastly different from John's. Guy is a total asshole, gambling and getting drunk and paying hookers and using his ring to make money doing parlor tricks in bars. He's a loose cannon with a penchant for unrestrained violence, who loves being famous, and who has no sense of responsibility. John and Hal drop in on him at his trashed hotel room. The mood of their scenes in this episode is honestly really fun, as it's clear that by now Hal and John have really bonded as bros. They make fun of Guy for being such a dickhead with his powers, clearly trying to egg him on into doing something stupid. John takes advantage of Gardner's love of gambling by proposing a wager – Gardner and Hal arm wrestle, and if Hal wins, he gets his old ring back for a day. Gardner accepts, and promptly beats Hal by cheating with his ring. Dissatisfied, Hal goes double or nothing – they play a game of chicken, and the winner gets the ring for a week. Gardner cockily accepts. Meanwhile, back in Hope Springs, Sheriff Kerrie keeps an eye on William Macon and the Hand of God's Mercy. Digging through old town records, she learns of Macon's family background – they began as owners of a humble funeral parlor before expanding to own half the property in Hope Springs. She also digs up some sinister facts about Macon's parents' deaths, and their tangential connection with several brutal murders in the town's past. Kerrie arrives at Macon's estate, and has a cold interaction with Macon's wife Zoe. In frustration, the sheriff wonders where the Green Lanterns are. Back in Des Moines, Guy and Hal face off in a game of chicken on a pair of motorcycles. This time, Hal is the one to win. Furious, Gardner proposes a final contest – a full-on fistfight with no rings. The winner gets to be Green Lantern of Earth permanently. John is anxious about the proposal, having already seen Gardner's penchant for violence. Hal, however, accepts. Guy makes a big show of the ordeal, hosting the event at a local boxing gym in full view of a large audience. The fight gets off to a rough start, with Guy pummeling his older opponent. Hal, however, refuses to stay down, outlasting Gardner through sheer endurance and will. In the aftermath, Hal accepts his old ring back from a reluctant Gardner. Elated, he and John take to the skies together for the first time as superpowered partners. While continuing to snoop, Sheriff Kerrie uncovers a bizarre ritual occurring amongst the religious zealots of the Hand of God's Mercy. She witnesses Alan Scott's son, Todd Rice, willingly use himself as a human sacrifice to the cult, who burn him alive with the Starheart in an effort to summon an extraterrestrial entity they call “the Centre.” William Macon appears, with his followers referring to him as “The Black Hand.” They apprehend the sheriff before she can escape. END EPISODE 6 

EPISODE 5:  John, Hal, and Kerrie interrogate Todd Rice in the police station at Hope Springs. He has a record as a juvenile repeat-offender with links to gang activity in cities like Gotham and Detroit. It's clear that he is quite mentally disturbed, unwilling to speak to them openly and cryptically stating that Hal is a “black shadow” clinging to John's light. While examining the Starheart in evidence, Hal gives some background on the link between it and John's lantern. Though both were created by the Guardians of the Universe, the Starheart was a far more primal, uncontrollable source of power. It was only later that they refined the “green element” into something suitable to be used as a weapon, meaning that the Starheart is effectively a prototype. Hal tries to harness the power of the Starheart with Alan Scott's ring, but the power does not avail itself to him. To Kerrie, Hal privately voices his desire to have a ring of his own once again. It seems he's allowing himself to finally drop his “tough guy” persona and be vulnerable with her, and things almost get intimate – but Kerrie pulls back, and Hal instantly clams up again. The next day, the owner of the Grasping Flats halfway house arrives at the police station to “bail” Rice out. The man is William Macon, a wealthy local real-estate mogul and Rice's personal caretaker. He provides an alibi that all but exonerates Rice of any wrongdoing – Rice has recently begun working for and living with Macon at his own private estate, where Macon runs a religious institution meant to reform troubled youths. He also provides a reason for the Starheart's existence in Rice's possession: Alan Scott gifted it to his son shortly before his death. A scan with John's ring reveals that Macon is telling the truth, and despite the fishiness of the situation, Sheriff Kerrie convinces the Lanterns to let Rice and Macon walk free with the Starheart. John is livid at having to do this, but Hal insists it's the right call overall. John flies off to investigate Macon himself, much to Hal's chagrin. Kerrie remarks that Hal's hotheadedness must be rubbing off on the younger GL. Investigating Macon's estate and institution (the Hand of God's Mercy), John finds no apparent evidence of any foul play. He does, however, find Macon's wife Zoe, whom he is immediately spellbound by. Zoe insists that her husband is a good man, and though it's clear John isn't fully convinced, he relinquishes his brazen violation of her family's privacy and leaves. Dejected that the evidence trail has gone seemingly cold, John retreats to a local bar where he finds Hal. The two reminisce about their shared frustrations. As they do, they see a familiar face on TV: Guy Gardner, Earth's other Green Lantern, is showboating in Des Moines not far from Hope Springs. Guy is John's “sector partner,” though they've never truly worked together. Hal reveals that Gardner's current power ring is actually Hal's old one, and John mischievously proposes that Hal reclaim it. Hal grins. END EPISODE 5

Hal and John take a road trip to Wisconsin. Sheriff Kerrie cannot accompany them, as the region is outside of her jurisdiction – but not outside of a Green Lantern's. John wishes to use the ring to fly them there quickly, but Hal insists that they take his truck. In his experience, having the godlike powers of Green Lantern leads to a sense of detachment from the people you protect. He counsels John to remain grounded, alluding to “an old friend” that taught him  something very similar back in Hal's heyday. This is a minor allusion to Hal's comic book friendship with Green Arrow. During the trip, John pokes and prods at Hal, wrestling more information out of him regarding the older man's history. Hal resists opening up at first before sharing his sobering reality: he retired as Green Lantern out of a desire for a “normal” life with his old flame, Carol Ferris. Unfortunately, despite Hal's best efforts, his relationship with Carol fell apart nonetheless, leaving him with no ring, no love, and no direction in life. John is moved by Hal's honesty. They arrive in a small town called Cedar Hollow, at the adopted home of Jennie-Lynn Hayden. The girl's adoptive mother is reluctant to allow the two men to talk to the girl, and upon meeting her, they see why – she is a metahuman disfigured from her father's long-term contact with the Starheart. The girl hates her heritage and wants a normal life, and a brief conversation quickly reveals she had nothing to do with her estranged father's death. However, it does point Hal and John towards another lead – Jennie's equally-estranged twin brother, Todd Rice, who lives not far from Hope Springs back in Iowa. The tense interrogation reveals the troubling reality that superheroism in this world leaves many scarred and damaged. On the trip across the state border to find Jennie's brother Todd, John opens up about himself to Hal. He was once a marine who served in Iraq, and in order to protect his platoon, John was forced to shoot and kill an enemy combatant who was only a child. The incident has haunted him ever since, and was why he hesitated to act during the riot caused by the Horminth – the line between innocence and guilt was once again blurred. Hal is surprised to learn of John's military service, finding it a point of familiarity as Hal was in the Air Force. Though the two men share scars and regrets, if there is one thing both can agree on, it's that being Green Lantern is one of the few choices in life they have no regrets over. Back in Iowa, they attempt to find Todd Rice at his residence in the Grasping Flats, a creepy halfway house for troubled youths. A search uncovers something startling – the Starheart is there amongst Rice's belongings. Before they can contact Sheriff Kerrie, however, a sinister shadow creature emerges to dispatch Hal and flee the scene. John gives chase, and after an airborne pursuit across the countryside, he subdues the assailant. It turns out to be none but Todd Rice himself.

Shout out to "Listen Up, Poozers - A Green Lantern Podcast"! EPISODE 3: Hope Springs starts to recover after the chaos caused by the Horminth Collective. John does his best to repair the damages, earning the town's trust and admiration. Hal is clearly envious of the townsfolks' adoration of him, but tries not to show it. Hal takes John on a “beat,” touring the less scrupulous parts of town. Using his wits and experience rather than a ring, he identifies a black market trafficker from the alien Spider Guild in a gunshop who admits to smuggling the Horminth onto Earth. After an interrogation and search, John is unsettled by Hal's unsavory methods of dealing with the underworld, and equally reluctant to take advice from someone who “threw away” the ring. Hal hotly insists he threw nothing away. Between their duties, they discuss different philosophies of life and crime fighting, from John's refusal to wear a mask to Hal's supposedly “corny” oath. Their disagreements lead them to a deeper discussion in a diner, where both men touch on their shared regrets and motivations. Striking a nerve in each other, they decide to resolve their differences in a brawl. Hal hotly insists John leave the ring in his truck's glove compartment, since it will automatically protect him if it's on his person. John, equally angry, agrees. They fight to a standstill, both refusing to admit defeat until Sheriff Kerrie arrives to break things up. Hal and John return to Hal's rental truck, realizing with a sinking feeling that the ring has been stolen from the glove box. The rest of the episode intercuts between the shenanigans of Hal and John trying to track down their power ring with Sheriff Kerrie doing the mundane (but useful) work of pursuing leads. Her findings indicate that Alan Scott had an estranged teenage daughter, who visited him just the day before the murder. Hal and John finally find the ring after tracking down several local ne'er-do-wells. They've sold it to the gun store owner, oblivious to the fact that the man is actually an alien from the Spider Guild. John is hesitant to face the Spider Guild and its agents without the help of the ring, but Hal brazenly approaches the problem as he always has this far — fists first. It doesn't go smoothly, but using a combination of teamwork, grit, and sheer ballsy-ness, the two GLs are able to recover John's power ring from the Guildsman and his henchmen. Both Hal and John walk away from the experience with a newfound respect for one another. Hal realizes that John is a true-blue man of honor rather than a gloryhound, and John develops a new understanding of Hal's “fearlessness.” He is brave, but that bravery borders on suicidal mania. John seems to both respect and fear this in equal measure. Reuniting with Sheriff Kerrie, the GLs learn about Alan Scott's daughter, 17-year-old Jennifer-Lynn Hayden from Wisconsin. Though her father has been dead for days, she suspiciously hasn't entered the picture. Hal and John think it's time to pay her a visit. END EPISODE 3

Spoilers coming your way via reddit.com/r/LanternsTVSeries that might have plot details for the entirety of Season 1 of Lanterns. EPISODE 2: With Hal's help, John and Sheriff Kerrie detain the alien suspects at the local police station. Hal recognizes them as a Horminth Collective, an amorphous flesh blob that can split into multiple shape-shifting bodies. He falls back into his old ways as GL, advising John and Kane to detain the suspects on the moon until they can be transferred to Oa. The Collective begs them for terrestrial containment, and John and Kerrie allow it. Angered by what he sees as lax treatment of a dangerous criminal, Hal relinquishes the ring to John and prepares to leave town again. John returns to investigating. Searching the ranch, he finds the strange energy signature again. It leads him to Alan Scott's depowered ring, discarded in a field, but the stolen lantern remains missing. John interrogates the Horminth Collective, which insists it had nothing to do with Alan Scott's murder but refuses to reveal why it is on Earth. Because of Hal's advice being ignored, the Collective escapes captivity and John fails to stop them. Sheriff Kerrie proposes he ask Hal for assistance due to the former Green Lantern's experience, but John is too proud to accept help. Kerrie goes to find Hal on his behalf, stopping him at a bus station at the edge of town. They discuss what happened to his life, and Hal reveals little while implying that he's made a lot of decisions that he regrets. He decides to reluctantly stay and help John, but only because Kerrie asked him to. They get flirty, but stop short of reigniting any old flame between them due to Kerrie's current marriage and family. John, meanwhile, is angry with himself for screwing up twice. We get some insight on his motivation through flash cuts of the past – he's a war veteran and a former marine with some obvious emotional trauma weighing on him. He hunts down and captures a part of the Horminth Collective and notifies the sheriff that he's done so. Once again, however, he's ambushed by Collective drones from amongst a crowd of onlookers. John is hesitant to use his ring since he can't tell which of the bystanders are innocent and which are Horminth shapeshifters. Sheriff Kerrie and Hal arrive to help, and there's an action scene that mirrors a real-life riot in the downtown area of Hope Springs. Hal meets up with John in the middle of the brawl and coaches the younger GL on how to recognize the Horminth. With Hal's guidance, John drops the entire Collective with one punch to the creature's “brain” (disguised as a small child). The riot ends. Without waiting to detain the Horminth again, Hal begins brutally interrogating the creature in the middle of the street. John is perturbed by what is essentially torture, but Hal gets the Horminth to finally admit why it is on Earth: it was hired by “The Black Hand” to recover and traffic an item called “the Starheart,” and tells them where they can find it. After Hal finishes the interrogation, he tells John to throw the Horminth to the moon. John cannot bring himself to condemn the creature to misery, so he hands Hal the ring. Hal launches the creature into space in a sphere of green light, then cavalierly hands the ring back to John. John is unsettled by the ease with which Hal is willing to inflict pain on another creature. END EPISODE 2 

Spoilers coming your way via reddit.com/r/LanternsTVSeries that might have plot details for the entirety of Season 1 of Lanterns. EPISODE 1: The episode is bookended with flash-forwards of John Stewart and Hal Jordan being interrogated by strange, alien voices in dark, unearthly rooms. They explain how they met. The main story is set in modern day USA. In a town called Hope Springs in Iowa, an elderly man is murdered during a robbery. The murderer steals a glowing green lantern and a green ring. There are visual hints that the old man once had some connection to the Justice Society of America, a group of superheroes active in the 1950s. It feels vaguely Watchmen-ish. The next morning we meet Hal Jordan, flying a fighter jet high enough to see the stars. He wakes up and it's a dream, he's living as a drifter bumming it across the country kind of like he was in the 90s comics. He's got the white temples and is way more angsty/jaded than Ryan Reynolds‘ Hal. He DOES NOT have his ring, but still has a heroic streak that shows when he stops a gas station robbery. He moves on before the police can find him. Meanwhile the sheriff of Hope Springs, Kerrie Kane, investigates the murder from the opening scene. GL John Stewart arrives. Sheriff Kerrie is surprised to see him, saying she knew the previous Green Lantern and he wasn't black. John states that he's new. John initially thinks investigating a small-time murder in bumfuck nowhere is below his pay grade, until he finds out who the murder victim was: Golden Age GL Alan Scott. John picks up an energy signature at the crime scene using his ring. Hal arrives in town shortly after, and uses the last of his money to purchase a few hours flying a prop plane. It makes him happy, but he realizes he needs a job. Hal approaches Sheriff Kerrie. Apparently they once had a relationship in the past, back when Hal was Green Lantern. Kane isn't particularly happy to see him, since she now has a husband and children. However, she sees Hal is down on his luck and lets him have a job as a janitor at the police station. While working, Hal sees John visit with Kane as GL. John has no idea who Hal is (he's mentioned he “never knew the guy” who owned the ring before him). John works on the case, flying all across the state scanning for the energy signature from the murder scene. Though he takes his job as GL seriously, he's very inexperienced. He finds a lead on the signature and alerts Sheriff Kerrie before investigating. Hal, wanting a piece of the action, sneaks off after the sheriff. On the ranch, John is ambushed by shape-shifting aliens posing as a family of ranchers. They're freaky, amorphous flesh blob things that meld together. John's inexperience comes to bite him, as he forgot to charge his ring. It gets pulled off by the aliens before John can recharge it with his summoned lantern. Sheriff Kerrie arrives and saves John, but both of them get cornered until Hal comes to the rescue. He juices up John's ring and uses it to deal with the shape shifters, and John is amazed to realize that Hal was his predecessor all along. END EPISODE 1 

Gillian Oakley returns as we revisit 2012's HOPE SPRINGS! Together we dig into the careers of the two leads, the 2012 box office, forgettable bad movies, and the clever screenplay thats at the heart of the movie

After a lengthy absence, The Playa UNplugged makes a triumphant return! Join Benny "The Playa" Scala as he interviews writer, filmmaker, podcaster, and professional wrestling historian Mike Messier. The audio version of Mike's latest book “Fight or Play Basketball” recently dropped on Audible. Mike has won 84 awards in the entertainment industry. As an actor, Messier has shared scenes with Meryl Streep & Elisabeth Shue (in Hope Springs), Wesley Snipes, Cybill Shepherd & Mario Van Peebles (in Hard Luck), and Richard Jenkins & Frances McDormand (in Olive Kitteridge). Mike contributed as a screenwriter to the horror film The Manor (2018) and as a script consultant to Lennox Lewis - The Untold Story (2020). The screenplay version of Fight or Play Basketball and Disregard the Vampire - A Mike Messier Documentary are two of Mike's more popular projects. Mike's passion for writing has led him to write stage plays, screenplays, poetry, and novels. Mike is also the creator of the Avalonia Festival of Short Films etc., and the Avalonia Photography Competition. Mike is on TikTok as “artistmikemessier”, and his YouTube Channels are “1 Pro Wrestling & Sports Fan” as well as “1 Mike Messier.” His website is www.mikemessier.com. #fightorplaybasketball #playaunplugged #mikemessier

Crime doesn't pay in Hope Springs, New York, where Lacey Chabert magics a hot snowman (Dustin Milligan) to life in this joyously bonkers Christmas romcom written by Russell Hainline and directed by Jerry Ciccoritti. Craig Robinson and Joe Lo Truglio co-star as scenery-chewing small-town cops. (Hallmark mainstay Chabert's first venture into the Netflix Holiday Cinematic Universe rocketed straight to number 1 on the streamer's charts.) They talk about a few things you may want to check out: – “Hot Frosty” writer Russell Hainline's thoughts on the movie and its title: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/hot-frosty-writer-interview-netflix-holiday-movie-1236063597/ – The Rotten Tomatoes judgment on the movie: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hot_frosty Welcome to “In Front of Ira,” the podcast in which historians, friends, and lovers… of romcoms Sabrina Mittermeier and Torsten Kathke discuss how the romantic comedy genre has evolved, what it can tell us about society, and whether this movie is worth watching. Find us @infrontofira on various social media apps and drop us a line at infrontofirapod@gmail.com Our music is “Night in Venice” by Kevin MacLeod.

The town of Hope Springs, NY is way too cool with the concept of a snowman coming to life. Alex McDaniel and Kyle Bandujo talk hot snowmen, overzealous cops, how Hallmark movies are like cereal, and everything else in "Hot Frosty." Follow Alex @alexmcdaniel, and Kyle @kylebandujo Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illustrated" here or wherever books are sold. You can support Big Screen Sports, get schedule updates, and pick movies to be covered in upcoming episodes by joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bigscreensports. Big Screen Sports is hosted/edited by Kyle Bandujo, and produced by Aaron Figueroa, Mike Schubert, Steve Rogers, Kevin Frost, Mike Dries, Ryan "Nigel" Yager, Mike D, Chris Mycoskie, Andrew Tuegel, John Craig, Zach Rich, Stephen DeBow, Kevin Enkelmann, Dan McFall, Mac Lindsey, Curt Ritchie, Robert Dove, Andrew Tuegel, Jeff Estes, Anthony Scafone, Benjamin Baumann, Taylor Logan, Shawn Hoffman, Peter Robl, Jamie Bryan, and Classic Stadium Fire. Art for Big Screen Sports was created by Riki Prosper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To round out our year, Leyla and Aaron spend the holidays in Hope Springs with the 2024 Netflix Christmas Rom Com, "Hot Frosty!" We teach a snowman about cancer, pitch a Jennifer's Body Holiday Spinoff, and try to get Hugh Jackman on the show. We also talk about how we feel about this 5th season of Mortified, and our hopes for next year!  Links:  Iron Lung Episode Has Anyone Ever Told You You're Beautiful --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/

No, this isn't Chaberting Gifts Pt. 2 but it's understandable you might think that seeing Lacey Chabert in another Christmas movie on this podcast. This time we're covering the new Netflix original Hot Frosty, a modern retelling of the timeless children's classic where a snowman comes to life with really rockin' abs. We talk about the town of Hope Springs and the sexualization of this Hallmark-esque Christmas movie, and we even get into some holiday cheer! We're also drinking Hardywood's Gingerbread Stout. Approximate timeline 0:00-12:00 Intro 12:00-20:00 Beer talk 20:00-end Hot Frosty Festivus continues next week! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bloodandblackrum/support

Recorded 12-01-2024: Pastor Larry Stephens delivers a message reminded the church of the hope we have in Christ the Lord. According to Isaiah, Messiah will come from the line of Jesse, be the example of humility and greatness, teach us to worship reverently, and demonstrate pursuing wisdom from the Lord. Special music led by Pastor Larry Stephens, "Always Good," written by Andrew Peterson.    CCLI Song # 7110702 Andrew Peterson © 2018 Jakedog Music For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License # 198148

In this episode we discuss a PSA to people who send bad photos, how we all need to start wearing the same outfit 24/7, how alarming it is that a child made this hofro, Dustin Milligan's striking appearance, the classic "curtain billowing in the wind" trope, the anatomy and intellectual makeup of a hofro, grown women taking advantage of a 3 day-old snowman, the financial abuse committed against Lacey, the small town politics of Hope Springs and SO MUCH MORE!!!

Father Thomas Naval proclaims the Gospel (Mark 13:24-32) breaks open the word. Words for your Way from Santiago de Compostela Catholic Church in Lake Forest, California.

Fluent Fiction - Spanish: Hope Springs in the Ruins: A Tale of Survival and Unity Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/hope-springs-in-the-ruins-a-tale-of-survival-and-unity Story Transcript:Es: En las ruinas cubiertas de vegetación de Buenos Aires, el aire de la primavera sopla suave entre los edificios derrumbados.En: In the vegetation-covered ruins of Buenos Aires, the spring air blows gently between the collapsed buildings.Es: En medio de esta desolación, Reinaldo, líder de un pequeño grupo de supervivientes, contempla el horizonte.En: In the midst of this desolation, Reinaldo, leader of a small group of survivors, gazes at the horizon.Es: Su cabeza pesa con la responsabilidad de encontrar agua limpia.En: His head is heavy with the responsibility of finding clean water.Es: La supervivencia de su grupo depende de él.En: The survival of his group depends on him.Es: Marisol, su amiga más cercana, lo observa con preocupación.En: Marisol, his closest friend, watches him with concern.Es: Su hermano menor, Santiago, está cerca, jugando con una rama rota.En: Her younger brother, Santiago, is nearby, playing with a broken branch.Es: "Reinaldo", dice Marisol cautelosamente, "¿realmente vas a llevar a Santiago?En: "Reinaldo," says Marisol cautiously, "are you really going to take Santiago?Es: Él es joven, no sabemos lo que encontraremos allí".En: He is young, we don't know what we'll find there."Es: Reinaldo suspira, su mirada se suaviza.En: Reinaldo sighs, his gaze softens.Es: "Sí, Marisol.En: "Yes, Marisol.Es: Santiago debe aprender a sobrevivir.En: Santiago must learn to survive.Es: No podemos protegerlo siempre".En: We can't protect him forever."Es: Su voz refleja más de lo que sus palabras dicen.En: His voice reflects more than his words say.Es: La seguridad del grupo es una carga pesada.En: The group's safety is a heavy burden.Es: El sol brilla intensamente entre las nubes, creando un contraste con la destrucción a su alrededor.En: The sun shines brightly between the clouds, creating a contrast with the destruction around them.Es: Reinaldo y Santiago se preparan para la búsqueda.En: Reinaldo and Santiago prepare for the search.Es: Las mochilas están listas.En: The backpacks are ready.Es: Los pasos de madre naturaleza han cubierto las calles con una alfombra de flores silvestres que huelen a jazmín, añadiendo un toque de belleza a la tragedia.En: Mother Nature's footsteps have covered the streets with a carpet of wildflowers that smell like jasmine, adding a touch of beauty to the tragedy.Es: "Volveremos antes de que anochezca", promete Reinaldo, tratando de tranquilizar a Marisol.En: "We'll return before nightfall," promises Reinaldo, trying to reassure Marisol.Es: Caminan por las calles olvidadas, sorteando obstáculos.En: They walk through the forgotten streets, avoiding obstacles.Es: Santiago observa todo con curiosidad, aunque su corazón late rápido por el miedo.En: Santiago observes everything with curiosity, though his heart beats fast with fear.Es: Reinaldo le enseña a observar el entorno, a escuchar los sonidos a su alrededor.En: Reinaldo teaches him to observe his surroundings, to listen to the sounds around him.Es: "Siempre presta atención", le recuerda suavemente.En: "Always pay attention," he gently reminds him.Es: Pasan horas, y finalmente, encuentran un pequeño arroyo escondido entre los escombros.En: Hours pass, and finally, they find a small stream hidden among the rubble.Es: La emoción brilla en los ojos de Santiago.En: Emotion shines in Santiago's eyes.Es: Se agacha, extiende la mano para tocar el agua.En: He crouches down, reaching out to touch the water.Es: Un leve chorro de esperanza en medio de la desesperación.En: A faint stream of hope amidst the despair.Es: De repente, el crujir de las hojas revela la presencia de otra gente.En: Suddenly, the crunching of leaves reveals the presence of other people.Es: Una banda de supervivientes emerge, igual de desesperados.En: A band of survivors emerges, equally desperate.Es: El aire se vuelve denso, todos miran a Reinaldo en busca de liderazgo.En: The air becomes heavy, everyone looks to Reinaldo for leadership.Es: "Estamos aquí por el agua", dice uno de los desconocidos, su tono firme.En: "We're here for the water," says one of the strangers, their tone firm.Es: Reinaldo da un paso adelante, su mente repasando las opciones.En: Reinaldo steps forward, his mind going over the options.Es: Pelear podría significar el fin para todos.En: Fighting could mean the end for everyone.Es: Con calma y firmeza, propone una solución, "Compartamos.En: With calmness and firmness, he proposes a solution, "Let's share.Es: Hay suficiente para nuestros grupos si trabajamos juntos".En: There's enough for our groups if we work together."Es: Un silencio tenso reina mientras los rostros duros del otro grupo se suavizan, una chispa de entendimiento en sus ojos.En: A tense silence prevails as the stern faces of the other group soften, a spark of understanding in their eyes.Es: Finalmente, asienten en acuerdo.En: Finally, they nod in agreement.Es: El agua se divide, y un nuevo lazo se establece entre ellos.En: The water is divided, and a new bond is established between them.Es: El sol se oculta lentamente mientras Reinaldo y Santiago regresan.En: The sun slowly sets as Reinaldo and Santiago return.Es: Santiago ha cambiado.En: Santiago has changed.Es: Ha visto la fuerza de la diplomacia y la importancia de trabajar en equipo.En: He has seen the strength of diplomacy and the importance of teamwork.Es: Reinaldo también comprende algo nuevo: no todo recae sobre sus hombros, y la colaboración es clave para la supervivencia.En: Reinaldo also understands something new: not everything falls on his shoulders, and collaboration is key to survival.Es: Cuando llegan al campamento, Marisol los abraza, segura al verlos.En: When they arrive at the camp, Marisol embraces them, relieved to see them.Es: Reinaldo sabe que no están solos y que, a pesar de los desafíos, juntos tienen mejores posibilidades.En: Reinaldo knows they are not alone and that, despite the challenges, together they have better chances.Es: En el corazón de una ciudad rota, el espíritu de colaboración ilumina un camino hacia la esperanza y el renacimiento.En: In the heart of a broken city, the spirit of collaboration lights a path toward hope and rebirth.Es: La primavera ha traído consigo algo más que flores: la posibilidad de un nuevo comienzo.En: Spring has brought more than just flowers: the possibility of a new beginning. Vocabulary Words:the ruins: las ruinasthe vegetation: la vegetaciónthe horizon: el horizontethe responsibility: la responsabilidadthe survival: la supervivenciathe concern: la preocupaciónthe branch: la ramathe destruction: la destrucciónthe backpack: la mochilathe rubble: los escombrosthe despair: la desesperaciónthe survivor: el supervivientethe burden: la cargathe carpet: la alfombrathe tragedy: la tragediathe curiosity: la curiosidadthe surroundings: el entornothe stream: el arroyothe hope: la esperanzathe leaf: la hojathe band: la bandathe air: el airethe leadership: el liderazgothe firmness: la firmezathe silence: el silenciothe understanding: el entendimientothe bond: el lazothe diplomacy: la diplomaciathe teamwork: el trabajo en equipothe rebirth: el renacimiento

She has been a highly successful Waterloo Region Realtor for 30 years! Having, herself, experienced moving 18 times in 21 years, this was a big part of why she decided that pursuing this career was a clear fit. She is a helper by nature and takes great joy in standing beside her clients as they buy or sell residential real estate. A twice Past President of the Cambridge Real Estate Association, she has also volunteered as a Director with Community Living Cambridge as well as the Alzheimer's Association and Hope Springs.When not working, she enjoys riding her motorcycle and she is an enthusiastic participant in Royal Lepage fundraising rides for RLP Shelter Foundation and Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region, organizations that are both working to prevent and alleviate the effects of violence against women. She has ridden all around Canada and beyond, including Tuktoyaktuk, the Himalayas and Colombia.He has been a Realtor in the Peterborough area for fourteen years, and one of his key pillars are community support and involvement.As an avid motorcyclist for over twenty years, he says he would rather be on any bike any day, than in the coolest car. From a quick ride to the store to trips across the country, any time on a bike is a good time for him. And this is exactly why he is incredibly excited to be a part of the Realtors Care Ride again this year.Joining me on this episode of The MindShare Podcast to talk about ' Revving up for Charity: What You Need to Know About the Ontario REALTORS Care Foundation Charity Motorcycle Ride ', are Special Guests - REALTORS Val Brooks, and Ben vanVeen.5:35 *why do you support shelter-based charities, and what is the need in Ontario?9:50 *what is the motorcycle ride for charity?11:14 *Val, you told me you got your motorcycle license when you turned 50, what sparked this?18:10 *Val, can you tell us about the route you'll be taking this year?20:32 *Ben, can you tell us about the route you'll be taking this year?26:56 *Ben, as I understand it, this will be your second year riding?... what was the anticipation you had the first time you showed up to this event, and what was the experience like for you?37:42 *what's something that really stands out to each of you about the ride, this particular event, and the people who all come together to be part of it?43:45 *what if people don't ride, how can they still get involved?50:14 *how do people learn more, and where can they go to sign up for the ride for charity?50:54 *what would you say to anyone on the fence about getting involved?1:00:09 *how do you know its been a successful day for you?1:04:02 *any final words of wisdom you want to give to help everyone build more mindshare to get more market share?Thanks for tuning in to this episode of The MindShare PodCast with our special guests - REALTORS - Val Brooks, and Ben vanVeen, as we talked about ' Revving up for Charity: What You Need to Know About the Ontario REALTORS Care Foundation Charity Motorcycle Ride ' .Get your FREE gift on my homepage at www.mindshare101.com just for tuning in!I'd also be really grateful if you could take a quick second to go www.ratethispodcast.com/mindshare101 to rate the show for me.And we haven't connected yet, send me a message!Facebook: facebook.com/mindshare101 Instagram: instagram.com/davidgreenspan101Youtube: youtube.com/@DavidGreenspanLinkedin: linkedin.com/in/mindshare101

A new MP3 sermon from Heritage Baptist Church of Frankfort IL is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Hope Springs from Truth Rehearsed Subtitle: Dark Clouds Deep Mercy Speaker: Keith Betry Broadcaster: Heritage Baptist Church of Frankfort IL Event: Midweek Service Date: 6/12/2024 Bible: Lamentations 3 Length: 43 min.

This chapter sounds like it is given by two people, one who is in despair and one who has hope. The middle section is the key for this transition. It is a series of truths that Jeremiah rehearses. He recalls these truths to mind that he has spoken of for years. This chapter is the center and the climax of the book of Lamentations.

This chapter sounds like it is given by two people, one who is in despair and one who has hope. The middle section is the key for this transition. It is a series of truths that Jeremiah rehearses. He recalls these truths to mind that he has spoken of for years. This chapter is the center and the climax of the book of Lamentations.

This chapter sounds like it is given by two people, one who is in despair and one who has hope. The middle section is the key for this transition. It is a series of truths that Jeremiah rehearses. He recalls these truths to mind that he has spoken of for years. This chapter is the center and the climax of the book of Lamentations.

Today – The unique Hope Springs housing project and how 3D printing will help bring nearly 500 affordable housing units to Greeley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us as we discuss 04x08 Hope Springs Paternal - in which Ian and Mickey kiss real pretty!  Get in touch with any thoughts, comments, or questions. Come talk to us on Twitter and Tumblr, or email us, and please Subscribe and Review wherever you get your podcasts.

ANN HARADA originated the role of Christmas Eve in Avenue Q on Broadway and in the West End. Other Broadway: Cinderella, Into the Woods, 9 to 5, M Butterfly, Seussical, Les Miserables. Selected Off-Broadway: Dear World, Fairycakes, Emojiland, Dropping Gumballs on Luke Wilson, Pacific Overtures, Brooklynite and Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Regionally: Babbitt (LaJolla Playhouse), The Closet (Williamstown), Matilda, Beauty and the Beast, & Mamma Mia (MUNY). Recent film: Jerry and Marge Go Large and Disenchanted. Add'l film: Sisters, Admission, and Hope Springs. She is one of the stars of the musical series Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+) Add'l TV: Gotham, Blue Bloods (recurring), Younger, Jim Gaffigan Show, The Good Wife, 30 Rock, House of Cards, Master of None, and Smash. Insta/Threads: @iamannharada, X:@annharada  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

03-03-24 | Lamentations: Hope Springs and Truth Rehearsed by Plainfield Christian Church

We welcome Sharon Chamberlain to the podcast this week. Sharon is the CEO of Northern Nevada HOPES, a community health center in Reno providing affordable, high-quality, medical, behavioral health, and support services for all. What started as a single-room clinic to serve those with HIV/AIDS has expanded to providing comprehensive, patient-centered healthcare for 14,000 people in our community. Through their presence on 4th Street, they are turning a healthcare desert into a “Corridor of Hope,” including northern Nevada's first bridge-housing community called Hope Springs and the new clinic being built across the street projected to open summer 2024. Learn more about Northern Nevada HOPES at https://www.nnhopes.org/

The town is buzzing with talk of the Hot Springs and how it will help the town. Meanwhile, Elizabeth and Lucas host Aunt Agatha and Julie, who make an interesting visit to Hope Valley.Watch on Philo! - Philo.tv/DTHThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4438180/advertisement

Show notes and Transcript Arrested for swearing? Yes.  This is what happened to Abi Roberts as she protested outside the COVID Inquiry in London.  Abi returns to Hearts of Oak to discuss exactly what happened.  Why did she feel compelled to protest outside the COVID Inquiry and will it reveal anything or is it just another cover up?  Under what law did the police officer arrest her?  What powers do our police now have in the UK and is this the end of any free speech? Is swearing actually now prohibited or is it just illegal for Welsh comedians? Can we regain our freedom of speech or has this so called 'Conservative' government destroyed it?  Tune in for Abi's analysis following her unexpected night in the cells.  *Might contain swearing!  Abi Roberts is a British stand-up comedian, writer and commentator and is proud to be a stone in the shoe of the cowardly bauble-chasers in politics and the media. All lovers of truth, liberty, free speech and the pursuit of justice for the crimes committed over the last three years, are welcome to her party. Abi became a professional stand-up in 2012, and since then has played some of the biggest clubs across the UK, and had several sold-out shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.  She became a comedian because she wanted to write her own material and have the freedom to express her worldview – and make thousands of people laugh at the absurdity and wonder of life.  Abi's stand up show Anglichanka, which was about living and studying in Russia, gained her several 5 star rave reviews and the show toured the UK.  She was the first comedian to do shows in Moscow in both English and Russian, as Abi explains “My father was a spy… sorry, diplomat, so I went to the Soviet Union as a kid and then in the early 1990s I studied opera at the Moscow Conservatoire" Abi hosts a daily podcast and writes regular articles on her Substack.   Follow and support Abi at the following links... Websites:        https://abiroberts.com/                          https://www.cathycrunt.com/ Twitter:            https://twitter.com/abiroberts?s=20 GETTR:            https://gettr.com/user/abiroberts Substack:        http://abiroberts.substack.com/ Podcast:          https://abiroberts.substack.com/podcast Instagram:       https://instagram.com/abirober....tscomedy?utm_medium= YouTube:         https://www.youtube.com/user/AbiRobertsComedyDiva Interview recorded 21.7.23 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin and Twitter https://twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin?s=20  To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more...  https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please subscribe, like and share! Transcript (Hearts of Oak) Hello, Hearts of Oak, and welcome to another interview coming up with Abi Roberts, who re-joined us. Been a while since she was last with us. And of course, I know many of you will have seen the video of her being arrested for swearing. So she just tells us what she was there for, the Covid inquiry, which is in effect a whitewash, a little spoiler for you. She discusses what was happening there, why she was there at the whole yellow board, what that's about. And then the police telling her she'd be arrested if she swore again. So she did. And she was arrested. How the police have the right to arrest anyone, we look at the legislation and the overreach they now have. She was held in a cell until the middle of the night, then released. Why on earth that would be done? So join us as Abi shares her story in her unique style. Abi Roberts, it is wonderful to have you back. Thank you so much for joining us today. (Abi Roberts) It's my pleasure, Peter, my pleasure. A lot's happened since I last saw you. Lots. We're going to talk about Abi's campaign to make swearing legal again. So we'll get into all of that. For the viewers @AbiRoberts on social media, on Twitter, everywhere else, and her Substack, abiroberts.substack.com. If you don't get that, actually, just if you never signed up simply just to read her article, I think that's a great article on what happened to her as she swore and was arrested. It's a fantastic article, it lays it all out. So it's well worth signing up Substack for that, and then you'll see everything else. But can we start, Abi? I'm going to play one of the video clips that sets the scene and then we'll discuss why we're there, and how in their swearing is not illegal on the streets of Britain. So let's play this two minute clip. (Video plays) Police:  You are perfectly allowed to protest, you are not allowed to swear in the street. Abi:  I'm not allowed to swear in the street? It's OK if our government commits democide, cos' that's what's happened. So you're saying to me, swearing in the street is worse, is illegal, but it's legal to lock people in their homes, and give them, coerce them, you know I'm telling the truth. Police:  Madam, here's your warning. Abi:  Have you been coerced?  Police:  Swear again you're going to get arrested. Abi:  Swear again? Well fuck... fuck you.  Police:  You are under arrest for swearing   Abi:  You are joking, you are joking, you are joking. You've seen this and you're all complicit. You know and you're going to call me an anti-vaxxer. I'm anti-tyranny, I'm anti-democide. You absolute bastards. You're arresting me for swearing, but you're not talking about democide that's been committed against the British people, lockdowns, gene therapies, how dare you. You're getting all this guys, this is Britain, this is United Kingdom. If you're not angry, there's something wrong with you. There's something wrong with you. Police:  Can you stop swearing?  Abi:  If I stop swearing, am I allowed to talk about democide? Am I allowed to talk about crimes against the British people? Do you agree with the lockdowns? Do you agree that the British people, they knew that thousands, hundreds of thousands of people were going to die. They knew at the very beginning that the lockdowns were going to kill thousands and thousands of people. Are you getting this? Are you recording any of this?  Police:  Listen to me. Abi:  So you agree the British government... Police:  I'm not getting into that. Abi:  And all the politicians were against the British people? Police:  We can have a conversation. Abi:  Can we?  Police:  Yeah. All we wanted you to do was stay on that side of the road. Abi:  Are you getting this? I'm being arrested for swearing. Police:  Just listen to what he's saying.  Abi:  I am listening. This is the UK! How dare you! (video ends) So, that's Abi in full flow.  Good grief. You know what, Peter? I don't think I've seen that in full. I'm actually, I feel quite, do you know what? I'm going to say it. I feel damn proud of myself. If only there were more people that told it how it is.  100%. When, you know what I mean? And it's weird. I feel good. God, I've got kind of goose bumps because obviously it was all just happening kind of in the moment. And, but wow, it's weird, you know, it's almost like a lot of the, like a lot of the stuff I've been doing for two and a half, three years has led to that moment, if that doesn't sound too, like, I have a dream, you know, it's like one of those things where you, you prepare for these things all your life, in little ways, you know, saying, saying what you mean, what you feel, without being afraid, and truth. It's weird, pure truth, when you speak it to power, has a way of cutting through any fear that you may have. I didn't feel, I don't know if you saw in the clip, I didn't feel, looking back at that now, I didn't feel afraid at all of the consequences, you know?  Well, let's, so there are two issues here. One is the issue itself, which is the the COVID inquiry whitewash, they should have just just given it a full title. And the second issue is police overreach. Maybe let's start at the first one. Why were you there that fateful day, Abi? That fateful day on the grassy knoll, which I mentioned in my article because it was a little grassy bank where all the the photographers and well, I've got a new collective noun for journalists. It's a shame of journalists. I don't include some people, including yourself. There are some people that stay out of that collective noun, but let's be honest, most journalists are a shame. If you compare them to Woodward and Bernstein, you know, those guys with the Watergate scandal, they dug and dug and dug and dug and dug and dug and got their sources, cross-referenced their sources. You know, you've read, you know the story. What a disgrace the press have been. Anyway, back to the day. So I basically, I went down that Tuesday morning, the 27th of June to meet my good friend Francis O'Neill. Who I believe you know, he was with his Yellow Boards. They do so much great work, they're grassroots activists, so they stand on roads, on roundabouts, and actually they're getting more and more traction, you know, with all sorts of issues, including the COVID-19 vaccines and the ULEZ, all that kind of, basically, yeah, government and overreach. And it's really, they do great work. So I went down to meet him at Dorland House where this COVID UK inquiry, can I just say before I forget, I saw you talk to Steve Bannon about it, it was, this was a, I wasn't really in any place to kind of talk to many people, but I just wanted to say that in answer to Steve's question about is it a whitewash, it's worse than that actually, it's, if you saw Matt Hancock talking on that, he was actually interviewed that day, the day I went down, he said that he thought the next time the lockdowns should be harder, faster, stricter. And that they didn't act quick enough and strict enough. So actually, everything we've said, many of us have said for the last three years, has come true, which is that they're going to, they're trying to corral people into this way of thinking. So I would just like to make that clear that in a weird way, it's worse than the Watergate scandal because so many of the crimes that have been committed as people are off the charts. I mean, I've seen various people I respect very much, including Brett Weinstein on his Dark Horse pod, say that the Nuremberg Code has been violated purely by using coercion and lack of consent, including informed consent. I mean, it's very important that we get these specifics right. And regardless of what is in, this is the point that I make in my article that I made very clear, including to the police, that what's in these gene therapies, these so-called vaccines, is sort of a side issue. The crime is the coercion. And when people say, but I wasn't forced, well, yeah, but you were told if you don't get them, then you lose your job, you can't travel, you lose your friends. Do you see what I mean? If you look up the definition of coercion, it includes blackmail, force, vilification, being told, well, you're a bad person, blah, blah, blah. So it's very important that people understand this. So that's one of the reasons I went down, was because I felt so strongly. Matt Hancock was in there and people, American viewers who may not know and people from around the world of course who watch this, he was the health secretary during the time, during the 2020 and part of 2021 when the vaccine rollout happened. He was cheering for it, he was fake crying going I can't believe it, we've got this miracle cure that we're going to coerce into the arms of the British people, which is a disgrace in itself. So I went down, met my fellow yellow boards, got into a chat with a few people who were kind of lurking by the entranceway. It's in Paddington, by the way, guys, if anyone, again, not from the UK. Paddington is a kind of main part of London, West London. So this building is kind of on a thoroughfare, on a main road. And then there's a little entranceway where it's kind of, it's like an official building where they were doing the inquiry and by the entrance there was a little table with three people and again in my article. My Substack article I mentioned this, there were two, I think two men and a woman and they had this like, I thought well they're on our side, you know because they were standing outside, you know how you just, you assume, they looked like the kind of people who would have been on all the marches that I went on and the woman said, I said I'll presume we're on the same side and the woman pointed over to the road where the yellow boards were and said, the anti-vaxxers are over there. Well, Peter, and viewers who know me, the red mist descended. And I just, and I turned, and I said to them, I thought, well, I'm not going to go into the MRNA. I'm not going to go into the scientific detail about what's in these things, because that's model, it's confused people, including myself by the way, so I thought no I'm going to go for the moral argument, which is that the coercion, the lack of informed or consent, any other consent, meant that it was violating the Nuremberg Code. So serious crimes have been committed against the globe, you know, in 90 countries around the world. So we're talking about millions and millions and millions of people just with this one action by world governments. And I mean, I've made, I said it slightly less, it was a bit shorter than that, just for, I'm just, I'm expanding because we're talking. And then, so I said that to them, and then turn around and I said, and that's not conjecture, that's fact. That's fact. So I'm not an anti-vaxxer, I'm anti-tyranny, I'm anti, you know, as you saw in the video, anti-democide, anti-lies, anti-coercion, you know, all those terrible Free speech, you know, being a free individual, all those kind of terrible things which some people are for.  But can I ask, because obviously the so-called, media on the right that supposedly stand up for free speech, all of that, who were silent for the vast majority and suddenly come out at the very end to say oh look we overspent a little bit on PPE, oh it's really naughty, or the government official got a contract for this, that's really naughty. I mean after you've gone through the last two and a half years of control. So they have, I don't think any of the mainstream media have even called this art as just a whitewash that will hide over everything, because even if you have government failings of spending or the control of cronyism, but it's much deeper than that. It's collusion with the drug companies.  Oh, yeah, completely. It's collusion. Is Hancock, the person who, because it seems so he's been thrown under the bus, kind of, although he'll get a lucrative media career. It's kind of, well, he did some things, but the rest of us, we carry on as normal. That seems to be how this will be the outcome. Well, this is the crazy thing, is that Matt Hancock is, I mean, it's a bit like, I have compared much to people's disgust, what happened to us, to people around the world to the early 1930s in Germany. I make that comparison with no shame, because it's the truth, or you could compare it to the Soviet Union in the first part of the 20th century, everything that was going on there, or name any other regime where they use force, intimidation, segregation, all those kinds of things. So you're talking about, I mean, the reason that Matt Hancock is the poster boy is because there's always gotta be a poster boy for the, what's the word, I was going to say scapegoat, but he's not, he's just a criminal. He's a criminal that happened to be part of a criminal establishment. And I'm very careful by the way to not just to target the Tories because Labour... In fact, everyone in the House of Commons and the House of Lords and the monarchy, you know, and I'm talking, by the way, if you'd spoken to me in 2019, Peter, I would have been like, oh, well, you know, it's really lovely because we've got the two-party system, you know, we've got the lovely Queen, we've got the whatever, blah, blah, blah. Wow, have my eyes been opened? You know, it's not about believing in every single conspiracy theory that anyone utters. You know, I'm always, I'm very particular about, this is why I'm so focused on this one issue, which is the last three years, the lockdowns, especially the vaccines in inverted commas, because I feel that such a terrible crime has been committed by, and also let's not forget the United States, you know, and again, I had nothing but love for the States. You know, I was going to to live there before I met my late husband. So I was going to, I got my visa. I got my O-1, which is a person of exceptional ability. I got that visa. I was going to go, man. I was going to go in 2008. It breaks my heart when I look at New York, what they did to Broadway, the Broadway actors. They made them, they made them get jabbed to like, well, otherwise you just can't work. So you see these wonder people like guys like Clifton Duncan, who's on, he said, well, I'm out then, I'm out. You, this is my body. This is my, this is, you know, my holy, sort of God-given body, get away with that stuff. So the United States, particularly the Democratic, Democrat states, honestly, I never thought I would see America go down that path, but holy shit, balls, guys. I know many people watching will agree with me, Americans. Canadians did the same thing. It is quite astounding the level, and I think people need to be aware of this, the level, the comparator between the 20th century, the first part of the 20th century, with all the dictators, with all the tyrants that there were around and that political sort of shadow that was cast, the similarities that there are with today. Trudeau, Biden, that his administration, in fact most of Europe, many countries, you know Germany and Austria, they were, I mean Austria went full fascist and so did Germany. They fell back into their, those tropes and maybe it's because there were so many marches and that it didn't go quite as, well I was going to say far as camps, but then Australia did have camps, They had lockdown camps in, is it Hope Springs? Or Hope... Do you remember there's a place in Australia, like a really lovely nature reserve, where people would have just been lovely to hang out and people I'm sure watching maybe have been there. I've seen videos of a woman trying to climb over the wall. She's climbing over a wall like The Great Escape, you know, from the Nazi camp. And then she's got those guards who like tug her back down. And then these people sitting there going, doing their video diaries, going, well, I'm sitting here, it's been my fourth day in isolation or whatever, in my, you know, and I'm like, what the hell, what the hell is this? And the same with a friend of mine, a well-known actor, he had to, well, he got the vaccines to go and work in America and he had to stay in a hotel. This is when he travelled for like... Maybe like a week or something, but like in a hotel room with like just a balcony. And honestly, to watch his videos, I was crying. I thought this is against everything that we, all of us, hold dear, you know, left or right. I mean, obviously the left have gone particularly AWOL, you know, but I've started to think, Peter, because you know that I was a small c conservative, I suppose libertarian, you know, so all my thought processes were kind of down that. But I'm starting to think that actually, you know, this is something bigger, but that definitely has, it has echoes of that communist, you know, sort of, what's the word, collectivization, I would say. It has, that's why I think we look at the left and go, oh yeah, the similarities are so obvious, you know, but I think party politics is over. I think we're coming into a new era now. Yeah, because obviously the uni-party is the term used over in the state for the Republican Democrats and it seems to be that's across the world and governments combined to control and coerce everyone. I think the worst one in Australia I came across was a family whose child was seriously ill with some condition, the ambulance took them to a specialist hospital, which was over the state border in Australia, and the parents were not allowed to go and see their child as it lay dying. And what level of evilness would make an exception, whatever, but that didn't matter. It was, no, no, we must follow the diktat.  Yeah, we must follow the, and that's the extraordinary thing, Peter. And actually, very sadly, I mean, I talk about this a lot on my podcast. Abi Daily. Well, I've addressed it so many times, I kind of, it's almost like it's a stock record, where you, the sad fact of the matter is that, and I think Graham Hancock may have said this, he's the guy that made the shows about possibly there being other civilisations that may have been around earlier than us, which is that the human race may suffer from amnesia. So you know how people are always saying, look back at history, don't forget history. You know all these wonderful quotes that float around about the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. I don't know who said that, probably an American, but it's true, but the problem is we forget to be vigilant. What's happened now is that because of that, we're seeing the results of people not turning round and saying, enough. Like I said, I don't want to go into so much the party political thing but with the right, there's been a lot of times where I think to myself, is Roger Scruton enough to fight back, even though he's got great ideas about truth and beauty and goodness, which I totally hold dear, but is it enough for political change? Because at the moment we need more than that, as we've seen with Uxbridge last night. I think people are living in a bit of a cloud cuckoo land. And I say this in all seriousness, it's not going to cut it. With the Tories, we're like, oh, we're anti-ULEZ. Guys, this is the least of our problems and they vote in the Tories. Sorry, did you not see what the Tories have presided over the last three years and further back? I mean, like you said, Peter, though, you're right, it's a uni-party, it's Biden, it's this massive blob of sort of communo-fascist ideology, which is masquerading as, look at us, we're for the people, you know, yeah, we're just like introducing these things, these green things, you know, to save the planet and blah, blah. And of course, like you said, all the while it's for control. It's just to, because human beings, this is an anti-human ideology. Human beings are sort of like Stanley Johnson has said in his books, they're sort of an inconvenience, human beings, that's his view, rather than, you know, it's a gift from God, your life is a gift from God, you do with it. I was thinking about my grandpa, my wonderful Welsh gramps, Bob Roberts, his name was, and I was thinking, and he said, you know, your life is a gift, your talents are a gift. Use it. Use them. Use them as fully as you can. I'm not sure what he'd think about me being arrested. Actually, knowing him, he probably would be going, yeah, that's my girl. God love him, God rest him. But I think it's true. I think it's true. We have one life, so we may as well try and make it count. Not just for us, not just for now, but for the people that come after us. You're 100%. Can I ask you, the inquiry is a tick box exercise, we see through the BS, the mainstream media will play the game and play along. Before we get on to your campaign making swearing legal again, can I ask you about how do you perceive it? Because as you said, three, four years, four or five years ago, you would have thought actually a two-party system, and we have a monarchy, which is kind of good. Now, all that our institutions are good for society. They keep us, all that. And then that's all changed. So we have lost trust in many people, lost trust in the police. There's no longer policing by consent. It is policing by force. Absolute change. Biggest change in what, 200 years in policing. Zero trust in politicians. You see the voting rates so low and across the board. I mean, the even zero trust in our legal system, our courts anyway, have collapsed under so-called Covid. And now it takes you a year. The whole thing has gone to ground. And the Conservatives, what is there to conserve if everything has been burned to the ground? And how do you view that? I mean, we both we both live in the UK and we would like to believe that institutions are positive for society. We're the opposite opinion, as are many others.  Yeah, that's a good point. I've been thinking about this long and hard, actually. I remember having a conversation with Claire Fox. Hmm, how disappointing she is. Amazing, you know, how many communist revolutionaries there are who are far from revolutionary. In fact, if anything, they toe the line, the establishment line. I've met a few of them. I'm like, I actually said to one, I went, you should be ashamed of yourself that I'm one who's doing all the pushing back. So lots of roles have been reversed with this, which many of your viewers will be aware of, this weird inversion of things, as often happens in history. This isn't unusual. Well, it is, but it's not, if you know what I mean, because we have been here. I mean, there are countries that have suffered under tyrants and perverse ideologies, anti-human ideologies. But what was your question again? Oh, that's a two-party system. But all the institutions, we've lost this completely.  Oh, that's it. Yeah, you've reminded me about the Clare Fox chat. This was way back when I used to be on GB News. Mm, that's a whole, aren't they doing well, Peter? Oh, who'd have thought it? Anyway, that's a sight.  And your favourite journalist there calling you an anti-vaxxer on the day, but that's a whole separate issue. Your favourite journalist, Tom, what's his name,  Tom Harwood, yeah. Yes, exactly, who'd look very at home in a Hugo Boss suit and knee-high boots, and that's only at the weekends. That's from my article. Please read it, it's hilarious and sad at the same time. So in answer to your question, when Claire Fox and I had this chat when I was first on and she said that she thought the institutions could be saved from within. And I pushed back on this, I said, yeah, I don't think so, I don't think so, Claire. Because anyone that knows, this is what's so bizarre, Peter, anyone that knows anything, or claims to have read anything about anything, knows that the long march through the institutions that happened in Mao's China, happened in the Soviet Union, it happened in all these Marxist, let's use this paradigm, seeing as, because I know there will be maybe people watching going, yeah, but you've just said there's no such thing as left and right, but let's use this framework, is that the common purpose, this whole collectivization ideology has been creeping in and it's strangled everything like bindweed. So it's been happening for like maybe 30 years, maybe more than that actually. And the problem is, it's everywhere, it's woodworm in all the institutions, so like you said, everything's kind of collapsed. So I think, this is my personal view, is that no, the institutions should be rebuilt. And I don't mean build back better, I mean in the good sense that after the Enlightenment, you know, like Erasmus, you know, where we look around and say where are the good, where are the thinkers, the critical thinkers, I mean like myself, like yourself, can we have institutions that are the green shoots of, you know, for the next generation. So you have kids who go, oh, thank goodness for people like Abi Roberts and Peter Mcilvenna and various other people, because they saw the corruption, the evil that's in everything. Like you said, the judiciary, good grief. I was in the police cell thinking they could pin anything on me, these guys. That's a scary thought. I actually also thought, shall I fake a panic attack in the police cell. I was in there, by the way, viewers, for 17 hours. And I thought, and I'm claustrophobic as well, which didn't, I mean, I honestly, I've never prayed so hard in my life or sang so much to keep myself occupied. But I genuinely thought maybe I should fake a panic attack so that they'll let me out and I'll be with some medics. And then I thought, actually. Given what the medical profession have done the last three years, I would rather stay in the cell. Now that is, if that isn't a soundbite for 2023, I don't know what is. Abi Roberts would rather have stayed in a police cell with two Nigerians next door going, eh oh eh eh oh, like Nigerian Teletubbies, no comment, no comment bro, and smearing, you know, as I was told, because I smelt bleach and one of them had smeared his own excrement up the walls. I would rather have been in that cell, that damn cell, than be with doctors. So that's where we are, guys. But it's not just the UK, it's everywhere. So I hope that kind of answered your question, which is I've always believed in the, what the Russians did in Stalin's time, which is obviously you had many people who went along with it, the whisperers, they were called, you know, who whispered to, I may even have said this on one of our chats, that in Stalin's time, a lot of people just went along with it and used to grass up their neighbours and they were called the Whisperers. It just became this thing. So a lot of people go along with it and actually sort of get quite used to it. Oh, it's quite nice being locked at home. It's quite nice being forced, coerced into having injections. Oh, it's quite nice not being able to travel further than 15 minutes outside. You know what I mean? All these things, that's what happened under Stalin where everyone went, it's quite nice. Just only being able to have one cow, which the Kulaks, you know what I mean? All these little things people sort of started to think, well, maybe this is just our lot. We should rather than thinking, no, this is not our lot. This is not what life is for, what free life is for. But there were secrets of society. There were secret meetings and the catacombs, the true Christians, so not the Orthodox church that was hand in hand with Stalin. And they all met and they all prayed and they all, so children, educated children. So it was all happening, but sort of in parallel. Do you know what I mean? With the, so my view, and again, I said this to Lawrence Fox on a, God blimey, how the mighty have fallen. I said to him on a Twitter Spaces that I thought that we should start to have a parallel society. And he disagreed with that. Well, look what happened in Uxbridge last night. You know, I may be blonde, I may be a comedian, I may be silly and swear and the rest of it, But you know, a sharper mind you will not find talking about this kind of stuff. So you people can believe in their Labour versus Tory and their new parties and blah blah, but it's going to take a lot more than that. It's going to take a hell of a lot more. I mean, put it this way, Peter, I... Never thought I'd be arrested in this country for saying, fuck off, fuck you, whatever, standing with the police and the press, taking photographs of me outside a building where they were essentially lying about what's happened over the last three years. And that, but you know, like I said, I'm proud that I'm, it's something that, Um, yeah, that all, I didn't think I'd be in this position, but I'm I'm glad that I did it. I'm glad. OK, so one ask about the police side. It seems that we are now at the stage and part of this, a lot of this is a so-called conservative government. Laws being put in place that give the police absolute right to make up stuff, and it's this whole thing of offens,e of anything which may, possibly might do in the next 100 years to someone reading it in the far-flung galaxy, may find offense, then that is enough. It seemed as though that was, and it means taking, if you're wearing brown shoes and the policeman thinks, no, I don't like brown shoes, that's offensive. They can literally come up with anything, and it seemed to be what he said it to you, And it was so funny looking back at him saying, what, if I swear again? And you're thinking, if I swear again, I should swear. Well, also, you know, I spoke to an ex-policeman about this, who's on our side, by the way, very much on our side. So he was very high up in the police. And I spoke to a couple of people actually about, and obviously I can't reveal too much to you about things which may or may not happen with the process, but he said that if swearing was illegal, then I would have been arrested the first time. He said that's a point of that. And also, before anyone takes you by the arm, you know, you see the two, I don't know if it's in the clip, but the two policewomen, they really grip hold of me, took my arms. They're meant to say, We're going to now put our hands on you and take you, this is in the old days, the old school, They had to take you through everything. So you're seeing people that have been trained in a police college that is riddled with common purpose. I'm going to go back to that phrase, common purpose, look it up, Peter, you know what I'm talking about. The communitarian, this wonderful idea that everyone, hey, as long as everyone is abiding by this ideology, then it's okay for you to act beyond your authority. That's part of the common purpose thing, which is, by the way, a Marxist organisation. It was set up many years ago by the daughter of a Marxist called Julia Middleton. So look it up. It's all true. Whether that is running in tandem or not with what we're talking about, the global tyranny is kind of another matter. It's almost too coincidental that it's all kind of coming together. This whole offence thing, and in fact, the Public Order Act 1986 should really have been, I mean, it shouldn't even be there. And I'm very worried, Peter, about this online offence, online harms bill. There's a lot of stuff which will be used, stuff maybe we're seeing now in the media being used about people saying certain things, doing certain things, and Oh, in which case, then let's have let's have harsher laws. So I would say.  But on the online city bill, so we've had Signal boss has said they will have to pull out because they do not give back doors to anyone. Wikipedia have said they will have to shut down their operation in the UK. I know Telegram have talked about, Apple have said it is. I mean, everyone is saying this is overreach to the nth degree. And yet the government don't give a damn. so-called conservative government think this is wonderful, let's shut everyone up. Yes, exactly. The so-called conservative. I mean, this is what's weird though is I think we have to... We have to stop thinking in terms of, I'm afraid to say, in terms of Conservative and Labour, because whatever's taken over both those parties and everyone else in the House of Commons, let's be honest, all of them, is a dark force, is a dark ideological force. So we're in a historical, we are in a first, in Britain, in the sense that I mean, I again never thought I'd be sitting here saying that the two-party system, it's I mean, our democratic system is broken. It's completely broken. It's completely, it's been trashed, it's been stamped on and the people of this country need to wake up and realise that, you know, if you want to go to I mean, I heard someone the other day say, well, maybe China, a Chinese system wouldn't be that bad. Really? Really? Yeah. Brilliant. How fantastic. I mean, that's the level. People will go, well, even if we have to live in a tiny flat, a tiny room, you know, with our tokens, you know, with our, what's it? Compliance tokens, I call them. Yeah. All those things. And our currency, and have you been well behaved, all that. People, I'm sorry, Peter, but a lot of people, like I've said in history, will go along with it. They'll go, well, what's the worst that can happen? At least I'll get my food and I'll get my, because they don't prize freedom. They don't prize the idea. And when I say freedom, I don't mean freedom, like it's this weird sort of slogan. I mean the free soul, the spirit, The idea that freedom is not just about a word, it's about you and the extension of you around you. So including things that come out of your mouth, your utterances, all that is sacred. And including swearing, by the way. And I know people say, I know there might be some Christians watching saying, how could you be a Christian? Well, I am, I've got my lovely cross on, which by the way, they made me take off in the police station. I said to them, what am I going to do, stab myself in the eye with it? It's a cross for heaven's sake. Even though I did hear people down the other cells say we need to pray so they were let out. Hmm. That's interesting, Peter.  Look, the thing... And there's so much we could cover, and I won't keep you all day. But I want to, in, you're arrested. I mean, if you are, you've sworn, and that is illegal, and you can be arrested, something like that should be, you would think, well, you get taken down the station, you get like a 50 pound, 100 pound fine, I don't know what. But you were actually kept, probably because they thought you were a danger to society? What is the benefit of keeping you locked in a cell instead of just processing you in 30 minutes and then letting you go? Yeah, well, good question. And when I went down there, they told me that I, and again, it's in the article, they told me, the solicitor on the phone said, they'd agreed, they'd suggested, they'd said that this is the police, so they'd give me a £90 fine, which I could either pay in 21 days or take it to court. So like, you know, dispute it and take it to court. So that was, I was told by the solicitor, she said, you'll be out in the afternoon. That was the first phone call. Hours later, when I started to get the feeling that something wasn't quite right, because I was getting, being told different things by the police who were opening the little cell door where they put the food and water in, I thought, hang on a minute, they're gonna try and keep me in for 24 hours. And according to Francis, who came down to the station, bless him, and stayed there for hours, Francis O'Neill. And I didn't know that he was there until someone had said, by the way, I think there's a friend of yours out there. He's been waiting, I was like, oh my God. Apparently, a separate team got involved, a kind of protest team. But you know what, when I was in there, one of the coppers, and again, this is in the article, said, we're conflicted about letting you go because we don't know who's gonna replace you. And as I was leaving, one of the other police women who interviewed me said, we've talked to all the staff here, and they say you're by far the nicest criminal that they've ever met. They probably wanted to keep you in. Because you would lighten up the mood. They did. Well, I was just there on my plastic mat reading a book. I had, because one of the lovely police, well, I say lovely, he was really, he didn't want to shut the door, the cell door. He didn't want to shut it. And he said, I don't know why you're in here. He said, you know, he whispered. And then he took me out and he, I chose a couple of books to read. So I was reading, I was there with my Bernard Cornwall. Which I only know about because James Delingpole mentioned it on his, mentioned it on London Calling.  Yeah, it must be good.  And then another book. And I was just there, you know, with my cups of tea, you know, nibbling on a little biscuit. And I was just like there, you know, do praying, singing, thinking, this too shall pass. You know, I'm thinking, I was thinking to myself, you're not Solzhenitsyn. You're not, you're not Nelson Mandela. You're not, You know, many, you know, Artur Pawlowski, the lovely Polish priest who, by the way, can I just quickly say, he needs our help. His trial in Canada is, the verdict is going to be on August the 9th. So this man, you know, who told, who they, the police interrupted an Easter service and he told them they were Nazis and the Gestapo, quite rightly. He then made a speech at to the truckers rally in 2022. He was then put in prison for 51 days. In prison. So if he gets found guilty, this is the Canada, the wonderful Canada under Trudeau, he'll get 10 years, 10 years. So to round this up, it was 17 hours, but it was not in comparison to many people many people who have come before me, including Artur, Artur Palowski, sorry any Polish people if I'm getting the pronunciation wrong. God love him. He's one of my true heroes of this time, because he was prepared to say, no, no, I'm not gonna live in a country. I'm not going to give away my freedom to you and the freedom of my congregation, my flock. He said, as a shepherd, he said, it's my duty to protect my flock. And I'm like, oh my goodness, you know? Maybe Calvin Robinson could take a few notes. I told you, you weren't going to get, Peter knows me, that I have to slip in the odd, well, it's true, come on, enough of the tweed and the baubles. What about the people? There are no restrictions, Abi. I don't think we've ever edited, literally, and I say this, start with you. I think the only, we removed one video, but with someone who just went crazy and started just going at us, that was only one. Piers Corbyn we removed because he couldn't use a camera and the internet. So it was just... Oh bless Piers It was embarrassing. But I don't think we've ever actually edited or removed anything. So what's the point? You want the guest on, you want them to talk because you want them to speak. And I am making, I think I'm making, well, you know, I'm making a point. And this is something I've, don't forget, you know, I've, I've had a journey over the last three years. I've contemplate and, and wrestle, struggle with stuff and ideas and, and my faith, and all these kind of things. And all I would say is that, beware the baubles. It's become like my catchphrase in my, on my site with my Abi Daily family, and on Twitter, beware the baubles. And what I mean by that is, the Holy Grail was not a jewel-encrusted chalice. It was a simple wooden cup, and in that cup was the truth.  And that's all you need to know.  100%. Abi, just to finish, just last thought, does this mean that if I go outside now, doing the school run, and I happen to swear, because, I don't know, for whatever reason, a colleague comes to me and I say, holy shit, what was that? Is that now suddenly, I can now be arrested or something over here? Or is it simply that the police now have the power to use and abuse whoever they want to at will? I think it's the latter, you're right. I'm not sure, it's not the, I mean the swear word is part of it, but as Artur Pawlowski says, that when he was living under Soviet, it is in Poland, when the Soviets were around, is that the police could, if they could choose a man, so anyone, and fine something on them. That's what the police motto was in Poland at that time. So, you know, you look around, pick anyone in the street and you'd find they might have a parking fine, they might've had a row with a neighbour a few years ago, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, all these things. And the point is, they could just go, Right, you're coming down with us. So the swearing was sort of incidental to the bigger picture. So you're right that it is the police powers and because they don't know. I mean, the guys at the police desk, they didn't even know what coercion meant. I had to explain to them. I said, don't tell me this is in the police, you know, in full view of all the, everyone working there. I said, don't tell me that there aren't people in this room who were thinking, maybe something might have gone wrong with the vaccines or I might have been harmed. And then the guy behind the desk said, I wasn't forced, I wanted to go on holiday to Spain. So this is the kind of people, this is the kind of, they need to go back to, the rule, what the principles of law actually. So again, we're back to starting new institutions, Peter. We're sort of back to this idea that... That there needs to be a sort of non-violent, philosophical revolution needs to happen. Like a new enlightenment, actually. Completely. We'll finish, Abi Daily, it's in the name, it is Abi every day, tell us what people can find. How do they find it, and how can they actually listen? Yeah, well, so it's abiroberts.substack.com. you've got it under my name there. You just go to that address, you then you can listen for free. You can go on, I don't have any paywall. You can subscribe, you can if you want to donate, chuck in a few quid. I've got people who do that as well. So there's like, you'll see that I did it free for a year, and then there was pledges. So people pledged. Quite a few people went, I want to pledge. So then you switch the toggle on and then it changes to this idea that people can say. So basically, what I'm saying is, everyone's welcome to the Substack family, to Abi Daily family. I've also got some gigs coming up. I wasn't going to because I had a bit of problems with some trolls. So I was a bit like I freaked out, but I thought they're not going to win, you damn bastards, you wankers. So I have got gigs coming up at the next week. I'm doing Newport with Katie Hopkins on Friday the 28th. Then I've got Southampton 29th with a great bill with Alastair Williams. Then I've got various things coming up. Actually, that's the first bit. People will be hearing this on Monday going, we didn't think you were doing any live gigs. Well, fuck you because I am. I don't care if people want to come along and go, you're whatever, I don't know, you're a loon. I am. Yeah, we did a few days before, but it's going out on Monday, the 24th? On Monday the 24th. So everyone will get it. Make sure, and for the viewers, listeners, make sure and follow Abi on her Twitter or Substack. Everything will be up there. And Abi, you're one of the fun people I've gotten over the last few years. It's been three years of meeting a whole new set of people and losing a whole load of people as well. Losing a whole load of, yes.  I know.  To the baubles. Oh, but I love what you do and thank you so much for joining us, Abi, and sharing your crazy experiences getting locked up. It's my pleasure. One last thing before we clock off is We the People, the book that I'm, and this goes back to the COVID inquiry, Whitewash. We the People is an e-book that I released at the end of last year with lots of stories that were written to me about lockdowns, about jab injuries, et cetera, et cetera. And I'm redoing that book. So it's going to to be really going to be like a e-pub, no, published book. And there will probably be hard copies. And there'll be a launch and an audio version. So with Bob Moran's cartoons. So it's going to be laid out. And I'm going to give it to any person I meet. I was going to say MP. What good would that do? But basically, so people can understand the true horror of what's gone on. And if that's my contribution along with being arrested, Like I said, that's fine by me, you know, and I'll try and keep people laughing as well. You always do. I look forward to having that launch.  Yeah, bless you. Come to the launch for sure. Oh, I'm coming anyway, so just tell me where it is. Exactly. Just gate crash.  I'll be there.  All the best. All the best people gate crash. I'll be there. Abi, thanks so much for your time today. Cheers. Not a problem. God bless you all.

Convoy has been very busy so far this year. Devastating tornado outbreaks slammed several U.S. states. “Convoy is now working long-term to get people what they need -- appliances, furniture, roofs -- whatever it is.” The ministry sent aid and comfort when twin earthquakes in Turkey and Syria drove 2.6 million people into tents near the rubble of their homes. Convoy continues to care for war refugees in Ukraine and those who have fled to neighboring countries. Convoy is also committed to an ongoing effort to fight global famine. The Children's Feeding program provides meals in 33 countries for more than 500k+ hungry kids. K-LOVE's Marya Morgan reports. [Educational Media Foundation - 2023 All Rights Reserved]

Convoy has been very busy so far this year. Devastating tornado outbreaks slammed several U.S. states. “Convoy is now working long-term to get people what they need -- appliances, furniture, roofs -- whatever it is.” The ministry sent aid and comfort when twin earthquakes in Turkey and Syria drove 2.6 million people into tents near the rubble of their homes. Convoy continues to care for war refugees in Ukraine and those who have fled to neighboring countries. Convoy is also committed to an ongoing effort to fight global famine. The Children's Feeding program provides meals in 33 countries for more than 500k+ hungry kids. Air1's Marya Morgan reports. [Educational Media Foundation - 2023 All Rights Reserved]

Episode 377."The Butterfly Effect"Actor: June Wilde.June B. Wilde was born in Vancouver and is an award winning performer who has been acting professionally for over 30 years. She always knew she wanted to act and when she was 8 years old she stood on stage in a play that required she throw a teddy bear in the air. Everyone laughed and June was hooked. After that she found any reason to be in front of people to entertain them including entering her school talent competition and pretending she knew how to play the piano. June went on to perform in all the school plays throughout her younger years. With over 95 Film & Television credits to her name and over 50 stage and live entertainment shows, June has been honored to work with amazing people like Colin Firth, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Monaghan, John Hamm and Minnie Driver. Her feature film credits include Blood, Corner Office, The Butterfly Effect, Good Luck Chuck and Hope Springs among others. She also appeared as Joan in Netflix's hugely successful film To All the Boys I've Loved Before and its sequels, To All The Boys: PS I Still Love You and To All the Boys: Always and Forever. On the small screen June has had guest spots and recurring guest star roles in The CW's “Batwoman”, “Riverdale”, “iZombie” and “Charmed”, CBS' “Fire Country”, FOX's “The Exorcist”, and UPN's “The Twilight Zone”. Her most recent theatre credit includes Mental The Musical which toured in New York, Los Angeles and Vancouver. Welcome, June Wilde.Monday Morning Critic: Instagram, TiKTok, YouTube and Facebook.Twitter:@mdmcriticwww.imdb.com/title/tt12597724/www.mmcpodcast.comContact: mondaymorningcritic@gmail.comThe Fourtress of...The Fourtress of... brings together FOUR friends every week, most weeks, to...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

John Altman is a BAFTA and EMMY winning film composer, arranger and musician. His feature films include the award-winning Little Voice, he wrote all the period music for Titanic, the classic tank chase in Goldeneye, he arranged Always Look on the Bright Side of Life from The Life Of Brian, RKO281 (EMMY winner), Hear My Song (BAFTA winner), Shall We Dance starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez, Funny Bones, Vendetta, Breaking Through starring Diane Keaton, Hope Springs starring Colin Firth, Minnie Driver and Heather Graham and The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone starring Helen Mirren for which he received an EMMY Nomination. He was Van Morrison‘s MD for years and Hot Chocolate‘s MD and sax player. He's responsible for classics like Bjork‘s ‘It's Oh So Quiet', Alison Moyet‘s ‘That Old Devil Called Love' and George Michael‘s ‘Kissing A Fool', to name but a few.John Altman is guest number 263 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he'd like to preserve and one he'd like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow John Altman on Twitter: @rufusjunior .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Metsian Podcast returns as our Metsian hopes spring! On today's podcast, we welcome Metstradamus aka John Coppinger, and former Mets minor leaguer J.J. Newman. JJ was drafted by the Mets in the 35th round of the 2006 draft. He spent a season and a half with the Gulf Coast League Mets, dealing with an injury before playinng for the Independent Washington WildThings in 2007. JJ will not only give us his impressions of the 2023 Mets going into spring, but discuss what it is usually like for the players during this February period prior to the games. On top of that, we'll talk the Verlander/Scherzer dynamic with rumors chriping that they didn't get along back in their Detroit days, adding a lefty to the pen, Alvarez and Baty's role on this team, and much more. We'll also look back on the life and times of the late great Tim McCarver.

This week Mia and slim discuss their growing watchlists including Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Fabelmans and Falling for Christmas. Mia also makes some shocking Best Picture predictions. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists with sexy eyebrow man and sexy vampire man. Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode. Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned: Transcripts of podcast episodes available GeegklyGoods and slim's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever review Brian Formo's The Fabelmans review LG's Falling for Christmas review Luke Hicks' Is That Black Enough For You?! Review Emma Hodge's Weird: The Al Yankovic Story SarahMae's The Wonder review Charith's Hope Springs review Amanda Wheeler's From Durk Until Dawn review Robin's Ticket to Paradise review Rowan Hulsman's Marcel the Shell With Shoes On review Jack's Top 50 of 2022 list Credits: This episode was recorded in Philadelphia and LA, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘IZON' by Trent Walton.

As Sign of the Unicorn moves into chapters 5 and 6, Gerard makes a dramatic point, and the title of the book reveals itself in the Grove of the Unicorn. Later in the palace, the remaining living family gathers in the library for what becomes a Whodunnit mystery. When Brand is returned, all hell breaks loose.

Today we look at the NFC North division. The Vikings will enjoy a new head coach and a new offense, but will it be enough to get back to the playoffs? Can the Packers re-work the offense minus Devante Adams? And what's the ceiling for the Green Bay defense in 2022? There's legit hope in Detroit, as Dan Campbell enters year two with the Lions. And the Bears, well, there's some fun betting angles to entertain.

As someone who gets rejected pretty much every day, I have always felt comfort in hearing other people's rejection stories. My advice is know that rejection is just part of being an actor and try not to take it personally. This episode will feature stories from Constantine Maroulis and Ann Harada.  As always, you can follow me on Instagram @kerrybutler1. For coaching and teaching, visit my website at kerrybutlercoach.com or email me at kerrybutlercoach@gmail.com.   Learn more about Constantine Maroulis: Constantine first came to prominence as the beloved rock n' roll underdog on American Idol. He then secured his place in pop culture as a Broadway superstar, best known for his Tony-nominated role in Rock of Ages. Now, for his third act, he begins an invigorating and promising new era with a bevy of intriguing projects, which include touring with his band Foreigners Journey and working on his new Broadway endeavor, Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story. Instagram: @constantinemaroulis / Twitter: @ConstantineM / ConstantineMaroulis.com   Learn more about Ann Harada: Ann is best known for originating the role of Christmas Eve in Avenue Q on Broadway and in London's West End. Other Broadway: Rodgers+Hammerstein's Cinderella, Les Miserables, 9 to 5, Seussical, M.Butterfly. Recent Off-Bway: Pacific Overtures, Stuffed, Dear World, Brooklynite. Film: Sisters, Admission, Hope Springs, Happiness, Youth in Oregon.TV: Smash, Blue Bloods, Schmigadoon!, Indoor Boys (Indie Series Award nomination). Instagram: @iamannharada / Twitter: @annharada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chat with West End star, Rachel John, about her brand new album, and we catch up with cabaret sensation, Miss Hope Springs, and her creator, Ty Jefferies to tell us about returning to London's Crazy Coqs.

It's time for the episode that gave us our gorgeous podcast art! Lets be real, other characters have moments but this episode is the Ian and Mickey show. So let's get in our beds in a minute flat, hit the back seat of a cherry cadillac and move like we stole it. Check out our website linked below to get yourself a tshirt! Don't Forget to Rate, Review and Subscribe! The Luck We Had - Instagram, Twitter & Tik Tok @luckwehadpod Lena - Instagram @cojackk Twitter @dersholmvik Evan- Instagram @imokay4000 TikTok @unevant Twitter @internetlifeyo Amanda - Instagram @abnormalamanda18 Twitter @abnormalamanda Tik Tok @abnormalamanda_18 Gmail - luckwehadpod@gmail.com Website - theluckwehad.carrd.co/# Cover Art by Zoe Instagram @burden.on.society

On 28th November Honduras went to the polls and decisively elected the leftist candidate Xiomara Castro to the presidency while giving her Libre party a legislative plurality. These elections marked a decisive break in the history of the country, shattering finally the two-party system that had been in place for most of Honduras' history and removing the right-wing National Party from power after 11 years. We're pleased to bring a hopeful news story in Latin America for once, and to nerd-out about strange electoral systems. Please rate and subscribe wherever you're listening and follow us on Twitter @ballotworld. NOTE: The Ley de Lemas system was only in place in the 1985 election, contrary to what was suggested in the episode.

Mike knew he needed to make a change. While he had connections and was working on his movies, something felt off and he decided to follow his wanderlust and move south. He talks about his movies, his move, and his love of wrestling. *******I have won 41 awards in film Direction, TV production, Screenwriting, Acting, and play-writing and have recently released my first novel "A Distance from Avalon" on Amazon in paperback and Kindle. As an Actor, I have shared scenes with Meryl Streep & Elisabeth Shue (in Hope Springs), Wesley Snipes, Cybill Shepherd & Mario Van Peebles (in Hard Luck), and Richard Jenkins & Frances McDormand (in Olive Kitteridge). I also run the Avalonia Festival of Short Film, Theater, and Photography. Website: https://mikemessier.comFilm Festival: https://avaloniafestival.comBook: https://www.amazon.com/Distance-Avalon-When-Dying-Reunite-ebook/dp/B08SQ6SQ48YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSx8RE_a4Nh_Fq-BpUq7ghwFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikey.messier.777Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeyMessier*******If you would like to contact the show about being a guest please email us at Dauna@betertopodcast.comFollow us on Social MediaYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0ETs2wpOHbCuhUNr0XFTw?view_as=subscriberInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/author_d.m.needom/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaunaD1Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bettertopodcastwithdmneedomVideo of the interview is available here: https://youtu.be/-mCozELLvsEHave a question or want to be a guest on the podcast email: dauna@bettertopodcast.comTo see upcoming guests click here: https://www.dmneedom.com/better-topodcastSupport the podcast here: https://www.patreon.com/bettertopodcastwithdmneedom©2021 Better To...Podcast with D. M.NeedomSupport the show