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Impressionable young bodybuilders are being influenced by these Instagram 'influencers'~ sometimes to even their own detriment. #rxmuscle #Davepalumbo #fouadabiad  #fouad #dennisjames  @JonnyBravoTV 

#243. Spring is in the air, famous people are taking our questions, Playstation dreams are coming true, and people are offering us free drinks! What is there to complain about? How about having to pay for your own carwash? Pete and Sebastian had an exclusive episode in which Kory was able to get them to chime in on a previous etiquette query of ours. EA Sports is inching closer to a release of Dillon's long-awaited College Football 25. Kendall went to an NHL game and learned about Ranger's fans while one good egg offered him drinks, which begs the question; is it rude to refuse a kind gesture? On the back half it's all streaming! This week we mention Love on the Spectrum, Car Rides with Connor, SAG Awards, Players, Dumb Money, and WWE Elimination Chamber. We also psychoanalyze Kory and his product marketing responses. Click the LinkTree below right now and choose a way to interact! We don't want to rely on Pete and Sebastian all the time. They're busy. Until next time, be kind to each other.Main Landing Page - https://linktr.ee/fromthemidpod​​​​​​VOICE MAIL! Comment, ask a question, suggest topics - (614) 383-8412Artius Man - https://artiusman.com​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ use discount code "themiddle"

Check out my new video course, Train Your Inner Mammal to Feel Good Now https://innermammalinstitute.org/courseGet 10% off with the code ReaderDiscount at the checkout. You will learn to rewire your happy chemicals with small simple steps!Check out video clips from this episode and others here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1hyR2RHXp04OmVhFUKNh81FT5gffvplqIf you like The Happy Brain Podcast, please rate and review it to help others make peace with their inner mammal.THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to your dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. My guests are pioneers in retraining the inner mammal. I love learning from them! Listen in and subscribe so you can turn on your happy chemicals in healthy new ways.Your host, Loretta Breuning PhD, is founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and author of "Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels.” Details at: https://innermammalinstitute.orgLife is more peaceful and satisfying when you understand the brain we've inherited from earlier mammals. Your mammal brain controls the chemicals that make you feel good: dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. These chemicals are released for reasons that don't make sense to our verbal human brain. When you know what these chemicals do in animals, your ups and downs make sense!Our happy chemicals evolved to reward survival behavior, not to make you feel good all the time. Each happy chemical has a special job. When it turns on, it paves neural pathways that turn it on more easily in the future. That's why we repeat behaviors that we'd rather do without. Fortunately, you can re-wire yourself to stimulate them in sustainable ways.But it's hard. It's like learning a foreign language: it takes a lot of repetition. Yet people do it every day. You can be one of them! You can design a new path to your happy chemicals and repeat it until it's strong enough to turn on easily. The Inner Mammal Institute shows you how.The Inner Mammal Institute has free resources to help you make peace with your inner mammal: videos, blogs, infographics, and podcasts. Dr. Breuning's books explain the big picture and help you plot your course step by step. No matter where you are right now, you can enjoy more happy chemicals in healthy ways. Get the details at https://InnerMammalInstitute.org. Music from Sonatina Soleil by W.M. Sharp. Hear more of it at https://InnerMammalInstitute.org/musicbywmsharp

Call me Casper babes; I ghosted you but I'm back. On this episode we talk life happenings, ghosting's ticket to hell and being suckered into vape culture... because why not? | Follow me on Instagram @ http;//Instagram.com/abrahamjprieto

Mike and Manny continue on the road to look at the ways media tends to reflect the concerns of their time as we consider how their messages have aged. Intro/Outro: "Caravan Bowser" by Flexstyle, XPRTNovice on OverClocked Remix - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03263 Cover Art: Valeria on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/valeriyan_root/

“Martin Kantor Kantor advises in his 2006 book The Psychopathology of Everyday Life: How Antisocial Personality Disorder Affects All of Us that vulnerability to psychopathic manipulators involves being too:[35] Dependent – dependent people need to be loved and are therefore gullible and liable to say yes to something to which they should say no. Immature – has impaired judgment and so tends to believe exaggerated advertising claims. Naïve – cannot believe there are dishonest people in the world or takes it for granted that if there are any, they will not be allowed to prey on others. Impressionable – overly seduced by charmers. Trusting – people who are honest often assume that everyone else is honest. They are more likely to commit themselves to people they hardly know without checking credentials, etc., and less likely to question so-called experts. Carelessness – not giving sufficient amount of thought or attention to harm or errors. Lonely – lonely people may accept any offer of human contact. A psychopathic stranger may offer human companionship for a price. Narcissistic – narcissists are prone to falling for unmerited flattery. Impulsive – make snap decisions. Altruistic – the opposite of psychopathic: too honest, too fair, too empathetic. Frugal – cannot say no to a bargain even if they know the reason it is so cheap. Materialistic – easy prey for loan sharks or get-rich-quick schemes. Greedy – the greedy and dishonest may fall prey to a psychopath who can easily entice them to act in an immoral way. Masochistic – lack self-respect and so unconsciously let psychopaths take advantage of them. They think they deserve it out of a sense of guilt. The elderly – the elderly can become fatigued and less capable of multi-tasking. When hearing a sales pitch they are less likely to consider that it could be a con. They are prone to giving money to someone with a hard-luck story. See elder abuse.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/support

Demetra Kaye reports on Congress contemplating banning social media app TikTok for security concerns and for corrupting their impressionable offspring. Connect with Demetra:  @demetrakaye ​ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africandiasporanews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africandiasporanews/support

Impressionable and strong willed, Antonia found herself in a toxic loveless relationship at a young age that hurt and haunted her for years.  After some time, she met someone new and found her heart could indeed fall deeply in love; yet, the timing was off. She already planned on an overseas adventure to do some soul searching which meant they had to make a tough choice. Alex, knew she needed to be uninhibited, so he decided to let her go. Only, there was a lingering "what if, one day...?". He hadn't closed the door all the way and she wanted back in. The lack of closure was torture until recently, when she found her own way forward.  We have a patreon membership account! Please check out how to participate behind the scenes and collaborate on growing the podcast! You can visit www.patreon.com/unbreakmyheart for more information.

Guest: Akeem Brown, Project Conductor with Beljan Development.

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The World Economic Forum's globalization mission has already started to permeate the media and other aspects of our lives, but what's really alarming is how it's also infiltrating our children's minds.   Under the guise of innocuous educational materials, we're seeing an attempt to manipulate the psychology of children and make them malleable to globalization.    It's one thing to be a global citizen, but trying to erase individual national identity and culture is a whole other thing, especially when it's fed to young minds.   The end of national sovereignty is the end of freedom, and with what's happening economically, it's the last thing we need to worry about right now.    In this episode, I'm going to share an update on the Fed and take you through one of the most concerning school surveys I've ever seen.

Children use all the around them to figure out who they are and who they want to be. Impressionable is the word, I think......

This week, Pastor Nate continues his "Impress Me" series with a sermon titled "The Impressionable Church."

Featuring 3 John 11 and how we need to be careful not to imitate the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treasurehuntintheword/message

Welcome back to Carolina Democracy! Today, we're joined by State Senator Sydney Batch of Wake County to discuss her time in the General Assembly and campaign for re-election. But first, we cover several important reminders, review some of the latest political news from around North Carolina, and briefly discuss last week's Jan. 6th Committee Hearing. January 6th Hearing Resources:Day 7: Video, TranscriptLearn More About Sydney Batch:Website: sydneybatch.comFacebook: @friendsforbatchInstagram: @friendsforbatchTwitter: @friendsforbatchOther Resources: The New North Carolina Project: newnorthcarolinaproject.orgThe New Rural Project: newruralproject.orgDemocracy Docket: democracydocket.comIndependent Legislature Doctrine: Democracy Docket Resource PageCarolina Forward:Justice for All Event, July 23, 2022Legislative SlateJustice SlateContact Us: jd@carolinademocracy.comFollow Us:Facebook: @CarolinaDemocracyInstagram: @carolinademocracy

An absolute heater of an episode this week. We tell you why we think Helen Keller was a hoax, we go over some summer fails (lots of bad pool jumps), an LGBT ally lady tricked her kids into being trans, lots and lots of urban decay and more! GET YOUR HELEN KELLER DENIER SHIRT NOW! USE CODE: HOAX FOR 20% OFF! https://shopfleccas.com/helen-keller-denier  Looking for an alternative to woke children's content??  CHECK OUT BRAVE BOOKS, OUR VERY BASED SPONSOR!! www.bravebooks.us  USE CODE: FLECCAS for 20% OFF!! HEY TEA DRINKERS! It's time to be more deliberate with our dollars. Stop giving your money to people who hate you and support a patriot owned tea company using the highest quality ingredients! This stuff is GREAT! CHECK OUT GOLD RIVER TRADING CO. OUR VERY BASED SPONSOR!! www.goldriverco.com USE CODE: FLECCAS for 10% OFF!! Love the podcast? Want an extra 20 minutes of the show every week?  JOIN MEMBERS ONLY HERE: www.patreon.com/fleccas  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIpwPuJsrboNnf200oV8cWQ/join SUBSCRIBE TO FLECCAS CLIPS CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa-txVhLu0DzTA1DhmBYw-A SIGN UP FOR THE FLECCAS FRIDAY NEWSLETTER: https://shopfleccas.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=a67b0b338b90bcb99be55bd86&id=924bc4fc10

Always happy to have hope for the future and hear youth respecting their elders, in this case after John Sterling's Stanton call generated discussion on Twitter last night.

Hello and welcome to Beauty and the Biz where we talk about the business side of cosmetic surgery and Joe Niamtu, DMD, who works 4 days a week and went from meager beginnings to driving a McLaren. After working with cosmetic surgeons for 22 years, some really stand out as exceptional.  They go above and beyond to hone their craft, teach, speak, give back and overcome obstacles, all while being a good human being.  This week's Beauty and the Biz Podcast guest is Joe Niamtu, DMD, cosmetic facial surgeon in private practice in VA.  He did not hold back and gave pearl after pearl. Here's a sampling of what we talked about: Staff being the biggest challenge and how to hire, fire and motivate them Unhappy patients – how to spot them beforehand and how to deal with them after the fact Before/After photos– how did he get over 10K photos when other surgeons can't? Dr. Niamtu figured it out… He works 4 days/week, charges what he wants and only works with patients he feels good about.  He also has a money-making system set up to include 7 oral maxillofacial surgery offices that allow him to focus on cosmetic surgery, while supporting the care of his special needs children. Dr. Niamtu is a true inspiration and greatly admired for the work he puts into living a full life.  Visit Dr. Niamtu's website Enjoy and I look forward to your feedback –  

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"The Toon Balloon" podcast is our outlet to discuss, theorize, and enjoy our favorite Webtoons with the occasional anime and manga sprinkled in between. In today's episode, we will be discussing some of the most impressionable villains and antagonists of webtoons! Please like, follow, subscribe, and share! Thank you for listening to my humble podcast! See you next time! Social Media: LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/thetoonballoon The Toon Balloon Podcast can be listened to on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Youtube, and more. Bee's links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humblebee233/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@humblebee233?lang=en Panda's links: IG: https://www.instagram.com/pandacraz97/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Naushin97 Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pandacraz97?source=h5_m&_r=1 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWkAbEIq9N9k0bWJQ5suFHA WEBTOONS mentioned: Eaternal Nocturnal: https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/eaternal-nocturnal/list?title_no=2832&page=1 Siren's Lament: https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/sirens-lament/list?title_no=632 Lore Olympus: https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320 The Remarried Empress: https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/the-remarried-empress/list?title_no=2135 I Love Yoo: https://www.webtoons.com/en/drama/i-love-yoo/list?title_no=986&page=1 Let's Play: https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/letsplay/list?title_no=1218&page=1 Editing via Soundtrap

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In this episode, writer Tim Sheridan (he wrote The Long Halloween Parts 1 and 2!) joins the show to talk about his favorite Batman story, and why it made such an impact on him. Hear us discuss Marv Wolfman's Batman books in 1989, Tim's opinion on the latest poll question, and then answer some questions from listeners. Rate and Review the Show at Apple Podcasts. Follow The Batman Book Club on Twitter: @thebatmanbc. Follow The Batman Book Club on Instagram: @thebatmanbc. Follow Tim on Twitter: @iamtimsheridan. Watch the Video Version of this Podcast on Youtube. Support the Show with Merchandise from TeePublic. Support the Show on Patreon: patreon.com/thebatmanbc.

Five friends gather for another story - this one of an artist doomed for his curiousity.   Cast List Edward - Bryan Hendrickson Charles - Michael Coleman (Tales of the Extraordinary) Warren - Glen Hallstrom Richard - Philemon Vanderbeck Herbert - Carl Cubbedge Blake - Derek Fetters (Unspeakable and Inhuman) Music by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) Editing and Sound:   Julie Hoverson Cover Design:  Brett Coulstock   "What kind of a place is it? Why it's another brownstone dinner party, can't you tell?" ***************************************************************** THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK (Lovecraft 5, #2) Cast: Edward, a writer Charles, a dilettante Herbert, a scientist Richard, a painter Warren, a professor Robert Blake, deceased writer OLIVIA     Did you have any trouble finding it?  What do you mean, what kind of a place is it?  Why, it's Charles' house again, can't you tell?  MUSIC SOUND     MUSIC, but muffled SOUND    CUPBOARD CLOSES, FEET APPROACH CHARLES    Try this one. SOUND    BOX HANDED OVER EDWARD    Thanks.  [quiet, a bit diffident] And... and I appreciate your putting us up tonight, Charles. CHARLES    [breezily covering] In my own interest, I assure you.  I've no wish to climb five flights of rickety stairs and squat in your cramped dormer just to hear a story. SOUND    WALKING EDWARD    And I have no wish to disappoint you.  [perking up]  Though you really can't knock the cramped dormer for atmosphere... CHARLES    We'll just look at this as my way of supporting the arts, shall we? SOUND    DOOR OPENS SOUND    MUSIC LESS MUFFLED, SOUND OF FIREPLACE CHARLES    Here we are. SOUND    WALKING IN WARREN    Aha! HERBERT     There you are! RICHARD    Where did you have to go for it?  China? CHARLES    I knew I had a few of these still lying around.  Just take one to start - they're wicked sour. SOUND    BOX OPENS, PICKING OUT CANDIES CHARLES    Richard? RICHARD    Perhaps just one.  [pops into mouth, reacts]  WARREN    [chuckles]  I've tried many kinds of native confectionery in my travels, back in the day.  [puts into mouth, reacts, but tries not to]  [slightly breathless] Ah, yes.  Much like the salted ginger prunes I tried in [deep breath] Hong Kong [coughs slightly] in 1907. RICHARD    So jaded, Warren.  [teasing] Aren't you having one, Herbert? HERBERT    I've never understood the point of discomfiting oneself by eating painful food.  EDWARD    [trying not to pucker] It's really quite tasty. HERBERT    I'll stick to my drink, thank you very much. SOUND    BOX SET DOWN, SHUT CHARLES    Can't blame you, though I find myself rather more partial to these than I ought.  [pops something into mouth, then talks around it with no apparent difficulty]  So, Edward? SOUND    SECOND BOX SET DOWN ON TABLE EDWARD    Um!  [removes candy with a slight slurp]  Right.  Of course. SOUND    SHUFFLING PAPERS HERBERT    Isn't this supposed to be a true story? EDWARD    [baffled] Yes, why do you ask? HERBERT    Why the manuscript, then?  How can we trust anything you've written down to be fact and not one of your fantastical fictions? WARREN    He has a point. EDWARD    Oh, that's simple.  I didn't write any of this.  RICHARD    [give it] Here.  SOUND    PAPER CHANGES HANDS RICHARD    [agreeing] Well.  It's certainly not your handwriting.  [to Edward] Is it some long lost maiden aunt? HERBERT    Let me look.  Hmph.  Spiky.  WARREN    [looking over his shoulder]  Copperplate.  Quaint. EDWARD    Are the experts satisfied? HERBERT    I reserve judgment. WARREN    [chuckles]  I'm not such a stickler for provenance - after all, you're not one of my students. RICHARD    Tell us then, raconteur, who is it that inspires this tale? EDWARD    Robert Blake. RICHARD    [sharp] Blake?  SOUND    SNATCHES PAPERS RICHARD    [urgent] This is Blake's?  What is it?  How did you get it?  SOUND    PAPERS SNATCHED BACK EDWARD    All in good time.  [sniffs annoyedly] SOUND    PAPERS BEING STRAIGHTENED, PLOPPED DOWN EDWARD    [with import, beginning his tale] This?  SOUND    PATS PAPERS AND BOX EDWARD    This is all that's left of Robert Blake. RICHARD    He-- [cuts himself off] EDWARD    [intense] You were about to say - Blake died, 17 days ago, during a storm that knocked out half the electricity in the city.  Died... under very peculiar circumstances, indeed. WARREN    [after a slight pause] And for those of us less acquainted with the deceased? EDWARD    Huh? CHARLES    Yes.  Who is - was - Robert Blake? EDWARD    You haven't heard of him? HERBERT    I vaguely recall something about a Blake.  Isn't he some kind of artist?  Considered rather... blasphemous?  EDWARD    Blake was a writer and a painter, yes. HERBERT    But I was under the impression he was long-dead.  A century or more. EDWARD    [puzzled] No.  Robert died 17 days ago-- WARREN    Oh!  I expect you're thinking of William Blake.  RICHARD    The one who painted the great red dragon and the woman clothed in the sun? HERBERT    [snort of derision]  I don't waste precious memory on such trivia.  I can put names to three paintings - the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, and Whistler's Mother.  And that's only because those are ubiquitous. CHARLES    Any chance that the two painting Blakes are connected somehow? EDWARD    Dunno.  Could be.  Hmm.  Robert hailed from Milwaukee, but I don't know anything more about his family.  [shrugs] It would explain some of Robert's peculiar artistic leanings. RICHARD    I've met Blake - this Blake - on several occasions.  I can't say I like - liked - him, but I didn't dislike him either.  His work was rather ... unusual.  Though I'm only acquainted with his paintings. EDWARD    His writing was just as odd - both fiction and non.  This [taps the papers] is supposedly the latter.  A journal.  [with heavy import]  His last days. CHARLES    Ahhh... SOUND    OPENS BOX, TAKES CANDY WARREN    How did you come by it? EDWARD    Let me start at the beginning.  Blake and I have been informally acquainted for years.  We interacted through the magazines that carried our works, corresponded now and then, and [chuckles] lampooned each other a bit.  I wrote a mad protagonist once named Blake Roberts, and he in turn-- RICHARD    Hmph.  His paintings show no trace of a sense of humor. CHARLES    There's more to any man than shows in his public face. WARREN    Who said that? CHARLES    [dry, teasing]  Thought I did. WARREN     [sigh] Never mind. RICHARD    [prompting] Blake? EDWARD    [overriding them all, narrating] Cautious investigators will hesitate to challenge the common belief that Robert Blake was killed by lightning, or by some profound nervous shock derived from an electrical discharge. RICHARD    Lightning?  I thought he died in his rooms. HERBERT    Was he burned? EDWARD    Not at all.  WARREN    But the papers put it down to lightning? EDWARD    I know I'm more used to writing a story than telling it, but you fellows should give me some room to breathe, here.  Stop jumping on me every time I come up for air!  EVERYONE    [mumbled apologies] EDWARD    [poetry] I have seen the dark universe yawning Where the black planets roll without aim, Where they roll in their horror unheeded, Without knowledge or lustre or name. CHARLES    Yours, or his? EDWARD    [chuckles] His.  [deep breath]  All right, now I have written some notes to follow, condensing some of this, and including some outside information.  So don't get confused.  SOUND    RUSTLE OF PAPERS EDWARD    Blake died with a horrible expression on his face.  The police and coroner blame it on the sudden contraction of the musculature due to the sudden ingress of electricity. WARREN    It's not unheard of. EDWARD     But the entries in his diary might suggest another source of the horrible grimace.  Fear. RICHARD    Scared to death? EDWARD    Or scared at the moment of death.  Either way, it's no doubt he worked himself up into a state of absolute terror shortly before his demise.  His diary entries are clearly the result of a fantastic imagination aroused by certain local superstitions. RICHARD    Local to here? EDWARD    Providence.  WARREN    [knowingly] Rhode Island. EDWARD    Blake is - was a writer and painter devoted to the field of myth, dream, terror, and superstition-- RICHARD    Sounds like someone we know.  Hmm? EDWARD    [sigh] His end began with a deserted church on Federal Hill. WARREN    What denomination? SOUND     PAPERS SHUFFLE EDWARD    The notes don't say what it started as.  Probably doesn't matter.  It was bought and rededicated to something called the Starry Wisdom sect. HERBERT    Starry Wisdom?  Astronomers? EDWARD    [chuckles] There's definitely some star-gazing involved in their beliefs. WARREN    [musing] Starry wisdom.... starry wisdom.... Hmm.  I've heard something about them.  [dismissive]  It will come to me. EDWARD    He took up residence in Providence last winter, in the upper floor of a "venerable dwelling where huge, friendly cats sunned themselves atop a convenient shed". HERBERT    He writes about cats?  [disparaging]  He was an only child, wasn't he? EDWARD    [sigh]  He also writes a lot about the local architecture, but I'll skip that as well.  BLAKE     My desk faces a window commanding a splendid view of the lower town's outspread roofs and the mystical sunsets that flame behind them. HERBERT    [dismissive] Cats... and sunsets. EDWARD    Some two miles away rose the spectral hump of Federal Hill. BLAKE    [diary] I have a curious sense that I gaze out upon some unknown, ethereal world which might or might not vanish in dream if I ever tried to seek it out and enter it in person. EDWARD    Blake settled down to write and paint.  During that first winter he produced five of his best-known short stories - The Burrower Beneath, The Stairs in the Crypt-- CHARLES    Oh, that was a corker. HERBERT    You actually read this nonsense? CHARLES    O'course.  Have a subscription and all. EDWARD    Blake also painted seven canvases that season - studies of nameless, unhuman monsters, and profoundly alien, non-terrestrial landscapes. RICHARD    My favorites.  If I do say so myself, though, I do better with....beings, while he should stick - have stuck - to exteriors. EDWARD    But the church kept drawing his thoughts.  BLAKE    At sunset the great tapering steeple loomed blackly against the flaming sky. RICHARD    [speculative] Makes me wish I was more familiar with Providence. EDWARD    Blake made his first and only pilgrimage to the building just before the aeon-shadowed Walpurgis time. HERBERT    What? WARREN    Also known as May eve.  Ostensibly, it's the festival of Saint Walpurga-- RICHARD    There's a name for you.  CHARLES    What was she the saint of? WARREN    Not my area.  But I say "ostensibly", since it was one of those pagan holidays that the church found they couldn't quite ever abolish, so they replaced it, figuring if the populace wanted a holy day, it might as well be a proper Catholic one. RICHARD    And the pagan holiday it replaced? WARREN    Beltane.  A spring fertility festival.  It was a counterpart to All Hallow's Eve - note that they fall on opposite ends of the calendar.  RICHARD     The nights that witches fly!  EDWARD    So he took a walk sometime in late April. BLAKE    I noted the foreign signs over curious shops in brown, decade-weathered buildings. Now and then a battered church façade or crumbling spire came in sight, but never the blackened pile I sought. EDWARD    It was like a labyrinth.  None of the streets went anywhere.  When he asked a shopkeeper about the church, the man's face blanched with fear, and Blake saw him make a curious sign with his right hand. WARREN    Does it say what the sign looked like? Perhaps something like this? CHARLES    Isn't that the same hand gesture you see in ancient paintings of sages and saints? RICHARD    It appears often in Hindu art as well. BLAKE    [cutting in] Suddenly a black spire stood out against the cloudy sky to the left. Twice I lost my way, but somehow dared not ask any help. EDWARD    And then he was there.  In a wind-swept open square towered over by the grim bulk of the decrepit church. BLAKE    I wondered how the panes of the gothic windows could have survived, in view of the known habits of small boys the world over. WARREN    [laughing]  I think we all had our turn in our youth.  Why I remember-- CHARLES    Knee breeches and buckle shoes?  When you write your own reminiscences, and then die in a strange and terrifying way, then we can discuss it.  Go on, Edward. EDWARD    It took Blake some time, both to clear the fence and to find a shiftable basement window, but finally he was inside. BLAKE    The colossal nave was an almost eldritch place with its drifts of dust. Over all this hushed desolation played a hideous leaden light as the declining afternoon sun sent its rays through the strange, half-blackened panes of the great apsidal windows. EDWARD    The stained glass windows seemed to give Blake a nervous moment - both because they were heavily encrusted with soot, and, in a more subtle way, from the subject matter. BLAKE    The few saints depicted bore expressions distinctly open to criticism, while one of the windows seemed to show merely a dark space with spirals of curious luminosity scattered about in it. RICHARD    "Open to criticism"?  That's all he said?  That conjures up far too many possibilities!  EDWARD    That's all. RICHARD    [frustrated noise]  Oh.  They could be cannibalistic, or lascivious, or cross-eyed. EDWARD    Don't know.  In a rear room, Blake found shelves of mildewed, disintegrating books. BLAKE     They were the black, forbidden things which most sane people have never even heard of, or have heard of only in furtive, timorous whispers. EDWARD    You know the type. WARREN    [avid] Oh, yes, but did he give any details? EDWARD    There's a whole list - but it's not really germane to-- CHARLES    Resign yourself, dear boy.  Let Warren salivate a bit. EDWARD    [sigh] Here. SOUND    PAPER MOVES WARREN    Excellent!  [musing]  Necronomicon, yes - ah, in Latin!  That would be the Vermius translation. EDWARD    He also grabbed a small notebook filled with entries in some cryptic code. WARREN    [muttering] The Liber Ivonis?  Sinister.  [chuckles]  Ah, the infamous Cultes des Goules of Comte d'Erlette-- HERBERT    [sigh, disdainful]  You sound like a zealot saying his rosaries - or whatever they say. RICHARD    He sounds like a collector. WARREN    [wistful]  If only.  [normal] But I must be satisfied caring for the collections of others.  Most of these books shouldn't be in the hands of any individual anyway.  They are much too-- RICHARD    Evil? HERBERT    Evil is a construct of morality. CHARLES    Oh, lord-- HERBERT    As is religion. EDWARD    I don't think a book, at least, CAN be evil. You can only be evil if you have free will. WARREN    Oh, now this is my field, and when I tell you the Unaussprechlichen Kulten of von Junzt, or old Ludvig Prinn's hellish De Vermis Mysteriis is an evil book, you may take my word. SOUND    SNATCH OF PAPER WARREN    [upset] Hey! CHARLES    You may have it back at the end of class. EVERYONE    [Chuckles] EDWARD    So.  [looking for his place] Room full of creepy books, Blake takes the diary, goes upstairs.  Right.  Aha! SOUND    SLAPS PAPER DOWN, WOOD BOX STARTS TO SHIFT.  A STRANGE CHIMING NOISE.  CATCH BOX EDWARD    [gasp!]  CHARLES    Oh!  Best watch that! EDWARD    Yeah. WARREN    What IS it? CHARLES    [overly nonchalant] A box.  What does it look like? EDWARD    [back to narration] Blake found a room upstairs, faintly lit by screened windows.  In one corner, a ladder led up to the closed trap door of the windowless steeple. BLAKE    In the centre of the dust-laden floor rose a curiously angled stone pillar some four feet in height and two in diameter, covered on each side with bizarre, crudely incised and wholly unrecognizable hieroglyphs. EDWARD     On this pillar rested a metal box of peculiarly asymmetrical form-- RICHARD    [knowing] Ah.  Boxes. HERBERT    "Asymmetrical"?  Nothing more specific? EDWARD    That's all his notes say-- HERBERT    How unspecific.  Asymmetrical merely means lacking in symmetry, which in turn means without any axis you could draw which would create a mirror image one side to the other. EDWARD    Huh? CHARLES    Symmetrical means the same on both sides-- HERBERT    [correcting] Mirror image on both sides. CHARLES    Right.  So, for instance your face is symmetrical-- HERBERT    No human face is perfectly symmetrical.  Nothing lines up exactly if you look close enough. CHARLES    Roughly symmetrical, then.  You have an eye on each side of a nose, which has two nostrils to balance one another, and so on. WARREN     So as a way to picture an asymmetrical face, you might have an eye down on the jawline, and the nose up at the temple? CHARLES    Only if there wasn't a comparable eye and nose to match on the other side of the face. HERBERT    So was this box only as asymmetrical as a typical face, or was it grossly unbalanced? EDWARD    Uh... the notes just say asymmetrical. HERBERT    [annoyed sigh]  Laymen. EDWARD    That box isn't important anyway - it's long gone.  But what it held... BLAKE    Beneath decade-deep dust was an egg-shaped or irregularly spherical object some four inches through. HERBERT    [starting again] Irregularly spherical? CHARLES    Oh, not again! EDWARD    The four-inch irregular sphere turned out, once the dust was gone, to be a nearly black, red-striated polyhedron with many irregular flat surfaces; either a very remarkable crystal of some sort or an artificial object of carved and highly polished mineral matter. HERBERT    Crystals form naturally according to-- CHARLES    Hush!  HERBERT    Hmph. EDWARD    [placating] So it was carved that way.  Good point. BLAKE    Once exposed, it exerted an almost alarming fascination. I could scarcely tear my eyes from it.  EDWARD    But he did.  I mean, he must have, since he notes there was something else in the room.  Or, should I say, someone?  In the far corner, right at the foot of the ladder, was a hump of dust-- BLAKE    Hand and handkerchief soon revealed a human skeleton. I examined a reporter's badge, a celluloid advertising calendar for 1893, some cards with the name "Edwin M. Lillibridge", and a paper covered with pencilled memoranda. EDWARD    Blake copied the text into his diary, for fear the paper would eventually crumble away to nothing. CHARLES    I think I'll have another-- SOUND    SHIFT OF BOX EDWARD    [a little too vehement] Not that box!  I mean, the candy is in YOUR box. Over there. CHARLES    [bit of a smirk] Oh.  How forgetful of me. WARREN    What is it with the boxes?  RICHARD    [knowing laugh] EDWARD    The notes were typical journalistic jottings, a list of dates and events - all involving the church.  From "Prof. Enoch Bowen home from Egypt May 1844 - buys Church in July" the notes list a number of instances of people speaking or acting against Starry Wisdom, and finally, in April 1877, a number of members were apparently run out of town for their "beliefs." WARREN    Ah!  THAT's what I've been trying to remember!  Starry Wisdom, indeed.  Weren't they accused of human sacrifice? EDWARD    The notes do list a number of disappearances attributed to them.  Here, see for yourself. SOUND    PAPER BEING PASSED HERBERT    [dryly sarcastic] Because, of course, no one ever leaves home of their own accord. CHARLES    The community around was mostly catholic.  Pretty tightly knit. RICHARD    Tightly wound, too, from the sound of it.  Here it says that a mob of "Irish boys" - shouldn't that be "lads"? - attacked the church, but it doesn't say what came of it. EDWARD    The locals assumed whatever was going on was devil worship.  That's certainly why Lillibridge broke in. BLAKE    They say the Shining Trapezohedron shows them heaven and other worlds, and that the Haunter of the Dark tells them secrets. HERBERT    Did Lillibridge fall off the ladder?  That could easily snap a man's neck, given enough height, or the proper trajectory.  EDWARD    The cause was ... uncertain. BLAKE    I stooped over the gleaming bones. Some of them were badly scattered, and a few seemed oddly ...dissolved at the ends. The skull was in a very peculiar state - stained yellow, and with a charred aperture in the top as if some powerful acid had eaten through the solid bone. EDWARD    Before he realized it, Blake found himself staring at the trapezohedron again, and letting its curious influence call up images in his head. BLAKE    [very spooky] And beyond all else I glimpsed an infinite gulf of darkness, where solid and semisolid forms were known only by their windy stirrings, and cloudy patterns of force seemed to superimpose order on chaos and hold forth a key to all the paradoxes and arcana of the worlds we know. HERBERT    [disgusted] Purple prose. RICHARD    It's very evocative. WARREN    There are certain primitive tribes who ingest drugs to glimpse just such visions. CHARLES    Not another-- WARREN    No, really, I was just about to say that if there was some item that caused "visions", it could easily have become the central focus of a religious cabal. CHARLES    Good and concise. WARREN     If I was gong to wax on, it would be to draw a comparison to the myth of Pandora, or some other famous myth regarding the dangers of curiosity. CHARLES    Well, thank goodness you restrained yourself. EDWARD    Blake finally managed to pull himself away.  Probably noticed the day was waning, and he hadn't thought to bring a torch. BLAKE    It was then, in the gathering twilight, that I thought I saw a faint trace of luminosity in the crazily angled stone. Was there a subtle phosphorescence of radio-activity about the thing? HERBERT    Finally something I can grasp.  Radio-activity is a concrete scientific essence, and could easily be the source of any number of superstitious explanations. CHARLES    If it comes up again, we'll consult you. BLAKE    I seized the cover of the long-open box and snapped it down. At the sharp click of that closing, a soft stirring sound seemed to come from the steeple's eternal blackness overhead, beyond the trap-door. EDWARD    That finally frightened him, and he plunged wildly out into the street, running all the way home. CHARLES    Didn't get lost this time? WARREN    [wistful] I don't suppose the church is still there - you said this all happened fairly recently? EDWARD    It burned down the day after Blake's death.  WARREN    Blast.  Evil or not, those books are a great loss to the general body of human knowledge. EDWARD    During the days which followed, Blake did a lot of research, and worked feverishly at the cryptogram in the notebook. CHARLES    I do like a good cryptogram.  EDWARD    He says he solved the code in June, but didn't bother to include an actual translation in here. There are sketchy references to a "Haunter of the Dark" that could be awakened by someone gazing into the Shining Trapezohedron. RICHARD    You mean, just as he had looked into it? EDWARD    And he clearly believed that he had inadvertently summoned it. WARREN    Hah!  Like Pandora - letting the cat out of the bag, or rather the monsters out of the box. RICHARD    He didn't open the box.  Just gazed into the stone.  The box was already open. WARREN    A metaphorical opening of the way, then - still amounts to the same thing. HERBERT    Some creature from an undefined place regarded this stone as what - the operator on its personal telephone exchange? EDWARD    He felt like it was just watching for its chance to walk abroad.  He also notes, however, that the streetlights seemed to keep it trapped - forming a bulwark of light against its escape. WARREN    Throughout history, light has been the enemy of evil.  Whether it's sunlight causing harm to a shade or the reversion to human of a lycanthrope with the dawn. RICHARD    And ghosts don't walk around by day - it would fade their sheets. EDWARD    Blake writes a lot about the Shining Trapezohedron, calling it a window on all time and space, and trying to trace its largely unbelievable history. HERBERT    Unbelievable? EDWARD    Brought from some other sphere or planet by some elder race. HERBERT    Hmph.  That's just superstitious claptrap repackaged for a modern age.  Any number of objects have fallen to earth with origins clearly outside what we think of as the normal world.  RICHARD    I heard about a meteor up north that had some quite terrible effects. HERBERT    And yet, they have no root in "evil", beyond what we attribute to them.  Science doesn't shy away the way religion does.  We don't just hang a sign on it that says "here there be dragons" and nervously turn our backs.  Science grows to encompass new information.  RICHARD    [snide] Like an amoeba absorbs its food? HERBERT    [thinks, then] Hmm.  I suppose that's one way of picturing it. WARREN    Or water flowing into a series of newly-dug irrigation trenches. CHARLES    [prompting] Realms "beyond"? EDWARD    Blake seemed to think that the only way to banish the evil was to bury the stone and let daylight into the steeple. SOUND    PICKS UP AND OPENS BOX, THEN SHUTS IT AGAIN QUICKLY EDWARD    At the same time, however, Blake goes on at some length about his morbid longing to gaze again into the cosmic secrets of the glowing stone. HERBERT    Impressionable people should stay out of certain fields of endeavor.  RICHARD    Oh?  HERBERT    People with fragile minds are better left to the arts than to science, or investigations into the unknown. RICHARD    I'll have you know that Art can be a terrible wretch of a mistress. HERBERT    With science, you can work your entire life, and never get a single word of encouragement. WARREN    Academia is entirely indifferent to any of us who toil in her fields. RICHARD    At least your field moves forward slowly enough that by the time someone proves your theory wrong, you've been dead long enough to be an exhibit yourself. CHARLES    Shall we put them in opposite corners, or have them construct essays on their misconduct? EDWARD    There aren't enough corners, even in YOUR house. RICHARD    My apologies.  HERBERT    Hmph. WARREN    So sorry.  Pray go on. EDWARD    The morning of July 17, something in the paper really set Blake off.  During the night, a storm had put the city's lighting-system out for a full hour. CHARLES    I'll bet that didn't go over well. EDWARD    The superstitious locals ran mad.  They surrounded the old church, brandishing candles and lamps. WARREN    A vigil. EDWARD    And shuddered at the horrible noises coming from within. CHARLES    I know a few buildings I regard that way. EDWARD    Soon after, in daytime, reporters broke in and found the dust within was all churned up. There was also a bad odour everywhere, and here and there were bits of yellow stain and patches of what looked like charring. HERBERT    Similar to the bones?  Did anyone ever run any scientific tests on any of this residue? EDWARD    Not that I have any note on.  The reporters  noted the stone pillar, but the metal box and the old mutilated skeleton were not mentioned. WARREN    Hmm.  Gone, or simply overlooked? HERBERT    The newspapers love to print prurient details. CHARLES    How prurient is a rock in a box? EDWARD    From this point onwards Blake's diary shows a mounting tide of horror and apprehension. He frantically telephoned the electric light company more than once, asking - even demanding - that desperate precautions be taken to avoid another loss of power. BLAKE    My worst fears concerned the unholy rapport I felt existed between my mind and that lurking horror in the distant steeple- that monstrous thing of night which my rashness had called out of the ultimate black spaces. CHARLES    Sounds like he should have invested his last dollar in safety lanterns. RICHARD    And a trip to the tropics! EDWARD    People calling on him at the time remember how he would sit and stare out of the west window.  He spoke often of strange dreams - not nightmares, precisely, but eerily similar to the vision he'd had when gazing into the stone.  WARREN    Sounds almost like shellshock.  The way memories come back to haunt soldiers. EDWARD    It got worse.  He kept stout cords near his bed so he could bind his ankles at night to prevent himself from somnambulism. CHARLES    I had a friend had to do that once.  If the struggle to get out of bed didn't waken him, the falling flat on his face certainly would. BLAKE    I thought often of the ancient legends of Ultimate Chaos, at whose centre sprawls the blind idiot god Azathoth, Lord of All Things, encircled by his flopping horde of mindless and amorphous dancers, and lulled by the thin monotonous piping of a demoniac flute held in nameless paws. WARREN    Azathoth!  Now there's a name to conjure with!  Or not to...  preferably.  [winding down] Probably best not to mention it at all. EDWARD    The night of the 30th, Blake came to suddenly, finding himself in a horribly familiar darkened space.  A panic flight ensued, leaving him senseless until morning. CHARLES    Are you saying he managed to sleepwalk all the way across town? EDWARD    Well, the next morning he found himself lying on his study floor fully dressed. Dirt and cobwebs covered him, and every inch of his body sore and bruised. He writes that his hair was badly scorched, and a trace of a strange evil odour clung to his clothing. It was then that his nerves broke down. RICHARD    I think he was overdue.  HERBERT    While I don't understand the phenomena of sleepwalking, I do accept that it occurs. CHARLES    How big of you. HERBERT    But while one might walk in such a fugue-like state, would one take such niceties as getting dressed into consideration? WARREN    It's probably much like a state of mesmerism.  One does what one is told to so. HERBERT    But if no one told him-- CHARLES    Should be obvious.  We've all been told enough times in our lives not to go outside without a jacket.  EVERYONE    [general laughter] EDWARD    August eighth.  The great storm broke just before midnight. Lightning struck in all parts of the city, and a couple of remarkable fireballs were reported.  Blake was utterly frantic and recorded everything in his diary- HERBERT    Did he write that he was frantic? RICHARD    He was the type to record everything. EDWARD    It was more the tone of the things he did write, but his handwriting is very telling, too.  See? SOUND    PAPERS PASS CHARLES    Interesting. SOUND    PAPERS PASS WARREN    Ah.  Yes.  The way it changes - getting bigger, and less readable.  RICHARD    Also harder to write once the lights go out. EDWARD    That hadn't happened - yet.  See, he's still fretting over it right here.  "The lights must not go"; BLAKE    "It knows where I am"; EDWARD    "I must destroy it"; and BLAKE    "it is calling to me, but perhaps it means no injury this time"; EDWARD    --are found scattered down two of the pages.  Ending with-- BLAKE    "Lights out- God help me." EDWARD    At 2.35 the noises at the steeple swelled.  Then, a sound of splintering wood and a large, heavy object crashed down in the yard beneath the frowning easterly façade. RICHARD    Where were the praying multitude? EDWARD    Right there.  Whom do you think was left to tell the tale?  In fact, just as the "escape" was made, with a vibration as of flapping wings, a sudden east-blowing wind snatched off hats and wrenched dripping umbrellas from the crowd. CHARLES    Dousing all the tiny pinpricks of the candles? HERBERT    Quite literally, if the downpour was that prodigious. EDWARD    They must have managed to get some of their lights relit, for they remained at their posts.  The rain didn't stop for another half hour, and shortly after that, the electric lights came back on.  WARREN    You have quite a comprehensive narration, considering the burden of fear the watchers must have been laboring under. EDWARD    The papers gave these matters minor mention in connection with the general storm reports.  I suspect reporters, being what they are, were present during the events. RICHARD    [chuckling] Perhaps someone writing sensational fiction dropped in for a cold chill. EDWARD    The one thing that baffled press and meteorologists alike was a lone lightning-bolt that seemed to have struck somewhere in Blake's neighborhood, though no trace of its striking could afterwards be found. CHARLES    Until--? EDWARD    Precisely.  When a policeman forced the door, Blake's rigid body sat bolt upright at his desk by the window, with glassy, bulging eyes, and the look of stark, convulsive fright on his twisted features!  They were reportedly quite sickened. RICHARD    Police are such delicate flowers.  Always being sickened by things. HERBERT    Looking at such damage objectively, a face of fear is much the same as a face in pain, it's all in the attribution the onlooker gives to the damage-- EDWARD    The coroner's physician made an examination, and despite the unbroken window, reported the death as the result of electrical shock, or rather nervous tension induced by electrical discharge. HERBERT    Electricity is not an entirely understood element, even now.  New possibilities and capabilities are being discovered every day.  I've often thought myself that electricity might be the key to, say, restarting a stopped heart. CHARLES    If you don't want a stopped heart yourself, Herbert, pray let Edward finish.  We're nearly to a conclusion, if I don't miss my guess.  I think I'll turn out the electric lights.  Leave us in the dark like Blake.  Edward can keep the candle. SOUND    GETS UP, LIGHTS CLICK OFF EDWARD    There isn't really a nice convenient ending, just another, larger question mark.  Blake prolonged his frenzied jottings to the last.  In fact, the broken-pointed pencil was found clutched in his spasmodically contracted right hand. WARREN    Spontaneous rigor.  Not uncommon in cases of sudden, catastrophic death.  Leads to the so-called "death grip" of detective fiction. EDWARD    The entries after the failure of the lights were highly disjointed, and legible only in part. BLAKE    Lights still out - must be five minutes now. Everything depends on lightning. Yaddith grant it will keep up!... HERBERT    Yaddith? WARREN    Some ancient deity I'm not familiar with. BLAKE    Some influence seems beating through it... Rain and thunder and wind deafen... The thing is taking hold of my mind... What am I afraid of? Is it not an avatar of Nyarlathotep, who in antique and shadowy Khem even took the form of man? WARREN    Ah, Nyarlathotep, the mysterious "dark man" who can take many forms. BLAKE    The long, winging flight through the void... cannot cross the universe of light... re-created by the thoughts caught in the Shining Trapezohedron... send it through the horrible abysses of radiance... RICHARD    Lost his mind completely. EDWARD    I think he agreed with you. BLAKE    My name is Blake- Robert Harrison Blake of 620 East Knapp Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin... I am on this planet... CHARLES    As if he was trying to find his way home. BLAKE    Azathoth have mercy!- the lightning no longer flashes- horrible- I can see everything with a monstrous sense that is not sight- light is dark and dark is light... I am it and it is I - I want to get out... must get out and unify the forces... it knows where I am... I am Robert Blake, but I see the tower in the dark. There is a monstrous odour... senses transfigured... boarding at that tower window cracking and giving way... Iä... ngai... ygg... I see it - coming here - hell-wind - titan blue - black wing - Yog Sothoth save me - the three-lobed burning eye... [after a moment] WARREN    [sigh wistfully] I can almost smell the sulphuric tang. HERBERT    I certainly can.  Something must be burning. CHARLES    [over-innocent] Burning?  Nonsense. RICHARD    There is definitely a smell. EDWARD    [teasing] Someone here just couldn't stand the suspense, could you, Richard? RICHARD    Moi? HERBERT    Suspense? EDWARD    It wasn't a very good joke, but the box - this box - contained just enough sulfur to make a good pong if anyone got nosy and opened it to see if I really had the shining trapezohedron. WARREN    I suppose that, much like Pandora, there are certain things that you can never quite get back into a box.  END

THE BOYFRIEND: USUAL SUSPECTS WITH MISLEADING RELATIONSHIP IDENTITY: YOUNG IMPRESSIONABLE MINDS AND PREDATORS: SEX TRAFFICKING: PERVASIVE IN ALL WALKS OF SOCIETY YET IS NEGLIGENTLY IGNORED

Kenny and I try to unravel whether being impressionable is something that one should outgrow or if keeping an open mind is a sign of wisdom.

In honor of Don's mom I wanted to revisit and share his special memories again with you.

Craig Roberts speaks with Brad Dacus, of the Pacific Justice Institute, about minors in the UK not needing parent consent or court consent to take puberty-blocking drugs, gender dysphoria often resolves later in life, and when will America say enough is enough.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reputation is important to people with values, so Davey Dabs is not unaware of how others perceive him. He understands he's considered unusual by most, something of which he's been aware since the 5th grade. That was when, for the first time, he ate an orange crayon to see if his poop would change color. It did. And it was then that the miraculous world of alchemy revealed itself, filling his mind with a plethora of imaginative potential possibilities. Potential, by the way, was not a label applied to Davey Dabs by his teacher in the 5th grade.  That label was given to The Swashbuckling Shatterbrain Shane, who at the time was simply known as little Shane Lipschitz. Yes, they grew up in the same area and went to the same schools, but they were not buddies. Few of the kids ate lunch with Davey Dabs. Little Shane Lipschitz, although born with a funny last name, never ate alone.  Davey Dabs was not known as Davey Dabs, either. Afterall, he has always been David Gustavo Hernandez Dabrovski. As one would imagine, this amalgamation of consonants lent to an uncertainty about him that the other children couldn't quite define. Impressionable little minds are protective against unfamiliarity, and the name alone, in addition to the oddly mismatched wardrobe, would inspire a degree of unease.  And to his inquisitive peers, it was never quite understood why he would sneak into the classroom during recess and hang the wall clock upside down. It should be noted that at the time he was developing dark peach fuzz on his face and back. His eyebrows had already bloomed into a fluffiness that mirrored the movement of a bushy caterpillar when raised in moments of curiosity.  One day his life changed. This was when he became witness to the burning of Marijuana plants during a D.A.R.E. film as part of the elementary curriculum.  Those manly eyebrows had never quite risen so high.

In today's pour, I share a most unexpected event that occurred only moments prior to recording this episode. I also talk about a well-known problem in most schools that negatively impacts the teenage mind. Enjoym/

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Impressionable Minds Acting Not Very Impressive

Check out this week's sermon from Pastor Austin as he preaches from 2 Chronicles titled, "Reliable.""You never stop relying on something, so never stop relying on God."You can also find audio from our past sermons on our website, Citylightlincoln.org, and on the Citylight Lincoln Church App.

“And what an amazing compounding effect that has, right? The work that one person does, has the opportunity to spread to even if it's five people, and then those five people might in turn, take that and spread to five more, and things that it can sometimes feel like minute or minuscule efforts that we're putting out into this world, we can never know the ripple effect that that might have.” -  Taylor Ybarra, Episode 9, Antiracist Artist Podcast__________________________________Episode 9: Season 1 Recap with the AAP TeamWelcome to the Antiracist Artist Podcast, a podcast for activists, advocates, and allies working to make our communities equitable through artistry. Each episode we are joined in conversation by an artist or arts facilitator who has been paving the way, in hopes of learning from their expertise and experience. Through action and unity, we can create a better tomorrow today. Let’s go!__________________________________Hello and welcome to the Antiracist Artist Podcast. I’m your host, Taylor Ybarra, and I’m so glad to have you a part of the conversation. In our ninth episode, we did something special and interviewed our own team members at the Antiracist Artist Podcast, Andrew Alcaraz (he/him) our Podcast Editor and Maricela Juarez (she/her) our Project + Community Manager. Andrew Alcaraz (he/him) is a performer, voice teacher, aviation mentor, and international flight attendant. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and had the honor of working with many regional theaters including American Conservatory Theater, CenterRep and Contra Costa Musical Theatre. Andrew attended Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, where he received a BFA in Musical Theatre. During college, Andrew discovered his passion for caring for others on life's journey which led him to find his passion in aviation. After graduating, he performed with various music production groups and began flying for one of the world's largest airlines. Maricela Juarez (she/her) is a bilingual marketing professional with years of project management experience helping people and businesses grow. As a project manager, she has worked in a variety of spaces such as launching three separate podcasts, helping companies expand their business into the U.S., navigating marketing in the legal space, helped launch a nonprofit, @FurloughNetwork, to help those figure out their next step after being furloughed, and manage a multimillion-dollar company budget. Currently, Mari is working with the Antiracist Artist Podcast by facilitating social media engagement, editing/writing copy for the episode's show notes and transcriptions, and managing the “behind the scenes” communications! Join us as we recap our first season!During this episode, Andrew, Maricela, and I talk about:Season One numbers:The # of episodes & guests.How many downloads around the world?Workshops completed.Our $ donations to non-profit organizations and mutual aid funds.We answer some of the core questions we ask all of our guests.Big takeaways from the first season to understand how artistry may be able to play a role in dismantling oppression.The use of language in artistry.Impressionable quotes from our guests.What we personally are/aren’t going to accept as we move towards a post-COVID or COVID-recovering era and how we actuate change.Lessons that we will take with us moving forward.& so much more!Resources & Organizations Mentioned: HowlRoundLatinx Theatre Commons@FemaleCollective @shestepsupphilly@civilrightsorg@phillybailout@diversifyyournarrativeEpisode TranscriptThis podcast is made with, by, and for those of us in this fight together, and I invite you to be a part of this podcast community with us. You can stay connected with us at AntiracistArtist.com, on Instagram @antiracistartist, or by emailing antiracistartist@gmail.com. Let us know why antiracist artistry is important to you, what questions you would like to dig into, and who you’d like to hear from in future episodes. __________________________________The Antiracist Artist Podcast is hosted by Taylor Ybarra, produced by Subito Politico Productions, LLC, edited by Andrew Alcaraz, and Project + Community Managed by Maricela Juarez. To stay connected with the Antiracist Artist Podcast, please visit us at AntiracistArtist.com, on Instagram @antiracistartist, or via email at antiracistartist@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you!Our podcast is made possible with the support of folx like you. You can get exclusive content and access to the show by becoming a patron at patreon.com/antiracistartist. This episode’s donation was made possible in part by the generosity of Jenny Hoofnagle.Theme music features vocals by Esteban Suero, Forest VanDyke, Kennedy Kanagawa, Jamison, & MinJi Kim._________________________________________________Get SocialConnect with us! | Instagram @antiracistartist | FaceBook @AAPcommunity | Twitter @AAPcommunity _______This episode features the following artists/arts facilitators:Esteban Suero | IG @estesuero / @theofficialerosForest VanDyke | IG - @forestvandykeKennedy Kanagawa | kennedykanagawa.com | IG @thisiskennedyJamison | www.courtneyjamison.com | IG @iamcourtneyjamison | TW @thecjamisonMinJi Kim | IG @minjilikesdogsandmusicMaricela Juarez | www.maricelajuarez.com | IG @remarkablymari

Don shares...understanding that what you choose to do, you need to be happy doing it because when the challenges occur you ought to be able to look at them as opportunities to solve and not see them as problems.Check out the latest project completed by Don Hardin Group...the National Museum of African American Music at...https://nmaam.org/ You can reach Don Hardin at http://donhardingroup.com/ or contact him a dhardin@donhardingroup.comAlso, check out the Mission/Inspiration Statement for Don's upcoming venture Campaign Do Work at... https://www.campaigndowork.com/

Wassup, Wass good y'all? It's Ep 30! Thanks for checking out this episode. In this one, I'm honestly just chattin' chattin'. I hope this helps someone, and if not... Nah someone out there needs to hear this! So LIKE, STREAM, DOWNLOAD, FOLLOW, & SHARE! IG: _kaydrew▼ MUSIC CREDIT ▼ Beats Savage Production Artist: Enyer Gonzalez ▼ About The Music  ● I Do NOT Claim the Music as my own

"On today’s episode of The Jazz Hole with Linus, check out the wonderful violin-piano duo of Juliet Kurtzman and Pete Malinverni with tracks from their new album “Candlelight - Love in the Time of Cholera”. You also get to hear more from the Chicago-based trumpeter Emily Kuhn and her debut album “Sky Stories”, as well as more from the band Quintopus and their latest album “The Adjacent Possible”. Completing this episode are two great NYC-based guitarists: selections from Alex Goodman’s latest release “Impressions In Blue And Red” and Gregg Belisle-Chi’s latest release “Ensō”. Gregg Belisle-Chi - “Lux ravus” & “Circa 1999” Album: Ensō Gregg Belisle-Chi (g), Matt Aronoff (e-b) and Jason Burger (d) Juliet Kurtzman & Pete Malinverni - “Pulcinella” & “Love int he Time of Cholera” Album: Candlelight - Love in the Time of Cholera Juliet Kurtzman (violin) and Pete Malinverni (p, comp) Pete Malinverni - Psalm 23 Album: Heaven Pete Malinverni (p), Ben Allison (b) and Akira Tana (d) Emily Kuhn - Horizon Album: Sky Stories Emily Kuhn, Joe Suihkonen (tp), Katie Ernst (b) and Nate Friedman (d) Emily Kuhn & Helios - Queen for an Hour Album: Sky Stories Helios: Emily Kuhn (tp), Max Bessesen (as, ts, ss), Mercedes Inez Martinez (voc), Evan Levine (b), Gustavo Cortiñas (d), Myra Hinrichs, Erendira Izguerra (violin), Christine Fliginger (viola) and Danny Hoppe (cello) -------- Quintopus - “Quinto, Straight Ahead” & “Hooch & Eats” Album: The Adjacent Possible Doug Stone (ts), Nick Finzer (tb, effects), Matthew Golombisky (b) and Chris Teal (d) -------- Alex Goodman - Moods (Blue) Album: Impressions In Blue And Red Alex Goodman (g), Ben Van Gelder (as), Martin Nevin (b) and Jimmy Macbride (d) Alex Goodman - Toys (Red) Album: Impressions In Blue And Red Alex Goodman (g), Alex LoRe (as), Rick Rosato (b) and Mark Ferber (d) 00:00 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 02:11 - Lux ravus - Gregg Belisle-Chi 08:21 - Circa 1999 - Gregg Belisle-Chi 12:16 - Pulcinella - Juliet Kurtzman, Pete Malinverni 14:52 - Love in the Time of Cholera - Juliet Kurtzman, Pete Malinverni 17:44 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 19:15 - Psalm 23 - Pete Malinverni 23:34 - Horizon - Emily Kuhn 28:46 - Queen for an Hour - Emily Kuhn, Helios 38:44 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 40:50 - Quinto, Straight Ahead - Quintopus 44:26 - Hooch & Eats - Quintopus 48:28 - Moods (Blue) - Alex Goodman 53:39 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 55:42 - Toys (Red) - Alex Goodman 61:42 - Finish "

HEY GALZ! This week we have a super juicy 5 part Q&A for you all to enjoy! We chat about plastic surgery, not seeing a future with your boyfriend, finding viagra in your boyfs car and whether or not we believe in "mansplaining". Enjoy! xoBuy our masks: www.thenim.co

PART 1: Joshua Cooke, “The Matrix Killer,” was an impressionable young mind full of anger. He brutally executed his parents and claims it was a result of violent video games and movies, more specifically the 1999 hit film, The Matrix. We delve into his mind and his legal defense, that he was living in the fantasy world of The Matrix. PART 2: Charles Andy Williams, “The Santana High School Shooter,” opened fire in his Southern California high school, wounding 13 and killing 2 innocent teenagers. He blames violent video games and excessive bullying for his horrific actions, but specialist Dr. Beth Creel has more to say on Andy’s behavior and possible victim complex.

Quinn Boyes and Leonard Smith Jr. discuss comedic films from their adolescence that helped shape their comedic voice. Did Mike Meyers hinder Quinn's sexual growth? Leonard decides to taunt the BeyHive. Samuel L Jackson as Mini Me? There can only be one winner!

Robert Berry is a leading New York City-based art gallerist, consultant, and advisor. Having represented many of Manhattan's top art galleries, and with over 15 years' experience selling and collecting fine art, Robert launched his own gallery, Robert Berry Gallery in New York City this year. Robert Berry Gallery's newest show, Impressionable, featuring nine breathtaking works of rock icons by Chicago-based artist John Ruby. With millions quarantined as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, a new emphasis has been placed on mental health and wellness. Art provides both questions and answers during an uncertain time. Robert can share how he opened his own online art gallery after 15+ years of working in New York City's vibrant art world. He can also share tips for those looking to invest in art, and how to find affordable art that will gain long-term value. Robert can also discuss the meaning of today's health and economic crisis on art, and what the new show - Impressionable - has to say about the current global health crisis, as well as the business of art and the future of art as an investment. Robert earned his B.A. in Art History from Stony Brook University, and his M.A. in Art History and Criticism from Brooklyn College where he focused on post-war American painters. “it's never a good time to start and the best thing you can do is try something out now. Can you sell your offerings without any special equipment and expensively designed websites or a marketing plan. You should be able to sell now in some capacity and if not it's likely something is wrong with what you are selling and changes and adjustments may be needed. Does your customer need it and want it at prices you are offering? You should be able to not only sell and deliver on it but offer it to a market that truly needs it”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7Ad

IT’S OUR 50TH EPISODE!!!!!! And to commemorate it (and abide by limitations set by COVID-19) the boys do their first show with a remote guest. I think it went well, I was bothered a little bit by the delay and the audio not sounding great, but I think people will be understanding of the quality based on the circumstances. It could have turned out a lot worse and just think of all the possibilities now. We can interview people from all over the country, even you Dane. So I hope you all get a story ready because we may be calling you next and we would like to be entertained. Oh, and yeah, a little blurb about this episode, Another Andrew is really good at mind tricks and taking advantage of Chris’ “gung-ho” mentality. Again, if you never emailed us, you never were going to, so there's no point in putting it down here.

Jasmine Cochran joins Sundae to share her experience as a Black teacher in the international school system. A Mississippi native, wife, mother, and educator, Jasmine discussed how she took an unconventional approach when her students demonstrated racist ideologies. With the support of her international school team, Jasmine is inspiring new ways to implement anti-racism strategies inside the classroom. The post 182: Impressionable Young Minds with Jasmine Cochran appeared first on Sundae Schneider-Bean, LLC..

Restless, impressionable, inattentive...killing the anartha of childishness - 15 Aug 2011 by S.B. Keshava Swami

**Warning: this episode contains some adult language and humor** This week we are joined by Neighbor Chris and Jamie's college friend Shanon! This one contains some funny stories (not suitable for young ears), voice over impressions and of course Covid-19 talk. We practiced fantastic Social Distancing as well since we recorded this using Google Duo.   Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Facebook: Missing the Mark Radio Instagram/Twitter: @MissingTheMark_ Sponsorship inquiries to: MissingTheMarkRadio@gmail.com

Rich Genoval Aveo; Musician. Singer-Songwriter. Empowerer and Entertainer, hails from the good ol’ NJ/NYC area and blissfully lives a creative and passionate life on his terms, making people smile along the way. Rich feels that the world operates at its best when people are elevated, and he thinks music and quality entertainment elevates like nothing else. Rich's mission is to positively impact as many people as humanly possible through his artistic expression - to make people feel inspired to live their best lives, and be the best versions of themselves. He believes if he can do it...anyone can. It’s not easy. But it’s super simple. Spend a few minutes with Rich, and you'll quickly realize he is an inspirational person that walks the walk. Rich worked hard as a kid, Received a huge scholarship to a prestigious Connecticut high school, and then went on to another huge scholarship to a prestigious New York university. ​But it just felt wrong. He was doing everything right, it seemed. But who was it right for? One day in his senior year of college, he dropped out to accept an opportunity to travel abroad to pursue his first recording contract. After his music opportunities didn't line up as planned, Rich became a stock trader in NYC. Naturally, that didn’t pan out either and was laid off not long after 9-11 and eventually landed a great job at the Department of Defense, pursued music in the evenings and weekends but still felt empty inside. So in 2012 after another long morning commute on the Parkway, he gave his 2 week notice and has never looked back. Today he is a full-time musician making a full-time living doing NOTHING but performing, and creating art. The impossible dream. ​ Rich recently presented the debut performance of his new show "Impressionable w/ Rich Genoval Aveo" at the Investors Bank Theater, Succasunna, NJ. Rich takes you through an intimate night of laughter, music and pure entertainment as he voices dozens of musical icons like you've never heard before! All in one amazing One Man Show! With no setlists, no two shows are exactly the same! Enjoy the ride with amazing sound-alike musical impressions of icons like Nat/Natalie Cole, Frank Sinatra, Rod Stewart, Andrea Bocelli, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Kermit the Frog, to modern day megastars like Green Day, Axl Rose, Jay-Z, DMX, Bruno Mars, Pitbull and more! This show is for EVERYONE. Learn more about Rich at www.richaveo.com and the show at www.impressionableshow.com and follow @richaveo

Impressionable and strong willed, Antonia found herself in a toxic loveless relationship at a young age that hurt and haunted her for years.  After some time, she met someone new and found her heart could indeed fall deeply in love; yet, the timing was off. She already planned on an overseas adventure to do some soul searching which meant they had to make a tough choice. Alex, knew she needed to be uninhibited, so he decided to let her go. Only, there was a lingering "what if, one day...?". He hadn't closed the door all the way and she wanted back in. The lack of closure was torture until recently, when she found her own way forward.  We have a patreon membership account! Please check out how to participate behind the scenes and collaborate on growing the podcast! You can visit www.patreon.com/unbreakmyheart for more information.

"Ok Empowering YOU Community, where are my parent followers out there? In Episode 39 of my podcast YOU Are Good Enough! I highlight the issue of Projection. Projection is usually a habitual and unconscious act that we commit. We never mean to project, but it happens more often than we can see. Join me as I talk about the ‘How,’ ‘What,’ and ‘Why,’ of projecting onto our children, and where our projections stem from within ourselves. Ready to reflect? What we talk about: Our 'Best' is our life experience; 'Best' is relative. 1. Parenting from Old Wounds 2. Examples: Choosing schools, sports, new hobbies, etc. 3. Being Protective: Actions and Conversations from a Fear Base 4. Step out of 'Parenting' Step into Listening 5. Personal Story: My Daughter and 'Dress-Up' 6. Power Struggles with Your Child 7. Focusing on 'Who' they are, not 'What' they are 8. Do you feel like the world "Owes" you? Does your child "Owe" you? 9. Letting go of Resistance; Letting go of the '5 Year Old Self' 10. All moments are Impressionable 11. Exercise: Asking yourself-triggers"

This special episode begins like a blazing inferno. This week: 2:00- DC goes to the theater and gets the Lincoln experience. 13:15- Seamless transition from one old man dying to another 23:00- Bit-O-News * Christ in the Notre Flame * Childish DC coughs * Florida man…..naked…. Little League * $29,000 porn collection in the trash 38:00- Impressionable little Missionaries 46:00- Thief Chad 49:15- “Breaking” the fourth wall + *MOVIE QUOTE* And more!!!...

Beth and her husband Doug are in Orlando for this episode! We chat about their time here this week - including a wild safety spiel on the tram, a review of Garden Grill in Epcot, a bevy of impressions and some news nuggets.   Follow us on Instagram @ThatParkLifePodcast

In this episode, we are focusing on the type of personality and risk factors in our circle, that may be drawn to cults and cult-like characters like Nature Boy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rnt/message

When you stop being impressionable, you can work on being influential #theCDW --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cdwlifenuggets/support

Hear Annie and Mary's ideas on Making a Murderer and examples of how and why someone may make a false confession.

Today, I sit down and go deep with Ph.D. Ravi Chandran on almost everything you've been dying to know. What were the keys to his massive success cross culturally that allowed him to adapt to many different environment? How did he manage to speak in 27 countries? What's his advice to those just starting out? All that and much more in this episode. For more information about Ph.D. Ravi, go to www.rcsolution.dk Learn more about me: www.raygacy.com Follow on Instagram: @Raygacy Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Raygacy/ Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raysonchoo More videos on: https://www.youtube.com/…/UCmbNxORh7wJT… --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theraygacyshow/message

This episode of the Vince Del Monte Podcast is filled with inspiration and practical advice on how to become more successful in all areas of your life. In particular, Vince discusses the importance of staying open-minded while remaining critical at the same time. Listen in as Vince highlights why you must never stop thinking for yourself, especially in the face of endless outside influences, in order to reach your full potential and scale your business.     “If you don't stand for something you'll fall for everything.” -Vince Del Monte     Subscribe to iTunes, TuneIn, or Stitcher Radio! Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review on iTunes! What do you want to hear from the Vince Del Monte Podcast Show? Tell us here! Timestamps: 3:38 - Are you impressionable? 6:50 - What makes people so impressionable 10:32 - How to avoid being impressionable 13:55 - Tools and words to ensure that when changing your mind, it's done in a positive way 14:47 - 3 invaluable skills you must get good at: Critiquing, Judging, and Discerning. 27:37 - Join us for Vince Del Monte's 7-Figure Mastermind in Toronto Connect with Vince Del Monte: Facebook Instagram YouTube Website link    

Join our trio of fangirls for the inaugural episode of Fujoshi Trash Talk! Whether you’re already wallowing in the dump like them, or…

Vidya Dianamani is the principal and co-founder of Product Rebels, a company founded to help product managers, business owners and entrepreneurs make product breakthroughs and help every company to stand up for their customer. She has 18 years of experience in business, technology, strategy, product design, and development. In this episode, Vidya shares the process of evaluating startup pitches and the importance of knowing how to bring value to customers, the advantages of being coachable of a startup entrepreneur to the business growth and funding and she shares the ways how an angel investor help seed startups to get their follow-on funding. 02:03 - Vidya walks us through the startup pitch evaluation process 06:05 - Vidya’s investment thesis 07:39 - Key traits of a successful startup founder 12:33 - Importance of iteration to know the hits and misses and adjust your business 16:00 - Top investment tips to give to other female investor 18:47 - How being in the Rising Tide Fund helped Vidya to be a better investor 23:17 - Her most exciting and valuable story of a start-up 25:10 - Soft skills that a seed startup must have 33:00 - Hera Venture Summit and Vidya’s vision about female investors impact in the ecosystem 33:33 - Top 3 Criteria on Vidya’s List for her funding ventures 36:45 - Rapid Fire Final Four Questions Full show notes: http://www.sheinvests.com/13

*Explicit Content* In this episode Mr. Mark damn Twain makes another IMPRESSIONABLE appearance with, "A True Story"!   Originally released in 1874 and titled, "A True Story, Repeated Word for Word As I Heard It."  This is written in the language of a slave woman of the times who is dealing with a very damaging experience of her son being taken away from her at his early age.  Now I must say that I was very, 'in character', as I read this one and loved every second of it.  My friend Will Wonder and I had a hard time understanding some phrases and what have you but we still managed to get through the story with some laughs, some cring worthiness, and just another round fun with a great story to read! Having said that, press play, enjoy, like, share, rate and subscribe!    #RandomTwitterFollowerShoutOut @utahpodcastnetwork   PLEASE Email us ALL of your new stories you want heard, comments or anything you want menitoned, etc... to shortstorybingo@yahoo.com

TIME IS RUNNING OUT! Double Feature Year 10 needs you or it can’t happen. https://patreon.com/doublefeature Impressionable loners who take fiction seriously, fictionally. Real fake stories. What lurks inside the bunker (not a casper mattress). Kumiko THE Treasure Hunter. Old wounds, … Continue reading →

This Bazooka, the guys discuss being young and dumb, the devils broccoli, and some science. 

Episode Twenty-five. The third season premiere is fixin' toward a bloody outcome as we're joined once more by Nuchtchas of The Nutty Bites Podcast. One of the last three speakers of the Cornish language is gunned down by Chicago-based wizard Harry Dresden. ... The shitbox of a very snooty Englishman figures into Al's matchmaking schemes. ... We rejoice in the glorious beating of E.B. by Angry Seth, but lament Cy's continued existence. ... Impressionable schoolchildren have their minds warped by a racist textbook. ... Also, Michael David questions why there are no public schools--the bulwark of a nation--within this metropolis known as Deadwood. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded March 13, 2016. Released March 18, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

Wanna Host Your Own Podcast?Click here to see how my friends at Podetize can helpPurchase John's new bookThe Sale Is in the TaleJohn Livesay, The Pitch WhispererShare The ShowDid you enjoy the show? I'd love it if you subscribed today and left us a 5-star review!Click this linkClick on the 'Subscribe' button below the artworkGo to the 'Ratings and Reviews' sectionClick on 'Write a Review'Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here's How »Join The Successful Pitch community today:JohnLivesay.comJohn Livesay FacebookJohn Livesay TwitterJohn Livesay LinkedInJohn Livesay YouTube

Episode Summary Nasir Ali is an angel investor for Seed Capital Fund, the co-founder of a non-profit called Upstate Venture Connect, and he's the managing director for StartFast Venture Accelerator. Nasir shares his insights on what his companies look for in a pitch and the importance of coachability in an entrepreneur. Nasir believes data will point you to all the right answers and shares an example of a company who had to pivot four times based on new data they had collected. Key Takeaways 01:55 - Nasir shares his story on why he loves startups. 05:00 - What's the Seed Capital Fund's process? 06:20 - What does Nasir look for in a pitch? 08:20 - Nasir explains common pitch mistakes new entrepreneurs make. 10:55 - Nasir talks about Chequed and what they did right in their pitch. 15:50 - How does Nasir help startups? 20:00 - Coachability is sometimes a double-edged sword, but it's a critical key in an entrepreneur. 21:25 - It's always about the data. The data will lead you towards or away from an action. 21:55 - Nasir shares a story about SpinCar and how they pivoted four times. 27:20 - What does StartFast's demo day entail? 30:00 - Nasir talks Upstate Venture Connect. 33:30 - Recommended reading? Startup Communities by Brad Feld and The Rainforest by Victor Hwang and Greg Horowitt. Tweetables Be coachable not impressionable.Great investors solve unknown needs of founders.Explain the problem you solve in a way that is easy to understand. Links Mentioned Chequed SpinCar Startup Communities by Brad Feld The Rainforest by Victor Hwang and Greg Horowitt Upstate Venture Connect Upstate Venture Connect Twitter StartFast StartFast Twitter Want the Transcription? Click Here to Download Share The Show Did you enjoy the show? I'd love it if you subscribed today and left us a 5-star review! Click this link Click on the 'Subscribe' button below the artwork Go to the 'Ratings and Reviews' section Click on 'Write a Review'

The boys dip into the world of recent events. Kieran talks to Joe Hockey about poor people, Matty D makes light of a murder and Kyle cried about Robin Williams. The trio attempt some difficult actor impressions, which quickly goes downhill...

--{ Careful of the Mind-field: "It's so Easy to See that with Each Generation We're Directed by Culture-Changers to Degradation, Culture Destruction by Fabian-Style Stealth Is Directed by a Minority Holding the Wealth, Most Folks Think Warfare is All Field Battles, Never Thinking of Psychology as Media Prattles, Slaughter Movies, Reality Shows, Sado-Masochistic, To the Young and Impressionable is Realistic, Emulating Fiction World into the Real, Society Plummets and Flounders, No Even Keel" © Alan Watt }-- Gun Control in US - Politicized Sciences - Socialist System - Atlanta Mother Shot House Intruder - Collective Punishment Laws - Government Debts - Electro-Magnetic Pulse Threat - US EMP Missile Successfully Tested - America and the Totalitarian State - Mandatory ID Cards - Liverpool Care Pathway, Euthanasia to Save Cash - Well-Paid Teachers, Police and Military - Appointment of "Assassination Czar" - Iceland Jails Banksters - Global Warming--Tool of the West - New Meningitis Vaccine Paralyzes at Least 40 Children So Far. (See http://www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com for article links.) *Title/Poem and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Jan. 9, 2013 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)

Reviews: Comics: Bedtime Stories For Impressionable Children #1, Kull: The Hate Witch #1, Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit, Vampirella Vol 4. #1 Cartoons: Young Justice, GI Joe: Renegades, Transformers Prime It's Part 2 of our Cassidy Freeman (Tess Mercer on Smallville) interview! We chat about the show, her music, TV shows & films she's into and much more! The boys discuss their Thanksgiving and mourn the loss of a couple of film greats. News includes: Mark Millar starts Kapow! Comic Con, Spider-Man musical opens in previews, Julia Wertz has a Fart Party sale, James Gunn's Super gets a release date, Shark Week comics, Marvel en Espanol and more!

Impressionable FaithHow to impress faith on a childDeut 6:7 - Impress them on your children.The reflections of a father