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Anders needs help finding evidence of a plot to make all mages in Kirkwall tranquil. The squad creeps through the underground passage that leads into the Gallows, fighting spiders and Lyrium smugglers along the way. At the end of the passage, our target Sir Alrik is terrorizing a mage girl who only wanted to see her mom. Justice (or perhaps he is now Vengeance) takes control of Anders, feeding off their shared anger. Sir Alrik and his soldiers are killed but that leaves a very frightened young woman who has never seen anything like Vengeance before. She, justifiably, calls him a demon and cowers. Vengeance doesn't like this. Once all is said and done, Anders has fled the passage and we must go back to his clinic to check on him and perhaps show him how far the tranquil solution has gotten. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. You can find the show on Instagram and Bluesky!! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!
Send us a textIn which we look at the DLC expansions, and prospects for adapting DA2 to the screen
Once we finish with the viscount it's time to see how Kirkwall, and our friends, have changed since our rise in society. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. You can find the show on Instagram and Bluesky!! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!
Send us a textWe wrap up the main game of DA2, discussing the demands of the Qun, and the worst RPG romance of all time.
Keeper Of The Greens segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is brought to you by John Deere Golf. When you work where others play, you need a partner you can trust to keep your course in perfect condition. Find your nearestJohn Deere dealer at deere.com.auChris Rae is an expat Aussie and Superintendent of Orkney Golf Club. Orkney Golf Club is located on the outskirts of the township of Kirkwall on the largest of the Orkney Islands to the north of Scotland.Beginning his greenkeeping career at Pennant Hills Golf Club, one of Sydney's premier golf clubs, Chris was exposed to high end greenkeeping practices from the get go. It wasn't long before he moved to Concord Golf Club, also in Sydney, where he was mentored by one of the most respected greenkeepers of the industry, Superintendent Mark Parker who is now at NSW Golf Club.After completing his greenkeeping trade at a couple of the best courses in Sydney and being trained by some of the best, Chris was given an opportunity to get hands on in golf course construction for a couple of years.As life changes, Chris soon found himself with an opportunity to travel to Scotland after meeting his now wife and before he knew it he was trying to understand the Scottish accent in everyday life. A number of years working outside greenkeeping at a few of different jobs would soon make way for a chance at getting back on the greenkeeping tools and taking on the role of Superintendent at Orkney Golf Club. As it turns out, maintaining a golf course in the far north of Scotland is very different to that of maintaining a golf course in Sydney!Chris's story has everything in it from maintaining golf courses at the top end of town in Sydney to the remoteness of island life a mere seven degrees latitude outside the Artic Circle! Come with me for my first journey to the other side of the planet and a conversation that includes golf that might start at 9am, sometimes finishes after midnight, 24 hours of daylight, castles, pheasants, Viking heritage and a church built in an era when the year sounds more like it's time for smoko!You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!People and places mentioned in this podcast:Orkney Golf ClubThe National Golf Club - The Old CoursePennant Hills Golf ClubConcord Golf ClubNSW Golf ClubRoyal Dornoch Golf ClubThe Australian Golf ClubThe Royal Melbourne Golf ClubStuart RennieTom DoakOrkney IslandsInternational Island Games 2025
Hawke receives a mysterious letter requesting a meeting on the wounded coast to save some innocent lives. When Hawke and company arrive, it is Ser Thrask, our templar acquaintance whose own mage daughter chose to die rather than live in the circle. Thrask informs Hawke that there are apostate mages hiding in the caverns behind him. They escaped while being transported from Starkhaven to Kirkwall. Thrask begs Hawke to convince the mages to surrender because if they don't, another templar who has less room in his heart for mercy will flat out kill them all without giving it a second thought. Through the cavern Hawke goes to fight many skellingtons and come face to face with Decimus, the leader of this band of apostates. Decimus refuses to talk to us, takes us to be Templar allies immediately, and initiates a fight. Once he's dead, Hawke must decide what to do with the remaining mages. Submit them to the circle or help them flee. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. To find out more about Lambda Legal click here! You can find the show on Instagram and Bluesky!! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!
Send us a textIngenious narrative concepts run aground on botched and broken gameplay decisions in Bioware's rush job of a follow up to DRAGON AGE.
Kirkwall runs on rumors, and our buddy Varric is the sieve through which they filter down into actionable information. According to Varric, a chantry sister is roaming low town at night looking for help with a special task. The sister in question, Sister Petrice, can be found making a poor decision to follow some unsavory characters into an alleyway. After Hawke's intervention, Petrice offers us a job that is suited for someone who can move about the dark places of Kirkwall freely. Once we visit her safe house, we learn that she is in possession of a qunari mage, a saarebas, who was separated from his handler and Petrice wishes for us to bring him to freedom–whether he wants it or not. After a skirmish in Lowtown where Saarebas shows his teeth, Hawke emerges above ground to find a nasty surprise waiting for them. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. Check out this week's Fandom Corner: Play Along Podcast You can find the show on Instagram, Tumblr, and Bluesky!! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!
While your hosts are strong advocates for mage rights, it's hard to ignore a woman worried about her brother–especially if she's destitute without him. Macha informs us that her brother, a templar recruit has gone missing and Knight Commander Meredith is keeping the situation hushed up. A visit to the Gallows reveals that Keran isn't the only missing recruit–but one of them has returned, only to be followed out to the Wounded Coast by Knight Captain Cullen. Cullen exposes the recruit and then hands over the investigation to us since we can move freely throughout the city of Kirkwall. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. You can find the show on Instagram, Tumblr, Bluesky and Facebook! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!
Scottish composer and conductor James MacMillan intertwines the political and the spiritual in his work. He draws on Catholic and Scottish musical traditions, while addressing liberation theology. His composition ‘Tuireadh' (Lament) is dedicated to the 167 victims of the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster. Piper Alpha was an oil platform that exploded and collapsed under the effect of sustained gas jet fires in 1988. Mcmillan's lament for the dead premiered on June 25, 1991, at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Scotland. Nazanin Noori and Andrea Belfi have reworked ‘Tuireadh', incorporating drums, rhythmic percussion and modular electronics, as a tribute to the cries of mourners of human cost. The piece was commissioned by The Lake Radio as part of our Works for Radio 2024 with support from Koda's Cultural Funds and was selected by an international jury consisting of representatives from Seydisfjordur Community Radio (IS) and Retreat Radio (SE).
Remember our pal Javaris? He offered us money if we went out of our way to kill some Tal Vashoth, qunari who abandoned the qun to kill for their own glory. According to him, if we, including our guest Troytlepower, kill the Tal Vashoth, the Arishok who leads the qunari who have been stranded in Kirkwall will share the ultra sacred super secret formula to create gatlock powder, an explosive material that only the Qunari know how to make. Whether we agree or not, we do need to make 50 gold to buy into an expedition and advance the plot, so… I'm sure the Arishok will give Javaris what he wants. Right? Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. Check out this week's Fandom Corner: Witch Hunt You can find the show on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Bluesky and Facebook! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!
There's a bounty out to find the missing son of Kirkwall's viscount. What a better way to earn some gold and rise in the estimation of the nobility Hawke should have been part of? Too bad Hawke isn't first to the party. The Winters already have a lead, but they don't seem the type of people to talk things out. With the blessing of the Seneschal, Hawke can intervene and try to bring Saemus home safely. Upon arrival, it's too late to prevent the murder of the Qunari blamed for Saemus's disappearance, but it's not too late to protect Seamus from the people who killed his friend. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. Check out this week's Fandom Corner: Haunt Your House You can find the show on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Bluesky and Facebook! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!
Neste episódio, mergulhamos na rica história dos jogos da aclamada série Dragon Age. Desde a ascensão do Grey Warden em Origins, passando pelo herói de Kirkwall em Dragon Age 2, até o surgimento da Inquisição para enfrentar Corypheus em Inquisition, exploramos as tramas e os eventos decisivos que moldaram o continente de Thedas. Falamos sobre o Fade, o Véu, a magia, as diferentes facções políticas, raças e personagens inesquecíveis como Varric, Solas e Morrigan. Então venha conosco nessa jornada pelo mundo de Thedas! Quer apoiar o Fora do Controle? PIX: 175e05ce-5f6e-42f7-ae88-5b8872670ebc Segue a gente: Gisele | Lucena | PC | Flesh Convidado: Allan Douglas Redes Sociais: YouTube | Instagram | Twitter Link: Dragon Age Keep E-mail: podcastforadocontrole@gmail.com
This is Reignite, Kirkwall's only true crime podcast. Today we bring you the first part of a gruesome string of murders spanning over 3 years. From tracking a missing noble woman who possibly ran away from her dreadful husband, to uncovering a conspiracy of missing women, our investigator scours Kirkwall from High Town to Low following the trail of a killer. Not even blood magic can stop our investigator in their hunt. This is part one of The White Lily Murders. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. In lieu of Fandom Corner, please visit nativehope.org and fromthebottomupfoundation.org to learn more about the ongoing crisis of missing black and indigenous women in the USA. You can find the show on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Bluesky and Facebook! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!
After a week on Shetland (listen to part 1 of this two-part podcast), The Cycling Europe Podcast takes the late-night ferry south to Kirkwall on the islands of Orkney. Following a day spent exploring the capital, Andrew Sykes cycles west for three nights of camping in the historic town of Stromness. From here he heads first to Hoy, home to the spectacular beach and cliffs at Rackwick and the Scapa Flow Museum where he discovers more about the wartime importance of the deep water harbour. After spending a day off the bike investigating the delights of Stromness itself, Andrew cycles off on a journey around the mainland taking in prehistoric Skara Brae and the bucolic Brough of Birsay before a return to Kirkwall and his ferry home via Aberdeen.
The Holyrood Sources Island Tour continues at the Orkney Distillery in Kirkwall and Calum, Geoff and Andy are joined by new local Liberal Democrat MSP for Orkney, Liam McArthur, Scottish Labour Economy Spokesperson Daniel Johnson and Scottish Government Business Minister Ivan McKee to pick apart the details of immigration, housing, skill retention and so much more. The Islands Tour is powered by SSE. This episode is sponsored by Port of Aberdeen. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/holyroodsources. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/holyroodsources. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Begleiten Sie uns auf dieser besonderen Podcast-Episode, in der wir mit Ihnen die Höhepunkte und unvergesslichen Momente unserer Eisexpeditionen.de-Gruppenreise „Auf den Spuren der Wikinger“, die uns von Kopenhagen über Skagen, Haugesund, Lerwick und Kirkwall bis nach Aberdeen führte. Niklas Luka Krause, ein leidenschaftlicher Polarreisender, war auf dieser Reise unser Gast und teilt in diesem Interview seine faszinierenden Einsichten und persönlichen Erlebnisse. Von atemberaubenden Landschaften über die reiche Geschichte der Wikinger bis hin zu den modernsten Technologien der Ocean Albatros, die diese Reise möglich machten. Verpassen Sie nicht diese inspirierende Episode, in der Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft auf einer Reise voller Entdeckungen, Geschichte und nachhaltigem Reisen verschmelzen. Tauchen Sie ein in die Welt der Expeditionskreuzfahrten und lassen Sie sich von Niklas Luka Krause und der majestätischen Ocean Albatros zu Ihren eigenen Abenteuern inspirieren.
With Varric in our party, we have a lot of opportunities ahead of us. We check in on our old friend Aveline, get more information out of Varric, visit our uncle's terrible house, and make a new friend who immediately puts our lives in danger. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. You can find the show on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Bluesky and Facebook! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!
And so we leave behind the Hero of Ferelden and move on to a new story. Varric Tethras, a dwarf is dragged in to sit before the Seeker, Cassandra Pentaghast. She is looking for The Champion and believes that Varric can reveal where they are. Sit back and attend the tale of the Champion of Kirkwall. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music You can find the show on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Bluesky and Facebook! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!
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Special Guest of Louise Scollay of Wool Work when we met up for a weekend in Kirkwall in Orkney.
Can you SMELL what the Hawke is cooking? Dragon Age II had a mixed critical reception back in March of 2011, so we're giving it a fresh perspective in March of 2024. Today's Retro Encounter panel makes an exodus to Kirkwall to determine how they feel about DA2's excellent characters and dialogue juxtaposed with DA2's one-city setting and rigid timeframe? Listen and find out! Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Audra Bowling, Aleks Franiczek, Wes Iliff; Edited by Michael SollosiOpening and ending music by Miles MorkriGet in Touch:RPGFan.comRPGFan ShopEmail us: retro@rpgfan.comTwitter: @rpgfancomInstagram: @rpgfancomFacebook: rpgfancomTwitch: rpgfancomDragon Age II on RPGFan
Mainland, die Hauptinsel der Orkneys, nördlich des schottischen Festlands: Leicht gekräuselt liegen die tiefblauen Wasser zwischen sanften, grünen Hügelketten. Doch der harmonische Eindruck täuscht. Schon die Zufahrt ist nautisch ein anspruchsvolles Gebiet, in dem Atlantik und Nordsee wild aufeinandertreffen. Stein und Meer sind die bestimmenden Elemente des Archipels der immerhin 62 schottischen Inseln, von denen allerdings lediglich 16 bewohnt sind. Schon vor mehr als tausend Jahren ankerten die Wikinger mit ihren Langschiffen im Hafen von Kirkwall: Scapa Flow. Die geschützten Gewässer haben im Laufe der Jahrhunderte eine wichtige Rolle gespielt für Reisen, Handel und Konflikte: Der deutsche U-Boot-Kapitän Prien greift 1939 mit einem einzigen Boot die größte Flotte der Welt an, die hier ankern sollte. Mehr als 800 Menschen sterben. Als Reaktion lässt Premierminister Churchill vier Barrieren aufschütten. Sie schließen die Fahrrinnen zwischen den Inselchen im Osten und haben das Gesicht der Inseln verändert. Ob in der Kapelle der italienischen Kriegsgefangenen, beim neolithischen Steinkreis oder bei den „Churchill Barriers“ - der Besuch in Kirkwall auf den schottischen Orkneys ist immer auch eine Reise in die Geschichte. Eine Reportage von Thomas H. A. Becker
On this week's episode, Shelby and Austin take a journey across the Waking Sea to Kirkwall to discuss the elven-associated and spider-like creature, the Varterral. We discuss all we know about this creature, including the myth of its creation. After the break, we take a journey into Ferelden to discuss a side character that we know quite a bit about–Donal Sutherland. Want to chime in on the conversation? You can become a patron at the First Enchanter tier or higher and join us ON THE SHOW! https://www.patreon.com/dalorecast We're launching MERCH! Make sure you join our patreon as an Antivan Crow tier or higher patron to get the quarterly stickers. With certain tiers, you can even join us ON THE SHOW! Check out our NEW WEBSITE! cupspodcasting.com If you love our merch, check out the artist behind the designs! https://libanezink.wixsite.com/libanezart If you enjoyed our podcast, give us a rating and review on Apple and/or Spotify! We'll even read your review out on the show! Join our The Cups Podcasts discord server where we dive deeep into Dragon Age discussions. https://discord.gg/fxR2WVDNhP Join the Robots Radio discord server to join the fun! You can also send us your Heroes, Hawkes, and Heralds to be featured on the podcast! https://discord.gg/AW5Wc4kgZb You can also find us on Twitter at @DALorecast, and you can dm us or email us side character suggestions (dalorecast@gmail.com). Music by Pipeman Studios Website designed by H-I-T Media Solutions Merch designed by Lauren Ibañez Ink Sources: The World of Thedas Encyclopedia, vol. 1, page 174 Tevinter Nights, Callback Magekiller The Masked Empire Codex: The Varterral, DAO The Varterral, DA2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Vi besøker Orkenøyene og St Magnus katedralen. Over to episoder får vi vite hvorfor den en av Norges to middelalderkatedraler ligger i lille Kirkwall på Orkenøyene.
In this episode, Satsunami and Andrew discuss the kilted caretaker himself Groundskeeper Willie! How good is Willie's accent? Does he leave a good impression in the minds of his fellow Scots? And what the heck is a Kirkwall?! All this and more on this character study episode!Patrons: Battle Toaster SoniaUse my special link zen.ai/chatsunami and use chatsunami to save 30% off your first three months of Zencastr professional. #madeonzencastr
In this episode, Satsunami and Andrew discuss the kilted caretaker himself Groundskeeper Willie! How good is Willie's accent? Does he leave a good impression in the minds of his fellow Scots? And what the heck is a Kirkwall?! All this and more on this character study episode!Patrons: Battle Toaster SoniaUse my special link zen.ai/chatsunami and use chatsunami to save 30% off your first three months of Zencastr professional. #madeonzencastr
Orkney's main town of Kirkwall may be more practical than pretty, but the locals who stroll its pedestrian-only main drag all seem to know each other. For European travel information, visit https://www.ricksteves.com.
Orkney's main town of Kirkwall may be more practical than pretty, but the locals who stroll its pedestrian-only main drag all seem to know each other. For European travel information, visit https://www.ricksteves.com.
François Matarasso reads a presentation that he originally gave as a lecture in Kirkwall, in Orkney, on 27 September 2014. He begins by considering the poet Robert Rendall, who “was, like many Orcadians, something of a polymath, publishing on literature, natural history, archaeology and theology as well as being a painter, a fisherman and a successful businessman. Shore Poems was Rendall's third collection and though Edinburgh and London critics may have neglected it, the book was appreciated in Orkney, where the author was held in high regard”. The specificity of the poems - the “particularly Orcadian balancing of here and there” - leads to a discussion of wider aspects of Orcadian culture and the implications of Dunbar's number in this context. Echoing Wendell Berry, François notes that “Everywhere is not the same and the people who live there are not the same either. The culture of Orkney is the unique creation of interaction between people and place, coming and going, over centuries”.
Mark is joined by comedian Fred MacAulay and Elliot Steel as he tries to make sense of Rishi Sunak, the Qatar World Cup – and why Kirkwall in Orkney was voted the happiest place to live in Scotland.Plus, Mike Concrete interviews a Scottish health expert – and a woman that Mark overheard in a cafe complaining about the new Prime Minister (her daughter Nectarine wanted to have a go at it).Get ad-free extended episodes, early access and exclusive content on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/wtfisgoingonpodFollow What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel on Twitter @wtfisgoingonpodFollow Fred MacAulay @fredmacaulayFollow Elliot Steel @elliotsteelcomAnd visit our website www.whatthefisgoingonpodcast.co.uk for more information.See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN?Learn about folk culture and heritage with Evan Hatch, Executive Director of Folkmoot USA. Listen to this episode, as he dedicated this to all folks who carry forward their heritage through music, dance, and song!EPISODE SUMMARY:What's the Folkmoot USA all about? Discover all about the Folkmoot USA with Evan Hatch on our podcast! Tune in as Joseph interviews Mr. Hatch, an expert folklorist with almost two decades of experience as a Grammy Award-winning record producer, event production coordinator, vernacular artist, documentary filmmaker, and recorder of oral history, as well as holding high-level management experience with some of the most prestigious cultural organizations in the Southeast. Hatch is currently the Executive Director of one of the oldest and most popular educational centers and festivals in the Southeast—Folkmoot – with headquarters in Waynesville, N.C. He holds degrees from both UNC and Ole Miss and resides in Waynesville. He's going to tell us all about the Folkmoot USA, including what it is and how you can get involved! He will also share what makes this festival so unique, as well as how he got involved in this industry and how he got started. Don't miss this episode! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanhatch22/ Website: https://www.folkmoot.org/EPISODE QUOTE: “If you want to get to know your future ancestors I would definitely talk about going to my website, Narrate Project, which is a business I;'m still running and still love to do.” Tune in for this fun conversation at TalkRadio.nyc or watch the Facebook Livestream by Clicking Here. SHOW NOTESSEGMENT 1Originally from North Carolina, 1980 to 2000. His father was in the military so they traveled a lot as a family and in his retirement, they settled in North Carolina. He returned to school in 1996 to find his career interest. He recalls his teachers as brilliant and experts with interesting backgrounds. High/ popular culture has caused the folk culture to be looked down upon.SEGMENT 2He won a Grammy for Best Album Notes in 2008 and goes into detail behind the inspiration of his work for that award. Bill Monroe was inspired by black artists and he praises musicians who are not racists and truly care about music and collaborations. He gets hired to do extensive interviews with families' loved ones, so they can hold onto their legacy through his work. Ethan gives a shout-out to Folkstream.net, which has the best documentaries of folks from the 1950s. The festival that he had the most fun organizing is The National Folk Festival in Nashville.SEGMENT 3Folkmoot has been around for 38 years as a festival and the organization has been around for 50 years. The meaning of Folkmoot is “meeting of people '' and the creator, Dr. Border was inspired by the European folk festivals. The Folkmoot Friendship Center is taking part in renting out a historic school's classrooms which date back to 1935 and was founded by WPA. People can use it as galleries and workspace. Soar Academy also provides outdoor school.SEGMENT 4Since the Folkmoot Summer Fest will be smaller they are enabled to invest in Fal and Spring programming. 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Fillmore name is Jackson their brand of Americana music is infectious blend folk light rock blues jazz touch of traditional country.00:03:18.360 –> 00:03:30.990 Joseph McElroy: They met through a mutual friend and that and that first group know realize that they had something special so come on over to the metal or motel and there's also a Barbecue and and and another find.00:03:32.640 –> 00:03:41.490 Joseph McElroy: Things to enjoy starting at 6 pm and the mission is free for hotel guests and imperatives club members and it's just $10 for everybody else.00:03:42.060 –> 00:03:56.610 Joseph McElroy: So rsvp is required for the Barbecue dinner so call eight to 89261717 for tickets and come enjoy some food and bbq now some of you might know that there was recently a.00:03:57.750 –> 00:04:01.320 Joseph McElroy: A viral event on tick tock or.00:04:02.700 –> 00:04:20.520 Joseph McElroy: cloggers from Western North Carolina especially specifically down on Jonathan creek here in a wood county went viral and got seen by like 100 million people's names ED and he's part of the J creek cloggers and so they're coming to the metal Arc motel on July 30 at 7:30 pm.00:04:21.960 –> 00:04:22.680 Joseph McElroy: We have.00:04:23.790 –> 00:04:31.200 Joseph McElroy: two great mountain heritage events put on by the metal Arc smoky mountain heritage Center and also include an evening at dinner and dancing.00:04:32.460 –> 00:04:50.640 Joseph McElroy: begins with the bbq had six and then the performance of the jquery cloggers at 730 and that's that includes music, they will perform a bunch of examples of traditional mountain dancing as well as teaching the audience several fun dance steps there's going to be.00:04:52.200 –> 00:05:00.420 Joseph McElroy: interactive performance or everybody will get to dance and then there'll also be a short talk by Kim Ross who was on the show here a few weeks ago.00:05:00.810 –> 00:05:17.130 Joseph McElroy: On the history, and traditions of mountain dancy so Dr you grab your partner and come on by admission is free for hotel guests and parents come Members as 20 bucks for people that are not a standard hotel just call eight to 89261717 to reserve your spot.00:05:18.180 –> 00:05:31.200 Joseph McElroy: And then, a big event we got coming up August 12 or 13th is a songwriters can, and this is a, this is a serious one, this is a Grammy award-winning songwriters you got Jim Lauderdale who's written.00:05:31.680 –> 00:05:42.240 Joseph McElroy: hits many of George strait's it he wrote that song king of the broken hearts and then you got Charles Humphrey The third is another grammy award winner, along with the.00:05:42.900 –> 00:05:49.860 Joseph McElroy: Award-winning artists, such as their Nicholson clay mills and Charles chambers.00:05:50.460 –> 00:05:58.860 Joseph McElroy: And you know Darren Nicholson one of the main musicians and balsam range as big around these parts so it's going to be a fantastic event.00:05:59.220 –> 00:06:08.910 Joseph McElroy: it's going to be a two-day event of interactive songwriting instruction so there'll be both candles but they're also be working individually with all the arts.00:06:09.840 –> 00:06:21.210 Joseph McElroy: world-class musicians and they'll get a DEMO tape producer one of your songs they're also a concert on a Friday night by the songs from the road band.00:06:22.620 –> 00:06:34.290 Joseph McElroy: Which is Charles Humphreys band, and then a Barbecue dinner and all-star concert with all those artists, on Saturday night, this is a unique event like no other and space will be limited, ensure that everybody gets attention.00:06:35.370 –> 00:06:52.860 Joseph McElroy: So the songwriter campus 678 $75 a person includes all the activities and DEMO tape and everything else, and you also can get yourself a room at the middle like motel if you're coming from out of town and it also includes dinner and breakfast and things like that.00:06:54.210 –> 00:07:06.810 Joseph McElroy: If there's also a limited number of tickets available for just coming to the concerts either on Friday or Saturday night so call eight to 89261717 to get your ticket and reserve your space.00:07:08.730 –> 00:07:21.360 Joseph McElroy: Somebody knows a lot about events Now is our guest tonight his name is David hatch he's an expert folklorist with almost two gay two decades of experience as a grammy award-winning.00:07:21.720 –> 00:07:28.950 Joseph McElroy: record producer event production coordinator vernacular artists documentary filmmaker and recorder of oral history.00:07:29.370 –> 00:07:37.170 Joseph McElroy: As well as holy high-level management experience with some of the most prestigious cultural organizations in the southeast.00:07:38.070 –> 00:07:47.790 Joseph McElroy: hatches Evan hatches is currently the executive director, of one of the oldest and most popular educational centers and festivals in the southeast folks.00:07:48.300 –> 00:08:05.040 Joseph McElroy: With headquarters, right here in haven county in Waynesville North Carolina he holds degrees from both unc and old mess resides and waiting for, where he enjoys cooking camping photography, and reading and is limited spare time I don't know how he has a spare time how you doing.00:08:06.360 –> 00:08:09.510 Evan: I'm good Joseph thanks for having me here thanks for making me sound like.00:08:10.590 –> 00:08:15.480 Joseph McElroy: A listen when you do accomplishments it doesn't take much does that make you sound good because you are.00:08:17.460 –> 00:08:20.850 Joseph McElroy: So you said you're only been here for three and a half weeks and welcome a wood county.00:08:21.090 –> 00:08:23.490 Evan: Right three and a half months but it.00:08:24.000 –> 00:08:25.410 Evan: might mean a half yeah.00:08:27.180 –> 00:08:28.200 Joseph McElroy: it's all right well.00:08:28.860 –> 00:08:38.250 Joseph McElroy: Well I'm so excited that you gotta know this new job both books as I used to do some great things, but first I want to talk a little bit about your background.00:08:38.610 –> 00:08:42.180 Joseph McElroy: sure how you've worked, both in North Carolina and Tennessee Where are you originally from.00:08:43.050 –> 00:08:45.750 Evan: I'm actually from North Carolina I grew up in North Carolina.00:08:46.830 –> 00:08:55.230 Evan: Graham North Carolina's my hometown and I was raised there from let's say 1980 and.00:08:55.710 –> 00:09:10.290 Evan: to 2000 you know, and so I was born in California actually moved around my dad was in the military for a little while and then he retired and we settled down in a small town North Carolina Graham write down and try.00:09:11.220 –> 00:09:18.360 Joseph McElroy: it's right yeah I spent a number of years in the Durham wait for Jerry Raleigh Durham area.00:09:19.920 –> 00:09:22.950 Joseph McElroy: Though you know a middle stage is also a lovely place.00:09:24.240 –> 00:09:27.510 Evan: 20 minutes from there, but yes, I spent a lot of time there myself yeah.00:09:27.720 –> 00:09:28.980 Joseph McElroy: yeah no i've.00:09:29.460 –> 00:09:29.910 Evan: grown it.00:09:31.860 –> 00:09:36.360 Joseph McElroy: How did your love for folklore cultural history music begin and.00:09:38.280 –> 00:09:43.710 Evan: Good question man, and you know, sometimes I've asked myself that over and over and over again, you know I would say.00:09:45.210 –> 00:09:53.640 Evan: um I went I started college a little bit too early and I had too good of a time in my first couple of years.00:09:54.660 –> 00:10:03.090 Evan: After I decided to kind of get serious went back to school and in 1996 and I started taking classes.00:10:04.380 –> 00:10:16.200 Evan: In what my parents said just try stuff find out what you like see what you enjoy and I started taking classes and folklore and American studies and I found.00:10:16.680 –> 00:10:26.430 Evan: I really enjoyed these classes, because my teachers were brilliant they were so smart and they were so entertaining and they had just like.00:10:26.850 –> 00:10:36.270 Evan: They got to study things that I just thought were super cool and one teacher who was an expert on coney island in the 19 you know, in the heyday and.00:10:39.270 –> 00:10:49.860 Evan: wow yeah another Professor Robert Cantwell wrote a book called ethno mesas and also we're about a bluegrass break day, so these books, although.00:10:50.400 –> 00:11:10.320 Evan: Very academic and above my head, it was just cool to be able to study you know stuff that I thought that you know that the common every day the things that surround us all the time and the history of the folk you know I find that to be really, really fascinating I am.00:11:11.520 –> 00:11:15.990 Evan: You know it's hard to look at it's not really a correct way of looking at it, but if you look at.00:11:17.280 –> 00:11:20.700 Evan: Culture saying you want to look at it through the lenses of.00:11:21.780 –> 00:11:31.140 Evan: Music you got you to know your high culture, which is very you know very respected and academic and if you look at music, you can say that's simple.00:11:32.310 –> 00:11:48.330 Evan: If you're looking at pop music, you could say well that's lady gaga or and then you can start looking at folk music and it's you know it's traditional fiddles that's what you know people have been playing for years and years for fun and.00:11:49.380 –> 00:11:59.490 Evan: And for living and for you know and just to be bearers of culture and I just find that stuff absolutely fascinated often seem that people respected high culture.00:12:00.810 –> 00:12:02.190 Evan: And that.00:12:03.300 –> 00:12:11.400 Evan: There is some sort of inherent coolness and outsiders do not have to look at folk culture and I.00:12:12.300 –> 00:12:12.930 Joseph McElroy: Would you say.00:12:13.050 –> 00:12:15.060 Joseph McElroy: What do you say hi culture is actually.00:12:16.110 –> 00:12:23.220 Joseph McElroy: it's it's more of a just fashion choices necessarily as a quality choice, I mean I think a lot of folk.00:12:24.840 –> 00:12:39.870 Joseph McElroy: folk what we consider folk entertainment is actually quite high quality but it's you know the fashion, is you know Jen driven by you know decisions and not necessarily even in the nature of the music and.00:12:40.920 –> 00:12:42.810 Joseph McElroy: arts things like that right.00:12:42.840 –> 00:12:53.190 Evan: The total Joseph that stuff combines right you think Aaron Copeland the great American composer he was writing about American folk subjects you think of Ricard Wagner little ride of the valkyries.00:12:54.390 –> 00:13:00.930 Evan: he's a silly wrote a symphony but he wrote it about a German folk tale, so all this stuff online forms one.00:13:02.070 –> 00:13:06.090 Joseph McElroy: All right, well, we got we were hitting our first break already so um.00:13:06.570 –> 00:13:07.620 Evan: yeah yeah.00:13:07.710 –> 00:13:10.590 Joseph McElroy: yeah I I talked to us but.00:13:12.420 –> 00:13:17.310 Joseph McElroy: So we will come back we'll talk more about your background and get away with stuff you're doing today to.00:13:18.000 –> 00:13:18.630 Evan: That sounds great.00:13:19.680 –> 00:13:20.190 Evan: Thanks Joseph00:15:36.450 –> 00:15:52.260 Joseph McElroy: howdy this is Joseph Franklin McElroy back with the gateway to the smokies podcasts and my guest Evan Hutch so Evan so you ended up graduating from Carolina and then a paid your masters at Ole miss.00:15:52.350 –> 00:15:53.370 Joseph McElroy: And then you had.00:15:53.880 –> 00:16:05.790 Joseph McElroy: have had a successful two-decade career that's actually spanned a lot of variety of interesting fields and hopefully, we'll get into a little bit of that, but the one that jumped out to me, you know, being an artist.00:16:06.900 –> 00:16:20.700 Joseph McElroy: And performer myself, is that you, you were involved with spring fed records and you want to Grammy Award for producing an album so tell me about the spring federal records and how you became involved and what was the Grammy awards.00:16:22.140 –> 00:16:40.920 Evan: moved to Tennessee in 2002 we started a record label over at the art Center Camden county the idea was to highlight some of the hillbilly music, that was the pro country that led to the beginnings of bluegrass music and old-time music so.00:16:42.030 –> 00:16:48.690 Evan: We took a lot of historical recordings that were in archive stuff that hadn't been heard, except by you know.00:16:49.230 –> 00:16:58.800 Evan: Musicologists are people who recorded them and years and worked closely with the families to reissue those records and clean them up on audio.00:16:59.100 –> 00:17:08.190 Evan: offered really strong liner notes, so that people could kind of understand their history of the recordings, the first thing we did was uncle Dave making at home, he was the.00:17:08.850 –> 00:17:16.620 Evan: King of the hillbillies he was the first superstar of the grand Ole opry and one of the greatest entertainers ever country music.00:17:17.820 –> 00:17:22.470 Evan: We also did a really strong Corey with salmon Kirkwall key who are.00:17:23.610 –> 00:17:33.840 Evan: Co conspirators are co creators with uncle Dave making and one of the first brother do those on the grand Ole opry and all those guys I understood showmanship you know kind of that still goes through.00:17:34.650 –> 00:17:43.800 Evan: That still go through country music today that kind of joking, and the costume where and and and you know people really engage with the audience as entertainers.00:17:44.310 –> 00:17:44.880 Joseph McElroy: You also.00:17:45.990 –> 00:17:48.480 Joseph McElroy: Get the legendary blues man john heard on there wasn't.00:17:48.660 –> 00:17:53.400 Evan: We didn't that's correct, yes, and that was actually a recording that was made in 63.00:17:54.300 –> 00:17:55.830 Evan: long after john hurt.00:17:56.130 –> 00:18:03.930 Evan: finished his recording career and this crazy dude from Bob Hoskins excuse me, Tom Hoskins.00:18:04.410 –> 00:18:16.110 Evan: drove all the way down from Washington DC and he was going to go pay his respect john hurts grave site and when he found up wound up in Avalon Mississippi he found Mr hurts still very much alive.00:18:17.520 –> 00:18:17.970 Evan: and00:18:18.300 –> 00:18:21.870 Evan: hit record, and that is, those recordings from 63.00:18:21.990 –> 00:18:28.680 Evan: From that john, hurt says wow you have a chance to a second career went back and started playing folk festivals.00:18:29.220 –> 00:18:30.060 Joseph McElroy: that's fabulous.00:18:31.290 –> 00:18:33.630 Evan: was pretty lucky to do that work with a family.00:18:34.200 –> 00:18:37.830 Joseph McElroy: And you have other iconic what you had other iconic black artists on there right.00:18:38.280 –> 00:18:47.940 Evan: yeah so the one that we won the Grammy for is called john work three recordings that culture john work with third was a classically trained composer.00:18:49.020 –> 00:18:59.280 Evan: But at the same time it's 1930s and 1940s, he worked at Fisk University, he also really appreciated folk music the brilliant thing about john work is that.00:19:00.060 –> 00:19:10.440 Evan: He was a like a trust classically trained composer so he can hear music and then write it down a notation so it didn't have to be recorded, but he could write it down.00:19:10.890 –> 00:19:19.050 Evan: So he did all these studies of a folk music can eat record and frazier and Patterson is a black string band country string band and nashville.00:19:19.500 –> 00:19:30.450 Evan: He recorded blues music in Georgia and sacred heart sing in northern Alabama just stuff that people, no one ever heard about he then came to be known, he was picked up.00:19:31.620 –> 00:19:47.010 Evan: befriended by Alan lomax who some of your viewers are probably know the right folklorist and together they recorded the Co houma county study in Mississippi and the Center of that study was a gentleman named mckinley Morgan field.00:19:48.090 –> 00:19:49.920 Evan: Who was later, known as muddy waters.00:19:50.490 –> 00:19:52.830 Evan: wow yeah somebody.00:19:55.410 –> 00:19:55.830 Joseph McElroy: Was.00:19:55.860 –> 00:19:59.910 Evan: very flattered to be recorded by these gentlemen, he said, well these guys want to hear me.00:20:00.690 –> 00:20:16.080 Evan: Maybe i'll grow up Chicago and become muddy waters and that's what he did so that was a 1942 record was made some of the end all those recordings were john works, and so we reissued those cleaned up the sound recordings and.00:20:17.160 –> 00:20:24.450 Evan: get some really extensive liner notes Bruce number of that wrote those that's what we won that grammy for best liner notes best.00:20:24.450 –> 00:20:26.340 Joseph McElroy: album what were you did you win the grammy.00:20:27.150 –> 00:20:29.550 Evan: oh eight I guess you could say.00:20:30.240 –> 00:20:42.990 Joseph McElroy: All right, so uh I don't know I don't have all your career milestones in chronological order, but you had you were an assistant director of an organization called black and global roots, can you tell me about that.00:20:44.850 –> 00:20:54.060 Evan: Yes, I worked with Dr CC conway CC is she's a professor at appalachian state and is one of the leading experts on.00:20:55.110 –> 00:21:05.430 Evan: The banjo and black culture and so she actually is one of the first people to trace those roots of the the banjo as it came from Africa and started to influence American music.00:21:06.390 –> 00:21:12.180 Evan: Actually, she is, I think, probably the most in most senior we're putting together the Carolina chocolate drops so she.00:21:13.440 –> 00:21:14.940 Evan: hosted them at the.00:21:16.080 –> 00:21:25.920 Evan: Black banjo gathering and appalachian state a few years ago and kind of put them all together and they went off to become the Carolina chocolate drops.00:21:26.580 –> 00:21:39.420 Evan: So what she wanted to do a data conway wants to do is to give venues and give audiences to underrepresented folk performers so so she would.00:21:39.900 –> 00:21:50.700 Evan: We be playing concerts and being able to pay, working artists to give them an audience they wouldn't usually here and that range from blues to cajun zydeco to.00:21:51.870 –> 00:21:56.550 Evan: Country music but mostly from underrepresented artists yeah and that was.00:21:57.030 –> 00:22:06.900 Joseph McElroy: It wasn't the introduction of the banjo really brought up the custom element to say a scratch iris ballad during and really created bluegrass.00:22:07.950 –> 00:22:15.240 Evan: I would say, so I mean I know the bill Monroe created bluegrass is definitely learned a lot that he learned from black musicians for sure.00:22:16.530 –> 00:22:31.020 Evan: And I think that's the coolest thing about musicians right is that they are kind of the first anti racist they don't care what color you are they don't care where you're from as long as you can play music you speak a common language and that gets passed a lot of stuff you know.00:22:31.740 –> 00:22:42.840 Joseph McElroy: Oh yeah so I was looking at a new, I was looking at your linkedin profile and you've been until you know you ever had a company called Mary what is nary.00:22:43.800 –> 00:22:44.280 well.00:22:45.420 –> 00:22:50.760 Evan: That was a probably ill conceived business that I started during during the coven.00:22:52.890 –> 00:22:55.740 Joseph McElroy: What better time to create a business that feel.00:22:56.280 –> 00:22:56.850 Evan: Like everybody.00:22:58.260 –> 00:22:58.650 Evan: Every.00:22:58.980 –> 00:23:04.230 Evan: Every feeble minded person I know started the business now i'm just kidding it's been a really great.00:23:04.770 –> 00:23:06.090 Joseph McElroy: run my business went to die.00:23:08.430 –> 00:23:19.080 Evan: Well yeah so we had lots of time and essentially it's all history business so families or people hire me to do extensive interviews with their loved.00:23:19.110 –> 00:23:28.470 Evan: ones, so that those interviews wow there are well researched and you know and deeply conducted then.00:23:29.010 –> 00:23:38.730 Evan: By doing that interview and recording that and essentially gives the legacy to the family, so that they can hold on to those recordings somebody.00:23:39.150 –> 00:23:50.220 Evan: yeah loved one before they pass away and the idea came, you know there's everybody always has a story about I wish i'd listened to my grandmother I wish I had saved.00:23:50.880 –> 00:24:00.390 Evan: Her last storytelling or I wish i'd say that last phone message, and if you don't it's too late and it happens to everybody so try not to wait.00:24:01.710 –> 00:24:14.580 Joseph McElroy: Now I I felt that you know I I recorded I did video tapes my grandmother and her brother, you know just a year so before she died because I i've always felt that need yeah.00:24:15.060 –> 00:24:22.530 Evan: Yes, it did it i'm glad this everybody's got a story to tell everybody's got knowledge to pass on.00:24:23.340 –> 00:24:33.180 Joseph McElroy: Now I don't know this term Bob you know plot who works with me, you know put together some information, he said, this is called vernacular art Is that correct.00:24:34.290 –> 00:24:41.580 Evan: um yeah I think that's a really good way of looking at it, I think that term to me, you know, because the vernacular as a as a as a way of speaking.00:24:42.120 –> 00:24:57.390 Evan: And that's what this artwork does is it a you know it puts it in a Community puts it in a place, but it also it's how it's how it's a common language that people share and that's communicated so yeah I think vernacular what's fair and good way this fabulous.00:24:58.500 –> 00:25:10.710 Joseph McElroy: Now shift yeah The more I look at your your your your history of us just a lot of things, I mean you are also been an event festival director and coordinator.00:25:11.910 –> 00:25:17.190 Joseph McElroy: Right and then you create a document documentary film on southern music what was that.00:25:18.240 –> 00:25:24.420 Evan: um well, let me say I did a couple of we did do a couple of documentaries.00:25:25.500 –> 00:25:28.230 Evan: And just I think your viewers my liking if I could plug.00:25:29.790 –> 00:25:34.830 Evan: Great website called folk streams.net.00:25:35.130 –> 00:25:35.580 Joseph McElroy: Oh it's.00:25:36.690 –> 00:25:53.730 Evan: The best collection of folk documentaries made from the 1950s forward and they're all available for free just for streaming on that website, you will find the coolest vernacular art forms on there anything from music to basket tree to.00:25:54.780 –> 00:26:01.050 Evan: You know pottery to dance, you know so all that stuff guys covered very well.00:26:02.790 –> 00:26:14.850 Evan: a couple of music documentaries that we made were they were again those three issues, so one my favorite I guess was Raul mash and that was a.00:26:16.290 –> 00:26:31.410 Evan: Sol Sol Korean and blame Dunlap had produced in the 1970s, a portrait essentially a video portrait of hamper mech be who is Tennessee's popcorn Sutton.00:26:32.040 –> 00:26:42.810 Evan: Essentially, he was like the greatest moonshot are the most famous moon shatter in Tennessee history, not to mention a fine balance Center he was a great.00:26:43.290 –> 00:26:58.080 Evan: roaring baritone acapella ballad singer and that movie raw mash which is available and folks streams, is basically a 30 minute portrait of hamper but also how to make moonshine from start to finish.00:26:58.650 –> 00:26:59.160 wow.00:27:01.350 –> 00:27:11.430 Joseph McElroy: That sounds good, thank you for the reference for that i'm gonna go i'm gonna go to that site start doubting my my new passion for vernacular art.00:27:13.230 –> 00:27:14.610 Evan: Do you like it.00:27:15.330 –> 00:27:26.730 Joseph McElroy: yeah and you've done a lot of festivals, he did the local fast and hillsborough and some others, what is the most notable or fun festival that you helped to originator develop.00:27:27.330 –> 00:27:36.750 Evan: Tom and it was it was a total failure, but it was the best festival I ever did it was a national boat festival in Nashville Tennessee and.00:27:38.070 –> 00:27:45.180 Evan: We didn't have like people we did it on Labor day weekend, not a great idea or nationals of free music town so.00:27:45.660 –> 00:27:50.310 Evan: Not everybody came out to it, because you can see, you know you can see, free music everywhere in nashville but.00:27:50.970 –> 00:28:10.740 Evan: content was amazing and we did the history of the music business, so we had tour buses, we had flatt and scruggs tour bus that people could tour, we had a modern tour bus we had hair cutters and hat show France costume makers like man well was out there, it was an amazing show.00:28:11.040 –> 00:28:11.580 Evan: wow.00:28:12.060 –> 00:28:24.120 Joseph McElroy: really well i'm i'm i'm impressed and, but I want to do now is take a break and then we'll come back and talk about your new position and what you're doing with the folks who ne ne we can.00:28:24.900 –> 00:28:25.980 Evan: Thanks Joseph sounds good.00:30:32.220 –> 00:30:39.240 Joseph McElroy: howdy this is Joseph Franklin McElroy back with the gateway to the smokies podcasts and my guest Evan Hatch, So Evan,00:30:39.780 –> 00:30:44.760 Joseph McElroy: I've been we've been talking about your career and some of the things we didn't get into but they're incredible is that you're.00:30:45.120 –> 00:30:52.740 Joseph McElroy: A director of programming in a forest folk art Center in Tennessee and then you were the director of programming for procedures organizations like the North Carolina.00:30:53.130 –> 00:31:09.150 Joseph McElroy: folklife life Institute, but what's exciting to me and those of us around the game with his focus is that you're now taking on a new role as the Executive Director of folk I'm sure you're excited about that.00:31:11.100 –> 00:31:17.430 Joseph McElroy: And, and for the sake of our audience may not know about it, can you tell us what Folkmoot is?00:31:18.510 –> 00:31:19.890 Evan: yeah you know.00:31:21.030 –> 00:31:30.450 Evan: I feel challenged by this task because there are so many people in this in this county and Haywood county you know so much more than I ever will about it.00:31:30.870 –> 00:31:35.880 Evan: And because I've taken this job three months ago it's become my job to talk about it.00:31:36.570 –> 00:31:47.580 Evan: My understanding of folkmoot is that it is a festival that has been around for 38 years and the Organization has been around close to 50 gentlemen named.00:31:48.270 –> 00:32:02.730 Evan: Dr. Borders, who was a surgeon here and Haywood county was a great lover of folk music and took some trips to Europe and experienced some folk festivals at the old English folk festivals.00:32:03.510 –> 00:32:07.200 Evan: which were also named folkmoot over there and then I felt moved.00:32:07.710 –> 00:32:22.980 Evan: As an old English term for a meeting of the phone so essentially it means folk meet that's what people come together they exchange ideas they exchange culture and dance and music probably some beer to I wouldn't be surprised.00:32:25.980 –> 00:32:34.230 Evan: So after seeing that he realized Dr border realizes that it's not that dissimilar from what's going on here and.00:32:34.620 –> 00:32:42.510 Evan: You know, in the great smoky mountains, there are people who play music who get together we share this dance through you know.00:32:43.320 –> 00:32:55.500 Evan: folk code culture, they get together they sing on front Porches they practice religion together they dance together and he thought that this was.00:32:55.950 –> 00:33:05.760 Evan: The parallels between English culture European culture and other folk cultures around the world was just all the same, and so it was a great opportunity to get all these folks together.00:33:06.660 –> 00:33:21.240 Evan: To you know to do this to bring the world to Main Street in Waynesville so 1984 was the first festival he had six-seven groups, I think, from around the world, Europe.00:33:21.900 –> 00:33:36.930 Evan: Asia, Africa, and South America, who came here and stayed with local audience day with local audience members and got together and dance for one another, they all realize.00:33:37.980 –> 00:33:43.800 Evan: stuff's all on the phone we all experienced this it's not that different it doesn't matter what color your skin is it doesn't matter.00:33:44.970 –> 00:33:50.550 Evan: What language do you speak there are things that cross all, yeah and that's the coolest thing about folk culture than.00:33:51.180 –> 00:34:08.790 Joseph McElroy: I was you know I got to see that the one I think I think in the first year back then yeah I love food for many years yeah I just I was just graduated from Duke and coming back and got the experience it before I head to head off to my career.00:34:09.960 –> 00:34:12.870 Evan: More than I do that's what were the two.00:34:13.230 –> 00:34:24.480 Joseph McElroy: I grew up with it yeah so I mean now I mean I think back then, it was just in Haywood County right is, I think I think it was at the stamping grounds right the first few.00:34:26.280 –> 00:34:28.770 Evan: yeah you stamping ground was historic.00:34:28.800 –> 00:34:31.170 Joseph McElroy: For performances it.00:34:31.470 –> 00:34:39.690 Joseph McElroy: started out the software now, which is about you know about three quarters, I mean less than half a mile away from the metal Arc where I'm sitting right now.00:34:40.170 –> 00:34:42.810 Joseph McElroy: So it was easy for me to walk up there and go to.00:34:45.600 –> 00:34:52.290 Joseph McElroy: But now, what is it it's in cities, all over the smoky reasons and as far east as hickory is that still the truth, the case.00:34:52.950 –> 00:34:57.540 Evan: A little bit changed, as you may know, Koba changed everything and.00:34:58.890 –> 00:35:07.590 Evan: So the festivals, in the past, the idea was to bring dancers from around the world to bring them to Waynesville as a central point.00:35:07.860 –> 00:35:23.430 Evan: And then to take that culture, cultural Gatorade and spread it out, you know hickory you know even down in the South Carolina but all you know counties all around North Carolina and Tennessee and those things so.00:35:24.660 –> 00:35:36.120 Evan: it's gotten hard to bring in international groups, especially since covid and so the festival over the years, became smaller just by necessity.00:35:36.570 –> 00:35:46.140 Evan: So this year we're focusing strictly on Haywood county and a lot in Maggie that so half of the festival is going to be down here in.00:35:46.590 –> 00:36:00.450 Evan: In Waynesville downtown and also the food friendship Center and hazelwood and then the other two performances are going to be at the magic valley festival ground which is probably another half a mile away from the song.00:36:01.590 –> 00:36:03.510 Evan: Beautiful as we just out there today.00:36:04.380 –> 00:36:12.120 Joseph McElroy: But actually very close to each other we're only half a mile from the festival grounds so we're all in with you guys on that yeah.00:36:13.380 –> 00:36:17.430 Joseph McElroy: yeah yeah you got to staging ground here, if you want to take advantage of it.00:36:19.170 –> 00:36:23.250 Joseph McElroy: yeah worry, we got a nice little pavilion for small three cursor shows.00:36:24.360 –> 00:36:25.320 Evan: To get an idea.00:36:25.680 –> 00:36:31.200 Joseph McElroy: yeah right yeah no I mean that I'm always a big believer in creating tastes before you create something.00:36:31.800 –> 00:36:42.030 Joseph McElroy: Do the big one, because it gets people all involved in stuff like that, but yeah This must be a logistical nightmare, because you bring in all these people from all over the world, and you have to house them.00:36:43.350 –> 00:36:44.760 Joseph McElroy: How do you manage all that.00:36:45.510 –> 00:36:56.940 Evan: So, again this year wasn't too hard, well, it is it, no it's a logistical nightmare that's fair, I think I have it easier than a lot of the festivals, in the past, and the fact that.00:36:57.390 –> 00:37:04.830 Evan: We don't have a lot of international groups, this year, so we haven't had to get folks to help with visas or anything like that we have.00:37:05.250 –> 00:37:14.670 Evan: International groups from within the US so we've got an Irish group coming from Chicago we've got a bit and swelling group coming from Miami we have.00:37:16.200 –> 00:37:30.270 Evan: A Ukrainian group promo and they're going to be driving down from Wisconsin all authentic you know of their country, but people who are just living here in the US now practicing it.00:37:32.070 –> 00:37:38.340 Evan: We also are going to be running a big old hotel that weekend, we have a lot of people staying with us at the folkmoot friendship Center.00:37:38.400 –> 00:37:44.190 Joseph McElroy: Oh that's right you guys got a big old building there right, so you can set up some campground sort of thing in there right.00:37:45.030 –> 00:37:55.230 Evan: we've actually got some books, probably a little better than army style last got a great big cafeteria here we're going to be feeding everybody trying to use local produce.00:37:56.250 –> 00:38:02.070 Evan: local food makes sure that everybody gets good, healthy meals before they go out and dance and perform so.00:38:04.080 –> 00:38:06.690 Evan: yeah everybody stay in here it's going to be a hootenanny.00:38:07.350 –> 00:38:12.930 Joseph McElroy: When you go international good I put in a plug for wife she has a travel agency, they do all that stuff.00:38:14.610 –> 00:38:16.110 Joseph McElroy: Oh yeah big time.00:38:16.890 –> 00:38:17.610 Evan: right there.00:38:17.640 –> 00:38:26.670 Joseph McElroy: that's great services that just do that all that's All they do is manage that the story I tell is that when we first got together, we wanted to go to.00:38:28.110 –> 00:38:40.500 Joseph McElroy: All of a sudden, we decided like at the beginning of the week, they wanted to go down to cartoon to mardi gras well essentially mardi gras it's called a carnival and that.00:38:41.280 –> 00:38:42.360 Joseph McElroy: Right, where she's from.00:38:42.390 –> 00:38:43.140 Evan: 20 years ago.00:38:43.410 –> 00:38:53.910 Joseph McElroy: yeah and turns out my passport is expired, but she arranged everything and within three days I get everything I was.00:38:54.990 –> 00:39:02.640 Joseph McElroy: Within you know from the moment of the decision to be another plane going down there were three days so but anyway.00:39:03.810 –> 00:39:04.620 Joseph McElroy: things can be done.00:39:06.300 –> 00:39:15.330 Joseph McElroy: But let's talk about we're talking about yeah I'm interested in funding your nonprofit, but this has to be costly and where's your funding coming from.00:39:16.950 –> 00:39:25.770 Evan: Well it's got you know the Organization has changed over time and one of the things that I am very proud of.00:39:27.750 –> 00:39:35.220 Evan: And I've grown up in this we don't see too many nonprofits that are entrepreneurial or as entrepreneurial as we are.00:39:35.730 –> 00:39:45.210 Evan: So that's how I learned a long time ago that nonprofits need to generate income to survive their business, just like any other business.00:39:45.840 –> 00:39:57.810 Evan: So some things that we're doing here at the folk move friendship Center, which is a 40,000 square foot historic school digging in 1935 built by the WPA Thank you, Roosevelt.00:39:59.490 –> 00:40:19.470 Evan: We have a large selection of school rooms former classrooms that are being rented out by some very talented artists, so we have really great rates, where people can come in rent the space use it as a gallery but also use it as a.00:40:20.640 –> 00:40:36.780 Evan: As a workspace or workshop, if you will, so we've got weaver's painters, we have glass artists costumes and and jewelers who rent space here and that helps to bring in income for us to.00:40:36.840 –> 00:40:45.420 Joseph McElroy: keep this building, but don't you ever been when i've got a tour of that place of a couple years ago and they were going to put it, a huge coffee shop there was somebody who do that, that that happened.00:40:46.080 –> 00:40:47.040 Joseph McElroy: Or to Coca Cola.00:40:47.220 –> 00:40:48.330 Joseph McElroy: Coca Cola and.00:40:48.330 –> 00:40:49.950 Evan: no idea what happened sounds like a good.00:40:49.950 –> 00:40:51.270 Joseph McElroy: idea Oh, they were gonna.00:40:51.300 –> 00:40:55.920 Joseph McElroy: They had planted has there been some remember, they were put into this like big coffee.00:40:57.060 –> 00:41:04.380 Joseph McElroy: shop and look it was gonna be really interesting there's a there's some place there that's a big open space, probably the previous cafeteria.00:41:05.640 –> 00:41:07.080 Joseph McElroy: Absolutely yeah so.00:41:08.700 –> 00:41:09.120 Joseph McElroy: yeah.00:41:09.450 –> 00:41:13.440 Evan: Well, another cool thing about is one of our renters is the soar Academy.00:41:13.800 –> 00:41:28.140 Evan: Which is experiential outdoor education group similar to say an outward bound, but actually that school is based here at folkman friendship Center so half of our building is a school nine months out of the year.00:41:28.920 –> 00:41:43.230 Evan: For kids who are you know the benefit from outside of classroom educational so they're all out in the woods learning survival and you know learning how to cook for themselves and learning how to you know.00:41:43.830 –> 00:41:57.360 Evan: To go to Costa Rica and speak Spanish and experiential education is where it's at you know really great program that they're here to and they use our cafeteria so that's, the problem is that that's why we don't have a coffee shop is they use that.00:41:58.470 –> 00:41:59.100 Joseph McElroy: I see.00:41:59.730 –> 00:42:00.030 Evan: That there.00:42:01.980 –> 00:42:17.280 Joseph McElroy: You got a lot of wonderful stuff going on, and you know, one of the things that I do is i've become something of an expert memorable tourism experiences and that's how i've you know def triple the size of the the meadowlark motel and what we're doing yeah focusing on.00:42:17.550 –> 00:42:26.670 Joseph McElroy: Just how do you how do you stimulate flash flashbulb memories that people keep coming back and it creates brand loyalty and revisit intention.00:42:27.270 –> 00:42:36.690 Joseph McElroy: there's a whole part of that academic studies about cultural and heritage, tourism, which I think you should be aware of, because there is.00:42:37.080 –> 00:42:46.680 Joseph McElroy: A way to really trigger that to bring people back again and again again and i'm gonna send that to you because I think what you're doing it's it's actually perfect.00:42:48.810 –> 00:42:49.140 Joseph McElroy: So.00:42:49.590 –> 00:42:50.310 Evan: The partnership.00:42:50.910 –> 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thing, and that is to make this Center the folk new friendships Center an inclusive organization for the arts and cultural exchange it's simple.00:46:04.380 –> 00:46:12.900 Evan: that's simple well simple but it's not easy one, so several ways that we're going to be doing on by making this photo booth.00:46:13.500 –> 00:46:27.180 Evan: Summer fest smaller festival then that's going to enable us to do some different kinds of programming in the fall and spring, so we can do other short smaller festivals, with different things could be beer could be food, it could be.00:46:28.890 –> 00:46:37.950 Evan: It could be strictly dance, it could be, you know a number of things any ideas i'm happy to hear about in addition we've got the.00:46:39.000 –> 00:46:46.770 Evan: We have monthly concerts through folk mood live, and those are here at the Queen auditorium 235 seat.00:46:47.100 –> 00:47:02.010 Evan: theater right here at folk move friendship Center actually we've been working with a friend of yours, Mr Bob plot, but the other mountain memories, which are themed shows where storytellers and musicians come together explore.00:47:02.820 –> 00:47:16.560 Evan: You know tributes to pass musicians, or you know themes such as you know, it could be civil war history of food or anything but really great idea that came from Bob plot, and my plane, really, really strong stuff.00:47:18.060 –> 00:47:25.200 Evan: I know that August is going to be really busy i've got an incredible Ethiopian string band coming in September 3.00:47:26.250 –> 00:47:36.270 Evan: That are not to be fooled with her name is quote unquote we have country music songwriters nights and we on August 23.00:47:37.470 –> 00:47:46.410 Evan: Forgive me, I may not have that date right, but all those all those things are going to be lined up we're going to be doing some great holiday performances it's basically stay busy.00:47:48.660 –> 00:48:01.950 Evan: keep the lights on and keep the money coming in and then write grants for special projects that you know we really want to see happen it's just staying busy it's like that duck you know it doesn't look busy on the top but underneath his pattern.00:48:02.370 –> 00:48:12.090 Joseph McElroy: I mean you got me you got a beautiful facility, and I mean you got a great history, and you know I know that there's been some cutbacks and.00:48:12.750 –> 00:48:18.210 Joseph McElroy: You know, in certain political organizations here and in the in the area, but.00:48:18.990 –> 00:48:37.020 Joseph McElroy: i'm 100% behind building to helping you guys build that up because it's a great cultural resource that people should get the opportunity to take advantage of it yeah and i'm 100% behind you, I think it's a fabulous same.00:48:38.160 –> 00:48:39.270 Evan: thing going to man.00:48:40.020 –> 00:48:41.310 Joseph McElroy: hey listen.00:48:41.460 –> 00:48:42.390 yeah metal.00:48:43.590 –> 00:48:58.890 Joseph McElroy: The Middle Arc is yeah it's it's about you know celebrating the mountain heritage and creating memories for people yeah and yeah and starting adventures and but you know i'm an artist, as well as a businessman.00:49:00.420 –> 00:49:02.610 Joseph McElroy: Oh yeah I actually you know this, if you.00:49:02.610 –> 00:49:13.470 Joseph McElroy: Can if you come to the speakeasy you'll see a lot of my artwork on the walls my early artwork from when I was a student there's a lot of you know, because it's a speakeasy there's a lot of news.00:49:14.940 –> 00:49:16.440 Joseph McElroy: But yeah but.00:49:18.840 –> 00:49:32.550 Joseph McElroy: I was as a painter but you know where I got this unknown I created I created on I created online performance art, where you physically and interact with computer and and doing it and i'm actually in some museums, for that.00:49:33.180 –> 00:49:33.390 Evan: Oh.00:49:34.350 –> 00:49:50.700 Joseph McElroy: that's fantastic oh yeah yeah so but yeah back in the audience late 90s and audio doing that it was great I got a lot of attention, but it didn't make a bit of money, because nobody knew how to buy a digital PR for this thing, so I ended up becoming a businessman.00:49:51.900 –> 00:49:58.320 Joseph McElroy: I still do a lot of interesting art stuff like that, but it's now an APP is an avocation not a vocation.00:50:00.060 –> 00:50:00.960 vocation was.00:50:02.580 –> 00:50:03.060 Joseph McElroy: that's.00:50:03.390 –> 00:50:12.960 Evan: that's what I thought folklore was to essentially I try to make a living out of what other people consider a hobby so it may not be the smartest thing in the world, but I think.00:50:12.990 –> 00:50:14.610 Evan: A link what content.00:50:15.810 –> 00:50:23.160 Joseph McElroy: Well, I think I think you know, I think that cultural institutions and hospitality has share thing where.00:50:23.610 –> 00:50:28.200 Joseph McElroy: You can actually express your creativity right and the things that you're interested in.00:50:28.770 –> 00:50:38.640 Joseph McElroy: yeah so I'm expressing my creativity, through hospitality, you know, in terms of how you design the rooms, how you design you know, the thing the amenities, and things you're giving people so.00:50:39.240 –> 00:50:49.050 Joseph McElroy: You know so you've been here Bo and Haywood county now for about three months, and besides folk mood what's your favorite?00:50:50.010 –> 00:50:57.930 Joseph McElroy: Somebody coming visit here what you, what do you recommend them go do or go eat or something that you think is a good tip for somebody new coming here.00:50:59.310 –> 00:51:16.770 Evan: Man I'm shameless self-promotion I love pumpkin beers great Mexican food I first had in Asheville amazing stuff the magic galley I've been there, I can't stop myself I keep going back and eating their fresh seafood.00:51:17.040 –> 00:51:26.130 Evan: seafood place yeah really great, and of course the Haywood county smokehouse hey we smoke glasses remarkably good place as well.00:51:28.620 –> 00:51:34.380 Evan: You know I would say sit on a porch somewhere and watch the sunset it's probably the best thing you can do in this county.00:51:35.580 –> 00:51:40.620 Evan: You know and or get up really early and have some coffee and watch the sunrise get either one.00:51:41.790 –> 00:51:42.150 Evan: and00:51:42.210 –> 00:51:42.540 Evan: that's.00:51:42.570 –> 00:51:50.850 Evan: Probably my favorite thing to do, since I've been here just sit down and take a breath.00:51:53.130 –> 00:51:58.410 Joseph McElroy: The relaxation, the people sit back and just enjoy the natural beauty here people love that.00:51:58.950 –> 00:52:10.410 Joseph McElroy: I mean a lot of it, you know we have a lot of front Porches here right because we're classically and motel so that's a lot of people just come just to sit out and have a party on the stoop.00:52:12.450 –> 00:52:13.830 Joseph McElroy: yeah we're just looking at it out and.00:52:14.580 –> 00:52:15.990 Joseph McElroy: talk with friends and.00:52:16.290 –> 00:52:22.320 Joseph McElroy: sit in a rocking chair and enjoy the country limited try this you know.00:52:24.240 –> 00:52:29.160 Evan: Gathering spot the stoop or the porch that's anyway and share.00:52:30.150 –> 00:52:38.010 Joseph McElroy: That well you know what you know growing up that was it the how the cupboard porch out front with rocking chairs sometimes people would couch the couch out there.00:52:39.210 –> 00:52:53.040 Joseph McElroy: And then enjoying life so is there some shout out some things you have to recognize our ways you want people to look you up or look at what you're doing or what what what're the things that people can find out more information.00:52:54.150 –> 00:53:04.770 Evan: Well, if you want to get to know your future ancestors I would definitely talk about going to my website and narrate project, which is a business I'm still running and still love to do.00:53:05.820 –> 00:53:22.770 Evan: Just this week, I interviewed a former provost at the University of North Carolina who has lived an absolutely fascinating life and just got able to talk to people and learn about them, I tell you there's wisdom all around folks it's around everybody and.00:53:24.000 –> 00:53:25.470 Evan: it's a great way to get to know your people.00:53:27.180 –> 00:53:31.710 Evan: shout out we love orchard coffee downtown.00:53:33.000 –> 00:53:38.760 Evan: run by one of our board members Cabo tice good folks down there, I wanted to say hello.00:53:39.960 –> 00:53:43.470 Evan: All the people I've met you know in this area.00:53:44.760 –> 00:53:56.160 Evan: I guess you know Bob plot being one of them, the gentleman and a scholar and really good, as you know, good gentleman work with I guess my biggest shout out would be to the staff.00:53:56.700 –> 00:54:13.110 Evan: Here at folk mood USA beth Harvey Mike McClain Jody Nichols Vivian pompous and Brett Pinkston all of who are just incredible people to work with.00:54:13.530 –> 00:54:13.950 Joseph McElroy: And so what's.00:54:14.760 –> 00:54:16.470 Joseph McElroy: what's the website, by the way.00:54:17.070 –> 00:54:18.150 Evan: folks move.org.00:54:18.660 –> 00:54:20.040 Evan: Okay sounds good.00:54:21.030 –> 00:54:22.050 Joseph McElroy: Facebook page too.00:54:22.860 –> 00:54:37.590 Evan: yeah there's Facebook I'm not a social media person I'm sorry yeah there's definitely you can search Facebook and hit folk maybe the USA all that stuff on social media is fantastic and that's all because of beth Harvey and the work that she does.00:54:38.790 –> 00:54:51.390 Evan: You know, it helps to be surrounded by people who are smart engaged engaging and dedicated yeah really helpful.00:54:51.750 –> 00:54:57.150 Joseph McElroy: Well, I wanna, thank you for being on the show today it's been a real pleasure, we should definitely have more conversations after this.00:54:59.040 –> 00:55:08.580 Joseph McElroy: Okay cool hey this podcast is on fate is on the talk radio dot nyc network, which is a live network 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In this week's episode, Austin and Shelby begin a new sub-section of episodes on the many, varied mercenary groups and crime syndicates of Thedas. This week's episode covers both The Carta, a dwarven crime syndicate, and The Coterie, the leading crime organization in Kirkwall. You might not remember The Coterie, or even The Carta. They're both fairly minor groups--so why are we covering them? Both The Carta and The Coterie play an integral role in your experience of Thedas. Up to two main characters can be apart of The Carta. Join us as we take a journey deep into the heart of crime with by examining these two groups. Become a Patron by joining our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/dragonagelorecast?fan_landing=true If you enjoyed our podcast, give us a rating and review on Apple and/or Spotify! We'll even read your review out on the show! Join our new Dragon Age Lorecast discord server where we dive deeep into Dragon Age discussions. https://discord.gg/fxR2WVDNhP Join the Robots Radio discord server to join the fun! You can also send us your Heroes, Hawkes, and Heralds to be featured on the podcast! https://discord.gg/AW5Wc4kgZb You can also find us on Twitter at @DALorecast, and you can dm us or email us side character suggestions (dalorecast@gmail.com). Sources: The World of Thedas Encyclopedia, vol. 2, pages 197, 159 Quests: A Note Addressed to Gamlen A Debt in the Family Mark of the Assassin Codex: Jarvia's Shank The Coterie First Legionnaire's Journal The Carta Darktown's Deal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
One mage with a challenge: lose it! One crazy week to make his sexy dream a reality. That's the 1980s sex comedy that is one part of one quest today as we cover the beginning of Act III in Dragon Age 2. Also: - BioWare's Ominous Tilty Cam - A 3D Puzzle Made of Meat - Johnny Joins the PC Police - A brief appearance by Carol Channing - Far too much Hot Gaming News This Week: We complete the Act 3 Companion Quests Next Week: We finish the Felicia DayLC and Legacy! Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcast Thanks to Steven Morris for his awesome new theme! You can find him at: https://twitter.com/BeigeOnBeige and https://www.youtube.com/user/morrissteven Contact Square Roots! Twitter: @squarerootspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/ Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com
Did you know that Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands, just north of Scotland, is the oldest Norwegian medieval town? Alright bois and boisettes, buckos and buckettes, welcome to Frothland. I am Foxfroth, just a guy, from Norway, no longer in my thirties, no longer homeless and just happy to be here tbh. There's a first time for everything and this is the first episode with a guest actually in the same room as me. My knackered little sister joins us just hours before her 5am flight back to Scotland. Again, sis, thank you for your time and just being you. Also a big thank you to you Michael for being her Mc Wonderful. She's on her way, big boi, and she's got a little something for you from me. Last, but not least, I want to thank you, my guy, for listening and being a part of Frothland. Remember, everyone has a voice in Frothland and if you want to be heard just go to: https://anchor.fm/foxfroth/message If you listen to Frothland on Spotify, why not take a little scroll down there in the browser and see if there is a poll or maybe a question, my guy? Not twisting your arm like a little sister or anything, but if you hit that follow button and take a minute to rate Frothland wherever you listen to your podcasts, that really helps. I keep forgetting to mention that, but this is just one of those rare moments I forgot to forget I guess. Music: Winter Walk - Smartface https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/aF1q6OAFgS/ We Kick It Like No One Else - Gloria Tells https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/vsqOxsbLmZ/ Always Sister - Velvet Moon https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/hIHdTBPz7N/ I am not being paid for this and she's not twisting my arm, I promise! But, if you like coffee, my guy... If you like coffee and music, why not check out mrmcoffee? https://www.instagram.com/mrm.coffee https://www.mrmcoffee.com/ #Podcast #Norway #Scotland #XMAS2021 #FROTHLAND --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/foxfroth/message
In this second episode, Shelby and Austin finish their dive into the Free Marches. We review their history and culture, while taking a deep dive into Starkhaven, and some of the other minor city-states in the Free Marches. You might be wondering what the other city-states in the Free Marches even are, and how much do we really know about them? And really, can they really be that different from Kirkwall? We answer these questions and more in this episode. In this second part, we look at the city-states of Starkhaven, Tantervale, and Wycome. If you enjoyed this podcast, give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. We'll even read your review out on the show! If you loved this podcast, you can subscribe to our Patreon! https://patreon.com/dragonagelorecast?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=creatorshare Sources: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 13, 25, 70, 71, 118, 127, 156-157 Last Flight, chapter 7, 8 Codex: The Free Marches The Enigma Of Kirkwall History of Kirkwall: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 Messages Left at the Outpost King Maric's Helm Vestments of Sacrifice You can find us on Twitter at @DALorecast. Email us side character suggestions at dalorecast@gmail.com. Learn more about the Robots Radio Rocket Club and become a member of the Discord server! https://discord.gg/AW5Wc4kgZb
In this first episode, Shelby and Austin take a two-part look into the Free Marches. We'll look at their history, their culture, and what makes them unique from the rest of Thedas. You might be thinking--isn't the Free Marches just Ferelden-lite? Or maybe you think all of the Free Marches is just like Kirkwall. Ever wondered why Kirkwall has such a high percentage of blood mages? We'll look at these similarities to Ferelden and Kirkwall, while also explaining how each city in the Free Marches is unique and answering all your questions along the way. In this first part, we focus Kirkwall and Ostwick. Make sure to subscribe to our podcast, and give us a review that we'll read out on the show. Sources: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, pages 13, 25, 70, 71, 118, 127, 156-157 Last Flight by Liane Merciel, chapter 7, 8 Codex: The Free Marches The Enigma Of Kirkwall History of Kirkwall: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 Messages Left at the Outpost King Maric's Helm Vestments of Sacrifice Speculations on Kirkwall You can find us on Twitter at @DALorecast. Email us side character suggestions at dalorecast@gmail.com. Learn more about the Robots Radio Rocket Club and become a member of the Discord server! https://discord.gg/AW5Wc4kgZb
We are discussing Dragon Age: Inquisition this week, which is another beloved game from Bioware, and boy, we have a lot to say about this one. This RPG from 2014 picks up where Dragon Age 2 left off, as Thedas erupts into conflict after the mage rebellion in Kirkwall. You play as a bystander that...
We are discussing Dragon Age: Inquisition this week, which is another beloved game from Bioware, and boy, we have a lot to say about this one. This RPG from 2014 picks up where Dragon Age 2 left off, as Thedas erupts into conflict after the mage rebellion in Kirkwall. You play as a bystander that is thrust into the center of this conflict when you get a green blob accidently stuck to your hand that has the power to mysteriously close these rifts that keep opening to the fade realm. We talk about the inquisitor's identity crisis, poor openings & empty spaces, being Andraste's chosen, pity dances from Josephine, and heartbreak from an egg. Time Stamps:00:14 Introductions02:20 Main Topic – Dragon Age: Inquisition 10:00 Dragon Age: Inquisition story discussion – contains spoilers!02:45:50 Dragon Age: Inquisition final thoughts02:46:37 What we're playing next (Fable, probably)51:05 Ending Spiel (What we're loving this week)From the show:Games featured in our Ending Spiel: Crusader Kings II. And our next minisode is about the Dragon Age: Inquisition - Trespasser DLC.Also, we ended up changing the game we are playing next after we record the ending of this episode, and will probably be playing Fable instead of Life is Strange: True Colors, but it's still in flux. Our Dragon Age: Origins episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/776315/3443071-dragon-age-origins-reviewOur Dragon Age 2 episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/776315/8101224-dragon-age-2-reviewDragon Age 4 Teaser Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7x685DxMcwThe dragon age keep allows players to alter the world state: https://dragonagekeep.com/en_US/The DLC with Corypheus from Dragon Age 2 is called Legacy. The Dalish facial tattoos are called Vallaslin. https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/VallaslinFind us:Website: https://utterlyunqualifiedgaming.com/Email: utterlyunqualified@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/utterlyunqualifiedgaming/Twitter: https://twitter.com/uugamingpodcastFacebook: http://facebook.com/utterlyunqualifiedMusical credit: "Into the Game" by SilentCrafter/ "Pixel Pig" by Di Young
IntroductionIn this episode Chris and Baz compare QE2 to QM2, Listener David shares his photos of QE arriving into Scotland, Baz introduces a new segment “Itinerary of the Week” and the latest cruise news from around the world.Support the PodcastThis podcast is only possible thanks to our supporters, simply buying a coffee keeps us on air. It is just like shouting your mate a coffee, and we consider our listeners close mates. https://bit.ly/2T2FYGXMaritime HistoryBaz and Chris compare the iconic liners QM2 and QE2 on size, speed, design and luxury.Check out Chris's video for more: https://youtu.be/AFgq-Pao8h8 Listener PhotosThanks to David in Scotland for sending in some great images of QE arriving into Greenock at sunrise. A few of them are in the show notes of todays episode.Image Credit: Cunard, Queen Elizabeth by David GoudieItinerary of the WeekJewel of the Seas – Mon 19 Sep 22 – 9nts – Tarragona (Spain) to Athens (Greece)Tarragona – at sea – Messina – Sicily (Italy), Zakynthos (Greece), Chania – Crete (Greece), Santorini (Greece), Rhodes (Greece), Kusadasi-Ephesus (Turkey), Mykonos (Greece), Athens (Greece)Contact your local CLIA cruise agent for availability and rates.Cruise NewsCarnival Cruise Line To Provide Carnival Glory To Support New Orleans Recovery Efforts From Hurricane IdaCarnival Cruise Line announced today that it has an agreement with the city of New Orleans and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide Carnival Glory for first responders housing through Sept. 18.Related to this announcement, Carnival will cancel Glory's cruise scheduled to depart on Sept. 12 and will plan to restart its guest operations with Carnival Glory from New Orleans on Sunday, Sept. 19. Carnival had already cancelled the Sept. 5 departure for Carnival Glory.Carnival Glory arrived at the Port of New Orleans on Friday and underwent a required U.S. Coast Guard inspection. The ship began provisioning food, water and materials to prepare for up to 2,600 hospital workers, first responders, city and utility workers and other emergency personnel to join the ship. The ship will stay in port and serve as emergency housing for frontline workers directly involved in the city's infrastructure recovery and healthcare needs.Holland America Line Announces Spring 2022 Return-to-Service Dates for Final Three Ships in the FleetBy late (northern) spring 2022, Holland America Line will have a complete fleet back to cruising with the restart of operations for Noordam, Oosterdam and Westerdam. Noordam will restart with a March 14, 2022, cruise in Japan; Oosterdam will begin cruising May 1 in the Mediterranean, and Westerdam will return to service May 8 in Alaska. The ships will join Eurodam, Koningsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Nieuw Statendam, Rotterdam and Zuiderdam, which have returned to service or are slated to restart cruising by December 2021. Volendam and Zaandam will return in May 2022.Noordam Plans Return to Service in JapanHolland America Line is working with Japanese authorities to begin cruising for Noordam next spring in Japan with four sailings scheduled.When Noordam sets sail in March, the ship plans to offer three 14-day cruises that deeply explore Japan. Sailing roundtrip from Yokohama (Tokyo), Japan, the ship makes several calls around the exotic country and with a one- or two-day visit on each itinerary to South Korea, Taiwan or Russia. The 14-day journeys can be combined to form 28-day Collectors' Voyages.In April, Noordam will cross the Pacific Ocean and sail a season in Alaska with cruises between Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Whittier, Alaska.Oosterdam Returns to the MediterraneanGuests eager to visit the Med next year can embark Oosterdam beginning with the May 1 departure. The ship will sail the season in the region, cruising between Civitavecchia (Rome) and Venice, Italy; and Barcelona, Spain, and Venice; or roundtrip from Venice on seven- and 12-day itineraries. Oosterdam will explore ports in Italy, Greece, Turkey, Montenegro, Croatia, Albania, France, Malta and Israel.Following a transatlantic crossing in November 2022, the ship will transit the Panama Canal and take a southerly route to offer a series of South America and Antarctica expeditions ranging from 14 to 22 days between Buenos Aires, Argentina, and San Antonio (Santiago), Chile.Westerdam Sets Sail for AlaskaWhen Westerdam returns on May 8, the ship will embark on a season of seven-day Alaska cruises roundtrip from Seattle, Washington. Come September, the ship will cross the Pacific Ocean and begin a season in the Far East offering a variety of 14-day itineraries from Singapore; Hong Kong, China; and Yokohama (Tokyo).Guests on January to May 2022 Cruises Will Move to 2023With these restart dates for Noordam, Oosterdam and Westerdam, cruises in Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and South America and Antarctica from January 2022 through the return-to-service departures will be cancelled.Seabourn Announces Updated Restart Date For Seabourn QuestSeabourn, the ultra-luxury cruise line, continues to work with various global government and port officials to develop plans for a full return of cruise travel. Seabourn has updated the restart of one of its remaining ships, Seabourn Quest, in time for the summer season in the Mediterranean on May 10, 2022.The ship will resume service in Europe, where it will spend its summer 2022 season homeporting from Venice, Italy. Seabourn Quest will visit the historic countries in the Adriatic and Ionian seas through mid-July before turning west and north to explore coastal destinations across Spain, Portugal, France and the United Kingdom.The revised restart date also means the brand is cancelling the 2021-2022 Antarctica and South America season on Seabourn Quest, which also includes the Amazon region. The line is currently operating two of the five ships in its fleet, Seabourn Odyssey and Seabourn Ovation.Oceania Cruises, has unveiled the Inaugural Season of voyage itineraries for Vista, the line's newest shipOceania Cruises, the world's leading culinary- and destination-focused cruise line, has unveiled the Inaugural Season of voyage itineraries for Vista, the line's newest ship. The 18 Inaugural Season voyages commence in April 2023 and will span more than 24 countries across four continents, from the ancient sands of Asia in the east to the glittering hills of Hollywood in the west. Vista's Inaugural Season voyages are now available for travellers and travel partners to preview online at OceaniaCruises.com and will open for sale on 16 September 2021.Inaugural Season HighlightsThe gala Maiden Voyage sails from Rome to Barcelona on 14 April 202318 voyages spanning more than 24 countries across four continentsSpanish, French, and Italian Rivieras; Greek Isles; Holy Lands of Turkey and Israel; Canary Islands; Wine Country of Spain, Portugal, and France; The British Isles & Ireland; Colonial America; and Panama CanalOvernight stays in Lisbon, Venice, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Bordeaux, Montreal, and New York CityVista's Inaugural VoyagesMaiden Voyage – Rome to Barcelona, 14 April 2023, 12 days Sorrento/Capri, Messina, Valletta, Florence/Pisa/Tuscany, Monte Carlo, Toulon, Port-Vendres, Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza, ValenciaBarcelona to Lisbon, 26 April 2023, 10 daysAlicante, Granada, Arrecife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Tangier, Lisbon (overnight)Lisbon to Venice, 6 May 2023, 14 days Seville, Málaga, Cartagena, Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona, Marseille, Monte Carlo, Rome, Sorrento/Capri, Messina, Dubrovnik, Venice (overnight)Venice to Athens, 20 May 2023, 12 daysSplit, Bari, Kotor, Mykonos, Kavala/Philippi, Istanbul (overnight), Ephesus, Rhodes, SantoriniAthens to Istanbul, 1 June 2023, 10 daysSantorini, Heraklion, Bodrum, Antalya, Limassol, Rhodes, Ephesus, Bozcaada, Istanbul (overnight)Istanbul to Rome, 11 June 2023, 14 daysIstanbul (overnight), Izmir, Santorini, Rhodes, Limassol, Jerusalem (overnight in Haifa and visit to Ashdod), Chania, Argostoli, Taormina, SalernoRome to Athens, 25 June 2023, 10 daysNaples/Pompeii, Messina, Valletta, Mykonos, Istanbul (overnight), Ephesus, SantoriniAthens to Venice, 5 July 2023, 10 daysMykonos, Istanbul (overnight), Ephesus, Corfu, Kotor, Dubrovnik, Venice (overnight)Venice to Rome, 15 July 2023, 10 daysSplit, Dubrovnik, Athens, Mykonos, Santorini, Argostoli, Taormina, SalernoRome to Barcelona, 25 July 2023, 10 daysNaples/Pompeii, Messina, Valletta, Florence/Pisa/Tuscany, Monte Carlo, Saint-Tropez, Marseille, Palma de MallorcaBarcelona to London, 4 August 2023, 14 daysMálaga, Tangier, Seville, Lisbon (overnight), Oporto, La Coruña, Bilbao, Bordeaux (overnight), Saint-MaloLondon to London, 18 August 2023, 12 dayEdinburgh, Kirkwall, Stornoway, Glasgow, Belfast, Liverpool, Dublin, Holyhead, Waterford, PortlandLondon to New York, 30 August 2023, 18 daysParis, Saint-Malo, Torbay, Cork, Belfast, Dublin, Killybegs, St. John's, Saint-Pierre, Saint John, Bar Harbor, Boston, NewportNew York to Montreal, 18 September 2023, 11 daysNewport, Boston, Bar Harbor, Saint John, Shelburne, Sydney, Saguenay, Quebec City, Montreal (overnight)Montreal to Miami, 29 September 2023, 15 daysMontreal (overnight), Quebec City, Saguenay, Sydney, Shelburne, Bar Harbor, Portland, Martha's Vineyard, New York (overnight), CharlestonMiami to Los Angeles, 16 October 2023, 16 days or Los Angeles to Miami, 3 November 2023, 16 daysGeorge Town, Cartagena, Panama Canal, Puntarenas, Corinto, Puerto Quetzal, Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas, Ensenada (3 November voyage operates in reverse order) Vista Highlights12 dining options, four of them brand new1,200 guests served by 800 crew members = two crew members for every three guestsThe most spacious standard staterooms at sea – more than 26 square metresAll Penthouse Suites and Staterooms feature large bathrooms with oversized rainforest showersAll Owner's, Vista and Oceania Suites feature luxurious soaking tubsPalatial Owner's Suites and top-of-ship Library styled exclusively in Ralph Lauren HomeNew Concierge Level Veranda Staterooms for Solo TravellersEight bars, lounges, and entertainment venuesAquamar Spa + Vitality Center and Aquamar Spa TerraceNCL Latest episode of EMBARK now liveNorwegian Cruise Line (NCL), the innovator in global cruise travel with a 54-year history of breaking boundaries, today premieres the next episode of EMBARK – the Series, “Welcome Aboard,” which will be live at 10am AEST at www.ncl.com/embark and Facebook.The Company's five-part docuseries chronicling its return to cruising journey continues with a behind-the-scenes look at its Great Cruise Comeback when Norwegian Jade becomes the first ship in the fleet to welcome guests back on board after 500 days.In this fourth episode, viewers will witness the emotional moments when crew reunite for the first time after many months, as well as their excitement to do what they do best – deliver memorable cruise experiences. The episode will showcase the final preparations to ready the ship before the first guests embark and Norwegian Jade makes history as the first ship in the NCL fleet to homeport in Athens.Celebrity Cruises Invites Consumers To See This Wonderful World AgainCelebrity Cruises, today launched a multi-million-dollar global advertising campaign enticing all consumers to reawaken their wanderlust and reconnect with the people and the world around them.With the tagline, “Journey Safe, Journey Wonderfull,” the campaign powerfully taps into the transformative wonders of experiencing the world from the perspective of a Celebrity ship. The campaign blends new luxury experiences with places and people at its heart, doubling down on a message of inclusivity. The campaign's television spot opens by posing the question, “How many precious moments have we missed?”, before taking the viewer on a journey filled with experiences and wonders one might not immediately associate with a cruise.Set to a remix of Louis Armstrong's iconic life-affirming ballad “What a Wonderful World,” the spot draws on the lyrics, enticing the viewer at every moment to return to experiencing the fullness of life. The spot also reminds viewers that there are new safety considerations in today's travel environment that Celebrity Cruises takes seriously. Like many other travel brands, Celebrity Cruises paused its operations in March 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic took hold. After nearly 16 months, it became the first cruise operator to sail with passengers from both North America, and then, the first to sail from a U.S. port when Celebrity Edge left Fort Lauderdale on June 26 for a seven-night cruise of the Caribbean.https://youtu.be/uQet84z_quECarnival Corporation to Provide Convenient Access to Pre-Board Testing (USA only) The world's largest cruise company, today announced a new initiative making pre-board testing more convenient and accessible for its guests. The effort will facilitate access to pre-cruise COVID-19 viral testing for guests of Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and Seabourn at more than 1,500 convenient Quest Diagnostics patient service centers and retail pharmacy testing locations throughout the U.S.The program helps streamline pre-cruise preparation for guests planning to sail aboard Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line or Seabourn. Currently, all guests, regardless of vaccination status, must present a negative COVID-19 viral test taken no more than three days before their embarkation, along with additional health and safety requirements. Beginning September 13, 2021 and after, in accordance with CDC directives, all vaccinated guests must present a negative COVID-19 viral test taken no more than two days before their embarkation (for example, if a cruise leaves on a Saturday, guests should schedule their tests for the Thursday before embarking). Details about requirements are available on the Carnival Corporation cruise line brand websites.The pre-board test (molecular or antigen) is one of the added measures recently implemented by the company's cruise lines, which have been operating with enhanced health and safety protocols designed to change as needed to adapt to the evolving public health environment.Guests may schedule testing with Quest Diagnostics at more than 1,500 locations, including Quest Diagnostics patient service centers and select Walmart and other retail pharmacy locations throughout the U.S. Appointments are required and may be scheduled online via secure link provided by Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line or Seabourn. Results are typically available within 48 hours via email or mobile application*A-ROSA unveils spa offering on A-ROSA SENAA-ROSA River Cruises has released the latest details and renders of its spa offering on board its newest ship, A-ROSA SENA, launching in May 2022. Setting the bar high in both sustainability and on board innovations, the ship will feature an extra-large wellness area with a fitness room. Located on the first deck, the spa introduces a new standard, one might not expect to find on a river cruise vessel.The SPA-ROSA will feature a whirlpool, a Finnish sauna, heated benches for relaxation and an ice grotto with an ice fountain for cooling off. There are two treatment rooms where guest can enjoy a range of spa treatments and massages.The fitness room is much larger than on the existing fleet, enabling more group classes to be offered. There is space for up to six yoga mats, one of them with a TRX sling. The room is also equipped with eight premium fitness machines including rowing, cycling and running machines for endurance training plus strength machines for the upper and lower body.With flexibility key at A-ROSA, guests using the gym can choose to workout independently, enjoying the ever-changing scenery outside or they can use the machines to access an array of workouts using ‘Life Fitness on Demand' with guidance and instruction from trainers. In addition, guests can link the machines in the gym to their smartwatches to ensure their training activity onboard is logged.Ensuring that all guests of the SPA-ROSA stay hydrated between treatments and training sessions, refreshments such as drinks and wellness snacks will be available at a self-service bar. There is also a relaxation room with loungers, a sofa, armchairs and a fireplace. For those who want to relax outside, the sundeck boasts two pools and loungers.Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines introduces Made for Life Organics aboard new ships to offer inclusive spa experienceFred. Olsen has become the first cruise line to partner with wellbeing experts Made for Life Organics, to offer inclusive spa experiences including for those living with long-term health conditions.New ships Bolette and Borealis will be the first in the fleet to offer the new rituals, which will include meditative back, body and scalp treatments and facials, suitable for those with sensitive skin and living with cancer. The rituals use organic, botanical ingredients.Made for Life Organics was launched in Cornwall in 2003 and developed advanced Cancer Touch Therapy training, enabling people going through cancer to receive the therapeutic benefits of touch. 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Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 for a fifth series of the award winning show that travels around the country, researching the history, heritage and culture of six towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness, and does a bespoke evening of comedy in each one. As every high street slowly morphs into a replica of the next, Mark Steel's in Town celebrates the parochial, the local and the unusual. From Corby's rivalry with Kettering to the word you can't say in Portland, the show has taken in the idiosyncrasies of towns up and down the country, from Kirkwall to Penzance, from Holyhead to Bungay. This edition comes from Birkenhead, Wirral, where the landscape may be dominated by the shipyard but the local life has also included monks, a "Bantam Army", one of the quirkiest bands in the country, and a pub inside a barbershop. You will also find out why this edition of Mark Steel's In Town was probably the inspiration for Woody Allen's Manhattan. From February 2014. Written and performed by ... Mark Steel Additional material by ... Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator ... Trudi Stevens Producer ... Ed Morrish.
Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 for a fifth series of the award winning show that travels around the country, researching the history, heritage and culture of six towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness, and does a bespoke evening of comedy in each one. As every high street slowly morphs into a replica of the next, Mark Steel's in Town celebrates the parochial, the local and the unusual. From Corby's rivalry with Kettering to the word you can't say in Portland, the show has taken in the idiosyncrasies of towns up and down the country, from Kirkwall to Penzance, from Holyhead to Bungay. This edition comes from Southall in Middlesex, which is also known as "little India" due to the large Asian community there. Mark tried the local food - Jalebi, Paan, Pakora - that can seem alien to someone who grew up in 1960s Kent. The twin landmarks of Heathrow Airport and the Sikh temple dominate the area, with the latter proving more popular as Mark also discusses football, astrology and bank openings. From January 2014. Written and performed by ... Mark Steel Additional material by ... Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator ... Trudi Stevens Producer ... Ed Morrish.
Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 for a fifth series of the award winning show that travels around the country, researching the history, heritage and culture of six towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness, and does a bespoke evening of comedy in each one. As every high street slowly morphs into a replica of the next, Mark Steel's in Town celebrates the parochial, the local and the unusual. From Corby's rivalry with Kettering to the word you can't say in Portland, the show has taken in the idiosyncrasies of towns up and down the country, from Kirkwall to Penzance, from Holyhead to Bungay. This edition comes from Derry/Londonderry in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, where the problems start with deciding which name to actually use. Mark also looks at the somewhat contentious history of the city, the impact of being the 2013 City of Culture, the local dialect, and the new bridge that's got everyone talking in this jam-packed half-hour show. (It would have been quicker, but he used the local trains.) From January 2014. Written and performed by ... Mark Steel Additional material by ... Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator ... Trudi Stevens Producer ... Ed Morrish.
Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 for a fifth series of the award winning show that travels around the country, researching the history, heritage and culture of six towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness, and does a bespoke evening of comedy in each one. As every high street slowly morphs into a replica of the next, Mark Steel's in Town celebrates the parochial, the local and the unusual. From Corby's rivalry with Kettering to the word you can't say in Portland, the show has taken in the idiosyncrasies of towns up and down the country, from Kirkwall to Penzance, from Holyhead to Bungay. This edition comes from St Davids, Pembrokeshire, which is technically a city - with the emphasis on the technically. He discusses lifeboats, art and wildlife, and discovers that in this sleepy coastal community, they are sometimes very rude but sometimes very, very friendly. Almost too friendly. But only if you're into that sort of thing. From January 2014. Written and performed by ... Mark Steel Additional material by ... Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator ... Trudi Stevens Producer ... Ed Morrish.
Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 for a fifth series of the award winning show that travels around the country, researching the history, heritage and culture of six towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness, and does a bespoke evening of comedy in each one. As every high street slowly morphs into a replica of the next, Mark Steel's in Town celebrates the parochial, the local and the unusual. From Corby's rivalry with Kettering to the word you can't say in Portland, the show has taken in the idiosyncrasies of towns up and down the country, from Kirkwall to Penzance, from Holyhead to Bungay. This first edition of the series comes from Glastonbury, Somerset, which lives up to every expectation of being the most new-agey, hippyish town Mark has ever visited. He talks about the Tor and King Arthur, visits the two chain shops on the High Street, is given an unusual reason for not being able to get into his dressing room, and makes a crucial mistake when it comes to cider. From January 2014. Written and performed by ... Mark Steel Additional material by ... Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator ... Trudi Stevens Producer ... Ed Morrish.
Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 for a fifth series of the award winning show that travels around the country, researching the history, heritage and culture of six towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness, and does a bespoke evening of comedy in each one. As every high street slowly morphs into a replica of the next, Mark Steel's in Town celebrates the parochial, the local and the unusual. From Corby's rivalry with Kettering to the word you can't say in Portland, the show has taken in the idiosyncrasies of towns up and down the country, from Kirkwall to Penzance, from Holyhead to Bungay. This final edition of the series comes from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, the historical home of Luddism and rugby league. From February 2014. Written and performed by ... Mark Steel Additional material by ... Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator ... Trudi Stevens Producer ... Ed Morrish.
The last episode in the series sees the comedian visits Kirkwall in Orkney and encounters Thorfinn The Skullsplitter; an extraordinarily violent ball game and why it's pointless being a hairdresser on the island. From May 2010.
In this second series comedian Mark Steel visits 6 more UK towns to discover what makes them and their inhabitants distinctive. He creates a bespoke stand-up show for that town and performs the show in front of a local audience. As well as shedding light on the less visited areas of Britain, Mark uncovers stories and experiences that resonate with us all as we recognise the quirkiness of the British way of life and the rich tapestry of remarkable events and people who have shaped where we live. During the series 'Mark Steel's In Town' Mark will visit Dartford in Kent, Wilmslow and Alderley Edge in Cheshire, Dumfries in the Borders, Penzance in Cornwall, Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, and Kirkwall in the Orkneys. Episode 1 - In this first episode Mark performs a show for the residents of Dartford in Kent where he talks about the peasants' revolt, gypsy tart, Mick Jagger and what one resident calls the Road To Hell. From April 2010. Written by Mark Steel with additional material by Pete Sinclair. Produced by Julia McKenzie.
June 1994, 'Love is all around us' was still number one. It was just an ordinary night in the Indian Restaurant in Kirkwall in The Orkneys, when at 7.15pm, the man entered wearing a balaclava. He walked up to the Restaurant Manager, 27 year old Shamsuddin Mahmood, and fired one bullet.... Please support my sponsor:Best Fiends Download best fiends free on the apple app store or google play. That friends without the r, best fiends. Pre-order my book 'Gone Fishing' about the life and crimes of Angus Sinclair. GONE FISHING (PRE-ORDER) – Mango Books CrimeCon UKGet discounted tickets for this event in September 2021 using the code: UKTC https://www.crimecon.co.uk Referenced sites https://www.crimepublishingnetwork.com/ www.uktruecrime.com www.patreon.com/uktruecrime https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Sources MICHAEL ALEXANDER ROSS v. HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE (scotcourts.gov.uk) So why is such a public murder still unsolved? In 1994 this waiter was shot dead in front of diners at an Orkney restaurant. Three years later an island policeman was jailed for perverting the course of justice, having concealed ev | HeraldScotland Soldier found guilty of 1994 racist murder in Orkney | Scotland | The Guardian Race hate murderer stole power tool to try to cut through cell bars and replaced it with wooden replica - Mirror Online I DIDN'T MURDER ORKNEY WAITER: Convicted Black Watch soldier writes from his prison cell | Scotland | News | Express.co.uk Exclusive: Orkney waiter shooting witness tells of death threat ordeal - Daily Record Unresolved Mysteries (reddit.com) https://www.j4mr.com/
In this podcast Iain Craighead gives the benefit of his experience as a BASICS Scotland Responder. He stresses the importance of getting to know your Sandpiper bag and equipment inside out, as well the benefits of building a strong relationship with your local ambulance colleagues. Iain also urges patience with gaining experience as a Responder and becoming a really valuable local emergency resource. Top Tips: 1 Know your kit inside out 2 Get to know your local ambulance colleagues and work closely with them 3 Stick with it! Be patient and take time to gain the experience! About Iain Dr Iain Craighead is a GP based in Dingwall and has been a BASICS Scotland Responder for the last 6 years. He qualified as a GP in 1996 and worked in West Oxfordshire before spending 5 years working with International Nepal Fellowship based at Green Pastures Leprosy and Rehabilitation Hospital in Pokhara. On returning to the UK he lived and worked in Kirkwall where he attended a PHEC course and together with Dr Kirsty Cole and the local ambulance manager Lyndon Sinclair, set up a BASICS Scotland Responder scheme covering the Orkney mainland. In 2016 he moved south and joined Dingwall Medical Group and the Highland PICT team just at the point when it introduced a paramedic crewed response car. He remains an active BASICS Scotland Responder whilst at home on the Black Isle. Dr Craighead has been a GP trainer for 10 years and is 1st team doctor for Ross County Football Club.
In Episode 50, Chris updates us on the maritime traditions of Coin Ceremony/Keel Laying, Christening/Ship Naming, Godmothers and Inaugural Cruises before bringing us up to speed on two weeks of cruise news. Pete joins us to talk about cruise milestones he experienced whilst working at sea. Finally, Nick from Princess updates us on the latest developments from Princess Cruises. This podcast is only possible thanks to our supporters, simply buying a coffee keeps us on air. It is just like shouting your mate a coffee, and we consider our listeners close mates. https://bit.ly/2T2FYGXMajestic Princess New ZealandMARITIME HISTORY:Chris dispels some myths around ships naming, christening, Godmothers or Madrinas and the Inaugural/Maiden Voyage for ships over the years.CRUISE NEWS:Celebrity confirms British restartCelebrity Cruises is the latest line to announce its return in the United Kingdom, with its newly revolutionised ship, Celebrity Silhouette, to set sail from Southampton in Jul.The cruise line will require all guests aged 18 and above to be vaccinated against coronavirus, and those under the age of 18 to return a negative PCR test result before sailing.Starting 03 Jul, Silhouette will embark on a series of six- to eight-night itineraries around Great Britain's coastline. Guests will have the chance to explore the Jurassic Coast from the Isle of Portland, discover Scotland from the cities of Inverness, Kirkwall and Glasgow, travel to Northern Ireland's largest city Belfast, and investigate the riverside city of Liverpool.Royal Caribbean to offer 999 free cruises to Emergency Service workers, NHS and Armed Forces from JulyRoyal Caribbean International is setting a spectacular soundtrack this summer with its return to the UK. The cruise line has announced that Anthem of the Seas, a firm favorite in the region, will begin sailing from Southampton, England as soon as this 7th July. UK families can choose from a combination of 4-night Ocean Getaways in early July and 5- to 8-night British Isles cruises, starting 15th July, that feature visits to destinations such as Liverpool, England, Kirkwall in Scotland and Belfast, Northern Ireland. Plus, in recognition of the tremendous efforts of the emergency services, National Health Service (NHS), social care sector and armed forces over the last year, Royal Caribbean will offer 999 free staterooms on its first Ocean Getaways to those UK residents in these professions.The new summer itineraries open for bookings on 7th April. Sailing with fully vaccinated crew, the cruises – at this time – will be available to UK residents above the age of 18 who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and those under the age of 18 with negative test results. These current health and safety measures, like others, may evolve as they are evaluated on an ongoing basis. Pre-registration for guests eligible for one of the 999 free staterooms open on 13th April, and final names will be drawn from a ballot by the end of April.Disney UK restartDisney Cruise Line is set to offer staycations from ports in the United Kingdom in the northern summer.The cruise line will operate from Liverpool, Newcastle, Southampton and Tilbury aboard Disney Magic, sailing two and three-night voyages, as well as a limited number of four-night sailings.Virgin Voyages to set sail in the UKVirgin Voyages will set sail from Portsmouth, England with a limited series of voyages this summer. An offer available to UK residents, the upcoming staycation-at-sea series will include two, three and four-night itineraries with a total of six sailings this August.Sailing the southern coast of England, these Sneak-a-Peek sailings will offer a taste of the Virgin Voyages experience as its first foray with new Sailors at sea. The ‘Summer Soiree Series' includes:Itinerary 1 – Long Weekender (3-Night, Friday – Monday)6 – 9 August, 13 – 16 August, 20 – 23 AugustItinerary 2 – Summer WeekDaze (4-Night, Monday – Friday)9 – 13 August, 16 – 20 August, 23 – 27 AugustAt this time, only residents of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be able to sail on the Summer Soirée Series – with Sailors aged 18+ vaccinated against COVID-19. Additional testing and protocols will be confirmed closer to sailing, all in line with the most up-to-date recommendations from the UK government.The Summer Soirée Series will go on sale on Tuesday, April 13SAGA UK Deployment Saga Cruises has today launched its summer 2021 UK cruise programme with four all-inclusive itineraries to choose from: ‘Scottish Highlands and Islands', ‘Great British Isles Adventure' and ‘Northern Isles to the Fjords' will all be hosted by Spirit of Discovery while, for the first time, guests can also book the ‘The Inaugural Cruise on Spirit of Adventure', Saga Cruises' brand-new boutique ship.Scottish Highlands and Islands departing Tilbury on June 27th, 2021 aboard Spirit of Discovery** for six nights calling at Lerwick on the Shetland Islands, followed by Scrabster and Invergordon before returning to Tilbury. Sight-seeing tours of Lerwick and Invergordon are included.The Inaugural Cruise on Spirit of Adventure*** departing Tilbury on July 26th for 15 nights and heading to Newcastle, Newhaven, Dundee, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Ullapool, Cruise St Kilda, Greenock, Belfast, Douglas, Holyhead, Bristol and Falmouth before disembarking in Dover. Sight-seeing tours of Newcastle, Edinburgh, Belfast and Bristol are also included.NCL announces Jul return plansNorwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has announced its return to cruising with voyages in Europe and the Caribbean beginning Jul. NCL will restart operations at a reduced capacity, slowly increasing from 60%, aboard Norwegian Gem, Norwegian Jade, and Norwegian Joy.The Cruise Line will restart operations at a reduced capacity with Norwegian Jade, Joy and Gem as the first of its 17-ship fleet to welcome guests back on board. Travellers long-awaiting a return to cruise will have the opportunity to spend the northern hemisphere summer exploring ancient ruins and sunny beaches with all new seven-day cruises to the Greek Isles on Norwegian Jade from Athens (Piraeus) beginning 25 July, 2021.They can also island hop with week-long Caribbean itineraries available from Montego Bay, Jamaica as of 7 Aug, 2021 on Norwegian Joy or from Punta Cana (La Romana), Dominican Republic on Norwegian Gem beginning 15 Aug, 2021.NCL to launch docuseries As it prepares for its return to service beginning 25 July 2021, Norwegian Cruise Line, the innovator in global cruise travel, today announced the premiere of “EMBARK – The Series,” a docuseries chronicling the brand's highly anticipated comeback.The first of five episodes will premiere on 16 April, 2021 at 10am AEST/12pm NZST at www.ncl.com/embark.EMBARK – The Series is part of the Company's ‘EMBARK with NCL' editorial content platform which will deliver rich content through:EMBARK – The Series: Debuting on 16 April, 2021 at 10am AEST/12pm NZST with its first episode, “Great Cruise Comeback,” the new docuseries chronicles the relaunch of the brand's 17-ship fleet. The episode focuses on the ongoing measures for a healthy and safe return to sailing, including unscripted conversations with executive leaders including Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings' President and CEO Frank Del Rio and President and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Harry Sommer.The first episode provides an exclusive look at the brand's preparations for its return to service this northern hemisphere summer, including technology designed to enhance the embarkation process, how the brand's shipboard crew and entertainers have been managing over the last year, and how this temporary pause has affected small businesses and valued partners, including the iconic Miami-based distillery Wynwood Brewing Company.Regent half full for 2022THE luxury end of the cruise market is seeing significant demand, with Regent Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC) itineraries for 2022 already more than 50% sold out.Viking UK sells outViking Cruises' new UK domestic voyages aboard the Viking Venus have sold out in less a week, with the company adding two additional Jun departures.Viking to Bermuda, IcelandVIKING is continuing its restart of limited operations with new Bermuda and Iceland voyages.The new Welcome Back sailings will be available for vaccinated guests. Beginning in Jun, the Bermuda Escape itinerary aboard Viking Orion will sail eight-day roundtrip itineraries homeporting in Hamilton, while the Iceland's Natural Beauty itinerary will also sail eight-day roundtrips, aboard Viking Sky, homeporting from Reykjavik.Seabourn Relaunches Cruises from July 2021Seabourn Cruise Line has received approval from Greece to relaunch its cruises in the country from Jul.The cruise line will operate a series of seven-day sailings round-trip from Athens during the northern summer, beginning 03 Jul.Seabourn Ovation will explore beautiful ports throughout the Greek Isles, with the voyages scheduled to open for booking on 12 Apr.Guests will also be able to book longer 14-day voyages, which combine individual seven-day cruises, with a variety of different ports on each, including Agios Nikolaos, Mykonos, Nafplion, Patmos, Rhodes, Spetsai, Thira, as well as Limassol and Paphos in Cyprus.Each sailing includes a sea day to spend time on board, and the cruises are open to any guests who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus a minimum of 14 days before cruising.Seabourn Venture MilestoneSeabourn the ultra-luxury cruise line, is celebrating another milestone in the construction process for its first purpose-built expedition ship, Seabourn Venture, with the movement of the ship's hull to the T. Mariotti shipyard in Genoa, Italy, for final outfitting.Seabourn Venture's inaugural season will be Winter Norway 2022 with opportunities to see the Northern Lights. The second yet-to-be-named sister expedition ship is slated to launch later in 2022.Venice Says No To Big Cruise ShipsItalian authorities have recently approved a ban on large cruise ships entering the historic centre of Venice.A new decree enacted 31 March 2021, prohibits passenger ships over 40,000 tons and container ships from passing close to Venice's historic center.Italy's culture minister said that the decision came in response to a request from UN cultural body Unesco.Some argue the ships cause pollution and erode the foundations of the city.Large ships will now have to dock at the city's industrial port until a permanent solution is found; possibly as a new terminal outside the lagoon.In 2013, the government also banned ships weighing more than 96,000 tonnes from the Giudecca canal, but the legislation was later overturned.More plans to divert cruise ships from the centre of the water-side city were announced in 2017 too, but never fully implemented.Quantum extendedROYAL Caribbean International (RCI) has extended its Singapore season, adding new cruises throught Oct aboard Quantum of the Seas.The season, which begun in Dec, has seen more than 50,000 guests sail safely on one of Royal Caribbean's Ocean Getaways.Following a successful initial run, RCI first extended the season for three months, through June 2021, and is doing so again for an additional four months, thanks to the partnership with the Singapore government.Disney Wish significant milestoneDisney Cruise Line reached a significant construction milestone marked by the traditional keel laying ceremony of the Disney Wish, the first of three new ships in the line's fleet expansion. Also announced, the magic of Captain Minnie Mouse will come to life for the first time through whimsical artwork on the bow of the Disney Wish, a hallmark of Disney Cruise Line vessels.The ship will be powered by liquified natural gas, or LNG, one of the cleanest-burning fuels available. At approximately 144,000 gross tons and 1,250 guest staterooms, the ship will be slightly larger than the Disney Dream and Disney FantasyDisney Wish is scheduled to sail its maiden voyage in summer 2022. Information on itineraries and bookings for the ship will be released at a later date.Crystal Expedition Cruises Announces Inaugural Deployment for Crystal EndeavorCrystal announced the much-anticipated inaugural deployment of Crystal Endeavor, the first ground-breaking ship for Crystal Expedition Cruises. As the first and only true luxury expedition yacht to restart cruising in the Arctic and Northern Europe, Crystal Endeavor will sail five x 10-night immersive voyages circumnavigating Iceland's most dramatically beautiful and fascinating locales beginning July 17, 2021.The Luxury Iceland Expedition voyages will sail round-trip from the ship's homeport of Reykjavík, affording travellers convenient air options, just six hours from New York City, three hours from LondonThe 20,200-GRT vessel is designed to the highest standards of renowned German engineering, with a focus on the luxurious details that have earned Crystal the travel industry's highest accolades for more than 30 years. Built at a cost of more than half a billion U.S. dollars, Crystal Endeavor will be the most spacious, fastest and most powerful expedition ship in the industry, with a Polar Class 6 (PC6) classification that enables her to sail in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.Crystal Endeavor is designed to accommodate just 200 guests with a one-to-one crew-to-guest ratio delivering the personal and genuine service for which Crystal is known. Her luxurious design features expansive personal and social spaces, with 100 gross tons per person and 10,000 cubic feet per guest for a passenger space ratio of more than 100, making her the most spacious luxury expedition ship in the industry. This spaciousness will be further enhanced as she embarks on the Luxury Iceland Expedition Iceland voyages with reduced capacity.Vaccinations Update: Windstar Cruises has announced its guests will now be required to be vaccinated against coronavirus in order to sail on its ships, in line with the cruise line's new Beyond Ordinary Care safety program.Riviera Travel River Cruises has also announced guests on its cruises must be fully vaccinated against coronavirus to embark on its vessels, with any guest who has not had both doses to be offered a complimentary coronavirus test. This requirements will also apply to crew members who will have additional daily temperature checks and ongoing health screenings, the cruise line has confirmed.CRUISE MILESTONES Pete joins us once again to talk about his experience at sea and personal experiences of ships christenings, Godmothers, Christenings and Inaugural cruises. PLUS tips for planning a milestone at sea!Princess – Nick Ferguson – Director of Sales & MarketingNick updates us on the fleetwide rollout of the award-winning OceanMedallionTM wearable device replaces the traditional cruise card and pairs with embedded IoT (“Internet of things”) -driven innovative technology to significantly expand touch-free options and personalisation on board Princess MedallionClass ships including:touchless embarkation and disembarkationkeyless stateroom entrycompletely contactless commercesimplified safety trainingon-demand food, beverages and retail items delivered anywhere on boardguest service requests via mobile device chatlocation-based gaming and wageringentertainment content via smart devicesPhysical Distancing – With MedallionClass guests can get a real-time view of attendance in lounges, theatres and other areas, and bookmark activities of interest, noting attendance limits.UK Restart of CruisingRegal Princess will offer 14 UK voyages running from July 31 through to September 23, 2021. 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This week the ladies chat about the 2011 game, Dragon Age 2. This action-RPG from Bioware is the follow-up to the excellent Dragon Age: Origins, and it's…kind of weird. You play as Hawke, an unlikely champion, who finds herself (or himself) embroiled in the messy city politics of Kirkwall, and classic mage/templar drama. We discuss the easiest guild initiation, indulging blood mages, casual demon possession, pirate girlfriends, angsty elf companions, and the longest 6 years EVER. Time Stamps:00:14 Introductions09:30 Main Topic: Dragon Age 213:55 Dragon Age 2 deeper story discussion – contains spoilers!01:09:12 Dragon Age 2 final thoughts01:10:55 Ending Spiel (What we're loving this week)01:21:32 What we're playing next (I Love You, Colonel Sanders!)From the show:Games featured in our Ending Spiel: I Love You, Colonel Sanders! (we're playing next), Divinity Original Sin 2, Hitman 3, Oculus VR impressions New Dragon age likely to be single player: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-25/electronic-arts-pivots-on-dragon-age-game-removes-multiplayerBioware confirms Dragon Age 4 set in Tevinter: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bioware-confirms-dragon-age-4-will-be-set-in-tevinterAnders is in Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening, however Merrill is not. She has the opportunity to appear in Dragon Age: Origins (base game) depending on your origin story, but not the expansion. Keep your Dragon Age world state consistent with the Dragon Age Keep: https://dragonagekeep.com/en_US/Balder's Gate 3 is now in early access. Here is the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mv2hiGHuGEFind us:Website: https://utterlyunqualifiedgaming.com/Email: utterlyunqualified@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/utterlyunqualifiedgaming/Twitter: https://twitter.com/uugamingpodcastFacebook: http://facebook.com/utterlyunqualified
This week the ladies chat about the 2011 game, Dragon Age 2. This action-RPG from Bioware is the follow-up to the excellent Dragon Age: Origins, and it’s…kind of weird. You play as Hawke, an unlikely champion, who finds herself (or himself) embroiled in the messy city politics of Kirkwall, and classic mage/templar drama. We discuss...
This week, we continue our coverage of Dragon Age 2 by moving on to Chapter 2. Hawke and company have hit it big after three years of living in Kirkwall, but the city's problems are only getting worse. We spend this chapter navigating a difficult political and ethical conflict with the Qunari, whose presence is causing even more unrest than Kirkwall is used to.
Talia takes on all the Qunari in Kirkwall, Manny has a rollercoaster of a relationship with Isabela, and Brandon complains about the inability to negotiate. @EnchantmentCast | EnchantmentPodcast@gmail.com | https://enchantmentcast.com Audible: https://enchantmentcast.com/audible Amazon Recs: https://enchantmentcast.com/recs Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enchantmentcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/enchantmentcast Shop: https://enchantmentcast.com/shop Forum: https://enchantmentcast.com/forum Discord: https://enchantmentcast.com/discord
Talia investigates the kidnapping of Kirkwall women, Manny imagines a special episode of Dagna's Circle, and Brandon relives his existential crisis about Golems. @EnchantmentCast | EnchantmentPodcast@gmail.com | https://enchantmentcast.com Audible: https://enchantmentcast.com/audible Amazon Recs: https://enchantmentcast.com/recs Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enchantmentcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/enchantmentcast Shop: https://enchantmentcast.com/shop Forum: https://enchantmentcast.com/forum Discord: https://enchantmentcast.com/discord
Instagram | @danafuggenb | The heart of this episode features a segment from my four month Euro-trip; specifically - Invergordon & Kirkwall, Scotland. Also includes: nightmare restaurant stories, football, & wrestling Justin --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Side Quests is back and this episode's host is Editor In Chief of Prima Games, Editorial Director for Greenlit and ReKTGlobal, a streamer, writer and the Champion of Kirkwall, Liana Ruppert! The game she is talking about today is The is Dragon Age 2 by BioWare and EA! You can find this episode's host on twitter, see her work at Prima Games and watch her on Twitch!
Carta loans, Templar troubles, an elf with a broken kneecap, and the biggest lie you've ever heard in Kirkwall! The plot thickens in episode three of Dungeons & Dragon Age!
We're here to close out Fenris and Isabela's stories this week, and I guess we can also throw Sebastian in there because that's about as much care as Bioware gave him. Isabela has heard word that Castillion is in Kirkwall, and Fenris' long lost sister just arrived in town, too. It's time to settle some affairs as we head into the end game. Also, Leliana is here. For some reason. Enjoy the show! Become a Normandy FM patron: http://patreon.com/normandyfm Follow us on Twitter: Normandy FM: @normandyfmshow Eric: @seamoosi Kenneth: @shepardcdr Art by @miz0mei on Twitter Music by @3DBLAST4EVER on Twitter
The Orkney Islands are a spot of particular beauty in Scotland’s Highlands and Islands. Life on Mainland, the largest of Orkney’s Islands, is both peaceful and idyllic. In April of 1994, a 26-year-old waiter, Shamsuddin ‘Shamol’ Mahmood, moved up from London to experience life on Mainland and work in the Mumutaz Restaurant in Kirkwall. On June 2, 1994, at 7:15 pm, a man in a balaclava entered the restaurant….CreditsPrimary Audio recorded by JSResearch by Matt KScripting/Production by Matt KBackground Audio courtesy of Epidemic Sound (epidemicsound.com)SourcesSkills Development Scotland – Equality Data on OrkneyIraq war hero guilty of Orkney waiter murder , Telegraph, 20 Jun 2008, S JohnsonThe Sniper’s Story, The Black Watch Firearms Specialist who hid a murderous secret, W Clarkson 2019Crimewatch October 1994: Shamsuddin Mahmood, BBCMurder conviction for Iraq war hero ends 14-year mystery of Indian restaurant shooting, Independent, 21 Jun, 2008, C MilmoSo why is such a public murder still unsolved? In 1994 this waiter was shot dead in front of diners at an Orkney restaurant. Three years later an island policeman was jailed for perverting the course of justice, having concealed evidence, 16 Oct 2004, Newsroom, The HeraldRacist murderer Michael Ross shows no remorse as he breaks 19-year silence over assassination of Indian waiter on Orkney, Daily Record, 7 Jul 2013, S SmithOrkney killer Michael Ross 'tried to escape from prison van', BBC Online, 12 Aug 2014MURDER SUSPECT HELD 13 YEARS AFTER INDIAN WAITER GUNNED DOWN ; Soldier, 28, nicked as cops review case: [North Edition] McDonald, Craig. Daily Record; Glasgow (UK) [Glasgow (UK)]23 May 2007: 7.'It's like knowing where you were when Elvis died' REACTION: The murder of Shamsuddin Mahmood sent shockwaves through an island community, Ross, David. The Herald; Glasgow (UK) [Glasgow (UK)]21 June 2008: 2.LIFE FOR CURRY HOUSE ASSASSIN: Racist blasted waiter at 15 Judge slams Nazi squaddie, Moore, Ron. The Daily Mirror; London (UK) [London (UK)]18 Oct 2008: 15.[pounds]100,000 bid to free killer of Orkney waiter, Love, David. Daily Mail; London (UK) [London (UK)]07 Nov 2008: 43.WAR HERO UNMASKED AS RACIST MURDERER: Soldier guilty of killing Orkney waiter at age of 15 Madeley, Gavin. Daily Mail; London (UK) [London (UK)]21 June 2008: 1‘This is a murder by a masked gunman. The Crown evidence removesthe mask ..and we are all left staring at Michael Ross' PROSECUTOR BRIANMcCONNACHIE QC: JIGSAW CLAIM OVER ORKNEY SHOOTING, Riley, Wilma. Daily Record; Glasgow (UK) [Glasgow (UK)]18 June 2008: 10.Police officer at murder scene 'was father of the accused' Trial begins into waiter's shooting in Orkney, Campsie, Alison. The Herald; Glasgow (UK) [Glasgow (UK)]13 May 2008: 4.KILLING SHOCKED ISLAND: [SCOTS Edition], Williams, Alexandra. The Mirror; London [London]28 May 1997: 17.MURDER ACCUSED 'A SNIPER IN ARMY': Waiter shooting trial dad's claim, McIlwraith, Gordon. Daily Record; Glasgow (UK) [Glasgow (UK)]12 June 2008: 14.Woman 'saw murder accused in balaclava' Anonymous. Daily Mail; London (UK) [London (UK)]30 May 2008: 40.
Welcome to another Swim Wild podcast. This week I am speaking to Sally in Orkney about her first season wild swimming. It is a lovely, reflective conversation which took place with the back drop of coronavirus lock down in full force across the UK. This puts into sharp relief what things mean to us and their significance in our lives when they are temporarily, although we don't know how long for, out of our reach. Our realities through this crisis will differ depending on where in the world we live, and what access to open water we each might have. However you are coping, stay safe and well and hopefully we can all get back in the water soon. Things we mention you might want to know more about Orkney, Kirkwall, Orkney Polar Bears, Durness, Polar Bear Challenge
Before we head into the Deep Roads we've gotta scrape together some gold coins to give to Bartrand to convince him to let us tagalong. On the way, we get a grand tour of all the dysfunction of Kirkwall. From tensions between the Qunari and the city, mages possessing templars, and Chantry sisters scheming their schemes. Enjoy the show! Become a Normandy FM patron: http://patreon.com/normandyfm Follow us on Twitter: Normandy FM: @normandyfmshow Eric: @seamoosi Kenneth: @shepardcdr Art by @miz0mei on Twitter Music by @3DBLAST4EVER on Twitter
Join me, Professor RPG, as I sit down with friends, colleagues, and special guests, as we reminisce and discuss Role-Playing games that left their mark on us. Expect to see all sorts, Western-style, Japanese, even tabletop!Stay awhile and listen, and let us TRIGGER those memories of TALES long since completed. Relive that FANTASY you hold dear and come along with us, adventurer, on this QUEST into the past. Welcome, to the RPG University.This episode, I'm joined by the creator of Bear Punch Media, formerly of the Constantly Calibrating Podcast, Josh Silverman, to talk all about Dragon Age 2 and our adventures in Kirkwall!Want to check out even more memories people have of this great game? Check out our talks with other fans with the links below!! https://www.reddit.com/r/dragonage/comments/fregb3/da2spoilerswhatareyourfavoritememoriesand/ https://www.reddit.com/r/bioware/comments/fregm4/whatareyourfavoritememoriesandmomentsof/
After a year in Kirkwall, it's time for us to start...actually doing anything of consequence in here. This week we look for a Grey Warden who can help us navigate the Deep Roads and find two familiar faces occupying one face. Then we meet Merrill on our way to fulfill our promise to Flemeth, where we end up undermining our own character with another. Finally, we wrap things up by giving our siblings something to fight for. Enjoy the show! Become a Normandy FM patron: http://patreon.com/normandyfm Follow us on Twitter: Normandy FM: @normandyfmshow Eric: @seamoosi Kenneth: @shepardcdr Art by @miz0mei on Twitter Music by @3DBLAST4EVER on Twitter
We're Kirkwall bound as we finally reach the wonders of Dragon Age II. This week we shift over to the perspective of Hawke, the Champion of Kirkwall. While we know one day this character will become well-regarded, right now they're attempting to outrun the Blight and they lose a sibling along the way. But they're not particularly broken up about it, though. Also this week we talk about the major improvements Dragon Age II brings to the dialogue systems of both DA and Mass Effect, how it makes companion relationships more nuanced than probably any other Bioware game, and even make some comparisons to the imagery of Parasite. Enjoy the show! Become a Normandy FM patron: http://patreon.com/normandyfm Follow us on Twitter: Normandy FM: @normandyfmshow Eric: @seamoosi Kenneth: @shepardcdr Art by @miz0mei on Twitter Music by @3DBLAST4EVER on Twitter
Talia helps smuggle a Qunari Mage from Kirkwall, Manny threatens the Lucky Charms children, and Brandon is fighting too many people at once.@EnchantmentCast | EnchantmentPodcast@gmail.com | https://enchantmentcast.comAudible: https://enchantmentcast.com/audibleAmazon Recs: https://enchantmentcast.com/recsTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/enchantmentcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/enchantmentcastShop: https://enchantmentcast.com/shopForum: https://enchantmentcast.com/forumDiscord: https://enchantmentcast.com/discord
Talia finds her way into the city of Kirkwall, Manny gets upset at terrible men, and Brandon sparks political controversy. @EnchantmentCast | EnchantmentPodcast@gmail.com | https://enchantmentcast.com Audible: https://enchantmentcast.com/audibleAmazon Recs: https://enchantmentcast.com/recs Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enchantmentcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/enchantmentcastShop: https://enchantmentcast.com/shopForum: https://enchantmentcast.com/forumDiscord: https://enchantmentcast.com/discord
The guitarist, singer and songwriter Kris Drever – Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year 2017 - was born and brought up on Orkney, the archipelago of about 70 islands off the Northern coast of Scotland which is steeped in history. Kris takes Matthew Bannister for a walk, starting in the main town of Kirkwall with its huge sandstone cathedral commemorating St Magnus who came to an untimely end. In the graveyard Kris sings “Winter Moon”. Then they head off to the shores of the great natural harbour at Scapa Flow where Kris performs his powerful song about the scuttling of the entire German navy there in 1919. They end up at the chapel created in a nissen hut by Italian prisoners during the Second World War – a poignant setting for Kris’s song “Ghosts”. Along the way, Kris reflects on the influence of his musical parents; on Scotland’s fondness for strong drink and explains why he’s now moved to Shetland. It’s another great episode with a thoughtful and inspiring artist. Visit our website: https://www.folkonfoot.comSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/folkonfoot
Will and Graham get into all the space skipping, space piracy, space commerce and space relationship RPG that is The Outer Worlds. We have so many feelings about this game we just had to make an episode about it! We pair with the surprise find Kirkwall Bay, a wide but not quite deep scotch we found at the store but had never heard of! Enjoy folks!
Invergordon & Kirkwall, Scotland
Our little show started 100 episodes ago, folding story and lore together on this fun adventure. And ALL of it, from Aeyokayn and Boomer to the Desperado and Pyxis, have been building up to this very moment! After the revelations of episode 98, there’s only one logical thing the group can do following the events of Kirkwall – stop running and finally address the most important task they’ve ever been faced with. We want to say THANK YOU to everybody who has listened, supported, shared, and interacted with us over these 100 episodes. This show is a labor of love for the whole team and every smile, laugh, art, tattoo, playlist, live show hug, or event with friends we do adds to our lives more than you can know. So THANK YOU for everything and never be shy - we love hearing from each of you more than you know. Here's to 100 episodes and cheers to 100 more! Connect: Twitter Discord Facebook Instagram Website Please rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast on itunes or your favorite podcasting platform! Also if you post on social media and use the hashtag #NxNQ, your name might even get picked for an NPC in a later episode. Support: Visit our Patreon and leave a rating and review on iTunes or your favorite podcast source! Get a free audio book at Audible! We don’t pay to advertise so word of mouth and reviews are crucial for new listeners finding the show. So please spread the word! Cast: David Alvord (Pa's "Pascal" Scaltula) Tiffany Alvord (Valen Mor) Chelsea "Little Red Dot" Steverson (Sylo Scibin Sporelit) Elizabeth Goodgame (Zil) Joe Frankovitch (Kolvar Ironspire)
This one gets a little kooky! The gang make their way to Kirkwall and find Bram in his bakery. But the shenanigans explode from there leading the party to smoking, stuffing, drinking, boots, plant pontification, and a tiny Zil. Connect: Twitter Discord Facebook Instagram Website Please rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast on itunes or your favorite podcasting platform! Also if you post on social media and use the hashtag #NxNQ, your name might even get picked for an NPC in a later episode. Support: Visit our Patreon and leave a rating and review on iTunes or your favorite podcast source! Get a free audio book at Audible! We don’t pay to advertise so word of mouth and reviews are crucial for new listeners finding the show. So please spread the word! Cast: David Alvord (Pa's "Pascal" Scaltula) Tiffany Alvord (Valen Mor) Chelsea "Little Red Dot" Steverson (Sylo Scibin Sporelit) Elizabeth Goodgame (Zil) Joe Frankovitch (Kolvar Ironspire)
The group makes their way onward through the woods towards Kirkwall, a nearby village which holds answers to questions pondered on the move. Red and company encounter a green, lush clearing full of garden gnomes? Connect: Twitter Discord Facebook Instagram Website Please rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast on itunes or your favorite podcasting platform! Also if you post on social media and use the hashtag #NxNQ, your name might even get picked for an NPC in a later episode. Support: Visit our Patreon and leave a rating and review on iTunes or your favorite podcast source! Get a free audio book at Audible! We don’t pay to advertise so word of mouth and reviews are crucial for new listeners finding the show. So please spread the word! Cast: David Alvord (Pa's "Pascal" Scaltula) Tiffany Alvord (Valen Mor) Chelsea "Little Red Dot" Steverson (Sylo Scibin Sporelit) Elizabeth Goodgame (Zil) Joe Frankovitch (Kolvar Ironspire)
It was June the 2nd 1994, a summer’s evening in Kirkwall, Orkney. Waiter, 26-year-old Bangladeshi national, Shamol Mahmood, clocked in for his second shift that season. Little did he know, that this would be his last night alive. As Shamol was serving his customers, a masked gunman walked into the restaurant, pointed a pistol at his head and shot him point blank. It would take more than a decade to solve this case, which police referred to as the thousand piece puzzle. And even after they arrested a man for this senseless crime, the residents of Orkney were still divided: was he really the killer? For pictures and more information, join us on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/evidencelockerpodcast/) Want to support the show? Visit our [Patreon Page](https://www.patreon.com/evidencelocker) For a full list of resources and credits visit [Evidence Locker Website](http://evidencelockerpodcast.com/2018/11/28/15-scotland-the-schoolboy-assassin) This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.
Neil concludes his time on Orkney at the West End Hotel in Kirkwall before taking a tour of St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall
In the first ever episode of Power Moves, the party sets out to recover the stolen Golden Mace of Kirkwall. Typhor (Aiden Muraca) discovers the ins and outs of fantasy mozzarella sticks. Hellephis (Jordan Carl) pulls a prank. Princeps (Matt Mocha) just can't seem to understand the attack patterns of elk.
In the first ever episode of Power Moves, the party sets out to recover the stolen Golden Mace of Kirkwall. Typhor (Aiden Muraca) discovers the ins and outs of fantasy mozzarella sticks. Hellephis (Jordan Carl) pulls a prank. Princeps (Matt Mocha) just can't seem to understand the attack patterns of elk.
Surf n' Turf is a new pilot project on the Orkney island of Eday that aims to harness excess renewably generated electricity; store it as hydrogen and then make it available again as electricity to charge the inter-island ferries berthed overnight, in the soon to be developed hydrogen port at Kirkwall. The idea of using hydrogen as a source of power isn't new. Commercial scale electrolysis has been around for a couple of hundred years. Today there are already hydrogen cars and buses on our roads, prototype ships at sea and plans on paper for introducing it into aircraft, all powered by the most abundant element in the universe. However it is widely known that one of the biggest problems with renewable power is the intermittency of it, yet our demand for energy is constant. In this episode of Brainwaves, Pennie Latin explores whether hydrogen might overcome that intermittent problem and be the power source we all turn to in future.
Chi sia l'eroe di Kirkwall non è ben chiaro. Qualcuno dice che sia un uomo, altri dicono che sia una donna. C’è chi afferma che fosse un possente guerriero che ha sconfitto l’Arishok e chi è sicuro fosse un mago che si è unito alla ribellione del Circolo.
This week’s @lesleyriddoch podcast comes from Orkney. Lesley has been talking about housing at the Orkney Science Fair and opening the Yes Shop in Kirkwall. Ed Miliband has been in the news as well…but probably not in a good way. And there has been a YouGov poll which puts ‘Yes’ at 51% for the first time.
The Genealogy Gems Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke - Your Family History Show
In this episode you will meet other listeners who are getting the word out about their family history through blogging as well as give you some genealogy blogging pointers,and I will introduce you to one of my first “Favorite Genealogy Gems” Look who I ran into in Detroit: Steve Luxenberg, author of "Annie's Ghosts" Cruise with Lisa It's always a joy for me to get to get out and about and meet so many of you in person. And, have I got an amazing event to tell you about where we can get together in person, talk genealogy and experience the joy of travel! I've just signed on with Itinerary: day 1 – depart Tilbury, London – 6pm (boarding from 12.30pm) day 2 – at sea day 3 – Invergordon, Scotland – 7.30am-10pm day 4 – Kirkwall, Orkney Islands – 7am-6pm day 5 – Stornoway, Outer Hebrides – 7.30am-10pm (transfer to shore by tender) day 6 – Tobermory, Isle of Mull – 7.30am-4pm (transfer to shore by tender) day 7 – Dublin, Ireland – 8am-5.45pm day 8 – St Mary's, Isles of Scilly - 9am-6pm (transfer to shore by tender) day 9 – St Peter Port, Guernsey - 7.30am-6pm (transfer to shore by tender) day 10 – Honfleur, France – 9am-5pm day 11 – arrive Tilbury, London – 9am You'll have around 40 topics to choose from, held mostly in the evening so there will be loads of time to explore the landscape. My understanding is that this cruise is filling up very quickly so if you're interested be sure and click the links above for more details. Brand New in the Genealogy Gems Store Quick Reference Guide “a nice easy to grab and use laminated cheat sheet that can instantly answer your most important questions and give you easy ways to use Evernote more quickly and efficiently.” Evernote is certainly the fastest-growing note-taking technology out there, so it is no wonder that it is incredibly popular with genealogists. But there is so much packed in to it that I notice that many genealogists aren't taking full advantage. Keep this handy cheat sheet close at hand and you'll have everything you need. This four page laminated guide includes: A Getting Started Checklist Quick Key Break Out Boxes – packed with keystrokes to speed up your use of Evernote Specialized Note-taking Actions How to Get the Most Out of Clipping Tips for Maneuvering the Desktop Client Genealogical Organization Recommendations Little Known Search Strategies Specialized Genealogy Focused Techniques such as Source Citation Tips, Clipping Recommendations, and Using Reminders Evernote Premium vs. Free Comparison Genealogy News: and FamilySearch recently announced that they have made an agreement to jointly make a billion global records available online over the next five years by digitizing, indexing and publishing the records from the FamilySearch vault. Ancestry.com expects to invest more than $60 million alongside thousands of hours of volunteer efforts facilitated by FamilySearch. The companies also announced in early 2013 an additional project where they plan to publish 140 million U.S. Wills & Probate images and indexes over the next three years—creating a national database of wills and other probate documents spanning 1800-1930 online for the very first time. Daughter Receives WWII Soldier Father's Letter Decades Later Watch the Video: MAILBOX: In this episode we celebrate listeners who are sharing their family history through blogging: New Blogger Keith is a Son of a Swift I have run a personal family history site for the past five years and now, based on your advice, launched my own genealogy blog. I already had a tumblr account, so I started (Son of Swift is a translation of my name from the original Gaelic, O'Seibhleain). Thanks for the great idea and I will continue to listen as I conduct my research into the future.” Chris is Now Blogging “OK listening to the folks in your latest podcasts convinced me. I started my own genealogy blog last month. So far there's not a lot of "traffic" but I've gotten good reviews from the family members…Hoping you have some tips in mind for a future podcast...sort of a maintaining a blog for the long run -tips and tricks type thing. Take a look and let me know what you think. LOVE the podcast.” Follow up from Chris: “After getting my feet wet, I decided to join GENEABLOGGERS network at . Wow. My first goal was realized just after that. I found another blogger who is a "double cousin" through two different branches of my family. Thanks so much for your advice.” Margaret is on a Family Album Journey “I started my blog a couple of years ago, but I decided to really blog regularly back in May. I'm using the photos in my Davis ancestors' family albums from the 1880s as a springboard for my blog posts. They lived in Savannah, so I'm really focusing a lot on Savannah history and the photographers there. It's been fun. I took a break when I went on a family vacation in July, so I'm struggling to get back in the rhythm of posting. I tend to do a lot of research just for my posts, so it can take a lot of time, but I love it! Thanks for the inspiration and all the great information.” Wayne Uses Blogging to Discover Genealogy “I have started a new blog about genealogy. It is a place where I can tell stories, relate experiences and pass along tips discovered while doing research on my family; through volunteer activities, including as an Online Parish Clerk; and from projects completed as a genealogical consultant. The first post is in place and I have many more in preparation." Premium Member Sandy is Digging into her Family Roots “I am a new blogger, on your last podcast you said to email a link to our blogs. I watched your videos to get me started. i do have fun with it. I hope you like it.” Sandy's blog has been featuring a series of letters home written during World War II." Steve is Poking Around the Past “On September 1st I finally managed to get my family history blog started, and I'd like to invite you to take a look. I call it Poking Around in the Past, and I gave you a mention (link) in my first post.” From Gloria who describes herself as “A Die Hard Fan” “I have a blog but haven't really dedicated it to genealogy although it ties in sometimes as I use it for building my platform for my upcoming adoption memoir. Feel free to take a look at Family Links Matter. I put together a Facebook group page—The Groton, MA LONGLEY line—and family members post and share info, pictures, and a lot more. I met a third cousin and her daughter, several 7th cousins, and more. It's a great resource for all of us. Check it out Groton MA line LONGLEY Lisa's Blogging Tips Include great visuals – old photos, public domain images, etc. Your readers will enjoy them and they may help in your blog's Google search results ranking. Give your readers an easy way to subscribe by email Give it a try by subscribing to the Genealogy Gems Blog through email using Instructions for Subscribing to a blog via email: (feel free to add these to your blog) Look for the orange RSS button to get the feed address for a blog or podcast. Copy the RSS feed address for the blog Example: The Genealogy Gems blog the feed is Go to Paste the blog feed URL in the “Feed” field on the Blogtrottr website In the next field type in your email address Select how often you want to receive the email notifications of new posts Click the orange “Feed Me” button Emails of new posts will now be delivered to your email address as requested Let your readers know that the service is available to them by adding a Text Widget to the side bar of your blog with the above instructions and a link to Blogtrottr. Try assigning themes to your blogging days. It can help you get a jump start on writing, as well as help you determine which areas are your favorites that you may want to focus on my more in the future as your “niche.” Check out Geneabloggers at for genealogy blogging support and theme ideas. Break up long posts into several posts. They are easier for you to publish, and easier for your readers to consume. Collect blogging ideas in Evernote. Set up a notebook called “Blogging Ideas” and tags for your various subject areas such as: Family lines / surnames such as “Johnson Family” Location based subjects such as “Texas History” Focus areas such as “Memoirs”, “Old Photos” etc. Learn everything you need to know about using Evernote for genealogy by In addition to over 100 exclusive Premium episodes, membership includes my one hour Evernote class video, and the Evernote instructional mini-series. Get the Quick Reference Guide in the Genealogy Gems Store GEM: Lisa's Favorite Genealogy Gems (Just in time for Christmas!): Espy Frames by Jen Garrett As I get older, I find myself tiring of the same old gift giving every year. You know how it is – we all have too much stuff, and what we become more and more interested in is that which will last, and have a lasting impression on our family and those we love. So as I travel throughout the year I keep my eyes peeled for things that really stand out – items that are truly Genealogy Gems. Wonderful products that I want for my own home and family, and ones I think that you will appreciate and enjoy as well. So I've decided that Lisa is going to have her Favorite Genealogy Gems. And the first one that I want to introduce you to today are I will never forget taking my annual walk through the Ohio Genealogical Society Conference exhibit hall this last year. I really didn't expect to see anything earth shattering or new. But when I reached the end of the first row and turned the corner I was instantly mesmerized by what I saw. Laid out across a long table, and hanging on the walls behind it were the more glorious and spectacular frames I had ever seen. Most were large thick frames around mirrors, but a few encompassed vintage photos. But they had three very important things in common. They all were dripping with vintage gems, jewels, charms, buttons and antiques. They were all one-of-a-kind pieces of art, and each one told a very unique story. Oh, and they had one more important thing in common. They were all created by Jen Garrett. In this gem segment of the podcast I want to introduce you to Jen. She is a very special lady, which an incredible talent for story telling through these incredible art frames. I hope you come away with is that there are new and creative ways to help tell you ancestors story. I have a very special hand tinted photo from the 1930s of my beloved Grandma Alfreda Burkett in her nursing cap, taken the day she graduated from nursing school. She looks so young, and beautiful and full of excitement for her new career, which would last for over 50 years. I've waited to hang that photo in my home because I knew it deserved a special frame, and I've just never found one that did it justice. The frame that I bought that day, absolutely does it justice. It's covered in vintage items from that era, all with a medical theme Exclusive Collection Hand Selected by Lisa I noticed it right away because the frame held a photo from that same era of another young nurse. She has been replaced with Grandma Burkett's photo, and this framed piece is now, truly, a family heirloom. It hangs in my Genealogy Gems office, and it will be handed down for generations to come. Jen's frames are an investment well worth making. And if you would like to acquire one of these very special frames you will find an exclusive collection now in the Genealogy Gems website store, just in time for the holidays. The frames are all truly incredible works of art! Even if you aren't interested in purchasing a frame, may I encourage you to just go and You'll be inspired. And once a frame I this collection has been purchased it's gone forever, because they really are one-of-a-kind. Be sure to click on them to see the enlarged view. The photos don't do the frames justice, but the larger images will give you a taste of all of the incredible and intricate details in them. On a PC you can hold the Control key and plus the plus key (+) to zoom in even further. Enjoy! Join Today: Sign up for the Free Newsletter on the homepage and get the free ebook 5 Fabulous Google Search Strategies for the Family Historian as a thank you gift!
When Magnus Eunson set up his illegal still on Orkney in 1798, the gaugers in the village of Kirkwall were a safe distance away. Graham Manson manages Highland Park now, and Kirkwall has grown up around the distillery. We'll hear from Graham on WhiskyCast In-Depth, and get some historical perspective from retired Highland Park and Scapa worker Davie Reid. In the news, U.S. craft distillers have broken away from the American Distilling Institute to set up their own organization, the Scotch Malt Whisky Society expands to India, and Chicago's getting ready for Whisky Week.
Given how much Dragon Age II occupied our thoughts on so many of our blogs in March, it seems inevitable that the Moving Pixels podcast crew would gather to discuss our varying takes on the game. Despite its more limited geographical scope, Kirkwall is a game world well suited to an expanded discusssion. Bioware's ambitious efforts to tweak combat, experiment with narrative, and present one of the most inclusive casts in gaming are just a number of topics worth returning to in our expansive chat about the game.
Noen få kilometer utenfor Kirkwall ligger Maeshowe. En sju meter høy og 32 meter bred gravhaug overdekt med jord og gress. Haugen er fem tusen år gammel, påbegynt før Stonehenge og er i dag en del av verdensarven. Midt inne i haugen er et stort gravkammer, og dit inn går en trang gang man kan krype inn. Det stensatte, indre rommet er mektig nok i seg selv, men på veggene er det mer enn 30 runeinnskrifter med norrøne tekster. ”Jorsalamenn brutu haug thenna”, forteller en av innskriftene. Og i Orknøyasaga står fortellingen av jarlen Ragnvald Kale og hans menn som i 1155 kom hjem fra Jerusalem og stengte seg inne i ”Orkhaug” i flere dager. To menn falt i uvit over det som skjedde der inne, og når man leser tekstene, kan man forstå hvorfor. Det er fortellinger om en gjemt skatt, erotiske gåter, ren graffiti og historier om hva som gikk for seg i uværsnettene de norrøne vikingene stengte seg inne i haugen. Runeforsker Terje Spurkland leter med lommelykt langs veggene og oversetter og forklarer de forskjellige runeinnskriftene. Sendt første gang i 2007
CTH, Episode 47, Dragon Age 2 Support Group WARNING: This episode is NOT about Dungeons and Dragons Online! Join us next week when we talk about our favorite game! Until then, please know that this podcast contains a few major spoilers for Dragon Age 2. Please DO NOT listen if you do not want certain parts of the game ruined for your initial play through. The surprises are worth it! Welcome to a special Cocktail Hour where special guests Teppotastic, Kudesnik, and Coldin T , join me for a round table discussion of Dragon Age 2. We talk about our favorite and least favorite aspects of gameplay, graphics, mechanics, characters, storyline, etc. Listen to find out which party members are easier than others! Thanks so much for listening! 01:05:2400:00:56 Intro: Dragon Age 2 Main Theme Inon Zur00:01:22 Spoiler Alert! Turn back now! 00:01:34 General Gameplay, what did our panel think about: Graphics/ Combat 00:05:43 Mechanics of speech, talking Hawke/ Dialogue wheel vs old DAO conversation tree00:10:06 Dungeon Layout00:12:12 party members armor, six years and youre still in the same shirt? 00:14:27 Crafting, upgrading your armor, potions00:16:56 Load timesCHARACTERS: 00:18:35 What was your main party make-up?00:21:05 Favorite character? (spoiler alert!)00:24:25 Least favorite Character? (mild spoiler)00:26:29 Party Dialogue (mild spoiler)00:28:55 Kiss and tell! Whom did you take to party camp? (easy spoiler!)STORYLINE: (spoilers)00:33:01 Ten Years? Really? 00:37:53 Favorite time period for Hawke. 00:40:33 Cameos by old characters. FINAL THOUGHTS 00:46:12 What class did you decide on for your main play through? 00:49:30 Why did you buy DA/ What was your favorite part? (mild spoiler)00:52:00 Major emotional responses (major spoiler)00:54:10 Your ending (spoiler!)00:57:55 Isabella talk. 00:59:01 Would you play DA3? 00:59:38 The city of Kirkwall and map talk. 01:00:51 A special request for one of those smexy Qunari as a party member in DA3. 01:01:33 Codex talk. 01:03:12 Links to articlesLead Writer Blasts Homophobic Fan, (great article!) Zero Punctuation, DA2 Review 01:04:52 Outro