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Host Anthony Desiato and guest Shawn Hendricks (Fat Moose Comics) shine a light on Frank Miller's seminal Batman story THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS in its 40th anniversary year. They consider the book's legacy, impact on their personal fandoms, sociopolitical commentary, Rocky parallels, place within the wider Dark Knight Saga, and more.Anthony & Shawn also discuss the two-part animated film adaptation (released in 2012 and 2013) directed by Jay Oliva & starring Peter Weller as Bruce Wayne.Keep tuning in throughout the month of September as the podcast's coverage of The Dark Knight Saga continues!Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato!Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.Join the conversation on the social media channels for parent podcast Digging for Kryptonite:FACEBOOK GROUP: Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan GroupFACEBOOK PAGE: @diggingforkryptonitepodINSTAGRAM: @diggingforkryptonitepodTWITTER: @diggingforkrpodBLUESKY: @diggingforkrpod.bsky.socialEMAIL: flatsquirrelproductions@gmail.comWEBSITE: FlatSquirrelProductions.comLighting the Bat-Signal is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Isaiah Simmons. Theme music by Kill Me Kate.Mentioned in this episode:Rick ReasonAw Yeah ComicsPop BreakAlways Hold On To Smallville
Adam and Jordana LIVE from the Minnesota State Fair 11a hour!
This week, Jocelyn is joined by marvelous guest host Andrew Ivimey to discuss LAST NIGHT IN SOHO! We discuss incredible staging, the perils of writing outside of your experience, and how this movie is a little bit Feminism 101. But the LIGHTING! The LIGHTING!!! WESTERN CANADA. See guest Andrew Ivimey performing in Victoria, BC, Sept 10 - Vancouver, BC, Sept 15 - Winnipeg, MB, Sept 18 Produced by Andrew Ivimey as part of The From Superheroes Network Visit www.FromSuperheroes.com for more podcasts, articles, video series, web comics, and more.
Bending Not Breaking Host Ben Pruitt introduces YOU to an All New Series Expanding The BNB Universe to a whole new World... Follow : @bnb_pod & @thearkofenetwork on Instagram Music : "Star Hunting" by nARK Produced By Noah Blanchard Released By The ARK of E Network Send Feedback : thearkofe@gmail.com
We are sponsored by WAC Architectural. From concept to completion, WAC Architectural delivers precision lighting solutions engineered for exceptional spaces and enduring performance. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/2s49zvwp Highlights include: Zachary Pearson Brings Young Energy to IESNYC Under One Sky 2026: Early Bird Registration is Open Register for Light for Life® Symposium: Commissioning
Business of Design ™ | Interior Designers, Decorators, Stagers, Stylists, Architects & Landscapers
Lighting is one of the most powerful design tools available—yet it's often one of the most overlooked. In this guest-hosted episode, DuVäl Reynolds sits down with architectural lighting designer Sarah Richter to explore how thoughtful lighting transforms the way clients experience their homes. Together, they unpack the difference between decorative and architectural lighting, explain why layered lighting is essential to great design, and discuss how interior designers and lighting designers can collaborate to create more beautiful, functional spaces. If you've ever wondered whether bringing a lighting designer onto your project is worth it, this conversation may change the way you approach every project going forward. In this episode, you'll learn: - Why layered lighting creates homes that are both beautiful and highly functional - The difference between decorative lighting, architectural lighting, and lighting design - Exactly where a lighting designer fits into the BOD™ 15 Step Project Management Strategy—and why involving them early leads to better project outcomes - How interior designers and lighting designers work together to elevate a project - Why lighting should be considered from the earliest stages of the design process - How thoughtful lighting enhances architecture, showcases interiors, and improves everyday living - Practical ways to incorporate lighting expertise into your next residential design project
With 35+ years in the lighting industry, our guest has helped develop innovative lighting products across multiple channels while contributing to the standards that shape the industry. As an American Lighting Association member, engineering committee member, and UL Technical Committee member for UL 1838, 1598, and 153, he brings a unique perspective on where lighting technology, innovation, and industry standards meet.
We are sponsored by WAC Architectural. From concept to completion, WAC Architectural delivers precision lighting solutions engineered for exceptional spaces and enduring performance. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/2s49zvwp Highlights include: Signify's Patent Case Against ETI Jennifer Chronister Joins BIOS Lighting The Award-Winning Night Lights In New Lebanon Opens Event Registration David Hilton Named ETC VP of Sales
We are sponsored by ArchLIGHT Summit and DALI Alliance - where lighting leaders gather this September. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/3jrpvcex Highlights include: Halco Celebrates Grand Opening of New Jersey Distribution Facility 2027 IESNYC Lumen Awards Open for Submissions Non Random: the Suspension Lamp Redefining the Presence of Light in Space Lucent Lighting Supports the Hospitality-led Transformation
745: Energy Hacks - Lighting, Music & Ambience That Boost Retention
We are sponsored by ArchLIGHT Summit and DALI Alliance - where lighting leaders gather this September. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/3jrpvcex Highlights include: LEDucation 2027 News + Call for Speakers GLX Holding AS, the Holding Company of Glamox, Reports a Resilient Second-Quarter Performance Could Lighting Lead the Return of DC Power? Ligman North America Builds the Website Its Customers Asked For
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We are sponsored by ArchLIGHT Summit and DALI Alliance - where lighting leaders gather this September. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/3jrpvcex Highlights include: ArchLIGHT Summit Announces a Move to June For Its 2027 Dates Dialight Expands Latin American Representation Through JD Martin International Glamox Wins Contract to Light Formosa 4 Wind Farm in Taiwan Pharos Unites Old and New at Maisonneuve Library
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister interview esteemed broadcast Lighting Designer, Geoff Amoral. Join Geoff, Ellen, David, Steve, and Dennis, as they discuss: Getting started in broadcast lighting; Geoff's many years at Saturday Night Live; A typical weekly production schedule for SNL; Lighting the musical guests; Working with the other great Broadcast LD's on SNL; "Trust Your Gut"; Working with Kanye West ("It's a Good Story Now"); How technology evolved at SNL; Working with Nirvana, Paul McCartney, and The Rolling Stones; Dealing with multiple LD's; Being out on the floor; Using the Robe followspots; Why the show is shot at 3200K; Lighting The Christmas Tree; Being a "Staff Guy"; Lighting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; The challenge of the SNL 50th Anniversary Show; Concerns and dreams about future technologies; and "Don't Say 'No'". Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense. @lighttalkpodcast
I don't know what it's like where you live, but I live in Seattle, WA, and it is starting to feel like fall.The days are already getting a little shorter.The evenings are cool. We even have rain in the forecast again… And very soon, our days are going to be much shorter, and for natural light photographers, that means our potential working hours also take a cutIf you're a photographer who works with natural light, you know exactly what I'm talking about.Summer gives us long days. And those long days, give us options…Then the season changes and our window for "good light" gets smaller and smaller. And what really sucks, is that this change in light happens just as the busy fall season is picking up.So, just as our bookings are increasing, our light starts leaving us.Now, if you listen to this podcast then you probably already know that I love working with strobes and flash, and you're probably think that thats what I'm going to pivot into…. But I also know that there are many photographers who work exclusively with natural light and LOVE natural light, and so it thats you, then please stay, because I actually wrote this episode for you…There is a cost to being a natural light photographer that nobody talks about. And honestly, if someone would have had this conversation with me at the beginning of my career, ti would have saved me years of stress and years of wasted time and money.So lets talk about it…SHOWNOTES:https://sandracoanstudios.com/the-real-cost-of-natural-light/Lighting on Location: https://www.sandracoaneducation.com/lighting-on-location
We are sponsored by ArchLIGHT Summit and DALI Alliance - where lighting leaders gather this September. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/3jrpvcex Highlights include: The August/September issue of designing lighting (dl) is here! Inside the IES26 Illumination Awards
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We are sponsored by ArchLIGHT Summit and DALI Alliance - where lighting leaders gather this September. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/3jrpvcex Highlights include: USPTO Denies Super Lighting Reexamination Request Following PVTECH Pre-Order Submission Under New USPTO Procedure Vancouver IES Section to Host AEFI, Advanced Education Fly-In Conference October 23, 2026 Why Lighting Manufacturers Use Regional Representation
Join Me To Build Your Best Fall – https://buildyourbestfall.com/ You love your home. You chose things that matter to you, yet it can still leave your shoulders tight by day's end. Myquillyn Smith, known to many as The Nester, offers house hushing, a gentler way to help your home feel calmer. She calls it house hushing. It's for women who care about beauty and want their homes to feel calm again. The goal isn't to empty your rooms; it's to quiet them so your body and mind can settle, too. House hushing can clear your countertops and leave your home feeling more peaceful. What You'll Learn in This Episode: What "house hushing" actually means, and why quieting visual noise matters more than owning less The backwards decluttering method that lets the process earn your trust instead of the other way around The exact two-room, 48-hour reset Myquillyn uses (and how to bring back only what you truly need) The two things that make any room feel louder or quieter: contrast and scale The three changes that make even a big, echoey room feel cozy Why the goal was never a prettier house, but a home you finally relax in and use Timestamps: (00:00) — What house hushing is: decluttering for women who love beauty (01:52) — Cozy minimalism, and why "get rid of it all" scares beauty-lovers (05:13) — Backwards decluttering: the room-by-room reset (06:37) — How to do it: pick two rooms and live with less for 48 hours (08:37) — Bringing back only what's needed, and why decisions get easier (09:47) — Alli hushes her kitchen: what she found and how it felt (12:05) — Closed storage, moving furniture, and the power of small changes (14:51) — Letting your functional, beautiful things be the decor (18:33) — The two things that change a room's volume: contrast and scale (21:06) — Three things that make any big room cozy: rug, drapes, lamps (22:10) — Lighting, lamps, and the case against overhead lights (25:04) — Spicy takes: clocks, fake plants, tiny decor, and ceiling fans (29:58) — Decorating trends worth ignoring, and the "order of decor" (32:25) — Fun favorites: shows, a book, and the perfect puzzle Links to great things we discussed: The Other Bennett Sister Gallison 500-piece puzzles House Hushing Function Health Uplift App Join me on Substack: Wise Woman Method Join Me To Build Your Best Fall – https://buildyourbestfall.com/ Alli on YouTube I hope you loved this episode!
Friend of the show and lighting expert Dr. MJ Coco joins us on this episode all about underlighting your garden canopy. Coco explains which types of garden benefit most from undercanopy lighting, and which situations benefit less. He also explains how to properly apply underlighting when it comes to light schedule and ppfd, and breaks down exactly how plants utilize photon energy when gathered from the bottom. Join GrowCast Membership TODAY! The best community in cultivation. Personal 24/7 garden support, Members Only content and discounts, and the Grand Pheno Hunt! www.growcast.com/membership Code GROWCAST15 now works with grow KITS from AC Infinity! www.acinfinity.com use promo code GROWCAST15 for 15% off the BEST grow fans in the game, plus tents, pots, scissors, LED lights, and more! 20% off www.rootedleaf.com with code GROWCAST sitewide!
Welcome to the Part Time Pilot Audio Ground School Podcast! This podcast was created to help student pilots learn their ground school during their busy schedules. These audio lessons were created as Dedicated Audio... meaning they are not just the audio from one of our video lessons because video audio would assume that you can see the video visuals. A dedicated audio lesson assumes you cannot see anything and therefore goes into detail with metaphors and audible descriptions of the images in our course. If you don't want to wait each week for the new lesson, or you don't want to hear ads... you can get ALL our audio lessons, ad free and download them to your device with our VIP podcast:
We are sponsored by ArchLIGHT Summit and DALI Alliance - where lighting leaders gather this September. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/3jrpvcex Highlights include: Bamboozle, Red Pajamas and a Volvo: Celebrating David DiLaura 80 Trips Around the Sun with David DiLaura Built, Not Discovered: David DiLaura's Closing Lessons
Japanese true crime and Japanese folklore, one candle at a time.In June 1981, a Japanese literature student in Paris asked a Dutch classmate to come to his apartment and help him with his German pronunciation. Renée Hartevelt was twenty-five. She said yes because she was the kind of person who noticed when somebody was sitting on their own.Issei Sagawa confessed within days. He was never convicted, never imprisoned, and never spent a single night in a cell. He spent the next thirty-six years being interviewed, published, booked and paid — and at one point, employed as a restaurant critic.This episode pairs his case with the jikininki: the Buddhist hungry ghost, cursed to devour the dead every night through a throat too narrow to swallow anything at all. A creature no court can touch, no prison can hold, and no executioner can reach — one that ends only when somebody finally decides to stop feeding it.Two stories about an appetite that was never the crime.It was the sentence.⸻Contains: graphic violence, cannibalism, sexual violence (referenced, not depicted), and detailed discussion of a real victim. Listener discretion advised.Chapters 00:00 The Lighting 02:40 The Priest at the Hermitage 15:30 Renée 20:40 The Woman in the Ground-Floor Apartment 27:30 The Eleventh of June 36:00 The Hole in the Law 40:00 The Godfather 43:30 The Rite 50:00 The Ones Who Keep The Candles Lit⸻There is an old Japanese game. A hundred candles are lit in a windowless room. Every story told puts one out. Nobody agrees on what arrives when the last one dies — only that you should not be there to see it.This is Candle 001.Ninety-nine to go...
Your house might be quietly stressing you out, and it has nothing to do with the mess on the counter.That's what my guest, Dr. Rachel Melvald, and I dig into on this week's episode, and honestly, it kind of wrecked me in the best way. Rachel is the founder of Psychitecture, where she blends neuroscience, psychology, and design to help people understand why their homes make them feel calm, chaotic, or somewhere in between. We're not talking Pinterest boards here. We're talking about the actual signals your nervous system is picking up from your walls, your lighting, and even your throw pillows.I've been in my body-and-hormones lane for a while now, so this one stretched me in a direction I wasn't expecting. Your home isn't just where you live. It's constantly talking to your nervous system, whether you're paying attention or not.Here's a taste of what we get into:The one lighting mistake almost every American home makes, and why it's quietly wrecking your sleep and your moodWhat "prospect and refuge" means and why your brain needs both privacy and connection built into your spaceThe surprising link between your home and your relationship, and why remodels reveal way more than paint color preferencesHow color actually shifts your nervous system state, and the easy way to use it without repainting a single wallWhy open floor plans might be working against you more than you thinkThe single cheapest fix Rachel recommends starting with, no remodel requiredIf your house has ever felt like it's somehow adding to your stress instead of relieving it, you're not imagining that. Rachel explained that our brains are constantly scanning our environment for cues of safety or threat, the same primal system that's been running since we were cave dwellers. Your nervous system doesn't know the difference between a real threat and a room that just feels off. It reacts the same way either way.We talked about how something as simple as swapping harsh overhead LED lighting for a lamp can shift your whole evening. I actually did this in my own home recently and noticed the difference almost immediately. Less jarring, more settled, like my body finally got the memo that it was time to wind down. Rachel breaks down exactly why that happens and what it's doing to your circadian rhythm behind the scenes.We also went deep on something I hadn't thought much about before, which is how our homes shape our relationships. Rachel used to be a couples therapist before she moved into this work, and she shared how something as ordinary as a remodel or a move can bring every unresolved wound in a relationship right to the surface. One person wants everything put away, the other wants it out where they can see it, and suddenly you're not really arguing about a shelf anymore. If you've ever had a weirdly heated conversation about furniture placement with your partner, this part is going to hit close to home.And if you're a mom, the piece on kids' rooms is worth the listen on its own. Rachel talks about how a child's space should shift as they grow and move through different developmental stages, and how giving them some say in their own room can support their sense of identity and independence in ways most of us never consider.What I loved most is that Rachel keeps bringing it back to something simple. A dimmer switch. One lamp. A little more intention about where you sit and what you're looking at. Small, doable shifts that speak directly to your nervous system, no gutted kitchen or hired designer required.Next time you walk into your house, pay attention to what your shoulders do. Do they drop, or do they creep up toward your ears? Your body already has an opinion about your space, it's just been talking to you in a language you were never taught to read. Consider this episode your translator.CONNECT WITH RACHEL:WebsiteInstagramNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Breakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideHormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! 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We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass
We are sponsored by ArchLIGHT Summit and DALI Alliance - where lighting leaders gather this September. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/3jrpvcex Highlights include: Is my Competitor Investigating my Industry Service? A Special Issue of the Spec Will be Available Today A Leading Lighting Company is Hiring an Eastern Regional Sales Manager
Send us Fan MailCody Keenan is a bestselling author and one of the most accomplished political speechwriters of his generation. He spent 14 years working with Barack Obama, ultimately serving as the President's chief speechwriter and helping craft some of the most consequential speeches of the Obama presidency.But what does it actually take to find the right words when millions of people are listening?In this conversation, Cody and I discuss the hidden craft of presidential speechwriting, what he learned working alongside Obama, why great communication starts with understanding people, and how storytelling can turn complicated ideas into something people actually feel.We also explore leadership under pressure, the tension between optimism and cynicism, finding your own voice, the responsibility that comes with writing words for someone else, and why the stories we choose to tell matter.This is a conversation about far more than politics. It's about communication, leadership, storytelling, and the difficult work of believing that our words can still make a difference.===Time Codes:00:00 Cody's Notable Speeches and Appearances05:10 Exclusive Interview Highlights07:50 Oval Office Basement Stress Reflections10:46 Legacy of War Silence14:45 Meeting Presidents & Speechwriting Insights15:41 Anonymity's Decline in Public Service21:44 "Obama's Skill: Crafting Resonant Narratives"23:53 Delayed Visit and Unifying Narratives28:29 Envy of White House Advance Team31:16 Visualizing Success Through Preparation35:10 Moonshot Optimism38:31 "Perseverance and Impactful Living"39:11 "Milestone Gratitude Acknowledgment"Support the showConnect with Passing The Torch: Facebook and IG: @torchmartinMore Amazing Stories:Episode 41: Lee Ellis – Freeing You From Bond That Make You InsecureEpisode 81: Kurt Warner – Perseverance, Humility, and Lighting the Way Episode 90: Michelle 'MACE' Curran – How to Turn Fear into Fuel------------© 2026 TORCH LEAP®, LLC. All rights reserved.
We are sponsored by ArchLIGHT Summit and DALI Alliance - where lighting leaders gather this September. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/3jrpvcex Highlights include: Acuity Inc. Names Ruth Gratzke President of Acuity Brands Lighting Lighting Trends from the IES Progress Committee LEDVANCE Earns Recognition in the 2026 IES Progress Report for Seven Innovative Lighting Solutions
A few different topics to get into with Adam Carter, we discuss the dimmed mood lighting in the studio for the show, the idea of a “Bring Your Cat to the Ballpark” for the Saint Paul Saints and why Adam regrets his early life decision of getting into radio!
Barbara and Jacie discuss insomnia as a common CIRS symptom, explaining that CIRS (Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome) can occur in genetically predisposed people exposed to biotoxins like mold, algae blooms, or venomous spider bites, leading to chronic inflammation, cytokine activity, low MSH, and downstream disruption of melatonin, cortisol, and other hormones. They share ways to improve falling asleep (morning sunlight, dim evening lighting, low-dose melatonin, bedtime grounding routines, time-boxing bed use, and acupuncture) and staying asleep (addressing nighttime blood sugar drops with a protein/fat or protein/fiber snack, and managing nocturia from ADH/osmolality dysregulation with electrolytes, fluid timing, and pre-bed bathroom trips). They also cover unrefreshing sleep, sleep environment optimization, hormone testing (including DUTCH panels), and supplements and supports they use, including magnesium, L-theanine, glycine, and KPV, emphasizing practitioner guidance and treating CIRS as the root cause. For more information and support, join us at https://thecirsgroup.com TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Sleep: intro and disclaimer 00:45 What Is CIRS? 02:01 Low MSH and poor sleep connection 03:51 Circadian rhythm resets 05:55 Lighting to support sleep 06:23 Melatonin Done Right 06:46 Anxiety disrupting sleep (cell danger response) 08:37 Benefits of acupuncture 10:09 Why you have trouble staying asleep 11:00 Tips to stabilize your blood sugar 11:53 Nocturia (needing to pee in the middle of the night) 14:00 Unrefreshing Sleep: tips and tricks 15:40 Hormones and Testing 18:33 Personal Sleep Stacks 20:48 Ashwagandha Nightshade PSA 21:31 KPV for Low MSH 22:27 Wrap Up and Next Steps For more information and support, join us at https://thecirsgroup.com HELPFUL LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE: Our episode on what CIRS is: https://youtu.be/eqso4R0cQhg?si=9klrfHeuyKGfUJ4n Order Jacie's book! The 30 Day Carnivore Bootcamp: https://a.co/d/7MgHrRs The CIRS Group: Support Community: https://thecirsgroup.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecirsgroup/ Find Jacie for carnivore, lifestyle and limbic resources: Jacie's book on the Carnivore diet! https://a.co/d/8ZKCqz0 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladycarnivory YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LadyCarnivory Blog: https://www.ladycarnivory.com/ Find Barbara for business/finance tips and coaching: Website: https://www.actlikebarbara.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actlikebarbara/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@actlikebarbara Jacie is a Shoemaker certified Proficiency Partner, NASM certified nutrition coach, author, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a business and fitness coach, CIRS and ADHD advocate, writer, speaker, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.
We are sponsored by ArchLIGHT Summit and DALI Alliance - where lighting leaders gather this September. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/3jrpvcex Highlights include: IES26: Progress Report Recognizes 58 Innovations IES26: Jared in Disguise: An IES President Goes High-Tech Sam Koerbel: Why Lighting Design Communication Matters NLB Announces Call For Entries for the 2026 Lighting Transformation Awards
Muskegon History and Beyond with the Lakeshore Museum Center
At the beginning of the 20th Century, the Muskegon Traction and Lighting Company was responsible for providing electricity, natural gas, and street car services to Muskegon. Find out how this company came to be, and eventually why it fell apart.
We are thrilled to welcome Richmond, Virginia-based interior designer Anne Hulcher Tollett to the podcast! As the founder and principal designer of Hanover Avenue, Anne's work has been featured in House Beautiful, Veranda, The Wall Street Journal, and Architectural Digest. She is known for designing spaces that feel deeply personal, honoring both the historic architecture of a home and the unique lifestyles of the families who live in them. Anne sits down with Caroline and Liz to talk about how she uncovers her clients' true personal style—even retiring fabrics after using them to prevent cookie-cutter designs. She shares her secrets for choosing long-term furniture investments with "good lines" that seamlessly move from house to house, how to break out of the Pinterest algorithm trap, and why you should look to your own closet for home color palette inspiration. Quick Decorating Takeaways: Reveal the Client's Aesthetic, Don't Impose Yours: Anne views her job as revealing her clients' personal style rather than leaving her own design stamp on a home. To ensure a custom, couture feel for every family, her firm intentionally retires fabrics once they've been used in a project. Break the Pinterest and Instagram Algorithm: Relying too heavily on social media can trap you in a "cookie-cutter" design loop because the algorithm feeds you more of what you've already looked at. To find fresh inspiration, look to fashion designers, historic home tours, local show houses, or museum exhibits instead. Invest in "Good Lines": When building a furniture collection that evolves with you, prioritize pieces with beautiful, timeless silhouettes and classic lines. A high-quality piece of furniture with good lines will naturally pair beautifully with other styles and can easily transition from your first small apartment to a larger family home. Look to Your Wardrobe for Color Palettes: If you're struggling to find a home color scheme, look at what you love to wear. Your closet naturally holds the tones, textures, and patterns you feel most confident and comfortable around. Lower Your Artwork: A common mistake is hanging art too high up on the wall. Bring your artwork down closer to eye level or anchor it closer to your furniture to create a more intimate and cohesive arrangement. What You'll Hear on This Episode: 00:34 Welcome to Anne Hulcher Tollett of Hanover Avenue 01:34 Why Anne loves working across varied design styles to avoid feeling bored 02:00 The methodology behind uncovering a client's aesthetic and why she retires fabrics 05:00 Breaking free from the social media algorithm trap to find authentic design inspiration 10:00 Pulling imagery and grouping ideas onto a physical or digital board to find common threads 15:00 Scale, traffic flow, and arranging furniture at comfortable, conversational heights 22:00 Why one good piece of furniture will always go with another good piece of furniture 27:00 Buying for longevity: Navigating small apartments, first sofas, and prioritizing beautiful lines 35:00 How to translate your personal wardrobe style into your interior design palette 42:00 Managing complex family dynamics and designing spaces that adapt to kids and lifestyle changes 48:00 Lighting lessons: Dealing with fixtures that look pretty but don't emit enough light 55:00 Hanging artwork at the correct visual height to anchor a room 01:00:00 Decorating Dilemma: Solving layout challenges, awkward dimensions, and hiding cords for off-the-wall floating furniture Also Mentioned: Hanover Avenue | Website Follow Anne on Instagram: @hanoveravenue Shop Ballard Designs Please send in your decorating dilemmas to podcast@ballarddesigns.net so we can help you with your space! Don't forget to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode. Happy decorating! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Sisters present their first in a series of special round table discussions exploring Women in Lighting. This episode brings together veteran women Broadway lighting designers, along with young professionals who have recently entered the lighting community. Join Christina, Dawn, Elena, Kelsey, and Ellen, as they discuss: Challenges for women in the industry; Putting women in positions to "manage personalities"; Other training options for women besides pursuing a Bachelors or Master's degree; Preparing for a career in teaching; Does undergraduate theatre training prepare young designers adequately?; Challenges in touring; Recreating old productions in new theaters; The next "disruptive" technology; Favorite productions, and horror stories; How "Anti-Woke" may affect women in the lighting industry; and "The Taste of the Light". Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense. @lighttalkpodcast
We are sponsored by ArchLIGHT Summit and DALI Alliance - where lighting leaders gather this September. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/3jrpvcex Highlights include: IES Looks Beyond Survival Mode IES26: Progress! Progress Committee Delivers Progress Report Signify Patent Lawsuit Brings an Interesting Role Reversal How Collaborative Distribution Mitigates Risk in Hyperscale Data Center Construction
00:00:00 Numbers 1 – Numbering the Men of War from Twenty Years Old and Upward00:07:24 Numbers 2 – Order of the Camps and Standard of the Host of Israel00:11:55 Numbers 3 – Charge of the Levites and Redemption of the Firstborn00:19:08 Numbers 4 – Service of the Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites00:26:26 Numbers 5 – Restitution for Trespass and Water of Jealousy00:31:02 Numbers 6 – Vow of a Nazarite and the LORD Bless Thee and Keep Thee00:35:11 Numbers 7 – Dedication Offerings of the Twelve Princes of Israel00:45:54 Numbers 8 – Lighting the Seven Lamps and Cleansing of the Levites00:49:33 Numbers 9 – Passover Kept in the Wilderness and Cloud Covering the Tabernacle00:53:16 Numbers 10 – Two Trumpets of Silver and Departure from Mount Sinai00:58:00 Numbers 11 – Burning at Taberah, Quails, and Seventy Elders Endued with the Spirit01:03:32 Numbers 12 – Miriam's Leprosy for Speaking Against Moses01:05:43 Numbers 13 – Twelve Spies Sent to Search out the Land of Canaan01:09:47 Numbers 14 – Murmuring of the People and Forty Years Wandering Proclaimed01:16:11 Numbers 15 – Offerings of the Land, Sabbath Stoning, and Fringes on Garments01:21:40 Numbers 16 – Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and the Earth Opening Her Mouth01:28:45 Numbers 17 – Rod of Aaron Budded, Blossomed, and Yielded Almonds01:30:37 Numbers 18 – Portion of the Priests, Levites, and Tithes of the Tithes01:36:16 Numbers 19 – Sacrifice of the Red Heifer and Water of Separation01:39:55 Numbers 20 – Moses Smiteth the Rock at Meribah and Death of Aaron01:43:58 Numbers 21 – Serpent of Brass and Defeat of Sihon and Og01:49:08 Numbers 22 – Balak Sendeth for Balaam and the Ass Speaketh01:55:21 Numbers 23 – Parables of Balaam: God Is Not a Man That He Should Lie01:59:24 Numbers 24 – Prophecy of a Star Out of Jacob and Sceptre Out of Israel02:03:07 Numbers 25 – Whoredom at Baalpeor and Zeal of Phinehas02:05:34 Numbers 26 – Second Census of the Children of Israel in the Plains of Moab02:13:42 Numbers 27 – Inheritance of the Daughters of Zelophehad and Joshua Set Before Eleazar02:16:57 Numbers 28 – Daily Continual Burnt Offering, Sabbath, and Feast Days02:21:13 Numbers 29 – Offerings for Feast of Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles02:26:21 Numbers 30 – Vows of Maidens, Wives, and Husbands Disannulling Them02:29:04 Numbers 31 – Vengeance upon Midian and Division of the Prey02:35:25 Numbers 32 – Reuben, Gad, and Half Tribe of Manasseh Settle Transjordan02:41:16 Numbers 33 – Journeys of the Children of Israel from Rameses to Moab02:46:48 Numbers 34 – Borders of the Land of Canaan and Princes Appointed02:50:13 Numbers 35 – Levite Cities and Cities of Refuge for the Slayer02:55:13 Numbers 36 – Inheritance of Daughters Marrying Within Their Own TribeDownload One-Year Reading Plan:https://andrewhorval.substack.com/p/kingjamesbibleinoneyearBooks:https://andrewhorval.substack.com/p/booksPodcast & More:https://andrewhorval.substack.com
We are sponsored by ArchLIGHT Summit and DALI Alliance - where lighting leaders gather this September. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/3jrpvcex Highlights include: IES26 Presidential Awards Honor Four Lighting Leaders IES26 Society Awards Honor Lighting Industry Leaders PureEdge Lighting Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against LightBlue USA/Rayhil Cooper Lighting Solutions Earns Eight Selections in 2026 IES Progress Report
DP Michael Bauman, ASC on shooting Monster: The Ed Gein Story, building a visual language with period lenses, and lighting with just reflectors and flashlights. Podcast highlights include: -How Michael built a distinct visual language for each era with lensing shifting from period to period. Color and texture gave the digital image a weathered, film-period feel. -Lighting the Emmy-nominated Episode 6 sequence almost entirely with reflected and practical light. Rather than lighting the set conventionally, the crew bounced light and had actors sweep real flashlights themselves, revealing the horror gradually. -Why the "less is more" philosophy shaped how the show handles its most gruesome material. Instead of extreme gore, props and details were shot so that it was hard for the audience to see clearly, with sound design and suggestion doing the work. -How a single unbroken shot in the hardware-store reveal scene grew out of a scheduling crunch. Short winter daylight forced a one-take solution that ended up becoming one of the episode's most cinematic moments. Find Michael Bauman: Instagram @baumanlights Monster: The Ed Gein Story is currently streaming on Netflix. Hear our previous interview with Michael Bauman on One Battle After Another. https://www.camnoir.com/ep343/ SHOW RUNDOWN: 02:14 Close Focus 11:37-53:40 Michael Bauman Interview 53:57 Short Ends 01:03:50 Credits The Cinematography Podcast website: www.camnoir.com YouTube: @TheCinematographyPodcast Facebook: @cinepod Instagram: @thecinepod Blue Sky: @thecinepod.bsky.social
We are sponsored by ArchLIGHT Summit and DALI Alliance - where lighting leaders gather this September. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/3jrpvcex Highlights include: From Emerging Professional to Leader: IES26 Builds in Denver IES26 Lighting Icons: Miller and DiLaura Share Career Lessons A Balancing Act: Using AI as a Tool to Make Room for Human Connection IALD Awards Call For Entries: Open Now
Send us Fan MailDave is a former navy SEAL and classically trained actor. He is currently Acting and modeling in NYC, LA and the Southeast.-Podcast Chapters:00:00 Importance of grit in life05:40 Military service and personal growth07:26 Authenticity and self-discovery in acting-More about David MeadowsIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3690667/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialdavidbmeadows/?hl=enWebsite: http://www.davidbmeadows.com/-Podcast Summary:Passing The Torch – David MeadowsIn this red carpet edition of Passing The Torch, host Martin Foster interviews Navy SEAL and actor David Meadows at the Military and Veteran Entertainment Awards held at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The conversation centers on David Meadows's role in the film "Hollywood Grit," which is nominated in multiple categories at the event, including Best Supporting Actor for himself.Key Discussion TopicsTeamwork and Recognition: David Meadows emphasizes his pride in the "Hollywood Grit" team, highlighting that the production involved over 220 people, including 70+ veterans, and expresses deep gratitude for the recognition from the MV Awards 00:46.The Meaning of Grit: Explaining what grit means personally, David Meadows connects it to perseverance through setbacks, adaptability, and continuous growth, noting that these qualities are vital in both military and entertainment fields 01:46.Authenticity and Respect: The discussion explores the challenges of earning respect in both the SEAL Teams and Hollywood. David Meadows identifies authenticity, honor, doing what you say, and treating others well as universal drivers of respect 02:43.Acting Challenges: Reflecting on the roles that pushed him most, David Meadows describes acting as a journey inward, finding and sharing authentic parts of oneself—even those that are vulnerable or unappealing. He shares that his "Hollywood Grit" character, Logan Cowboy, is a particularly close-to-home and demanding portrayal 03:25.Identity and Military Service: David Meadows credits his military service—particularly his time in Special Operations—with fostering personal growth, self-discovery, grit, and authenticity, lessons that prepared him to navigate Hollywood's pressures 05:40.Staying Grounded: On avoiding getting labeled or losing oneself in either the military or entertainment industry, David Meadows stresses the importance of self-awareness, studying oneself, and striving to be an authentic first-rate version of oneself rather than a second-rate imitation of someone else 07:26.The episode closes with mutual appreciation between the host and guest, reinforcing the importance of honoring veterans' contributions to both their country and the entertainment industry.Support the showConnect with Passing The Torch: Facebook and IG: @torchmartinMore Amazing Stories:Episode 41: Lee Ellis – Freeing You From Bond That Make You InsecureEpisode 81: Kurt Warner – Perseverance, Humility, and Lighting the Way Episode 90: Michelle 'MACE' Curran – How to Turn Fear into Fuel------------© 2026 TORCH LEAP®, LLC. All rights reserved.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Zach Moore (Always Hold On To Smallville) shine a light on the seminal BATMAN: YEAR ONE from Frank Miller & Dave Mazzucchelli — along with its follow-up, BATMAN: YEAR TWO by Mike W. Barr, Alan Davis, & Todd McFarlane.Anthony & Zach also compare notes on the 2011 animated adaptation of Year One and the classic 1993 film BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM, which seemingly borrowed key story elements from Year Two.Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato!Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.Join the conversation on the social media channels for parent podcast Digging for Kryptonite:FACEBOOK GROUP: Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan GroupFACEBOOK PAGE: @diggingforkryptonitepodINSTAGRAM: @diggingforkryptonitepodTWITTER: @diggingforkrpodBLUESKY: @diggingforkrpod.bsky.socialEMAIL: flatsquirrelproductions@gmail.comWEBSITE: FlatSquirrelProductions.comLighting the Bat-Signal is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Isaiah Simmons. Theme music by Kill Me Kate.Mentioned in this episode:Aw Yeah ComicsFat Moose ComicsPop BreakRick Reason
We are sponsored by ArchLIGHT Summit and DALI Alliance - where lighting leaders gather this September. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/3jrpvcex Highlights include: IES Board of Directors Meeting IALD Awards Call For Entries: Open Now Visa Lighting Expands Serenity™ Ceiling Luminaire Family with New Decorative Graphics Designed
As lifestyles evolve, so does home design. Homeowners want flexible spaces, more privacy, stronger connections to the outdoors and finishes that reflect their personal style. The result is a shift toward homes that aren’t just attractive but also work for the way people actually live. Kelley Collins, design studio manager with Ashton Woods, recently joined Carol Morgan on Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio to discuss how thoughtful design can balance function, personality and timeless style — and why the best homes don’t necessarily follow the latest trend. Home Design Starts With How People Live “We always joke that your lighting is like jewelry for your favorite outfit,” Collins said. Lighting can transform a room, highlight architectural features and draw attention to artwork or other focal points. But good design goes beyond what catches the eye. It starts with understanding how people will use a space. That has become particularly important as more people work, study, exercise and spend time at home. Rooms that once served a single purpose now may need to accommodate a home office, classroom, playroom, workout area or guest space. Flex Rooms Give Homeowners More Options Flex rooms offer a clear example of home design adapting to changing needs. A home office today could become a study space for a child tomorrow. A playroom could eventually become a hobby room, exercise area or guest room. Adaptability matters even more for multigenerational households. Rising living costs have contributed to more families living with parents or in-laws, making privacy and separation increasingly important. Doors, finished basements and multipurpose rooms can help families accommodate more people without making everyone feel like they’re living on top of each other. For homebuyers, it’s worth looking beyond how a floor plan works today. Consider how a room could serve the household five or 10 years from now. Open Floor Plans Meet the Need for Privacy Open-concept living remains popular, but the way people use their homes has prompted a closer look at privacy. An open kitchen, dining and living area can make entertaining easier and create a strong sense of connection. But when several people work, study or relax at the same time, too much openness can become a challenge. Interior doors, pocket doors and strategically placed private rooms can provide some separation without giving up the benefits of an open layout. Rather than choosing between open and closed floor plans, homeowners increasingly want a balance between shared spaces and places to retreat. Personalization Should Go Beyond Trends Personalization plays an important role in the design process, but it looks different for every homeowner. Some buyers want to customize nearly every selection. Others prefer a more restrained palette and use one or two features, such as a distinctive backsplash or lighting fixture, to make the home feel like their own. The goal is to create a cohesive design that reflects the homeowner without relying too heavily on a short-lived trend. “If they do have that bold design or that style that they want to incorporate, they really do it with intention,” Collins said. That doesn’t mean homeowners need to avoid bold choices. Instead, they should consider how those choices fit into the rest of the home and whether they’ll still feel right years from now. Timeless Design Can Still Evolve Home design trends constantly change. Cabinet colors have moved from dark finishes to gray and white and are now shifting toward warmer tones. Light and medium wood tones and off-white finishes are gaining popularity as gray and stark white interiors become less dominant. Trend cycles make timeless design valuable. Buyers want their homes to feel current, but they also want to feel comfortable with their choices years after construction ends. A neutral foundation provides flexibility, while lighting, furnishings, artwork and hardware can add personality and allow homeowners to update their spaces over time. Design for Durability and Everyday Life A beautiful home also needs to hold up to everyday life. Flooring and countertops offer good examples. Natural hardwood remains popular, while engineered luxury vinyl flooring attracts buyers who value durability. Quartz continues to appeal to homeowners who appreciate its consistency and low maintenance, even as designers continue to value the character of natural stone. Aesthetics are only part of the decision. Families with children, pets or frequent guests may prioritize different materials than homeowners looking for a low-maintenance second home or an entertainment-focused space. The Kitchen Remains the Heart of the Home For all the changes in home design, some priorities remain remarkably consistent. In the kitchen, an island can provide food preparation space, seating, a gathering point for family and friends and a place for homework or casual conversation. Other features, such as spa-inspired showers, reflect the same desire to make everyday spaces more enjoyable. Ultimately, good design isn’t just about making a room look good. It should make the room work better, too. Trust the Design Process For buyers building a new home, the number of decisions can quickly become overwhelming. Flooring, cabinets, countertops, tile, lighting and fixtures all contribute to the final result. A design professional can help homeowners understand how individual selections work together and where to focus their investment. Instead of making every decision at once, buyers can work through selections step by step and build a cohesive design. The Future of Home Design Will Follow Lifestyle No one can predict exactly which colors, materials or architectural features will dominate home design five or 10 years from now. Trends will continue to change. What we can predict is that homes will continue to adapt to the people who live in them. Flexible rooms can accommodate changing needs. Private spaces can balance open gathering areas. Outdoor living can extend a home’s usable space. Personalization can make a house feel distinctly like its owners. The most enduring design principle may be the simplest: Start with how people live and design from there. The goal is to create a home that represents the homeowner so well that “10 years down the road they still love their home.” That may ultimately separate a home that simply follows a trend from one that continues to feel right long after the trend has passed. To learn more about home design trends and how lifestyles influence the way homes are built, listen to the full episode of Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio. For more information about Ashton Woods, visit https://www.ashtonwoods.com/. About Ashton Woods Ashton Woods is one of the nation's largest private home builders, creating thoughtfully designed homes and communities across the United States. With a focus on design, quality and personalization, the company builds homes that reflect how people live today while providing opportunities for homeowners to make their spaces their own. Podcast Thanks Thank you to Denim Marketing for sponsoring Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio. Known as a trendsetter, Denim Marketing has been blogging since 2006 and podcasting since 2011. Contact them when you need quality, original content for social media, public relations, blogging, email marketing and promotions. A comfortable fit for companies of all shapes and sizes, Denim Marketing understands marketing strategies are not one-size-fits-all. The agency works with your company to create a perfectly tailored marketing strategy that will suit your needs and niche. Try Denim Marketing on for size by calling 770-383-3360 or by visiting www.DenimMarketing.com. About Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio, presented by Denim Marketing, highlights the movers and shakers in the Atlanta real estate industry – the home builders, developers, Realtors and suppliers working to provide the American dream for Atlantans. For more information on how you can be featured as a guest, contact Denim Marketing at 770-383-3360 or fill out the Atlanta Real Estate Forum contact form. Subscribe to the Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio podcast on iTunes, and if you like this week's show, be sure to rate it. Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio was recently honored on FeedSpot's Top 100 Atlanta Podcasts, ranking 16th overall and number one out of all ranked real estate podcasts. The post Ashton Woods: Where Design Meets Real Life appeared first on Atlanta Real Estate Forum.
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister interview the Director of German Lighting Products, Mark Ravenhill. Join Mark, Ellen, David, Dennis, and Steve, as they discuss: The "EVEN" program; Flashbacks to days in Ft. Lauderdale with Martin Professional; David reminses about working with Gary Mass and Jorge Valdez; What technology will be driving new lighting fixtures; The story behind the X5 Dot; How the tariffs affect lighting equipment companies; How manufacturers deal with unsold equipment; The Edsel of lighting equipment; The "10 out of 10" Podcast; The "Juliette Console"; Finding "The Holy Grail" for the Lighting industry; and Where to eat in Nashville. Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense. @lighttalkpodcast
Welcome back to another special edition of Guerilla Sports Off Ice with Jesse Montano and Mark Robinson! Mark and Jesse are back for more offseason hockey talk, and this week, we're giving our waaaaay too early NHL Awards predictions for the 2026-27 NHL Season! From the Hart and Norris Trophies to the Rocket Richard and Vezina, were putting in early selections for who will win these next awards. It's also a new week, and a new show, which means two more teams need to be reviewed ahead of the season. This week, Mark and Jesse have the Lighting and the Oilers to review...what do these teams need to do get over the hump and be a cup contender? Finally, the guys wrap up the show with some non-hockey talk about some recent films in the theater that have been trending all around the world. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
I gave a lecture about "Blending the Elements of Experiential Design" on Saturday, June 6, 2026 at Seattle XR in Seattle, Washington. (PDF of Slides]. At the end, I run through some examples of the types of interdisciplinary fusion that I see within the context of immersive storytelling and immersive art. This lecture also digs into the process-relational philosophical foundations, as well as how I'm gaining additional inspiration from Empedocles, Aristotle, and the Classical Quadrivium (Four Arts) of Math, Music, Geometry, and Astronomy. For my 30+ hours of coverage of Venice Immersive, then I apply this archetypal framework to help describe the context, quality, character, and story of each of these projects. You can see an overview of how I've been using this framework in this PDF on "Venice Immersive 2025 Archetypal Categorizations" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01M5NcOYzx0 One of goals of this talk was to further define the archetypal nature of the elements, and how I'm conceiving of them as a possibility space of design tradeoffs (C.S. Peirce's "Firstness"), but also as the concrete decisions that an experiential designer makes ("Secondness"), and then finally how these decisions are experienced more from a phenomenological experience as the audience as we feel, sense, act, and make sense of these experiences, and what they might mean ("Thirdness"). I do not actually dive into Peirce's concepts of Firstness, Secondness, or Thirdness in this specific talk, but I wanted to elaborate on these concepts in this write-up as these have been crucial concepts to help translate the overall abstract Firstness quality of my talk, and ground it into the Secondness of something that is a bit more practical and pragmatic. For Peirce, his semiology is grounded into a triune theory of actualization that goes from a non-Boolean possibility space as Firstness, and then grounds into a Boolean actualization of secondness, and then an interpretant mediates from the concreteness of the Secondness object back to the Firstness of the fundamental archetypal qualities or meaning. I find speculative philosopher James Bradley's summary of the Peirce's triune semiology to be the most easy to digest in his essay titled, "Beyond Hermeneutics: Peirce's Semiology as a Trinitarian Metaphysics of Communication." I can also recommend this article on "Peirce's Theory of Signs" from the The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy for a comprehensive recap, and there's also this excellent YouTube series primer by Philosign's Markus Raninen titled The Basics of Semiotics. But here's Bradley's description of Firstness, Secondness, and Thirdness, which I find myself coming back to again and again. "Within the fundamental speculative triunity of activity, difference and order, or firstness, secondness and thirdness, semiology is an analysis of order or thirdness… Thirdness is analyzed as idea or sign, as the exchange of information between individual entities, and as interpretation; in other words, thirdness is itself a threefold of sign, object and interpretant. Here, sign occupies the position of firstness because it is the potentiality for interpretation; object occupies that of secondness because it is determinate; and the interpretant occupies that of thirdness because the interpretant has the sign-interpreting or sign-ordering role, and so has the status of a third. [24] Thus for Peirce semiology is the analysis of the triune relation of sign, object and interpretant." It's still a bit obtuse, and one way that I like to think about it is through the experience of communication. You have a possibility space of meaning you want to convey (Firstness of the sign/potential), then you choose specific words that convey that meaning (Secondness of the object), then someone listens to those words and phrases, and then connects those words back to a meaning space (Thirdness of the interpretant mediating between the two). For Peirce, each of the Firstness, Secondness, and Thirdness can also refer to themselves, like you can have a Firstness of Thirdness or Secondness of Firstness. It gets a little bit confusing, but I found the following graphic from Collected Essays in Speculative Philosophy (2021) by James Bradley and edited by Sean McGrath to be very useful. Within the context of immersive storytelling, then it's a semiotic process of communication of meaning where you're able to use all sorts of affordances from game design, literature, social dynamics and relations, music, film, lighting, architecture, dance, theme park design, sensory design, and embodiment. My Elemental Theory of Presence attempts to simplify this into the following: Fire Element of Active Presence: Interactivity, Agency, Game Design Air Element of Mental & Social Presence: Meaning, Semiotics, Language, Possibility, Form, Relationality Water Element of Emotional Presence: Experiential Processes, Story, Film, Music, Cycles, Time Earth Element of Environmental & Embodied Presence: Sensory, Immersive, Worldbuilding, Space I elaborate on the various philosophical frameworks that I'm leaning up within this talk that I gave on June 6, 2026, but since then I've been diving more into Peirce and his Triune Metaphysics and Semiology of Firstness, Secondness, and Thirdness, which has been a helpful framework as I've been applying the elements to my Venice Immersive Coverage and categorizing the elemental center of gravity for each of the nearly 40 projects that I covered. Again see this framework in this PDF on "Venice Immersive 2025 Archetypal Categorizations" to see how I have been thinking about each of these projects. I used this approach in the introductions for each of my podcast episodes from Venice (see the links down below). Firstness of Fire: Creativity, Novelty, Intention, Purpose, Goals, & Aristotle's Final Cause Secondness of Fire: Interactivity & Core Gameplay Loops Thirdness of Fire: Agency & Will For Active Presence Examples of Fire: Game Design, Locomotion Options: No Movement, Automatic movement, Teleportation, or free roaming. The LIVENESS of the Live, To what degree does the experience encourage the expression of will and agency? And to what degree does that alter how the narrative unfolds (narrative agency vs participatory interactive moments that customize and flavor the experience)? Adventure, Exploration, Creativity, Novelty, Freedom, Will, and Collective Action. System Dynamics, & iterative feedback loops Firstness of Air: Peirce's "Sign," Intended Meaning, Pattern & Form, Archetypal Possibility Spaces, Relationality, & Aristotle's Formal Cause Secondness of Air: Peirce's "Object" Within A Triadic Semiotic Process (i.e. a specific action, word, harmonic, or action that points to a larger meaning.) Thirdness of Air: Peirce's "Interpretant," Sensemaking Thoughts, Expectations, & Social Dynamics For Mental & Social Presence Examples of Air: Literature, Language, Semiotics, Communication, Symbols, Abstractions. Single Player vs Multi-Player, Suspension of Disbelief and Plausibility, Social Dynamics, Anticipation of the Future, Possibility Spaces, Types of Choices. Realms of Speculative Imagination, How is meaning communicated? Dialogue amongst characters, voice-over narration, environmental storytelling, non-verbal associative dream logic. Mental friction from puzzles. Rules & Mechanics. Use of certain types of AI and Conversational Interfaces with Virtual Beings Firstness of Water: Time, Cycles, Harmonics, Value, & Aristotle's "Material Cause" (in Whitehead's event ontology, then base reality is processes, relationships, and possibilities of value & not Substance) Secondness of Water: Experiential Processes That Provide Contrasts Thirdness of Water: Feelings for Emotional Presence Examples of Water: Cinematic Film Tradition, Music, Harmonics, Rhythm, Pacing, Editing, Contrasts, Emotion, Memory, Dreams, Images, Soul, Psyche, Symbols, Lighting, Mood, Collective Unconscious Firstness of Earth: Space, World, Context, & Aristotle's Efficient Cause Secondness of Earth: Environment & Worldbuilding With Situated Perspectives in that Context Thirdness of Earth: Sensory Perception & Sense of Place for Embodied & Environmental Presence Examples of Earth: Worldbuilding of a spatial context & culture. Architecture, Theater, Theme Park Design, Dance, Are you a ghost or an embodied character? Sensory Experience: Touch/Haptics, Hearing/Spatial Sound, Smells, Vision. Relation of Immersive Tech to Environment as either VR, MR, or AR. Virtual CGI vs Cinematic 180/360 Video, Again, check out this PDF on "Venice Immersive 2025 Archetypal Categorizations" to see how I've ranked nearly 40 projects from Venice Immersive 2025 on the relative elemental center of gravity. Some projects feel more like a cinematic immersive film, which would be a bit more biased towards the Water Element. Some projects are more focused on the experience of a world that was build, and more focused on the Earth Element. Some projects are asking you to Read a book together with other people, which is more focused on the Air Element. And then other more game-like experiences are focused on using interactions as their primary mode of engagement, and so they're more focused on the fire element. There are 64 total combinations of the elements in terms of the first, second, third, or four centers of gravity, and you can see the comprehensive visualization here: Technically, all four elements are always happening all at once all at the same time. However, in experiential design, then creators can emphasize and blend elements together. So I find that ranking the elements can be helpful in determining an overall center of gravity, and that looking at the first two centers of gravity can achieve a sufficient job of creating some ad hoc, immersive and "elemental genres....
Check out Cam's latest novel / audio drama here! What does it mean to call a horror movie a "guilty pleasure"? Why do we caveat our feelings about incredibly entertaining, funny, well-made movies by calling them "trashy "or emphasizing that they are "just a remake"? In this episode, we're not just analyzing but celebrating the glorious 2009 remake of Friday the 13th. Topics include: our glowing second impressions after a rewatch, the power of good lighting, a debate about sexuality / sex negativity / the male gaze, and what happens when you extend a cold open to become something more like a short film. LINKS: Patreon, YouTube, Spotify, Instagram Feedback & Theories: secondbreakfastpod@gmail.com 00:00 Angry YouTube Commenter 02:23 Camp Miasma 03:57 2000's Period Piece 07:42 Humor & Sexuality 12:25 Puritanical Horror Tropes 14:26 Reverence of the Original 16:39 Remakes vs. Legacy Sequels 17:32 The Power of Lighting 19:19 Memorable vs. Quotable 22:02 Production Design 23:32 The Role of Archetypes 26:25 Runtime 28:13 Rob Zombie's Halloween 31:33 David Fincher & James Wan 32:11 The Original Friday the 13th 34:06 Revolutionizing the Cold Open 36:10 Opening Credits Lore Drop 37:41 Sex Negativity Debate 44:24 Creature Design 46:09 Theory Introductions 47:15 "Trashy" Horror 50:54 "Guilty Pleasure" 58:30 Camp Miasma Tangent 01:00:07 Why We Love Horror 01:01:53 Punctum 01:04:41 Closing Thoughts
The first 14 days of a chick's life can shape far more than its early growth. Nutrition, brooder conditions, access to feed and water, lighting, temperature, grit, and opportunities for natural behavior can all influence how those chicks develop.In this episode of Poultry Keepers 360, Rip Stalvey, Carey Blackmon, and poultry nutritionist Jeff Mattocks take a practical look at what chicks need during this critical early period—and why getting the basics right from the beginning matters so much.The conversation covers choosing and evaluating chick feed, the importance of amino acids and early nutrition, when and how to introduce grit, brooder setup, access to feed and water, encouraging natural chick behavior, lighting and overstimulation, temperature management, common brooding mistakes, and questions from poultry keepers about their own chicks.You'll also hear an important discussion about what is happening inside the chick during those first days of life and why some developmental opportunities can't simply be recovered later.Whether you're preparing for your first hatch or have raised chicks for years, this episode offers practical ideas for taking a closer look at how you start your birds—and how those early decisions can affect the flock they eventually become.Better decisions begin with better observations.If you enjoy thoughtful, experience-based poultry information like this, that's what this channel is all about.Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/354973752688125Timestamps and Chapters 0:00 Welcome & Why the First 14 Days Matter2:34 Choosing the Right Feed for Baby Chicks5:28 What to Look for on a Chick Feed Tag6:38 Dairy Products and Young Chicks11:19 When Should Chicks Start Getting Grit?17:25 Early Development: Why There Are No Do-Overs20:22 Making Feed and Water Easy to Find21:19 Encouraging Natural Chick Behaviors24:00 Nutrition and Feather Development28:50 How Soon Should Newly Hatched Chicks Eat?34:14 Community Questions & Poultry Keeper Experiences39:22 Brooder Floors, Bedding & Early Feeding43:24 Lighting, Stress & Friendly Chicks46:03 Using Treats Without Replacing Good Nutrition50:47 Wing Banding & Brooder Questions56:07 Common Brooding Mistakes to Avoid56:47 When Chicks Begin Regulating Body Temperature58:09 Mixing Ages & Raising Chicks with Poults1:00:33 Water and Electrolytes for Chicks1:06:25 Choosing a Safe Heat Source1:08:08 Closing ThoughtsJoin our Facebook Groups:Poultry Keepers 360 - - https://www.facebook.com/groups/354973752688125Poultry Breeders Nutrition - https://www.facebook.com/groups/4908798409211973
Isaac and Suke are in discussing some of the best musicians of all time, and then relay that into the famous celebrity selfie and then compare it to the media picture at Big Suke's wedding. Later, the guys discuss the country commissioners meeting where a guy who looks like Tom Dundon in disguise, named Lighting, spoke once again, as well as some breaking news regarding the Moda Center!
Bomani Jones is joined by journalist Joel Anderson for a Time Machine Thursday edition of The Right Time, looking back at the cultural impact and unforgettable moments of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Bo and Joel examine how the games put a growing Atlanta on the global map and navigate the city's complex history as a cultural hub in the 1990s. They count down the most defining figures and legendary stories from the games, starting with Muhammad Ali's deeply symbolic lighting of the Olympic torch. They also revisit the jaw-dropping grit of gymnast Kerri Strug competing through a severe injury to win gold for the American team.1234Later, they dive into one of the era's great tragedies: how the feds and media rushed to judge security guard Richard Jewell following the Centennial Olympic Park bombing. Finally, they celebrate the incredible athletic achievements on the track, discussing the complicated legacy of long-jump icon Carl Lewis and the absolute dominance of Michael Johnson flying to a historic world record in his signature gold spikes . . . Subscribe to Supercast for Ad-Free Episodes: https://righttime.supercast.com/ Buy 'The Right Time' merch: http://therighttimebomani.com/ Subscribe to The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts and follow the show on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok for all the best moments from the show. Download Full Podcast Here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6N7fDvgNz2EPDIOm49aj7M?si=FCb5EzTyTYuIy9-fWs4rQA&nd=1&utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-right-time-with-bomani-jones/id982639043?utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Follow The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Social Media: http://lnk.to/therighttime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices