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In this episode, Ara, Jerry, and Dan are joined by Adam Molina. He's the producer of Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast and a freelance journalist. They nerd out over Bluetooth headphones, lossless music streaming, upcoming Android phones, Led Zeppelin, and more. Links: Adam ⁠

In this episode of the Plant Medicine Podcast, Adam Aronovich returns to discuss the phenomenon of psychedelic narcissism. Adam is a doctoral candidate at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam regularly facilitates workshops at the Temple of the Way of Light, a prestigious healing center in the Iquitos area. In this wide-ranging conversation, Adam unpacks some of the darker sides of the modern psychedelic movement, discussing the psychosocial dynamics around psychedelic use which can lead to things such as ego inflation, conspiratorial thinking, and narcissism. Adam recalls his own experiences slipping into messianic fantasies during a period of initial enthusiasm around psychedelic experiences. He views issues of alienation and lack of social support as being instrumental in leading to these types of delusions following profound spiritual experiences. While it is difficult to reach people who’ve slipped into psychedelic narcissism, Adam suggests that communal support is the best safeguard against these dangers and the most effective strategy for grounding people who’ve lost touch with reality. Drawing on his academic expertise, Adam distinguishes traditional uses of plant medicines from the Western paradigm for approaching psychedelics. He stresses the relational and communal aspects of the spiritual traditions which use psychedelics ceremonially. The pro-social aspects of these wisdom traditions, he claims, help safeguard against the traps of psychedelic narcissism and ego inflation, as there are established mechanisms for keeping people grounded following intense spiritual experiences.  Adam closes the discussion with an insightful analysis of modern gurus and self-proclaimed shamans. Adam encourages people to beware of deeply held spiritual fantasies, where a master can appear as more than human. Instead, he emphasizes that even skillful and well-intentioned healers are themselves nothing more than human beings, so there will always be imperfection and messiness. This does not, however, mean that impactful work cannot happen—in fact, this insight helps protect against the idolization of charismatic psychedelic personalities, which can lead to harmful experiences.   In this episode: Defining psychedelic narcissism Clinical vs coloquial understandings of narcissism The intersections of the psychedelic movement and conspiracy theories The importance of social and communal support for avoiding ego inflation following psychedelic or spiritual experiences How psychedelic experiences can actually deepen ego attachments and accentuate narcissistic tendencies The importance of humor in combating spiritual narcissism   Quotes: “Many of the underlying ideologies upon which Western cultures were built, like hyper-individualism and so on, kind of predispose us and prime us for certain aspects of narcissism.” [5:36] “Ego inflation, spiritual narcissism, messianic episodes—all of these are things that are fairly common within both people who are in some sort of spiritual or psychedelic path.” [12:17] “In traditional societies for the most part really there isn’t such a thing as a self-proclaimed shaman. A person doesn’t wake up one morning and is like ‘oh, I’m the shaman’—that’s a title or a role or a recognition given to that person by the community.” [38:03] “The best measure of whether somebody is genuine and helpful is not whatever credentials or titles he assigns to himself, but rather what other people feel. So, you know, you will know a tree by its fruits.” [45:08] “Having these experiences by themselves does not necessarily mean spiritual growth or psychological development or any enhanced benefit if we’re not constantly, painfully, mindful of how we actually integrate and embody those things in daily life over very long periods of time.” [54:29]   Links: Adam on Instagram Temple of the Way of Light Psychedelic Medicine Association Porangui

Hi Everyone! Today we are talking with Dr. Adam Baker who recently completed his PhD studying monarch butterflies and their use of monarch waystations in urban and suburban areas. His research has led to some important and easily applied strategies that any of us can use in our gardens. First, Adam looked at existing monarch waystations. He wanted to determine if monarchs used monarch waystations and if there were any key characteristics that might make one monarch waystation more successful than another. He found two very important characteristics that increased monarch butterfly use of the gardens for egg laying. First, more eggs were laid on milkweeds that were isolated from other plants – in other words, not touching other plants. Second, monarch waystations with clear lines of sight in the north-south directions were used much more than waystations where those lines of sight are blocked. Next, Adam looked at ways to design monarch waystations or pollinator gardens that would make them more attractive to egg laying monarchs. His research found that planting milkweed around the perimeter of the garden resulted in more monarch caterpillars and eggs than gardens where the milkweed was planted as a clump in the middle or mixed up with other plants throughout the monarch waystation. Additionally, he compared monarch egg laying behavior and bee usage of different species of milkweed and even compared some of the milkweed cultivars with their wild type counterparts. His research showed that tall, broad leaf species were more attractive to egg laying butterflies, than species with shorter or narrower leaves. The species of bees that used the different types of milkweed also varied. Yet another, component of Adam's research looked at European paper wasp predation of monarch caterpillars. He found that butterfly houses or butterfly hibernation boxes – those long, skinny houses with slits in the front or side that are often placed in or near pollinator gardens or monarch waystations – are commonly used by European paper wasps. There's no evidence that butterfly houses or hibernation boxes are actually used by butterflies. Thus, placing one in your monarch waystation or pollinator garden might be providing additional habitat for caterpillar predators while not doing anything to help monarchs or other butterflies. I love how Adam's research provides us with applicable, hands-on activities we can do to support egg laying monarchs in our gardens. I also like that part of his research looked at bee usage of milkweeds because obviously milkweeds are used by more than just monarchs. Adam's research is another example of how much we still have to learn about gardening for pollinators and wildlife, even for something as iconic and popular as the monarch butterfly. To me, it's exciting to see more of this type of research being done, especially when it results in real-world applications that we can so easily use in our own yards and communities. Links: Adam's papers and resources Backyard Ecology's website My email: shannon@backyardecology.net

‘Awaken the Giant Within' – Tony Robbins – Extracts that got me Thinking, Reflecting to Gain Insight. BGAUK Bookclub choice for October, extracts that have made me think the most and will definitely help you if you give it the time, it's been quite thought provoking. Key Points Control Your Destiny Your Decisions Pain and Pleasure Knowledge is Only Potential Power Powerful Questions, Powerful Actions Info & Links Adam is an experienced Senior Executive, Business Practitioner and Multiple Small Business Owner. He has over 25 years' business improvement experience with an outstanding record of integrating Innovations, Management Strategies and Marketing Techniques to Build Stronger, More Profitable Businesses. He is a Fellow with the Chartered Management Institute and qualified through the Institute of Leadership and Management in Executive Coaching and Mentoring. He's been responsible for Growth, Strategy and Operations in several Blue-Chip organisations. Adam Payne – Achieve More Than You Thought Possible by Mastering Your Time and Scaling Your Business - https://www.adampayne.me Adam Payne FCMI - LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adampayneuk/ The Business Growth Academy - a safe place where Entrepreneurs and Business Owners can Network, Share, Collaborate and Support one another in Growing a Balanced Life and Successful Business - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BusinessGrowthAcademyUK/ To subscribe to my YouTube channel - https://bit.ly/BGAUKyoutube Keeping it Business Podcast - A mix of unscripted, unedited interviews with small business owners from all sectors and industries, the unique content and thoughts regarding the latest innovations, business strategies and marketing techniques to help you build a stronger more profitable business. - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/keeping-it-business

Adam Aronovich is a doctoral candidate at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry.  He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam regularly facilitates workshops at the Temple of the Way of Light, a prestigious healing center in the Iquitos area. In this episode of the Plant Medicine Podcast, Adam discusses a host of issues surrounding modern western paradigms of psychiatry and mental health and contrasts these with approaches taken by traditional cultures, such as those of the Shipibo people of South America.  Adam has spent years studying traditional societies as an anthropologist and his research specifically focuses on the different approaches to medicine in various cultures, and how people in different cultural milieus experience health and illness differently.  Through his work, Adam hopes to contribute to the field of medicine by translating the medical understandings of traditional cultures into terminologies and categories digestible by the Western medical establishment. In this conversation, Adam explains how the contemporary approach to mental health in the West is colored by a fixation on medicalizing peoples’ experiences into diagnostic categories and by a tendency to view health and illness exclusively on the level of the individual. In contrast to this approach, Adam draws on his ongoing research with the Shipibo people, showing how their approach to healing in ayahuasca ceremonies is much more communal and relational in nature.   In this episode: How traditional cultures conceptualize mental suffering The limits of Western psychiatry when crossing cultural boundaries How the animist perspective of Shipibo healers informs their approach to healing Dangers of over-emphasizing the medicalization of psychedelics The relational, rather than an individualistic focus of ayahuasca ceremonies Confronting our individual and collective shadows   Quotes “Every medical system or every medical approach is inseparable from the culture, the cosmology, the metaphysics that underlie the understanding of that culture.” [32:32] “The way the Shipibo medical system works… is that the healing doesn't necessarily only happen through the agency of the human healer, but the human healer works as a channeler of medical agency of different sources, of different spirits in the environment.” [36:34] “The most important benefits or the most important values that these substances have are not necessarily therapeutic in the sense of medical, or clinical, or psychological… but are actually much deeper than that and they’re epistemic, they’re ontological, they’re relational.” [52:25] “Ayahuasca oftentimes will get us to a place where we can actually experience that reconnection with the wider community of sentience that makes the ecosystem of our world.” [1:02:29] Links Adam’s lecture at Breaking Convention 2017 Adam’s lecture at the World Ayahuasca Conference 2019 Temple of the Way of Light Psychedelic Medicine Association Get 20% off everything at Octagon Biolabs with coupon code 'plantmedicine' Porangui

This week I’m speaking to Adam Kirtland, who began gardening seriously at the start of lockdown. His initial interest has become a full-blown obsession and we talk about the challenges presented by going back to work full time and having less time to garden. For more seasoned gardeners, this episode may be a useful reflection upon how we communicate with newer gardeners. Dr Ian Bedford’s Bug of the Week: Flatworms About Adam Kirtland “Bookseller by day, gardener by night. I work as part of the head office team at Waterstones looking after some of the gifting products rather than books, but it’s still the love of books that got me here in the first place. Gardening has always been something that I’ve used as a tool to relax and wind down but it’s only this year, during lockdown that I really found what it was to be a gardener. For me it’s not just mowing the lawn every fortnight or doing a bit of weeding, it’s become so much more. Making a garden for both me and my family that can be used in all season. Lockdown opened my eyes to the world of Instagram and how huge the community is there and that’s where my gardening journey has taken me now.” What we talk about: Sources of gardening information Catching the gardening bug Gardening post lockdown and post-furlough Gardening social media  Links: Adam’s Instagram account - @viewfromthepottingbench  Episode 20 - Container Planting with Harriet Rycroft  Episode 1 - Dahlias 

Adam and Tonia talk about having they money conversation with your partner. First question you might want to ask yourself is: "Why do I even care to do this work in the first place?" Adam says he helps couples make sure that the money conversation doesn't get in the way. He does this teaching you how to resolve money conflict, have healthy money talks, and create and execute your unique, shared vision for financial prosperity. Share with us: What was one of your takeaways from today's show? Have you subscribed yet? SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/2Zv4jJJ or Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qMMeVF4T6-o Links Adam mentioned: Website: https://ahkcoaching.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamkol/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7EtOVjeoCcLs-uaj4Ev1aQ #ConfidentStrides #coffeewitht #toniatyler About Confident Strides: At Confident Strides, we believe that if you strengthen the core of an individual, other domains to include relationships and vocation will flourish as a natural byproduct of that empowerment. Our featured video podcast “Coffee with T" on Confident Strides is a 20 minute conversational interview on different topics ranging from intellectual and emotional subject matter to business and entertainment to foster empowerment in others. Connect with CONFIDENT STRIDES: Like the Confident Strides Facebook Page: https://bit.ly/3fqJYdW Follow Confident Strides on INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3iZiWfV Follow COFFEE WITH T on INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/2Zugo1M PODCAST Platforms: https://bit.ly/37qE8pO Connect with Tonia on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3dZ3s90 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/confidentstrides/support

This week, Salesforce Engineer for Google, Adam Olshansky, joins us on the show. In this episode, Adam and I take on a wide range of topics, including getting certified and why Adam believes everyone should use Trailhead to get certified. We also discuss the many perspectives admin and developers can have on various tasks and technologies within our industry.     Show Highlights: Some certification recommendations for developers.  Perspectives on certifications: when taking a certification test, failure is sometimes part of the process, learn, and try again. And, don't go after certification to have it. Go after the certification to determine the content in-depth.  For those hoping to speak at a future conference, Adam offers some tips and advice for speaking or presenting on stage. Adam's share of how using the perspective of one role for a different role's task, for instance, being an admin and looking at code, can prove helpful to developers.   Links Adam on Twitter Adam on Linkedin Why You Should Submit a Dreamforce Presentation Idea Blog Post Pluralsight   Shout Outs Don Robins Amy Oplinger   *** EPISODE CREDITS: If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com   

Det skal ikke handle om Corona det hele, så i denne episode har vi givet hinanden digitale udfordringer, i den efterhånden klassiske DataSnak-tradition. Tidligere har det blandt andet handlet om ikke at bruge sin mobil et døgn eller at tracke sin søvn, men denne gang er det lidt mere hardcore. Anders har taget en ordentlig tur med kun at bruge Microsoft 365-pakken i det daglige - incl. Outlook, To Do og OneNote. Jeppe har brugt den såkaldte timeblocking-teknik til at planlægge hverdag og arbejde i kalenderen. Og Adam har leget med en håndfuld Google-tricks og funktioner til at øge produktiviteten, især i Gmail. Det bliver en lang snak om vores oplevelser og erfaringer - men der er trods alt også tid til korte nyhedsopdateringer om smittetrackings-apps, og selvfølgelig en tiprunde til sidst. Links Adam har optrådt i P1-programmet Kortsluttet for at fortælle om lys og meget mere i videomøder Bluetooth-udfordringer i tracking-sammenhæng Microsoft 365-pakken med Word, Excel, OneNote, ToDo, Outlook og hele balladen Artikel om timeblocking fra Doist Produktivitets-tips til Google Ditto-udvidelser til Gmail - heriblandt Sortd Tips Adam: Fiona Apples nye album: “Fetch the Boltcutters” Jeppe: Sæson 5 af tv-serien Billions er kommet på HBO Anders: Beastie Boys-dokumentaren Beastie Boys Story kan ses på Apple TV+ PRAKTISK DataSnak har fokus på it-faglige og it-politiske emner, og nørder igennem med alt fra automatisering over sikkerhed til uddannelse i den digitale verden. Podcasten behandler også SAMDATAHKs relevante aktiviteter såsom kurser, faglige initiativer, kommunikation og værktøjer og tilbud, som man kan få, når man er it-medlem i HK. Formål er at gøre lytterne klogere på hvad der sker i deres arbejdsliv her og nu og i fremtiden, og gå i dybden med problemstillinger fra it-professionelles hverdag. Tovholderen på podcasten er it-faglig konsulent Jeppe Engell. De øvrige to værter er Adam Bindslev og Anders Høeg Nissen. DataSnak udkommer hver 14. dag. Tak fordi du lytter med! Får du lyst til at komme med ris og ros, kan du sende en e-mail til jeppe.engell@hk.dk - og hvis du har tekniske spørgsmål eller kommentarer kan de sendes til anders@podlab.dk

Chelsea and Morgan go over some details about Adam and Eve. LINKS: Adam and Eve in the Garden (Animated Short) Paradise Lost (Wikipedia) Commonly Used Sources

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Preachers in Training Season 9, Episode 5 for Thursday, February 14, 2019 Adam Faughn and Robert walk through 1 Timothy, making applications especially for preachers. Links Adam, and other members of his family, write regularly at A Legacy of Faith We want to hear from you! Email: preachers@thelightnetwork.tv Voicemail: 903-26-LIGHT (903-265-4448) Subscription Links  

Preachers in Training Season 9, Episode 4 for Thursday, February 7, 2019 Adam Faughn and Robert walk through 1 Timothy, making applications especially for preachers. Links Adam, and other members of his family, write regularly at A Legacy of Faith We want to hear from you! Email: preachers@thelightnetwork.tv Voicemail: 903-26-LIGHT (903-265-4448) Subscription Links  

Preachers in Training Season 9, Episode 3 for Thursday, January 31, 2019 Adam Faughn and Robert walk through 1 Timothy, making applications especially for preachers. Links Adam, and other members of his family, write regularly at A Legacy of Faith We want to hear from you! Email: preachers@thelightnetwork.tv Voicemail: 903-26-LIGHT (903-265-4448) Subscription Links  

Preachers in Training Season 9, Episode 2 for Thursday, January 24, 2019 Adam Faughn and Robert walk through 1 Timothy, making applications especially for preachers. Links Adam, and other members of his family, write regularly at A Legacy of Faith We want to hear from you! Email: preachers@thelightnetwork.tv Voicemail: 903-26-LIGHT (903-265-4448) Subscription Links  

We're talking about how being a critic changes the way you play. Don’t blame us, blame listener Aleksei, who sent in the theme as a suggestion. But please also forgive Adam, because it’s his last week on the podcast. Adam says he’s been forced to play things he otherwise wouldn’t, and ended up loving Euro Truck Simulator 2 as a result. Matt says he sometimes now worries if he should be playing Fortnite. And Brendan says he’s just periodically disappointed at hype. Also mentioned: Battletech, Dota 2 and upcoming detective RPG Disco Elysium. Links: Adam is leaving us :( https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/28/adam-is-leaving-for-pastures-new-so-come-work-for-us/ Occupy White Walls is an MMO art gallery: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/occupy-white-walls/ Getting Over It requires a resolve Matt doesn’t have (nor Brendan): https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/12/getting-over-it-with-matt-and-brendan/ Raft is about surviving on a raft at sea: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/04/06/sea-survival-sim-sandbox-raft-sets-sail-for-steam-in-may/ North is about being a refugee in a confusing city: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/04/05/north-free-game/ Far Cry’s story ruins everything: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/04/03/far-cry-5s-interrupting-story-ruins-everything/ Fortnite Battle Royale plays second fiddle to Plunkbat: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/09/28/fortnite-battle-royale-plays-second-fiddle-to-plunkbat/ Where The Water Tastes Like Wine review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/02/28/where-the-water-tastes-like-wine-review/ Disco Elysium breaks down the psyche of a detective: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/19/disco-elysium-breaks-down-the-psyche-of-a-detective/ Plunkbat versus Fortnite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwe0S4s0EAE Battletech mechs its way to PC: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/27/battletech-release-date/ Tekken player wrecks opponent’s controller: https://compete.kotaku.com/tekken-7-competitor-gets-so-mad-he-has-to-spike-someone-1825191366 Adam’s review of roguelike Unexplored: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/23/unexplored-review/ 50 best strategy games: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/11/18/the-50-best-strategy-games-on-pc/ Adam’s Night drive in Euro Truck Simulator: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/13/night-drive-euro-truck-simulator-2/ You can find all of Adam’s articles here: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/author/adam-smith/ There’s 3278 of them.

Episode 37 of American Sex Podcast is our big, girthy sex toy episode! Listeners tell us the hilarious household objects they’ve used to get off, we reveal some of our most laughable sex toy fails, plus we clear up some sex toy myths. Find out: What’s the deal with using silicone lube with silicone toys anyway? Are luxury sex toys really superior? What the hell is the difference between buzzy and rumbly sex toys? And more! We also talk to a 25 year sex toy industry veteran, Katy Zvolerin, for a peek into the business side of the sex toy industry. We learn how pleasure products have evolved over the last 40 years and what the future may bring. Will we really all have sex robots? Maybe ...   Call in your BDSM & sex advice questions to our voicemail line 773-MUFF-TOY (we may play your message on air) or by email to americansexpodcast@gmail.com To support American Sex podcast, please visit http://patreon.com/americansex (plus you’ll get all episodes early, secret episodes, bonus stories from guests, blooper reels, stuff in the mail & more!) Enter our monthly sex toys giveaway at http://sunnymegatron.com/halo and http://sunnymegatron.com/peepshowgiveaway Get friendly with us on Twitter at @AmericanSexPod or visit sunnymegatron.com or americansexpodcast.com Join our mailing list by texting MEGATRON to 444999 Sunny & Ken, xo! ____________________________________ Episode 37 Links Adam and Eve Twitter https://twitter.com/adamandeve Adam and Eve Website https://www.adameve.com/ Explore More Summit we're speaking in (free online sexuality summit April 23-May 2) bit.ly/sunnyexploremore Club Ascension Detroit Memorial Day Chicken BBQ (we're teaching)  http://club-ascension.com/event/chicken-bbq-memorial-weekend/ COPE Conference Ohio July 2018 (we're teaching) http://www.adventuresinsexuality.org/COPE/tickets.html Sunny’s Womanizer/Satisfyer/Sona live stream sponsored by Peepshow Toys on Sunny’s facebook page (this is where you get secret word #2!) https://youtu.be/u-D5-6vzGu4 Episode 37 Sponsor, Affiliate & Giveaway Info Womanizer/Sona/Satisfyer giveaway sponsored by peepshowtoys.com. Entrants must be over 18, US or Canadian resident, no purchase necessary. Visit the giveaway page for details and to enter: http://sunnymegatron.com/peepshowgiveaway Giveaway entry ends 5/2/2018 10% off peepshowtoys.com with code SUNNY. Peepshow Toys is small, independently owned online pleasure products retailer committed to selling only quality products made of body-safe, non-toxic materials, at fair prices. Peepshow Toys carries a number of “indie” sex toy brands like The Butters, Split Peaches and Funkit Toys - companies that are similarly committed to offering body-safe, quality sex toys. Jimmyjane Halo Love Pod ($150 value) provided by Castle Megastore. Entrants must be over 18, US resident, no purchase necessary. Visit the giveaway page for details and to enter: http://sunnymegatron.com/halo Giveaway entry ends 4/30/2018 20% off your order at http://castlemegastore.com when you use code SUNNY at checkout (limited restrictions apply)

Last week we talked about good games with rubbish tales. This week, it's the reverse - great stories with bad games attached to them. John thinks Dreamfall had an moving story about faith, alongside an awful 3D adventure interface. Katharine hates looking at the wall in Soma because the underwater robo-facility is so intriguing. And Brendan is sad that Pyre had a fiddly netball game attached to its warm tale of friendship and justice. Links: Adam didn’t care for Soma as much as us :( https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/09/21/soma-review/ But here’s Steven on its strengths: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/06/17/have-you-played-soma/ Soma’s safe mode lets you delete monsters: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/01/soma-safe-mode-update-released/ Have you played… The Longest Journey? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/11/05/have-you-played-the-longest-journey/ A Dreamfall retrospective: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/04/26/eurogamer-retrospective-dreamfall/ Ragnar Tørnquist on Dreamfall and faith: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/08/20/ragnar-tornquist-on-dreamfall-faith/ Pyre review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/07/28/pyre-review/ You’re not the hero of Pyre’s revolution, and that’s the point: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/18/youre-not-the-hero-of-pyres-revolution-and-thats-the-point/ Zunless Zea Zubmariner lured Pip into the water: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/10/11/sunless-sea-zubmariner/ Alec’s choose-your-own-review of Torment: Tides of Numenera : https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/28/torment-tides-of-numenera-review/ ER: The Game is good-not-good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1n1cZ9D5cg Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/12/hellblade-senuas-sacrifice-review/ The Walking Dead: Season One, Episode One review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/25/wot-i-think-the-walking-dead-episode-one/ Have you played… Spec Ops: The Line? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/11/19/spec-ops-review

In this special guest Technique Tuesday, Adam Paltrowitz of the Choral Clarity blog, explains his 5 guidelines to follow when programming religious music with your public school ensemble. This is a very insightful episode that I hope will be food-for-thought for Choir Nation. Sponsored by the Choir Nation: Redirect summer conference in OKC, June 27-30. Listen [Player]   Show Notes 5 Guidelines discussed in the episode Always explain WHY we choose any piece of music. We need to facilitate group discussions regarding each composition with our choirs. We must always be sensitive to the backgrounds of the members of our choirs. We should be educating our audiences. We need to approach programming in a balanced manner. Bio Adam Paltrowitz is a master educator, composer, conductor, and clinician. He resides in Manhattan with his wife, Blair, who is a professional Broadway actress, and his beautiful daughter, Lyla. He is currently the Director of Choral Activities at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, on Long Island, New York. During his eighteen year tenure, his groups have toured Europe, Canada, and throughout the United States. What makes his choirs unique is his belief that anyone can sing; as a result, his ensembles are always self-selected, while maintaining the highest standard of musical excellence. He also has pioneered a philosophy that every student is a soloist. All students in his choirs continually learn and perform solo repertoire in various languages. Mr. Paltrowitz' choral program has gained great acclaim for the cultivation of eight student-run a-cappella ensembles that have performed on national and local programs. Under his advisement, these talented students write their own a-cappella arrangements, teach and rehearse fully on their own, and perform in dozens of concerts throughout the year. This approach stems from the concept of student empowerment. Adam is well-known for leading workshops with current and future music educators on topics: Motivating Students to Exceed Expectations Creating a Positive Learning Environment Building a High School Choral Program Training the Soloist in the Choral Setting. As a guest conductor, Mr. Paltrowitz has conducted at numerous festivals and events for elementary, middle school, high school, college, adult, and senior citizen choirs. As a composer, Adam is focused on writing inspiring, yet accessible music that singers of all ages can relate to. Music is intended to evoke pure emotions from the singers and in turn, touch the audience. We sing because we want to communicate. We sing in a choir because we want to communicate together. Adam's music is intended to reach people through its clarity of thought, purity of emotion, and poetic beauty and word painting. His music has been performed throughout the country. Links Adam’s Facebook Profile Adam’s Choral Clarity Blog Support the show on

In this interview, I get a chance to sit down with another choral blogger and content creator, Adam Paltrowitz, who is breaking new ground in the world of “self-selected” ensembles. This episode with make you think about the emphasis you choose to place on the choral “elite” at your school. Support our sponsor for this episode: KI Concerts Listen   Bio Adam Paltrowitz is a master educator, composer, conductor, and clinician. He resides in Manhattan with his wife, Blair, who is a professional Broadway actress, and his beautiful daughter, Lyla. He is currently the Director of Choral Activities at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, on Long Island, New York. During his eighteen year tenure, his groups have toured Europe, Canada, and throughout the United States. What makes his choirs unique is his belief that anyone can sing; as a result, his ensembles are always self-selected, while maintaining the highest standard of musical excellence. He also has pioneered a philosophy that every student is a soloist. All students in his choirs continually learn and perform solo repertoire in various languages. Mr. Paltrowitz' choral program has gained great acclaim for the cultivation of eight student-run a-cappella ensembles that have performed on national and local programs. Under his advisement, these talented students write their own a-cappella arrangements, teach and rehearse fully on their own, and perform in dozens of concerts throughout the year. This approach stems from the concept of student empowerment. Adam is well-known for leading workshops with current and future music educators on topics: Motivating Students to Exceed Expectations Creating a Positive Learning Environment Building a High School Choral Program Training the Soloist in the Choral Setting. As a guest conductor, Mr. Paltrowitz has conducted at numerous festivals and events for elementary, middle school, high school, college, adult, and senior citizen choirs. As a composer, Adam is focused on writing inspiring, yet accessible music that singers of all ages can relate to. Music is intended to evoke pure emotions from the singers and in turn, touch the audience. We sing because we want to communicate. We sing in a choir because we want to communicate together. Adam's music is intended to reach people through its clarity of thought, purity of emotion, and poetic beauty and word painting. His music has been performed throughout the country. Links Adam’s Facebook Profile Adam’s Choral Clarity Blog Support the show on

Adam Billyard, Chop Suey/ElektraGlide Adam Billyard's first three games for the Atari 8-bit computers were "Bellum", "Henri", and "Chop Suey,".  Bellum was published through the Atari Program Exchange, although Adam never received any royalty from Atari for it.  "Chop Suey" was one of the first modern-style fighting games for the Atari 800. He followed this up with a pair of three-dimensional games: "ElektraGlide," a racing game for the Atari 8-bit; and "Q-Ball” for the Atari ST. If you’re not familiar with any of these games, it's probably because you live in the U.S. Three of his five games were originally released by the U.K.-based English Software and received more publicity in Europe than the versions distributed by Mindscape in the States. This interview took place May 15, 2015. Teaser Quote: “Years later they said ‘did you not get the check for $30?’ which I thought was just completely bizarre.” Links: Adam’s Polystream, the next generation of fully streamed interactive entertainment Adam’s Interview at Halcyon Days