Podcasts about magic door

Renee LoBue is a singer and songwriter for the New Jersey based rock and roll band, Elk City and also Flowers of America. They record out of Magic Door Studios. She and drummer and producer, Ray Ketchem, started a record label, Magic Door. They've been releasing albums by notable and highly energized bands. LoBue is a multi-disciplined artist who works from collage art, mixed media, installations, digital self-portraits and performance art. Her optimal platform is bringing awareness to complex female narratives through her form of resistance in her art work across different mediums using groundbreaking themes in female gender empowerment, social commentary and the human experience.

Oliver and The Magic Door is a journey into the imagination for adults and children alike. It is a journey that begins in the heart of a dreaming raccoon and his great friend Karla. Oliver, who has always dreamed beyond his limitations, takes on the task of undertaking his life's journey to The Magic Door.Everyone eagerly awaits the arrival of the long-awaited celebration of Mr.Sun, but only those who persevere despite the difficulties will be able to see their dreams come true. The author invites you to let your imagination soar and together you and Oliver can take flight.Melanie Figueroa is a local writer from Milford, Delaware who was born and raised in Puerto Rico! From an early age, she went after her dreams with tenacity and courage. She always strives for excellence, sowing joy, service, and love at every opportunity.Melanie is passionate about music – she plays the bass and the Guitar - and she is also a runner. She is very involved in community work through Anchor Church which she attends in Milford.The bilingual (Spanish & English) kids' book "Oliver and The Magic Door" takes place in Delaware during the summer solstice. Oliver always dreams beyond his limitations, but with the help of his friend Karla, he undertakes his life's journey to find The Magic Door! This book seeks to highlight the importance of languages, the common good, perseverance, and arouse curiosity for science.Melanie is an entrepreneur passionate about inspiring children of all ages not to give up, and to move forward amid any circumstance or environment. She longs to conquer the hearts of each of her readers, because in each adult there is also a child, highlighting perseverance, love, faith, friendship, and the common good in her stories.You can get a copy of her book on Amazon.Please share StoryJumpers with a friend if you enjoyed this episode. StoryJumpers is still growing, and your positive review and 5-star rating would help.The Bridge Podcast Network is made possible by generous support from The Boardwalk Plaza Hotel and Victoria's Restaurant on the boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware - Open 7 days a week, year-round - Learn more at https://boardwalkplaza.comFeedback, or Show Ideas? Send an email to podcast@wearethebridge.orgDownload The Bridge Mobile App to get the latest podcast episodes as soon as they are published!

Send us a textThe Pink Door EOTP VR experience will be showcased at Sunshine Coast Plaza during the week of 21st October, offering even more people the chance to explore this unique mental health resource.The best bits from Mark and Caroline for breakfast on 92.7 MIX FM5 to 9am weekdays LISTEN LIVE: https://www.mixfm.com.au/More Mark and Caroline Podcasts here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2038628

The Cactus Blossoms - "Be What I Wanna (live for WFMU at Magic Door)" The Cactus Blossoms - "Something's Got a Hold on Me (live for WFMU at Magic Door)" The Cactus Blossoms - "Interview" The Cactus Blossoms - "Statues (live for WFMU at Magic Door)" The Cactus Blossoms - "Boomerang (live for WFMU at Magic Door)" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144953

Stepping up on the guest mix for our 71st podcast episode is the awesome duo, Jem & Danny. Known for residencies and regular appearances at the likes of Lost Village Festival, Magic Door, Love Affair and many more; Jem & Danny have put together a stellar mix packed full of House and Garage bangers, on a proper 90s tip. Honestly, this one is so good and it's right up our street. This one's going to be on repeat for sure. Please subscribe, share and leave a comment.     For more from Jem & Danny head to https://soundcloud.com/jemanddanny-dj

Bardi, Nathan and Windy celebrate a win!Chirpy Corner (@ChirpyCornerTHFC): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYK4xLtrOO_aS4DbysvCGewMobi's JustGiving: https://www.justgiving.com/page/forfreddy190623Windy on Ange & The Magic Door: https://windycoys.com/2024/03/ange-the-magic-door/The Extra Inch Podcast, in association with 1882fanzine. Get your copy of the latest issue and the whole back catalogue at https://1882fanzine.com/.----------You've been listening to The Extra Inch, a Spurs podcast.Become an xSub: https://www.patreon.com/theextrainchProduction by Nathan A Clark (Twitter @NathanAClark).Intro music by David Lindmer (https://www.instagram.com/davidlindmer).Artwork by Trayton Miller (https://www.traytonrmiller.com/).Go get your merch at https://www.theextrainch.co.uk/Email us at podcast@theextrainch.co.ukTwitter: https://twitter.com/TheExtraInchFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheExtraInch/Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theextrainch#Spurs #COYS #THFCThe Extra Inch is a Tottenham podcast brought to you by Windy, Bardi and Nathan A Clark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I care not how humble your bookshelf may be, nor how lowly the room which it adorns. Close the door of that room behind you, shut off with it all the cares of the outer world, plunge back into the soothing company of the great dead, and then you are through the magic portal into...

Imagine discovering a magic door….a door into your happiest memories. Just put on your magic glasses! You'll suddenly see the world in a new and different and better way. Written and Voiced: Amy Taylor-Kabbaz (amytaylorkabbaz.com) Sound Designer: Josh Newth Executive Producer: Lorna ClarksonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Season 10 of the Thoth-Hermes Podcast, dedicated to scholarly exploration of the Western Mystery Tradition. In this opening episode, Rudolf re-engages with Italian-American author David Pantano. David provides a dizzying timeline of occult development in the landscape that has become modern Italy. In the spirit of the Golden Bough (Fraser), David's book “The Magic Door” (2019) provides the canopy for honoring a history beginning with the European Wild West of Hesperia, embracing the varying definitions and forms of The Sacred through a culture's dynamic development. This Italic mythological history has repeatedly and deeply connected into international occulture. The conversation ranges from the importance of authentic linguistic diversity in both exoteric and esoteric reading to the appearance of Roman-era tripartite alchemical initiatory cosmology. Ovid, Virgil and the later Dante all receive citation, in addition Compano, and Ficino. The conversation explores Giordano Bruno's complex contributions not only to esotericism but larger practices such as the Art of Memory (in recent resurgence). We learn of the recent restoration of The Magic Door itself, with its multi-faith, multi-linguistic alchemical script… illustrating the tripartite. The repeated interaction, collusion and co-opting between Church and State are clearly acknowledged, as well as the pre-Rennaisance use of Magical Realism to influence the collective imagination towards the ideal of State. David and Rudolf take time to examine the influence of the UR Group, its writings, and ethical questions surrounding the figure of Julius Evola. David expresses his analysis that Evola, while holding controversial views, did repeatedly publicly and privately reject fascism David and Rudolph emphasize the rejection of hero worship toward any thinker, writer, or historical figure and the responsibility for sustained personal inner work as a bulwark against extremism. Pantano also invites the audience to contact him personally to further discuss or question any aspect of his writing or this interview. If you have questions for David or want to get in touch with him, go on his Faecbook page by clicking here and post him a message.  In the interview, David and I mentioned a few times the new edition of the collected publications of the UR-Group. Below you find a picture of this edition. By clicking on one of the images you will be brought to the corresponding page of the publishers - Inner Tradition. Music played in this episode And once again I am happy to present the music by one of our listeners! Joshua Kirch has sent me his beautiful work already more than a year ago, but now finally after the break I can happily present it to you: Josh Kirch is a musician and composer who started with guitar, and he soon moved to classical guitar and performing in a guitar trio - really enjoying the range of repertoire and especially the Renaissance pieces available. This eventually led him to start learning the lute and cello.His compositions often mix electronic elements with classical and early music instrumentation and themes, as well as more standard rock and folk moments. And as he says himself, his training in magic and the occult has also opened new horizons in regards to his musical work. You can find him here on Soundcloud 1) EAST GATE and SOUTH GATE, FROM GATE QUARTETS (2023) (Track starts at 9:51)

Another epic play-through, with more or less success... The Magic Door -

Ava finds a chalk drawing of a door on the outside of her school and she swears she just saw her principal go into it . . . This is a collaboration with a student at Robeson Elementary. You can find the story starter video for this episode here: https://youtu.be/cn3Cq7rsA0M

Through the Magic Door

American indie rock trio, "Quiz Show" released their debut album of the same name, recorded at the NJ-based Magic Door Record Label with award-winning producer Ray Ketchem.  Quiz Show comprises of founder and lead vocalist Chris Matthews, originally from the legendary DC alternative rock band Shudder To Think, Jesse Krakow (Shudder to Think) and Kevin March  (Guided by Voices).According to Matthews "This is our first album! Quiz Show has been making music since 2017 and put out most ofthe songs on this release as singles between 2017 and 2020. We are releasing them now after remixing and remastering all of the songs to freshen them up and so they can document the origin story of Quiz Show in a single package. This release also brings these songs under the amazing umbrella of the Magic Door record label."  https://quizshow.bandcamp.com/musicPlaylist and podcast: https://djnocturna.comYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/DJNocturnaListen : http://modsnapradio.comQUEEN OF WANDS with DJ Nocturna �Every Saturday on ModSnap Radio� KMOD: San Antonio�2pm (HST), 5pm (PST), 6pm (MST), 7pm (CST), 8pm (EST)#modsnapradio  #ChrisMatthews #rayketchem #magicdoorrecordlabel #shuddertothink

Alternative Rock musician Rob Munk released his new "Phased Out" album via Montclair, New Jersey based Magic Door record label, a grassroots imprint founded by Guided by Voices Kevin March and producer Ray Ketcham and Renee Lab from Elk City.  "Phased Out" is a record that somehow comes out of nowhere from an artist that has been almost everywhere. This is modern rock that respects people's emotional intelligence. With elements of 1990's and 2000's indie rock and traces of 1970's AM pop, this is music that respects people's emotional intelligence.For Rob Munk, music was never the plan. An actor from the age of three, he and his brothers would commute into NYC from New Jersey for gigs to help support life with a single Mom. After several years of filming commercials, including Jello pudding with Bill Cosby to scenes with Tina Fey, Tony Hale, John Goodman and Paul Giammatti, Munk was also cast as young Woody Allen in "Stardust Memories," his brother having played the same role in the Oscar-winning "Annie Hall." Munk was also a copywriter and creative director, writing huge campaigns for ESPN, Delta Airlines and AT&T.Upon moving to Boston, Munk's new band Thudpucker became a staple on the Boston rock scene in the early 90s as many local bands were starting to explode. Between several singles, gigs and touring, they opened for Pavement, Hole, the Afghan Whigs and Juliana Hatfield.  "Phased Out" is out now. Thank you for your support !https://linktr.ee/robmunkmusicPlaylist and podcast: https://djnocturna.comYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/DJNocturnaListen : http://modsnapradio.comQUEEN OF WANDS with DJ Nocturna Every Saturday on ModSnap Radio 3pm (HST), 5pm (PST), 6pm (MST), 7pm (CST), 8pm (EST)#DJNocturna #modsnapradio  #alternativerock #magicdoorrecordlabel #ShamelessPromotionPR

The Magic Door A long percussive yet soothing generative ambient piece. Dronescapes 115, 2022 TAGS: 115, alien, ambient, banger, conversation, dronescape, english, experimental, foreign language, generative, granular, percussive, russian, soundscape URL: Persistent MIRRORS: Archive Audio | Archive Video | SoundCloud | YouTube IMAGES: Frame Grabs LICENSE: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

A long percussive yet soothing generative ambient piece. Landing page: https://fmonk.quasigentsia.com/archives/13598

Estamos de volta após uma longa ausência por motivos técnicos e particulares em nossa redação. E para marcar esse retorno apresentamos uma selecionada playlist com os melhores sons do mês passado. Uma escolha bem particular nesse universo dos melhores lançamentos em um ano bem produtivo em solo tupiniquim e além mar. 1 - “Dream It All Over Again” - Sloan, banda lendária do quarteto powerpop canadense em mais um disco empolgante chamado “Steady”. 2 – “Descontrole” - Fla Mingo, talentoso cantor e compositor paraibano residente em São Paulo capital, lançou seu primeiro disco intitulado “Esquina”. 3 - “Hung Up” – 2nd Grade, banda projeto do vocalista e compositor americano Peter Gill em seu mais novo álbum chamado Easy Listening com 16 faixas – indie rock, powerpop. 4 - “JFKHA” – Martin Luther Lennon, conhecido nos anos 90 por bons álbuns de powerpop, grupo idealizado e liderado por Tony Perkins está lançando esse single após 22 anos sem material inédito. 5 – “Wrongsider” - Felipe Vieira, veterano cantor, compositor, guitarrista olindense em seu mais novo lançamento do mesmo titulo da faixa com melodias e guitarras bem anos 90. 6 - “Contramão” - Wry, veterana banda paulista lançou seu oitavo disco de estúdio “Aurora” todo cantado em português e um pegada totalmente post-punk. 7 - “The Ghosts of San Francisco” – Rob Munk, veterano do rock bostoniano nos anos 90 que retorna a música após 20 anos de ausência e em que durante a pandemia produziu seu primeiro disco solo, apresentando um rock moderno com forte inspiração do rock alternativo anos 90. Faixa extraída do álbum “Phased Out” pelo selo Magic Door lançado no final de novembro. 9 - “Tudo Outra Vez” – Gato Negro, trio pop rock alagoano da cidade de Arapiraca que acabou de lançar seu segundo disco chamado “Mestiço” que antemão tem uma belíssima capa criação da artista Ana Noronha. A banda existe desde 2007 e adentra pela sonoridade soul, blues e rock. 8 - “Norman 4” – The Sylvias Platters, excelente quarteto canadense na ativa desde 2014 e já lançaram dois discos cheios e esse ano um EP com cinco faixas. A faixa que escutamos é o mais recente single que é dedicado a Normam Blake da lendária banda escocesa Teenage Fanclub. 10 - “Hola, Destrucción” – Los Punsetes, com quase vinte anos de estrada a banda madrilena de indie rock cujo nome foi inspirado no escritor Eduard Punset é uma novidade do rock espanhol em nosso programa, mas possuem sete discos lançados, um EP e mais um punhado de singles. A faixa que tocamos é um dos singles do novo disco de título intraduzível “AFDTRQHOT” composto por dez boas músicas. O quinteto se destaca por compor boas melodias, bom trabalho de guitarras e pelo vocal vibrante de Ariadna. 11 - “Letters to Melissa” – Model Shop, é novo trio indie pop americano de Seattle formado por dois integrantes da banda Math and Physics Club e estão estreando com o álbum “Love Interest” pelo selo espanhol Meritorio Records. Essa é uma das melhores músicas do ano em nossa lista. 12 - “Cidadão de Bem” - Fuga de Saturno, banda de pop rock paraibana que é conhecida frequente da casa que lançou três singles e a faixa que escutamos encerrando o programa é a mais recente. Estamos aguardando o lançamento do EP. Siga as nossas plataformas de acesso e contato: Instagram: @meusons @alternativab Blogspot: meusons.blogspot Site: alternativab.com.br E-mail: meusonspodcast@gmail.com

I think this is probably one of my all-time favourite skills. I think it even might have pipped The Magic Door to my no. 1 fave slot

Ever wanted to know how to repair a broken and bewitched haunted lighthouse? You have? Wow - that's a coincidence! Well, we're here to help

For many Giuliano Kremmerz is still quite unknown. Well, today's guest David Pantano has set out to change this, and today we want to do a step together in that direction. And the topic is worth it! Kremmerz tried to create a Hermetic School that is much less arcane that some of his contemporary occultists wanted it to be. Naples and Egypt, including Egyptian Freemasonry play a role in all that. Also, to me Kremmerz' approach sounds also partly Rosicrucian, which in the context is surprising. But there are reaons for that, we hear. And of course, he did not come out of the blue, there is a long tradition of Western Esotericism, also influenced by antiquity and its history. David has published a book on that story as well and in this talk we are going to link history to Kremmerz' time. But we will also ask: what came after? A lot to cover, and I think it became a highly interesting talk with a person who is extremely knowledgable: David Pantano! David Pantano is an independent researcher, translator, historian, and writer specializing in spirituality, metaphysics, philosophy, and the initiatic practices of West and East. Author of The Magic Door, he lives in Toronto. NOW, TO ANOTHER POINT - ABOUT SHOWNOTES. You probably realized that since Season 6 these newsletters have changed dramatically and become nice texts about the content of the episode with some detailed remarks on the topic. And this was/is thanks to my friend Ursula, whom I mentioned several times here and whom I really want to thank once again. Her day job has grown considerably lately, and she is also the mother of two young children. That means that in the near future at least she will only be able to cover a show once in a while and she will continue to do that. But no longer on a weekly basis. So I thought I would invite YOU, the listeners, to do it in her place. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED to write an English text about the episode and the interview in advance, which then becomes the newsletter and part of the show notes on www.thothermes.com, PLEASE CONTACT ME at rudolf@thothermes.com, and I will get in touch with you. Those of you who show real interest will get to know the upcoming guests and subjects a few weeks in advance, and if you pick an interview, you will receive the “raw” sound file as soon as I have recorded the interview (usually one to three weeks in advance). You listen to it and you write your article about that episode. In return - well, I cannot offer any payment. But I will present a short portrait of the author on the website, in the newsletter, and also in the show intro itself. INTERESTED? I hope so! Do make yourself known! And this does not need to be a one-off, if you feel happy doing this from time to time, this would be wonderful LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU! Music played in this episode This episode is all about Italy, or at least about the geographic area that today we call Italy. So I thought I'd bring you an - admittedly VERY eclectic -  choice of music: all from the Italic Peninsula, but from completely diverse origins and time periods! 1) CIN-CI-LA, FOX DELLE LANTERNE, BOX D'AMORE  what a nice Foxtrott from Italy, a beautiful blend of American influence and southern European charm! With an unnamed orchestra, recorded in ... 1926! (this is why the sound sounds old...), so from the times of Giuliano Kremmerz! (Track starts at 7:17)

Through the Magic Door by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle audiobook. In this volume, Arthur Conan Doyle invites us into his library and discusses his favourite literature with the listener.

This is a guided lucid dreaming hypnosis designed to help you relax your subconscious and enter the astral plane.

NRBQ - "Not Tonight, Hon (live at Magic door)" NRBQ - "Where's My Pebble? (live at Magic Door)" NRBQ - "The Moon And Other Things (live at Magic Door)" NRBQ - "Interview" NRBQ - "It's Not Too Late (live at Magic Door)" NRBQ - "Five More Miles (live at Magic Door)" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/118413

It was the very first skill we covered, revisited at episode 1000, and now at 2000 we simply must make our way through that lovely portal once more

Positive reinforcement is a massive boost for confidence. Someone reminding us and highlighting the things we are good at is highly motivating. As leaders, paying attention to those unique characteristics can also be very helpful when putting a team together and choosing the right person for each job. In this episode, we explore how paying attention to and highlighting people's skills makes building a team aligned with our company values easier. We talk about the link between positive reinforcement, words of affirmation, and picking our teams' tasks based on those qualities can help Unrivaled Momentum to happen. We also talk about the need and benefits of healthy debate, of creating a plurality of voices at work and home, and why we must be aware of our leadership skills to better understand our work and decisions' impact. In This Episode, You Will Learn:About the magic doors at home that inspired today's episode (5:18)Why sometimes it feels like we are losing momentum (9:24)How to use skills observation to build the team that will fulfill our mission and vision (11:45)Why healthy debate is necessary and instrumental for our company's growth (13:17)How to use our skills to make a significant impact on our teams and help them do their best (19:21)Resources:Unlock Your Unrivaled Momentum TrainingInterested in Working with Clint? Send a message to clint@clinthoopes.com.Let's Connect!WebsiteLinkedInInstagram Facebook See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Oliver and The Magic Door is a journey into the imagination for adults and children alike. It is a journey that begins in the heart of a dreaming raccoon and his great friend Karla. Oliver, who has always dreamed beyond his limitations, takes on the task of undertaking his life's journey to The Magic Door.Everyone eagerly awaits the arrival of the long-awaited celebration of Mr.Sun, but only those who persevere despite the difficulties will be able to see their dreams come true. The author invites you to let your imagination soar and together you and Oliver can take flight.Melanie Figueroa is a local writer from Milford, Delaware who was born and raised in Puerto Rico! From an early age, she went after her dreams with tenacity and courage. She always strives for excellence, sowing joy, service, and love at every opportunity.Melanie is passionate about music – she plays the bass and the Guitar - and she is also a runner. She is very involved in community work through Anchor Church which she attends in Milford.The bilingual (Spanish & English) kids' book "Oliver and The Magic Door" takes place in Delaware during the summer solstice. Oliver always dreams beyond his limitations, but with the help of his friend Karla, he undertakes his life's journey to find The Magic Door! This book seeks to highlight the importance of languages, the common good, perseverance, and arouse curiosity for science.Melanie is an entrepreneur passionate about inspiring children of all ages not to give up, and to move forward amid any circumstance or environment. She longs to conquer the hearts of each of her readers, because in each adult there is also a child, highlighting perseverance, love, faith, friendship, and the common good in her stories. You can get a copy of her book on Amazon.Please share StoryJumpers with a friend if you enjoyed this episode. StoryJumpers is still growing, and your positive review and 5-star rating would help.The Bridge Podcast Network is made possible by generous support from The Boardwalk Plaza Hotel and Victoria's Restaurant on the boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware - Open 7 days a week, year-round - Learn more at https://boardwalkplaza.comFeedback, or Show Ideas? Send an email to podcast@wearethebridge.orgDownload The Bridge Mobile App to get the latest podcast episodes as soon as they are published!

There's now 11 adventures hidden behind that marvellous, magical door

In this episode, Melinda Emerson talks with Pamela Slim about customer acquisition and retention in small businesses. They discuss the importance of clear marketing messages, how to tailor marketing language, and the concept of the "Magic Door". Additionally, they explore business values, collaboration over competition, and provide valuable business advice.

We have a special guest for episode 56 of the podcast, the super talented Morais! He's put together a superb selection of all vinyl Disco and edits for us. A rare one for the podcast. Morais is a well known DJ around the Midlands and beyond, with guest appearances at the likes of Magic Door, Digbeth Dining Club, Our House, LikeMindedPeople Croatia and a monthly residency on Brum Radio. Enjoy the killer mix. _ Tracklisting: Jungle melody - Arseni What have you got to love - The Jammers You've always been - Castle Queenside One way street - Ziggy Phunk The shoe - E. Versions Strange feeling - Sartorial & Simon Kennedy Just fakin it - Underdog Edits Like a bird of a cage - The Funk District Giving my love - Janice McClain re-edit I hear music in the streets - Louie Vega presents Unlimited Touch Stomp your feet - Joey Negro Can we come together - The Tramps edit by Frankie Knuckle Dance - Earth People My first mistake - The Chi-Lites Hear more from Morais at https://www.mixcloud.com/M0RAIS/ Follow us on Instagram or Facebook to stay up to date with our events and podcasts.

This episode we welcome Ben Kaufman, CEO and founder of Camp, the fast growing "family experience" company, which now features multiple locations in the New York area and Dallas, with more on the way (including the Los Angeles and Boston areas). We explore Camp's unique approach to the toy category--and retail more broadly--which includes a mix of play, product and programming. In addition to learning what's behind "the Magic Door", we chat about what "experiential" retail should mean and how to measure success in the blended digital and physical world.But first we open up the episode with our quick takes on recent retail news that caught out attention, including Amazon's rumored new "department store" format and what to conclude (if anything) from recent retail earnings releases. We also unpack Warby Parker's S-1 filing and--as a prelude to our interview--dig into recent toy industry news, including Toys R Us at Macy's and Disney's expansion with Target.Here is the prescient Forbes article Steve references in the episode.NOTE: We'll be back to weekly episodes after Labor Day.Also be sure to check out our new  YouTube channel. Steve Dennis is an advisor, keynote speaker and author on strategic growth and business innovation. You can learn more about Steve on his       website.    The expanded and revised edition of his bestselling book  Remarkable Retail: How To Win & Keep Customers in the Age of Disruption is now available at  Amazon or just about anywhere else books are sold. Steve regularly shares his insights in his role as a      Forbes senior contributor and on       Twitter and       LinkedIn. You can also check out his speaker "sizzle" reel      here.Michael LeBlanc  is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice.   He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience, and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.  Michael is the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts including Canada's top retail industry podcast,       The Voice of Retail, plus        Global E-Commerce Tech Talks  and       The Food Professor  with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois.  You can learn more about Michael       here  or on       LinkedIn. 

I will be talking about Just Pants, Charles Grodin, The Hasty Tasty Restaurant, and The Magic Door. Clips from the show are credited by The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV) by Rick Klein. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pete-kastanes/message

I will be talking about Just Pants, Charles Grodin, The Hasty Tasty Restaurant, and The Magic Door. Clips from the show are credited by The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV) by Rick Klein. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pete-kastanes/message

Let's All Go To The Music Hall! After a few technical difficulties last week learning how to use the Magic Door properly, we're back! Join us this week as we trek our way to Matt's hometown for a few beverages in one of Belfast's most well-loved spots, The Empire Music Hall - with Joe Toner in tow no less! Lot's to talk about this week - did you know there are pre and post-lockdown Guinness cans, or ever wondered why some pubs stick money up on the walls? Pour yourself a pint and find out in this week's episode!

Join Matt and Owen this week as we talk about one of our most beloved pinting spots, hidden in plain sight in Dublin city centre - The Lord Edward. What makes is so special? How long has it been there? And who even WAS Lord Edward? We also discuss the question: would you rather only visit one pub for the rest of your life, or never be able to visit the same pub twice? A question for the ages that we attempt to answer in the best way possible - through the power of The Magic Door. Walk through and see where it takes you - you might even bump into us!

Last covered over 500 episodes ago, this one's well worth a revisit. From the amazing developers, Magic Door LLC (yes, that's right - bringers of the brilliant Magic Door skill covered in episode 1 and then rightly revisited in episode 384), and served up by the ever-smooth Shaun Preece, this one definitely deserves a dabble. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

This week Shaun and Robin make their cautious and clumsy way around a magic (but mostly scary) mansion - narrowly avoiding a horrible death at the many small clutching hands of… of…

What's that in the sky? Sing along and join in with Cat as she sings about the northern lights! These songs allow little listeners to step through the Magic Door into a lively, musical world. #CBeebiesRadio

Today we talk with Beverly Feldt - She started acting as a child, began voiceover work when she was 15 on a Chicago kids television show called The Magic Door in the late 60's and has been doing voice over work ever since. But she has done and continues to do a whole lot more. 20 years ago she’s helped co-founded Workplace Interactors, which is a workforce development and education program that employs actors to help change culture in the workplace. They tackle important topics like gender and racial diversty, white fragility, and they have a direct impact on folks around some of the time's most pressing and important issues. Bev is also a singer, song-writer, choir-director, burgeoning harpist and she writes and delivers uplifting sermons that provide guidance and reflection to several Unitarian Universalist congregations. It is clear that Bev is finding many ways to grab that string and fly that kite. Workplace InteractorsThe Magic Door Song

In this kid's story, Beckett gets a magic door delivered for his birthday. When he opens it, there is a toy store on the other side, and in it, the kids are in charge and the parents have to listen.

Join Cat in the frozen Antarctic ice as she keeps warm by flapping and waddling like a penguin! These songs allow little listeners to step through the Magic Door into a lively, musical world. #CBeebiesRadio

In this episode, Ashley demonstrates two games for the Alexa device, The magic door, and Jurassic world revealed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/william047/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/william047/support

This meditation is a little longer. I hope you enjoy it.

Ollie solves the theft of a magical door.

This soothing, dreamy meditation can be used to spark creativity or to drift gently into a peaceful sleep. Step through the magic door into a hidden world of peacefulness and beauty. Background music is The Inner Sound by Jesse Gallagher Episode sponsored by The Fastic App Email me: rewindrelaxrelease@gmail.com Please rate, reveiw, subscribe and share with your friends. Written, hosted and edited by certified life coach Daleena Ewbank. Rewind Relax Release New Choices Coaching Support the show (http://patreon.com/RewindRelaxRelease)

Showing The Magic Door...

Did you know that there is a door with tremendous gifts made especially for you? It's only accessible when you're able to gain access to it. Listen to today's podcast as we reveal the wisdom of opening your magical door. Enjoy! To send a message to the show: https://anchor.fm/michelle-spiva/message For Interviews, sponsorship, or coaching/consulting, please send inquires to: MichelleSpiva at gmail dot com (no solicitation-spam; *You do not have permission to add this email to any email list or autoresponder without knowledge or consent) _____________________________ Further support this podcast, please do so by using any of these methods: All your Amazon shopping: http://michellespiva.com/Amz Venmo: @MichelleSpiva1 CashApp: $MichelleSpiva PayPal: http://bit.ly/Donate2Michelle Patreon: https://Patreon.com/MichelleSpiva Don't forget to like, comment, subscribe, rate, and review. Follow Michelle here: Facebook: facebook.com/FollowMichelleSpiva Twitter: @mspiva IG: @MichelleSpiva Find out more about Michelle's alter-ego fiction writer side: Amazon Author Page: http://amzn.to/2lIP6Om Facebook: facebook.com/MychalDanielsAuthor Twitter: @mychaldaniels IG: @MychalDaniels Website: MychalDaniels.com/connect --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/michelle-spiva/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelle-spiva/support

So we've made it to 1000! Thanks for sticking with it guys. Today we go back to the skill covered in episode #1 when we were all a bit younger, Brexit was still only a freshly minted nightmare and doors were well and truly magic… Hope you like the new intro, sounds and podcast artwork. The latter is thanks to Faith who has asked me to say that her professional services are available at very reasonable rates. And, as always, I'd really appreciate your demo contributions to help us get through the next 1000 episodes; please send 'em to robin.christopherson@gmail.com.

Lucky Episode 13! Nicole subjected Nathan to Dangerous Men, described by one critic as, "Mind boggling virtuoso WTF-ery." Filmed in 1984 and released in 2005, this movie reaches a whole new level of hot ass mess. Follow Mina as she takes revenge on scumbag men until she unceremoniously disappears from the film and we follow David! A renegade cop bent on taking down Black Pepper! The crime boss who may have killed millions but never actually did anything to affect the plot of this story! Until he punches David out of the film and we follow Old Chief guy! Until the movie ends and we are finally free. Join us and special guest Ryan Cadaver as we talk for almost two hours about an 80 minute movie. Hang on to your butts guys, shit gets messy.   Follow Caught Dead Watching on facebook and join our super cool facebook group! Follow us on Instagram @caughtdeadwatching Follow us on twitter @caughtdeadpod Follow Nicole on Instagram and Twitter @battlecougar Follow Nathan on Facebook and Instagram @Nathan.Hamilton.138 send love notes, hate mail, suggestions and tasteful nudes to caughtdeadwatching@gmail.com www.caughtdeadwatching.com TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!! WORLD DOMINATION IS ONLY A FEW LIKES, SHARES, AND 5 STAR RATINGS AWAY!!!

We start off with a quick note that changing the A-lady's speech speed has finally come to the UK. After that we listen to what is probably my favourite skill since the Magic Door. Utterly brilliant audio. Needs headphones so either plug them into the back of your Echo or connect them via Bluetooth. Then sit back and be delighted.

First covered waaay back in episode 346, this one's well worth a revisit. From the amazing developers, Magic Door LLC (yes, that's right - bringers of the brilliant Magic Door skill covered in episode 1 and then rightly revisited in episode 384), this one definitely deserves a dabble.

On this edition of The Checklist:  The AG Asks the Usual Impossible  Keeping Kids Off of Dating Apps Security Fixes in the Latest Apple Updates   Don't forget to check out our show notes:  SecureMac.com/Checklist And get in touch with us: Checklist@Securemac.com

Ellen Coyne, Head of Politics at Joe.ie, joins us to talk about the Rosetta Stone of Irish millennial thinking, the one piece of pop culture that unites every Irish millennial (who only had two channels)...BOSCO! This is one of our favourite episodes ever and we hope you like it. Knock knock, open wide, see what's on the other side, Knock knock, any more, come with me through the Magic Door. Follow Ellen Coyne on Twitter and Instagram @ellenmycoyne. Alan is @alan_maguire. Sarah is @griffski. Sarah's new novel Other Words For Smoke is out now. Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us. Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Tall Tales @TallTalesPodcasts. Also we have a Patreon! We have good rewards! It’s patreon.com/juvenalia

Red Knight accidentally creates a magical door that goes to a different place every time he opens it.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/redknightstories)

Here's a gardener's bedtime ritual for this time of year: Take sandpaper or a nail file and nick those nasturtium seeds before you soak them overnight; then sow them outside. They grow well in poor soil. The leaves and flowers are edible and are great in salads.   Brevities   #OTD It's the birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - born in 1859.   Ten years ago, in 2009, aviolin made from a dying sycamore tree in Conan Doyle's garden was played to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth. The violin was a nod to Conan Doyle's creation, Sherlock Holmes, who played the violin while solving cases. If you search for "Conan Doyle Garden" on twitter, you'll see a fantastic photographic portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sitting at a table in his garden with his Irish terrier Paddy sitting beside him on a bench. Doyle and his wife, Jean, purchased a quaint, thatched cottage they called Bignell House. Running along the boundary of the garden was a trout stream and it also had a wicket gate leading directly to the forest. There was a miniature golf course and a croquet lawn. Jean added a number of garden gnomes and statuary to the garden. The Doyles were spiritualists. They believed in garden fairies, pixies, and elves. During the First World War, when two girls took created fake photographs of fairies, Doyle fell for the pictures. They inspired him to write The Coming of the Fairies a book making the case for the existence of fairies. The garden influenced Doyle's writing. He wrote about monkshood and other poisonous plants. When he has his character John Watson write a list of Sherlock Holmes limitations; Watson mentions he knew nothing of practical gardening however, he did note that Sherlock was, "Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons generally." In The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, Sherlock Holmes solves the case thanks to footprints in the garden. In Doyle's Through the Magic Door,he wrote about the value of understanding botany: "A very little botany will enable you to recognize every flower you are likely to meet in your walks abroad, and to give you a tiny thrill of interest when you chance upon one which is beyond your ken. In an interview with Doyle published in The Strand Magazine in march 1919, he shares his understanding of an odd message that had come to him during a séance. It said, "Food comes before etymology." He said, "On the day before that on which I attended this seance, I had told my two little boys, aged nine and seven (these are children of Sir Arthur's second marriage) that they must go to work and kill all the caterpillars and other predatory insects in our garden. They were not inclined to do it, for they are very tender-hearted little fellows, but I explained to them that these insects were just as much a menace to our food supply as the German submarines then were. They understood the necessity then, and started at once. So now you can see the significance of the message that I received : 'Food comes before entomology,' " Aside from his belief in the supernatural, Doyle greatly enjoyed being in his garden. He did most of his writing in the garden. He once remarked, "What a lovely thing a rose is!" And, Doyle once gave a speech heartily supporting the Early Rising Billor Daylight SavingBillwhich was published in the Daily Mailon April 21, 1909, where he stated:  "Of every 100 people in the country ninety-nine would benefit by its passing. The only real objection is that it would set all the sundials wrong. (Laughter.) The need of this age is that people should get more in touch with nature; that they should have a little more fun in their lives; and I think that a measure which sends a man home one hour earlier to his wife and children, gives him a chance to cultivate his garden... would be of great benefit to the country."       #OTD It was on this day in 1978 that the botanist Florence Meier Chase died. Meier studied the relationship between sunlight and algae at the Radiation Biology Laboratory (RBL), a part of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO).  Meier, and her fellow botanists, used rooms in the tower and basement of the Smithsonian Castle for their research. "In the early days, scientists traveled between floors of the tower by climbing up and down a ladder through a trapdoor, often carrying trays of specimens or scientific equipment. In 1929, a very small elevator was installed in the tower to make the trip safer and easier."   In 1937, on Valentine's Day, Meier was giving people a tour around the Smithsonian Castle. She was demonstrating the how she and her group used the ladders and trapdoors to get around. As tour wrapped up, Meier let the group take take elevator down as there wasn't enough room for her.  As the elevator door closed, Meier waved goodbye, stepped backwards, forgot that the trap door was left open, and fell through to the floor below, breaking her back. While she was recovering at Garfield Memorial Hospital, her doctor was Dr. William Wiley Chase, the head of the surgery department. They married in 1939.       Unearthed Words  Today in 1885, Victor Hugo died; the author of the Hunchback of Notre-Dame as well as Les Miserables.  A gardener, Hugo had many wonderful garden-inspired quotes: "Life is the flower for which love is the honey."  "Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it." “A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.” "How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said."   Today's book recommendation: Gardentopia by Jan Johnsen If you are looking to refresh your garden, or simply looking for Inspiration, Jan Johnsen’s new book, Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces,is the perfect choice. Jan's a fabulous designer and a popular speaker. She was featured on The Still Growing Gardening Podcast in Episode 588 and Jan is such a delight. She's a pragmatist, highly intuitive, and she's known for her positive and collaborative approach to “co-creating with nature." In her book, solutions are divided into five categories: Garden Design and Artful Accents" , Walls, Patios, Walks and Steps, Theme Gardens, Color in the Garden and Plants and Planting. There's plenty to inspire gardeners - the cover is spectacular, the advice is fantastic - this should be on your wish list and on your go-to gardener gift list for 2019 and beyond.     Today's Garden Chore Incorporate more living mulch - ground covers - into your garden.    Take a second to chat with any experienced gardener, and they will tell you that they value ground covers more with each passing year. Dependable and hardworking, these plants solve many landscape problems.   Vita Sackville West was one of the first people to use the term "living mulch". She said,  "But, I added, in my reply to my correspondent, why restrict your rosebeds to a mere edging? Why not allow plants to encroach all over the beds? It will do the roses no harm; in fact, it will supply a living mulchto keep the ground moist and the roses cool at the root."       Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart   In researching Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, I learned that the Spring before he died, Conan Doyle was bedridden. However, one morning, unattended, he got up and managed to go out to the garden. His family found him lying on the ground with one hand clutching his heart and the other holding a single white snowdrop. He languished until July 7, 1930, when he passed away with his family at his bedside. His last words were to his wife. He whispered, "You are wonderful."  Newspaper accounts shared that, on a beautiful summer day, he was buried in the garden where he had been so much at home - beside his garden hut, which was erected for him as a writing room. Over 200 people attended the funeral. So many wreaths were sent from all over the world that they were spread over the large paddock west of the home; covering an acre of land with blooms. When Conan Doyle's coffin had been placed in the grave, "Lady Doyle kissed a rose and threw it in." Lady Jean Conan Doyle continued to live at Windlesham until her death on 27th June 1940, she was buried next to Sir Arthur.     Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

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Cactus Blossoms, The - "Interview" Cactus Blossoms, The - "Desperado (live for WFMU at Magic Door)" Cactus Blossoms, The - "Gotta Lotta Love (live for WFMU at Magic Door)" Cactus Blossoms, The - "Interview" Cactus Blossoms, The - "Please Don't Call Me Crazy (live for WFMU at Magic Door)" Cactus Blossoms, The - "Stoplight Kisses (live for WFMU at Magic Door)" Cactus Blossoms, The - "Interview" Cactus Blossoms, The - "Who'll Be the Next in Line (live for WFMU at Magic Door)" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/84384

In this episode, I demonstrate briefly the magic door Alexa skill --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/harmonicaplayer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/harmonicaplayer/support

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In this episode, Teri welcomes Katie Ernst, co-founder of Select a Story, to talk about voice first interactive stories and the release of her Amazon Alexa skill in Canada.Welcome Katie Ernst!Katie Ernst is a lawyer, author, and co-founder of Select a Story, one of the leading companies that produces interactive stories for the voice-first platforms. I was really excited to have her as a guest recently to hear about her perspectives of this growing sector of Alexa skills.We also had a special surprise cameo appearance by a 9 year old girl, who is a fan of Select a Story…. and may or may not be my daughter (just saying’)!Katie’s StoryKatie is an author, who has written 10 “traditional” novels for children. Katie’s introduction to interactive stories began when she first got an Amazon echo, and after trying “The Magic Door” skill, she was inspired and she decided that she had the perfect skill set to start writing interactive stories of her own. While Katie began writing her first interactive story, Cinder/Charming, her husband began the software development. They make a great team and co-founded Select a Story!Some of Katie’s perspectives on Interactive StoriesKatie believes that there is something magical about being able to talk to a device, similar to “Computer” from Star Trek.In her experience, Katie finds it challenging to self-publish traditional books for middle school grades as this age-group tends to have less e-reader devices then older kids. The voice-first revolution makes is easier for authors to self-publish books for middle grades because these stories are more easily accessible by children via their household smart speakers.Katie’s first interactive story is called Cinder/Charming, a 30,000 word, voice-first publication, equivalent to approximately 120-130 pages. This story has 130 different scenes, all completely narrated with sounds effects. The listener makes decisions about the plot as the story progresses, similar to the old “Choose Your Own Adventure” books that I remember reading as a child. Katie has plans to expand the catalogue of stories that can be accessed through the Select a Story skill.Select a Story SkillSelect a Story is a great skill and you can check-out my review here. I suggest you check out the skill too!List of resources mentioned in this episode:Select a StoryKatie Ernst on TwitterReviews of top Alexa Skills in CanadaAlexa in Canada on TwitterPlease leave a review on iTunesShopping on Amazon.ca See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Just over a year after looking at this superb skill on the very first DTD episode, we reopen the Magic Door and embark on a recently added adventure; The Haunted Lighthouse. ooer!

With Flynn, Eve, and Jenkins away enjoying a tropical vacation with Santa, the young Librarians watch over Santa's sleigh, and as usual, things don't turn out as planned. Ezekiel uses the Magic Door to visit his mother and sisters, but his mom takes time out from celebrating Thankstaking Day to do a little taking on the side. Unfortunately, she steals a painting from the Bank of Thieves, and the team unites to return it to its "rightful" place. Along the way, Jenkins comes to the rescue, and not only does he save the young Librarians but Santa's sleigh as well. Episode Grade: A

Co-founder of Select A Story Interview starts at 8:33 and ends at 33:40 “An interactive story is essentially a series of interlocking short stories. I think a lot of authors kind of forget about that, and they end up writing a story where at the end of it, it's like ‘Okay, you saw a spaceship, and then you thought to call the police and then you decided whether you should call your friend, and then you decided whether you should take a picture and put it on Instagram and then you went on the spaceship and you met the aliens, and it was fine. The end.' Well, yeah, you had a number of choices, but they were all very similar to one another and that is not a story that anyone would write by itself.” Tech Tip Find your annotations at read.amazon.com/notebook Interview with Katie Ernst Select a Story website Select a Story skill for Alexa Cinder/Charming (Select a Story Book 1) Kindle format “The Magic Door,” an Alexa-powered interactive adventure with original stories “Alexa Skills Challenge Offers $250,000 in Prizes for Best Kid Skills” at Amazon Alexa blog - October 25, 2017 Content Ricochet Joe by Dean Koontz Comments Fintie Folio Case for 9th Generation (7-inch) Kindle Oasis - $16.99 News Amazon press release on holiday sales “Amazon's Alexa Won Christmas This Year” by Steve Kovach at Business Insider - December 26, 2017 Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads!

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"he soon acquired a great popularity" [VALL]  Peggy Perdue, BSI ("Violet Westbury") has held the enviable position of librarian in charge of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection at the Toronto Reference Library for over a decade. In that role, she's seen remarkable developments and has made some intriguing acquisitions.   She has ascended to a new role, but before doing so, she oversaw the development and launch of the new Pop Sherlock exhibit. As IHOSE is dedicated to the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and popular culture, we're very interested in this topic.    We discuss exactly what got Peggy to her role, what her favorite item is, and what she has learned about Arthur Conan Doyle over the last 12 years.   Our Editor's Gas-Lamp in this episode are a few paragraphs taken from Arthur Conan Doyle's own Through the Magic Door.   Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.             And please consider becoming a . Your support helps us to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and this year, transcription services.     Sponsors This episode includes our two longtime sponsors, plus a new addition. Please support our sponsors by visiting their sites: , publishers of . , in whose pages you'll find scholarship from authors from across the globe.   Would you care to become a sponsor? You can find .   Links  - Sherlock Holmes and advertising   Notes 1:33 Pa-POW! 3:16 While we have your attention 5:30 Thank yous 7:54 Wessex Press 9:50 Welcome Peggy Perdue 12:27 Setting her sights on the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection 16:28 First meeting with Sherlock Holmes 19:53 Enter the Toronto Bootmakers 23:33 A question about 12 years in the same job 27:41 The Pop Sherlock exhibit at the Toronto Public Library 31:07 Sherlock Holmes and Advertising 34:16 Potty humor 39:19 Sherlock Holmes in comic books 41:57 Film artifacts—including a script for "Sherlock Holmes in Canada" 43:21 Interactive components of the exhibit 48:00 Reflecting on the Reichenbach Irregulars' trip to Meirengen and Florence 53:24 Who will Peggy hire for the ACD Collection job? 58:33 The Friends of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection 59:53 The Baker Street Journal 1:01:24 Canada and Sherlock Holmes 1:02:28 Editor's Gas-Lamp 1:06:46 Final thoughts   Many more links, articles and images are available in our Flipboard magazine at  as well as through our accounts on , , and .   Please , , , ,  or —or the podcast player of your choice—and be kind enough to leave a rating or review for the show. And please tell a friend about us, in any fashion you feel comfortable.   Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at (774) 221-READ (7323).  

This weeks show is all about Smart Speakers in our homes: Google Home, Amazon Echo, and Home pod.  I thought it would make it easier if I shared with folks my podcasting notes that I will be using when I do my demos on Google Home and the Amazon Echo Dot.   Google Home  Google Home is the first Smart speaker to be officially available in Australia.   Physical description:   mute on back of speaker to toggle mute microphone.  Uses dedicated charger rather than micro usb cable (surprised).  Sound is very very base.  On touch surface of speaker: on left side draw half circle clockwise to increase volume and counter clockwise to decrease volume.  1 finger tap to stop or start audio.  1 finger press activate speaker without saying “hey google”.  Turn Accessible sounds on for speaker listening within the Home app: i.e. after saying “Hey Google” will here traditional beeps to let you know that speaker is listening, say command, then beeps to let user know that speaker is processing command.   Setup the Google Home via the Home app on my Nexus 5 phone.  Downloaded the Google Home and followed the instructions to setup the Google Home Speaker: i.e. joining local network, choosing Google account to use with the device etc.   Google Home seems to have inbuilt functions called Actions. Comes with a trial subscription to Youtube Red and Google music.   Some useful commands:   Translate “phrase' in to another language - “Translate What is your name” to Italian”.  Doesn't alway work. What can I say. What is the time. When is Sun Rise. When is Sunset. What is the date. What is the weather. How long to get to work. Turn it up or turn it down. Roll a die. Flip a coin.C Where am I. Set an alarm. Cancel alarm. Check alarm. Snooze an alarm. Set a timer (can do multiple timers). Check timer. Cancel Timer. How do I make “dish name”. Add “item” to shopping list. Check shopping list. Tell me a joke. Tell me a knock knock joke. Do calculations. Convert measurements. Open “6 Swords”. Open  Blackjack 21. Open the Christal ball”. Open Eliza (very old AI conversation app). Open “The Temple in the forest”. Open the Magic Door”. Give me a random number between x and y. Sing me a song. Sing happy birthday. Check my Calendar (Google Calendar). Tell me the news.. Play podcast xxx (seems to be from Tune-in). Play chill out music (if Youtube default music player will play from source).  Can also say play  chill out on Google Play Music. Play aBC radio (plays local ABC radio Sydney). Play Album name or category. Whilst playing music - what is this song. Play 2gb radio (plays from iHeart radio). How do you spell the word xxx and have it spelled. What is the definition  of word and have it spoken. Play Twit Live (plays on Tune-in). What is the nearest restaurant. What is the phone number for xxx restaurant. No reminders or stop watch function.   Google Home app on iOS Main screen can access: Across top of screen: Menu button, Home title, and Devices button. Menu button contains: Signed in account name Accounts button, Close Menu button, Google Assistant Heading Things to Ask button, Music button, Home Control button, More Settings button, Devices button, Account preferences button, Offers button, How to Cast button, Google store button, Help button, Feedback button.   Below this - Listen and Discover tabs. Listen tab appears to be App suggestions for use on iPhone. Discover Tab - Voice Command History of your Activities button, heading “Related to your Activity,  command suggestions, Settings button, and then more app suggestions.   To turn the Accessibility toggle (sound that plays to let you now Home is listening) from home screen - Devices button, the 2nd More options button, Settings button, Accessibility Start Sound on/off button.   If playing music, to start/pause music and adjust volume from main screen - Devices button: current track playing is listed followed by Pause button, and Volume button.  Pause will start/stop audio.  Volume button changes to a volume slider to adjust volume.   Available from JB Hi-Fi and other retailers.  Approximately $200.   Amazon Echo Dot (and other Echo devices)   The Amazon Echo Dot can be accessed in Australia, but it is not officially supported which affects local service queries.   Physical description:   Squat and round with 4 buttons at 12, 3, 6 and 4.  AT one side of Dot, micro usb port to plug in to power and 3.5mm audio jack.  Can connect to Bluetooth. 4 buttons are: at 12 and 6 volume up and down, 9 mute mic toggle, and 3 action button (activate Alexa without saying “Alexa”.   As Amazon Echo not officially in Australia, was able to fully connect the Amazon Echo to my Wi-Fi network and access most of the features via the Alexa.amazon.com website including skills (apps for the echo). Turn Accessible sounds on for speaker listening within alexa.amazon.com i.e. after saying “Alexa” will here traditional beeps to let you know that speaker is listening, say command, then beeps to let user know that speaker is processing command.   Amazon Echo has user added functionality through enabling skills (apps).   Amazon Prime music doesn't appear to be accessible via my Australian Amazon account consequently I just use Tune-in as main music source.   Some useful commands:   Play “my last Audible book” or play book title from Audible”. Play “my last book from Kindle” or “play book title from Kindle”. What can I say. What is the time. When is Sun Rise (have to say Gosford In Australia). When is Sunset (have to say gosford Australia). What is the date. What is the weather (have to say Gosford Australia). Turn it up or turn it down. Roll a die. Flip a coin. Set an alarm. Cancel alarm. Check alarm. Snooze an alarm. Set a timer (can do multiple timers). Check timer. Cancel Timer. How do I make “dish name” used with the All Recipes skill. Add “item” to shopping list. Check shopping list. Tell me a joke. Tell me a knock knock joke. Do calculations. Convert measurements. Open “6 Swords” (after enabling it). Open  Blackjack 21 (after enabling it). Open the Christal ball (after enabling it). Open Eliza (very old AI conversation app) (after enabling it). Open the Magic Door (after enabling it). Give me a random number between x and y. Sing me a song. Sing happy birthday. Check my Calendar (can tie the Outlook skill to Alexa). Tell me the news (flash briefing).. Play podcast xxx (seems to be from Tune-in). How do you spell the word xxx and have it spelled. What is the definition  of word and have it spoken. Play Twit Live (plays on Tune-in). Open “stop watch” (after enabling). Playing music from Tune-in is a bit of a pain.  Also trying to get a local radio to play via tune-in is quite difficult, although triple plays fine.   Alexa.amazon.com website: After logging in with Amazon account, gives the following tabs: Home page - new AAlexa suggestions, shows what you last used/spok to Alexa, and useful links. Select the Navigation menu to bring up the following Alexa app tabs: Home tab 1 of 11, Now playing tab 2 of 11. Music and books tab 3 of 11 Lists tab 4 of 11 Timers and Alarms 5 of 11 Skills tab 6 of 11 Smart home tab 7 of 11 Things to try tab 8 of 11 Settings tab 9 of 11 Help and feedback tab 10 of 11 Not David sign out tab 11 of 11.   My favourite Alexa apps     My most used Alexa skills and activities are:   What is the time. What is the date. What is the weather in Gosford. Use of multiple timers when cooking. Set an alarm for 6am. Flash briefing. Spell word. Twitter. Chillout. Check my calendar (Outlook skill). Fitbit skill. Netatmo skill. Audible skill. Kindle skill. Wemo skill. Play 21 Blackjack. Play Rock Paper Scissors. unofficial Zork. Pig  Dice. Play Vision Australia Radio Melbourne on Tune-in. Play Vision Australia Radio Adelaide on Tune-in. Play MacBreak Weekly. Play the MacCast on Tune-in. Add “item” to Shopping list. Add “item” to ToDo list. Open this day in history.     Can buy the Amazon Echo devices usually from eBay related retailers in Australia.  Approximate price for the Echo Dot is $100 or so.  Hopefully Amazon actually coming to Australia in 2018.   Home Pod   Physical description: cylinder style speaker with a touch surface top to touch for start/stop music, and adjust the volume. Top also shows when Siri is listening.  Not sure, but likely to have a lightning port to plug in to power.   Tied to Apple Music. Uses Siri for voice interactions, and of course, use Siri to ask all sorts of questions. Control Home Kit enabled accessories. Supports Airplay 2.  Can have to Home Pods in the same room where they will balance the music between both speakers.  Home Pods in other rooms can e controlled by AirPlay.   A few functions that I hope Siri/Home Pod will do: Allow the use of multiple timers, Play iBook audio and eBooks, Not sound to bass when playing spoken word content. A Tweet noticed in the last week of July concerning the Firmware for the Home Pod emptied that Apple's Accessibility features such as VoiceOver would be supported in the Home Pod: i.e. perhaps using VoiceOver to read out certain information. Available from Apple stores and resellers December 2017.  Will retail for round about $600-700 or so here in Australia.

Once again we make or way down the steps to the courtyard and enter the final door. It's so great to be back to the action as we start off the New Year of 2017. We look forward to a productive, entertaining year! A Quest for Magic and Steele is our Dungeons and Dragons … Continue reading "The Magic Door -S1E36"

Today we'll be talking with relationship experts and past guests on our show Mali Apple and Joe Dunn the run-away best-selling authors of The Soulmate Experience , and The Soulmate Lover. Today we're going to talk about the sexy side of things, we'll talk about feeling better about our bodies, allowing ourselves to open up, cultivating greater love in the bedroom, and how to spice things up for the big “O”. We'll also look at the real power of strawberries, why it's sometimes good to be bad, whether size really matters, and the true importance of walking around naked.// Questions and Topics Include: Why you're probably not having as much sex as the Jones's, but why they're probably not having much sex either. Why great sex and love is cultivated from within. How do we cultivate sexiness as a state of mind. Why sensual and sexy are really the same thing. Why sensuality begins with the senses. The importance of embracing where you are, now. The secret of the “Magic Door” and what it has to do with power suits What is a sensual date, and what to really do in the theatre. Why the grocery store makes for a great date. The importance of getting into your centered place Who do we begin sexual healing – which can help our relationships and life. Since aging is inevitable, why attitude is everything The true meaning of “oral sex” Why talking about sex leads to more sex. The importance of working out for energy levels. The importance of naked time. Ask your partner, what do you like in my body, and can you help me to see that. How to we create and generate our own sexual energy? Why masturbation may be good for us. What's the real purpose of masturbation? How getting into your own sensuality changes the energy you put out into the world. How to gain more confidence by getting back in your body. How to speed date and enjoy yourself! What are sexpectations and how do we free ourselves from them? Is it okay to fantasize about someone other than your partner? How to experiment in the bedroom? How to integrate your partners desires into your relationship? How to share and create fantasizes with your partner. Is it okay for a partner's eyes to wander? How do we cultivate or keep the spark alive? Why remembering the anniversary isn't as important as living each day as an anniversary! Why gratitude is huge…plus a ton of “oral sex”. The real importance of the toothpaste cap. How do we open ourselves up to our orgasmic potential. The importance of a date night and why we should keep having dates even if you're married or with kids. What is the “O” zone? How to move past troubles having orgasms. How to move past an inability to have an orgasm. How to allow in the bedroom, orgasm or no orgasm for the most incredible love-filled time. How women can be multiple orgasmic and why there can be 100's of kinds of orgasms. What is truly soulful sex? Why a sex weekend can bring you the greatest happiness. Mali Apple, Joe Dunn on Improving Relationships, Sex, Intimacy & Feeling Better About Your Body! Health | Fitness | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

Donald Altman, M.A. LPC, is a psychotherapist, award-winning writer, former Buddhist monk, and teacher. He served as adjunct professor at Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling, and is an adjunct faculty member of the Interpersonal Neurobiology program at Portland State UniversityA prolific writer whose career spans more than twenty-five years, Donald has authored several pioneering books on mindfulness, beginning with his 1998 Art of the Inner Meal. His book The Mindfulness Toolbox is the winner of two 2015 Ben Franklin National Gold Awards as the best book in two categories--Mind-Body-Spirit and Psychology. Another book, The Mindfulness Code, was named as "One of the Best Spiritual Books of 2010." He has also authored Living Kindness, Meal by Meal, The Joy Compass, and a personal guide to developing a mindfulness pratice, A Course in Mindfulness.Two new books include 101 Mindful Ways to Build Resilience (Jan. 2016) and Clearing Emotional Clutter March 2016).In addition to his books, Donald was a staff writer for an EMMY-Award winning children's television (The Magic Door, CBS Chicago), won an American Medical Writer's Association Award, co-created the first interactive comic strip on America Online, and has had articles appear in New Age Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and Independent Business Magazine, among others.He has served the professional community by serving on the Board of Directors and as Vice-President of The Center for Mindful Eating (TCME.Org). Currently, Donald is an advisory board member for TCME. Donald works extensively with mindful meditation in his own life, as well as offering these tools to others through his books and classes. He teaches mindfulness and spiritual values around the country. He is dedicated to bringing these ancient practices in tune with modern living and to invite wellness into our stress-filled lives. Donald is also a member of the Burma Buddhist Association. An avid motorcyclist, he enjoys riding his motorcycle along the beautiful Oregon coast.

For Life on Purpose Episode #50, my guest is psychotherapist, award-winning writer, former Buddhist monk, and teacher Donald Altman. Donald joined me for a excellent conversation about his new book Clearing Emotional Clutter: Mindfulness Practices for Letting Go of What’s Blocking Your Fulfillment and Transformation (New World Library). In the book, he offers readers easy-to-use daily practices designed to dissolve emotional clutter, whether it is old emotional wreckage from their childhood or new emotional clutter that they take on every day.“The purpose of Clearing Emotional Clutter is to help you heal and move on from pains, insults, traumas, toxic stressors, and emotional clutter from the past and the present — without blaming, shaming, or punishing yourself,” says Altman. “I like to think of it as a mindful lifestyle reboot — a way of clearing out the old, habitual methods of living and thinking that keep us stuck in emotional clutter to the point that we can’t imagine a way out.”About: Donald Altman is a prolific writer and expert on mindful eating whose career spans more than twenty-five years. He's authored several pioneering books on mindfulness, beginning with his 1998 Art of the Inner Meal. His book The Mindfulness Toolbox is the winner of two 2015 Ben Franklin National Gold Awards, Another book,  The Mindfulness Code, was named as "One of the Best Spiritual Books of 2010." He has also authored Living Kindness, Meal by Meal, The Joy Compass, and a personal guide to developing a mindfulness pratice, A Course in Mindfulness.In addition to his books, he was a staff writer for an EMMY-Award winning children's television show (The Magic Door, CBS Chicago), he won an American Medical Writer's Association Award, he co-created the first interactive comic strip on America Online, and has had articles appear in New Age Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and Independent Business Magazine, among others.Donald is also a practicing psychotherapist and former Buddhist monk who teaches in the neurobiology program at Portland State University.To learn more about Donald and his work, visit: http://www.mindfulpractices.com/.

Today we'll be talking with relationship experts and past guests on our show Mali Apple and Joe Dunn the run-away best-selling authors of The Soulmate Experience , and The Soulmate Lover. Today we're going to talk about the sexy side of things, we'll talk about feeling better about our bodies, allowing ourselves to open up, cultivating greater love in the bedroom, and how to spice things up for the big “O”. We'll also look at the real power of strawberries, why it's sometimes good to be bad, whether size really matters, and the true importance of walking around naked.// Questions and Topics Include: Why you're probably not having as much sex as the Jones's, but why they're probably not having much sex either. Why great sex and love is cultivated from within. How do we cultivate sexiness as a state of mind. Why sensual and sexy are really the same thing. Why sensuality begins with the senses. The importance of embracing where you are, now. The secret of the “Magic Door” and what it has to do with power suits What is a sensual date, and what to really do in the theatre. Why the grocery store makes for a great date. The importance of getting into your centered place Who do we begin sexual healing – which can help our relationships and life. Since aging is inevitable, why attitude is everything The true meaning of “oral sex” Why talking about sex leads to more sex. The importance of working out for energy levels. The importance of naked time. Ask your partner, what do you like in my body, and can you help me to see that. How to we create and generate our own sexual energy? Why masturbation may be good for us. What's the real purpose of masturbation? How getting into your own sensuality changes the energy you put out into the world. How to gain more confidence by getting back in your body. How to speed date and enjoy yourself! What are sexpectations and how do we free ourselves from them? Is it okay to fantasize about someone other than your partner? How to experiment in the bedroom? How to integrate your partners desires into your relationship? How to share and create fantasizes with your partner. Is it okay for a partner's eyes to wander? How do we cultivate or keep the spark alive? Why remembering the anniversary isn't as important as living each day as an anniversary! Why gratitude is huge…plus a ton of “oral sex”. The real importance of the toothpaste cap. How do we open ourselves up to our orgasmic potential. The importance of a date night and why we should keep having dates even if you're married or with kids. What is the “O” zone? How to move past troubles having orgasms. How to move past an inability to have an orgasm. How to allow in the bedroom, orgasm or no orgasm for the most incredible love-filled time. How women can be multiple orgasmic and why there can be 100's of kinds of orgasms. What is truly soulful sex? Why a sex weekend can bring you the greatest happiness. Discover the secrets to love sex & intimacy from relationship experts Mali Apple & Joe Dunn. Learn how to feel sexy, heal wounds, spice up your relationship or find your partner & have fun in & out of the bedroom! Inspiration | Spirituality | Self-Help For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

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