Podcasts about Necco Wafers

Love 'em or hate 'em, we know you hate 'em. This week we're getting both retro and divisive with the classic Necco Wafers.  Get ready for the history of Necco Wafers. Get ready for a review of Necco Wafers. Get ready to hate what you hear. Grab a tube and eat along with us if you dare!

Hang onto your bits, bytes and bots, we are headed into video game territory with Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Tron!  The only way we could get MORE blue this week would be to suck down a Smurf smoothie! Only kidding, Gargamel…  #tron #disney #sonic3 #sonicthehedgehog3 #sega #neccowafers #jeffbridges #jimcarrey

In Episode 374 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger sit down to a weird Thanksgiving feast New England style! We celebrate some of the food and beverage products that are synonymous with the northeastern United States. We're grateful to spend time with you each week -- think of this as our own Friendsgiving.  See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-374-a-weird-new-england-thanksgiving-feast/    Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends    See Jeff Belanger's The Fright Before Christmas LIVE and In-Person: Dec. 7, 2024 - 7PM - The Singh Performance Center, 60 Douglas Rd, Whitinsville, Massachusetts Tel: (508) 234-6232 Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-fright-before-christmas-with-jeff-belanger-at-the-singh-performance-center-tickets-950993405877   Dec. 12, 2024 - 6:30PM -  Cobblestone Arts Center, 1622 Route 332 Farmington, New York Tel: (585) 398-0220 Tickets: https://buy.stripe.com/bIYaHP8lFdKn5So4gN  Dec. 22, 2024 - 7:30PM - Shea Theater Arts Center, 71 Avenue A, Turners Falls, Massachusetts Tel: 413-648-SHEA Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/the-fright-before-christmas-shea      

In this lively Halloween-themed episode of The Convoluted Podcast, join Jesus and Liz as they dive into a nostalgic discussion about the best and worst Halloween candies from their childhood. From Lemonheads to Necco Wafers, they rank these treats in a fun "Keep, Trade, Trash" game, evoking fond memories and hilarious debates.As they transition from sweets to more serious topics, the duo addresses a concerning news story about a Texas elementary school accused of giving children "sleepy stickers" containing melatonin. This alarming revelation sparks a discussion on the responsibilities of educators and the importance of parental awareness. Jesus Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tyrant_dominus Instagram: https://instagram.com/tyrantdominus TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@tyrantdominus Twitter: https://x.com/tyrant_dominus Liz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/labyrinthian.lizzy TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthian.lizzy Merch: https://merch.tyrantdominus.com find more: https://linktr.ee/tyrantdominus

Within Brims Skin. Man On the Run #281. -- The gang is at it again. Brimstone is joined by his wing-man Alex DaPonte and his wife Danielle as they chat about the worst Halloween candy, how Necco Wafers are way worse than Candy Corn, why Circus Peanuts are even a thing and why it's good to have friends with different flavor profiles. They discuss the Halloween plans or lack thereof, ball shaving, Alex's love for burnt popcorn and how pickle juice drinking is actually a thing. They discuss the rancid tales of an Uber puker, and more pickle conversation. Brim explains what gets Within Brim's Skin.

It's just the boys in this episode, and they dive into the nerdy, quirky, and sometimes downright unpopular things we can't help but love! From movies and games that get a bad rap to underdog characters and even candy we root for, we explore why we're drawn to things that aren't always mainstream. But it's not just about fandoms—being a Christian can feel the same way in today's culture. Join us as we talk about staying true to our passions and faith, even when they're not the popular choice. Plus, we'll look at what the Bible has to say about walking the “narrow path” and why sometimes the best things in life are the ones few appreciate.

Frank Murphy is joined by his friend Dave Fennell. Frank and Dave used to improvise together as members of Einstein Simplified.  The audio of the Frank & Friends Show is available on the website and smartphone app of FUN 105.9, where Frank is a deejay. On Fridays, he pays homage to one of his radio mentors by stretching out the phrase “it's Friday.”  One of Dave's ancestors is John Tipton, who was a rival of John Sevier. Tipton was opposed to the State of Franklin. Frank recently wrote a question for Tennessee Scholars' Bowl about the State of Franklin.  Dave is wearing a Hawaiian shirt that was a gift from his daughter. Frank buys neckties from the Ladies of Charity Thrift Store at 120 W. Baxter Avenue in Knoxville.  Frank made plans to meet someone for coffee but forgot what the person looked like. He found the person's photo online. When the other guy arrived, he didn't eat or drink anything.  This episode is sponsored by BoneZones.com (don't forget the S). Buy books and other merchandise autographed by Body Farm founder Dr. Bill Bass at https://bonezones.com/ including Body Farm t-shirts. Contact BoneZones to hire Frank to give a presentation about Dr. Bass and the Body Farm.  Frank and Becca James will emcee two food competitions in the Jacob Building at the Tennessee Valley Fair. They will host the Fair Food Throwdown on Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. and the Sweet Goodness Donut Challenge on Thursday, September 12, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.  Dave doesn't like Circus Peanuts, which he spied on Frank's candy shelf. Frank defends Circus Peanuts, saying they are like the marbits in Lucky Charms. Frank's grandson Artie bought instant oatmeal, which Frank mixes with hot coffee instead of water. Artie also likes older candies like Circus Peanuts and Necco Wafers.  Frank and his wife had hotdogs for dinner recently but there was very little spicy brown mustard left. Frank tried a new technique to get the last of the mustard out of the container. During dessert, he spilled some custard on the kitchen counter.  Last year, Frank met Ricky the Dragon Steamboat at the Fair Food Throwdown. Frank's television interview with Ricky aired recently on East Tennessee PBS. You can watch the interview online at https://www.pbs.org/video/up-close-with-ricky-the-dragon-steamboat-qiz67j/  Frank recorded an interview with Colleen Cruze of Cruze Farms. She got Frank to drink some buttermilk on the air. When Frank and Jere went to dinner at the Cruze Farm Pizza Barn with their grandchildren, an older gentleman complimented them on saying grace before their meal.  Frank likes that he can still answer a call on his iPhone after it has gone to voicemail. He is irritated by police shows when the phone rings for an unusually long time before they answer. A recent survey claimed that iPhone users are more extroverted than Android users.  Marble City Opera will present a free concert at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus on Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. as part of the Cathedral Concert Series. Reserve a free ticket at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cathedral-concert-marble-city-opera-tickets-993732870767  Support the Frank & Friends Show by purchasing some of our high-quality merchandise at https://frank-friends-show.creator-spring.com  Sign up for a 30-day trial of Audible Premium Plus and get a free premium selection that's yours to keep. Go to http://AudibleTrial.com/FrankAndFriendsShow  Find us online https://www.FrankAndFriendsShow.com/  Please subscribe to our YouTube channel at https://YouTube.com/FrankAndFriendsShow  and hit the bell for notifications.  Find the audio of the show on major podcast apps including Spotify, Apple, iHeart, Podbean, and Audible.  Thanks!

Hi. Thanks for stopping. On today's craft beer funtime hour(s), some things we will go over: Pairing beers with spookyness. The Lathe Hour debuts. What do Icelanders think of Einstok beer? Necco Wafers are not supposed to be here still. One of us saw U2 and drank beer at the Las Vegas Sphere. Have you been to FOBAB? The real REAL IPA Boat story. That and more!! Thanks for being here. Click file for download: PerfectPour533.mp3 Thanks for listening!! HOSTED BY: Rad Stacey, Nick & Mikey. MUSIC BY: Sunburns and Paul From Fairfax. BEER AND SHOW RELATED LINKS: SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A GOLDEN GOD! Subscribe to the show in Apple Podcast. You can also find us on Spotify and most podcast players. Perfect Pour's YouTube Channel. VOICEMAIL/TEXT LINE: 559-492-0542 Drop Us a Line: Email Perfect Pour. Join our free Lager Line Discord channel! Mikey would REALLY love it if you subscribed to his newsletter: Drinking & Thinking. Also, Check out Mikey's Beer Geek blog. Send Postcards or Samples to us: The Perfect Pour – co Mike Seay 2037 W. Bullard Ave #153 Fresno, CA 93711

Today I am chatting with my friend, and YA Book Chat Patreon member, Abigail about Stars and Smoke, by Marie Lu.Join Abigail and me as we chat all about this exciting YA contemporary novel that follows a young pop star, as he's drawn into the world of being a spy and trying to take down a major criminal. In this episode we chat about hot young Asian men, pop stars, what it might be like for a 19-year-old to be a spy, family issues, what you should do if you have a fever (Yes, it's applicable to the book!), the plotline, the importance of Necco Wafers, and so much more! The first 15 minutes are spoiler-free!A little about Stars and Smoke: Meet Winter Young―Global pop sensation, with a voice like velvet and looks that could kill. His star power has smashed records, selling out stadiums from LA to London. His rabid fans would move heaven and earth for even a glimpse of him―just imagine what they'd do to become his latest fling.Meet Sydney Cossette―Part of an elite covert ops group, Sydney joined their ranks as their youngest spy with plans to become the best agent they've ever had. An ice queen with moves as dangerous as her comebacks, Sydney picks up languages just as quickly as she breaks hearts. She's fiery, no-nonsense, and has zero time for romance―especially with a shameless flirt more used to serving sass than taking orders.When a major crime boss gifts his daughter a private concert with Winter for her birthday, Sydney and Winter's lives suddenly collide. Tasked with infiltrating the crime organization's inner circle, Sydney is assigned as Winter's bodyguard with Winter tapped to join her on the mission of a lifetime as a new spy recruit. Sydney may be the only person alive impervious to Winter's charms, but as their mission brings them closer, she's forced to admit that there's more to Winter Young than just a handsome face . . .Follow Abigail Spaggiari on InstagramPurchase Abigail's bookRead more of Abigail's writing on Wattpad.The BEAM ChroniclesThere are no heroes. Fiction podcast/Superhero Audiobook by MJ DooneyListen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showHave a question about today's book or author? Have a book you want me to review on the podcast? Just want to say hi? Send me an email at yabookchat@gmail.comDon't forget to give the podcast a 5 star rating, and leave a review! Thank you for your support!Check out my Patreon! Join now for some great benefits and perks!

We wouldn't advise you to have candy before bedtime. That's certainly not going to be helpful for your sleep efforts. But having the hilarious and delightful Jo Firestone run down her ten favorite candies of all time? Why that's just the thing to send you off to dreamland. You might know Jo from the Dr. Gameshow podcast or television programs like Joe Pera Talks With You, What We Do in the Shadows, and Shrill and if so, you probably like her already. So sit back and listen to some sweet candy selections. Did Snickers place? Or Kit Kat? How about Raisinets or something called Caramel Cream? Find out, Sleepyheads.Hey Sleepy Heads, is there anyone whose voice you'd like to drift off to, or do you have suggestions on things we could do to aid your slumber? Email us at:  sleepwithcelebs@maximumfun.org.Follow the Show on:Instagram @sleepwcelebsTwitter @SleepWithCelebsTikTok @SleepWithCelebsJohn is on Twitter @johnmoe.John's acclaimed, best-selling memoir, The Hilarious World of Depression, is now available in paperback.Join | Maximum FunIf you like one or more shows on MaxFun, and you value independent artists being able to do their thing, you're the perfect person to become a MaxFun monthly member. 

The Narrow Band Broadcast Network presents: KEEP YOUR HAT ON! A show by three nerdy nobodies, and one nerdy kinda-a-somebody, about nothing in particular.On this episode: After the surprise tumult of December, the boys FINALLY get this episode out to you right as the birth pains and wailing of 2023 start a wailin'. We cover parades, marching bands, Necco Wafers, those funky, wavy hard candies all grandmas had in a dish for the holidays, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, polka, lake perch, walleye, and a buncha other stuff, probably not in that order, but totally in this one show. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Links for this episode:WKRP TURKEY DROP:https://youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQLINUS & LUCY (THE JERRY GRANELLI TRIO)https://youtu.be/OODA_K5hxyc(Jerry Granelli was the last surviving member of the original group led by Vince Guaraldi that played the soundtrack for the iconic television broadcast "A Charlie Brown Christmas" back in 1965.)▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬The full video version of the show can be seen at: https://youtu.be/gklRZ-GgnwMPlease consider supporting KYHO and NBBN through Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/NBBNWE'VE GOT MERCH!!! Go to KYHOPODCAST.COM/SHOP and stock up on groovy KYHO swag, and help keep us growing whilst repping the show! ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Do us a favor and hit “like,” “subscribe,” and that bell thingy to stay up to date on the show, and follow the Hats on social media. We're not at all spammy. We like to put good stuff in your face!▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬WWW.KYHOPODCAST.COMTALKBACK@KYHOPODCAST.COM• FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/KYHOPODCAST​​• TWITTER | https://twitter.com/THEKYHOPODCAST​​• INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/kyhopodcast/​​• PATREON | https://www.patreon.com/NBBN​▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Thanks for joining in, and remember...Keep Your Hat On: We May End Up Miles From Here!

Join the gals as they check back in with Greg Locke and journey through the messed up story of Nasubi. Keep on keepin' on!Write us some of your cringe stories at [nervouslaughterpodcast@gmail.com](mailto:nervouslaughterpodcast@gmail.com)The socials: [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/nervouslaughterpodcast) | [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/NervousLaughterPodcast) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/NervouslaughPod)[Greg Locke reddit post video](https://discord.com/channels/1011728070392152074/1011728071176495246/1038266589809754142)Nasubi References:Penguinz0 - [Most Evil Live Stream Ever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWWK05t98os)BakedSalmon - Nasubi - Japan's Cruel Joke [Part 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qI3fDc55lM) & [Part 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uyXYSWsvqk) 

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Have something you want to throw on the savage scale? Reach out to us like this listener did! "Hey guys! I've got something I'd like to throw on the savage scale. My husband came home from the grocery store this week and I noticed he'd picked up all of our candy to hand out on Halloween. When I looked a little closer, I noticed that he had picked up some really great candy and some not so great candy. I'm talking Necco Wafers, Mary Janes, and Good & Plenty. When I asked him what was up with the trash candy he informed me that it's for the kids who come to the door that we don't know. When I asked him why he intentionally got crap candy, he said that we get too many trick-or-treaters and hopefully after this year some won't come back to our house. I wouldn't have a problem with setting aside some full candy bars or something for the kids we know, but giving out trash candy is so savage!"

This week on Under the Radar: New England Confectionery Company, or Necco, was the oldest continuously running candy company in the country up until its closure in 2018. The company, which was based in Revere, Massachusetts, produced Clark Bars, Mary Janes, Candy Buttons, Sky Bars, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Sweethearts, and — most notably — Necco Wafers. The New England Confectionery Company shaped the candy industry in our region and beyond, and its closure shocked sweettooths across the country. But the historic Necco candies are living on, produced by the Ohio-based Spangler Candy Company. We're talking all things candy, confections and the future of our region's sweets industry. GUEST: Darlene Lacey, an author and curator of The Candy Wrapper Museum. Her most recent books are “Necco: An Epic Candy Tale” and “Necco: The Archive Collection.”

Hey guys, we know you come to us for laughs and goofs, but this episode we had to reflect on the loss of a man who meant a lot to us. Please join us for the funeral of our dear friend, Shinzo Abe. All proceeds from the podcast will be donated to an anti-condom fund this month. Notes: Funeral for a Friend, Oswald Trafficking, Retvrn to Necco Wafers, Forgiving White Women, Night at the Museum Free(throw), Juyo and Vapaad, The Killing of a Sacred Arby's Deer, Quillette GF Stinky BF, Sonic Origins apologia, Ian Flynn's Unused Concepts, Anti-Maria, Grimdark Honey I Shrunk The Kids, Knee Pregnancy, Konami's mailbox money, Endeavor Slander, WWE Jordan Peterson

It's the lost Spring Sessions as we relocated to the new Bean Bag Studios 3.0. We've got a roll of Necco wafers and some airplane editions of Who Sucks More? amount other things as we roll on a soft launch for the upcoming Grand Opening.

I love being an ‘80s chic. There was something magical about growing up in the 80's from the music, to the hair to the fluorescent clothing, it all created incredible memories. And while some trends come back - the rebirth of the scrunchi, some have happily died a slow death, big giant permed and teased hair with the top bangs blown straight and high. We're having fun in this week's Summer Short episode, our summer series where we give you spurts of insights and thoughts with a sprinkle of fun to provide you with your very own summer growth spurt. In this week we're talking about our favorite things and bringing you back to childhood.Modern Gen X Manifesto The Modern Gen X Woman Manifesto is for you, our listeners, to use as a North Star for how you can show up and take action as a new modern Gen X Woman. You know, the one who goes after and gets what she wants both personally and professionally. Send me the manifesto! Tune in to hear about us reminiscing about…  Movies like; Saturday Night Fever, Jaws and Superman The arcade era playing Donkey Kong, Pac Man and Atari - Pitfall anyone?Tupperware and making homemade Jello Pops and Ice-PopsCandies of our time, those we liked Necco Wafers and Fun Dip and the gross ones, Charleston Chew and ChunkyOh the outfits and the hair, the styles that returned Scrunchi's and those that thankfully died, Big HairSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcast / Stitcher

Email Us Here: Disturbinglypragmatic@gmail.comWhere To Find Us!:  Disturbingly Pragmatic Link Tree!This Episode has EVERYTHING!It's got:Dave's Full Belly!Dying On Your Birthday = Completionist Dream!C-Sections Are Hard To Watch!Happy Birthday Song Is Expensive!Mike Tyson Will Smack A Putz!LEONARD!It's Dave's Birthday!LEONARD and the Haunted House!Paul's Fancy Decorations!Heat...AND Humidity?!Our Apartment's Air Conditioning Is Shit - Thank God For Portable Units!Paul's Balloon Engineering Skills!LEONARD! AGAIN!Dave Loves Candy!SO MUCH CANDY!Dave Will Lose His Feet To Sugar Diabetes!NECCO WAFERS ARE SO GOOD!Sexual Presents!Steak Dinners!Mara Wilson, NOT Mira Watson!  Duh!French Songs Sung Poorly!HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CIA AMY!Sexy Catholic School Girls!Can't Say It's Gay Anymore!"It's A Living"!Doug! Do You Like Star Trek?!Siri Shenanigans!ABBA Won Eurovision In 1974!Bill Cosby Is Still A Pervert!Watership Down Was Horrifying!Bob Barker Is An Old Fart!George Carlin Was Awesome!Woody Allen and Soon Yi!"Lady Sings The Blues" Was About Billie Holliday, Not Dinah Washington!Freaky Accurate Health Horoscope!LEONARD, Yet Again!Nostalgic Movie Watching!Shout Out To Mark and Paul, Dave's Childhood Lovers!Shout Out To The "Cee You Next Tuesday" Podcast and Their Cunties!Dave Is A Happy Platinum Star Gay!Masturbatorium Bunk Beds = $800.00 Per Month!Broken Zippers!No Fries Supreme!NY Fries California Seasoning!Arby's Pee Filled Milkshakes!Bukkake!Dave Loves Inappropriate Masturbation Stories!Cop Whacks Off During Domestic Violence Call!Stripper Cop!Episode Links (In Order):Happy Birthday Song!"Mike Tyson Mysteries" Version of the Happy Birthday Song!Mike Tyson Won't Be Charged For Punching Drunk Idiot Who Harassed Him!Necco Wafers Nearly Disappeared Forever!National Geographic Eyes!Watership Down Terrified An Entire Generation!"Cee You Next Tuesday" Podcast!NY Fries California Seasoning! WTF?!Child Porn Enthusiast Arby's Manager Pees In Milkshake Mixes!Bay Area Cop Masturbates At Domestic Disturbance Call!MUSIC CREDIT!Opening Music Graciously Supplied By: https://audionautix.com/

For Mother's Day, we have a special bonus! Megan's mother Karen stops by to talk about mothers and daughters in the movies!  We start with our snack review. Necco wafers were one of Karen's favorites... and something Megan avoided. Then, we revisit the original 1970s version starring Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris and talk about the gender roles and generational differences in the movie. Then, we look at the early 2000s remake starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis. Which did we like best? Listen to find out! Visit our blog to watch along with us at www.stopruiningmychildhood.com

WARNING: IF YOU HAVE NOT CHECKED MY CHANNEL, BE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT! OTHERWISE, YOU WILL NOT KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT!!! Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQFo8S5dUj16TJPuiRgwng Anyway, I have made a realization that all of my dumb animal characters may have entered our universe years and years and years ago before they were finally caught and were forced to do some acting as part of their web series. And yes, I call this "The Blimpy and Enzo Phenomenon." This is basically a part of our world centuries and centuries ago where Blimpy and Enzo and most of the other characters on my Youtube channel have made history, by making tons of pop culture references in many many eras, proof that they existed before ACNYC did. The top ones include: Blimpy and his establishment of Homer Simpson singing a song named after him twice, an inflatable suit from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and a Michigan restaurant called Blimpy Burger have made way for Blimpy to make more money than David Karp and Michelle Phan combined. Enzo and the establishment of a sushi restaurant in Québec, an SMG4 character, a DJ Snake song, and the birth of Enzo Ferrari have made way for him to go on The Price is Right and win a trip to Ferrari's gravesite. Otto's establishment of a pizza place in Portland, Maine and a 2001 PC game called Otto Matic caved the way for Otto to work formerly for Microsoft, then die, then come back to life after hearing Axel say he was gonna take him to a Petr Yan meet-and-greet. Axel's start of gaining the role of an elephant from Animal Crossing, a weirdo from Twisted Metal, and finally on the big screen in The Angry Birds Movie 2 gave him the opportunity to live in absolute wealth, even he still lives under a giant rock. Apple has only a few inspirations since he's named after a fruit, not the company, Applebee's, the character from Apple and Onion, or the Korean musical group Apple.B. Captain Necco's start of behaving like Captain Underpants and Major Man with the addition of NECCO Wafers, and Meowsles from Fortnite made him a WWE wrestler for 5 seconds. Blob's start of the Wii game De Blob, an amalgamation from FNAF Security Breach, and being an X-Men supervillain gave him nothing but a studio apartment. With a 3DO inside. The rest you learn later. FOLLOW ME FOR MORE UPDATES!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/acnyc/message

Trey, Dmitry, and Candice talk about the 2021 release "Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy" and discuss "freedom and flow" in games.00:00:00 Introduction -00:02:58 Game Night-  Magnate: The First City-  Furnace-  Babylonia-  Necco Wafers-  Stage Left-  The Rival Networks00:14:42 Game News-  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi-  Tapestry: Arts & Architechture-  Weather Machine on Tabletopia -  Horseless Carriage pre-order-  Res Arcana: Lux et Tenebrae on BGA00:24:50 Games on the Brain-  Dune: Imperium-   Ada Palmer's Perhaps the Stars (Terra Ignota Series)-  Tank Duel: Enemy in the Crosshairs-   Captain Sonar 00:37:02 Game Review: Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy - A War of Whispers01:22:39 Member Segment: Freedom and Flow-  On Freedom by Maggie Nelson-  The Experience of Flow in Hobby Board Games by Marco Arnaudo-  Game Brain Facebook Group-  Twitter-  Instagram

This week on Legends & Spirits is our double double toil and trouble 2nd Annual All Hallows episode - We're talking double the scares, double the shrieks, and double the screams and more witches, ghouls and goblins than you could shake a roll of Necco Wafers at! AND we have a spectacularly spooky guest, Emily Winter - comedian, writer, and host of the podcast - "Comedians With Ghost Stories" - sure to put the HA-HA- in your HA-alloween! We'll pair tricks with treats in this week's Macabre Mixology, where we'll batch up our version of a bloody classic cocktail that got its name from an old urban legend based on a ruthless queen. Then we'll saddle up on our broomsticks for a trip to Salem, Massachusetts  where we'll get into the history of none other than the Salem Witch Trials and while we're there we'll pay a visit to a funeral home turned speakeasy in this week's Spooky Saloons...is it haunted? Bet your bushel of wolf's bane it is! Welcome to Legends & Spirits!BIG thanks to our guest, Emily Winter! Check out her links below: emilywintercomedy.comEmily on InstagramEmily's Podcast: "Comedians With Ghost Stories"Emily's AWESOME book: "One Day Smarter"Visit us: legendsandspiritspodcast.comInstagram: legends_and_spirits_podcastTwitter: Legends and Spirits PodcastFacebook: Legends & Spirits PodcastPatreon: patreon.com/legendsandspiritspodcast Email us: cheers@legendsandspiritspodcast.com Artwork by: zombienose.comMusic by: Burton Bumgarner, Ken Peters music@legendsandspiritspodcast.comFull credit list and references at: legendsandspiritspodcast.comTips (via PayPal) are always appreciated:  TIP JAR

This episode starts out with the biggest overshare in the history of the show. It involves waking up at 5:30, Dollar General and Pepto Bismol! The majority of the show is spent running through the Worst Halloween Candy Throwdown Tournament! Listen to hear all about the upsets, Cinderellas and Kyle's newfound love for Necco Wafers! To close out the tournament, we run through all the brackets that were submitted and give everyone an award (because Kyle's a good Millennial)! And of course, we crown a new (Not A) Christian Podcast Legend. To close out the show, Kyle recounts some recent Facebook Marketplace misadventures that relate to his recommendation of the week.

Large Marge. Necco Wafers. Nightmare Before Christmas. This week, Josh and Lauren run through overrated treats, the best Halloween movies, and getting x-rays of candy.

Is it Necco Wafers? Those black and orange nougat? Almond Joys? Which candies go straight from the bag into the trash?

We can have a whole debate about the most disliked Halloween candy, but Chris goes the extra mile of hate-researching his sugar nemesis: Necco Wafers. Get trapped in a mansion with Karen and the golden rules of detective murder mystery writing, and the origin behind "the butler did it." The story behind the first (and maybe only) photograph of a zombie and author Zora Neale Hurston's fascination with Haitian voodoo culture. And let's build a haunted house with science - amazing facts behind the most common spooky decor that's probably around you right now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good News: Kiwi birds in New Zealand are showing strong signs of a comeback, Link HERE. The Good Word: Another delightful quote (two actually!), from A.A. Milne. Good To Know: Interesting trivia about Necco Wafers! Good News: Scientists and engineers have developed a new form of solar paneling that can actually be PRINTED on conventional […]

Today's episode is a quickie but packs a punch! So many odd topics discussed. From the boys reminiscing about Mickey's 40's to A1 steak sauce. Also, French dressing is bull shit along with Circus Peanuts and Necco Wafers. You know it's true. Dick, then shares a story about a homeless woman being pushed in a grocery store cart in the actual kids seat. That was cool. Then, The Linda Lindas, go viral on social media for their hit song, Racist Sexist Boys. Finally, the episode completes with a short BDSM story and the sandwich artist from Subway's nerve ending hanging out of his mouth. Dope shit! Enjoy!

Brent starts the show reflecting on a fascinating stretch of time for Syracuse Athletics as a whole. Then, he questions how stores are still selling certain candies (we're looking at you, yellow Starbursts and Necco Wafers) before talking NBA, MLB, and Medina Spirit on the Blindside.

Brent starts the show reflecting on a fascinating stretch of time for Syracuse Athletics as a whole. Then, he questions how stores are still selling certain candies (we’re looking at you, yellow Starbursts and Necco Wafers) before talking NBA, MLB, and Medina Spirit on the Blindside.

Episode Thirty-Three -- Holy Hell (2016)The boys talk about movie tropes. Then they talk about cults. Don't get sucked into a cult, but do show Necco Wafers some love -- they could probably use it.Logo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahitsIntro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrockerheyjameswatchthis@gmail.comFollow us @heyjameswatchStart your own podcast with Buzzsprout!Support the Show!

Here are 3 Cool Stories for you!  LBF found a happy story on twitter! https://twitter.com/lbfalcone/status/1381915733492436993?s=20 Who wants some free Necco Wafers? Brian knows where you can find them on Patriot's Day. https://www.spanglercandy.com/ Bob wants your kids to play outside! All this and more on the ROR Morning Show with Bob Bronson, LBF, and Brian Podcast. Find more great podcasts at bPodStudios…The Place To Be For Podcast Discovery  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is VALENTINE'S DAY Bullshit? Is it a happy day or hideous torture from hell? We blow the lid off the controversial holiday, reveal the origins, discuss common complaints, decide whether it should be abolished or not, then offer creative alternatives. Our listeners came up with some surprisingly compelling comments during our Livestream. #YoureWelcome Other Topics Include: Lord of The Rings, J R R Tolkien, Aragorn, Arwen, Eowyn, Hobbits, Gandalf, Harry Potter, Dumbledore, Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Hefner, Farrah Fawcett, Merv Griffin, Rodney Dangerfield, Westwood Cemetery, Joel Sartore, Pagan Rituals, Eros, Cupid, Lupercalia, Goats, Dogs, Popes Emerors, Rome, Heart-shaped boxes of candy, Candy Hearts, Jewelry, Necco Wafers, Black Day, Singles Day, Fertility, International Quirkyalone Day, Galentine's and Palentine's day, Meowlentine's day, Bitches, and Lesbians, but nothing about Criminal Insurrection or Constitutionality. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the most downloaded podcast in the world! The Unimaginary Friendcast! The Unimaginary Friendcast is hosted by David Monster, Erin Marie Bette Davis Jr. and Nathan Von Edmondson. https://unimaginaryfriend.com/podcast/ And find us on Facebook!

Ever wonder what Necco wafers actually taste like but dont care to go through the motions to try them yourself? Are you a huge fan of Necco candy and wanna know how it all began and the vast varieties of candy the compandy made? Are you bored and just wanna hear a podcast about a candy company?Well you're in luck! As in this huge episode we cover the history of what was one of the oldest candy companies in the United States, New England Confectionery Company or NECCO for short.Hear how the company all began by a pharmacist in a drug store in Boston making lozenges in 1847 to one of the largest candy companies in its hey day and how it all came down...and how its candy was rebirthed.Also, nowhere else will you hear about the mystery of the lost 9th Necco wafer flavor. In this episode DJ Glowing Ice will dig deep and attempt to uncover the lost flavor to solve the mystery once and for all.Its definitely a story worth talking about that hasn't been covered as much as it has until now with this episode of Industrial Industries World Radio!Enjoy :)

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If you think Necco Wafers are the most disgusting candy on the planet, you are not alone. But it turns out there’s a rich history behind those chalky discs that make them fascinating, if horrible. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Candy from the Covid Pumpkin. 2 Bags 1 Cup. It's Alf, and He's Back! In Mulligan Form! Brian's Spray Painted Exit Hole. If you don't walk your dog first your car becomes a PUBER. I like my Porsche with a big ol' Butt. Going to the Ultron's for dinner. Sailor Rotating Moon Skirt. 2 Legitimate 2 Quitiment. Necco Wafers in a Ziplock. Crazy Neighbor Likes To Eat Feet. Hair Fangs. The candy CHOOT! Do the Candy Squat, Kids! Making things with Bill! Major Spoilers and more on this episode of The Morning Stream.

Candy from the Covid Pumpkin. 2 Bags 1 Cup. It's Alf, and He's Back! In Mulligan Form! Brian's Spray Painted Exit Hole. If you don't walk your dog first your car becomes a PUBER. I like my Porsche with a big ol' Butt. Going to the Ultron's for dinner. Sailor Rotating Moon Skirt. 2 Legitimate 2 Quitiment. Necco Wafers in a Ziplock. Crazy Neighbor Likes To Eat Feet. Hair Fangs. The candy CHOOT! Do the Candy Squat, Kids! Making things with Bill! Major Spoilers and more on this episode of The Morning Stream.

HALLOWEEN SPECIALHappy Halloween, y'all!This week, James and Michael talk about their childhood Halloween traditions, share their own stories of true spooky experiences in the woods, and debate the best and worst Halloween candy.Also: the origins of Halloween, the problems with trunk-or-treating, and the best ghost and monster stories from around the world.

Happy Halloween everyone! We have a tasty bonus episode to end our October Extravaganza! Morgana, Darfox8, and dakazu taste a variety of Hawaiian favorite sweets like Li Hing Mui and also some of the worst rated candies as well! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “GeGeGe no Kitaro” by Ikuzo Yoshi from GeGeGe no Kitaro, Opening, Explanation on candy eating content, Tasting of Candy, Including: 00:02:41 - Li Hing Sour Apples 00:06:59 - Li Hing Gummy Bears 00:07:56 - Super Sweet Li Hing Mui 00:11:02 - Tomoe Ame 00:14:05 - Red Coconut Balls Confection 00:18:45 - Circus Peanuts 00:22:48 - Necco Wafers 00:26:38 - Good & Plenty 00:30:21 - Picking Best and Worst candy, Random food stories, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

Mack and Ash sit down for a special Halloween themed episode where they discuss their past Halloween experiences, the proper technique for handing out candy, how old is too old for trick or treating, and give out their rankings for the best and worst Halloween candies. Shout out to Felix who created our intro music! Be sure to check him out on Instagram @f3lixthe3rd and his website https://linktr.ee/F3lixthe3rd.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of The IoT Unicorn Podcast, Sarah Maston, Senior Solution Architect at Microsoft, discusses the development of the animal conservation initiative, Project 15. Download Transcript Here 00:00 Pete Bernard: Welcome to the IoT Unicorn podcast. This is Pete Bernard from Microsoft, and this podcast is for anyone interested in the long-term technology trends in the IoT space and the journey from here to there. So let's get started.   [music]   00:21 PB: On this episode of the IoT unicorn, we talk to a very interesting person doing very interesting things, and that's Sarah Maston of Microsoft. We talk about Boston University where we both went to school, a little bit about nutrition and nutrition technology, but we spend quite a bit of time talking about Project 15, which is an open platform effort that her and her colleagues have been championing. It's an anti-poaching platform that's been adopted by a number of NGOs around the world, and we talk about that and the technology behind it. So please join us.   [music]   00:58 PB: Sarah, thanks for joining us. We've had a lot of different guests on the show from silicon partners to telecom, internal Microsoft, I think you kind of fall into the category of very interesting Microsoft people that are doing very interesting things, so I'm gonna tee that up. Maybe you can give us a little bit of an intro yourself and sort of some background.   01:18 Sarah Maston: Sure, it's funny, when I look at my cats, I don't know that I'm that, they think I'm that interesting, but thank you. [chuckle] I'm really happy to be here. Where did I come from? So I actually have a really long history in the database space. I started out making data warehouses before that was a thing, that kinda grew, and so I started out as a medical programmer, actually, at a company called Meditech in Massachusetts.   01:56 PB: I see. Oh, where in Massachusetts, by the way?   02:00 SM: Ah, they were in Natick, but I lived in Arlington, I went to BU.   02:04 PB: So interesting, interesting... Oh, you went to BU? Oh, I went to BU also.   02:08 SM: I did, once upon a time. Oh, yay!   02:10 PB: I was a BA/MA BU grad, isn't that weird?   02:12 SM: Go Terriers!   02:12 PB: No, I was gonna say... Yeah, go Terriers. I was gonna say I had, my first job out of college was in West Natick.   02:19 SM: Oh, interesting.   02:19 PB: There was a little shop called The Bit Bucket computer store, and my professor from BU, my assembly language professor actually ran the company, The Bit Bucket, and we built computers, branded computers, and I was his first engineering hire, and it was in West Natick. I didn't stay there that long, 'cause it was kind of like a weird job, but yeah, The Bit Bucket, I remember West Natick... Yeah, Natick's a nice area. That's cool.   02:49 SM: So I was gonna say did they have a lot of Twinkies, 'cause I believe that the Twinkie fact... I don't know. I think it's in Natick...   02:57 PB: Oh, the Twinkie was there?   02:58 SM: I'm unclear.   03:00 PB: I think that was it, I know there's Necco Wafers too was out there.   03:01 SM: Oh, delicious, delicious.   03:01 PB: I'm not sure where that is, yeah.   03:03 SM: Yeah, no, I actually have a degree in psychology and women's studies from BU.   03:08 PB: Fantastic.   03:09 SM: So, a little bit...   03:10 PB: Fantastic, okay. Go Terriers, yeah. Okay.   03:13 SM: Okay.   03:14 PB: There you go.   03:15 SM: Back to this.   03:15 PB: We should have cleared that up in the pre, in the preamble before we started recording, but that's okay, now we know, so that's good.   03:21 SM: Thank you. Yeah, so I did a lot of data warehouses, and I put myself actually in Harvard's night school to kind of get out of data and start learning more Java-ey, getting into more programming stuff, because I had a really weird side hobby then as well, where I had been really sick in my late 20s, and I started studying nutrition, and I ended up creating what was a graph database of food, and I wanted to go and put myself in Harvard 'cause it was easier to learn how to code it than to sort of explain it. And so that journey led me to... I actually invented that over at IBM a couple of years ago and working at IBM, I met a colleague there that had come to Microsoft and so how did you come to Microsoft? Well, I had a friend, and then I met the IoT group and they... It was funny because I hadn't, I was kind of the first person in the group that hadn't built a computer to be.   04:44 PB: Right, right.   04:45 SM: Wasn't a hardware person, and but when they brought me in to start talking about that bigger data conversation, so that's how I got here.   04:57 PB: Interesting. Yeah, cool, so obviously you've been here, I think a couple of years or two years or...   05:01 SM: I have.   05:02 PB: Just about that. That's exciting. Yeah, so that's an interesting path, I think a lot of people get to Microsoft through professional connections, personal connections, there's all sorts of different ways and so you were involved in nutrition and...   05:16 SM: I was.   05:16 PB: And kind of analyzing that. Is that still a big kind of passion of yours, personal nutrition and things?   05:22 SM: I, well yes, personal. Once I designed the graph with the team there, which was the connection of food to disease through phyto-chemicals and the reactions in your bios, kind of like a Facebook of food. I had spent so much... Honestly, I had spent so much time on that in my life that the IoT space and starting to learn more formally about that was so exciting, and a lot of my data colleagues in my circle, same thing, because sometimes you can be doing the same thing and database, database... What's new? And so this was actually really fun, and it was in the beginning of when I got here, my job was a lot of enablement. We were gonna teach people how to use Azure and how to use Azure IoT and etcetera. And that's my fault that I'm having a notification 'cause clearly I...   06:25 PB: That's okay.   06:26 SM: I could have turned that off.   [chuckle]   06:30 SM: But what's interesting is that I... This, it's kind of a strange story in the sense that I... It's not that strange, but I was outside and of my apartment and I saw a lot of smoke and I freaked out, and I ran into my building to save my cats and long story, very short, lots of stress, but the next day, I ended up designing a safety platform that could use IoT to speak differently in a crisis, and so that's really something that whenever I talk about my journey to Microsoft and learning something new is that it was so great to have the space to be like, "Hey, I have an idea." But anyway, that's another story. [chuckle]   07:26 PB: Fascinating. Yeah, I do actually, I use the... I'm kind of a Fitbit fan, and I use the food logging on Fitbit, and it gives me a macro-nutrient breakdown and stuff, and so I've been kind of on my own health journey in the past year or so and feeling good, feeling fit. And part of it is kind of analyzing what I ingest, and I feel like we're just sort of at the beginning of a lot of that science like I would love for the data I'm putting into the Fitbit system, which I guess is now Google, just to get even more analysis of that over time. So it's fascinating kind of measuring what you put into your body and how your body is working, and we had a Dr. David Rhew from Microsoft's chief medical officer on a few weeks ago, and talking about COVID of course, but also just more of the intersection of health and technology and very early stages of really taking advantage of that kind of combination, so...   08:24 SM: No, that's true. It's my work, it was... My work pretty much focused on just taking stuff we do with process, architecture and analysis, and then data, of course, but if I think back when my hair was much browner, I just thought what's breaking when it came to metabolic syndrome, and it was... Well, what happens when I do this and then how does your... And what does your intestinal villi do? And so basically connecting those dots to go through the process architecture of digestion and then to make sort of the data model of that. And to say, "Oh, when you eat oatmeal, the pectin and beta-glucan, pectin from apples and pears comes in, it absorbs bile salts." Basically, all those different processes and then how those can combine and really... Back in the day, I created what's called a food program, and that's also known as a diet, but a food program that would layer what foods to eat, how to change your internals to do what it needed to do. And I guess my own doctor took notice because I lowered my cholesterol 90 points in under three months, so...   09:48 PB: Wow.   09:49 SM: Then I made a system that did it, and so that was really... And I met a lot of really cool people in that journey. Then unfortunately, I got sick from stress, but when I came out of that, here I was, and then I invented some new stuff.   10:12 PB: Good, so let's talk about some new stuff. You've been sort of very, very busy, not only being a new... Fairly new Microsoft employee, but also building up something that is referred to as Project 15 for probably some of our listeners are probably familiar, but why don't you give us a little bit of a recap of the origin story around Project 15 and where that's at?   10:40 SM: Sure, I'd love to. I do a little project in the... Although it's a little bigger now, in my spare nights and in weekend hours with a few friends of mine here at Microsoft and... Alright, so the origin story, once upon a time, it really speaks back to that incident with the cat, and essentially, I made a safety system that could use IoT devices to speak to a community within an emergency. So if you thought about some of the stuff that was going on, you have to go to Twitter to find hashtag, you have to go... You don't really know what's going on. There are so many systems getting good data to first responders, but for us, we don't really know what's going on. So that project became known as Project Edison. And so it went for about a year, we built that with a partner, Insight, and we went on the IoT in Action global event tour and talked about it, and I talked about safety in every context you could imagine.   11:55 SM: I talked about safe retail, I talked about safe cities, I talked about safe schools, safe workplaces, safe buildings. And then, actually, I met a guy who does anti-poaching and his name was Eric and... Eric Dinerstein, and I realized in one of these very stereotypical, I was at the cafe with my colleague Daisuke, and I started drawing, and I said, "Anti-poaching, it's the same use case as a Project Edison safety case," and he looked at me and I said, "Well, it's a population that can't defend itself, and it's someone that you wanna stop or making it less impactful, using devices, and then people you need to talk to to get help. So maybe we can get other people that were like us to have this aha moment that scientists are remaking these wheels that we've already made in the commercial space." And so, that's how Project 15 started, which was like, what do we have in our world that we just don't know the use cases of the scientific world. And the second person I met was another professor, Wasser, Dr. Sam Wasser, and he was at U-Dub, and he also was involved with trying to prevent animal... The tracking of tusks and things, illegal trafficking, and I learned about a pangolin from one of his research fellows, which is a tiny, cute, little, scaly animal, and...   13:42 PB: Okay.   13:43 SM: I had never heard of a pangolin, so cute. And they're slow. And the problem is, is that their defense mechanism is that if you scare them, they turn into a ball.   13:55 PB: Okay.   13:56 SM: And if you are...   13:57 PB: Sounds fair.   13:58 SM: Right, I do the same thing.   14:00 PB: Yeah, I can relate to that.   14:01 SM: I'm just gonna be a little ball over here, but and that works for lions and tigers who are like, "Oh, that's a sharp little ball," but it doesn't work for, poachers will just make a noise, it curls up into a ball, they pick it up, they put it in a bag so.   14:21 PB: I see.   14:22 SM: That's our most poached animal on the planet, actually.   14:25 PB: Oh no.   14:26 SM: Anyway, but I thought, "Well, what's the difference between shoplifting a sweater at a store and shoplifting an animal?" And so that was really where this started was, can we just think about this?   14:44 PB: Right, right. Fantastic. And I think, and I did see you had a segment on a recent video, it was like a United Nations gathering of interested parties around the equator initiative, and I guess I was labeled on YouTube. But can you talk a little bit about that. I mean you're getting some pretty good NGO type of engagement off of project 15.   15:13 SM: Yes. So that was super exciting. I would be... I'll just, full disclosure, I was very nervous, but... And I was a little frustrated with the pandemic because I think I could have gone to the United Nations in another reality.   15:32 PB: Yeah I know.   15:33 SM: But virtually, was very fun and so what happened was, is so we put up a video because we had support from my CVP and my management tree, and pretty much everyone in the group that I was in was very supportive of Project 15 right in the beginning. And so we put up a little web page, and I used to call it the bat phone, because we wondered if anyone would call from the scientific realm, and we actually started meeting NGOs. We had... People used our web page to get in touch with us and two of the people, one of them is... That we started working with, is Red Panda Network, which is a fascinating, wonderful organization. Another one is called the Zambezi project, and the third was a woman who runs the small grants program at... The United Nations Development Program has different sections and small grants is a department that funds scientific projects and that are all very, very much sustainability focused.   16:55 SM: I could give a whole talk about... They're so fascinating. And I met her because she actually knew... Her husband was friends with Daisuke so it was like one of these things where somebody hears about what's... And, "Hey, that's really interesting. Let's see if that would work." And then six months later, I'm speaking at their conference. But what happened was, is that we kind of paired up together to see if we could bring our commercial processes that we do normally with my day job, IoT engagements, we're gonna do an architectural design session, we're gonna get to know those processes. And then she gave us... We piloted with three grantees and started to try to figure out, we have different worlds, but we do the same things, it's just different words to describe them.   18:01 SM: And so we had a few epiphanies during this process, and so the thing is, is that she... Her group funds thousands of NGO companies and projects, scientists that range from urban sustainability, so like smart city type stuff, all the way to biodiversity, which is where we kinda focused, and so how do you scale? And so we've been working with her and her group on scaling up and digitally transforming this area through not only Azure IoT, but how does that work with the research part, there's a lot of machine learning, there's a lot of CAMS, so connecting that into something like Teams, so it's bigger than Azure IoT specifically, as all IoT solutions are, and so...   19:05 PB: Exactly.   19:06 SM: So that... Yeah, so that I got invited to speak about our work.   19:09 PB: Yeah it's interesting. Who do we have on recently... Oh, we were talking to Cory Clarke from RXR, and he was talking about the smart building solutions that they're rolling out for office space and office space post-COVID, and how do you use AI and sensors to detect occupancy and distance from each other and a lot of the core tech around using AI, vision and other things and processing that data, it's all very similar. The core tech is similar, but now we have all these other ways of applying it, whether it's in healthcare or bio-diversity or whatever. And so that's an exciting thing about Microsoft, is a lot of the platform tech that we're doing here gets used in all these different directions. And so you've found a particular slice where obviously there's a super high need and folks should look up and learn more about the poaching problems that are happening in the world, but it's pretty significant.   20:11 PB: And to take some of the tech that has been used for more of the, I don't know, traditional digital transformation that we talk about, but actually using that tech in a really smart way out in the field and the real world to help a problem. That must be pretty satisfying for you as a Microsoft employee. And I guess one of my questions is, that must take up a pretty good chunk of your time, as it should. And so you're doing that and you're also working at Microsoft. And so how do you end up balancing all these things? Is this a... Is that... Give us a little more insight. How do you do that? [laughter]   20:49 SM: Well, I have a very supportive wife who feeds me and makes sure that I eat and...   20:56 PB: Yeah.   20:58 SM: So good question. So when we started to scale, and I clearly... Daisuke and I cannot meet with every NGO to do an... Etcetera. So COVID, in the beginning of this, we did have a very big partnering model. And so we have all these great IoT partners, they've got platforms and just connect these projects to them like we would a startup, a retail startup or something. Unfortunately, the pandemic happened, and of course, as we know, it's all hands on deck to start landing our... Like you just mentioned, the return to work and employees safe. So Daisuke and I had another coffee talk, though virtual, and I said, "You know what? Why don't we use the company Hackathon and make an 80% solution for these folks?"   22:10 SM: That's an easier way. And so we actually got reached out to by a couple of colleagues, one of them was Pamela Cortez and Anders in my group. And they both said, "We'd love to join this because we know what you're doing and we need to figure out how to do the least amount of stuff to have a big impact. And to do that, we need to rely on existing enablement motions and partnerships within other groups. And if we could just build that, then we can roll that out, and off it goes just like anything else."   22:58 PB: Yeah. Well, Microsoft has a great partner network too. So that's the good thing, when we have developers, we have channel partners, we have solution providers, this huge force multiplying engine. It's one of the cool things also about Microsoft is just to get that great idea out there, partners picking it up and amplifying it and landing it locally. So it was good that you took advantage of it. I do wanna make sure people know the... So the aka.ms/project15, is that the go-to place to get the latest?   23:31 SM: That is the place. And then if it can... Down at the bottom there, we have a new link on that page that brings you to the open platform, if you wanna check that out.   23:41 PB: Wow, fantastic. So yeah, let me ask you too, another question. You mentioned COVID-19 and obviously we're all working through that in so many ways. And how has that affected some of your efforts around Project 15 in terms of... Has it been some acceleration in the adoption of technology? Has it slowed down some of these NGOs? Has it...   24:09 SM: This is a multi-faceted answer, so let me think about my words. Okay. So what happened, because now, in the past year, in my private time, and I'm just learning and meeting new people and learning about this space, 'cause I didn't know anything. So if you're somebody who's like me who always wanted to help but didn't think you could, so you just watched, that is not true. All of our skills are welcome and wanted, and a lot of these organizations are non-profits.   24:47 PB: Sure.   24:47 SM: And there's a lot of tech developer groups that you can code for good and get involved on the device level and the software side. So I just wanna put that out there. But what happened was, is that the places where these things are happening, you'll read news articles that poaching accelerated or the lack of tourism has caused some problems. So this space seems to be having the same problems that every other part of the world is having when it comes to learning to adapt to a pandemic world. We weren't exactly affected in terms of getting on the phone at 7 o'clock at night, Pacific Time, to meet with Sonam, who runs the Red Panda network, who's in Nepal, because we were always virtual. And actually, I would... The lack of social life [chuckle] being quarantined probably helped myself, and Daisuke, and Pamela, and Anders when we were cranking out the code and the plan for scale. And so the answer is no.   26:08 SM: One thing that's been... Is a little bit challenging is that I was used to meeting up with our partner architect friends, and we would draw on pieces of paper and we'd talk about smart factories, and then we'd talk about this. And so those kind of conversations got harder, but I did get involved with a Hackathon that came out of Hack-Star and where they were hacking on the OpenCollar project to build the smartest elephant. That's the goal, is to build the smartest elephant collar for Smart Parks. So I just wanted to mention that, is the partner ecosystem is out there, they're doing stuff in this area as well as all the areas. But so it didn't... I don't think it stopped. It's just, at least not...   27:03 PB: Yeah, changed it a little bit.   27:03 SM: For us sitting at the desk, yeah.   27:06 PB: Yeah. Yeah. I hear you. I've definitely missed some of the more serendipitous conversations I've had. Sometimes you... That's where you have the serendipitous meetings and conversations that connect things, and it's been a little more planful maybe in terms of conversations and time. But I know also that there's been a lot of tech acceleration by a lot of companies too, and the whole notion of remote and leveraging the cloud a lot more. So hopefully that does work in your favor. I was gonna mention the... We haven't talked about the tech behind Project 15 too much. You mentioned AI is obviously like big data sets. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention I think this sounds like a really exciting potential for 5G/LPWA tech in some form. I know that the... I don't think they've rolled out 5G yet in Nepal, but the idea of some sort of low frequency or low spectrum cellular connections that can blanket those areas is exciting. So that's a follow-on for me. I will actually take that as an action to circle back and see what we can do to help there.   28:20 SM: That's actually one of the... So when it comes to the spectrum of silicon to cloud, I fall squarely into process architecture and designing how you're gonna get this to there, and what are we gonna do and strategy on that. I also fall squarely on data because of my background. When it comes to connectivity, Pamela and Daisuke on the Project 15 meta team, they're really interested in that. But something I noticed is that my assumption that some place like the Himalayas wouldn't have any connectivity or something, that was just my own... I don't know if that's a pre-conception or just like a, "That's the woods and the mountains." However, when we looked into it, and we've been working with some groups in the Caribbean as well that go out into the ocean, it's all got coverage. It may be 2G. There's always a satellite, which then you're gonna bring in some edge, let's compute as much as possible over here at the camera or the gateway. But that was really surprising. So I'm really, I'm interested in... We'll loop back on your response because...   29:45 PB: Yeah, yeah. We'll have to loop back. There's some really interesting things happening, especially if you wanna have... You're designing for very low-bandwidth networks, like low-cost low-bandwidth networks. You actually need to do more processing on the edge, and then it's more of a metadata that's going to the cloud as opposed to the actual streams of video or camera images. So some really fascinating things going on there that I think would be really exciting, not only to land in low-bandwidth networks, but also that also enables some very low power endpoints. So imagine you wanna stick some sensors onto a tree out there somewhere, if you want it solar-powered, you need to keep that power profile really low. So projects like these, not only are they inherently just good, but they are also pushing the tech maybe more-so than the more business-oriented deployments that we have that maybe are a little "easier." These are hard deployments because of some of the different environmental factors. So it's always exciting to see the tech being pushed in that direction.   30:51 SM: I was gonna say, just to jump in. You actually raise... This is a really big deal. There's what we're doing with Project 15, but there's the bigger Microsoft sustainability mission. And so this year if you go out to the Microsoft sustainability web page, we just made a recent announcement about water. There was a really interesting announcement about the circular economy and waste. And so when you start to think about devices... So let's say you come from the more device side of the spectrum of our solutioning. I met a scientist who said something really that stuck with me. "We're trying to save the oceans from plastic using plastic." And so when you start to think about how we make devices. How do we make better batteries? How do we use solar? Like you said...   31:54 PB: Yeah, solar.   31:54 SM: That's when we just kind of was like... We also as a technical community should be thinking about that because it really wasn't purview a year ago. But oh, okay, that makes a lot of sense, I never really thought about that.   32:10 PB: Yeah. No. That's fascinating. I was gonna ask you about that before we... I don't know where we're at on time here, I have to check my clock. But I know we're not traveling any more, but I still stay in touch with BU through their various alumni programs and things. Do you stay in touch with any BU alums or any Boston related things these days? Or...   32:32 SM: Well, I do. I do.   32:33 PB: 'Cause we're pretty far from Boston. People don't know, we're actually in Redmond Washington. It's like the polar opposite of Boston.   32:40 SM: Three thousand miles away. I do, I have friends that I went there with, and I get the magazine. And I get...   32:49 PB: Oh yeah, the magazine.   32:50 SM: I was very proud of, what was it? One of the alums, she was in the Orange is the New Black and I was like, "Whoa, BU!" And of course on LinkedIn I see different things. Actually, speaking of COVID, I saw a really cool video that I thought was very edgy and he did a video about everybody wearing their masks and I was like, "Yes!" But yeah, no, I keep an eye on what's going on there.   33:24 PB: Good.   33:25 SM: So yeah.   33:27 PB: Yeah, no, it's fascinating to see all this stuff, how it's evolving and how we're all sort of connected, right? So now you and I are connected through Boston University, and we didn't even know that so that's fantastic.   33:36 SM: Who knew? T. Anthony's pizza.   33:36 PB: Who knew? T. Anthony's, yeah, I love that place, yeah. Although I don't eat cheese anymore but I still love pizza so... [chuckle] Cool. So any final thoughts Sarah? We... You kind of said that the URL people should go to. What's the call to action here? Where do you want people to go do now they've been sort of educated here?   34:00 SM: We love... When you think about it, if you go out and you get to the Project 15 open platform, for those of us who are very familiar, when you see the architecture you'll say, "Oh, this looks like everything else that is the components of an IoT solution." That is true. I've actually been using it with, met some startups and I said, "Well hey," doing my usual day job, which is, "How do I learn Azure IoT?" And, "Oh, go here, go here. Ask me questions if you have them." So people who are on the coding side of our world, feel free to bug bash that, and any feedback is absolutely welcome. It's really a passion project when you get down to it, which we hope is really useful, and if you do have people who are technical on the scientific side and it's interesting to them and we are building it through Pamela's work with community so that people will be able to get enabled on it. This speaks to the, "How do you do all of this?" Well, I have smart friends. And so yeah, so that really it's out there for you to use. Any feedback is welcome. And yeah, we hope it helps.   35:26 PB: Yeah, I encourage people to go to that website and learn more about it. And Sarah, I really appreciate the time today. I know you're really busy, so carving out a little time here, much appreciated. So hopefully we can actually meet each other in person at some point in the near future. So that'd be great.   35:47 SM: Soon. Soon.   35:48 PB: Soon.   35:48 SM: Wear your masks everybody.   35:51 PB: Exactly.   35:51 SM: Alright. Yeah, no, thank you so much. This has been fun.   35:53 PB: Sure. Okay, cool. Alright, thanks Sarah.   35:57 SM: Thank you.   35:57 PB: Bye bye.   36:00 SM: Bye.   36:00 PB: This is Pete Bernard. You've been listening to the IoT Unicorn Podcast, and thanks for joining us. Stay tuned for the next episode, and feel free to give us some feedback at TheIoTUnicorn@Microsoft.com. Thank you.   [music]  

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Last day of September. The fall horrors of Pumpkin Spice EVERYTHING,Candy Corn, and Necco Wafers are everywhere...as is now Christmas Decor! Guys...we're barely into fall...Why can these things not wait till the time is appropriate? Why the rush? MONEY! The Music Authority LIVE STREAM Show & Podcast...listen, like, comment, download, share, repeat daily on Mixcloud, Player FM, Stitcher, Tune In, Podcast Addict, Cast Box, Radio Public, and Pocket Cast, and APPLE iTunes! AND NOW ON MORNINGS IN CANADA! https://s1.citrus3.com:2000/public/HCRRadio Hamilton Co-Op Radio! Follow the show on TWITTER JimPrell@TMusicAuthority! Are you listening? How does and can one listen in? Let me list the ways...Listen LIVE here - https://fastcast4u.com/player/jamprell/ Podcast recorded here - https://themusicauthority.transistor.fm/ Take a moment and share this post! Share it! Share it!! Share It!!! SHARED! The Music Authority LIVE STREAM Show & Podcast! Please check out my shows special recorded hour, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7PM UK time, 2PM ET, 11AM PT Now Rocking The KOR! www.koradio.rocks ALSO! Hear a completely different recorded hour of Power Pop, Rock, Soul, Rhythm & Blues...NO TWO LIVE SHOWS THE SAME, Friday, Saturday and Sunday on Pop Radio UK 6PM UK, 1PM ET, 10AM PT! September 30, 2020, Wednesday, “Album Tracks Aplenty!”, first of three…Orbis Max - TMA SHOW OPEN THEMEThe Pop Machine - 01 True Love [Steve E. Nix Sessions]The Cleaners From Venus - 03 She's Mad About You [Could Be Christmas Eve]Rich Kid Express – Yummy YummyYummyR.E. Seraphin - Lost In Space [A Room Forever - EP] (Paisley Shirt Records)Sunday Song - 05-Firechild [Signals]Max Stern - 07 Pull the Stars Down [Impossible Sum]Maureen Leeson - 01 Find Your Way [aka Moe] (Bullseye Records Of Canada)Leslie Pereira & The Lazy Heroes - 10 I'm Waiting [Good Karma] (Big Stir Records)Jaimie Vernon - 01 So You Are A Star [So You Are A Star] (Bullseye Records Of Canada)The Scoundrels - 1. When You're Not Alone [It's Not that I Don't Want It, I Just Didn't Expect It]David Brookings - I'll Cry Instead [David Brookings Anthology – Sampler]Daisy-Chain - 01 Everyday Is A Sunbeam [Tragic Magic]Heavenly - I'm Not Scared of You [A Bout De Heavenly] (Damaged Goods Records)The Incurables - 13 Soda Pop [Big Stir Singles - The Seventh Wave] (Big Stir Records)bertling noise laboratories - 12 Zor and Zam [The Frodis Tape]Jared Lekites - 02_Looking For A Diamond [Looking For Diamonds X] (koolkatmusik.com)Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh [Was It Just A Dream] (Damaged Goods Records)The Well Wishers - All The Same [Shelf Life]Shane Tutmarc - CD1_08_Out of the Dark [Shane Tutmarc - Written & Produced by Shane Tutmarc] (koolkatmusik.com)

Ryan’s back in Iowa, and Teeg just ran across a cool Instagram account @werollwithit.Michelle talks “Boondocking” which is camping out on forest service land.We talk Winnebago stock – their stock hit the basement and weeks later it’s roaring. Why didn’t we all invest!?Fishing is booming right now because of the pandemic. Bikes too.The movie Wall-e was prophetic in a bad way. It’s a futuristic movie where even eating is too much work, and here we are, devolving more and more, but hopefully one good outcome from the Pandemic is that people will get outdoors a bit more.The Senate just passed the Great Outdoors Recreation Act which was a bipartisan bill, and we can all feel good about this.Brian got his start in the bike industry, and Ryan’s ridden all over – he’s a RAGBRAI guy, and he rode around some different places in Europe, so we talk about that.First snack: Old Fashioned Horehound Candy “Grandma knew about natural herbal candy.” This is their 100th anniversary.This is “if cough medicine was candy”Brewed in copper to bring out the horehound flavor. You can definitely taste the copper. It’s kind of like putting a penny in your mouth that’s been dipped in old cough syrup.This is hardware store candy, if you’re looking for it. This is the candy they’d be eating on This Old House.Brian’s jam: NECCO Wafers. Teeg thought they were out of production – not so. Brian corrects the record: they’re coming back!New England Confectionary Company – Brian likes mixing them, especially orange + black. NECCO Sundaes.Brian grew up in Brookline, MA so he could see the NECCO factory, and Charleston Chews, too.We talk “penny candy,” the Cow Tales, the little dots on the paper, and you could get so much candy for $1.Brian’s from Massachusetts and we try to figure out why he doesn’t have that accent.Teeg & Mike used to host The Fish Schtick, it was a podcast before podcasting became what it is now. We had guests like Shaw Grigsby, Richard Louv, Shane Davies, Bruce Condello, April Vokey.Shane had an amazing thing happen – he was kayak fishing in Texas, a rattlesnake tried to climb into his boat, he killed it, hooked it on, pitched it out, and caught a gigantic bass, so we tracked him down and got him on our show.Candy #2 – Smarties Candy NecklacesWe can’t get ‘em over our heads, Ryan manages to pull it off.Teeg can make a 1980’s tennis star headband situation happen.We all decide that they’re fun. Were they the rage when we were kids and they went away, or did we age out of them and they were always cool for kids of a certain age?They require a certain style of eating. Michelle said they used to taste like rubber, but not any more.Brian runs Moldy Chum which doesn’t mean he transports rotten fish. It’s a fly fishing website that started way back in 2005.It was right when blogging was becoming a “thing.” There were about five fly fishing blogs in those days, but in time there were zillions. It was pre-social media, and in those days, blogs sort of were social media.Conservation has always been a foundation of what Moldy Chum has been about. The site is more about that now than ever.15 years is an eternity in the internet world to keep something going. There have been maybe 3 or 4 days that it hasn’t had a live post. It’s become meaningfully monetized just in the last couple years.Back in the day there would be 300,000 page views a month, these days it’s more like 60,000 because so many more people live on social media. But people spend a lot of time on the website.Flyfishing is the petrie dish – the hyperfocus of everything that happens in the world.Brian had always wanted to do the podcast of fishing meets This American Life.“I’ve wanted to walk away hundreds of times – hundreds of times – over the years. Most of all because of the trolling.”Third candy: Another hardware store find – Dot’s Homestyle Pretzel’s Mr. Dot Bar. Pretzels and toffee with chocolate.We all agree these are amazing. If you’re not in a state that touches South Dakota, you’ve probably never heard of this.Like Nestle’s Crunch on steroids, or like a Heath Bar if it was 200% better.We get Brian talking about Christmas Island. Ever heard of it? Most people haven’t.There’s only one plane in and out each week.Really exotic place, and basically the only reason goes there is to fish. It’s a fishing paradise.The standard boat on Christmas Island is a standard outrigger, but they stumbled upon pangas and explored the blue water a lot more.You can catch tuna, dorado, sharks, barracuda, giant trevally …We get a true big fish story out of Brian … involves destroying every piece of fishing equipment they brought.They also helped with some research on Giant Trevally.Bonus candy: Chik-O-Sticks! We’ve tried them before but it’s worth another pass.Brian hadn’t tried one before. They’re like the inside of a Butterfinger – a naked Butterfinger.We all give the Mr. Dot Bar the top slot in the ranking.Brian wants to work a hustle and go to South Dakota to buy them by the case and resell them in Washington.Brian’s shows to know: Reel Pure Radio and Conservation From The Couch

On this episode of Nostalgicast, we discuss the "censoring" of the new Looney Tunes cartoons, the return of Necco Wafers, the confirmed Sonic the Hedgehog sequel, Ryan Gosling being cast as the Wolf Man, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today was cover some new exciting food products! Jif peanut butter is now available in squeeze bags (https://www.delish.com/food-news/a32732805/jif-squeeze-creamy-peanut-butter/ ) and Chi-Chi’s tortillas come in a new fancy shape! (https://www.delish.com/food-news/a32723825/chi-chis-foldables-flour-tortillas/ ) Plus, did you hear? Necco Wafers are back! (https://www.cookingpanda.com/necco-wafers-returns-to-shelves-after-2-years/) Follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter @JKJandAL. Call and leave us a voicemail at 404-477-4160 or e-mail us at jkjandal@jennakimjones.com

Henry talks to Dad about the hot summer, taking a walk in a nature reserve, Maisy's love for the above-ground pool, the status of the pandemic, the stress of everything that's going on in the world, and what it would be like if we had a real pool.  In the News, we talk about stuffed animals riding a roller coaster, Florida woman assaulting a man with hamburger, and the return of Necco Wafers.  Henry and Dad play a few rounds of True or False with Alexa.  Finally, for Treat Yourself, William joins and we try Bomb Pop Middles in three different flavors.

We've all seen any number of emails and Tweets and Facebook posts this week from companies supporting protests and the like. Entertainment industry firms have jumped on that bandwagon too, but The Washington Post's Alyssa Rosenberg has a different idea about how those particular players might be able to help: by shutting down all the police movies and TV shows. And: Comedian Sarah Cooper has found an elegant, perhaps surprisingly effective way to lampoon the president. She just lip syncs to his own words. And finally: The Vast of Night is the feature film debut of writer and director Andrew Patterson. He financed its $700,000 budget himself, and after its premiere at last year's Slamdance Film Festival, Amazon acquired it. The Twilight Zone-style sci-fi mystery debuted on Amazon Prime last weekend. Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take: Christo, Artist Who Wrapped and Festooned on an Epic Scale, Dies at 84Mountains, museums, bridges and Central Park were just some of what he used to make astonishing and popular art with his wife and collaborator, Jeanne-Claude. Bruce Jay Friedman, 90, Author With a Darkly Comic Worldview, DiesAn unusual case in American letters, he moved easily between literature and pop culture, including movies like "Stir Crazy" and "Splash," to great acclaim. The Remaking of Steve BuscemiSteve Buscemi has seen it all. He was hit by a car and a bus as a kid, was once stabbed in a bar fight, volunteered as a firefighter during 9/11, and somewhere along the way became one of the most accomplished film actors of his generation. And then tragedy struck: In 2019, Buscemi lost his wife of over 30 years. In a rare interview, Hollywood's most beloved misfit opens up about anxiety, loss, and the hard work of getting through it all. Why Your Local Comics Shop Matters Now More Than Ever Feeling Lucky at 90: The Clint Eastwood Passion ProjectOne of Hollywood's most enduring icons enters his 10th decade on the planet this week. After more than 50 films, 38 directed by the man himself, what's left to say about Clint Eastwood? Two fans look at old favorites and a few less heralded works to paint a picture of sustained, often unpredictable artistry. Necco Wafers make their triumphant return 2 years after the factory that made them closed its doors HBO's 'Watchmen' Was Ahead of its Time -- By 9 Months GUESTS: Mercy Quaye - Founder and principal consultant for The Narrative Project and a columnist with Hearst Connecticut Media Group Brian Slattery - Arts editor for the New Haven Independent and a producer at WNHH radio Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let it rip Friday! Kimmer bonks a lady, The infamous Necco Wafers scandal, Al Sharpton classless, Black Lives Matters and its injustice, New Orleans turns on Drew Brees, More media bullshit and bias, Job numbers are up and more on today's Kimmer-cast.Support the show (http://Patreon.com/KimmerShow)

Necco Wafers are headed back to stores and Philip is not impressed. Yosemite is reopening to people with backpacking and hiking permits and parking lots are set to reopen at 145 California state parks. Looters of Apple Stores realize they can't use stolen gadgets.  Timex is jumping into the digital watch game and sourced its operating system from a Chinese owned tech company.  In the latest twist of 2020, Carole Baskin has won Joe Exotic's big cat zoo in a settlement. Wed 6/3: Hour 4 Photo by Jason Hogan (https://unsplash.com/@jasonhogan?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/s/photos/half-dome?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)

Let HOBI take your mind off the disaster that is our world right now as we talk the worst video game movie, Kevin James is cast as James Bond, Jason sells his teacup tigers, and debate the happiest songs of all time!  Plus no one is happy that Necco Wafers are making a comeback, Superman is the new Nick Fury, we have a real box office report, and we list our Top Five Heel Turns! This episode is sponsored by the Cincinnati Comic Expo.

Garbage management has been, and always will be something the human race needs to address. How did (or didn't) they do it in the past? This week we take a dumpster dive into the history of municipal waste management. There's some other stuff too, including the bizarre flavoring of Necco Wafers, clams that control the water supply of a city, and more. Get ready for some meandering conversation that literally turns to trash.

After 2 years on hiatus, Necco Wafers are back on store shelves, Benjamin Dover pleads guilty and receives suspended sentence...he goes by Ben, Woman spit on man after becoming enraged that he was going the wrong way down one-way aisle in grocery store, LG Poland attempt at viral ad on social media misses the mark

Jim Knight the Vice President of e-Commerce at Spangler Candy, the company that supplies America's favorite giveaway candy. For nearly 25 years, Jim has been with Spangler Candy leading marketing and ecommerce initiatives to sell bulk candy. The company's well-known brands include Dum Dums, Saf-T-Pops, Spangler Candy Canes, Spangler Circus Peanuts, Necco Wafers, Sweethearts, and Canada Mints. Spangler Candy and Buy Box Experts work together on Strangler's Amazon channel. Jim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Systems from Kettering University and an MBA from Indiana University - Kelley School of Business. In this episode… Spangler Candy has been in the business of selling candy for many years and their decision to enter the Amazon marketplace was the logical next step in growing their company. Consumer behavior has evolved through the years and companies need to stay on top of the game in order to remain competitive and relevant -- and this includes embracing ecommerce. Being in charge of ecommerce at Spangler Candy, Jim Knight has had his fair share of challenges. But he managed to push the envelope and drive sales for their company despite the initial hurdles; they now have a strong following in the ecommerce space and he says, there's a thing or two you can learn from their experience. Join James Thomson as he interviews Jim Knight of Spangler Candy in this week's episode of Buy Box Experts where they talk about the growth and evolution of  Spangler Candy, how selling on Amazon has impacted the company's business, how Jim ensures that the company maintains its branding and reputation in the candy industry, and what other businesses who are looking to join Amazon can learn from their experience. Stay tuned.

Necco Wafers and Jelly Beans were candies that citizens were urged to “send to the troops” during the Civil War. Easy to transport and not likely to melt or spoil, they were a sweet treat that reminded the Union soldiers…Read more →

The YONO gentlemen take a journey to the world of terrible candy. We learn the ways candy corn has infected every one of our sacred holidays, and we pitch some ad campaigns to revive a candy from 1908. The ferry man demands two Necco Wafers to cross the river Twix. (But who cares? Those things are gross.) Get updates about the show by following us!instagram @yourenotgonnalikethispodtwitter @yonopodSend us your thoughts/ ideas/ corrections!yonopod@gmail.comworks cited for this episodetwo articles about candy corn historyhttps://www.history.com/news/candy-corn-inventedhttps://www.bhg.com/halloween/recipes/the-history-of-candy-corn/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_cornhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_pumpkinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necco_Wafersprofile of Oliver Chasehttps://candyprofessor.com/tag/oliver-chase/Spangler Candy websitehttps://www.spanglercandy.com/our-brands/necco-wafersList of 10 interesting Candy factshttps://listverse.com/2016/02/09/10-strange-stories-and-origins-of-our-favorite-candies/Profile of inventor of Reese's PB Cupshttps://www.businessinsider.com/the-fascinating-rise-of-reeses-peanut-butter-cups-2013-6

Well, Lauren and Becca certainly hope to be bringing you a Valentines Day episode unlike any others you're likely to hear this year. Historical facts, historical maybes, personal stories, evangalism, and a large amount of shenanigans will hopefully put you all in the Valentines Day spirit before February even starts. Below is another one of Becca's famous outlines, timestamped by Lauren, and containing all the links you might need to thoroughly enjoy today's episode. We pray that this episode is a blessing to you all, and are so very thankful for our Humblebee's. If you want an extra laugh, check the gals out on YouTube where there's a few surprising additions to the episode. If you would like to support Tulips and Honey you can find their Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/TulipshoneyhubValentine’s Day1. SHIRTS!!!! Inktale.com/tulipshoneyhub - TimeStamp: 00:01:322. Shout outs - TimeStamp: 00:04:00a. Shawn from guyswithbible itunes facebook groupb. Yesenia and Jason Crothers Adoption Page - TimeStamp: 00:05:27i. ii. https://cfcare.org/fbclid=IwAR3QHDsIGI1LvN4xC6zgn5ZINrIEyNJVlUTzsR55ZrT730o1mqyKROWPZc0iii.4. Little Women Review - TimeStamp: 00:10:205. Paul Washer and Christian Dating - TimeStamp: 00:11:55a. https://illbehonest.com/a-young-mans-attitude-towards-women-paul-washer6. Fun Facts - TimeStamp: 00:17:18a. Valentine's Day is a major source of economic activity, with total expenditures in 2017 topping $18.2 billion in 2017, or over $136 per person. This is an increase from $108 per person in 2010.b. 1913 was when Hallmark Cards produced their first Valentine's card! 4. - TimeStamp: 00:18:357. Really Cool History: https://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/valentines-day-facts - TimeStamp: 00:19:40a. Origins to a Bloody Pagan Festival: Some trace Valentine’s Day origins to a Christian effort to replace a pagan fertility festival that has been dated as far back as the 6th century B.C. During the festival of Lupercalia, Roman priests would sacrifice goats and dogs and use their blood-soaked hides to slap women on the streets, as a fertility blessing. According to legend, women would later put their names in an urn and be selected to be paired with a man for a year. - TimeStamp: 00:19:55b. Every year, thousands of romantics send letters addressed to Verona, Italy to “Juliet,” the subject of the timeless romantic tragedy, “Romeo and Juliet.” The city marks the location of the Shakespearean tale, and the letters that reach the city are dutifully answered by a team of volunteers from the Juliet Club. Each year, on Valentine's Day, the club awards the "Cara Giulietta" ("Dear Juliet") prize to the author of the most touching love letter. - TimeStamp: 00:22:52c. Box of Chocolates: The Valentine’s Day tradition of giving a box of candy was started in the 19th century by Richard Cadbury, a scion of a British chocolate manufacturing family. With a new technique recently established at the company to create more varieties of chocolate, Cadbury pounced on the opportunity to sell the chocolates as part of the beloved holiday. - TimeStamp: 00:23:50d. First Valentine Was Written From a Prison: History’s first valentine was written in perhaps one of the most unromantic places conceivable: a prison. Charles, Duke of Orleans wrote the love letter to his second wife at the age of 21 while captured at the Battle of Agincourt. As a prisoner for more than 20 years, he would never see his valentine’s reaction to the poem he penned to her in the early 15th century. - TimeStamp: 00:24:20e. ‘Wearing Your Heart on Your Sleeve’: The term “wearing your heart on your sleeve” may have origins in picking a valentine. Smithsonian reports that during the Middle Ages, men would draw the names of women who they would be coupled with for the upcoming year while attending a Roman festival honoring Juno. After choosing, the men wore the names on their sleeves to show their bond during the festivities. - TimeStamp: 00:25:45f. ‘Sweethearts’ Candies Started Out as Lozenges The iconic chalky heart-shaped candies that have been passed out lovingly every Valentine’s Day started out as lozenges. According to the Food Business News, pharmacist and inventor Oliver Chase created a machine that would quickly create the lozenges before switching to using the machine to create candy—later known as Necco Wafers. Chase’s brother came up with the idea to print messages on the candy in 1866, and the candies got their heart shape in 1901, appealing specifically to Valentine’s Day sweethearts. In 2019, the Sweetheart brand of conversation hearts was suspended for a year as the candy’s new owner, Spangler Candy Co., needed time to make a supply of the hearts for Valentine’s. - TimeStamp: 00:26:53g. Cupid Began as a Greek God: The chubby baby with wings and a bow and arrow that we call Cupid has been associated with Valentine’s Day for centuries. However, before he was renamed Cupid, he was known to the ancient Greeks as Eros, the god of love. Eros, the son of Greek goddess Aphrodite, would use two sets of arrows—one for love and another for hate—to play with the emotions of his targets. It wasn’t until stories of his mischief were told by Romans that he adopted the childlike appearance that we recognize today.i. Bethel refers to God with Eros love… GROSS - TimeStamp: 00:28:48h. How ‘X’ Came to Mean ‘Kiss’: The idea of using a kiss to sign off on valentines also has a long history, according to the Washington Post. The use of “X” came to represent Christianity, or the cross, in the Middle Ages. During the same time, the symbol was used to sign off on documents. After marking with an X, the writer would often kiss the mark as a sign of their oath. As the gesture grew among kings and commoners to certify books, letters and paperwork, these records were described as having been “sealed with a kiss.” - TimeStamp: 00:30:178. Saint Valentine- it’s a hot mess and is no longer considered a saint in 1969. - TimeStamp: 00:32:09a. Stories aren’t consistentb. St. Valentine refused to renounce his faith and Christianity and was executed outside the Flaminian Gate on February 14, 269. However, other tales of St. Valentine's life claim he was executed either in the year 269, 270, 273 or 280. Other depictions of St. Valentine's arrests tell that he secretly married couples so husbands wouldn't have to go to war. Another variation of the legend of St. Valentine says he refused to sacrifice to pagan gods, was imprisoned and while imprisoned he healed the jailer's blind daughter. On the day of his execution, he left the girl a note signed, "Your Valentine."c. ExCatholic4Christ.wordpress.com9. Being Single On Valentines Day - TimeStamp: 00:33:55a. 1 Peter 5:10i. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.b. Romans 8:28-29i. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.c. The opportunity of single life to serve God.10. A great article by John MacArthur called “True Love” - TimeStamp: 00:36:33a. https://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/true-love/b. Most of the talk about love these days ignores this principle. “Love” has been redefined as a broad tolerance that overlooks sin and embraces good and evil alike. That’s not love; it’s apathy. God’s love is not at all like that. Remember, the supreme manifestation of God’s love is the Cross, where Christ “loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God” (v. 2). Thus Scripture explains the love of God in terms of sacrifice, atonement for sin, and propitiation: “In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:10). In other words Christ made Himself a sacrifice to turn away the wrath of an offended deity. Far from dismissing our sins with a benign tolerance, God gave His Son as an offering for sin, to satisfy His own wrath and justice in the salvation of sinners.That is the very heart of the Gospel. God manifests His love in a way that upheld His holiness, justice, and righteousness without compromise. True love “does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth” (1 Cor. 13:6). That’s the kind of love we are called to walk in. It’s a love that is first pure, then peaceable.11. Lauren and Becca share how they celebrate Valentine’s Day - TimeStamp: 00:41:5512. Favorite Scripture about Love - TimeStamp: 00:46:20a. Lauren: Phil 2:4b. Becca: 1 Corinthians 16:14 (ESV) 14 Let all that you do be done in love.Audience: Favorite romantic movie? - TimeStamp: 00:52:05

Hark fair listeners! Join us for a tale of Courage, loyalty, and Necco Wafers as we discuss "The Defector." Jarok moves into the holodeck, Picard will not sully The Bard, and Troi should have visited her mom. Meanwhile, Cameron questions his American History knowledge, Marcy brings the beat-down music, and Rob wants to get his money's worth from the food dispensers. All this and more on a podcast of Shakespearean proportions! Engage!

The month of October is in full swing with our second Halloween themed episode. This time we talk about our latest projects, favorite Halloween memories, and what candies we like that you can silently judge us for.

Where are you most likely to get a parking ticket in Salt Lake City. Given that the cheapest ticket is now $38, this is something worth knowing, eh? We've got your hotspots. What's your state's favorite Halloween candy? And who on earth would pick Necco Wafers as a favorite? Plus! Todd's Luscious Bacon-Lobster Chowder and a gorgeous Tell Me Something Good. (image credit: https://pixabay.com/users/pixel1-336525/)

Discussed: Discovering what's too much for this podcast; Ken Burns: Tuffley After the Fall; Leonard Cohen vs. David Hasselhoff; Falco and other Austrians; Necco Wafers and Catholicism; What does Big Dub have under the counter? and more!

Discussed: Discovering what's too much for this podcast; Ken Burns: Tuffley After the Fall; Leonard Cohen vs. David Hasselhoff; Falco and other Austrians; Necco Wafers and Catholicism; What does Big Dub have under the counter? and more!

What if I told you that one day, the most popular Valentine's Day candy in the country would simply up and vanish? That the bankruptcy of the candy's centuries-old creator would result in not one, not two, but three separate asset sales that would cost the country its ability to communicate on tiny candy hearts for all of 2019. Welcome to the crazy, true story of the New England Confectionery Co. and its bankruptcy. And why you won't be able to call much of anything Sweetheart this holiday. Happy Valentine's Day! CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AT: https://youtu.be/9H-CxBiNu8g #Sweethearts #NECCO #VirtualLegality *** Discussed in this episode: "Be Mine? Nope. SweetHeart Candies Hard To Find This Valentine's Day" NPR, January 28, 2019 (https://www.npr.org/2019/01/28/688637413/be-mine-nope-sweetheart-candies-hard-to-find-this-valentines-day) New England Confectionery Company, Inc. FDA Enforcement Letter, 5/16/18 (https://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/ucm607845.htm) "Necco is sold for $18.8 million at bankruptcy auction" Boston Globe, May 23, 2018 (https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/05/23/necco-sold-for-million-bankruptcy-auction/j94PlNSPc0TKkKWyZX79mI/story.html) "Spangler Candy backs out of deal to buy NECCO Wafers" The Blade, June 2, 2018 (https://www.toledoblade.com/business/2018/06/02/Spangler-Candy-backs-out-of-deal-to-buy-NECCO-Wafers.html) "Necco wafer factory abruptly shuts down after company is sold to unknown buyer" Washington Post, July 25, 2018 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/07/25/necco-wafer-factory-abruptly-shuts-down-after-company-is-sold-to-unknown-buyer/?utm_term=.ede5cf6c2a1e) "Spangler Candy buys Necco Wafers, Sweethearts brands" The Blade, September 25, 2018 (https://www.toledoblade.com/business/2018/09/24/spangler-candy-buys-necco-wafers-sweethearts-brands-bryan/stories/20180924232) *** THANKS FOR WATCHING! FOR MORE CHECK US OUT: On Twitter @hoeglaw At our website: https://hoeglaw.com/ On our Blog, "Rules of the Game", at https://hoeglaw.wordpress.com/ On "Help Us Out Hoeg!" a regular segment on the Easy Allies Podcast (formerly GameTrailers) (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZrxXp1reP8E353rZsB3jaA) Biweekly on "Inside the Huddle with Michael Spath" on WTKA 1050

On The Gist, Necco Wafers are out this Valentine’s Day, but don’t shed a tear. In the interview, some movies live for the twist. Steven Knight’s latest film, Serenity, is ostensibly about a sea captain’s Melvillian obsessions. Knight joins us to talk about how Matthew McConaughey gets it right, Saint Lucia, and writing screenplays in a detached state of mind (“It’s almost like accessing whatever the hell it is that creates dreams”).  In the Spiel, journalists are losing their jobs. And there’s some BS out there about why that is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On The Gist, Necco Wafers are out this Valentine’s Day, but don’t shed a tear. In the interview, some movies live for the twist. Steven Knight’s latest film, Serenity, is ostensibly about a sea captain’s Melvillian obsessions. Knight joins us to talk about how Matthew McConaughey gets it right, Saint Lucia, and writing screenplays in a detached state of mind (“It’s almost like accessing whatever the hell it is that creates dreams”).  In the Spiel, journalists are losing their jobs. And there’s some BS out there about why that is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jensen’s Moving Horror Story. Kevin was a Dick to the Friends Cast. Dr Drew- Holiday Depression. People Are Dumb- Butts Edition. Get Up on This. Brad Meltzer-I am Neil Armstrong. Animal Stories. Aliens are Attacking. Necco Wafers and Hot Cheetos. Conspiracy Theories. Kevin on KNX. I Found This On Youtube. Pop Culture Quiz. Mom Makes 57K Cuddling. 

Download the latest FREE Turn Up the Night Podcast featuring Kenny, Joe, Raine & Bob! This episode: Trumpbrella! Alex "Gay Frog" Jones! Steve King! Michael Cohen! Halloween Treats! Listener Calls! NECCO WAFERS! Ken & Joe gush over Good Mythical Morning! More Listener Calls! VOTE BLUE! Mad Libs! MORE!!!

Topics: An abundance. Constructive and complimentary. Cliss. Poppers culture. A septum. Marching bands. I thought you’d love these. Top 3 Life Advice Recommendations. Candy! Blue Raspberry. WARNING: the sound of Pop Rocks. Necco Wafers. Jellicle Cats.Follow The Restaurant Manifesto on Twitter.Read Adam's Food & Wine essay.Follow CarbfacePod on Instagram and Twitter.

In episode 240, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and Go Fact Yourself co-host's Helen Hong to discuss the real reason Bradley Cooper decided to make 'A Star Is Born,' Necco Wafers and Sweethearts being saved from candy extinction, Rod Rosenstein's big meeting with Trump, a new accuser coming forward about Brett Kavanaugh plus his weird calendar, an elite class spy giving us a view into rich folk's world, details about the film 'Life Itself,' and more! FOOTNOTES: 1. Bradley Cooper reveals Eddie Vedder's surprising influence on 'A Star Is Born' 2. Necco wafers and Sweetheart candies saved from dusty extinction 3. Rod Rosenstein’s Job Is Safe, for Now: Inside His Dramatic Day 4. Avenatti client says Brett Kavanaugh was present while she was "gang raped" during high school 5. Arizona prosecutor Rachel Mitchell is GOP choice to question Kavanaugh and accuser at hearing 6. Kavanaugh’s 1982 calendar, annotated 7. Judicial Crisis Network chief counsel Carrie Severino responds to new allegations against Brett Kavanaugh 8. Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World 9. Life Itself 10. WORST WIDE OPENINGS 11. Melodrama Life Itself Died Gruesomely at the Box Office 12. Experts explain how Amazon movie 'Life Itself,' from the creator of 'This Is Us,' became the biggest box-office flop of 2018 13. ‘Life Itself’ Review: We Have Now Seen the Worst Movie of 2018 14. Film Review: Life Itself is So Bizarre It Has To Be Seen To Be Believed 15. From a Woman: Life Itself Sucks 16. Life Itself is a disaster of a movie, caught in a web of its own privilege 17. WATCH: DJ Harrison "Erykahs Gun" Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Today we touch upon-pickles, internship, weed, dogs and Necco Wafers.......

Today we touch upon-pickles, internship, weed, dogs and Necco Wafers.......

Do you remember Quisp cereal?  How about Necco Wafers, Big League Chew, Pudding Pops?  What started out as a discussion about food turned into a nostalgic look at our favorite sugary snacks!  Warning: this episode my put you into sugar shock!

This episode Mark dives into some of the old and new internet scams that are making the rounds. In addition, we talk about our new video series with the Unipiper called "Bins Worthy" and let you know where you can find it before its official release! Also discussed: NASA's most/least realistic movies list, Necco Wafers are back!, half mammal/half reptile found in Utah, the plague is in Idaho, dust storm on Mars shuts down NASA rover, and the 10 millionth US patent is approved.

Looking to use brick in your project? The guys discuss the many, many options available to you. Including color tinted brick mortar.

The HOBI Gang is in high spirits this week as they are excited about the returning Westworld, Blake and Jason are actually positive about the Walking Dead season finale but couldn't care less about Morgan on Fear the Walking Dead! The guys pay their respects to two legends, R Lee Ermey and Harry Anderson, with a Breath of Silence and their moods begin to sour more with George R. R. Martin's lack of writing and the demise of Necco Wafers. The gang does perk up about Super Troopers 2 opening and Blake does his own Top Five again separate from Jeff and Jason's Top Five Characters Crossovers We Want! This episode is sponsored by the Cincinnati Comic Expo.  Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast!

Curtis and Todd visit about the candy we loved in the 70's. Remember Zots, Marathon Bars, Jolly Ranchers, Necco Wafers, Wax Lips, Candy Cigarettes, Bubble Gum Cigars and Razzles?

Hey hey! First, the news: a 2nd lawsuit among the By Chloe team (0:36), produce's "dirty dozen" (3:08), Necco Wafers flying off shelves (6:31), & Moby weighs in on SNAP (8:11). Next, 10 Q's for Alon Shaya on his upcoming restaurants in New Orleans (11:57) & Denver (20:17), creating a HR-friendly company culture post-Besh breakup/#MeToo (22:19), his new memoir/cookbook (26:55), & complete lack of self-control when eating pita (29:52). To close, comedian Holly Prazoff's killer tiki drink (35:07).

Necco Wafers are going the way of the Twinkie and Dog could not be happier!

Today on the show: Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress and it basically amounts to a bunch of old farts asking what the internet is. Travis Golightly discusses sailing around the world, Bill Cosby is attacked by a topless woman, and Necco Wafers...the most disgusting candy ever... are experiencing a HUGE surge in popularity.

Ever have a great idea for an episode, but you took a week off because you recorded a double-header podcast two weeks ago, and now you’ve got too much to say and not enough time to say it? Well, then this episode is for you! Or, if that’s too oddly specific, than just stay because Bobo and Travis have a lot of things to talk about this week, and you’re going to want to hear about it all! From adult onesie Disney parties, to saving Necco Wafers, to what to do if you’re accused of a crime and want to “go down swinging,” the boys cover a wide array of topics with only one destination in mind: Hysteria. This week features the return of End Times, where the boys talk about felon disenfranchisement, but in the cute and funny sort of way that makes you giggle. All this and more on this week’s episode!

Today on the show: Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress and it basically amounts to a bunch of old farts asking what the internet is. Travis Golightly discusses sailing around the world, Bill Cosby is attacked by a topless woman, and Necco Wafers...the most disgusting candy ever... are experiencing a HUGE surge in popularity.

On today's show Shannon & Mike discuss comedian and actor T.J. Miller who was arrested for allegedly calling in a fake bomb threat. And, a California nursing home is accused of dumping a patient at a homeless shelter. Also, Necco Wafers, one of America's least-favorite candies is suddenly the most sought after treats by consumers. Then, the great Marvel comic book icon Stan Lee claims elder abuse and feuds with his daughter. Plus more.

New England Confectionary Company, who makes Clark Bar and Necco Wafers, is on the verge of going out of business if no one buys the company soon.

The gang reviews “An American Classic”, Necco Wafers. The post Take 11: Necco Wafers appeared first on The Destination.

Hey Gang! This is the much anticipated Halloween episode of Sprinklez!!! I let you in on a little secret when I try to convince you to watch the amazing film, ARRIVAL (Hulu, Amazon Prime) starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye of Xmen fame. I totally knew that, btw). Which is (dare I say it) endearing as it is spookily mysterious! Then I let you in on an sacrette (which mean a second secret) which is the little known but magnificently beautiful yet creepy French show, THE RETURNED (Make sure to watch the 2012 edition not the A&E American version, both of which are on Netflix. I cannot even begin to tell you how awesomely 80's Netflix's STRANGER THINGS is! All I can say is that it is a rad mix of all the radical elements of Goonies, E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, all rolled up into one wicked show! Finally the Halloween Tasty-Treat-Sensation is the remarkably gooey and delicious Googoo Cluster!!

Episode 3 we talk Halloween and Necco Wafers.

Larry and Chris try Necco Wafers and check out a vintage Flintstones commercial.  Larry takes an internet weirness quiz.  Also, Larry (and Marisa) share a tale of getting a new car.  Enjoy!

The things we do to our bodies on this episode should be illegal. Also, our understanding of human biology is primitive. Also, what is nougat? Also, where are we and why are we surrounded by empty candy wrappers? Candies tasted: 3 Musketeers, Necco Wafers, Nerds, Snickers, Milky Way Midnight, Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkin. www.spilledmilkpodcast.com This episode is brought to you by Tonx: fresh-roasted subscription coffee. For a free trial—yes, that’s free coffee, no strings attached—visit http://tonx.org/milk

In this Griddlesode, Ron tells a story called "NECCO Wafers."