Podcasts about nevertheless she persisted

TRIGGER WARNING: Sudden, Loud Noises including lightning bolts, wave crashes, cannon fire, gunshots, and combat foley. “If ya aren't a thorn in someone's side, you ain't doin' Piracy right.” - Coraline Morales, Owner of Morales Cantina Notes from the Narrator We're proudly endorsed by Chaosium Inc! Visit www.chaosiuminc.com/7thsea for more information and use the code WRITER10 for 10% off your next site-wide purchase! [Limit one per customer] Support the podcast directly by visiting https://linktr.ee/writersroom7thsea This story was made possible by our friends at the Storyteller Squad, a Monster of the Week AP Podcast! https://www.thestorytellersquad.com/ There is artwork for the Fate of the Thorn, created by the lovely and talented Emory Kjelsberg at https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/emorykj/ 100% of the proceeds go directly to the artist! Cast Zoé Jackson (Narrator) Natalie Fuinha (Angellica de la Sombra) Ders Anderson (Diego Alfonso Morales Iglesias ‘El Nitido') Brittany Muth (Dalla Brønson) Emory Kjelsberg (Dr. Mallory McCoy) Ade Shields (Ambroise Pendragon) Vocal Guest Quinn McCulley (Oliver Barcroft) Sponsors Ten Quills Dice [https://tenquillsdice.com/] The Crafty Gamer [https://www.thecraftygamer.com/?dt_id=273468] Use code WRITERSROOM for 10% off! Music Arcane Anthems (https://www.patreon.com/arcaneanthems) [The Writer's Room] SoSimpleAudio (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/sosimpleaudio/) [Rising] Bonnie Grace (https://www.epidemicsound.com/artists/bonnie-grace/) [Oceanic Adventure, With All Our Might {Theme of the Thorn}, As the Crow Flies {Angellica's Combat Theme}, Sea Adventures, Now We Fight, Nevertheless She Persisted, Thrilling Chase] m7n (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/m7n/) [Fatal Apocalypse, The Time is Over] Jake Schneider (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/jake-schneider/) [Flavors of Spain] 331Audio (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/331audio/) [Fire in Your Eyes {Diego's Theme}] ASKII (https://askii.bandcamp.com/) [Left Behind Bars, Sails, Echoes of Sorrow, Faint Ray of Light, Abyss of Souls, Tension] Studio Kolomna (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/studiokolomna/) [Tension] Antti Martikainen (https://anttimartikainen.com/) [Barbarossa, Runestones - Legacy Version {Dalla's Theme}] Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen (https://www.epidemicsound.com/artists/christoffer-moe-ditlevsen/) [Enter the Realm of Shadows {The Red Door}] Serpent Studios - Alexander Nakarada (https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/) [Bit O Fun with the Crew] Soundoo (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/soundoo/) [Spanish Flamenco Comedy {The Iglesias' Brothers Theme}] Benjamin Botkin (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/benjamin-botkin/) [Elementary Perceivers {Mallory's Theme}] Spectacles Wallet and Watch (https://www.epidemicsound.com/artists/spectacles-wallet-and-watch/) [Careful Thoughts] Luca Francini (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/luca-francini/) [A Mischievous Character {Mallory's Downtime}] Matt Stewart-Evans (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/matt-stewartevans/) [Unsettled] Daniel Kaede (https://www.epidemicsound.com/artists/daniel-kaede/) [Lost Tales of Catalonia] Linda Brittain (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/linda-brittain/) [Clan McMathan {Downtime on the Thorn}] Bonn Fields (https://www.epidemicsound.com/artists/bonn-fields/) [A Bad Place to Be] Tunica (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/tunica/) [Emotional Pain] Blue Comet Music (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/blue-comet-music/) [I'll See You There] Bruno Freitas (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/bruno-freitas/) [Romanza {Diego's Downtime}] Dark Fantasy Studios - Nicholas Jeudy (http://darkfantasystudio.com/) [Falling Lights {Downtime with Coco}] Christopher Galovas and Son (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/galovan--son/) [Pentecost] SFX Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com/) Motion Array (https://motionarray.com/) Fusehive Interactive Media LTD (http://www.fusehive.com/) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writersroom7th/support

“There is no storm more deadly and vicious than a woman scorned.” -Captain Elijah Royce A Note from the Narrator This podcast is proudly endorsed by Chaosium Inc. Visit www.chaosiuminc.com/7thsea for more information. Use the code WRITER10 for 10% off your next site-wide purchase! [Limit one per customer] Check out Records of the Realms! www.twitch.tv/RecordsOfTheRealms To support the podcast directly, visit https://linktr.ee/writersroom7thsea. Got a question for us? Ask us on your preferred social platform using #nwtnquery or @ us and we'll answer you on a special episode! Cast Zoé Jackson (Narrator) Evan Ackley (Jesse Nkansa, The Devil Jonah) Patrick Keeffe (Wayland Greywall) Sponsors Ten Quills Dice (https://tenquillsdice.com/) Crafty Gamer (https://www.thecraftygamer.com/?ref=WR7th) Music Arcane Anthems (https://www.patreon.com/arcaneanthems) [The Writer's Room, La Rosa Blanca] ASKII (https://askii.bandcamp.com/) [Left Behind Bars, Fjord Village] Golden Anchor (https://www.epidemicsound.com/artists/golden-anchor/) [At The Abyss {Unseelie Theme}] Dark Fantasy Studios - Nicholas Jeudy (http://darkfantasystudio.com/) [Buccaneers, Time] Bonnie Grace (https://www.epidemicsound.com/artists/bonnie-grace/) [Why So Scared?, Let Evil Win, Nevertheless She Persisted, Thrilling Chase] Adrian Von Ziegler (https://adrianvonziegler.bandcamp.com/) [Deathless {The Devil Jonah's Theme}] Antti Martikainen (https://anttimartikainen.com/) [ Hymn of the High Seas {Jesse's Theme}] Studio Kolomna (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/studiokolomna/) [Slender Comes at Night] Jon Björk (https://www.epidemicsound.com/artists/jon-bjork/) [Blood Carousel {Annabelle's Theme}, Tearing Threads] PaBlikMM (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/pablikmm/) [Dead and Buried] Jelliot (https://motionarray.com/browse/producer/jelliot/) [Into the Chasm] FormantX (https://www.epidemicsound.com/artists/formantx/) [The Vindicator Waltz] SFX Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com/) Motion Array (https://motionarray.com/) Fusehive Interactive Media LTD (http://www.fusehive.com/) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writersroom7th/support

A sermon by Rev. Barb Lemmel and Rev. Mitch Hay Gospel Lesson Luke 18:1-8 (TIV) Jesus told the disciples a parable on the necessity of praying always and not losing heart: “Once there was a judge in a certain city who feared no one—not even God. A woman in that city who had been widowed kept coming to the judge and saying, ‘Give me legal protection from my opponent.' For a time the judge refused, but finally the judge thought, ‘I care little for God or people, but this woman won't leave me alone. I'd better give her the protection she seeks, or she'll keep coming and wear me out!'” Jesus said, “Listen to what this corrupt judge is saying. Won't God then do justice to the chosen who call out day and night? Will God delay long over them? I tell you, God will give them swift justice. “But when the Promised One comes, will faith be found anywhere on earth?”

Rev. Dawn preaches on how persistent faith bends the moral arc of the universe towards justice.

It's a women's elimination day, and very few women left to qualify for TJ's final. As the warring alliances come up with a strategy for the Challenge, alliances are made very clear for everyone to see. One alliance is dramatically weakened as the smaller alliance pulls out an unexpected victory.

Hey Fandom! Welcome back to another episode of Trash Talk Roundtable with your hosts Rick, Corrina, Tony and our special guest Cory Viator! Cory was on our last roundtable and is the newest member to our Challenge Trash Talk team on Facebook and has taken a liking to our podcast so of course, we welcome him with open arms! This week we spend a little time catching up and then we break down the EP9 of The Challenge USA premiering on CBS and streaming on Paramount Plus. We give some behind the scenes info we have picked up over the last few days through exit interviews, conversations, discussions and features on other podcasts. Then we go over the current money count, our MVP's for the episode and update you all on the Fantasy Challenge results for this week. PLUS we announce a VERY special giveaway that we will be starting this week to celebrate our one year anniversary! Don't miss it, come follow us on IG and keep an eye out for the information. Check out the links below for Angela and Tyler's Jewelry Company (Naut and Chain) and for direct links to some of our most popular episodes! Thanks for an amazing first year Fandom! Time Stamps: Catch up with your hosts: 0:00 - 25:25 Recap EP9: 25:25 - 1:45 MVP/Money Count/Fantasy/Giveaway: 1:45 - End Naut and Chain: https://www.instagram.com/nautandchain/ Suggested Episodes: Desi Williams Unplugged: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/E5CHNPhv2sb Chris 'CT' Tamburello Unplugged: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/PtdQmOhv2sb Jordan Wiseley Unplugged: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/5SlMNlG3vsb Wes Bergmann Unplugged: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/hrm4OkNv2sb Devin Walker Unplugged: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/k5VfFMUv2sb Tori Deal Unplugged: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/tXUMyxQv2sb Josh Martinez Unplugged: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/xXC3B4Gv2sb Aneesa Ferreira Unplugged: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/u4OmCyQv2sb Paulie Calafiore Unplugged: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Nyrr2wQv2sb Jenny West Unplugged: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/3K0PeMZv2sb Tyler Duckworth Unplugged: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/bRlNl0Kv2sb Marie Roda Unplugged: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/kgcAe1Kv2sb Kendal Darnell Unplugged: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Uype0jNv2sb Our Pages/FB Groups: Challenge Fandom Podcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/challengefandompodcast/ Challenge Fandom Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/Challenge_Fan_ Challenge Fandom Podcast Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@challengefandompod Challenge Fandom Podcast FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/thechallengefandompodcast CT - The Challenge FB Fan Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ctthechallenge Challenge Fandom FB Fan Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thechallengefandom Challenge Trash Talk FB Fan Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengetrashtalk TJ Lavin Fans FB Fan Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tjlavinfans+ Derrick Kosinski Fans FB Fan Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/derrickkosinskifans Cara Maria Sorbello Fans FB Fan Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/caramariasorbellofan --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thechallengefandom/support

Episode 9 of the Challenge USA starts with two players, Sarah and Danny, without the money required for the final…will they make their bank? Join host Paige and guest Dylan (Chillin with Dylan Podcast) as they break down the daily challenge, the elimination, TJ's vest, and more. Plus, has Paige changed her mind about Sarah? Find out!SHOP MERCH NOW. https://mostlikelytwopod.myshopify.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/pretty_pettyx IGhttps://www.instagram.com/mostlikelytwopod Follow Dylan on IGhttps://www.instagram.com/thedylandeckardhttps://www.instagram.com/chillinwithdylanpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/dylan.deckard Medium: https://thedylandeckard.medium.com/ Chillin with Dylan Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chillin-with-dylan/id1527920678https://open.spotify.com/show/4R0kOhESxHR8VHMAOTcAxW Manscaped: Use PETTYX20 for 20% offwww.manscaped.com Cooper & Brooke Use Code: Paige for $$ offwww.cooperandbrooke.com Special Thanks to hexbeautylab.com and BenSound.com

Desi Williams comes on the podcast with some BIG revelations to share: the truth about The Fab 5, a Challenger throwing an elimination and the difference between valuable diamonds and "everyday diamonds." Catch new episodes of The Challenge: USA on CBS and Paramount+, and send in your listener questions to Devyn and Da'Vonne with the hashtag #AskChallengeUSA. We'll see you next week for a brand new episode of MTV's Official Challenge Podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Holy sh*t, what a great episode! What up, Challenge fans? Welcome to the Final Alliance Podcast. We're going to run down everything we know about The Challenge USA: S1E9 "SNevertheless She Persisted" which premiered Wednesday on CBS and Paramount+.

What can we say about Boudicca, one of the most famous women from the ancient world? Who was she, and was she even real? Why is she still so important to us today?  Listen in as Dr. Caitlin Gillespie joins Chelsea and Melissa to discuss what we (think we) know about this powerful resistance fighter and how her actions against the imperial Roman army still resonate with modern women in the 21st century.

COM alum and Assistant Professor Dr. Stacia Sloane discusses how she turned a series of stumbling blocks into stepping stones during medical school and through her residency. 

In this mini-episode, Kimi and Christy talk resilience, persistence, growth mindset and the importance of hope in navigating adversity - all qualities Kimi's guest Shabana Basij-Rasik embodies in her drive to provide Afghan girls with a rigorous education under Taliban rule. Christy and Kimi share their own stories of persistence and the role optimism has played in helping Christy (in particular) cultivate more resilience and wellbeing. The conversation ends with a simple but impactful strategy to try next time you are faced with a challenge: Reach out! People need people, now more than ever. Sign up for Kimi and Christy's newsletter here for tools to thrive, words of wisdom, and stuff that makes you smile...straight to your inbox. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our guest this week shares her enthralling story of overcoming incredible odds. When her parents felt called to "serve the Lord" in another country, Joyce and her younger brother were abandoned in Brazil. While Joyce was able to navigate and survive the cult, her brother had a difficult time surrendering himself completely to the cult teachings. He was a rebel, and they did not like rebels. After severe and cruel punishment didn't work, he bounced around from commune to commune, eventually ending up on the streets of Brazil. Joyce shares the heart breaking story of the unforgettable events that followed and how she learned to stand on her own feet. Support the show (https://paypal.me/butterfliesandbraver?locale.x=en_US)

MJ's guest is writer and research journalist J'nai Gaither. She has worked vintages as a cellar hand at Ferrari-Carano Winery in Geyserville, CA, and Indevin New Zealand Winery in Gisborne, NZ. She has done WSET Level 3 and is currently studying for her Master of Champagne through the Wine Scholar Guild. Additionally, J'nai was one of four research journalists working on Karen MacNeil's upcoming third edition of The Wine Bible. In this episode J'nai has literally just returned from Burgundy after receiving the Becky Wasserman scholarship. MJ and she discuss her early days growing up in Chicago and how her innate ability to “zig while other people zag” has defined her journey to become a celebrated food and wine author. The discussion touches on everything from her new discoveries in Burgundy to California cult wines. J'nai shares her past experiences with racism in the tasting rooms of Napa Valley and her current joy of being an editor at Wine Enthusiast magazine. The humor, the realness and the wine banter is all at 100. Enjoy! A huge thank you to J'nai Gaither Follow her on IG at @champagneandreservationsRead her writings at: winemag.com This episode's in studio wine:Eric Rodez Blanc de Noirs Champagne Grand Cru_____________________________________________________________Until next time, cheers to the mavericks, philosophers, deep thinkers, and wine drinkers! Don't forget to subscribe and be sure to give The Black Wine Guy Experience a five-star review on whichever platform you listen to.For insider info from MJ and exclusive content from the show sign up at Blackwineguy.comFollow MJ @blackwineguy Thank you to our sponsor: Paso Robles Wine Country. Paso Robles is a region with so many diverse microclimates that allows for a stunning array of grapes to thrive in. It's made up of over 200 family-owned wineries, making a beautiful variety of wines. Learn more at https://pasowine.com/Tune in to their podcast Where the Wine Takes You - which explores the people, places and wines of Paso Robles Wine Country! https://pasowine.com/where-wine-takes-you/ Huge shout out to our sponsor: 56 Degree Wines. Are you looking for extraordinary new wines that have been tasted and approved by professionals with over 40 years combined experience? Then you have to check out 56degreewine.com. Joe Bembry and his grand crew at the shop do all the heavy lifting for you by vetting every wine on their shelves. Authentic, Artisanal wines. https://www.56degreewine.com/ Love this podcast? Love the cool content? Get a producer like mine by reaching out to the badass team at Necessary Media. www.necessarymediaproductions.com@necessary_media_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today (November 25th 2021) is The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. To increase awareness of the domestic violence prevalent in all communities, Penny McKay, graduate of The Fight Back Project, asked me if we could share her story today. I want to make it very clear that Penny asked me if she could share her story in the hope that it might help someone listening. I do not and will not ever ask my clients to share their stories, this was her choice. Please also note that this episode comes with a trigger warning and know that we do discuss a cult, abuse, rape and other potentially triggering topics. Please be kind to yourself and listen at your pace, if you like. Not only is Penny a survivor, she is an advocate and diversity and inclusion advisor with qualifications in psychology, disaster recovery, gender and development and currently completing her masters in women's and gender studies at Flinders University. Penny and Georgia discuss: Penny's story from growing up in a cult, to being sexually assaulted as a teenager, being raped by a trusted partner, and the impact on her nervous system throughout her journey. Why Penny googled ‘trauma informed kickboxing' Penny's experience with The Fight Back Project and what makes it trauma informed to her. How The Fight Back Project has impacted Penny Why kickboxing can be helpful for survivors, rather than harmful as many people assume. What the patriarchy is, how it contributes to abuse and how ‘choice' leads to empowerment Penny's work you did with women in prison who used force Overfunctioning vs underfunctioning in response to anxiety or stress The lack of affirmative consent laws and how our legal system perpetuates violence. Instagram: voiceofsmallchange Twitter: smallchange__ Website www.voiceofsmallchange.com Resources: https://blueknot.org.au/ https://1800respect.org.au https://qlife.org.au/ https://mhfa.com.au/ Cover photo by instagram: joel_adams

**Trigger warning**In the context of discussion linked to mental health, issues of domestic abuse, trauma, and suicidal ideation are raised in this week's episode. Please listen with caution and an open heart. Whilst the conversation is based in deep empathy, a desire to raise awareness, and to be of service, I understand that some people may be confronted by this content.  Please reach out to myself or Evie (privately) via our platforms if you feel inclined. We may not have all the answers, but we will listen and share our personal experiences to guide you on your own personal journey.Shan

MJ's guest today is Master Sommelier, Award-winning TV host and Author, Andrea Robinson. Andrea is one of only 28 women in the world to hold the title of Master Sommelier. Andrea is the first woman designated as Best Sommelier in the United States by the Sommelier Society of America. She is the author of four top-selling books on wine and food, a 3-time James Beard Award winner and award-winning lifestyle television host. She was named Outstanding Wine & Spirits Professional by the James Beard Foundation in 2002 and was selected by Bon Appetit Magazine as Wine & Spirits Professional of The Year in 2004. Andrea and her husband John are creators of a line of wine stemware called The ONE (™). Andrea has created innovative and award-winning wine and education programs for fine dining restaurants at Starwood Hotels and as a Dean of the International Culinary Center culinary school in New York City (of which she is a chef graduate). Andrea now curates Delta Air Lines' wine program (since 2007) and consults for Norwegian Cruise Line.Growing up in Texas, Southern Indiana, North Dakota and Florida, Andrea's childhood certainly prepared her for her life post college. Her resilience to change and new surroundings, and the desire to try new things, created the Andrea Robinson that you see today. MJ and she discuss her time from Morgan Stanley to harvesting at Chateau Palmer, her formal cooking and wine pairing education at the International Culinary Center, being the first woman beverage director at Windows on the World to bringing Napa Valley to Fine Living Network.The sweetest woman in the world, gives us a window into hers. Settle in with a Riesling, as we did, and enjoy this episode with Mrs. Andrea Robinson.A huge thank you to Andrea Robinson!Follow him on IG @andrearobinsonmsThis episode's in studio wine:2018 Trestle 31 Riesling, Finger Lakes______________________________________________________________Until next time, cheers to the mavericks, philosophers, deep thinkers and wine drinkers! Don't forget to subscribe and be sure to give The Black Wine Guy Experience a five-star review on whichever platform you listen to.For insider info from MJ and exclusive content from the show sign up at Blackwineguy.comFollow MJ @blackwineguy Thank you to our sponsor Skurnik Wine and Spirits, one of the most trusted names in wine for the past 30 plus years. Check them out: https://www.skurnik.com/ Love this podcast? Love the cool content? Get a producer like mine by reaching out to the badass team at Necessary Media. www.necessarymediaproductions.com@necessary_media_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

B Side (Brooke): We've all heard the jokes that there's no one better at research than a woman on a mission, that's especially when trying to solve the murder of her best friend. A Side (Adam): "That guy from that show" is back...kinda, it's the first ever "that girl from that show!" --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/aside-bside/support

Experience Rabba Sara Hurwitz unplugged. In this episode we will be discussing obstacles she has faced, lessons she has learned along the way, and how she maintains a positive attitude through it all. You won't want to miss the season finale and Rabba Sara like you've never heard her before.

In this episode, Rita Dieckman shares her story in coming to the United States from Columbia, why Billie Holiday is one of her favorite jazz artists and the importance of never giving up!  Rita is an IT Business Systems Manager at the Orlando Magic with over 20 years experience in Information Technology.Prior to joining the Orlando Magic, Rita had worked for Datamax O’Neil in Orlando, Nortel Networks, Photon Dynamics and other startup companies in Silicon Valley.She holds an AAS in Mechanical Technology from Union College in N.J. and a BS degree in Industrial Technology from Kean University in N.J., and Data Communication Program at University of UC Santa Cruz Extension, CA and several other certificate programs related to technology.

Nevertheless She Persisted - with Jo Dolby, Rebekah Gibson, Jill Rowe and Danielle Welch by Oasis Church Waterloo

Have a great week ahead and thank you for listening.Email: wecantbetheonlyones1@gmail.comFollow us on IG:Show: @wecantbetheonlyonesMs. Gail: @spiritfilled7Bee: @aintthatboutabee

In this episode, Adena and Kara talk to Kristy Carter, author and principal investigator of a newly released study about women of color business owners and entrepreneurs in Arkansas. The research was conducted by the University of Central Arkansas and the report commissioned by the Women's Foundation of Arkansas. Women of color open businesses at extraordinary rates. The qualitative study explores why. This episode's Turn to Your Neighbor feature is Shunqetta Cunningham, the CEO and Lead Grant Strategist of KHARIS Grants and Services. She also leads a group for Black women entrepreneurs called Over A Cup. Shunqetta  is one of the featured women in the study. Patricia Ashanti is the Founder and CEO of Delta Circles, Inc. As a native of Helena, Arkansas, she has always recognized the need for community service and had a desire to help families thrive. Delta Circles is a nonprofit organization providing programs and opportunities to challenge the way Black women think about themselves, their finances, and their businesses. Her WIN program is modeled after an African practice called susu. CONNECT WITH BLACKBELT VOICESFollow @BlackbeltVoices on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Share your thoughts about this episode and all things Black + Southern on social media using the hashtag #BlackbeltVoices.Support other indie Black podcasts! Listen to You Had Me at Black wherever you get your podcasts. CREDITS AND SPECIAL THANKSEdited and produced by: Katrina Dupins and Prentice Dupins Jr.Music: Prentice Dupins Jr.Logo Design: Kara Darling CreativeThe Blackbelt Voices podcast is a production of Blackbelt Media LLC. 

J’onn is injured and Lena and MonEl have been taken hostage. Supergirl and what remains of her team must make a tenuous alliance with Lillian Luthor and her Cyborg. The Earth is running out of time. Queen Rhea of Daxam wants to claim this planet for her people. Why is she holding Lena Luthor against her will? She needs a princess for her prince. A bridge to unite the people of Earth with the remaining Daxamites. She even has harvested genetic material to create a baby that would be a hybrid of Lena and her son. The Supergirl team tries to exploit Daxamites natural intolerance of lead to drive them away. If they saturate the entire atmosphere with the mineral Mon El can not come home to Kara. The cannon that was their only other option has been destroyed. Alex and the DEO must keep evolving their strategies as the hostile takeover reaches a fever pitch. The Man of Steel swoops in and it seems like the tide is turning in the heroes favor. The Queen uses silver kryptonite to make Clark believe he is fighting his arch enemy General Zod. In reality Superman is locked in battle with Supergirl! Nevertheless she persisted. Kara is stronger then he is. She is our Paragon of Hope. Join Silver Vox and Green Butterfly as we watch Supergirl face the fight of her life and the sacrifice of her love. She will persevere. She is our Maid of Steel.

Join Silver Vox and Green Butterfly as we watch Supergirl face the fight of her life and the sacrifice of her love. She will persevere. She is our Maid of Steel. Read more... The post MOS 131 – Favorite Episodes #11: “Resist” and “Nevertheless She Persisted” appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Knitting and fitness in 30 min or less.  Shownotes can be found at windsweptknits.com.  You can find me on IG and Ravelry as WindsweptMonique and on Facebook and Twitter as WindsweptKnits. Ep 90 recorded 1/22/21 Segments this week include: Be A Helper Craftalaong, FOs, Wips, Stash, Spinning, Out and About Virtually, On the Run Note on Ravelry – all links to Ravelry are clearly labelled as such – if a link does not say Ravelry, it does not go to Ravelry.  Links to yarn are directly to manufacturer’s pages and should be safe for those still having rav accessibility issues.  So it’s been a month since I last recorded and what a month it’s been.  2021 definitely told 2020, “hey hold my beer”.  With all the craziness happening the last few weeks here in the US and the terror attacks on the Capitol Building I had thought of skipping the Be A Helper Craft-a-long this year because my anxiety levels were hovering around vibrating-chihuahua-on-espresso for a while there, but after some reflection I think that we need it now more than ever. Welcome to our 5th annual craftalong! Inspired by the famous Mr Rogers quote that in times of trouble you should look for the helpers, I'm encouraging folks to BE the helpers.Be A Helper Craftalong5th Be A Helper Craft-a-long has begun! We keep the rules simple.• Anything you make for any charity counts, doesn’t have to be knit/crochet/woven or spun. ANYthing you make for ANY charity.• One FO submission of the Google Form https://forms.gle/QdJuQUSr8uM7GoiF6• Donating blood counts too • Google Form closes when I wake up April 15th.• Wips are welcome One change this year - due to the ongoing accessibility issues at Ravelry, finished objects can be submitted via a Google Form.  I have pages set up to share your beautiful work on Ravelry, but if you want to win a prize, please submit the Google Form. I will link to the Google Form repeatedly over the net few months here in the shownotes, on Ravelry, on IG, on FB and anywhere else I can think to post so you'll be able to find the link when you're ready to submit. Link to submit your Finished Object/blood donation: https://forms.gle/QdJuQUSr8uM7GoiF6 FOs Tan House Brook Shawl (Ravelry) – this is a pattern by Jennifer Lassonde of Down Cellar Studios in the Sekhment base, an alpaca/silk/linen yarn from A Hundred Ravens in the Nevertheless She Persisted colorway that I bought during the virtual Maryland Sheep and Wool.  I’m doing a few rows each week The Opposite of Strict (Ravelry) hat by That Metzbower Girl Designs and it’s a ponytail hat designed to use scraps.  I used up the leftovers from the two RBG Dissent Cowls I made earlier this fall. Princess Blanket by Carol Hladik – wearable crochet blanket.   WIPs Wenlock (Ravelery) from Tin Can Knits.   Knitting done.  Need to weave in ends Galliatt (Ravelry) by JimiKnits – pattern also available on LoveCrafts, using discontinued Longmeadow by Webs.  I finished the front and am about 7” in to the back Willowbrook Shawl (Ravelry) – pattern by Brenda Castiel in my own handspun cotton.  Fiber from HipStrings.  I used 2 braids, pulled apart the colors, spun them in rainbow order then chainplied it to maintain the rainbow.  I am nearing the end of orange – there’s a lot of orange. Pull Me Over sweater – This was my Christmas Day cast on, though I haven’t picked it up at all since then!  Pattern by Andrea Black, using leftover Universal Yarns cotton that are leftovers from knitting my husband a sweater many, many years ago.  Slice of Summer (Ravelry) – my New Year’s caston using BaH yarns shawl ball Ozone crochet top (Ravelry) – restarted it now that my crochet skills are better; already half way through the band of hexies that go around your ribcage Stash My family got me a subscription to Hipstrings Cotton Club!  I am so happy to be a member again, I looooove her colorways.  I got 2 2-oz braids (technically it was the December shipment) that are beautiful blends of purple, blue, brown, mauve and brown called Moody and On the Horizon.  I’m thinking of pulling these 2 apart and making a chain ply, but not sure. For Christmas I got 3 colors of Nomad Yarn’s hand-dyed Gelato series.  This time I got the green, blue and purple to go with the pink, orange and yellow that I bought during a virtual fiber event last summer.  Now I have a whole gorgeous rainbow and I need to decide what to do with it! Spinning Buchanan Fiber gradient spin – the 4th color is done and plied I’ve been spinning 10 min a day Out and About Virtually Lots of fiber events happening online this winter Pigskin Party now through the Superbowl Ravelry Group  I’m sponsoring for the 3rd year and also participating. Vogue Knitting Live Upcoming Vogue Knitting Live @ Home Feb 11-14, Mar18-21.  I got tickets for my birthday am taking classes with Bristol Ivy and Alisdair Post-Quinn and I’m very excited. Stitches At Home Feb 5-7 GGKCS podcast is running their annual winter craftaong starting now through the end of Feb 2021, more details on their Facebook page. Spa 2021 is virtual, sign up for their mailing list for further details. If you have any events you’d like me to share please email me windsweptmonique@gmail.com   On the Run We took our annual New Year’s Day hike.  It’s normally a big group event in our town – groups of 30-ish people led by a guide on trails in our town.  Of course it was a bit different this year.  We hiked by ourselves on a new-to-us trail behind our local agricultural high school.  Lovely trail plus the kids loved seeing the cows and horses.  Other people on the trail but everyone maintained a safe distance and wore masks. Belly dancing - great for bad knees and so much fun!  

Knitting and Running in 30 min or less.  Shownotes can be found at windsweptknits.com.  You can find me on IG and Ravelry as WindsweptMonique and on Facebook and Twitter as WindsweptKnits. Ep 89 recorded 12/3/20 Segments this week include: FOs, Wips, Out and About Virtually, On the Run Note on Ravelry – all links to Ravelry are clearly labelled as such – if a link does not say Ravelry, it does not go to Ravelry.  Links to yarn are directly to manufacturer’s pages and should be safe for those still having rav accessibility issues.  FOs I ended up with lots of FOs this week because I finished my Christmas gift knitting!   The Acadian Shawl (Ravelry), a Christmas gift for my mom in the approximate colors of the Acadian Flag (nous sommes fiere d’etre Acadienne!)  I’m using the Goldberry crochet pattern and working it in blue, white and red with accents of yellow.  I’ve put a photo of the Acadian flag in the shownotes so you can see it. Star Wars scarf (Ravelry) for Thing 1 – One section left, plan to finish later today.  Still loving the new hexagonal needles from Indian Lake Artisans.  I’m using Truboo by Lion Brand, a 100% bamboo yarn in white and dark gray.  Pattern is a series of free charts by Jessica Goddard. Thing 1 Dragon Blanket (Ravelry) – all the pieces are finished, I just need to assemble it.   WIPs Tan House Brook Shawl (Ravelry) – this is a pattern by Jennifer Lassonde of Down Cellar Studios in the Sekhment base, an alpaca/silk/linen yarn from A Hundred Ravens in the Nevertheless She Persisted colorway that I bought during the virtual Maryland Sheep and Wool.  I’m doing a few rows each week Wenlock (Ravelery) from Tin Can Knits.  I used a bunch of scraps in pink, white and yellow for the star pattern at the top, now I’m on to the body and I’ve using a variegated yarn, Cayenne by Feza Yarns, in cool-toned peach-pink-green variegated colorway. Started a new winter tunic for myself, Galliatt (Ravelry) by JimiKnits – pattern also available on LoveCrafts Started a new hat as part of the Fasten Off YAL (more on that a little later), the hat is The Opposite of Strict (Ravelry) by That Metzbower Girl Designs and it’s a ponytail hat designed to use scraps.  I’m using up the leftovers from the two RBG Dissent Cowls I made earlier this fall. Out and About Virtually Lots of fiber events happening online this winter The first-ever Fasten Off YAL is going on right now.  It’s an inclusive yarn-a-long for anyone to join.  It is NOT being run on Ravelry so it’s safe to join for those of you having issues with the new site.  There’s a website, a Facebook group, a Discord server to chat on and you can post on IG with the hashtag #fastenoffyal  More than 90 knit and crochet designers from around the globe are participating.  All the included designs are 25% off through 12/5 using code FO2020 and the crafalong portion runs through 12/31/20.  Pigskin Party now through the Superbowl Ravelry Group  I’m sponsoring for the 3rd year and also participating. Vogue Knitting Live Upcoming Vogue Knitting Live @ Home events will be Dec 10-13, and Jan 14-17.  I will be attending the January VKL Stitches At Home December 5,6,12,13. GGKCS podcast is running their annual winter craftaong starting now through the end of Feb 2021, more details on their Facebook page. If you have any events you’d like me to share please email me windsweptmonique@gmail.com   On the Run I was doing really well then I tweaked my knee again last Saturday.  Meh.  Lots of icing and ibuprofen and I’m staying off it as much as possible.  It’s starting to be less cranky.  

The ninth century was a time of trial for many Christians in the eastern Roman empire, the lands today remembered as Byzantium. Once an empire stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to Palestine, Byzantium was in the early stages a steady decline of influence that ultimately ended in their extinction.It had been in the 7th century that the rift between east and west began to take solid form. The Council of Trullo, accepted by the east but rejected by the west, codified many of the variant practices between east and west such as the celibacy of priests and the use of unleavened bread in the eucharist. And it wasn’t far into the future that this rift would become permanent.It was also in the 7th century that Islam took control of large amounts of territory in northern Africa and the Middle East, including the Holy Lands, that was previously under Byzantine control.Moreover, it was during the 8th and 9th century that the iconoclast controversy showed persecution of the Church, especially the monastic communities, by the Byzantine state.After centuries as the lead religion in the eastern Roman empire, the Church began to feel persecuted. The alliance between the Roman government and the Byzantine Church was proving to be temporary and unstable.It is in the midst of these trials, monks at the Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai in Egypt, deep in the heart of the Islamic empire, were granted a vision which led them to find the incorrupt body of St. Katherine the All-Wise of Alexandria, who lived and died in the pre-Christian, early 4th century empire, and had been buried centuries earlier on the mountain. The Egyptian monks were living in an un-Christian world after centuries of living in a Christian empire, and here was St. Katherine, a hero from another time, a time before there was a Christian empire. Likely because so many Byzantine Christians could see themselves in her story, the life of St. Katherine quickly became one of the most popular saints of all time. To this day the Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai is referred to at St. Katherine’s, Mount Sinai itself is labelled on maps as Mount Saint Catherine, and Katherine remains one of our most popular saint’s names.The story of St. Katherine reads almost like a fairy tale. We all know the outline of this story. It goes something like this: “Once upon a time a beautiful princess, nearly perfect in every way, was trying to find her perfect prince. The princess caught the attention of an evil ruler whose authority is threatened by her in some way and he tries to kill her. Ultimately, her perfect prince arrives on the scene, saves her, and they live happily ever after.” Sound familiar? Listen for these tropes in the story of St. Katherine. They are all there. Some of them are spot on. And others are turned on their head to show their absurdity in the face of Christian truth.St. Katherine is said to have been the most beautiful princess in all the lands surrounding Alexandria in Egypt. She is also said to have been very well-educated. This is not as strange as it sounds. Middle eastern culture at the time was actually relatively progressive, allowing women to be educated, own property, and have legal standing in ways that were not permitted in Greco-Roman society. Add this to her aristocratic roots and you can see where she might have had access to one of the greatest educations the world had to offer. In fact, her home Alexandria, famous as once being the home of one the greatest libraries in the world, was still largely considered the home to the world’s most influential thinkers. To be educated in Alexandria at that time would being educated at Oxford or Harvard today.So Katherine was beautiful and smart, and the as the story goes she could not find a man worthy of her. Princes from around the world sought her hand, but she had no interest in them. They doubtless told her that she was beautiful and said how much they appreciated her wisdom, but she remained unimpressed. She told her parents that until they could find a man as handsome and wise as she, she would prefer to remain unmarried. This was, of course, a worry for her mother and father who strongly desired for her to get married.Now Katherine’s mother was a secret Christian. At this crossroads in her life she sought council at a nearby monastery. The abbot invited her to bring Katherine to see him. Katherine speaks with the Abbot about her decision not to wed any who are not her equal in beauty and wisdom. The abbot does not scold her for her pride and arrogance or insist that she be obedient to her mother and father. Instead the abbot takes this opening to tell her that he knows of just such a prince and that he thinks he might be able to introduce them, though it might take a little work. Katherine is intrigued by this potential solution to her dilemma and agrees to whatever work might be necessary. The abbot offers her an icon of the Theotokos, tells her to pray to the icon unceasingly, and that if she does this the Theotokos will lead her to the promised wise and powerful prince.We are not told how Katherine feels about this task she has been given to do, but we are told that she prays all night to the icon until finally, in a dream, the Theotokos speaks. Mary says to the child in her arms, “Behold your handmaiden, Katherine.” And what do you think happens? Remember the many courtiers and all the praise they had heaped upon Katherine? The Christ-child does the exact opposite. He turns his head away from her in disgust, saying, “She is filthy and ignorant. I will have nothing to do with her.” Katherine was taken aback by this greeting. She returns to the abbot and relates her vision. The abbot explains that Christ is indeed the prince of whom he had spoken, but that this prince sees her interior rather than her exterior and that she has much work to do in her heart before she can be truly married to this prince.Inspired by this challenge, Katherine becomes a catechumen, studies, and is ultimately baptized, becoming a Christian. We are told that sometime after this, Katherine had a second vision where Christ again appeared to her, this time gifting her a ring, and that from that time forward she lived as if she were betrothed to Christ. Notice how this turns the fairy tale trope of the perfect princess marrying the perfect prince on its head. All Christians are called to find their true love and support in Christ alone. Spouses can help with this, but they are not the answer to all of life’s problems.One day after this the emperor came to visit Alexandria and in celebration of his arrival sacrifices to the Roman gods were ordered to be made by all. Many of the Christians refused to participate, and those that were caught resisting were tortured. This stirred Katherine’s conscience and she knew that as royalty she would be allowed to speak out in a way than the other Christians would not. And so she made her way to the court to confront the emperor about his treatment of her fellow Christians.Katherine is ultimately allowed to stand before the emperor, where she shows all due respect, prostrating herself before the emperor, before confessing her own Christianity and asking the emperor to cease his persecutions. Katherine goes on to recount to the emperor how many of the philosophers of the Greco-Roman tradition themselves reviled the Gods and how others considered them merely allegories, attempting to show that Christians were not alone in this notion.We are told that because of her eloquence that the emperor was speechless in response. But instead of learning from Katherine, he saw Katherine as a threat. Why was she a threat? For one of the simplest reasons. As Christ foretold, “It is easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.” The emperor was in love with his wealth and power, and Christians were a threat to his power. Christians did not honor the emperor as a god, but rather worshiped Jesus Christ as their Lord and God. Christians did not respect class or power, but rather masters and slaves ate at table together. In this way Katherine was a prime example of the threat of Christianity, a wealthy patrician willing to risk persecution on behalf of the poor.Rather than stop the persecutions, the emperor insisted that every philosopher in the region try to win this argument with Katherine. And remember this was Alexandria – there were philosophers on every corner! And so we are told that scores of them came out to debate with Katherine.We are also told that she bested all of them. And, of course, her strong comportment was in many ways due to her education. You could say God had been preparing her for this moment even before she knew who He was. In one of the versions of the story the Angel Michael visits Katherine before her ordeal and tells her that the Lord will give her the strength and wisdom to endure. Again, it is not a white knight on his steed who sweeps in to save her, but it is the Lord who gives her what she needs to face the emperor.But I want to tell you something more. Each of us are given opportunities to speak about our faith and we can often keep silent because we feel unprepared. I want to tell you that I don’t think she simply outsmarted these men. The truth is that these philosophers could throw facts and theories and histories and traditions at her until they were blue in the face, but none of that mattered. Katherine was not defending a theory or a tradition, she was witnessing to a personal experience. She had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and no philosophical theory can assail that. So, pray. Purify your heart. If you have a relationship with your Lord and God and Savior, when you come to these moments in your life, He will give you the words to say. And I’m telling you right now the words will not be about Trinitarian dogma or the two natures of Christ. They will be words of understanding, love, and compassion. These are the words that lead others to Christ. Katherine herself was not converted by dogmas. She was converted by a personal encounter with Christ.We are told that not only does Katherine withstand all of the philosophers, but that many of them were converted by her testimony. This infuriates the emperor and he orders Katherine thrown in prison and all of the converted philosophers to be killed. While Katherine is in prison, we are told that she is visited by the emperor’s wife and the captain of the royal guard. Katherine’s patient endurance of affliction is an inspiration to both the empress and the captain of the guard. Both are converted, along with a large number of the royal guard. We see here even more than before that Katherine’s witness is not her educated words but rather her life itself. She is able to be a witness to the power of Christ by willingly accepting persecution on behalf of the truth, just as her Lord had done centuries before. Imperial power always amounts to the power to prevent or bestow Death. The Lord of Life has overcome Death.Orthodox theologian John Behr suggests that in the early Church it was understood that we would only become fully human as we united ourselves to Christ in the act of martyrdom. Among others, he sites St. Ignatius who wrote as he journeyed toward his own martyrdom that, “It is better for me to die in Christ Jesus than to be king over the ends of the earth. I seek him who died for our sake. I desire him who rose for us. Birth-pangs are upon me. Suffer me, my brethren….Suffer me to receive the pure light; when I shall have arrived there, I shall be a human being. Suffer me to follow the example of the passion of my God.” St. Ignatius sees himself as becoming fully human as he approaches his death where he will unite himself to Christ.We are born slave or free, rich and poor, citizen or foreigner, male or female. We are born divided from one another in a million different ways. But we are all called to unity in Christ. And this unity is gained not by force, but by humility. And this humility will often include acceptance of persecution, for in this world it is common to persecute those who are different. But as Christians we are called to react to this hate and anger with love and patience and prayer. Thus both St. Ignatius and St. Katherine transcend their stations in life and become no longer partially human, but rather fully human in Christ. St. Katherine’s peaceful acceptance of tribulation, her willingness to use her status as royalty to defend her fellow Alexandrians, rather than hide herself away safety as she surely could have, is a witness to the fact that death holds no sway over her. She is not afraid of death at the hand of the Emperor, her emperor has overcome death.Of course when the emperor discovers his wife and his guards have become Christians, he orders them tortured and killed. And he is about at his wits end with Katherine. He makes two more attempts at winning this battle. First he offers her a place at his side as the new empress. Like Christ in the wilderness, Katherine refuses this temptation to rule the world. And so then the emperor threatens to torture Katherine on a specially devised wheel. The wheel is described in some pretty gruesome detail that I won’t go into here – this particular princess story probably wouldn’t get a G rating – but Katherine shows courage and just as she is about to be put upon the wheel it is miraculously destroyed. It is this wheel of torture that is often seen beside St. Katherine in many of her icons. At this point, the emperor sees that his arguments, his tortures, imprisonment, and bribery are all impotent in the face of Katherine’s faith and love for her Lord. Moreover, all of his efforts have served to convert many of his most loyal servants to Christianity. And so, with his plans ultimately frustrated, the emperor finally orders Katherine to be beheaded. And what is a display of the emperors greatest power is remembered as his ultimate failure. The emperor had done everything he could to separate St. Katherine from her betrothed, but instead he brought the two together for all the world to see.We do not today face threats to life and limb for practicing our faith. Nonetheless Christian values such as charity, patience, kindness, humility, are often under assault. Acts of charity and kindness are ridiculed. Acts of patience and humility are taken as signs of weakness. In this context, the story of St. Katherine can be an inspiration to each of us. Each of us will be given opportunities to bear crosses in the name of our Lord. And every cross that is put before us is an opportunity to show our Christian distinction. When we bear our trials in patience and love rather than in anger, we stand out as different from those around us. And while we can be sure that many will react like the emperor and take the opportunity to attack us, there will also be those who are looking on that begin to wonder where our strength of conviction comes from. And we will be given the opportunity to share with them our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ, so that they too might have life with Him unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Knitting and Running in 30 min or less.  Shownotes can be found at windsweptknits.com.  You can find me on IG and Ravelry as WindsweptMonique and on Facebook and Twitter as WindsweptKnits. Ep 88 recorded 11/20/20 Segments this week include: FOs, Wips, Spinning, Out and About, On the Run Note on Ravelry – all links to Ravelry are clearly labelled as such – if a link does not say Ravelry, it does not go to Ravelry.  Links to yarn are directly to manufacturer’s pages and should be safe for those still having rav accessibility issues.  WIPs The Acadian Shawl (Ravelry), a Christmas gift for my mom in the approximate colors of the Acadian Flag (nous sommes fiere d’etre Acadienne!)  I’m using the Goldberry crochet pattern and working it in blue, white and red with accents of yellow.  I’ve put a photo of the Acadian flag in the shownotes so you can see it. Star Wars scarf (Ravelry) for Thing 1 – One section left, plan to finish later today.  Still loving the new hexagonal needles from Indian Lake Artisans.  I’m using Truboo by Lion Brand, a 100% bamboo yarn in white and dark gray.  Pattern is a series of free charts by Jessica Goddard. Tan House Brook Shawl (Ravelry) -  in the Sekhment base, an alpaca/silk/linen yarn from A Hundred Ravens in the Nevertheless She Persisted colorway that I bought during the virtual Maryland Sheep and Wool.  I’m doing a few rows each week Thing 1 Dragon Blanket (Ravelry) – all the pieces are finished, I just need to assemble it. Ankle socks (Ravelry) – just about to the heel turn.  Knitting in CoBaSi by Hikoo. New WIP, Wenlock (Ravelery) from Tin Can Knits.  I used a bunch of scraps in pink, white and yellow for the star pattern at the top, now I’m on to the body and I’ve using a variegated yarn, Cayenne by Feza Yarns, in cool-toned peach-pink-green variegated colorway. Spinning Continuing on the last color of my gradient spin so I can count it towards the Pigskin party.  I’m spinning 5 minutes a day, or every other day.  Slow and steady getting back to using the injured leg.   Out and About Lots of fiber events happening online this fall Pigskin Party now through the Superbowl Ravelry Group  I’m sponsoring for the 3rd year and also participating. Vogue Knitting Live Upcoming Vogue Knitting Live events will be Dec 10-13, and Jan 14-17.  I almost always attend Vogue Live NYC every January, it’s usually a birthday present from my family as it’s often right around my birthday weekend.  This year it’s the weekend after so I’ll probably attend the January event. Stitches At Home December 5,6,12,13. If you have any events you’d like me to share please email me windsweptmonique@gmail.com   On the Run Still not running, but I am biking regularly! 

Knitting and Running in 30 min or less.  Shownotes can be found at windsweptknits.com.  You can find me on IG and Ravelry as WindsweptMonique and on Facebook and Twitter as WindsweptKnits. Ep 87 recorded 11/13/20 Segments this week include: FOs, Wips, Spinning, Out and About, On the Run Note on Ravelry – all links to Ravelry are clearly labelled as such – if a link does not say Ravelry, it does not go to Ravelry.  Links to yarn are directly to manufacturer’s pages and should be safe for those still having rav accessibility issues.  Lots of stress knitting the last week, so I have MULTIPLE FOs! FOs Dumpster Fire ornament 1 (Ravelry) & ornament 2 (Ravelry) both made in CoBaSi by Hikoo, a blend of cotton, silk, bamboo and nylon.  It’s arguably my favorite fingering weight yarn – makes great socks and tank tops.  Pattern by Mary Hull of Kino Knits. Thing 2 hitchiker (Ravelry) – a DK hitchhiker scarf for Thing 2, out of big box store cotton yarn from Michaels.  It’s done and blocked and I accidentally left it out after photographing it and Thing 2 told me how much he LOVED the yarn lol.  Good kid, it’s for you! Dissent Cowl 2 (Ravelry) – this is a Christmas gift for a very knitworthy friend.  I’m using some ancient stash and I’ve about halfway through the necklace portion of the cowl. WIPs New WIP, what I am calling the Acadian Shawl (Ravelry), a Christmas gift for my mom in the approximate colors of the Acadian Flag (nous sommes fiere d’etre Acadienne!)  I’m using the Goldberry crochet pattern and working it in blue, white and red with accents of yellow.  I’ve put a photo of the Acadian flag in the shownotes so you can see it. Star Wars scarf (Ravelry) for Thing 1 – more than halfway through the last chart!  I’m about 7/8 of the way through.  Still loving the new hexagonal needles from Indian Lake Artisans.  I’m using Truboo by Lion Brand, a 100% bamboo yarn in white and dark gray.  Pattern is a series of free charts by Jessica Goddard. Tan House Brook Shawl (Ravelry) -  in the Sekhment base, an alpaca/silk/linen yarn from A Hundred Ravens in the Nevertheless She Persisted colorway that I bought during the virtual Maryland Sheep and Wool.  I’m on the 2nd set of eyelet rows, almost to the 2nd set of textured stitches. Thing 1 Dragon Blanket (Ravelry) – the second Christmas Snap The Dragon Blanket, this one from my older son.  Using deep stash acrylic. Knitting Fail I still have a hard time reading crochet.  Spinning Still no success at a distaff, but I have spun a little more of the Tussah Silk from Pinestar Studios in Maine on my Akerworks drop spindle. Started the last color of my gradient spin so I can count it towards the Pigskin party Out and About Lots of fiber events happening online this fall Pigskin Party now through the Superbowl Ravelry Group  I’m sponsoring for the 3rd year and also participating. Vogue Knitting Live Upcoming Vogue Knitting Live events will be Nov 12-15, Dec 10-13, and Jan 14-17.  I almost always attend Vogue Live NYC every January, it’s usually a birthday present from my family as it’s often right around my birthday weekend.  This year it’s the weekend after so I’ll probably attend the January event. Stitches At Home December 5,6,12,13. If you have any events you’d like me to share please email me windsweptmonique@gmail.com   On the Run Still not running, but I’m biking! 

Knitting and Running in 30 min or less.  Shownotes can be found at windsweptknits.com.  You can find me on IG and Ravelry as WindsweptMonique and on Facebook and Twitter as WindsweptKnits. Ep 85 recorded 10/23/20 Segments this week include: Be a Helper Craft-a-long prep, Wips, Spinning, Stash, Out and About, On the Run Note on Ravelry – all links to Ravelry are clearly labelled as such – if a link does not say Ravelry, it does not go to Ravelry.  Links to yarn are directly to manufacturer’s pages and should be safe for those still having rav accessibility issues.  Be a Helper Craftalong For those of you who are new to the podcast, every winter I run the Be A Helper Craftalong, inspired by famous quote from Mister Rogers, that in times of troubles to look for the helpers.  This charity-focused craftalong urges people to BE the helper.  The rules are very simple: Anything you make for any charity counts, doesn’t have to be knit/crochet. ANYthing you make for ANY charity. One entry per FO Donating blood counts too - post a photo of your bandaid or of you drinking OJ afterwards, something like that. Wips are welcome First up I’d like to talk to you all quickly about the schedule for this year’s craftalong.   Secondly, I will have to adjust how I run the event and track FOs since Ravelry is not safe for everyone to use.   WIPs Star Wars scarf (Ravelry) for Thing 1 – finished the Death Star and all of Chart 2!  Still loving the new hexagonal needles from Indian Lake Artisans.  I’m using Truboo by Lion Brand, a 100% bamboo yarn in white and dark gray. Thing 2 hitchiker (Ravelry) – a DK hitchhiker scarf for Thing 2, out of big box store cotton yarn from Michaels.  It’s still my car knitting and knitting a row or 2 most days. Ankle socks (Ravelry) – Still on the 2nd sock getting closer to the heel.  I’m in physical therapy and have been working on it a little before each appointment. Tan House Brook Shawl (Ravelry) -  in the Sekhment base, an alpaca/silk/linen yarn from A Hundred Ravens in the Nevertheless She Persisted colorway that I bought during the virtual Maryland Sheep and Wool.  I’m on the 2nd set of eyelet rows, almost to the 2nd set of textured stitches. Willowbrook Shawl (Ravelry) – by Brenda Castiel in my own handspun cotton. I spun this yarn with fiber from fiber from Hipstrings with this shawl in mind last June during Pride month. I’ve finished the pinks and am on the red in the rainbow handspun. Dissent Cowl 2 (Ravelry) – this is a Christmas gift for a very knitworthy friend.  I’m using some ancient stash and I’ve finished the first dots section and have reached the color band. Spinning Still no success at a distaff, but I have spun a little more of the Tussah Silk from Pinestar Studios in Maine Out and About Virtual Rhinebeck – this past weekend.  Lots of fiber events happening online this fall Pigskin Party now through the Superbowl Ravelry Group  I’m sponsoring for the 3rd year and also participating. Vogue Knitting Live Upcoming Vogue Knitting Live eve nts will be Nov 12-15, Dec 10-13, and Jan 14-17.  I almost always attend Vogue Live NYC every January, it’s usually a birthday present from my family as it’s often right around my birthday weekend.  This year it’s the weekend after so I’ll probably attend the January event. Stitches Expo at Home – Nov 6-8 If you have any events you’d like me to share please email me windsweptmonique@gmail.com   On the Run Had an MRI, fun times.   Stress fracture is healing though the knee itself is still swollen and sore.  No walking for quite a while yet.  But once I’m back on my feet I will continue the 100 Mile challenge I was part of.

Ep 84 Knitting and injuries in 30 minutes or less because even in a pandemic we’re all still busy Segments this week include: FOs, Wips, Stash, Out and About, On the Run Note on Ravelry – all links to Ravelry are clearly labelled as such – if a link does not say Ravelry, it does not go to Ravelry.  Links to yarn are directly to manufacturer’s pages and should be safe for those still having rav accessibility issues.  FO Dissent Cowl (Ravelry) – my homage to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, pattern by Carissa Browning and together we’ve raised over 30,000 through this pattern for the ACLU.  Nice work knitters!  I’m using ancient stash yarn.  Over halfway through the necklace portion Thing 2 Dragon Blanket (Ravelry)  - I assembled it yesterday while my kids were at school.  I modeled it and posted some silly photos on FB/Insta because how often do you get to wear a dragon blanket, complete with spines?!?  Thing 2 is going to LOVE it WIPs Star Wars scarf (Ravelry) for Thing 1 – started the Millennium Flacon and the Death Star, then it’ll be the Dark Side and some weird alien writing, then the Dark Side is the last third.  I’m trying to work 5 rows a day so it’ll be done in time for Christmas.  Still loving the new hexagonal needles from Indian Lake Artisans.  I’m using Truboo by Lion Brand, a 100% bamboo yarn. Thing 2 hitchiker (Ravelry) – a DK hitchhiker scarf for Thing 2, out of big box store cotton yarn from Michaels.  It’s still my car knitting and knitting a row or 2 most days. Ankle socks (Ravelry) – Still on the 2nd sock.  It lives in my purse so I’ve worked on this a few times waiting in lines. Pigskin Party Castons: Tan House Brook Shawl (Ravelry) -  in the Sekhment base, an alpaca/silk/linen yarn from A Hundred Ravens in the Nevertheless She Persisted colorway that I bought during the virtual Maryland Sheep and Wool.  I;ve started section 3. Willowbrook Shawl (Ravelry) – by Brenda Castiel in my own handspun cotton. I spun this yarn with fiber from fiber from Hipstrings with this shawl in mind last June during Pride month.  Spinning New Akerworks lightweight drop spindle – started spinning silk singles again.  Won’t be wheel-spinning again for a while, I have a leg injury and am currently awaiting an MRI next week.  This is my first spindle from Akerworks.  I love their wheel bobbins soooo much, and I had a feeling I’d like their spindles and so far I really do. Out and About Lots of fiber events happening online this fall Pigskin Party now through the Superbowl Ravelry Group  I’m sponsoring for the 3rd year and also participating. Stitches @ Home – put on by the folks XRX the folks who to Stitches East/West/South etc.  Continuing Oct 10 and 11. Virtual Rhinebeck – Oct 15-18  I’ve signed up for 2 classes on crochet to improve my skills and learn how to read a pattern better because the charts are definitely harder to read than knitting charts. Indie Untangled Everywhere – the popular Rhinebeck-adjacent event for independent dyers is also going digital this year, more than 40 vendors plus access to zoom calls with designers. Vogue Knitting Live Upcoming Vogue Knitting Live eve nts will be Nov 12-15, Dec 10-13, and Jan 14-17.  I almost always attend Vogue Live NYC every January, it’s usually a birthday present from my family as it’s often right around my birthday weekend.  This year it’s the weekend after so I’ll probably attend the January event. If you have any events you’d like me to share please email me windsweptmonique@gmail.com   On the Run I need an MRI.  Damn.

Julián and Elizabeth Warren developed a close friendship this past year - from sharing a debate stage to campaigning alongside each other across the country. This week, we’re joined by the Massachusetts senator, who shares her perspective on humble beginnings and making sacrifices for what you believe in. The Oklahoma native talks hope and persistence in the midst of a year that has dealt severe blows to both.  Keep up with Julián on twitter @JulianCastro and Instagram @JulianCastroTX Support the show by checking out our sponsors You can digitally purchase life insurance from Haven Life Insurance Agency at havenlife.com/ouramerica. Haven Term is a Term Life Insurance Policy (ICC17DTC) issued by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), Springfield, MA 01111 and offered exclusively through Haven Life Insurance Agency, LLC. Policy and rider form numbers and features may vary by state and not be available in all states. Our Agency license number in California is 0K71922 and in Arkansas, 100139527. The Marguerite Casey Foundation, creating greater freedom for changemakers to create a truly representative economy. Learn more at caseygrants.org, and connect with the Foundation on Twitter and Facebook.  To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america shortly after the air date. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matthew 15:21-28 Sermon by Rev. J.J. Whitney

August 16, 2020. In today’s gospel we see a glimpse of Jesus’ humanity. He claims that all are beloved, and yet he refuses to help the Canaanite woman and calls her a dog. Nevertheless, she persisted. And she shows us something of what it means to be a protestor, of the highest order. Readings: Isaiah 56:1, 6-8, Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32, Matthew 15:10-20, 21-28 *** Transcript *** Is anyone else feeling kind of tired this week? Like you're spinning your wheels and you're not getting anywhere? As if no matter what you say or do, it’s falling on deaf ears? I am so tired of looking at other people’s eyes over their masks, or seeing them in little squares on our Zoom screens. Weary of wondering how to spend free time, holidays, with options so limited, always calculating the risk. Parents, teachers, and students are wading through pages of plans and protocols and weighing all the choices for the upcoming school year — none of them ideal, all of them hard. And we all want more than anything to be fully in community, safely. There are many who are living in loneliness, and grief, and isolation these days. Perhaps highlighted a bit as we edge back to “normal” but we can’t quite get there. I don’t know about you, but sometimes it feels like one more Zoom meeting, and I’m going to go soak my laptop in the water pooling on the Mead Center roof! But maybe I should just sit that Zoom meeting out instead. We're all a little weary in different ways, experiencing stress and grief, and to be honest, some trauma. Our brains are understandably a bit sloggier than normal, and our capacity perhaps lower than we feel it should be. And then today, we have this gospel. The one where Jesus, Jesus, calls the Canaanite woman, who is just trying to save her daughter, a dog. Maybe we should just sit this reading out? Or maybe, if we take a moment to breathe, there is something to be learned from the story, as there always seems to be in the end. For one thing, if you are feeling worn out today, we can hear in this story that we are not alone. The Canaanite woman comes to the square, crying out for help, and nobody listens to her. And although she doesn’t say how long her daughter has been possessed, we do know that this isn’t the first time she has made her plea. The disciples say she keeps yelling, and they ask Jesus to send her away or make her stop. When Jesus says her problem is not his responsibility, she is not his responsibility — in spite of the fact that she as a Canaanite is of the house of David just like Jesus is — the woman comes right up to him and names their common ancestry saying, “Son of David, help me.” And this is when Jesus, the Son of God, equates her to a dog. Maybe he should sit this one out! Just because our brains at their best learn really well through repetition, if we take a look at how Jesus taught and the stories he told, we will see that this is not the first time Jesus has addressed the place and beloved-ness of someone seen as an outcast, someone like the Canaanite woman. Jesus likes to give us the same message again and again, to make sure we can get it, and that’s especially helpful with our brains a little bit foggy. And most of the time, the lesson is: all are beloved. This message starts for us today with our Isaiah text: “Thus says the Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, I will gather others to them besides those already gathered.” No limits to God’s embrace all through the Older Testament. And Jesus’ ministry carries that through. Think about the Prodigal Son. He too is unheard, outcast, and he calls himself a servant not worthy of sonship. And his older brother would certainly have agreed. But their father claims him as a child. God claims them both as beloved. The Good Samaritan was rejected by those around him simply because he's a Samaritan. But as the parable unfolds, we come to see that this person we least expect — the Samaritan, of all people — is the one Jesus chooses to lift up as good, the one we will come face-to-face with when we are laying in the ditch. And then there is the woman at the well, the woman caught in adultery, lepers, Zacchaeus and other tax collectors, and on and on. There are countless examples of God welcoming the outsider, Jesus lifting up the outcast. And still, today, Jesus takes away this woman’s humanity by the language he uses — explicitly excludes her from the message he himself has given us over and over, that all are included as God’s children. I think we all have those days, don’t we? When as hard as we try, we in our humanity fall short of our ideals. We speak about patience, and turn around and snap at those closest to us. We do our best to embody grace, and then growl through our mask at the cashier checking us out at the grocery store, or snarl over the phone at the person trying to solve our internet issues. We preach forgiveness, and then we realize, it means the neighbor whose dog won’t stop digging up our lawn, too. We claim, as Jesus did so many times, that all are welcome, all are beloved, and then we become aware that although we find it easy to welcome people with disabilities, our community, workplace, or school is not actually welcoming for LGBTQIA people. Or we hear the voices of our black siblings, and come to realize that, in so many places where we take our comfort and belonging for granted, they do not feel valued, heard, or even safe. We all have those days — and we all have those barriers within us. Matthew shows us a Jesus who is fully human, as well as divine. And in today’s gospel we see a glimpse of Jesus’ humanity. And we learn from what we see Jesus doing in this story how we are called to respond when we are caught in our blind spots, when we hit a wall. We don’t know why or how it happened. Maybe Jesus was tired, and caught off-guard by the woman’s plea and the disciples’ reaction. Maybe Jesus wanted to demonstrate in full ugliness what we shouldn’t do, almost like a living parable. However it happened, in that moment the Canaanite woman doesn’t challenge his words, but says that even dogs deserve to be fed. She reflects Jesus’ words back to him, highlighting just how awful his comment was. Called out, Jesus doesn’t make excuses, or explain why he was right or what he really meant. He hears her, perhaps for the first time. And then, Jesus heals her daughter. In the end, this story is about Jesus. But it is also very much about the Canaanite woman. The one with the ill daughter. The one seen as an outsider. The one called a pest, and then a dog. The one who had cried out, over and over. The one who had been unheard, and explicitly excluded. And yet, she didn’t give up. They tried to push her away and silence her. Nevertheless, she persisted. The Canaanite woman, family of faith, is in truth a protestor, of the highest order. One of the more famous writings of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is his letter from the Birmingham Jail, which he wrote while imprisoned for his own persistence as a protestor. In it he says, “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” The Canaanite woman seems to have known this. She knew Jesus could heal her daughter, knew she was worthy of healing. And like Dr. King, Annie Lee Cooper, John Lewis, Rosa Parks, and other leaders of the Civil Rights movement, she didn’t allow attempts to silence her to stop her as she sought what she so desperately needed. In all of our history, people claiming their right to justice and dignity and their place among God’s children have done as the Canaanite woman did. Slavery ended, women achieved the right to vote, LGBTQIA people claimed their right to exist, and so many other injustices have been righted because of people whose voices have rung out persistently over the years, including today, as black people demand that the long history of systemic racism and brutality against them end. Even in our church, people who have been shuffled to the side or out the door have claimed their place in the pews and the pulpits, living out the courage and desperation of the Canaanite woman in their own times and places. Because of their persistence, this year we celebrate the anniversaries — 50 years since women could be ordained, 40 years since the first black woman was ordained, and 10 years since the Churchwide Assembly voted to allow ordination for LGBTQIA clergy. All of this took not days, weeks, or months, but years of sacrifice and courage and persistence, people following the lead of the Canaanite woman insisting she be heard. So we of the soggy brains and weary souls and short tempers can take heart today. The Canaanite woman was tired too, but her persistence succeeded. And even Jesus hit those walls and barriers and tripped up sometimes, as he embodied the vision that God’s love and mercy are for everyone. But that vision rekindled. The promise of God to Isaiah, and Jesus’ challenge and invitation to live out God’s justice, persist, just when we think we are ready to sit this one out. Paul assured us God’s mercy is wide when we fall, and the Canaanite woman is leading the way. Thanks be to God. *** Keywords *** 2020, Christ Lutheran Church, Webster Groves, sermon, podcast, transcript, YouTube, video, Pastor Meagan McLaughlin, Isaiah 56:1, 6-8, Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32, Matthew 15:10-20, 21-28, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersexed, asexual, 2009 vote

Scripture: John 1:1-9, John 3:1-10, and John 4:5-26 This week, we look at the story of the Samaritan Woman in John 4 and how her persistence leads to a revelation far greater than she could have ever anticipated.

Nevertheless, She Persisted By Griff Martin A Sermon on Luke 11:1-13 For The Seventh Sunday Following Pentecost July 28, 2019 To the Beloveds of First Austin: a baptist community of faith

Aimee River Cole, a litigator, mom, and wife, explains her journey running for public office. In episode 8, Aimee explains the motivation behind why she decided to run and how that aligns with her ideals of supporting women and young girls. Her story is an inspiring one that will motivate you to go out, work toward your goals, and keep making cracks in that glass ceiling!

Nevertheless, She Persisted s2e22 - Krypton Report: The Supergirl Podcast A weekly discussion of the TV shows Supergirl and Krypton. Episode recaps, news, analysis, and predictions are all discussed on this weekly show.   Learn more, subscribe, or contact us at www.southgatemediagroup.com.  You can write to us at southgatemediagroup@gmail.com and let us know what you think. Be sure to rate us and review the episode.  It really helps other people find us.  Thanks!

Our season end CW/DCU wrap up. We discuss the difference between the opposite endings of Flash and Arrow. Or the way Supergirl does what Arrow was working not to do. It might get a little political.

Starling Tribune - Season 5 Edition – Lian Yu (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) #154   The Official Arrow and Green Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network Covering DC Comics and CW Based DC Comic TV Shows   Episode:            “Lian Yu” [Season 5 Episode 23] Air Date:           Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Director:           Jesse Warn             http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1168394/?ref_=tt_ov_dr             6x Arrow | 8x The Originals | 1x Riverdale | 4x The Flash | 1 Supergirl | 2x The Shannara Chronicles | 4x The Vampire Diaries | 8x Spartacus: War of the Damned | 1x Spartacus: Gods of the Arena             Writers: Wendy Mericle             http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1355890/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4 Arrow showrunner | 21x Arrow   Marc Guggenheim             http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0973233/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 Executive producer Arrow, Legends | 14x Arrow | 8x Legends   Promo: http://www.cbr.com/arrow-season-5-finale-promo/     Weekly Ratings   Arrow   Season high (non-crossover) - 02 The Recruits 12-Oct-16 1.94 Season low -20 Underneath 3-May-17 1.36   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Legacy 5-Oct-16 1.89 02 The Recruits 12-Oct-16 1.94 03 A Matter Of Trust 19-Oct-16 1.79 04 Penance 26-Oct-16 1.87 05 Human Target 2-Nov-16 1.61 06 So It Begins 9-Nov-16 1.95 07 Vigilante 16-Nov-16 1.86 08 Invasion 30-Nov-16 3.55 09 What We Leave Behind 7-Dec-16 1.94 10 Who Are You 25-Jan-17 1.68 11 Second Chances 1-Feb-17 1.91 12 Bratva 8-Feb-17 1.61 13 Spectre Of The Gun 15-Feb-17 1.66 14 The Sin-Eater 22-Feb-17 1.54 15 Fighting Fire with Fire 1-Mar-17 1.60 16 Checkmate 15-Mar-17 1.53 17 Kapiushon 22-Mar-17 1.38 18 Disbanded 29-Mar-17 1.55 19 Dangerous Liaisons 26-Apr-17 1.36 20 Underneath 3-May-17 1.36 21 Honor Thy Fathers 10-May-17 1.65 22 Missing 17-May-17 1.44 23 Lian Yu 24-May-17 1.72   Legends Of Tomorrow   Season high (non-crossover)- 01 Out Of Time 13-Oct-2016 3.01 Season low -14 Moonshoot 14-Mar-17 1.34   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Out Of Time 13-Oct-2016 3.01 02 Justice Society of America 20-Oct-2016 2.83 03 Shogun 27-Oct-2016 2.71 04 Abominations 3-Nov-2016 1.75 05 Compromised 10-Nov-2016 1.77 06 Outlaw Country 17-Nov-2016 1.85 07 Invasion 1-Dec-2016 3.39 08 The Chicago Way 8-Dec-2016 2.00 09 Raiders Of The Lost Art 24-Jan-2016 1.74 10 The Legion Of Doom 31-Jan-2017 1.78 11 Turncoat 7-Feb-17 1.89 12 Camelot/3000 21-Feb-17 1.64 13 Land Of The Lost 7-Mar-17 1.54 14 Moonshoot 14-Mar-17 1.34 15 Fellowship of the Spear 21-Mar-17 1.72 16 Doomworld 28-Mar-17 1.59 17 Aruba 4-Apr-17 1.52   Supergirl   Season high (non-crossover) - 01 The Adventures of Supergirl 10-Oct-16 3.06 Season low -19 Alex 1-May-17 1.75   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 The Adventures of Supergirl 10-Oct-16 3.06 02 The Last Children of Krypton 17-Oct-16 2.66 03 Welcome to Earth 24-Oct-16 2.65 04 Survivors 31-Oct-16 2.22 05 Crossfire 7-Nov-16 2.47 06 Changing 14-Nov-16 2.35 07 The Darkest Place 21-Nov-16 2.61 08 Medusa 28-Nov-16 3.53 09 Supergirl Lives 23-Jan-17 2.65 10 We Can Be Heroes 30-Jan-17 2.35 11 The Martian Chronicles 6-Feb-17 2.4 12 Luthors 13-Feb-17 2.52 13 Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk 20-Feb-17 2.24 14 Homecoming 27-Feb-17 2.17 15 Exodus 6-Mar-17 2.16 16 Star-Crossed 20-Mar-17 2.07 17 Distant Sun 27-Mar-17 2.21 18 Ace Reporter 24-Apr-17 1.80 19 Alex 1-May-17 1.75 20 City of Lost Children 8-May-17 1.88 21 Resist 15-May-17 1.93 22 Nevertheless She Persisted 22-May-17 2.12   THE FLASH   Season high (non-crossover) - 01 Flashpoint 4-Oct-16 3.17 Season low - 18 Abra Kadabra 28-Mar-17 2.39   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Flashpoint 4-Oct-16 3.17 02 Paradox 11-Oct-16 2.80 03 Magenta 18-Oct-16 2.67 04 The New Rogues 25-Oct-16 2.80 05 Monster 1-Nov-16 2.77 06 Shade 15-Nov-16 3.01 07 Killer Frost 22-Nov-16 2.95 08 Invasion! 29-Nov-16 4.15 09 The Present 6-Dec-16 3.14 10 Borrowing Problems From The Future 24-Jan-17 2.68 11 Dead Or Alive 31-Jan-17 3.06 12 Untouchable 7-Feb-17 2.94 13 Attack on Gorilla City 21-Feb-17 2.78 14 Attack On Central City 28-Feb-17 2.87 15 The Wrath of Savitar 7-Mar-17 2.52 16 Into The Speed Force 14-Mar-17 2.39 17 Duet 21-Mar-17 2.71 18 Abra Kadabra 28-Mar-17 2.39 19 The Once And Future Flash 25-Apr-17 2.67 20 I Know Who You Are 2-May-17 2.69 21 Cause and Effect 9-May-17 2.71 22 Infantino Street 16-May-17 2.48 23 Finish Line 23-May-17 3.04   Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters What was the overall theme for this episode / What was the link to the ep. name Back to where it all began - the island Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts Cages Boomerang betrays; Chase made better offer Talia threatens Samantha Slade seems to change sides Artemis puts gun to Ollie's head Slade attacks Boomerang Ollie flips Artemis over Talia and Boomerang smoke out after Nyssa and Merlyn arrive Samantha, Felicity, Thea and Curtis freed Nyssa confronts Talia Nyssa upset Talia left her to face father alone Talia - hey, daddy not gonna give ring to me, so went my own way Talia - how dare you side with father's killer Nyssa - father always ashamed of me Nyssa and Talia fight with swords, kicks Nyssa wins Ninjas attack; Slade takes care of them Talia - kill me, dad would want you to; Nyssa - knocks her out Ollie caught Slade seems to betray again Ollie taken by Siren to Diggle, Lance, Rene, and Dinah Sonic dampener stopped cry; Ollie gives her Curtis's device Dinah screams them free Dinah and Black Siren fight - cry against each other; knocks them back; Lance knocks out Siren Talia's ninjas aren't that talented - Slade takes care of many, so does Diggle; Rene beats a couple of them up Ollie chases Chase; they fight (cut with fight w/Kovar) Chase wants Ollie to kill him Ollie has Chase in chokehold (cut with same hold w/Kovar) Rest of team there; Ollie doesn't kill Chase Final fight on boat Fight between Ollie and Chase Chase has William Ollie shoots Chase in foot Chase kills himself; island goes boom Flashbacks: Share your thoughts Ollie vs. Kovar Ollie fights guys with guns hand-to-hand, breaks guy's neck, gets gun Ollie shoots guys Ollie sets trap, impales guy with tree Ollie shoots down Kovar's helicopter Ollie and Kovar fight; Ollie breaks his neck (cut between fight with Chase) Ollie:   I don't want to rely on Slade; knocked out Argus guard to free Slade; gave Slade info on his son (Joseph Wilson, aka Jericho) Slade - your pasts haunts you because you suffer from survivor's guilt; have to forgive self for surviving and for sins Why didn't he have everyone go to the Argus ship???? I'm not a killer anymore Done blaming self Diggle Beats up ninjas Thea We are orphans because of Slade and Merlyn Steps on the only land mine on island Doesn't want Merlyn to save her, but he shoves her out of way Misses Merlyn; saw the father he could have been Felicity Kisses Ollie Talks about evil dad taking bullet for her Quentin Lance Knocks out Black Siren Calls Dinah “Black Canary” Curtis / Mr. Terrific Makes bad joke about finding plane after Merlyn sacrifices himself Rene / Wild Dog Beats up ninjas Dinah Drake / Black Canary Fight against Black Siren Artemis Smug; maybe leaving me part of plan Still wants Ollie dead Rory / Ragman Last minute save? D.A. Adrian Chase / Prometheus 10 steps ahead still Plants bombs all over island - how did he get $$$$ Was taking William always part of the plan? Force Ollie to choose between son and the team? Would he have killed William? Wanted to die all this time - deadman switch; he dies, all die All of this because Ollie killed a father that wasn't there for him? What we know: Claybourne's son; knows about The List; has moves Ollie learned from Talia; learned about Flash & co and multiple universes Who is alive? Who is dead? Ollie - on boat - alive William - on boat - alive Prometheus - on boat - dead (shot himself) Felicity - on island Diggle - on island Curtis - on island Dinah - on island - alive (actor promoted to series regular) Rene - on island - alive (actor promoted to series regular) Thea - on island Merlyn - on island - dead - landmine - JB confirmed Boomerang - on island - dead - Merlyn Talia - on island Nyssa - on island Black Siren - on island - alive (actor promoted to series regular) Samantha - on island Slade - on island Artemis - on island in cage Quentin - on island Argus guard   ARROW NEWS:   The Arrow Easter Egg That Sealed One Character's Fate (Date: 24 May 2017) Before Oliver (Stephen Amell) had his final showdown with Konstantin Kovar (Dolph Lundgren) in the flashbacks on tonight's episode of Arrow, the show gave a look ahead at the Bratva boss's destiny. Earlier in the episode, as Oliver, Slade, and Talia were exploring Lian Yu, the camera panned across the forest floor to reveal a set of skeletal remains wearing a black leather jacket. The body was that of Konstantin Kovar, who wouldn't die at Oliver's hand for about another 20 minutes in the episode. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/05/25/the-arrow-easter-egg-dolph-lundgren/   Arrow's John Barrowman Licks Katrina Law's Donut (Date: 24 May 2017) Katrina Law, who returned to her role as Nyssa al Ghul in tonight's episode, shared a video taken while on set. In it, Law talks to Nick E. Tarabay (Digger Harkness/Captain Boomerang) about her love of donuts, seemingly unaware that John Barrowman (Malcolm Merlyn) is behind her. Barrowman taps Law on the shoulder, sneaks up behind her, and licks her donut. And in traditional Arrow fashion, the video is accompanied by dramatic music and camera movements. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/05/25/arrow-season-five-finale-barrowman-katrina-law/   Arrow: John Barrowman Confirms He's Done With The Arrowverse (Date: 25 May 2017) Here's what Barrowman had to say about his exit: “I am very sad to be leaving the Arrowverse. I love playing Malcolm Merlyn, and you know - that's it really. As sad as it may be, I understand how shows must change and also characters must change and develop. But that doesn't mean I'm not very sad and upset about it. I appreciate your support and love you all,” the actor told fans. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/05/25/arrow-john-barrowman-leaves-malcolm-merlyn-dies/ GENERAL DC TV NEWS The CW Boss On Plans For New 4-Series DC Crossover & Peak Superhero TV (Date: 18 May 2017) The now-traditional DC superhero crossover on the CW will be back next season with another big four-series event in the fourth quarter, more specifically November. Like the very successful four-night crossover last December, which delivered the CW's most watched week in six years, the stunt will include the DC series on the fall schedule, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow. Link:http://deadline.com/2017/05/the-cw-dc-crossover-arrow-the-flash-supergirl-legends-of-tomorrow-2017-peak-superhero-tv-1202097060/   Supergirl Season 2 Blu-ray, DVD Information Released (Date: 24 May 2017) The CW and Warner Bros home entertainment have announced that Supergirl: The Complete Second Season will release on Blu-ray and DVD on Aug. 22, 2017. The set contains all 22 episodes of Supergirl's second season, an exclusive commentary with Andrew Kreisberg and Kevin Smith, the show's 2016 Comic-Con panel, featurettes, and more extras. Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/05/24/supergirl-season-2-blu-ray/   Supergirl: Cat Grant Won't Be Series Regular in Season 3 (Date: 25 May 2017) While Flockhart was listed as a series regular by The CW in press release for Season Three, the actress won't be a full-time cast member. Instead, she's expected to appear as a guest star in a handful of episodes, “if the scheduling can be worked out.” Given the revelation that Cat has known Kara's biggest secret for some time, fans will undoubtedly hope schedules do work out, as Kara could surely use some sage advice from her mentor as she faces more challenges. Link:http://www.cbr.com/supergirl-cat-grant-season-3/   NEXT EPISODE   Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. 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