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Iron Sharpens Iron Radio with Chris Arnzen
September 30, 2025 Show with Brian G. Hedges on “William Bridge: A Puritan Every 21st Century Christian Should Know”

Iron Sharpens Iron Radio with Chris Arnzen

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 119:24


August 29, 2025 BRIAN G. HEDGES,author & Lead Pastor @ RedeemerChurch in Niles, MI, who will address: “WILLIAM BRIDGE: A PURITANEVERY 21st CENTURY CHRISTIANSHOULD KNOW” Subscribe: Listen:

Reverse Psychology
S8 E22 A Passing Fancy

Reverse Psychology

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 54:09


Special Guest: Logan SuffelFrasier endures tutoring Kirby on the hope of a date with Claire. Niles struggles to survives sharing a bed with Daphne. Roz gets roped into Kirby's prom. The Reversers consider who they would take to prom, a date, or bed. 06m 45s-Niles' Bedroom08m 25s-Frasier's Apartment12m 00s-Cafe Nervosa16m 10s-Lana's House22m 55s-Niles' Bedroom Again23m 42s-Cafe Nervosa26m 14s-Frasier's Apartment Again28m 40s-The Restaurant32m 48s-The Box Office Line34m 27s-Tossed Salad & Scrambled Eggs38m 22s-Prom Date, Soul Mate, or Sleep Hate52m 17s-Previous PreviewFind us on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube or email us at ReversePsychPod@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News/Talk 94.9 WSJM
State budget update; Plans for Royalton development unveiled; Niles Scream Park ranked among nation's top attractions

News/Talk 94.9 WSJM

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 9:14


Southwest Michigan's Morning News podcast is prepared and delivered by the WSJM Newsroom. For these stories and more, visit https://www.wsjm.com and follow us for updates on Facebook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

95.7 The Lake
State budget update; Plans for Royalton development unveiled; Niles Scream Park ranked among nation's top attractions

95.7 The Lake

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 9:14


Southwest Michigan's Morning News podcast is prepared and delivered by the WSJM Newsroom. For these stories and more, visit https://www.wsjm.com and follow us for updates on Facebook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Three Links Odd Cast
Young Leader In The Heartland

The Three Links Odd Cast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 72:49


Looking to get his life on a better track, Bro. Niles Schumm took his mother's suggestion and joined the Odd Fellows.  That led him to his local lodge where he started to get more and more involved in lodge activities.  After not too many more years, he started to get interested in serving at the Grand Lodge level and is currently the Grand Warden of Illinois.  Bro. Schumm recounts his journey into Odd Fellowship and talks about his philosophy of desiring to bring about cooperation among members in Illinois and neighboring jurisdictions.  He also shares some of the things that he's done working with the Grand Lodge to help strengthen lodges in need of assistance.  The Shoutout goes to Tonquish Lodge #32 in Michigan for their recent success in growing the lodge and reaching out to their community.  In the Odd Podge, Toby shares the joy of receiving his 25 year jewel at his home lodge in Seattle; Ainslie tells us about the Riverboat Cruise he attended that was organized by Gem City Lodge #357 in Illinois, Niles invites us all to his Friendsgiving celebration, and Mike expresses his joy and gratitude over the recent Sovereign Grand Lodge session in Charleston, WV.

Will & Jace: A Frasier Podcast
Episode 231 (S9e15) - The Proposal

Will & Jace: A Frasier Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 31:42


In this episode, Will & Jace talk about Niles proposing to Daphne!  Also, Will checks back on some of his predictions, and Jace doesn't fully understand wedding rings!  For bonus content and early access to episodes, join our Patreon: www.patreon.com/willandjaceWill & Jace Merchandise is now available at: http://tee.pub/lic/willandjace

News/Talk 94.9 WSJM
Cook Foundation donates to combat food insecurity; Niles High School staff member placed on investigation leave; Update on State budget negotiations

News/Talk 94.9 WSJM

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 13:47


Southwest Michigan's Afternoon News podcast is prepared and delivered by the WSJM Newsroom. For these stories and more, visit https://www.wsjm.com and follow us for updates on Facebook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WBBM Newsradio's 4:30PM News To Go
New Eye Cancer Treatment Used by Doctors at Northwestern Medicine for First Time

WBBM Newsradio's 4:30PM News To Go

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 0:50


A retired nurse from Niles becomes the first patient at Northwestern Medicine to receive a new treatment for an advanced eye cancer. 66-year-old Bozena Wojtach was diagnosed with uveal melanoma, a rare form of eye cancer, last year.

WBBM All Local
New Eye Cancer Treatment Used by Doctors at Northwestern Medicine for First Time

WBBM All Local

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 0:50


A retired nurse from Niles becomes the first patient at Northwestern Medicine to receive a new treatment for an advanced eye cancer. 66-year-old Bozena Wojtach was diagnosed with uveal melanoma, a rare form of eye cancer, last year.

WBBM Newsradio's 8:30AM News To Go
New Eye Cancer Treatment Used by Doctors at Northwestern Medicine for First Time

WBBM Newsradio's 8:30AM News To Go

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 0:50


A retired nurse from Niles becomes the first patient at Northwestern Medicine to receive a new treatment for an advanced eye cancer. 66-year-old Bozena Wojtach was diagnosed with uveal melanoma, a rare form of eye cancer, last year.

Drunk With Buds
Fistfull of Wisconsin Signs

Drunk With Buds

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2025 83:28


Send us a textThe Buds are on their own again!! We sit around and try 3 new brews while shootin the shit and having some fun!Pop Culture: Sean Astin as President!! Samwise himself,Super Mario Galaxy coming soon, and James Gunn might be out at Warner Brothers if sold.....?Beer had: See These Signs by Barrique Brewing and BlendingTop Shelf: Blind Rankings!! I make Honer and Skyler ranking things without knowing what is coming next!Brew had: A Fistfull of Cherries by Odd Brothers CiderDive Bar Reviews: We had to a place in North Dakota!! ever been? Perhaps you should visit. We will let you know.Beer had: When you say Wisconsin.... by Mikkerphone BrewingHop Station Craft BarGet Beer, Cocktails, and fab food while enjoying darts, vintage games. Hop Station is hopping!Coastalos SodasUrban Artifact launched our own hemp derived THC brand Coastalo. Made with real fruit!!Niles BrewingUnique Beers and Cocktails! They host events and trivia weekly. Located in downtown Niles, Michigan!TavourUse our promo code 'DrunksWithBuds' for $10 off your second order.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

We Need to Talk About Horror
Ep 101: Subversive Suburbia: 'THE BURBS' & 'THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS'

We Need to Talk About Horror

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 121:35


Andy, Niles, Jeremy, and Roger meet up in the cul-de-sac, to kick back, drink some beers, and talk about the two films, THE 'BURBS and THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS for the Destroy the Brain podcast.

News/Talk 94.9 WSJM
Fatal car-pedestrian crash in Niles; US govt gives another $156m to Palisades for restart; South Haven seeks federal help for home repairs

News/Talk 94.9 WSJM

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 10:43


Southwest Michigan's Morning News podcast is prepared and delivered by the WSJM Newsroom. For these stories and more, visit https://www.wsjm.com and follow us for updates on Facebook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

95.7 The Lake
Fatal car-pedestrian crash in Niles; US govt gives another $156m to Palisades for restart; South Haven seeks federal help for home repairs

95.7 The Lake

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 10:43


Southwest Michigan's Morning News podcast is prepared and delivered by the WSJM Newsroom. For these stories and more, visit https://www.wsjm.com and follow us for updates on Facebook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Building Abundant Success!!© with Sabrina-Marie
Episode 2629: Niles, Elite Lyricist & GRAMMY® Winner Nabate' Isles Talk About Their GRAMMY® Nom Tribute SuperHero "Ode to Chadwick Boseman

Building Abundant Success!!© with Sabrina-Marie

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 26:56


 GRAMMY® Award Winning Trumpeter- Elite Poet & Lyrist " & Grammy Nom TributeWhen acclaimed actor Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther, 42, Get On Up) passed away in August 2020, it inspired Niles to create a tribute verse about him that he released online, resulting in resounding praise. Grammy-winning trumpeter and producer, ​Nabaté Isles​ contacted his friend, Niles and suggested that they make a full record about Chadwick and the rest was history. When “Niles & Nabaté” linked, they needed a powerful singer and they knew just who to contact, an amazing Detroit vocalist named Beth Griffith-Manley. Beth has toured for years with Anita Baker and Kem, recorded on projects with Yolanda Adams and was featured on NBC's “The Voice”. Beth was delighted to be featured because, like Niles & Nabaté, she has a tremendous respect for Chadwick Boseman and his legacy.The record is a great song with a sound that is reminiscent of the classic Hip-Hop with a soulful-pop undertone fusing African percussion, giving it a tribal and organic essence. This sonic cornucopia makes it a timeless piece of musical art. As the song reflects on Chadwick Boseman's resonating impact on the world, it is sure to make a contribution to keeping Chadwick Boseman's legacy alive forever.“Super Hero: Ode To Chadwick Boseman” is on Bandcamp, Amazon, Spotify, Youtube Music, and many more digital music platforms. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Chadwick Boseman Charitable Fund For The Arts.© 2025 Building Abundant Success!!2025 All Rights ReservedJoin Me on ~ iHeart Media @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon Music ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBASAudacy:  https://tinyurl.com/BASAud

The Learning Hack podcast
LH #116 How L&D Gets Leverage, with Lori Niles-Hoffman

The Learning Hack podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 72:37


Systems, skills and the eight levers of learning transformation. Lori Niles-Hoffman, learning strategist and data evangelist, joins John to explore how L&D can escape legacy mindsets and regain strategic impact. Drawing on her new book, Lori outlines the eight key levers for enterprise learning transformation, why ecosystems matter more than platforms, and how AI is reshaping the role of the learning professional. Timestamps 00:01:43 - Intro 00:03:46 - What brought her into the world of learning tech? 00:07:03 - What convinced her of the need for this book? 00:12:58 - What are ‘the 8 Levers'? 00:24:06 - Stakeholder management 00:26:13 - Why is knowledge management lumped together with marketing? 00:33:03 - Ecosystems thinking 00:39:34 - Strategic alignment – a no-brainer? 00:40:17 - Why hasn't L&D tackled its long-standing challenges to date? 00:48:58 - Will AI make us all systems designers? 00:57:43 - Lori's interesting take on AI ethics Follow & Contact LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer X: @johnhelmer Bluesky: @johnhelmer.bsky.social Website: learninghackpodcast.com

Drunk With Buds
Huff Mexican Grackle

Drunk With Buds

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2025 93:11


Send us a textHoner and Bruce have Skyler and a blast from the past, Daryl!!!Pop Culture : Taylor Swift going to tie the knot?, Sabrina is crying but not from her eyes, Rambo prequel and more Peacemaker talk!!Beer had Limited Edition Mexican Lager with Cucumber Lime Margarita by Crooked Stave BrewingTop Shelf: Ranking things to do in the fallBeer had Huffduff by Urban ArtifactPub Talk: Has Bar culture changed?Beer had The Grackle by Family Business Beer CoHop Station Craft BarGet Beer, Cocktails, and fab food while enjoying darts, vintage games. Hop Station is hopping!Coastalos SodasUrban Artifact launched our own hemp derived THC brand Coastalo. Made with real fruit!!Niles BrewingUnique Beers and Cocktails! They host events and trivia weekly. Located in downtown Niles, Michigan!TavourUse our promo code 'DrunksWithBuds' for $10 off your second order.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

The Pulp Writer Show
Episode 267: Summer Movie Review Roundup

The Pulp Writer Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 32:31


In this week's episode, I take a look back at the movies and streaming shows I watched in Summer 2025. This coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Ghost in the Serpent, Book #1 in the Ghost Armor series, (as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy) at my Payhip store: FALLSERPENT50 The coupon code is valid through September 15, 2025 (please note the shorter expiration date). So if you need a new audiobook this fall, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 267 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is September 5, 2025 and today I'm doing a review roundup of the movies and streaming shows I saw in Summer 2025. Before we do that, we will have Coupon of the Week and a progress update on my current writing and audiobook projects. First up, this week's coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Ghost in the Serpent, Book One in the Ghost Armor series (as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy) at my Payhip store. That is FALLSERPENT50. This coupon code will be valid through September 15th, 2025 (exactly one week). So if you need a new audiobook to listen to as we head into fall, we have got you covered. Now for an update on my current writing and audiobook projects. I am pleased to report that the rough draft of Blade of Flames, which will be the first book in my new Blades of Ruin epic fantasy series is finished. The rough draft came at about 90,000 words long, which was what I was aiming for. Next up, I will be writing a short story set as sort of a bonus in that plot line called Thunder Hammer and that will be the backstory of one of the characters in Blade of Flames. And when Blade of Flames comes out (which will hopefully be later this September), newsletter subscribers will get a free ebook copy of Thunder Hammer. So this is an excellent time to subscribe to my newsletter. I am also 8,000 words into Cloak of Worlds. At long last, I am coming back to the Cloak Mage series after nearly a year's absence. Longtime listeners will know the reason was that I had five unfinished series and I wanted to spend the summer of 2025 finishing the unfinished ones and focusing up so I will only have three ongoing series at any given time. I'm hoping Blade of Flames will come out before the end of September and Cloak of Worlds before the end of October, and after that I will be able to return to the Rivah series at long last. In audiobook news, recording is finished on Shield of Power. That will be excellently narrated by Brad Wills and hopefully once it gets through processing and quality assurance and everything, it should be showing up on the various audiobook stores before too much longer. Hollis McCarthy is about halfway through the recording of Ghost in the Siege, which was, as you know, the last book in the Ghost Armor series that just came out. And if all goes well, the audiobook should be coming out probably in October once everything is done with recording and quality assurance and all that. So that is where I'm at with my current writing and audiobook projects. 00:02:34 Main Topic: Summer 2025 Movie/TV Roundup So without further ado, let's head into our main topic. The end of summer is nigh, which means this time for my summer movie review roundup. As is usual for the summer, I saw a lot of movies, so this will be one of the longer episodes. For some reason I ended up watching a bunch of westerns. As always, the movies are ranked from least favorite to most favorite. The grades of course are totally subjective and based on nothing more than my own opinions, impressions, and interpretations. Now on to the movies. First up is the Austin Powers trilogy, the three movies of which came out in 1997, 1999, and 2002. The Austin Powers movies came out just as the Internet really got going in terms of mass adoption, which is likewise why so many Austin Powers and Dr. Evil memes are embedded in online culture. Despite that, I had never really seen any of them all the way through. They've been on in the background on TBS or whatever quite a bit when I visited people, but I've never seen them all. But I happened upon a DVD of the trilogy for $0.25 (USD), so I decided for 25 cents I would give it a go. I would say the movies were funny, albeit not particularly good. Obviously the Austin Powers movies are a parody of the James Bond movies. The movies kind of watch like an extended series of Saturday Night Live skits, only loosely connected, like the skit is what if Dr. Evil had a son named Scott who wasn't impressed with him or another skit was what if a British agent from the ‘60s arrives in the ‘90s and experiences culture clash? What if Dr. Evil didn't understand the concept of inflation and demanded only a million dollars from the United Nations? What if Dr. Evil was actually Austin's brother and they went to school together at Spy Academy? Michael Caine was pretty great as Austin's father. Overall, funny but fairly incoherent. Overall grade: C- Next up is Horrible Bosses, a very dark and very raunchy comedy from about 14 years ago. It came out in 2011. Interestingly, this movie reflects what I think is one of the major crises of the contemporary era, frequent failures of leadership at all levels of society. In the movie Nick, Dale, and Kurt are lifelong friends living in LA and all three of them have truly horrible bosses in their place of employment, ranging from a sociopathic finance director, the company founder's cokehead son, and a boorish dentist with a tendency to sexual harassment. At the bar, they fantasize about killing their horrible bosses and then mutually decide to do something about it. Obviously, they'd all be prime suspects in the murder of their own bosses, but if they killed each other's bosses, that would allow them to establish airtight alibis. However, since Nick, Dale and Kurt are not as bright as they think they are, it all goes hilariously wrong very quickly. Bob Hope has a hilarious cameo. If the best “crude comedies” I've seen are Anchorman, Zoolander, Tropic Thunder, and Dodgeball, and the worst one was MacGruber, I'd say Horrible Bosses lands about in the middle. Overall grade: C Next up is Cowboys and Aliens, which came out in 2011. Now I almost saw this in 2011 when it came out, but I was too busy to go to the theater in July of 2011, so I finally saw it here in 2025 and I would say this was almost a great movie, like the performances were great, the concept was great, the scenery was great, the special effects were great, and the story was packed full of really interesting ideas, but somehow they just didn't coalesce. I'm not entirely sure why. I think upon reflection, it was that the movie is just too overcrowded with too many characters and too many subplots. Anyway, Daniel Craig portrays a man who wakes up with no memory in the Old West, with a mysterious bracelet locked around his wrist. He makes his way to the town of Atonement, and promptly gets arrested because he is apparently a notorious outlaw (which he doesn't remember). While he is locked in jail, space aliens attack the town. The aliens, for unknown reasons, abduct many of the townspeople, and Daniel Craig's character, who is named Jake even if he doesn't remember it, must lead the town's effort to recover their abducted citizens. Harrison's Ford has an excellent performance as this awful cattle baron who nonetheless has virtues of courage and fortitude that you can't help but admire. An excellent performance. That said, the movie was just too packed, and I thought it would work better as a novel. After I watched the movie, it turned out that it was indeed based off a graphic novel. Novels and graphic novels allow for a far more complex story than a movie, and I don't think this movie quite managed to handle the transition from a graphic novel to a film. Overall grade: C Next up is Heads of State, which came out in 2025. This was kind of a stupid movie. However, the fundamental question of any movie, shouted to the audience by Russell Crow in Gladiator is, “are you not entertained?!?” I was thoroughly entertained watching this, so entertained I actually watched it twice. Not everything has to be Shakespeare or a profound meditation on the unresolvable conflicts inherent within human nature. Anyway, John Cena plays Will Derringer, newly elected President of the United States. Idris Elba plays Sam Clark, who has now been the UK Prime Minister for the last six years. Derringer was an action star who parleyed his celebrity into elected office (in the same way Arnold Schwarzenegger did), while Clarke is an army veteran who worked his way up through the UK's political system. Needless to say, the cheerful Derringer and the grim Clarke take an immediate dislike to each other. However, they'll have to team up when Air Force One is shot down, stranding them in eastern Europe. They'll have to make their way home while evading their enemies to unravel the conspiracy that threatens world peace. So half action thriller, half buddy road trip comedy. The premise really doesn't work if you think about it too much for more than thirty seconds, but the movie was funny and I enjoyed it. Jack Quaid really stole his scenes as a crazy but hyper-competent CIA officer. Overall grade: C+ Next up, Captain America: Brave New World, which came out in 2025 and I think this movie ended up on the good side of middling. You can definitely tell it went through a lot of reshoots and retooling, and I suspect the various film industry strikes hit it like a freight train. But we ended up with a reasonably solid superhero thriller. Sam Wilson is now Captain America. He's not superhuman the way Steve Rogers was and doesn't have magic powers or anything, so he kind of fights like the Mandalorian – a very capable fighter who relies on excellent armor. Meanwhile, in the grand American political tradition of failing upward, Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, who spent years persecuting The Hulk and whose meddling caused the Avengers to disband right before Thanos attacked, has now been elected President. To Wilson's surprise, Ross reaches out and wants him to restart the Avengers. But Ross (as we know) did a lot of shady black ops stuff for years, and one of his projects is coming back to haunt him. Wilson finds himself in the middle of a shadowy conspiracy, and it's up to him to figure out what's going on before it's too late. I was amused that lifelong government apparatchik Ross wanted to restart the Avengers, because when the Avengers had their biggest victory in Avengers: Endgame, they were essentially unsanctioned vigilantes bankrolled by a rogue tech billionaire. Overall grade: B- Next up is Ironheart, which came out in 2025. I'd say Ironheart was about 40% very weird and 60% quite good. It's sort of like the modern version of Dr. Faustus. The show got some flak on the Internet from the crossfire between the usual culture war people, but the key to understanding it is to realize that Riri Williams AKA Ironheart is in fact an antihero who's tottering on the edge of becoming a full-blown supervillain. Like Tony Stark, she's a once-in-a-generation scientific talent, but while she doesn't have Stark's alcohol problems, she's emotionally unstable, immature, ruthless, indifferent to collateral damage and consequences, and suffering from severe PTSD after her best friend and stepfather were killed in a drive-by shooting. This volatile mix gets her thrown out of MIT after her experiments cause too much destruction, and she has to go home to Chicago. To get the funds to keep working on her Iron Man armor, she turns to crime, and falls in with a gang of high-end thieves led by a mysterious figure named Hood. It turns out that Hood has actual magic powers, which both disturbs and fascinates Riri. However, Hood got his magic in a pact with a mysterious dark force. When a job goes bad, Riri gains the enmity of Hood and has to go on the run. It also turns out Hood's dark master has become very interested in Riri, which might be a lot more dangerous for everyone in the long run. Overall, I'd say this is about in the same vein as Agatha All Along, an interesting show constructed around a very morally questionable protagonist. Overall grade: B Next up is A Minecraft movie, which came out in 2024. I have to admit, I've never actually played Minecraft, so I know very little about the game and its ecosystem, only what I've generally absorbed by glancing at the news. That said, I think the movie held together quite well, and wasn't deserving of the general disdain it got in the press. (No doubt the $950 million box office compensated for any hurt feelings.) One of the many downsides of rapid technological change in the last fifty years is that the Boomers and Gen X and the Millennials and Gen Z and Gen Alpha have had such radically different formative experiences in childhood that it's harder to relate to each other. Growing up in the 1980s was a wildly different experience than growing up in the 2010s, and growing up in the 2010s was an even more wildly different experience than growing up in the 1960s. Smartphones and social media were dominant in 2020, barely starting in 2010, and implausible science fiction in 2000 and earlier, and so it was like the different generations grew up on different planets, because in some sense they actually did. (A five-year-old relative of mine just started school, and the descriptions of his school compared to what I remember of school really do sound like different planets entirely.) The Minecraft game and A Minecraft Movie might be one of those generation-locked experiences. Anyway, this has gotten very deep digression for what was essentially a portal-based LitRPG movie. A group of people experiencing various life difficulties in a rural Idaho town get sucked into the Minecraft world through a magic portal. There they must combine forces and learn to work together to master the Minecraft world to save it from an evil sorceress. As always, the fundamental question of any movie is the one that Russell Crowe's character shouted to the audience in Gladiator back in 2000. “Are you not entertained?” I admit I was entertained when watching A Minecraft Movie since it was funny and I recognized a lot of the video game mechanics, even though I've never actually played Minecraft. Like, Castlevania II had a night/day cycle the way Minecraft does, and Castlevania II was forty years ago. But that was another digression! I did enjoy A Minecraft Movie. It was kind of crazy, but it committed to the craziness and maintained a consistent creative vision, and I was entertained. Though I did think it was impressive how Jack Black's agent managed to insist that he sing several different times. Overall grade: B Next up is Back to School, which came out in 1986 and this is one of the better ‘80s comedies I've seen. Rodney Dangerfield plays Thornton Melon, who never went to college and is the wealthy owner of a chain of plus-sized clothing stores. His son Jason is attending Great Lakes University, and after Thornton's unfaithful gold-digging wife leaves him (Thornton is mostly relieved by this development), he decides to go visit his son. He quickly discovers that Jason is flailing at college, and decides to enroll to help out his son. Wacky adventures ensue! I quite enjoyed this. The fictional “Great Lakes University” was largely shot at UW-Madison in Wisconsin, which I found amusing because I spent a lot of time at UW-Madison several decades ago as a temporary IT employee. I liked seeing the characters walk past a place where I'd eat lunch outside when the day was nice, that kind of thing. Also, I'm very familiar with how the sausage gets made in higher ed. There's a scene where the dean is asking why Thornton is qualified to enter college, and then it cuts to the dean cheerfully overseeing the groundbreaking of the new Thornton Melon Hall which Thornton just donated, and I laughed so hard I almost hurt myself, because that is exactly how higher ed works. The movie had some pointless nudity, but it was only a few seconds and no doubt gets cut in network broadcasts. Overall grade: B Next up is Whiskey Galore, which came out in 1949 and this is a comedy set in Scotland during World War II. The villagers living on an isolated island have no whiskey due to wartime rationing. However, when a government ship carrying 50,000 cases of whiskey runs aground near the island, wacky hijinks ensue. I have to admit the first half of the movie was very slow and deliberate, gradually setting up all the pieces for later. Then, once the shipwreck happens, things pick up and the movie gets much funnier. Definitely worth watching both as a good comedy movie and an artifact of its time. A modicum of historical knowledge is required – if you don't know what the Home Guard is, you might have to do some Googling to understand the context of some of the scenes. Regrettably, the version I watched did not have captioning, so I had to pay really close attention to understand what the characters were saying, because some of the accents were very strong. Overall grade: B Next up is Happy Gilmore 2, which came out in 2025. This was dumb and overstuffed with celebrity cameos but thoroughly hilarious and I say this even though it uses one of my least favorite story tropes, namely “hero of previous movie is now a middle age loser.” However, the movie leads into it for comedy. When Happy Gilmore accidentally kills his wife with a line drive, he spirals into alcoholism and despair. But his five children still love him, and when his talented daughter needs tuition for school, Happy attempts to shake off his despair and go back to golf to win the money. But Happy soon stumbles onto a sinister conspiracy led by an evil CEO to transform the game of golf into his own personal profit center. Happy must team up with his old nemesis Shooter McGavin to save golf itself from the evil CEO. Amusingly, as I've said before, the best Adam Sandler movies are almost medieval. In medieval fables, it was common for a clever peasant to outwit pompous lords, corrupt priests, and greedy merchants. The best Adam Sandler protagonist remains an everyman who outwits the modern equivalent of pompous lords and corrupt priests, in this case an evil CEO. Overall grade: B+ Next up is Superman, which came out in 2025 and I thought this was pretty good and very funny at times. I think it caught the essential nature of Superman. Like, Superman should be a Lawful Good character. If he was a Dungeons and Dragons character, he would be a paladin. People on the Internet tend to take the characterization of superheroes seriously to perhaps an unhealthy degree, but it seems the best characterization of Superman is as an earnest, slightly dorky Boy Scout who goes around doing good deeds. The contrast of that good-hearted earnestness with his godlike abilities that would allow him to easily conquer and rule the world is what makes for an interesting character. I also appreciated how the movie dispensed with the overused trope of the Origin Story and just got down to business. In this movie, Lex Luthor is obsessed with destroying Superman and is willing to use both super-advanced technology and engineered geopolitical conflict to do it. Superman, because he's essentially a decent person, doesn't comprehend just how depraved Luthor is, and how far Luthor is willing to go out of petty spite. (Ironically, a billionaire willing to destroy the world out of petty spite is alas, quite realistic). Guy Gardener (“Jerkish Green Lantern”) and the extremely competent and the extremely exasperated Mr. Terrific definitely stole all their scenes. The director of the movie, James Gunn, was quite famously fired from Disney in 2018 for offensive jokes he had made on Twitter back when he was an edgy young filmmaker with an alcohol problem. I suppose Mr. Gunn can rest content knowing that Superman made more money than any Marvel movie released this year. Overall grade: A-   Next up is Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, which came out in 1988. This was a very strange movie, but nonetheless, one with an ambitious premise, strong performances, and a strong artistic vision. It's set in post WWII Los Angeles, and “toons” (basically cartoon characters) live and work alongside humans. Private eye Eddie Valiant hates toons since one of them killed his brother five years ago. However, he's hired by the head of a studio who's having trouble with one of his toon actors, Roger Rabbit. Roger's worried his wife Jessica is having an affair, and Valiant obtains pictures of Jessica playing patty cake (not a euphemism, they actually were playing patty cake) with another man. Roger has an emotional breakdown, and soon the other man winds up dead, and Roger insists he's innocent. Valiant and Roger find themselves sucked into a dangerous conspiracy overseen by a ruthless mastermind. This movie was such an interesting cultural artifact. It perfectly follows the structure of a ‘40s film noir movie, but with cartoons, and the dissonance between film noir and the cheerfulness of the toons was embraced and used as a frequently source of comedy. In fact, when the grim and dour Valiant uses the toons' comedy techniques as a tactical improvisation in a moment of mortal peril, it's both hilarious and awesome. Christopher Lloyd's performance as the villainous Judge Doom was amazing. (I don't think it's a spoiler to say that he's villainous, because his character is named Judge Doom and he's literally wearing a black hat.) Like, his performance perfectly captures something monstrous that is trying very hard to pretend to be human and not quite getting it right. And the amount of work it must have taken to make this movie staggers the mind. Nowadays, having live actors interact with cartoon characters is expensive, but not unduly so. It's a frequent technique. You see it all the time in commercials when a housewife is smiling at an animated roll of paper towels or something, and Marvel's essentially been doing it for years. But this was 1988! Computer animation was still a ways off. They had to shoot the movie on analog film, and then hand-draw all the animation and successfully match it to the live film. It wouldn't have worked without the performance of Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant, who plays everything perfectly straight in the same way Michael Caine did in A Muppet Christmas Carol. So kind of a strange movie, but definitely worth watching. And it has both Disney and Warner Brothers animated characters in the same movie, which is something we will never, ever see again. Overall grade: A Next up is K-Pop Demon Hunters, which came out in 2025. Like Who framed Roger Rabbit?, this is a very strange movie, but nonetheless with a clear and focused artistic vision. It is a cultural artifact that provides a fascinating look into a world of which I have no knowledge or interest, namely K-pop bands and their dueling fandoms. Anyway, the plot is that for millennia, female Korean musicians have used the magic of their voices to keep the demons locked away in a demon world. The current incarnation is a three-woman K-Pop group called Huntrix, and they are on the verge of sealing away the demons forever. Naturally, the Demon King doesn't like this, so one of his cleverer minions comes up with a plan. They'll start a Demon K-Pop Boy Band! Disguised as humans, the demon K-Pop group will win away Huntrix's fans, allowing them to breach the barrier and devour the world. However, one of the Huntrix musicians is half-demon, and she starts falling for the lead demon in the boy band, who is handsome and of course has a dark and troubled past. Essentially a musical K-drama follows. I have to admit I know practically nothing about K-Pop groups and their dueling fandoms, other than the fact that they exist. However, this was an interesting movie to watch. The animation was excellent, it did have a focused vision, and there were some funny bits. Overall grade: A Next up is Clarkson's Farm Season Four, which came out in 2025. A long time ago in the ‘90s, I watched the episode of Frasier where Frasier and Niles attempt to open a restaurant and it all goes horribly (yet hilariously) wrong. At the time, I had no money, but I promised myself that I would never invest in a restaurant. Nothing I have seen or learned in the subsequent thirty years has ever changed that decision. Season 4 of Clarkson's Farm is basically Jeremy Clarkson, like Frasier and Niles, attempting to open a restaurant, specifically a British pub. On paper it's a good idea, since Clarkson can provide the pub with food produced from his own farm and other local farmers. However, it's an enormous logistical nightmare, and Clarkson must deal with miles of red tape, contractors, and a ballooning budget, all while trying to keep his farm from going under. An excellent and entertaining documentary into the difficulties of both the farming life and food service. I still don't want to own a restaurant! Overall grade: A Next up is Tombstone, which came out in 1993. The Western genre of fiction is interesting because it's limited to such a very specific period of time and geographical region. Like the “Wild West” period that characterizes the Western genre really only lasted as a historical period from about 1865 to roughly 1890. The Western genre was at its most popular in movies from the 1940s and the 1960s, and I wonder if it declined because cultural and demographic changes made it unpopular to romanticize the Old West the way someone like Walt Disney did at Disneyland with “Frontierland.” Of course, the genre lives on in different forms in grittier Western movies, neo-Westerns like Yellowstone and Longmire, and a lot of the genre's conventions apply really well to science fiction. Everyone talks about Firefly being the first Space Western, but The Mandalorian was much more successful and was basically a Western in space (albeit with occasional visits from Space Wizards). Anyway! After that long-winded introduction, let's talk about Tombstone. When Val Kilmer died earlier this year, the news articles mentioned Tombstone as among his best work, so I decided to give it a watch. The plot centers around Wyatt Earp, played by Kurt Russell, who has decided to give up his career in law enforcement and move to Tombstone, Arizona, a silver mining boomtown, in hopes of making his fortune. However, Tombstone is mostly controlled by the Cowboys outlaw gang, and Earp is inevitably drawn into conflict with them. With the help of his brothers and Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer's character), Earp sets out to bring some law and order to Tombstone, whether the Cowboys like it or not. Holliday is in the process of dying from tuberculosis, which makes him a formidable fighter since he knows getting shot will be a less painful and protracted death than the one his illness will bring him. Kilmer plays him as a dissolute, scheming warrior-poet who nonetheless is a very loyal friend. Definitely a classic of the Western genre, and so worth watching. Overall grade: A Next up is Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, the eighth Mission Impossible movie. Of the eight movies, I think the sixth one was the best one, but this one comes in at a close second. It continues on from Dead Reckoning. Ethan Hunt now possesses the key that will unlock the source code of the Entity, the malicious AI (think ChatGPT, but even more obviously evil) that is actively maneuvering the world's nuclear powers into destroying each other so the Entity can rule the remnants of humanity. Unfortunately, the Entity's source code is sitting in a wrecked Russian nuclear sub at the bottom of the Bering Sea. Even more unfortunately, the Entity knows that Hunt has the key and is trying to stop him, even as the Entity's former minion and Hunt's bitter enemy Gabriel seeks to seize control of the Entity for himself. A sense of apocalyptic doom hangs over the movie, which works well to build tension. Once again, the world is doomed, unless Ethan Hunt and his allies can save the day. The tension works extremely well during the movie's underwater sequence, and the final airborne duel between Hunt and Gabriel. I don't know if they're going to make any more Mission Impossible movies after this (they are insanely expensive), but if this is the end, it is a satisfying conclusion for the character of Ethan Hunt and the Impossible Mission Force. Overall grade: A Next up is Deep Cover, which came out in 2025. This is described as a comedy thriller, and I didn't know what to expect when I watched it, but I really enjoyed it. Bryce Dallas Howard plays Kat, a struggling comedy improv teacher living in London. Her best students are Marlon (played by Orlando Bloom), a dedicated character actor who wants to portray gritty realism but keeps getting cast in tacky commercials, and Hugh (played by Nick Mohammed), an awkward IT worker with no social skills whatsoever. One day, the three of them are recruited by Detective Sergeant Billings (played by Sean Bean) of the Metropolitan Police. The Met wants to use improv comedians to do undercover work for minor busts with drug dealers. Since it plays 200 pounds a pop, the trio agrees. Of course, things rapidly spiral out of control, because Kat, Marlon, and Hugh are actually a lot better at improv than they think, and soon they find themselves negotiating with the chief criminals of the London underworld. What follows is a movie that is both very tense and very funny. Kat, Marlon, and Hugh are in way over their heads, and will have to do the best improv of their lives to escape a very grisly fate. Whether Sean Bean dies or not (as is tradition), you will just have to watch the movie and find out. Overall grade: A Next up is Puss in Boots: The Final Wish, which came out in 2022. I don't personally know much about the history of Disney as a corporation, and I don't much care, but I do have several relatives who are very interested in the history of the Disney corporation, and therefore I have picked up some by osmosis. Apparently Disney CEO Michael Eisner forcing out Jeffrey Katzenberg in the 1990s was a very serious mistake, because Katzenberg went on to co-found DreamWorks, which has been Disney's consistent rival for animation for the last thirty years. That's like “CIA Regime Change Blowback” levels of creating your own enemy. Anyway, historical ironies aside, Puss in Boots: The Final Wish was a funny and surprisingly thoughtful animated movie. Puss in Boots is a legendary outlaw and folk hero, but he has used up eight of his nine lives. An ominous bounty hunter who looks like a humanoid wolf begins pursuing him, and the Wolf is able to shrug off the best of Puss In Boots' attacks. Panicked, Puss hides in a retirement home for elderly cats, but then hears rumors of the magical Last Wish. Hoping to use it to get his lives back, Puss In Boots sets off on the quest. It was amusing how Little Jack Horner and Goldilocks and the Three Bears were rival criminal gangs seeking the Last Wish. Overall grade: A Next up is Chicken People, which came out in 2016. A good documentary film gives you a glimpse into an alien world that you would otherwise never visit. In this example, I have absolutely no interest in competitive chicken breeding and will only raise chickens in my backyard if society ever collapses to the level that it becomes necessary for survival. That said, this was a very interesting look into the work of competitive chicken breeding. Apparently, there is an official “American Standard of Perfection” for individual chicken breeds, and the winner of the yearly chicken competition gets the title “Super Grand Champion.” Not Grand Champion, Super Grand Champion! That looks impressive on a resume. It is interesting how chicken breeding is in some sense an elaborate Skinner Box – like you can deliberately set out to breed chickens with the desirable traits on the American Standard of Perfection, but until the chickens are hatched and grow up, you don't know how they're going to turn out, so you need to try again and again and again… Overall grade: A Next up is The Mask of Zoro, which came out in 1998. I saw this in the theatre when it came out 27 years ago, but that was 27 years ago, and I don't have much of a memory of it, save that I liked it. So when I had the chance to watch it again, I did! Anthony Hopkins plays Diego de la Vega, who has the secret identity of Zorro in the final days before Mexico breaks away from the Spanish Empire. With Mexico on the verge of getting its independence, Diego decides to hang up his sword and mask and focus on his beloved wife and daughter. Unfortunately, the military governor Don Montero realizes Diego is Zorro, so has him arrested, kills his wife, and steals his baby daughter to raise as his own. Twenty years later, a bandit named Alejandro loses his brother and best friends to a brutal cavalry commander. It turns out that Montero is returning to California from Spain, and plans to seize control of California as an independent republic (which, of course, will be ruled by him). In the chaos, Diego escapes from prison and encounters a drunken Alejandro, and stops him from a futile attack upon the cavalry commander. He then proposes a pact – Diego will train Alejandro as the next Zorro, and together they can take vengeance upon the men who wronged them. This was a good movie. It was good to see that my taste in movies 27 years ago wasn't terrible. It manages to cram an entire epic plot into only 2 hours and 20 minutes. In some ways it was like a throwback to a ‘40s movie but with modern (for the ‘90s) production values, and some very good swordfights. Overall grade: A Next up is Wick is Pain, which came out in 2025. I've seen all four John Wick movies and enjoyed them thoroughly, though I've never gotten around to any of the spinoffs. Wick is Pain is a documentary about how John Wick went from a doomed indie movie with a $6.5 million hole in its budget to one of the most popular action series of the last few decades. Apparently Keanu Reeves made an offhand joke about how “Wick is pain” and that became the mantra of the cast and crew, because making an action movie that intense really was a painful experience. Definitely worth watching if you enjoyed the John Wick movies or moviemaking in general. Overall grade: A The last movie I saw this summer was Game Night, which came out in 2016. It was a hilarious, if occasionally dark comedy action thriller. Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams play Max and Annie Davis, a married couple who are very competitive and enjoy playing games of all kinds. Jason has an unresolved conflict with his brother Brooks, and one night Brooks invites them over for game night, which Max resents. Halfway through the evening, Brooks is kidnapped, with Max and Annie assume is part of the game. However, Brooks really is involved in something shady. Hilarity ensues, and it's up to Max and Annie to rescue Brooks and stay alive in the process. This was really funny, though a bit dark in places. That said, Max and Annie have a loving and supportive marriage, so it was nice to see something like that portrayed on the screen. Though this also leads to some hilarity, like when Annie accidentally shoots Max in the arm. No spoilers, but the punchline to that particular sequence was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Overall grade: A So no A+ movie this time around, but I still saw a bunch of solid movies I enjoyed. One final note, I have to admit, I've really come to respect Adam Sandler as an entertainer, even if his movies and comedy are not always to my taste. He makes what he wants, makes a lot of money, ensures that his friends get paid, and then occasionally takes on a serious role in someone else's movie when he wants to flex some acting muscles. I am not surprised that nearly everyone who's in the original Happy Gilmore who was still alive wanted to come back for Happy Gilmore 2. So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show enjoyable and perhaps a guide to some good movies to watch. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes at https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.  

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News/Talk 94.9 WSJM
Lakeshore vs Niles 9/5/2025

News/Talk 94.9 WSJM

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2025 92:57


Niles wins 16-0. The Lakeshore Lancers fall to 0-2.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

106.1 & 1400 WSJM Sports
Lakeshore vs Niles 9/5/2025

106.1 & 1400 WSJM Sports

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2025 92:57


Niles wins 16-0. The Lakeshore Lancers fall to 0-2.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We Need to Talk About Horror
Ep 100: Silent Horror (1920-1928)

We Need to Talk About Horror

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 126:51


Andy, Jeremy, Niles, Roger, and Patrick rewind the clock and look at horror films from the silent era from around 100 years ago! Join us as we break down year […]

Marketing For Learning®
Ep 123 - The 8 Levers of Edtech Transformation - Lori Niles-Hofmann & Dr Serena Gonsalves-Fersch

Marketing For Learning®

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 64:34


This isn't your average EdTech chinwag. In this special episode of the Marketing for Learning podcast, Ashley is joined by Lori Niles-Hofmann (author of The 8 Levers of EdTech Transformation) and Dr. Serena Gonsalves-Fersch (Global Head of Talent at SoftwareOne) for a no-fluff, no-slides-needed conversation about what really makes EdTech work — and what makes people quietly nope out of your platform. Together, the trio unpacks: The 8 levers of effective EdTech transformation The “leavers” - ie, things we desperately need to bin Why being data-informed trumps being data-obsessed What marketing, memory, and a badly-behaved agent called Sven have in common And why context, not content, is what really matters If you've ever been promised an “AI-powered, Netflix-of-learning” experience and ended up with a glorified folder of SCORM files, this one's for you. RESOURCES:  Lori's Book - The 8 Levers of Ed Tech Transformation Serena's YouTube Channel The People Impact Loop® Guide

Drunk With Buds
It came in like a Mosca Dreamsicle Wrecking Ball

Drunk With Buds

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 86:40


Send us a textHoner and Bruce bring back a past guest, Jason, just to hang and talk, and of course drink!! Pop Culture : Taylor Swift rumors about Super Bowl, Orcas bribing us with dead animals, Magic the Gathering is getting super hot? Find out what we had to say about these topics and more...Beer had Mosca Michelada by Great Notion Brewing Co.Fesshole we hear people confessions including pouring a beer over a dog, Party Foul and Animal Foul!!Beer had Dreamsicle by Schilling BrewingTop Shelf: We Blind Rank French Fries and Chicken NuggetsBeer had Wrecking Ball by No-Li BrewingHop Station Craft BarGet Beer, Cocktails, and fab food while enjoying darts, vintage games. Hop Station is hopping!Coastalos SodasUrban Artifact launched our own hemp derived THC brand Coastalo. Made with real fruit!!Niles BrewingUnique Beers and Cocktails! They host events and trivia weekly. Located in downtown Niles, Michigan!TavourUse our promo code 'DrunksWithBuds' for $10 off your second order.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

News/Talk 94.9 WSJM
St. Joseph vs. Niles Full Broadcast - 8/29/25

News/Talk 94.9 WSJM

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 173:02


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106.1 & 1400 WSJM Sports
St. Joseph vs. Niles Full Broadcast - 8/29/25

106.1 & 1400 WSJM Sports

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 173:02


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The Prosthetics and Orthotics Podcast
Tool-Up: Time = Money in Orthotics and Prosthetics with Niles Leonard

The Prosthetics and Orthotics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 51:29 Transcription Available


Send us a textWe catch up with Niles from Leonard Industries, our first-ever returning guest, as he reveals game-changing innovations in prosthetic and orthotic fabrication technology. This episode explores how new manufacturing tools are making fabrication faster, safer, and more consistent while helping address the industry's technical workforce challenges.• Leonard Industries has expanded by acquiring a machine shop with enhanced capabilities• Their revolutionary Wave Oven cuts heating time from 20 to 7 minutes using targeted infrared technology• The oven creates consistent results with wider work windows, eliminating the need to flip materials• Safety innovations include emergency stops, magnetic starters, and controlled heating• Multiple oven models accommodate different fabrication needs, from standard to large KFO applications• The "toast test" demonstrates heating consistency by showing how evenly bread slices brown• Leonard Industries will showcase their technology at the upcoming AOPA conference• The company has helped establish safer educational environments at O&P schools• Niles emphasizes making fabrication more accessible to new technicians through consistency and automation• Their aluminum construction ovens use less energy while providing more precise heating controlVisit the Leonard Industries booth at AOPA to see live demonstrations of their new fabrication technology, including the Wave Oven, dust collection systems, and fume extractors.Special thanks to Advanced 3D for sponsoring this episode.Support the show

Visiting the Presidents
S3 E25 William McKinley's Tomb

Visiting the Presidents

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 57:40


"It is God's will, not ours." William McKinley, 25th President of the United States, died after a week of suffering from an assassin's bullet, our third President killed in office. Learn about his brief second term, his shooting and death, funeral, and tomb in Canton! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2025/08/26/season-3-episode-25-william-mckinleys-tomb/Season 1's William McKinley Episode: "William McKinley and Niles" on his birthplace!Season 2's William McKinley Episode: "William McKinley and Canton" on his homes!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

The Tech M&A Podcast
Episode 82: Inside the Deal with Niles Overly and Rob Kopp

The Tech M&A Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 10:34


In this episode of the Tech M&A Podcast, hosts Niles Overly and Rob Kopp share their experiences as co-founders of Metro Data Centers, discussing their motivations for selling the company, the unique aspects of their business, and the challenges they faced during the M&A process. They emphasize the importance of planning for an exit, effective communication, and the value of seeking professional help throughout the sale process. The conversation provides valuable insights for entrepreneurs considering an exit strategy.   Takeaways Always think about an exit strategy from the start. Unique business models can attract buyers. Effective communication is crucial during the sale process. Balancing daily operations with M&A activities is challenging. Seek professional help to navigate the M&A process. Experience plays a significant role in successful exits. Planning financial projections is essential but difficult. Involve trusted employees at the right time. Investment bankers can provide significant value during sales. Understanding the complexities of your business is key.    Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Tech M&A Podcast 00:28 Founders' Backgrounds and Company Overview 01:54 Motivations for the Sale Process 03:10 Unique Selling Points of Metro Data Centers 04:14 Communication Strategies During the Sale 05:23 Balancing Operations and M&A Process 06:32 Lessons Learned and Surprises 07:58 Advice for Entrepreneurs Considering an Exit

Double K Country
Update with Dr. Stephanie Niles, President of Cottey College

Double K Country

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 13:07


Today on Update, I am talking with Dr. Stephanie Niles, President of Cottey College in Nevada. Dr. Niles will be highlighting several exciting changes to Cottey this Fall. First, they will be implementing a four-term academic year. Fall Semester consists of a two-week mini term, followed by a seven-week course. This schedule is repeated during the Spring Semester. Another change, coming to Cottey, is the introduction of online courses. Finally, there will be a new credit system where courses will now be worth four credits instead of three. For more information, visit cottey.edu.

We Need to Talk About Horror
Ep. 99: 'SCUM OF THE EARTH' (1974)

We Need to Talk About Horror

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 99:35


Andy, Jeremy, Niles, Roger, and Patrick put on their overalls and get sweaty drinkin' moonshine (Logboat Brewing's Turtle Power seltzer) and talk about Scum of the Earth (aka. Poor White […]

Drake Sports Media Podcast
Hometown Hoops Podcast || Warren Niles

Drake Sports Media Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 32:33


This week on the Hometown Hoops Podcast, the Bulldogs are making their way back to Des Moines with school starting Monday plus assistant coach Warren Niles stops by.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Live UNREAL with Glover U
Independent Broker Success: Nate Paulus' Formula for 20M+ in Sales | Glover U

Live UNREAL with Glover U

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 18:38


In this episode of the Live Unreal Podcast, Jeff Glover sits down with Michigan real estate agent and independent brokerage owner Nate Paulus from Niles, MI. With 7 years in the business, Nate has proven himself as both a successful broker and a top-producing agent. In 2024, Nate personally sold 49 units for $17M in volume, and by June of 2025, he's already closed 20 units at $6M, with a goal of 55 units and $20M in 2025. Nate shares how he balances the challenges of running a brokerage while still consistently producing 50+ personal units a year. He breaks down his database strategy and reveals the biggest factor driving referral business from his sphere. You'll also learn his proven system for hosting client events that generate long-term loyalty and new business opportunities. Jeff and Nate also dive into how Nate successfully broke into a higher price point, how he leverages listings to generate more listings, and the number one takeaway he's gained from working with Glover U. If you're an independent broker or agent looking to scale your business, maximize your database, and build a system that generates consistent referrals, this episode is packed with actionable strategies you can implement today. Download the Glover U app: https://tinyurl.com/GloverUapp Follow Glover U: • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GloverU • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gloverucoaching/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/glover-u • Website: https://www.gloveru.com • Inner Circle (free weekly content): https://www.facebook.com/groups/gloveruinnercircle/

The Tim Jones and Chris Arps Show
H2: Property tax reform with Niles Stephens 08.19.2025

The Tim Jones and Chris Arps Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 41:15


THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1 Niles Stephens, Managing Director of Missouri Tax Relief Now | in studio | TOPIC: Property Tax Relief hearing on Wednesday in STL Countyhttps://www.motaxreliefnow.org/ https://x.com/MoTaxReliefNow 12:46 SEG 2 The Speaker's Stump Speech is brought to you by https://www.hansenstree.com/ 29:10 SEG 3 Paramount purchased by Skydance | No more dial up internet https://newstalkstl.com/ FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps 24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Drunk With Buds
Pete Sepenuk: Actor / Voice Actor / Director

Drunk With Buds

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2025 111:52


Send us a textOur new Best Friend of the Podcast, Pete Sepenuk joins us!! You might know him from the Anime Naruto and Bleach, or the Final Fantasy VII remake, or MLB!! Give us so many stories about Voice acting and his time working with great Producers, Actors and Directors in Hollywood. We talk about the one our fav films of all time, The Ghost and the Darkness!! We try three brews of course while we had a hell of time together!!! How he fell into Movie Editing!Pop Culture: King of the Hill and Saladin Patterson, Gail Anne Hurd and her works, and much moreBrew had during Pop Culture: Did I Dew that! Baja Blurst by Vice Beer and Sig Brewing CoBeer Flights: We learn about Pete and get to the bottom of his darkest secrets! Yacht Rock, IMF agents and Invincible(MTV)Brew during Beer Flights: PB&J Mixtape by Xul Beer CoTop Shelf : Top 3 Movies or TV shows that cant or shouldnt be rebooted or remadeBrew during Top Shelf Yacht Party by Charles Towne FermentoryTheme Song by Lost Like Lions Guest Links and Social Media:Instagram:   @thesepvoX: @thesepvoHop Station Craft BarGet Beer, Cocktails, and fab food while enjoying darts, vintage games. Hop Station is hopping!Coastalos SodasUrban Artifact launched our own hemp derived THC brand Coastalo. Made with real fruit!!Niles BrewingUnique Beers and Cocktails! They host events and trivia weekly. Located in downtown Niles, Michigan!TavourUse our promo code 'DrunksWithBuds' for $10 off your second order.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

The Executives' Exchange
Episode 079 – Suzy Welch, Best-Selling Author, Tech Entrepreneur, & Professor

The Executives' Exchange

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 50:56


Suzy Welch—best-selling author, professor, and tech entrepreneur—joins The Executives' Exchange for a candid conversation with guest host Kristen Prinz. This isn't just about her latest book, Becoming You: The Proven Method for Crafting Your Authentic Life and Career—it's about rewriting the rules of success. Drawing from her hit NYU course, Suzy breaks down a framework for finding your core values, leading with purpose, and building a career that actually fits the life you want. No buzzwords. No one-size-fits-all formulas. Just the clarity and tools you need to shape your next chapter—on your terms. This conversation was recorded in front of a live audience in May 2025.    00:00 – Intro   00:55 – Inspiration Behind the Book  04:26 – Suzy's Becoming You Experience  08:26 – Defining the Four Horsemen  12:50 – The Values Test & Learning Your Values  21:05 – Methodology Applied Across All Age Groups  27:20 – Go Where Your Characteristics Overlap  30:00 – The Worthiness of Values  33:51 – Do Values Change Over Time?  36:16 – Recognizing Attributes & Identifying Aptitudes   46:40 – Economically Viable Interests   50:25 – Outro    Episode Link: Suzy Welch | Becoming You   Guest Host: Kristen Prinz, Founding & Managing Partner, The Prinz Law Firm      Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.     Thank you to our podcast sponsor, Shure Incorporated.    For nearly 100 years, Shure Incorporated has developed best-in-class audio products that provide high-quality performance, reliability and value. Headquartered in Niles, Illinois, our history of innovation and expertise in acoustics, wireless technology, and more enables us to deliver seamless, transparent audio experiences to a global audience. Our diverse product line includes world-class wired and wireless microphones, networked audio systems and signal processors, conferencing and discussion systems, software, a loudspeaker, and award-winning earphones and headphones.    Find Shure on: Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram 

We Need to Talk About Horror
Ep. 98: 'SOCIETY'

We Need to Talk About Horror

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2025 92:59


Andy, Jeremy, Niles, Roger, and  special guest Patrick discuss Brian Yuzna's Society as their main feature. Additionally, the Ooze crew discusses other body horror films in their section, “Previously Viewed” (also […]

Drunk With Buds
Rock Band: The Precibus

Drunk With Buds

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2025 118:40


Send us a textSouth Bend Rock Band, The Precibus joins us at Vinyl Tap and Table for a live recording of the podcast.  Eric, Derek, and Bob make up this fab band. Make sure you check them out if you can!!! Top Shelf : Fantasy Draft a Rock BandBeer had: Donna's Pickle Beer by Donna's Pickle BeerBeer Flights : We interview all three of the members of the BandBeer had: The White Lodge by Holy Mountain BrewingPub Talk: Conspiracy Theories and Retro ToysBeer had: Peristery by Urban Artifact Theme Song by Lost Like Lions Guest Links and Social Media:Instagram:   @theprecibusFacebook:    The Precibus  YouTube: The PrecibusHop Station Craft BarGet Beer, Cocktails, and fab food while enjoying darts, vintage games. Hop Station is hopping!Coastalos SodasUrban Artifact launched our own hemp derived THC brand Coastalo. Made with real fruit!!Niles BrewingUnique Beers and Cocktails! They host events and trivia weekly. Located in downtown Niles, Michigan!TavourUse our promo code 'DrunksWithBuds' for $10 off your second order.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Drunk With Buds
Barrel Aged Episode LitRPG Author James A Hunter

Drunk With Buds

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2025 110:21


Send us a textA throwback from Season 3!! One of our first Authors we interviewed on the POD!!Hop Station Craft BarGet Beer, Cocktails, and fab food while enjoying darts, vintage games. Hop Station is hopping!Coastalos SodasUrban Artifact launched our own hemp derived THC brand Coastalo. Made with real fruit!!Niles BrewingUnique Beers and Cocktails! They host events and trivia weekly. Located in downtown Niles, Michigan!TavourUse our promo code 'DrunksWithBuds' for $10 off your second order.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

News/Talk 94.9 WSJM
Fire damages St. Joseph commercial building; Arraignment this afternoon in Niles Twp. murder; Benton Harbor primary election two weeks out

News/Talk 94.9 WSJM

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 12:04


Southwest Michigan's Morning News podcast is prepared and delivered by the WSJM Newsroom. For these stories and more, visit https://www.wsjm.com and follow us for updates on Facebook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

News/Talk 94.9 WSJM
Police investigate homicide in Niles Twp.; Benton Harbor embracing solar; Police National Night Out set Aug. 5

News/Talk 94.9 WSJM

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2025 11:35


Southwest Michigan's Morning News podcast is prepared and delivered by the WSJM Newsroom. For these stories and more, visit https://www.wsjm.com and follow us for updates on Facebook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On The Tape
Dan Niles: Microsoft's AI Edge & Hidden Risks For Tech This Fall

On The Tape

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 49:04


Dan Nathan welcomes Dan Niles, founder and portfolio manager at Niles Investment Management. They discuss Niles' approach to investment transparency and review his recent mid-year market update. The conversation covers the U.S.-China race in AI technology, macroeconomic trends, and the impact of tariffs. Niles highlights the performance and strategies of major tech companies including Nvidia, Microsoft, and their implications on the market. They also explore the potential overbuild in AI infrastructure and future market corrections. Additionally, Niles provides insights on the significance of macroeconomic indicators like debt-to-GDP ratios and the importance of valuations, emphasizing the interconnectedness of global markets. Links Dan Niles on X: https://x.com/DanielTNiles Dan's Website: https://www.nilesinvestmentmanagement.com/ Master Investor Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUFttITJpAY —FOLLOW USYouTube: @RiskReversalMediaInstagram: @riskreversalmediaTwitter: @RiskReversalLinkedIn: RiskReversal Media

We Need to Talk About Horror
Ep. 97: Canadian Tax Shelter Horror Films - LIVE at Hysteria Fest

We Need to Talk About Horror

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 64:05


Andy, Jeremy, Niles, & Roger discuss Canadian Horror LIVE from St. Louis' Hysteria Fest as they were celebrating Canadian Horror through screenings of Dead Ringers, Curtains, and Hello Mary Lou: Prom […]

Drunk With Buds
Chris Wolstenholme from MATE! Vodka Protein Water

Drunk With Buds

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2025 76:15


Send us a textAfter trying the Pineapple MATE! last week we had to get the creator on and try the rest!! Chris joins us and talks about USA vs Australia, Blind ranking items, and Visiting a Dive bar in the  of the heart of Georgia.We try three flavors of MATE!  Lime/Mint, Watermelon, and Peach!!Drinks:  MATE! Vodka WaterTheme Song by Lost Like Lions Guest Links and Social Media:Instagram:   @matebeverageFacebook: MATE      X: MATEHop Station Craft BarGet Beer, Cocktails, and fab food while enjoying darts, vintage games. Hop Station is hopping!Coastalos SodasUrban Artifact launched our own hemp derived THC brand Coastalo. Made with real fruit!!Niles BrewingUnique Beers and Cocktails! They host events and trivia weekly. Located in downtown Niles, Michigan!TavourUse our promo code 'DrunksWithBuds' for $10 off your second order.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Children of Grace
Guestisode: Burgundy Niles

Children of Grace

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2025 79:03


In this episode of Children of Grace Podcast, the hosts delve into the experiences of their guest Burgundy, who shares the tumultuous history of her family with the Bible Speaks/Greater Grace.Her recount highlights her mother's search for stability and healing, only to find false promises within the church. The episode discusses the harmful impact of avoiding professional help in favor of church solutions, and Burgundy's personal journey of breaking free from generational trauma as her family grappled with intense emotional and psychological battles under the church's influence.There are a lot of trigger warnings on this one - they are listed before the episode begins.Thank you for listening, and as always, feel free to reach out to us at childrenofgracepodcast@gmail.com!

The Executives' Exchange
Episode 078 – Katrina Markoff, Founder, Violet Flames Chocolate

The Executives' Exchange

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 57:02


On this episode of the Executives' Exchange, Katrina Markoff, Founder of Violet Flame Chocolate, joins Julie Smolansky, CEO of Lifeway Foods and Exec Club Board Member, to discuss her nearly three decades of innovation in the world of gourmet chocolate and what it means to lead with creativity and purpose.    00:00 – Intro 02:30 – Katrina's Childhood and Background 06:19 – Why Chocolate? 11:32 – Navigating Challenges 13:12 – Violet Flame 17:45 – Creating a Balanced Company Culture 23:30 – What Makes Chicago Special 30:35 – Balancing Taking Risks 37:45 – Using Mothership as a Business Tool 43:25 – Making Things Purposeful 46:20 – Leaving a Legacy 50:15 – The Future of AI in Different Spaces 56:25 – Outro   Episode Link: Violet Flames Chocolate   Guest Host: Julie Smolyansky, President & Chief Executive Officer, Lifeway Foods Producer: Eva Penar, Chief Content & Communications Officer, The Executives' Club of Chicago      Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.    Thank you to our podcast sponsor, Shure Incorporated.   For nearly 100 years, Shure Incorporated has developed best-in-class audio products that provide high-quality performance, reliability and value. Headquartered in Niles, Illinois, our history of innovation and expertise in acoustics, wireless technology, and more enables us to deliver seamless, transparent audio experiences to a global audience. Our diverse product line includes world-class wired and wireless microphones, networked audio systems and signal processors, conferencing and discussion systems, software, a loudspeaker, and award-winning earphones and headphones.   Find Shure on: Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram

Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
The Future of AI Trust: Why Guardrails Actually Accelerate Innovation with Sabastian Niles

Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 52:31


"You can try to develop self-awareness and take a beginner's mind in all things. This includes being open to feedback and truly listening, even when it might be hard to receive. I think that's been something I've really tried to practice. The other area is recognizing that just like a company or country, as humans we have many stakeholders. You may wear many hats in different ways. So as we think of the totality of your life over time, what's your portfolio of passions? How do you choose—as individuals, as society, as organizations, as humans and families with our loved ones and friends—to not just spend your time and resources, but really invest your time, resources, and spirit into areas, people, and contexts that bring you meaning and where you can build a legacy? So it's not so much advice, but more like a north star." - Sabastian V. Niles Fresh out of the studio, Sabastian Niles, President and Chief Legal Officer at Salesforce Global, joins us to explore how trust and responsibility shape the future of enterprise AI. He shares his journey from being a high-tech corporate lawyer and trusted advisor to leading AI governance at a company whose number one value is trust, reflecting on the evolution from automation to agentic AI that can reason, plan, and execute tasks alongside humans. Sabastian explains how Agentforce 3.0 enables agent-to-agent interactions and human-AI collaboration through command centers and robust guardrails. He highlights how organizations are leveraging trusted AI for personalized customer experiences, while Salesforce's Office of Ethical and Humane Use operationalizes trust through transparency, explainability, and auditability. Addressing the black box problem in AI, he emphasizes that guardrails provide confidence to move faster rather than creating barriers. Closing the conversation, Sabastian shares his vision on what great looks like for trusted agentic AI at scale. Episode Highlights [00:00] Quote of the Day by Sabastian Niles: "Portfolio of passions - invest your spirit into areas that bring meaning" [01:02] Introduction: Sabastian Niles, President and Chief Legal Officer of Salesforce Global [02:29] Sabastian's Career Journey [04:50] From Trusted Advisor to SalesForce whose number one value is trust [08:09] Salesforce's 5 core values: Trust, Customer Success, Innovation, Equality, Sustainability [10:25] Defining Agentic AI: humans with AI agents driving stakeholder success together [13:13] Trust paradigm shift: trusted approaches become an accelerant, not obstacle [17:33] Agent interactions: not just human-to-agent, but agent-to-agent-to-agent handoffs [23:35] Enterprise AI requires transparency, explainability, and auditability [28:00] Trust philosophy: "begins long before prompt, continues after output" [34:06] Office of Ethical and Humane Use operationalizes trust values [40:00] Future vision: AI helps us spend time on uniquely human work [45:17] Governance philosophy: Guardrails provide confidence to move faster [48:24] What does great look like for Salesorce for Trust & Responsibility in the Era of AI? [50:16] Closing Profile: Sabastian V. Niles, President & Chief Legal Officer, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabastian-v-niles-b0175b2/ Podcast Information: Bernard Leong hosts and produces the show. The proper credits for the intro and end music are "Energetic Sports Drive." G. Thomas Craig mixed and edited the episode in both video and audio format. Here are the links to watch or listen to our podcast. Analyse Asia Main Site: https://analyse.asia Analyse Asia Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1kkRwzRZa4JCICr2vm0vGl Analyse Asia Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/analyse-asia-with-bernard-leong/id914868245 Analyse Asia YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AnalyseAsia Analyse Asia LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/analyse-asia/

We Need to Talk About Horror
Ep. 96: 'PROFONDO ROSSO' (Deep Red)

We Need to Talk About Horror

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 119:27


On this episode, join Andy, Jeremy, Niles, & Roger as they discuss Dario Argento's giallo, Profondo Rosso (Deep Red). We also discuss some other films we've been watching lately! Show Notes […]

Drunk With Buds
Moriah Formica from PLUSH

Drunk With Buds

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2025 93:02


Send us a textWe had on the Frontwoman of the Rock group PLUSH, Moriah Formica! She tells some tales from the road and what it was like on NBC's The Voice!! You should check out their Hard Rock music everywhere you find music. We play three of their songs on the episode and also their new single "WHY" !1st Segment: Top Shelf -Top 3 Cover Songs!Drink: Drunken Lullaby by Mikerphone Brewing-  Milkshake IPA2nd Segment:  Beer Flights- Getting to know Moriah and PlushBeer: El Tub by Whiner Beer Co - Lime/Cucumber Saison3rd Segment: Pub Talk- Fishing!!Drink: Pineapple by MATE! Vodka WaterTheme Song by Lost Like Lions Guest Links and Social Media:Instagram:   @plushrocks @moriahformicaFacebook: PLUSH       X: @Plushrocks Spotify:  PLUSH   AppleMusic: Hop Station Craft BarGet Beer, Cocktails, and fab food while enjoying darts, vintage games. Hop Station is hopping!Coastalos SodasUrban Artifact launched our own hemp derived THC brand Coastalo. Made with real fruit!!Niles BrewingUnique Beers and Cocktails! They host events and trivia weekly. Located in downtown Niles, Michigan!TavourUse our promo code 'DrunksWithBuds' for $10 off your second order.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

The Stacking Benjamins Show
Make Your Next Theme Park Experience Worth the Money (with Theme Park Insider's Robert Niles)

The Stacking Benjamins Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 90:00


Is it summer already, or is that just our theme park budget melting in the sun? Either way, we're kicking off the season with our annual guide to roller coasters, churros, and how not to hurl after one too many loops. Theme Park Insider's Robert Niles returns to share the biggest news in amusement park land—from a new Disney park in Abu Dhabi (what?!) to Universal Orlando's game-changing Epic Universe. But what's a summer kickoff without a good ol' whiplash reminder that your brain can't be trusted when it comes to investing? Joe Saul-Sehy and OG dive into Jason Zweig's latest insights about how our market “memory banks” mess with decision-making, and why 2008 probably wasn't as scarring as your gut tells you. And yes, Doug's trivia ties it all together—with corn dogs, naturally. How to actually save money at theme parks without having to sleep in a costume closet. The surprising reason a $1,400 day at Disney might be your own fault. Which new coasters (and old favorites) are worth the detour this year. Why your gut—and your "market memory"—could be sabotaging your investments. The last time the stock market went down multiple years in a row (hint: not 2008). What Robert's favorite underrated U.S. parks are (spoiler: Dollywood shows up, again). How to strategically splurge or save at the parks—merch fans, avert your eyes.