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Quaranteam – Book 1: Part 12 The girls continue their pitches to Andy. Based on a post by CorruptingPower, in 25 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels. Nicolette smiled, shaking her head a bit. "I split from Josh the week after the party, because, well, it's not important, beyond the fact that he was a fucking asshole and I was sick of dealing with it. I haven't seen him in years now, and it's actually better that way. If he's dead, good, good riddance, fuck him, he deserved it. As for her partner, well, Bill wasn't a bad guy, although I never really talked much to him, or should I say I wasn't much permitted to talk to him, because he was from the old school of domination, with the leather whip and the iron fist, and he didn't like submissives giving him any back talk. Whitney was mostly happy with him, although she'd admitted to me a couple of times that she could've done without Bill's sadistic streak of inflicting pain on her. Pain wasn't really her thing. She didn't mind it from time to time, but it wasn't something she got off on. Bill did. But Bill died from the virus in April, leaving Whitney sort of lost and directionless." "I'm certainly not into inflicting pain on people, Nicolette, but I don't know that even on my best or worst days I could be fairly described as a dom." Nicolette giggled and waggled a finger in his direction. "You might have the other girls fooled, Master, but not me, and frankly, I don't think Ash buys it either. When I was pitching this to her yesterday, I pointed out to her that sexuality is, well, it's sort of like a menu at a Cheesecake Factory “ there are so many options that you are bound to find things you like just every once in a while, instead of every day. And you are a good and kind man, but I've also seen that sometimes you just want to take something, to claim something. There is a beast in you raging to get out, and I've tried to make sure I'm around to fill that need for you. We all heard it when you were having your first go at Taylor, and even Niko told me afterwards she thought you were holding back a little, like you were worried we might judge you for it, but your household loves you and trusts you, Master." The maid pushed the button and the image changed again, showing a head on almost portfolio picture of Whitney, her wrists bound together in rope, a collar around her neck, still wearing a bra, her hair pulled back into a ponytail, a very lustful look in her icy blue eyes drilling straight into the camera. "She took this photo just for you, Master. Nobody other than the three of us has seen it. Not only does she want to join the staff, she wants you to collar her. Hell, she said if you wanted to, she would even get tattooed or branded for you." "Branded?" Andy gasped suddenly. "I would never!" "Oh, I told her that, and she said that just made you sound even more dreamy, but wanted you to have that option on the table. She doesn't want to be one of your wives, because she says that would put her on equal level with you. She wants to belong to you. She's always going to be submissive, but do you have any idea how hard it's going to be for a single submissive woman to find a sexual partner right now, much less one who isn't a complete asshole? The biggest problem with the BDSM scene, in my eyes anyway, is that too many people don't respect boundaries, that they aren't respectful of one another. Whitney's never going to feel bad about not getting to sleep in your bed, but if you tell her to one night, she will, gladly, as long as it doesn't become a habit. When it comes to the house, she will be the kind of control freak you need running your digital life, but all that desperate need for control, that's why she likes to be completely out of control when it comes to her sexuality. Wearing a collar from you isn't a mark of shame; it's a thing of pride and beauty for her. And all of the women you have in this house, Master, they're all such wonderful and warm women, friendly and inviting, and even though we've told them time and time and time again that we're merely the staff, they're still treating us as friends, because we are their friends, even if we still work for you." Andy had been listening to all of this very intently, because the expression on Nicolette's face wasn't one of concern, but one of excitement, of enthusiasm, of pride. "Why'd she take a picture just for me?" "Because after Bill died half a year ago, she was aimless, and I got, well, to be blunt, I got very worried about her. I couldn't go and check up on her because of the quarantine, but we FaceTimed every day. We still do. And I've told her all about this house, about you, Master, and all your amazing partners, and about a month ago, Whitney started saying something I've been hearing a lot from her lately. 'I wish I had what you have.' She was waking up from her fugue state over the loss of Bill, and she wanted something again, for the first time in months. She wasn't just thinking about what her next meal was, or how to solve some routing problem at work. She had a genuine desire to introduce something, someone into her life again. You. This. All of this," the maid said, gesturing around her. "You two sound very close," Ash said. "I don't know that you made it clear to me just how close when you were presenting to me for practice." Nicolette nodded. "She's, well, she's probably my best friend, the person I can be myself with the most, and I'm worried about her. You have to understand, she's like an old watch that's been wound up too tightly. When I say she's a control freak, I might be understating the case, but before now she's always had that release valve of having Bill to take over for at least a few hours every week, where she wasn't allowed to have any control, and through that, all that pressure got released. You can give that to her again, Master." "Do you really think I'm a good match for her sexually?" Andy said. "I'd hate to bring her here and disappoint her." The French girl's face spread into a mischievous grin. "Like I said, Master, Whitney's going to be like me, not an everyday food, but definitely a delicious treat that you simply must indulge in now and then. And I'm a very good judge of character, so I want you to try and look me in the eyes and tell me that the idea of having a woman who literally will not lift a finger until you tell her to do so doesn't turn you on at least a little bit, to have such total control over a woman that she is waiting with baited breath for you to give her a command. I'll bet everything I own that you can't." Andy smirked and blushed a little bit. "I'm not sure there's many men who could say that. I certainly wouldn't want that if she didn't want that but,” Nicolette nodded vigorously. "But she does, she absolutely, positively, definitively does want that. From you. I think the biggest challenge you'd have with her is the feelings you'd have when you put the collar on her, because I can tell you, her one and only demand is that you collar her when she arrives, and that she only ever takes the collar off to bathe. I know you're going to have reservations about it, which is why I'm spending so much time reassuring you that this is ultimately what she wants. It's an odd thing for a man who describes himself as a feminist to do, collaring a woman, but realize, you are giving her what she wants “ the ability to not have to think for a bit." Ash grinned a little bit. "You forgot to tell him the final thing." Nicolette held her fingers to her mouth, trying to stifle a giggle once more, as she nodded. She then picked up the remote and clicked the button again, as the image advanced one more time. At first, Andy thought the image was the same, but then he saw it, resting atop of her bound wrists. A first edition of "The Demon Dies At Midnight," a small press book he'd done for himself before he'd started writing the Druid Gunslinger books, in many ways the precursor to the whole series. It was a short novel, more of a novella really, that Andy had written just to sort of test the idea of writing long form fiction, and while it shared some similarities with the Druid Gunslinger books, it was a stand alone tale about a freelance demon hunter who traveled the world, trying to find the demon that had laid a curse on him when he was a child. Andy had used a print on demand service for the book, and only 2000 copies had been sold before he had found a publisher for all his work, starting with the Druid Gunslinger books. His publisher had scooped up the rights to his first book along with the Druid Gunslinger books. Once they did, Andy had stopped the print on demand version of it, so those 2000 were all that was ever going to be printed with that cover, a touch more erotic than the publisher was comfortable with. He'd looked and the first editions were worth several hundred dollars on the secondary market now, even though copies of the second edition, the one done by his current publisher with its less racy cover, were available for ten bucks. "She's a fan of yours, Master, going back to the beginning. You can't see it, but that copy of your book is signed, by you, when you were doing signings in Santa Cruz." "She would've been living in Chicago when that book came out!" Andy laughed. "So you can't me she's been a fan of mine since then." "Oh, she bought it on the secondary market a couple of years ago, when she first started getting into your writing, long before I met you. She said it was worth it to have the original rather than a second edition. She reads loads and loads of sci fi and fantasy, but says you're an excellent writer, one of her favorites. When she found out you were my Master, she begged and pleaded with me to find some way for her to be able to join me. I told her I would keep my eye open for an opportunity, but that I didn't want to be disrespectful and ask you on my own." Andy clicked his tongue, shaking his head. "I told you that you could come to me with anything, Nicolette." "I know you did, Master, and thank you for that, but you have been wall to wall busy since you first arrived here a month or so ago, and there just never seemed to be an opportune moment until Hannah started talking to us about you being able to request people, which brings us all up to speed, here and now," she said, gesturing to the image behind her. "I don't just think she's an obvious yes, Master, I think she's the most obvious yes. And if you need a little help stoking the fires of the shades of a controlling bastard that hide inside that warm soul, you know I'm always willing to lend a hand or whatever you might need. Whitney and I have played together sexually before, and if she comes here, I have no doubt that she and I will be play partners again. You have a lot of amazing women on offer for you here, but this one has to be a slam dunk. Thanks for giving me the chance to introduce you to my best friend, and I can't wait to hear you tell me to invite her over." The maid pressed the button and the image of Whitney disappeared to be replaced by "Next: Niko" in white letters on a black background as she stood up and made her way to the door. Andy leaned over to Aisling. "Give me 5 10 minutes, okay?" Aisling grinned and nodded. "You're the boss, boss." He stood up quickly and made his way out into the hallway, closing the door behind him, as he moved quickly to catch up to Nicolette, just as she was about to reach the stairwell leading upstairs. "One sec, Nicolette," Andy said, "I have one more question for you." Nicolette smiled as she turned back to him, standing at the edge of the stairs. "Of course, Master, what can I " As soon as he was within reach of her, he grabbed her by the waist and spun her around, bending her forward until her back was nearly perpendicular with the wall, lifting her dress up and tugging her panties aside with one hand, unbuttoning his jeans with another. Before it even dawned on her what was happening, he lined the head of his cock up against her snatch and just shoved forward with one rough, penetrating thrust, sinking hilt deep as a groan was ripped from her throat, deep and sultry. "Was this what you wanted?" "Fuck yes, Master!" she whined, as he drew back and then thrust forward again with a harsh shove, forcing her cunt to swallow up his cock. Her hands reached before her, trying to brace herself, as he reached forward and grabbed her by the throat, making her stand upright, even while scooting forward as best she can, until her tits were mashed against the wall, her face tilted towards the ceiling, when he drew back and then punched forward again. "Is it wrong of me that your filthy little fuckmaid has been fingering her sloppy cunt thinking of her Master slamfucking her best friend?" Andy couldn't help but laugh about that, as he drew back again. "Is that the only thing you've been thinking about?" "Fuck!" she whimpered as he railed her again, lifting one of her legs to allow him to penetrate a little bit deeper. "You know that it isn't, Master. Your bratty little slut thinks about you all the time, imagining her Master doing so many dirty things to her." He shifted his hips a little bit, making sure he was good and slick, before he pulled her away from the wall and then moved her over to a table, forcing her forward, yanking her panties down to her ankles before tugging it off of her entirely. He grabbed the lacy underthing in his hand and then bent her over the table, pushing her knees to make her get a little bit lower, and before it could even register what he was doing, the head of his thick cock pressed against the rosebud of her asshole and just sunk through, greasing its way deep inside of her ass, lubed up with the drippy juices from her cunt. "Fuck oh fuck oh fuck you're fucking thick, Master, that's such a big fucking cock you've shoved up my tight young ass!" Nicolette whimpered, her voice squealing upward in pitch until it was a shrill shriek, more like a siren than a person. "I've been dreaming about being your stuffed little buttslut, Master, so just fucking hammer me already!" Andy had a weird notion, and he decided to follow through on it, as he reached around and stuffed Nicolette's panties into her mouth, and he could swear she clamped down even more tightly in excitement. Her hands were free, so if she wanted to, she could've pulled them out any moment. And yet, she didn't. Instead, the moans burbling from her throat grew more intense, her hips trying to push her ass back into his firm thrusts as much as she could. She was throwing her body back at him any which way she was able, but for the most part, she was simply getting railed, keeping as much of his cock buried inside of her ass for as much of the time as she could. After a minute or so, she started spasming and clamping down on his cock, and he couldn't resist, so he unloaded a heavy load of cum into her asshole, sweat dripping from his forehead against the back of her neck, until he softened enough to slip out of that tight pucker. When he leaned back, he tucked his cock away and pulled up his boxers and jeans, zipping them up, a wry smile on his lips as Nicolette turned around, an incredibly satisfied look upon her face. She pulled her panties from her mouth and that wild grin was the happiest he'd ever seen on Nicolette's face before. "Now that is how you fucking use me, Master," she purred with as much sensuality as she could. "And you have fucking earned keeping these for a bit." She leaned forward and tucked her panties into the front pocket of his jeans. "And don't worry, I'll fish them out of the laundry later." She tipped her head up and kissed him for a moment. "Thanks so much for that! Jesus! Au revoir!" Andy took his hand and wiped sweat from his forehead and grinned a bit to himself as he watched her head up the stairs. "Well then. Job done." When Andy headed back into the room, he found Aisling waiting with a shit eating smirk on her face. "Got your release valve off with the hired help?" she teased. Andy blushed a little bit, realizing that the door wasn't all that thick, and that he had taken Nicolette not all that far from the room, but then he decided he had nothing to be embarrassed about. "Look, she made it abundantly clear what she wanted from me, and so I damn well gave it to her," he said with a laugh, as he moved to sit down in his chair. "It had been over a week for her anyway, so she was due. You can tell Niko we're ready for her now." Niko was practically coming through the door when he said it. "She already knows. She was enjoying listening in on you giving Nicolette exactly what's she's been waiting for for a week now," she giggled. "And she, uh, I, I'm here now. How's presentations been so far?" Andy was about to answer out of reflex when he felt Aisling's hand on his arm, and heard her say, "No dirty snooker from you, missy. He's not tellin' you nuffin'." "He was about to, though," she winked at the redhead. Niko was in her uniform, something Andy had rarely seen her in, even though she wore it nearly every day. When she headed to the base, she always left before he got up, and she changed out of the uniform before she came home, so it was a little surprising to see her decked out in the formal wear. Her hair was up and pinned back, and she even had the chest candy on her uniform, as she'd been known to call it. "Going to present someone from the base?" Andy asked, suspecting it was the reason for the uniform. "You got it," she said, picking up the remote as she pushed a button as the image changed to a rather stern looking blonde woman in her mid forties with a hawkish nose. "I want to introduce you to Captain Tracy Bells, sir. She's a, y'know, we could do the whole thing, Ash, or we could just,” "It's yer call, Niko," the Irish redhead said to her, a conspiratorial grin on her face. Niko nodded, then motioned for Ash to come and join her, which she did, throwing Andy completely off guard. "Look, I'm not pitching Captain Bells to you, Andy," Niko said with a smile. "Because frankly, she's got a giant stick up her ass. I don't really have anyone to pitch you at all, to be frank. That's not why I'm here. It's a pretense." Andy tilted his head to one side. "Then why are you taking up a pitch slot?" "Well, it seemed like the best time that Ash and I could get you all to ourselves. For this," she said, pushing the button, as the image changed. In its place was a selfie that clearly Niko had taken just a day or two earlier, of her and Aisling. They each seemed to be holding something in their free hands, and just as it was dawning on Andy what they were, both girls spoke at the same time. "We're Pregnant!" Andy pointed a finger at Aisling, who nodded, then over at Niko, who nodded as well, then kept jumping his fingertip back and forth between the two of them as they both kept nodding, wild smiles on their faces. "What, both of you?" "Yep!" Niko said, giggling, as both her and Aisling started walking around the table, one on each side of it, closing in on him like a planned maneuver, leaning against the table, pinning him in his spot. "Most of your girls have synched up their time clocks, love," Aisling said, "So it was bound to happen to a couple of us at the same time. Niko and I are just glad it's us first." "Well, we sort of made sure that we were," Niko giggled. "I thought you were both on birth control still!" he said, although the smile on his face made it clear he wasn't upset. "Did everyone stop taking their birth control?" Aisling shook her head. "So far, I think we're the only ones who have." "We both stopped taking them a few months ago," Niko said. "When I started seeing and hearing the horror stories about the hospitals while I was working on base, I knew that this was going to happen, this or something like it, so I told Aisling and we just stopped taking our birth control pills, and well, here we are!" "I ran into town for the tests Saturday morning, and wouldn't you know it, two buns in two ovens, all from one chef!" Aisling said, as Andy wrapped his arms around both of them, hugging them intensely tight. "And you're both happy? I know you both did this intentionally, but sometimes people get second thoughts. I'm not! Getting second thoughts that is. I mean, I'm happy, I promise you I'm happy, but I want to be sure you're both happy." "We're ecstastic, hon," Niko said to him, nuzzling her face against his cheek. "We weren't sure when the best time to tell you would be, but when the whole pitching process started, we wanted to be sure you understood that maybe getting a nanny into the house wasn't such a wild idea." "Who knows?" Andy asked. "Just us and you," Aisling said. "We haven't told anyone yet." Andy kissed Niko, then Aisling, then Niko again, then Aisling again. "It's damn nice to have to some good news for once. So, should we go get lunch and tell the rest of the household?" "Sounds good to me," Andy said. "Niko?" "Absolutely," Niko said. As they headed towards the door, she leaned over and pushed the button on the remote, changing the slide so it was a black screen again with the words "Next: Piper." The last of the girls' pitches to Andy. Chapter 26 Lunch had been great fun. Once Aisling and Niko had told Andy, they'd wanted to tell everyone as soon as possible, so the moment they'd sat down for lunch, they'd told everyone straight out, which had led into a small celebration, and sort of let Andy slip into the background with his thoughts. Sure, the girls all congratulated him, but they were all much more interested in how Niko and Ash were feeling about everything, so Andy could do a little bit of his own research. When he had half a minute, he asked Katie for both more about Lexi, and what she thought of Jade Dillon. He also did a little bit of talking with Sarah about Maya Steele, since clearly they ran in similar circles. When he had a moment, he also pinged Hannah to see if she'd heard anything about Olivia Shoemaker, Asha's "influencer" friend. Finally, he asked Jenny about Katie's ex, Dr. Morgan Fitch. By the end of lunch, he almost wished he'd brought his yellow notepad with him. It was a lot of names, a lot of opinions and thoughts to keep from getting scrambled around in his brain. But his own opinions were starting to bake in, to settle and coalesce into something more solid. His mind was so wrapped up in his thoughts, he almost overlooked how lunch was, as it always was, amazing. He made sure to tell Jenny just how excellent it was, and she said he could thank her by making sure to bring Alexis into the family. He didn't answer her, but his smile probably gave him away. He didn't mind. When they were walking back towards the meeting room, Aisling slipped her arm around his waist, leaned in and kissed his cheek. "You're happy Niko and I are expectin', right, love?" She had a smile on her face, so she was simply reinforcing what she already knew. "Sometimes you can bit understated 'bout these kinds of things." Andy chuckled a little, leaning down to kiss her forehead. "You know that I am, Ash. I'm sorry if I seemed a little distant at lunch. This is just a lot of information to take in all at once, lots of people to consider, lots of decisions to make. Shit, people's lives and livelihoods hang in the balance of my stupid judgment. The decisions I'm going to make tomorrow have real, genuine consequences, things I gotta live with for the rest of my life, and I don't want to let anyone down. Turning anyone down feels like  " "Stop," Ash said, holding him from walking any further. "I told you up front that nobody was going to hold anything against you, and we're all going to honor that. You didn't have to let anyone have a say, and you're letting everyone have a say. That's all anyone has the right to ask of you." She sighed, then laughed for a second. "Jaysis, if it was me, I'd have thrown the towel in and just taken nobody, but you're not doing that, despite the fact that nobody would've blamed you if you did. Instead, you set down what your reasonable capabilities are, and everyone agreed to them. So stop getting in your own damn way and just get on with it already." He had to laugh with her at that point, nodding in agreement. "Okay, okay, I get it. No more moping about this, and no more overthinking it. Just listen to the pitches, make my decisions and move forward with our lives. I'll hold you to nobody being mad, though." "Everybody knows what's coming down the pipeline, Andy," Ash said. "It'll be alright. I promise you, it'll all be alright. Now let's get these last four underway. There's still a few surprises left to spring on you, and it's always fun to watch your expression when you're caught off guard." "What kind of crazy surprises do you have lined up for me?" he said, as Piper strode through the door confidently, dressed in her Team USA gear, some sort of warm up suit. He was certain she wasn't wearing the full Olympian gear underneath it, but the very presence of the outfit seemed designed to send a message. "You should know she doesn't have anything planned for you, Andy," Piper said, smirking at him. "This is all us." "How are you feeling, Piper? Head starting to clear up? Starting to feel more like yourself again?" Andy asked. "A lot better, yeah. The first few days, it was like, I dunno, like I was walking through fog, like every inch of my body was coated in maple syrup," the brunette volleyball player said, looking around the room a bit before looking back at Andy. "I was living in quicksand, but over the last couple of days, all of that's been lifting and I've felt mostly like myself again. I've been trying to get back on my work out regimen, so that's helped some. But I think the further I get away from that state, the better off I'll be." She looked better, there was no denying. Her eyes didn't have the dark, heavy bags underneath them that they had when they first met. She'd also put a little bit of weight back on, but Andy suspected that was because she had been massively dehydrated when they'd first met. He was glad to see her coming back into being her full self. "A couple more weeks and I'll be right as rain again. But that's not why I'm here today." "Yeah, well, it doesn't hurt for me to ask about you first." "Yeah yeah," Piper said, as she picked up the remote, pressing the button as a Nordic looking blonde appeared on the screen. "I don't know how much you follow the Olympics, but if you do, you might recognize my friend Brooke Maloney here. She's being hyped as the next big thing for the woman's swim team. She's going to enter a number of various swim competitions,  breast stroke, freestyle, relay,  but obviously there aren't any games this year, and she's going out of her mind swimming laps in the compound's pool." The blonde, much like Piper, looked fit, although she looked much shorter in comparison, with broader shoulders and a wide smile on her face, sitting at a table full of athletes. Piper pushed the button again and the screen advanced to a new image, one of Piper and Brooke sitting on a blanket at some outdoor concert. "What do you mean 'compound?'" Andy asked. "A lot of the soon to be Olympians were at the US Training Camp, putting in a hard six months before the Olympics," Piper said. "Me and the rest of the volleyball team were going to be diverted there when the lockdown had been going for a few months, but it was deemed 'too risky' for any of us to be moved. Well, up until our dear Mister Covington decided to scoop me up and tried to make me into his own personal plaything. Thanks again for rescuing me from that, by the by." "I'm just glad you're not mad it's me you're bound to." "We've been over this, Andy," she sighed, a polite smile on her face. "I'm happy it was someone as nice as you. Let's move things forward. Now, one of the dirty little secrets you may not have heard about the Olympics is that after an athlete competes in their particular event, they go back to the Olympic village and they let off all that pent up steam that's been building in them for years. I haven't had a chance to experience myself personally, but our trainers and coaches have been telling us about it for as long as we've been old enough to hear the stories. I don't need that pressure valve any more because, well, I have you. But my friend Brooke, well, she doesn't have that." She pushed the button and the image advanced to another picture of Brooke, this time in Daisy Duke cutoff jean shorts, a white tied up shirt and a wide brimmed stetson hat, somewhere at a country bar, a Corona in hand with a lime. Her blonde hair was done up in short pigtails, which looked odd on her by Andy's reckoning. "Brooke and I have been friends for a couple of years now, and believe me, the Olympics is literally all she thinks about," Piper said. "She wants to win gold medals so much it, it's eating her up inside. Now with the 2020 games being pushed back until at least 2021, she's going out of her mind, like a predator able to see its prey under glass but not being allowed to hunt it." Piper pushed the button and the picture changed to an image of Brooke leaning against a Shelby Cobra, dressed in overalls, covered in grease, a wrench in her hand. "Her only other real passion is classic cars. She's something of a gearhead, and any time she's not training, she's working on cars. She's done more than a couple frame off restorations and more than a handful of heavy mods. She's had a couple of boyfriends over the years, but they never last all that long." "So what's she like in the sack, Pipes?" Ash asked her. "She's about as vanilla as they come," Piper answered. "She likes things slow and steady, smooth and soft. But she'll be a good lover, and a good friend." "Complications you anticipate?" Andy asked. "You're from pretty different worlds, but I've often been told that opposites attract, so maybe that won't be as big an issue as I think it might be," she shrugged. "You're pretty rock'n'roll, and she's a country girl at heart. You're a big city guy and she's a small town girl. She's at church every Sunday and I'm pretty sure you're an aethist. So maybe that's all too much to scale, but then again maybe it isn't. I'm sure whatever you decide, it'll be the right decision." Piper pushed the button and the screen advanced again, back to a black screen, with the words "Next: Sarah" in a cartoonish white lettering. "Any reason you didn't suggest any of the other girls from your volleyball team, just out of curiosity?" Andy asked. "I would've figured they would've been some of your best friends." The brunette smirked, flashing him a little wink. "Oh they are, but there's no way in hell I'm sharing my man with the likes of them. Let'em find their own hunk and they can keep their sticky fingers off of mine." With that, Piper headed out of the room, leaving the door open behind her, striding confidently down the hallway. "So, just to warn you about the next one, Andy, we do know in advance that you have met her a couple of times, but in the pictures we've seen, you always looked friendly, so we're going off that," Aisling said to him, as she texted Sarah to head to the conference room. "If we're wrong in those assumptions, ye can tell us and we'll let the matter drop then and there." "Oh yeah?" Andy said, suddenly wondering what familiar face was going to grace the screen in moments. "Where do I know her from?" The Irish redhead waggled a finger in his direction. "Just be patient, love. She'll up and in front o' ya in just a minute or two." Andy rolled his eyes with a grin. "Then what's the harm in telling me early?" "The harm is Sarah will have my tits in a wringer if I spill the goss before she's here." "Good lord, you girls and your secrets," he muttered in amusement. The statuesque redhead arrived moments later, and she immediately came over to hug Aisling, a giggle slipping from Sarah's mouth. "Congrats again, Ash," Sarah said to her. "I didn't want to say it in front of the others, but I am totally fucking jealous of you right now, you wouldn't even fucking believe me how jealous I am. Today is obviously the day I stop taking my birth control, because, damn, my clock is ticking, girlfriend." Ash shook her head with a mischievous grin. "You don't want to wait until you're a little more settled in first, Sarah? Or until you're married?" Sarah pulled back from the hug, looking over at Andy, licking her lips with a wild smile. "Shit, if I thought I could get him to do it, I'd beg him to fuck me until I was knocked up right here on this table, right here and now. But I've only got ten minutes, so maybe I should just get to the presentation." Andy gestured to the remote with a smile. "Maybe." "One thing first, though." Sarah had come into the meeting in a dress skirt and a dark red silk blouse, but she turned around, did something, then turned back, bringing a glistening finger to Andy's lips before the actress slipped it into his mouth, and he could taste her cunt on it. "Just so you know how much the idea of you breeding me turns me on." She winked at him as she pulled her fingertip from his lips and walked back to the other side of the table. "On with the show, Sares," Aisling poked. "Yeah, totes, Ash, I'm getting' there." Sarah picked up the remote and clicked the button, as the screen behind her flickered to life. "Oh look! It's you! And you're with one of my other total favorite writers, Larissa Cotton!" Andy immediately recognized the shot. It was taken about five years ago, at DragonCon. Andy hadn't wanted to go, but he'd been nominated for a Hugo, an award he'd ended up winning, for "Behind The Darkest Sky," the most successful of the Druid Gunslinger novels, partially because it was the most risky of the books. When Andy had written it, he'd almost thought it might be the end of the series if it didn't work, if the audience didn't trust him to stick around long enough to see the story continue in the next one. He'd left the Gunslinger in a hell of a mess at the end of the book, and while he was over half way through writing the next one when "Behind The Darkest Sky" had come out, he'd still been in a very nervous place about going to a convention. At the Hugo awards for the night, he'd found himself sat with a handful of authors he hadn't met before that night, including Larissa Cotton, a Hispanic woman from Portland who'd written an amazing book called "Ions At Dawn," a technothriller about a woman who finds herself grappling with an archaeological find that threatens to rewrite the basic underpinnings of science. Andy had read all the nominees and found her book fascinating, although maybe a bit too heady for the average reader. Larissa was nothing like any writer he'd ever met before. She was brash, confident, boisterous and outspoken, the loudest presence in any room, and yet, never in a harsh way. She was a plus sized woman, thick but not in an unappealing way. The silver hoop in her nose had been a little off putting, and Andy had found the overwhelming number of tattoos more than a little distracting, almost perhaps no more than the goth Lolita look meets skater punk she'd been rocking at the party. They'd gotten along reasonably well, although Larissa had gotten rip roaringly drunk by the end of the night. Andy and a couple of others had needed to help her back to her hotel room, since she was nearing blackout stages by the end of the night. Andy and Larissa had reminded occasionally in contact since then, but they certainly weren't what Andy would describe as close. They'd met up a couple of times in the years since, but generally it had just been if they'd been in the same town, and then only within a group of people. "Larissa lives up in Portland," Andy said. "Sure, but that can change," Sarah said. "I mean, Emily and I both lived in LA until we moved here. Asha's lived most of her life in London and Piper spent most of her life in Florida. People move, Andy. That can't be an excuse." "Well, no," Andy laughed, "but she was also engaged last I heard." "Wait, what?" Sarah asked. "I talked to her like three months ago, and she didn't mention it, and I didn't see any engagement ring." He shrugged. "Maybe I misheard, or maybe they called it off. It was a couple of years ago, when a bunch of us were getting drunk after our ComicCon panels. She said she'd just sold the film adaptation rights to 'Ions At Dawn' to somebody and we all went out to celebrate." Aisling nodded. "She sold the rights to Sarah, as a matter of fact." The taller redhead pushed the button on the remote and the screen advanced to an image of Sarah and Larissa at a conference table shaking hands. "My production company, Awkward & Dorky Films, to be more specific. We agreed to let her give us a first draft if she agreed to go through the notes and revisions process without too many complaints." "Heh," Andy smirked. "And 'Ris agreed to that? Talk about being prickly to editors. She damn near took my head off when she had me read a first draft of her third book, 'Castle of Yesterdays,' and I gave her notes on it." "It totally couldn't have been as bad as you're making it out to be, Andy," Sarah teased. "Don't be such a baby. Suck it up." "I believe she told me that I could roll up my notes and shove them into my cock until I was crapping them out," he said. "Fuck," Sarah muttered. "You must've been really hard in those notes." "Not really?" He shrugged a little. "I mean, I offered some opinions and I told her that a couple of the chapters went on too long with nothing happening, and that the climax felt overly weak but that it was a great first draft. I mean, I liked the book a lot. But that's what you do with first drafts,  show them to someone, figure out what works and what doesn't, then make a real book out of it." "I liked 'Castle of Yesterdays,' though, Andy!" Sarah whined. "Sure!" he said, waggling a finger at her. "You just read the final version, which went through about six revisions. And, for what it's worth, she ended up using most of my notes. I mean, I didn't hold it against her that she didn't like getting notes. Every author can be a little bit of a prima donna sometimes." "Well, as of July, I don't think she was married or engaged or whatever, and she's completely rad. Also, you two get along, because you've obviously gone out for dinner and drinks before, and she trusted you enough to let you read her first draft of a new book, so that seems good enough to me, don't you think?" "I mean, we weren't close friends, but we were, er, are friendly acquaintances. I don't know that either of us thought the other was their type, though. She seemed to be into people who were way more of the 80s skateboard punk ethos than me." "You saw her with a man at some point?" "Oh yeah," Andy said, "Well, no. I mean, not directly, but she showed me a picture of her and 'her man,' she called him. He was big, fit fellow. Broad shoulders, six pack. About as far from me as any man can possibly get. He looked like he could've bench pressed me for hours without breaking a sweat, and she, well, she looked happy." Sarah shrugged a little bit. "Whoever he was, Andy, he completely didn't last, because when she and I were meeting to discuss our notes for the screenplay, she was sniping about how she hadn't had a proper lay in months. So big and hunky didn't work for her, so maybe you could. I know she thinks you're cute. I told her I had a crush on you and she said 'Well, who could blame you?' so I think she does too." "How well do you know her, Sarah?" The taller redhead shrugged. "Not all that well, but she's been nice to me, and she's someone you know, so maybe that could be something that would work for you." "Do you have any idea whether or not we'd be sexually compatible?" Sarah shrugged with a smile. "It's never come up, so I don't have any idea." "Possible challenges?" "Two writers in the same room might always want to be editing one another?" she giggled. "I genuinely don't know, Andy. But I thought it was a good idea so I wanted to suggest it." "Fair enough then." "One last thing before I go," Sarah said, pushing the button to advance the screen to an image that read "next: Sheridan" on it in a frilly cursive font. "I was telling you at lunch that I think bringing Maya Steele into the family is a great idea, so I wanted to stress that while I haven't changed my mind on that, I did forget to tell you not to ever get into a drinking contest with her. Your head will hurt and your liver will be punching you for days." "And yet, you still think I should bring her in?" Sarah nodded emphatically. "Maya's a bad ass, and you need someone as direct as her in your life. I mean, Neeks handles most of that, but really, Maya's got her beat hands down." "Are you trying to convince me not to bring her in? Someone more direct than Niko?" "It'll be fine, Andy," Sarah said, flipping her hair with one hand. "I already know you're going to pick her, so trust me when I tell you that is the correct decision to make." "And if that isn't the decision I'm making?" "Then you're being a fucking idiot and you'd better come to your senses before your final decision, because no man should be allowed to be that fucking stupid. Obvs. But I know you're totally not and you're really just fucking with me, and that's cool," she said as she walked around the table before leaning down and kissing him firmly, pressing her lips against his for a long moment. "Have fun with the rest of the pitches!" As Sarah walked out of the room, Aisling shook her head while sending the message to Sheridan for her to make her way up to the pitch room. "It can be very hard to remember she's been nominated for an Oscar when she acts like that," the smaller redhead said. "But I guess it's part of her 'girl next door' charm. Anyway, what did you think? You're not mad about Sarah pitching Larissa?" "Why would I be mad?" he laughed. "I just don't know that it'd work. But it's something I'll definitely consider when I'm doing my deliberations, especially since Sarah seems to think Larissa might be into me. I never got that vibe, but  " "But it's well established you barely know a woman's into you even when she's sitting in your lap and whispering into your ear that she wants you to fuck her brains out." Andy gave her a disapproving smirk. "I'm not that bad." "You're not far from it, anyway." Sheridan came strolling into the room, wearing what she had at lunch, far less dressed up than most of the girls, wearing jean shorts over a leotard or a swimsuit, her frizzy blonde hair mostly tucked back, damp but not soaked. Andy half wondered if she'd been swimming in the pool while she'd been waiting. Sheridan had been known to enjoy swimming, even though the weather was dipping into the cooler side. Since her job as a performer was on hold until the pandemic was under control, she'd done her best to find ways to occupy her time. "Heya stud," she said with a wink as she wandered over to sit down in the chair. "I'm not gonna ask you if you've made decisions yet, but I am gonna ask how you're feeling about the process so far. It's hella cool that you're giving us input into that, and it's a big deal, so thanks for that. Anyway, I think you're gonna find my friend a wild ride." "Let's get to it then," Andy said. Sheridan picked up the remote and pushed the button as the screen popped to life, a image of Sheridan sitting with a young woman in her late 20s or early 30s, with jet black hair and skin the color of desert sand. She was a little more on the plump side, with a mischievous smile. They were sitting at a wood table on the patio of some local bar. "This is my friend Tala Jordan," the blonde said. "Her parents immigrated here from Iran in 1970. We met in high school and became besties. She's the one who talked me into quitting smoking. We were roommates in college down at Santa Cruz and we've been roomies on and off again since we both graduated in 2012." "Why do I feel like I've seen her somewhere before?" Andy said, the woman's face looking vaguely familiar in a way he simply couldn't place. "You go to a lot of concerts, Andy?" "Some." "Well, then she's probably been singing with an opening band you've seen at a concert." Sheridan pushed the button and the image advanced, showing Tala playing an electronic keyboard on a stand, and singing into a microphone. He recognized the stage as The Independent, a small but influential club in San Francisco that also tended to get some big name acts. "Boom Goes The Dynamite, Castle Idea, The Grendelles, Lowball Skyscrapers, Girls Gone Danger, hell, probably at least half a dozen more that I can't remember. Every time I talk to her, it seems like she's got some new band she's playing with." "What does she do when she's not playing in a band?" Aisling asked. Andy was certain she probably already knew the answer to the question and was simply asking for his benefit. "She's a carpenter," Sheridan said, pushing a button to advance to a slide of Tala working on a desk. "More specifically, she's a cabinetmaker, most of the time, anyway. She and a couple of her friends opened their own custom furniture house about five years ago, and people really like their stuff, because that's kept her afloat while living in the Bay, although to be fair, she's also gotten a very specific kind of clientele as of late." "What's that?" Andy asked. Sheridan pushed the button again, and the new image showed Tala sitting on top of a desk with dozens of shelves, a hutch atop it that had a number of closed doors on it. "She's become a puzzle maker. Custom puzzle boxes, puzzle desks, that kind of thing. It's a weird little niche, but it pays incredibly well, and she's made stuff for people like Kris Angel, Neil Patrick Harris and Elon Musk. Those projects usually take a month or two's worth of work, but they pay for an entire year or two's worth of mortgage, so she's okay with it." "Fascinating. What's she like as a person?" "She's wicked smart and very funny." She pushed the button and the image advanced again, showing the two of them standing on the Golden Gate bridge, their backs to the Bay. It must have been extremely windy on the day the picture was taken, because both women were doing their best to keep their hair from flying all over the place. Both girls were clearly laughing hysterically. "Some people think she can come across as a bit mean, but they just don't recognize she's only busting their balls a bit. She always told me that the Persian sense of humor can go over the heads of people not smart enough to keep up with her, and that she doesn't mind. She's a lot like Niko, and considering how much you and she get along, I think you'll dig Tala loads." Andy nodded. "Do you think she and I would be sexually compatible? What's she want out of a man?" Sheridan grinned from ear to ear and Andy immediately wondered what he'd said to trigger such a reaction. "If you had asked me two weeks ago, I would've given you an entirely different answer than the one I can give you today, dude. So when I told her about the whole imprinting process, and all about the accident we had with me getting primed early, I expected to see Tala be hella concerned about me, but instead, she got this freaky look on her face, and I realized about half way through my story that she was jilling off, while I told her about it. It turned her on so much she just couldn't help it," the blonde said, licking her lips with wolfish delight. "I'd never known before, but she's always had this pheromone fetish. Like, she gets turned on by the idea of being so turned on that she doesn't have control of her self, that she's turned into some carnal unstoppable beast who is going to fuck even if she has to move hell to get it." Andy swallowed a mouthful of air awkwardly. "When I told her about your first encounter with Piper, I swear to god, she fucking came just hearing about it. She wasn't even touching herself at that point, 'cause she was holding the phone with both hands. I asked her about it, and she said she was kinda embarrassed to talk about it, but admitted that it'd always been a fetish of hers. I found out all of this yesterday when I called to ask her if she'd be interested in me putting her forward for a chance to join you." "And I take it that the tales of the imprinting process only enhanced her interest?" "Totes. Obvs she wants to be here, but she also wants you to edge her all the time." "What do you mean edge her?" "She asked what happens when you try and stretch out the amount of time a girl needs to get her dose, and I told her your story about you and Lauren, and she wants to constantly be going towards that state. That turns her on like you wouldn't imagine. So seems to me like you get multiple ticks in the win column by bringing her here." "Possible challenges?" "Well, being quarantined in New Eden's gonna be rough on her, because she's big into spending time with her parents. She moved into their house when the pandemic started, and I know when people come into New Eden, they can't leave until the pandemic's over, so you'll need to make sure she understands that, but I'm betting the idea of getting to live out her number one sexual fantasy, like, all the fucking time might be enough to convince her that her folks will be okay on their own." "How close are you two, Sheridan?" "She's, like, one of my best friends, maybe my best friend, actually. I think you'd like her a lot. I know we haven't spent, like, loads of time together, but she really wants this, and you've got me, and you seem to like me well enough, so maybe you'd like her too, y'know?" Andy nodded with a smile. "Okay then. Thanks for talking to me about her, and I'll be letting everyone know tomorrow what my decisions are." "Yep, I got the spiel on the rules from Ash before we got started, so I know how it works," she said, pressing the button to advance the screen once more, bold white letters reading "next: Taylor" on the black background. "Just remember, while we all gotta live with'em, you're the one who's gonna have to fuck'em every couple of weeks, so don't take anyone you don't wanna dip your wick into on the regular, y'hear?" With that, Sheridan headed out of the room, leaving Andy and Aisling alone in the room again. "I didn't even know there was a fetish for that kind of thing." "You live near San Francisco, love," Aisling teased. "You more than anyone should know there's a fetish for every kind of thing. And nobody's judging. If it's not your thing, no problem. If it turns you on thinking about it, no problem. To thine own self be true, like Polonius said." "You know it's meant to be bad advice when he says it in Hamlet, right?" Andy replied. "Don't be such a geezer about it." "I'm a writer, Ash. Being a geezer about the English language is right there in the job description." Taylor knocked on the door, and had to be told twice to come in. She was actually dressed in clothing now, Lauren obviously having made an exception for the day, as the girl was still in her time of punishment. Andy wasn't sure that Lauren would make her go the whole month, but as of yet, the Aussie had shown no sign of suddenly doling out leniency. Taylor had on a pair of gym shorts and a white muscle t shirt that did very little to mask her impressive bust, but her hair was drawn back into a modest ponytail, high on her head, done up in a scrunchy. "So I'm the last one, huh?" she said, as she came into the room, looking at the chair then looking at Andy expectantly. "Sit, sit," Andy said. "If she's letting you get dressed to pitch, I'm sure she's fine with you sitting in a chair while you go through the whole process. And if she wasn't, I'm certain she would have said something." "Yeah, I guess you're right," Taylor said, finally moving to sit down in the chair. "Uh, hi! I did want to be sure and say thank you for letting us all do this, sir. I know you've been a little overwhelmed by all the female attention you've been getting, but it's very kind of you to allow us to suggest our friends to you, to make this home a little more like home." "Just as long as none of you get mad if I don't choose the people you pitch," Andy said. Taylor's bright blue eyes widened and she shook her head. "Oh,

In this episode of The Fertility Podcast, Natalie sits down with Sian Louise, founder of OBVS Skincare, to explore how one woman turned personal loss, infertility, and cervical cancer into a mission to create safe, effective, and hormone-friendly skincare. Sian opens up about her fertility journey, including multiple miscarriages, the emotional impact of IVF, her cancer diagnosis, and how hormonal acne during treatment became the catalyst for OBVS Skincare. She also shares evidence-based insights into harmful skincare ingredients, like microplastics and endocrine disruptors, and how they may impact fertility. This conversation is part of the Meet the Makers series, celebrating founders whose lived experience with fertility has inspired impactful, purpose-driven businesses. What We Talk About Sian's IVF journey, miscarriages, and cancer diagnosis How hormonal acne during IVF led to creating OBVS Skincare The lack of awareness around skincare ingredients and fertility What endocrine disruptors are and how they affect hormones How Sian built her certified organic, vegan skincare line from scratch Her passion for educating people on safe alternatives The impact of OBVS products on real families and babies Why advocating for yourself in medical settings is essential Sian's advice for managing skin health during fertility treatment Resources & Links OBVS Skincare website: obvs-skincare.co.uk OBVS on Instagram: @obvs_skincare Sian's ingredient call-outs on Instagram: @sian_louise_obvs Beat the Microbead App: beatthemicrobead.org Studies on skincare ingredients and fertility, including: Parabens in breast tumors (Darbre et al., 2004) Endocrine disruption from butylparaben (Boberg et al., 2010) Prenatal phthalate exposure (Swan et al., 2005) Benzophenone's thyroid effects (Schmutzler et al., 2007) Microplastics in cosmetics (TAUW & ECHA reports) Campaign for Safe Cosmetics report: Not So Sexy Let's Stay Connected DM Natalie on Instagram: @fertilitypoddy Follow Fertility Action: @fertility.actionEmail thoughts or guest ideas: natalie@thefertilitypodcast.com Subscribe on your podcast app to stay updated A Word From Our Sponsor – Proceive We're delighted to be partnering with Proceive this season. Their high-strength fertility supplements for men and women are trusted by healthcare professionals and available in-store at Holland & Barrett or online. Use code FP20 for 20 percent off your order at www.proceive.com

The Beckham family feud is making headlines again, huns, after Brooklyn missed David's starry 50th bash – the latest in a long line of similar ‘snubbed' events. He didn't even post about his dad's big day, so might this genuinely be more than tabloid rumour? Obvs we're debriefing on the Met Gala too, from Rihanna's pregnancy reveal to the apparent fall out between Anna Wintour and Naomi Campbell. Also this week: Dolly Alderton's new quotes on friendship, Tina Fey's ‘mid-life' comedy The Four Seasons and our review of the first ep of the final series of The Handmaid's Tale. Enjoy and please do leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a rating on Spotify – it really does help keep us going!We love hearing from you, DM us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@straightuppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or email at ⁠⁠hello@straightuppodcast.co.uk⁠Huge thanks to our sponsor⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yonder⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, the incredible lifestyle rewards credit card packed with rewards you'll actually *want* to use. Find out more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠yonder.com/straightup⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Borrow responsibly. £15 a month. 18+ and UK only. Rep 66.3% APR var. T&Cs apply.Get 20% off the adaptogenic coffee that changed our lives, London Nootropics, using our code straightup at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠londonnootropics.com⁠⁠⁠Try BookBeat for 60 days for free and stream millions of audio and e-books using our code straightup at bookbeat.comGet better skin and sleep with sisterly's amazing Elevator powder multivit sachet and use our code STRAIGHTUP for 15% off at sisterlylab.co.ukRecs:Slags by Emma Jane UnsworthNaomi Campbell's charity ended in disgrace. She wants to talk about why, Financial TimesSally Rooney, Naomi Campbell and Nobody Wants This, Straight Up ep Oct 24The Four Seasons, Netflix The Handmaid's Tale, Amazon Prime/ C4 As the curtain falls on Gilead, is The Handmaid's Tale too close to the bone? The IndependentThe MaddAddam Trilogy, Margaret Atwood Make Christianity cool again: Why Gen Z is flocking to church, The Independent . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Action! April continues its vigilante streak on We Drink & We Watch Things, and this week we're cracking open a cold one, and maybe a few skulls, with The Boondock Saints. Get ready for some over-the-top action, questionable accents, and a whole lot of slow-motion gunplay. Grab your drink and decide if you're with the brothers or against 'em. (Obvs, with them, y'all.)This week, we're diving into Troy Duffy's polarizing cult classic, a movie that's either your jam or makes you scratch your head in confusion. We'll be dissecting the hyper-stylized violence, the very specific brand of vigilante justice, and trying to figure out just what it is about this movie that made it such a phenomenon. Expect some laughs, maybe a little bit of eye-rolling (mostly at Duffy), and definitely some opinions on those accents.Whether you're a die-hard fan who can quote every line, someone who's always been baffled by its popularity, or just looking for a wild ride of a movie discussion, tune in. We're mixing our thoughts on its action and cultural impact with our usual irreverent banter, making this a fun and potentially chaotic listen for anyone who likes their action movies with a side of fervent fandom (and maybe a touch of disbelief).If you prefer to watch our ugly mugs, this episode VIDEO is live on YouTube AND Spotify!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok to get ep sneak peaks and find out what's coming next. DM us what you want to hear about next or email us at wedrinkandwewatchthingspod@gmail.com.

OMG I just realized i never circled back to SAG. It's ok. It wasn't terribly eventful but for a Fonda on fire. Anyway, the dopest take took our full attention in the form of Hunter Schafer calling out Trump Admin for being really weird and targeting trans ppl when, i don't know, there are literally children going hungry in the richest country in the world. We also tap into the next person we being floated in the culture re our hopeful for '28. Obvs internally Newsome, but we go where we're needed. Will Stephen A. Smith or Jon Stewart step in? It's our stuff im most concerned with rn. We got this, i got u. Jump in w/ Janaya Future Khan. SUPPORT THE SHOW  Patreon - https://patreon.com/@darkwoke Tip w/ a One Time Donation SUBSCRIBE + FOLLOW IG: www.instagram.com/darkwokejfk Youtube: www.youtube.com/@darkwoke TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@janayafk

The handsome and talented Louis Grenier joined me on Ditching Hourly to talk about the strategy behind writing, publishing, and launching his new book, Stand The F*ck Out. Links:Stand The F*ck OutBonuses for Ditching Hourly ListenersAI Summary:In this conversation, Jonathan Stark interviews Louis Grenier about his journey in marketing, the insights from his new book, and the strategies behind its launch. Louis discusses the importance of standing out in a crowded market, the principles of effective marketing, and the challenges he faced while writing and publishing his book. He shares his unique approach to launching the book, including innovative marketing strategies and the significance of personal branding. In this conversation, Louis Grenier discusses his unique approach to branding and product design, particularly in the context of his book launch. He shares insights on working with Lulu, the importance of prioritizing tasks during the launch, and the lessons learned from mistakes made along the way. The value of beta readers and the iterative feedback process in writing are emphasized, along with strategies for promoting and selling his book effectively. ----Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like:Value pricing your work instead of billing for your time?Positioning yourself as the go-to person in your space?Productizing your services so you never have to have another awkward sales call or spend hours writing another custom proposal?Book a one-on-one coaching call with me and get answers to these questions and others in the time it takes to get ready for work in the morning.Best of all, you're covered by my 100% satisfaction guarantee. If at the end of the call, you don't feel like it was worth it, just say the word, and I'll refund your purchase in full.To book your one-on-one coaching call, go to: https://jonathanstark.com/callI hope to see you there!

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Linsday Lohan's new Christmas film is being billed as her big comeback, so why is her alleged facelift at the centre of the story? We discuss the uncomfortable discourse around Lindsay's recent transformation, from the hunt for her Hollywood surgeon, to our obsession with ‘ageless' celebrities. Obvs we then had to get into The Cut's latest viral piece on what a 30-something should look like, not to mention the millennial mid-life crisis. Plus some fab book and TV recs, including the drama that Ellie is calling the best of 2024 and Kathleen's fave new Netflix thriller. DM us your thoughts on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@straightuppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or email us at ⁠hello@straightuppodcast.co.uk⁠ and as ever please, please, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and a rating on Spotify, lysm! Huge thanks to our sponsor⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yonder⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, the incredible lifestyle credit card packed with rewards you'll actually *want* to use. Find out more at ⁠⁠yonder.com/straightup Yonder membership is subject to eligibility and you'll need to be over 18 and a UK resident to apply. If you sign up, only borrow what you can afford to pay back. The representative rate is 66.7% APR variable. Membership fees and other T&Cs may apply.  Get an extra month free on top of BFI Player's 14-day free trial using our code STRAIGHTUP at ⁠⁠⁠⁠player.bfi.org.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get 20% off our fave adaptogenic coffee using our code straightup at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠londonnootropics.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Recs discussed:  Our Little Secret, Netflix  Hot Frosty, Netflix  Joia, Battersea Power Station What Should a 30-Something Look Like? The Cut  Welcome to the millennial mid-life crisis, The Cut  How to Murder Your Life, Cat Marnell The Madness, Netflix  After the Party, Channel 4 Buy Now, The Shopping Conspiracy, Netflix  Nightbitch, in cinemas from Dec 6

What's up, Rotters! This week, Zoran Gvojic (Dead Meat) returns to the Rot to discuss Hell High aka Raging Fury from 1989.  A mix of revenge slasher and prank gone wrong chiller, Hell High plays with the tropes whilst managing to keep you guessing. Well...it kept ME guessing... Zoran saw it all coming. Obvs. Toodles!   ————

It's been a very EXTRA week, and so we're going early cos frankly we're busting to unpack it all. The Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony is camp AF and we're here for Blue Man Group Dionysis, Renaissance horsewoman, a ménage a trois nod, and death metal beheadings of Marie Antoinette. Obvs we're on the floor watching Celine's return. Wow.CD's are having a renaissance of their own, thanks mainly to T Swift, but a sweet editorial has us reminiscing about the beloved compact disc and the memories they hold. And on the anniversary of Sinead O'Connor's death, a wax figure has been unveiled in Dublin. It's not good.Bang Fam have been DM'ing us the Alexander McQueen hoof boots left right and centre too, and trotting down the runway with this hairy FARSHUN. And we're banging on about the Von Dutch doco and Nick Cave & Sean O'Hagan's beautiful book of conversations.Show notes: Kasey Chambers book: https://www.hardiegrant.com.au/au/publishing/bookfinder/book/kasey-chambers-just-don_t-be-a-d__khead-by-kasey-chambers/9781761451027Opening Ceremony highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pe5xlUgyzkCD sales are growing: https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jul/28/cd-sales-rise-taylor-swift-collection-nostalgia-90s-oasis-bashy-metronomy-kitty-livSinead O'Connor wax figure: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-27/sinead-oconnor-wax-figure-taken-down-over-poor-likeness/104150802Wax celebrity figures: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/g19664055/bad-celebrity-wax-figures/?slide=4McQueen hoof boot: https://www.alexandermcqueen.com/en-us/pr/hoof-boot-808119WLAAB1779.htmlVote for Take 5 in the Logies: https://www.tvweeklogies.com.au/The Curse of Von Dutch: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0QYBYKB3RIIMODVVT5YT82791P/ref=atv_dl_rdr?tag=justau2tuk-22Faith, Hope & Carnage: https://www.nickcave.com/faith-hope-and-carnage/Bang Back to us: bangon.podcast@abc.net.auBang On Live: https://comedy.com.au/tour/bang-on-live-myf-warhurst-zan-rowe/Bang On Merch Store: https://sound-merch.com.au/collections/bang-on-liveProduced by: Caitlin Nienaber & Nick GerberBang On is an ABC podcast, produced by Double J. It is recorded on the lands of the Gadigal, Turrbal and Wurundjeri peoples. We pay our respects to elders past and present. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, work, and learn.

Can you believe it? One FINAL SABBATH SHOW at Aston Villa's football ground. As a Thank You to the fans. Obvs. That's what Jon Hottonthenews reckons anyway. New podcast episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we find out which video game character Joel fancies (spolier - it's Lara Croft... Obvs), but you'll be more surprised to hear who Hannah has picked. Plus, exam cheating and competitive family games. Email: Hello@NeverEverPod.comInstagram: @NeverEverPod This episode contains explicit language and adult themes that may not be suitable for all listeners.Thanks for listening. Please subscribe and leave a five star review!Please review Global's Privacy Policy: https://global.com/legal/privacy-policy/

Hiiiiii dolls! We are back this week with a new episode! We talk about what we did (or didn't do) for Valentine's Day, couples and throuples, Beyonce going back to her country roots and Porsha's return to RHOA! Obvs we talk about wayyy more so sit back and enjoy! Thank you for listening, don't forget to leave us a review! Follow Us: Brittney Twitter/X - @prissybrittney YouTube - @bonafidebrittney Marjie TikTok - @marj_e0 YouTube - @marjievlogs --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brittney-craig/message

New Year....NEW ICKS! JUST because it's 2024, it doesn't mean people are less icky! In this episode Lala delves into Skateboards, Tories, LED lights and....waving! Obvs!  Lala also gives her stance on the red flags you've been seeing ALL OVER THE PLACE! Is it a red flag?! You can be sure Lala will know! Got a question, for Lala? She's all ears! Get in touch @asklalaletmeexplain on Instagram and let's navigate this romantic landscape together! A Sony Music Entertainment production Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us at @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com And if you would like to read more from Lala follow the link for her weekly OK Mag column https://www.ok.co.uk/authors/Lalalaletmeexplain/ BCAP website for therapists: www.bacp.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Put down the tinsel and mistletoe, Polin fans. We have urgent crumbs to attend to. Join us as we spiral over the latest Season 3 news including THAT Peneloise reunion, Colin and Penelope's power and a promised upheaval for the Featheringtons. We'll also be curling up by the cosy friends-to-lovers fire as we catch up with old, dear acquaintances such as Kanthony, Colin's swagger and the much-loved ‘Marina hates tomatoes' scene. Silent night? Not if Entertainment Weekly has anything to do with it. * Show Notes EW Season 3 Feature (21 Dec 2023) Variety interview with Jess Brownell (16 May 2022) Twitter: Production speculation (via @RompRomance) * Follow Us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠  * Find Us on Reddit Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Lechi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/lechimeric⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Obvs: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Veg: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/vegisbae⁠

Clown noses and trowels at the ready, Polin excavators! This week, we're visiting the ancient sites of filming leaks past to try and uncover sacred crumbs for episodes 3 and 4 of Season 3. We'll be venturing into the dusty tombs of September and October 2022, encountering such mysterious monuments as giant waterfowl, tiny carriages, and the most remarkable treasure of all: glowed-up Pen in Bridgerton blue. Elsewhere, we'll be transforming into an art history podcast as we ask whether a Dutch painting of a horse can unlock the secrets to a rendezvous in Colin's bedroom and if an innocuous illustration could be the key to a most beloved book scene. Get in the carriage, listener. We're going on a crumbs hunt. * Show Notes: Intro Donate: Just Like Us Donate: ChooseLove IG: Official S3 dates announcement video IG: Shondaland S3 dates announcement video ⁠IG: Lizzy Talbot post⁠ Shondaland: Article about release dates Twitter: S4 pre-production speculation Tudum: Article about release dates W Magazine: Interview with Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer IG: Official S1 rewatch post Julia Quinn: Book tv-tie in release dates (North America) Evening Standard: Interview with Jonathan Bailey ChooseLove: Nicola Coughlan Behind the Tills information Williams Sonoma: Bridgerton Countdown Calendar * Show Notes: Main Episode IG: Nicola Coughlan story about Hozier song (Via @NicandNewts) IG: Nicola Coughlan ‘sworn to secrecy' post Filming Leaks: Hatfield House Filming Leaks: Painshill Park WWD: Interview with Nicola Coughlan IG: Nic Coughlan ‘Team Polin' sound crew post Rijksmuseum: The Grey Horse, Philips Wouwerman (c. 1646) Tudum: Sibling Portraits Tudum: S3E1 script extract IG: Nicola Coughlan first ‘Champagne Friday' Filming Leaks: Wrest Park (extras) Filming Leaks: Wrest Park (Blue Pen and Featheringtons) YouTube: Original video from Wrest Park The Cinematography Podcast: Interview with Alicia Robbins IG: Bridgerton ‘Colin at Mondrich's bar' post IG: Nicola Coughlan ‘Champagne Friday' post with Penelope wig Deadline: Hannah New casting announcement Reddit: Influencers posts about set visit EW: Inside Bridgerton feature IG: Jack Murphy ‘al fresco tango' post Metro: Interview with Adjoa Andoh E! Insider: Interview with Simone Ashley IG: Nicola Coughlan carriage tease Reddit: fan speculation about carriage tease IG: Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton ‘we've been busy' post Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668001073) ⁠Shondaland Audio: Bridgerton: The Official Podcast⁠ * Follow Us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠YouTube⁠  * Find Us on Reddit Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Lechi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/lechimeric⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Obvs: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Veg: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/vegisbae⁠

The MTGM Live tour is reaching it's final leg, after many thousands of miles, so Vogue & Joanne are being pampered in a castle... Obvs. Plus, the reason why falcons are tories and the merch has landed!If you'd like to get in touch, you can send an email to hello@MTGMpod.comPlease review Global's Privacy Policy: global.com/legal/privacy-policy/For merch, tour dates and more visit: www.mytherapistghostedme.com/For more information about Joanne's gigs, visit www.joannemcnally.comThis episode contains explicit language and adult themes that may not be suitable for all listeners.Thank you!

On Tuesday December 12, me and Jonnie James will be delighting readers at our first live pod-show-experience at the West Hampstead Arts Club in London. So here's us recorded just now talking about 'going live' - and also about death. Obvs. New podcast episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our dear Polin Archaeologists, it's time to retrieve your excavation tools from storage because we're heading off on another crumbs expedition. Join us as we revisit the ancient wonders of July and August 2022, breaking open the Season 3 filming tombs and peering inside to see what Polin treasures we can find. We'll be unearthing relics from an intriguingly decorated ball, dusting off the feathers of a Bridgerton debut and standing in awe before the Holy Grail of all filming leaks: Pirate Colin. We'll also be venturing back into the Polin archive to consult the aged scrolls of casting announcements, social media posts and plot synopses before dragging all our crumbs into the Polin Lab for a post-excavation analysis, all in an attempt to piece together our predictions for Episodes 1 and 2 of Season 3. Beware of pirates. Beware of clowns. * Show Notes: Intro Donate: The Film TV Charity The Six O'Clock Show: Interview with Nicola Coughlan IG: Message to fans from Nicola Coughlan IG: Laura Döbrösi dubbing session Amazon: The Happy Planner Bridgerton planner Twitter: Julia Quinn S3 update (via @Araleyton23) IG: Man About Town Victor Alli profile EOnline: Interview with Jonathan Bailey about S3 Echo 100: Scarf designed by Jonathan Bailey benefitting the Terrence Higgins Trust The One Show: Interview with Jonathan Bailey about S3 (via @NicandNewts) Gay Times Magazine: Feature on Jonathan Bailey BBC News: Derry Girls wins International Emmy for Comedy Drama Quarterly: Feature on Big Mood The Turbine Theatre: I Wish You Well – The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski Trial Musical * Show Notes: Main Episode Reddit: First day of S3 filming, July 2022 Twitter: First day of S3 filming, July 2022 (via @polinbridgerto) Filming Leaks: Osterley Park, July 2022 Reddit: Summary of filming at Osterley Park IG: S3 filming announcement video (via @bridgertonnetflix) IG: Nicola Coughlan filming announcement post Deadline: S3 casting and synopsis IG: Shondaland casting announcement video Reddit: Summary of S3 filming announcement, casting and plot synopsis Twitter: Lizzy Talbot reaction to S3 filming announcement Reddit: Churro Crumbs post from 20th August 2022 IG: Nicola Coughlan ‘Bridgertan' IG: Luke Newton ‘Hi' IG: Sam Phillips ‘costume fitting' Filming Leaks: Old Royal Naval College, August 2022 Filming Leaks: ORNC, August 2022 (2) Filming Leaks: Ranger's House, August 2022 (extras) Filming Leaks: Ranger's House, August 2022 (Bridgerton family) Filming Leaks: Ranger's House, August 2022 (ABC hug) Filming Leaks: Ranger's House, August 2022 (rumoured scene breakdown) Reddit: Summary of Ranger's House filming leaks IG: Nicola Coughlan ‘Can I pull you for a promenade?' IG: Lauren Gamble ‘horny magic' IG: Nicola Coughlan Kate and Pen wigs IG: Nicola Coughlan ‘corset + crocs + tracksuit' IG: Nicola Coughlan ‘chaise longue' ⁠IG: Luke Newton ‘end of week treat'⁠ IG: Nicola Coughlan: ‘churro truck' Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668001073) Shondaland Audio: Bridgerton: The Official Podcast * Follow Us ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube   Find Us on Reddit Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠⁠⁠⁠ Lechi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/lechimeric⁠⁠⁠⁠ Obvs: ⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠⁠⁠⁠ Veg: ⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/vegisbae⁠

Does Ben regret having his child? Obvs not. This list of pure baby hate made us feel super weird. #gonslavesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

*Cue fireworks and sobbing at the window* Miracle of miracles, we have at long last reached the end of our Polin rewatch of S2E8, The Viscount Who Loved Me. Third time's a charm, right? In the afterglow of Kanthony's happily ever after, we head back to Mayfair to say our goodbyes to a heartbroken Pen, a heartbroken Eloise, a heartbroken Benedict and…um, a pretty chipper Colin, actually. Then, we jump through the time-space continuum for one final game of Pall Mall, where we trade in our yellow mallets for green, sigh over first love and swoon over our long-awaited Lilac Colin. Elsewhere, we reminisce over the many Whistle Ups and Whistle Downs of the 1814 social season and spiral over, uh…spiralbound notebooks and stickers? Is that right? Let us just go check our notes. * Show Notes TikTok: Nessie Judge Tudum interview with Nicola Coughlan (pt 1) TikTok: Nessie Judge Tudum interview with Nicola Coughlan (pt 2) TikTok: Nessie Judge Tudum interview with Nicola Coughlan (pt 3) Happy Planner: Bridgerton Be Happy Box GQ: Interview with Luke Newton Radio Andy: Interview with Jonathan Bailey Twitter: Sesley Hope casting information (via @RompRomance) Twitter: Andrea Valls casting information (via @RompRomance) Instagram: Chris Fulton at Falling Into Place international premiere Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668001073) Shondaland Audio: Bridgerton: The Official Podcast * Follow Our Socials ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube   Find Us on Reddit Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠⁠⁠⁠ Lechi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/lechimeric⁠⁠⁠⁠ Obvs: ⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠⁠⁠⁠ Veg: ⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/vegisbae⁠

*deep, deep sighs* Notebooks at the ready, Polin fans, because Professor Colin Bridgerton is about to give us quite the educational experience during Part 2 of our Polin rewatch of S2E8, The Viscount Who Loved Me. We'll be joining Pen as she is enlightened by an array of important lessons, including the geography and topography of American states, the less-than-ideal consequences of your best friend uncovering your deepest secret, and what exactly is and is not in Fife's wildest fantasies. We'll also be throwing back champagne with Colin, sighing over an astonishing but doomed waltz and quietly sobbing by a statue as we watch Colin smash Pen's heart like it's one of Cressida's necklaces. Yep, Dear Listeners. It's time for THAT scene. If anyone needs us, we'll be busy screaming into the Polin abyss. * ⁠Show Notes Deadline: Latest update on SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP tentative agreement Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund Instagram: Julia Quinn post about S3 release date Julia Quinn: Event in Guadalajara Instagram: Cat Quinn interview clip with Nicola Coughlan ChooseLove: Nicola Coughlan's t-shirt campaign Deadline: Nicola Coughlan cast in Doctor Who 2024 Christmas special Digital Spy: First look at Nicola Coughlan in BBC's Dodger Instagram: Julia trailer shared by Oli Higginson LATimes.com: Watch The Last Repair Shop YouTube: Watch The Last Repair Shop Filming crumbs: Basildon Park filming (November 2022) Shondaland: BTS of Colin and Pen exiting Featherington Ball Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668001073) Shondaland Audio: Bridgerton: The Official Podcast * Follow Our Socials ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube   Find Us on Reddit Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠⁠⁠⁠ Lechi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/lechimeric⁠⁠⁠⁠ Obvs: ⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠⁠⁠⁠ Veg: ⁠⁠⁠⁠/u/vegisbae⁠

You read that right.I am shutting down the program that has made me over 200k a year for the last 2.5 years and I am spilling ALL the goods around WHY, what sparked this somewhat crazy action and what this means for you!I want to walk you through my thought process for this HUGE decision (and really how I make all my business decisions) because it is going to be so helpful for making decisions in your business that will help you scale fast AF.Tune in to learn:>> The REAL Truth around why I'm closing down my Signature CCC Mastermind as we all know it>> My 'SECRET" and biggest mindset shift that has supported ME to make the BIG decisions that has scaled my company to 7 Figures (this is the MOST counter-intuitive hack I see take my clients to multi-6 Figures and beyond!)>> The POWER of being willing to trade in GOOD for GREAT (this one of my top secrets for being able to scale beyond 6 Figures and the THING I see most people wanna run in the opposite direction from!)This is a JUICY one!Oh and in case you missed the memo, this also means:

All hail the mighty Biscuit Cushion – we have joyously arrived at Part 1 of our final-but-not-quite-final Polin rewatch of S2E8, The Viscount Who Loved Me. Yep, you heard us. We're breaking our rewatch in half just like Colin will be breaking Pen's heart at the Featherington Ball. As the 1814 social season draws to a close, we begin our farewell tour of the ton, saying emotional goodbyes to Unnamed Modistes, Eloise's friendships and Colin's beloved baby blue jackets. We'll be defending the Featheringtons' honour over at Will's club, fawning over lovingly elevated objects at Bridgerton House and dusting off one last yellow dress as we prepare to relive the night that sank a thousand Polin ships. Get ready, Polinators. Chaos Colin has entered the chat. * Ways to Support Strikers During the SAG-AFTRA strike ⁠⁠⁠Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Donate to Emergency Financial Assistance and Disaster Relief Fund for SAG-AFTRA Members⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Donate to The Union Solidarity Coalition ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Donate to the MPTF Emergency Fund⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Change.org petition for below-the-line strike workers⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Deadline: Information about below-the-line workers petition⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Business Insider: How to support SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Blog: What can fans do while WGA & SAG-AFTRA are on strike?⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Variety: Info on SAG-AFTRA strike⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Huffington Post: Ways to support writers and actors on strike⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Deadline: Strike Talk Podcast⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠IATSE Petition to Disney ⁠⁠⁠ * Show Notes Twitter: Lucas Aurelio casting speculation (via @RompRomance) Twitter: Ella Bruccoleri casting speculation (via @RompRomance) Twitter: James Bradwell casting speculation (via @RompRomance) West End Theatre: Casting announcement for The Garden of Words (ft. James Bradwell credits) Republic of Tea & Del Rey Books: Bridgerton tea party pack giveaway Penguin Random House: The Official Bridgerton Guide to Entertaining, Emily Timberlake Twitter: Nicola Coughlan filming Doctor Who Christmas Special (via @set_dw) ChooseLove: Information on Choose Love Boutique, London WhatsOnStage: Nominations open for 24th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards The Telegraph: Interview with Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer Finch + Partners: Fellow Travelers London screening (via @finchandpartners IG stories) The Graham Norton Radio Show: Interview with Nikesh Patel Variety: Simone Ashley and Zayn Malik duet announcement HMMA: 2023 HMMA Nominations Deadline: Latest update on SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP negotiations Sky News: Interview with Brian Cox on use of AI Instagram: ‘You do not count' + Nicola Coughlan's comment (via @bridgertonnetflix) Shondaland Audio: Bridgerton: The Official Podcast Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668001073) * Follow Our Socials ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠   Find Us on Reddit Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠⁠⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠⁠⁠ Lechi: ⁠⁠⁠/u/lechimeric⁠⁠⁠ Obvs: ⁠⁠⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠⁠⁠ Veg: ⁠⁠⁠/u/vegisbae⁠

We sat down with friend to the podcast Stacey Thomas to discuss her book The Revels. A perfect mix of historical and magic, grab a warm drink and cuddle up this spooky season to read Nicolas Pearce and Judge Percival catch some witches.Obvs we needed a Shag, Marry, Kill but we also ask Stacey who would be in her coven. Let us know if you agree with our choices.Follow Stacey on socials;Instagram: @StaceythomaswritesTwitter/X: @Staceyv_thomasTiktok@ @staceythomaswrites

Hold onto your bannisters and toss your broken quills into the flames because it's time for our (penultimate!) Polin rewatch of S2E7 Harmony. We'll be trailing behind the scandal-hit Bridgertons during the Promenade of Shame, making midnight dashes to the Modiste's and fighting our way through the crowds at the ever-popular Harmony Ball. Elsewhere, we'll be taking the week off from our Polin analysis and handing the reins over to the ton's resident expert, Colin Bridgerton, who is here to explain to us all just how naturally his and Pen's relationship has taken shape over the years. Wait…did he just say relationship?! Someone get Freud on the line, pronto. * Ways to Support Strikers During the SAG-AFTRA strike ⁠⁠Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Donate to Emergency Financial Assistance and Disaster Relief Fund for SAG-AFTRA Members⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Donate to The Union Solidarity Coalition ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Donate to the MPTF Emergency Fund⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Change.org petition for below-the-line strike workers⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Deadline: Information about below-the-line workers petition⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Business Insider: How to support SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Blog: What can fans do while WGA & SAG-AFTRA are on strike?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Variety: Info on SAG-AFTRA strike⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Huffington Post: Ways to support writers and actors on strike⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Deadline: Strike Talk Podcast⁠⁠ ⁠⁠IATSE Petition to Disney ⁠⁠ * Show Notes Donate: MaxFund Animal Adoption Centre Choose Love: Nicola Coughlan T-Shirt campaign Twitter: Tom Byrne casting information (via @RompRomance) Info about Viana: The Legend of the Golden Hearts SAPO: Article about Viana: The Legend of the Golden Hearts DailyUW: A Conversation with Julia Quinn V Magazine: Jonathan Bailey feature Vanity Fair France: Jonathan Bailey feature The Stage: 2023 Orangetree Theatre Writers Collective (Oli Higginson) YouTube: Music video for Keke Palmer's ‘Ungorgeous' dir. by Bille Woodruff Digital Spy: Interview with Ruby Barker Deadline: SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP plan talks through the weekend Instagram: Nicola Coughlan photo with Luke Newton (October 2022) YouTube: Kirilee Cosplay Daisy Pen cosplay video Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668001073) * Follow Our Socials ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠   Find Us on Reddit Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠⁠ Lechi: ⁠⁠/u/lechimeric⁠⁠ Obvs: ⁠⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠⁠ Veg: ⁠⁠/u/vegisbae⁠

Pour yourself a celebratory drink and nab a piece of cake – we're heading to the wedding of the season during our Polin rewatch of S2E6 The Choice. As a hungover Colin ponders the plight of mankind, we join a bejewelled Penelope as she's faced with a cockblocking Eloise and a most pleasing, stimulating, thrilling kind of torment. Meanwhile, we'll be mourning the one Polin mystery we may never solve, admiring an exquisite ruby necklace and turning over in our minds the events of a world-shifting conversation. Fear not, listeners, he is beginning to believe that now. * Ways to Support Strikers and Entertainment Workers During the SAG-AFTRA Strike ⁠⁠Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Donate to Emergency Financial Assistance and Disaster Relief Fund for SAG-AFTRA Members⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Donate to The Union Solidarity Coalition ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Donate to the MPTF Emergency Fund⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Change.org petition for below-the-line strike workers⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Deadline: Information about below-the-line workers petition⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Business Insider: How to support SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Blog: What can fans do while WGA & SAG-AFTRA are on strike?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Variety: Info on SAG-AFTRA strike⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Huffington Post: Ways to support writers and actors on strike⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Deadline: Strike Talk Podcast⁠⁠ ⁠⁠IATSE Petition to Disney ⁠⁠ * Show Notes Donate: MaxFund Animal Adoption Centre Info about Viana: The Legend of the Golden Hearts Choose Love: Nicola Coughlan T-Shirt campaign Variety: Feature on Big Mood Shondaland: Feature on Black Barbie Variety: Feature on HRC National Dinner 2023 West End Best Friend: Theatre for Every Child launch event Deadline: Feature on The Last Repair Shop The Cut Fruit Podcast: Episode 101 Andrew Ahn Amazon: Bridgerton playing cards Deadline: Hollywood Unions release statement on AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA negotiations Deadline: Fran Drescher statement on actor proposals Reddit: Nicola Coughlan IG story teasing carriage scene [October 2022] Filming Leaks: Hampton Court Palace [January 2023] Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668001073) * Follow Our Socials ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠   Find Us on Reddit Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠⁠ Lechi: ⁠⁠/u/lechimeric⁠⁠ Obvs: ⁠⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠⁠ Veg: ⁠⁠/u/vegisbae⁠

Dearest Listeners, it's finally time to put all those crumbs to good use as we head to the lake to feed the ducks (and other assorted waterfowl) during our Polin rewatch of S2E5 An Unthinkable Fate. As Colin frets over which cake to eat next from his plate of snacks, Pen frets over the state of her business and family affairs. We also join our beloved pair at the Serpentine for a heart-to-oblivious-heart as Colin proves that telling the difference between ducks and swans is harder than we thought. An Ornithologist, he is not. Elsewhere, we console ourselves over the latest Season 3 speculation and head on down to the circus to share a very special crack theory with the crowds. * Ways to Support Strikers and Entertainment Workers During the SAG-AFTRA Strike ⁠Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund⁠ ⁠Donate to Emergency Financial Assistance and Disaster Relief Fund for SAG-AFTRA Members⁠ ⁠Donate to The Union Solidarity Coalition ⁠ ⁠Donate to the MPTF Emergency Fund⁠ ⁠Change.org petition for below-the-line strike workers⁠ ⁠Deadline: Information about below-the-line workers petition⁠ ⁠Business Insider: How to support SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes⁠ ⁠Blog: What can fans do while WGA & SAG-AFTRA are on strike?⁠ ⁠Variety: Info on SAG-AFTRA strike⁠ ⁠Huffington Post: Ways to support writers and actors on strike⁠ ⁠Deadline: Strike Talk Podcast⁠ ⁠IATSE Petition to Disney ⁠ * Show Notes Hello! Magazine: Interview with Adjoa Andoh Metro UK: Interview with Adjoa Andoh Reddit: Post by u/Background-Crow2705 reporting RMB tv-tie in release date Reddit: Post by CardiologistUsed394 reporting RMB tv-tie in postponement itvX: Breaking Through with Zeze Mills (ft. Adjoa Andoh and Ruby Barker) Audible: Sense and Sensibility narrated by Nicola Coughlan AppleTV: Masters of the Air starring Bert Seymour Variety: The Crown release date information Fall into Romance: Charity auction for Audio in Color (Julia Quinn-signed Clue game) Max: Starstruck starring Joe Barnes Deadline: Update on SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP negotiations Instagram: SAG-AFTRA statement Donate: The Entertainment Community Fund Deadline: WGA ratifies three-year deal with AMPTP Deadline: Hannah New casting announcement Filming Leaks: Wrest Park, October 2022 Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668001073) * Follow Our Socials ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠   Find Us on Reddit Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠ Lechi: ⁠/u/lechimeric⁠ Obvs: ⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠ Veg: ⁠/u/vegisbae⁠

Every Polin fan knows that unanswered questions make for the most pleasing, stimulating and thrilling kind of torment. But what better way to while away the Coming Weeks than by spiralling over those questions ourselves? In this special Q&A episode, we'll be tackling Polin topics big and small, as we also contemplate our own fandom lives. When will Colin find out about Lady Whistledown? When will Peneloise reconcile? Is a swan-shaped gravy boat really the best item on the Bridgerton set or have we finally lost our minds? Pull up a chaise longue, rest your snacks on a biscuit cushion and prepare for clowning. * Ways to Support Strikers During the SAG-AFTRA Strike ⁠Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund⁠ ⁠Donate to Emergency Financial Assistance and Disaster Relief Fund for SAG-AFTRA Members⁠ ⁠Donate to The Union Solidarity Coalition ⁠ ⁠Donate to the MPTF Emergency Fund⁠ ⁠Change.org petition for below-the-line strike workers⁠ ⁠Deadline: Information about below-the-line workers petition⁠ ⁠Business Insider: How to support SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes⁠ ⁠Blog: What can fans do while WGA & SAG-AFTRA are on strike?⁠ ⁠Variety: Info on SAG-AFTRA strike⁠ ⁠Huffington Post: Ways to support writers and actors on strike⁠ ⁠Deadline: Strike Talk Podcast⁠ ⁠IATSE Petition to Disney ⁠ * Show Notes Digital Spy: Article with Adjoa Andoh about Season 3 release Twitter: Fan anecdote about meeting Julia Quinn Instagram: World of Bridgerton jigsaw puzzle giveaway by Shondaland People: Nicola Coughlan cast in The Velveteen Rabbit Instagram: Nicola Coughlan at Paris Fashion Week Instagram: Simone Ashley at Paris Fashion Week A Little Life screening information Instagram: Kathryn Drysdale at I AmUrban premiere ITVX: The Long Shadow YouTube: Mosquito by PinkPantheress Netflix: Fair Play Spotify: The Haunted Mansion Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Kris Bowers Deadline: Update on SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP talks Filming Leaks: Wrest Park, October 2022 (ft. Blue Pen) ET: Interview with Nicola Coughlan at Tudum 2023 Filming Leaks: Old Royal Naval College, February 2023 (ft. wedding set-up) Elle: Interview with Claudia Jessie about Season 2 finale TVLine: Interview with Tom Verica Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668001073) * Follow Our Socials ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠   Find Us on Reddit Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠ Lechi: ⁠/u/lechimeric⁠ Obvs: ⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠

Dearest listeners, pack your copy of Flora Graeca and hop in the carriage to Kent because we're oiling our way right in to our Polin rewatch of S2E4 Victory. As Pen sips on lemonade and tea at the Aubrey Hall garden party, we reluctantly accompany Colin for a trip down memory lane and a meeting of minds with everyone's favourite botanist. Elsewhere, we get our pink dresses and empty dance cards ready for the Hearts & Flowers Ball, take a special tour of the orangery and endure a distressing adaptation of a Disney classic. But dear listeners, do take care when dashing down the lawn - we hear there's a snake loose in the grass. * Ways to support strikers during WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund⁠  ⁠Donate to Emergency Financial Assistance and Disaster Relief Fund for SAG-AFTRA Members⁠ ⁠Donate to The Union Solidarity Coalition ⁠ ⁠Donate to the MPTF Emergency Fund⁠  ⁠Change.org petition for below-the-line strike workers⁠ ⁠Deadline: Information about below-the-line workers petition⁠ ⁠Business Insider: How to support SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes⁠ ⁠Blog: What can fans do while WGA & SAG-AFTRA are on strike?⁠  ⁠Variety: Info on SAG-AFTRA strike⁠ ⁠Huffington Post: Ways to support writers and actors on strike⁠ ⁠Deadline: Strike Talk Podcast⁠ ⁠IATSE Petition to Disney ⁠ * Show Notes Elle: Phoebe Dynevor feature Instagram: Florence Hunt at Paris Fashion Week International Emmy Awards: Derry Girls Vote Here – TV Choice Awards 2024: The Diplomat Vote Here – TV Choice Awards 2024: Wreck WarhammerTV: Pariah Nexus Prime Video: The Chelsea Detective Deadline: WGA and AMPTP agree deal Deadline: SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP schedule talks BECTU: Demonstration in Leicester Square Throwback: Champagne Fridays, September 2022 Shondaland: Interview with Luke Newton Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668001073) * Follow Our Socials  ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠   Find Us on Reddit  Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠ Lechi: ⁠/u/lechimeric⁠ Obvs: ⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠ Veg: ⁠/u/vegisbae⁠

The MTGM UK tour is complete for now, so obviously Vogue has immediately had to find some more work... Time for the Spencer & Vogue Tour! Plus, the obligatory emails about cheating and sexual preferences... Obvs. If you'd like to get in touch, you can send an email to hello@MTGMpod.comPlease review Global's Privacy Policy: https://global.com/legal/privacy-policy/MTGM is going on tour in Ireland & The UK! For tickets, merch and more, visit mytherapistghostedme.comFor more information about Joanne's gigs, just visit www.joannemcnally.comThis episode contains explicit language and adult themes that may not be suitable for all listeners.Thank you!

Worldly travellers, if it's a clear Polin mind you seek then let us offer you quite the elixir during our rewatch of S2E3 A Bee in Your Bonnet. As the Bridgertons fight it out over a rousing game of Pall Mall, we'll be joining Colin for a very special tea party where we contemplate just how difficult life can be for single blades of grass. Back in London, we'll be forging new business alliances with Penelope, enjoying a splendid dinner with the Cowpers and celebrating the arrival of everyone's favourite Unnamed Modiste. Yellow mallets at the ready, dear listeners – to the field of combat we go! * Ways to Support Strikers During the WGA & SAG-AFTRA Strikes  Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund⁠  ⁠Donate to Emergency Financial Assistance and Disaster Relief Fund for SAG-AFTRA Members⁠ ⁠Donate to The Union Solidarity Coalition ⁠ ⁠Donate to the MPTF Emergency Fund⁠  ⁠Change.org petition for below-the-line strike workers⁠ ⁠Deadline: Information about below-the-line workers petition⁠ ⁠Business Insider: How to support SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes⁠ ⁠Blog: What can fans do while WGA & SAG-AFTRA are on strike?⁠  ⁠Variety: Info on SAG-AFTRA strike⁠ ⁠Huffington Post: Ways to support writers and actors on strike⁠ ⁠Deadline: Strike Talk Podcast⁠ ⁠IATSE Petition to Disney ⁠ * Show Notes  Flora Paulita IG story Bridgerton: The Official Colouring Book Bridgerton Royalty: Queen Charlotte's Story at Blenheim Palace exhibition, Blenheim Palace Nicola Coughlan Uber Eats Australia short ad Today: Interview with Nicola Coughlan Pedestrian TV: Interview with Nicola Coughlan Nicola Coughlan at Emilia Wickstead show, London Luke Newton at Diesel show, Milan Deadline: Claudia Jessie casting announcement for Toxic Town Fellow Travelers sneak peek We Could All Be Perfect play info The Talos Principle II game info Deadline: WGA and AMPTP negotiations update Tudum: Bridgerton Madlibs Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668001073) * Follow Our Socials  ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠   Find Us on Reddit  Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠ Lechi: ⁠/u/lechimeric⁠ Obvs: ⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠ Veg: ⁠/u/vegisbae⁠

Polin fans are united in their glee—Colin Bridgerton has returned from Greece! Join us as we head off to the races to celebrate the homecoming of our favourite thirdborn Bridgerton during our Polin rewatch of S2E2. We'll be sighing over the Heart Eyes scene, admiring Colin's fencing skills and joining Pen for bridesmaid duties during the joyful union of a cheese-loving couple. Elsewhere, our Polin hearts will soar as we learn more about the sacred letters, only for us to crash and burn as we relive that infamous Colin line. (He's innocent, Your Honour.) Place your bets and hold onto your bows - we're in for a bumpy ride. * Ways to support strikers during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes ⁠Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund⁠ ⁠Donate to Emergency Financial Assistance and Disaster Relief Fund for SAG-AFTRA Members⁠ ⁠Donate to The Union Solidarity Coalition ⁠ ⁠Donate to the MPTF Emergency Fund⁠ ⁠Change.org petition for below-the-line strike workers⁠ ⁠Deadline: Information about below-the-line workers petition⁠ ⁠Business Insider: How to support SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes⁠ ⁠Blog: What can fans do while WGA & SAG-AFTRA are on strike?⁠ ⁠Variety: Info on SAG-AFTRA strike⁠ ⁠Huffington Post: Ways to support writers and actors on strike⁠ ⁠Deadline: Strike Talk Podcast⁠ ⁠IATSE Petition to Disney ⁠ * Show Notes Bridgerton Pop! Funko release Nicola Coughlan Uber Eats Australia advert Marie Claire Australia: Nicola Coughlan interview Vogue: Nicola Coughlan at Vogue World London Sh*t I Should've Read in School Episode 3 (ft Bessie Carter) The Artist Partnership: Bailey Patrick United Agents: David Mumeni Variety: WGA and AMPTP strike talks to resume BECTU: Open letter to AMPTP Filming leaks: ABC hug, Ranger's House, August 2022 In Creative Company: Interview with Nicola, Golda and Charithra Variety: Interview with Jess Brownell Tudum: Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton interview Official Bridgerton Podcast: Bridgerton Bros & Self-Discovery w/Luke Newton + Luke Thompson EW! Season 2 photoshoot (ft. the Almighty Babydoll Starfish) Tudum: Bridgerton Madlibs * Follow Our Socials ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ Find Us on Reddit  Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠ Lechi: ⁠/u/lechimeric⁠ Obvs: ⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠ Veg: ⁠/u/vegisbae⁠

Dearest Listeners, dust off those giant white feathers and get ready to party like it's 1814 as we welcome in a brand-new social season during our Polin rewatch of S2E1, Capital R-Rake. We'll be sneaking around London with our favourite Irish maid, trailing through daffodils with BFFs-'til-episode-8 Peneloise and musing on just how lovely Penelope looks in candlelight. Elsewhere, our fangirl hearts squeal with joy as we stumble upon the Holy Grail of Polin lore: the scandalous thirdborn love letters - uh, we mean platonic correspondence. Right, Colin? Speaking of, if anyone happens to see a guilt-ridden 6 ft tall gentleman with a newly-developed penchant for baby blue jackets, can you let him know we're looking for him? * Ways to support strikers during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes ⁠Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund⁠ ⁠Donate to Emergency Financial Assistance and Disaster Relief Fund for SAG-AFTRA Members⁠ ⁠Donate to The Union Solidarity Coalition ⁠ ⁠Donate to the MPTF Emergency Fund⁠ ⁠Change.org petition for below-the-line strike workers⁠ ⁠Deadline: Information about below-the-line workers petition⁠ ⁠Business Insider: How to support SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes⁠ ⁠Blog: What can fans do while WGA & SAG-AFTRA are on strike?⁠ ⁠Variety: Info on SAG-AFTRA strike⁠ ⁠Huffington Post: Ways to support writers and actors on strike⁠ ⁠Deadline: Strike Talk Podcast⁠ ⁠IATSE Petition to Disney ⁠ * Show Notes  Reddit post by u/Valuable-Benefit-166 about Flora Paulita tweet Twitter/X: Original tweet by Flora Paulita Hello! Fashion: Interview with Banita Sandhu CAPRICHO: Interview with Julia Quinn Deadline: The Last Repair Shop feature The World of Bridgerton jigsaw puzzle Deadline: Entertainment Community Fund update Deadline: WGA and SAG-AFTRA rally Spotify: Reprise III, Duomo Filming Leaks: Francesca's presentation, August 2022 Filming Leaks: Penelope returns to London, January 2023 IMDB: Golda mentions S3 and Diamond of the Season Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668001073) * Follow Our Socials  ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ Find Us on Reddit  Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠ Lechi: ⁠/u/lechimeric⁠ Obvs: ⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠ Veg: ⁠/u/vegisbae⁠

With true love matches, scandalous balls, dramatic confrontations and even a Polin dance or two, both seasons of Bridgerton pull at our heartstrings. But do you know which violin strings they pull at too? In this special episode, we'll be taking a deep dive into the magical world of Bridgerton's music, all in the name of hunting down any Season 3 crumbs we can possibly find. We'll be looking at how the music team work to create the world we know and love, revisiting our favourite Pen and Colin soundtrack moments and sharing our top picks from our personal Polin playlists. And, finally, we'll be embarking on the most sacred of all quests: locking in our Season 3 soundtrack predictions. Take us to Polin church, indeed. The clowns are ready to clown. * Ways to Support Strikers During the WGA & SAG-AFTRA Strikes  ⁠Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund⁠ ⁠Donate to Emergency Financial Assistance and Disaster Relief Fund for SAG-AFTRA Members⁠ ⁠Donate to The Union Solidarity Coalition ⁠ ⁠Donate to the MPTF Emergency Fund⁠ ⁠Change.org petition for below-the-line strike workers⁠ ⁠Deadline: Information about below-the-line workers petition⁠ ⁠Business Insider: How to support SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes⁠ ⁠Blog: What can fans do while WGA & SAG-AFTRA are on strike?⁠ ⁠Variety: Info on SAG-AFTRA strike⁠ ⁠Huffington Post: Ways to support writers and actors on strike⁠ ⁠Deadline: Strike Talk Podcast⁠ ⁠IATSE Petition to Disney ⁠ * Show Notes  Vimeo: Her Song short film BBC Three: Starstruck Radio Times: Wheel of Time release information Glamour: Everything We Know About The Buccaneers X/Twitter: Tweet from the Holburne Museum Julia Quinn: Events Calendar Deadline: AMPTP hire crisis PR film Deadline: Gallup Poll about public support for strikes Instagram: Nicola Coughlan Mean Girls post Shondaland: The Music of Bridgerton E! News: Interview with Justin Kamps Tudum: Interview with Justin Kamps EW: S2 tracklist announcement Tudum: Interview with Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton The Kelly Clarkson Show: Nicola Coughlan discussing Attention Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668001073) * Follow Our Socials  ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ Find Us on Reddit  Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠ Lechi: ⁠/u/lechimeric⁠ Obvs: ⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠ Veg: ⁠/u/vegisbae⁠

Rejoice! It's time to let mirth abound as we celebrate the end of the 1813 social season during our Polin rewatch of S1E8: After the Rain. We'll be clapping along to Colin's astonishing performance of a fan-favourite tune, consoling Penelope as she receives some bittersweet news and assuredly, fervently, loudly declaring our love for all things Hastings Ball.   And then, to mark the end of our Season 1 Polin rewatch, all-out war breaks out as we furiously debate the meaning of a certain goodbye glance from our beloved pirate-in-training. Since Obvs is the one to write these episode descriptions, I'm here to tell you that I'm right and the others are delusional. Farewell, Season 1. You've been one hell of a (carriage) ride. Altogether now: And let the catch, and let the catch, and let the catch and toast go rouuuuuuund…   * Ways to Support Strikers During the WGA & SAG-AFTRA Strikes  ⁠Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund⁠ ⁠Donate to Emergency Financial Assistance and Disaster Relief Fund for SAG-AFTRA Members⁠ ⁠Donate to The Union Solidarity Coalition ⁠ ⁠Donate to the MPTF Emergency Fund⁠ Donate to the Go For PAs Alliance ⁠Change.org petition for below-the-line strike workers⁠ ⁠Deadline: Information about below-the-line workers petition⁠ UK Petition: Income replacement for crew affected by strikes ⁠Business Insider: How to support SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes⁠ ⁠Blog: What can fans do while WGA & SAG-AFTRA are on strike?⁠ ⁠Variety: Info on SAG-AFTRA strike⁠ ⁠Huffington Post: Ways to support writers and actors on strike⁠ ⁠Deadline: Strike Talk Podcast⁠ ⁠IATSE Petition to Disney ⁠ * Show Notes  Reddit post by u/CardiologistUsed394 about Romancing Mister Bridgerton TV tie-in WH Smith Romancing Mister Bridgerton TV tie-in product page Twitter post by @chaoticguitar about Netflix NL Fellow Travelers release date article Othello at Riverside Studios, London Deadline: Update on WGA-AMPTP strike talks UK petition for income replacement scheme for affected crew members ⁠Change.org petition for below-the-line strike workers⁠ Strike fund for production assistants Shondaland: A Day in the Life of a Bridgerton Sound Operator Available Internationally: Inside Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668001073) * Follow Our Socials  ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠   Find Us on Reddit  Polin Subreddit: ⁠⁠r/PolinBridgerton⁠⁠ Beans: ⁠/u/coolbeansfriend⁠ Lechi: ⁠/u/lechimeric⁠ Obvs: ⁠/u/ObviouslyOblivious90⁠ Veg: ⁠/u/vegisbae⁠

This week... Instagram "explore" page muck, other internet muck and OF COURSE, another email about a cheating husband. Obvs.If you'd like to get in touch, you can send an email to hello@MTGMpod.comPlease review Global's Privacy Policy: https://global.com/legal/privacy-policy/MTGM is going on tour in Ireland & The UK! For tickets, merch and more, visit mytherapistghostedme.comFor more information about Joanne's gigs, just visit www.joannemcnally.comThis episode contains explicit language and adult themes that may not be suitable for all listeners.Thank you!

In our second part of Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Bledd and Sam spend far too much time analysing one of Iron Maiden's most renowned albums. But does it live up to the hype? I mean, yes. Obvs. But still, let's talk about why it's so good.

Hello T4M friends! We have taken a long break to build up a backlog for the next season which is Planet Bruce. Our Bruce Willis season. Our most interesting season yet. But in the mean time we had to do it! We had to record a Creed 3 episode. We both saw it together when it came out and recorded our thoughts right before and after the viewing. We also saw the movie before the Jonathan Majors absue scandal surfaced so we didn't get to talk about that in the context of the movie. We wanted to wait a bit before releasing it as we wanted to give folks a chance to see it before we spoiled the fuck out of it. Hope you enjoy! and we hope you're freaking ready for the new season of Thirsty For More: Planet Bruce!Very excitingInstagram: @thirstyformorepresentsTwitter: @morethirstyJoin us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/thirstyformoreand YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUyVV223fWcNenwcwugHfmA

This week, Stassi talks to the voice behind @DeuxMoi, basically our modern day gossip girl. In case you don't follow DeuxMoi (are you living under a rock?), it's an account on instagram that posts blind tips and sightings of celebrities - a curator of pop culture, if you will. DeuxMoi's popularity skyrocketed during 2020 and she's successfully expanded her brand into a book, podcast, merch line, and more. On the episode, Stassi asks Deux about dirt she might have on Stassi's favorite celebrities, Stassi finds out what gossip Deux has on her and the cast of Vanderpump Rules, and they talk about some of Deux's posting boundaries as well as how she organizes all of her tips into files (very interesting btw!).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Stassi talks to the voice behind @DeuxMoi, basically our modern day gossip girl. In case you don't follow DeuxMoi (are you living under a rock?), it's an account on instagram that posts blind tips and sightings of celebrities - a curator of pop culture, if you will. DeuxMoi's popularity skyrocketed during 2020 and she's successfully expanded her brand into a book, podcast, merch line, and more. On the episode, Stassi asks Deux about dirt she might have on Stassi's favorite celebrities, Stassi finds out what gossip Deux has on her and the cast of Vanderpump Rules, and they talk about some of Deux's posting boundaries as well as how she organizes all of her tips into files (very interesting btw!).

Quick question: did you get into online service work to spend 800,000 hours a week doing boring (unpaid) Canva revisions … or did you get into it to have the freedom to work how and when you choose, and earn a good living doing so?   Obvs, the second one.   But if you're finding yourself stuck doing scutwork and looking to level up, this pod is for you.   In it, we walk through the *exact* steps + numbers that go into making a 6-figure business for yourself … and how you can start doing that for clients.   And btw, if you're interested in diving deep into this and getting hands-on training and support, we've got you covered.   Funnel Pro is designed specifically for service-based entrepreneurs like you who want to skill-up, level-up, and smash your business goals so you can spend your time doing things you really care about (and making bags of cash doing so!)   Applications are closing this week … so if you're curious, now's the time to check it out!   Click here for more info.   Want more? Curious about the nitty gritty numbers of funnel-building? Join me for a FREE premium pricing workshop where we deep-dive into pricing, targeting, and all that good stuff. Click here to jump in! Would you like to be fully booked? Of course you would. Click here to get our Fully Booked guide and let's make it happen!

One (pointless?) game to go this weekend against the Vikings. To play Fields or to sit him out, that's one of the questions on our mind. We don't really acknowledge the Lions game because who cares. We, along with Bears Nation, are huge Lovie Smith fans this weekend as the Texans can gift wrap the top pick to Chicago, assuming the Bears don't light Minnesota up on Sunday for reasons unknown. We spray to all fields, including Joe Ratzinger, Kevin Warren, ping pong, an obscure Minneapolis law and of course our concern over Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin. Two episodes left in Season 4 after this one, lovebugs. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/zerodoinks/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/zerodoinks/support

Latest from Spoken Label and our last session of the year features the magnificent Louise Fazackerley. Louise's work is described as “ work rooted in word-witchery and the working class, Louise explores the synergy between poetry, voice and movement in a way that makes the ugly beautiful and the mundane fantastical. Winner of BBC Radio 3 ‘New Voices', European Slam Finalist and support artist for punk legend Dr. John Cooper Clark, Louise is a true, Northern powerhouse. Welcome to her world of darkly humorous poetry. Previous poetry collections include The Lolitas and The Uniform Factory (Verve Poetry Press), Bird St. (The Secret Writers Club) and audio book, Council House Poetry (Nymphs & Thugs.) Louise has a degree in Theatre Studies and Creative Writing from Lancaster University and an MA in Creative Writing from Edge Hill University. She lectures and teaches creative writing in schools, prisons and universities. When she is not writing, Louise is loping around Wigan and wrangling two teenage daughters and two teenage cats. “ Louise's latest book ‘pleasure dome which this sesison talks about ' is described as: “Take your little feelings-junkie-self on a dash through the house of fun. Here is hedonism and anhedonia a.k.a 'the inability to feel anything' nothing? explored through lyric poetry and dystopian prose poetry. Here are the Romantic Poets. Here are some bands from the 1980's. Here is a bathroom. Here is a place where the super-rich get to use your organs instead of their own. Obvs. Think escapism, mothers guilt and drink- some of it set in an alternate dimension of distorted mirrors and super-fun balloons. Dilettantes and the discerning brain are welcome here. “ More about Louise can be found at: https://www.louisethepoet.co.uk/

Coming off a bye week, the Packers return as healthy as they've been for a long time..including the return of half of the Packers receiving dynamic duo, Romeo Doubs. Packers fans are excited about playoff chances, but is there really a chance? The CHR Gang is here to take you through the rest of the bye as we prepare for Monday Night Football!  CD Angeli, Jersey Al Bracco, and Kelly Hodgson are back again for their 13th season of Packers podcasting here on the Packers Talk Network. Don't miss an episode of Cheesehead Radio! Cheesehead Radio is a part of the Packers Talk family of podcasts, serving up enough weekly podcasts to satisfy the most fervent of Packer fans. Follow Packers Talk on Twitter, Facebook, and subscribe over at iTunes.

The Superhero Show Show #457Groot the Halls With Drax of MantisThe Taste Buds review The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, give away the award for Best Actress of the Year, and so much more!On an all-new, all-different Superhero Show Show, the Taste Buds are roasting their chestnuts, kissing their misseltoes, and turning on Disney plus to watch James Gunn's The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special! Star-Lord is sad because his Earth tradition of Christmas was destroyed by Yondu, so Drax and Mantis take it upon themselves to deliver Peter the ultimate gift: a human slave! The Taste Buds will discuss if this hit their Christmas bone, their Guardians bone, and if this gets them more or less pumped for GOTG 3. To hear the Taste Buds discuss James Gunn's last movie, The Suicide Squad, click here!The Taste Buds also review and discuss all of the other shows from this week, including new episodes of Titans, the penultimate Stargirl, and two more episodes of Warrior Nun! Speaking of penultimate, the Taste Buds are also handing out the Shushie for Best Actress of the Year. The way this season has been going, the award is going to Sarah Tomko, as Resident Alien has absolutely mowed down the competition. But it won't be easy, as Ms. Tomko is facing off against FIVE other actresses, all gunning for that award. Somebody's life is changing tonight. Good luck to all of the nominees!Find out who won the Shushie for Best Supporting Actress here!Finally, the Friends are still reeling from the series finale of The Walking Dead, and want to give something back to that community. Together, they are going through some roles that three of the actors, Christian Serratos, Josh McDermitt, and Khary Payton, could take on now that they're out of work. These new roles also need to come from television shows based on comic books, natch. Obvs. Obvs natch.Listen to the Taste Buds discuss the series of finale of The Walking Dead here!All of that, and so much more, on an all-new episode of The Superhero Show Show!TV EPISODES AND FILMS DISCUSSED:THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIALWatch The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special on Disney PlusStar-Lord, Drax, Rocket, Mantis, and Groot engage in some spirited shenanigans in an all-new original special created for Disney+.STARGIRLWatch Stargirl on The CW"Frenemies - Chapter Twelve: The Last Will and Testament of Sylvester Pemberton" - (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) (TV-PG, V) (HDTV)SOLO MISSION - As the team devise a plan to deal with their latest threat, Sylvester (Joel McHale) takes matters into his own hands and leaves Courtney (Brec Bassinger), Pat (Luke Wilson) and the JSA fearing for what comes next. Amy Smart, Yvette Monreal, Anjelika Washington, Cameron...

Michelle and Robin decide it's time to have a date blight... except all we end up doing is chatting about TV. OBVS. Tonight, we're covering (AND SPOILING up to anything that aired before Oct 7 2022) all the 90 Day shows (trigger warning if you don't want to hear about Big Ed and Angela), all the prison shows, Below Deck Med and more. As ever, you'll find all our socials at Linktree (https://linktr.ee/blightydayfiance), or drop us an email at blightydayfiance@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tommy is back! This week got deep too.  Some light electric company hosing you stuff to start but then we dove into  working to focus on what you can control. But in a healthy manner, not an obsessive one. That's, like, smart, dude.Follow us on Insta:@tommccaffrey722@dannypalmernyc@thedannypalmershow @blackcatcomedyAnd check out Tom's podcast Last Exit to Brooklyn:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/last-exit-to-brooklyn-le2b/id550041325Support the show

Michelle and Robin decide it's time to have a date blight... except all we end up doing is chatting about TV. OBVS. Tonight we're covering 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? S07E02, 'Truth, Bitter Truth' (Trigger warning if you don't want to hear about Big Ed). Then, 50 minutes in, we chat Love After Lockup: Life After Lockup S03E33, 'Dirty Little Secrets'. As ever, you'll find all our socials at Linktree (https://linktr.ee/blightydayfiance), or drop us an email at blightydayfiance@gmail.com. Oh, and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts - the funniest one wins a tote bag, lovingly handmade by Michelle herself! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Corinne Fisher & Shayne Smith explore the Brooklyn Subway Shooting, lament Gilbert Gottfried's death, discuss homophobia's return, hate on sensitive snowflake people, analyze ghost guns, dissect the Black Lives Matter Mansion, and expose the migrant bussing lie.Air Date: 4/12/22Support Our Sponsors!Mipod.comRockAuto.comIPVanish.comYou can watch Without A Country LIVE for FREE every Tuesday at 7:00pm at GaSDigitalNetwork.com/live. Once you're there, sign up for GaSDigitalNetwork.com with promo code WAC to receive a 7 Day FREE TRIAL with access to our entire catalog of archived episodes! On top of that, you'll also have the same access to ALL the other shows that GaS Digital Network has to offer!**PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW ON iTUNES & SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL**WHERE YOU CAN ANNOY US:Corinne Fisher: @PhilanthropyGalShayne Smith: @ShaydozerExecutive Producer: Alec AlaggioEngineer: Natalie DeCiccoSpecial Thanks: @GaSDigitalGUUUURLSubway Shooting, Obvs (this article is being updated live so should have most up-to-date news by the time we record) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/04/12/nyregion/brooklyn-subway-shootingMurder for Self-Induced Abortionhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/09/us/self-induced-abortion-murder-charge.htmlThe Right Can't Take a Joke Either https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/marjorie-taylor-greene-s-trump-inability-take-joke-n1294217?icid=msd_topgridElon Musk/Twitter https://www.foxnews.com/media/cbs-news-jokes-elon-musk-bond-villain-twitterCongressional Mapshttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-legislature-gives-up-asks-gov-for-congressional-map.ampCUTIES CORNERhttps://www.cnn.com/2022/04/07/politics/army-horses-caisson-platoon-conditions/index.htmlMAIN STORIESGHOST GUNSLIBhttps://www.npr.org/2022/04/12/1092063600/what-are-ghost-guns-explainedCONhttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-says-ghost-gun-ban-just-start-on-gun-control& this is interesting bc it's the right wanting more gun control which is usually not the case https://nypost.com/2022/04/11/youth-violence-needs-more-than-a-federal-crackdown-on-ghost-guns/amp/BLM MansionLIBhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/11/black-lives-matters-needs-get-its-real-expensive-house-order/CONhttps://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/04/11/blm-claims-6-million-california-mansion-bought-for-cultivating-joy/Threats to DC regarding migrants LIBhttps://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/04/06/us/texas-immigrants-charter-buses-dc/index.htmlCONhttps://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-gov-greg-abbott-title-42-rescinded-bus-migrants-washington-dcSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.