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Gable and Travis are the first to brave their way into the strange place of The Slain Church, which keeps the fallen feathers that they have collected over the last century. They pull off a classic ruse before discovering the first of many oddities within these walls. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Science that involves throwing a guy to sea monsters, unreality Dear Uhuru: No Dear Uhuru this week MAGIC OF SPEIR ZINE Follow the project here! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! STARWHAL PUBLIC FEED: Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gable and Travis are the first to brave their way through the storm and find the strange place The Slain Church, which keeps the fallen feathers that they have collected over the last century. In this world, this strange absence of land, things are not as they should be. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Baby noises, science that involves throwing a guy to sea monsters. Dear Uhuru: Prison discussion of execution, the leftists are fighting MAGIC OF SPEIR ZINE Follow the project here! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! STARWHAL PUBLIC FEED: Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Travis makes his way aboard the Uhuru. There is a brief period of exasperation as he and Gable immediately resume their whole thing. Eventually, he shares his news about Margaret. Considering what everyone is about to do, it causes an argument. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Homecomings, baby noises Dear Uhuru: Prison discussion of execution MAGIC OF SPEIR ZINE Follow the project here! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! STARWHAL PUBLIC FEED: Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Margaret finds herself fighting for her very existence in The River while her threads hang between two powerful luminaries. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Character death, just the worst myopic ideology wrapped up in god like power Dear Uhuru: Self-sacrifice, discussion of torture MAGIC OF SPEIR ZINE Follow the project here! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! STARWHAL PUBLIC FEED: Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After being shot through the heart, Margaret finds herself tumbling in The River. Here there is no gentle grasp to pull her from the current. Only the chill tones of the one who came to witness her death. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Character death, drowning, just the worst myopic ideology wrapped up in god like power Dear Uhuru: Debt, our boy is in so much danger MAGIC OF SPEIR ZINE Follow the project here! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! STARWHAL PUBLIC FEED: Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Owens Again, Belichick Blinks, Sanders, HOA Tyrants, Impeach Talk, Just The TipMATT/OLIVIA/AMY7:00 PM – 7:05 PM: Intro7:05 PM – 7:20 PM: Owens Keeps Giving Me Ammunition7:20 PM – 7:35 PM: Belichick Blink Twice If You Need Me7:35 PM – 7:50 PM: Pay Your Loans Psycho + HOA: The Third Reich7:50 PM – 8:05 PM: Pay For MY Childcare + 60 Minutes8:05 PM – 8:20 PM: You Want A Divorce?8:20 PM – 8:35 PM: Ask And You Shall Receive... A Suspension8:35 PM – 8:50 PM: Karmelo Case Revisited8:50 PM – 9:00 PM: Impeach Him!9:00 PM – 9:30 PM: Overtime: Just The Tip, Oh Captain, Sanders DraftWatch the Live Show on the following channels: linktapgo.com/thedumshowTHE DUM SHOW, DON'T UNFRIEND ME, POLITICS, MAGA, TRUMP, MILITARYBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dum-show--6012883/support.
Keif is approached in a vulnerable and desperate moment by The Forest Queen with a promise to change the story for both him and Annabelle in exchange for one unthinkable favor. The Goose prepares to take flight with the Captain's return, but The Mariner's call to the marked souls aboard delays them. With the rivers of Cuomo bearing down, every moment matters. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Temptations, love for an ill animal, desperate evacuation, sex, snake organs, big drama Dear Uhuru: Debt and gambling MAGIC OF SPEIR ZINE Follow the project here! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! STARWHAL PUBLIC FEED: Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Travis, Keif, and Sinbad continue to beat on Johan. Margaret confronts Jack about why his ceremony is failing. She lets out some big truths that they have been dancing around for months. Keif tries everything to call his precious bird to the sky. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Tearful pleas for a friend to be healthy, the masculine urge to become a funky little alchemist with a savior complex instead of go to therapy, confessing love, a long that made James cry Dear Uhuru: Family trauma MAGIC OF SPEIR ZINE Follow the project here! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! STARWHAL PUBLIC FEED: Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Margaret tries to guide Jack through troubleshooting one of the most secretive and sought-after rituals in all of Spéir. It appears there is something essential missing from their spell but they have very little time to figure out what. The others continue to struggle against Jonah as he unleashes more of The Mariner's damned power. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Manic energy, drowning Dear Uhuru: Just a fun romp threterning a colonial capitalist in a bathtub MAGIC OF SPEIR ZINE Follow the project here! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! STARWHAL PUBLIC FEED: Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oh Captain my Captain! Robin Williams enters the poetry classroom as Mr. Keating, a teacher for an all-boys prep school that teaches his class how to seize the day and make their lives extraordinary. Dead Poets Society is a film that stands the test of time and has influenced many young adults in how to navigate through their traditional lives whether it be through an educational environment or their home environment.
Oh Captain, my Captain. The Rats have finally decided to take on the MCU. And what better place to start than with the very First Avenger: the Star Spangled Man with a plan. 00:00 Start02:02 Captain America: The First Avenger08:47 Captain America: The Winter Soldier14:33 Captain America: Civil War25:14 Captain America: Brave New World
Kief heats things up with Jonah the Damned before Sinbad clashes with his former ally. Jack tells Margret a secret about the magic they are performing. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Science, Burning Fire, Dear Uhuru: Feelings of betrayal MAGIC OF SPEIR ZINE Follow the project here! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! STARWHAL PUBLIC FEED: Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Travis, Kief and Sinbad face off against Jonah the Damned, things take a turn for those on the Goose, and Kief has some burning questions as he joins the fray. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Science, Biting sensitive bits, Undead saltiness, Whale Science Dear Uhuru: Grief MAGIC OF SPEIR ZINE Follow the project here! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! STARWHAL PUBLIC FEED: Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kief finishes Annabelle Sacha's harness and just needs the featherweave to get them to safety, but first he must contend with Jonah the Damned alongside Travis and Sinbad. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Science, Biting sensitive bits, Undead saltiness Dear Uhuru: Estranged family reunions, Abstractions of horrifying violence MAGIC OF SPEIR ZINE Follow the project here! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! STARWHAL PUBLIC FEED: Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jack and Margaret gather supplies and search for a suitable place to perform one of the most well-kept secrets on the face of Spéir: the creation of featherweave. Both being out of sorts, they stumble through the preparation of their ritual. Travis takes a big gamble against the drowned sailors who are suddenly attacking the warehouse. It sort of pays off, but he and Sinbad might have bigger problems soon. Keif hurries to perfect the design of Sacha/Annabelle's assistive device. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Lots of Twilight references, gun violence, loving things that grow up Dear Uhuru: Estranged family reunions MAGIC OF SPEIR ZINE Follow the project here! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! STARWHAL PUBLIC FEED: Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After a truly thrilling round of advanced mathematics, Jack and Keif are confident that they can get the giant crane who is known both as Annabelle and Sasha– which is totally fine and no one should question it– flying for the first time. Jack asks Margaet to help him retrieve the necessary weave, when he reveals a shocking and complicated secret. Travis starts to help Keif in constructing the necessary apparatus while they await the weave, but they are interrupted by an extremely ominous stranger. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Math, lies, mortal danger Dear Uhuru: Disappointment with a family member, being forced into a marriage MAGIC OF SPEIR ZINE Follow the project here! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! STARWHAL PUBLIC FEED: Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Margaret finally reunites with Travis who has both good news and bad news. Jack overwhelms Keif with conversation before being interrupted by a mystery. Main Show: Pining, murder, Dear Uhuru: A new side-story begins! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! STARWHAL PUBLIC FEED: Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Travis continues to see cursed things. Margaret gets distracted during her conversation with Keif and has to tag Jack in. Jack tries to pick up where Maraget left off while Keif struggles to make his singular focus understood. Main Show: A community running low on supplies, social anxiety, tense emotional processing, pining Dear Uhuru: We'll be back with more post-show segments next week! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We kick off with Ill-Advised News stories of a Niagara Falls car theft and weed inside the chicken fries from Burger King. We dive into the stories of things you saw with no proof, and we miraculously find the thing Anthony has been trying to prove for years! We share why we keep re purchasing the same thing over and over, we share deep family secrets, and remember when mom and dad brought us to work. Support the show and follow us here Twitter, Insta, Apple, Amazon, Spotify and the Edge! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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It's time to get in the wayback machine and revisit the characters that defined the mid-century American television landscape: Nick at Nite Couples. Bad Choices was exactly the right place to break out the fancy cocktail glasses, get fabulously dressed, and say things that would make shock our parents. Join Kris Newton, James D'Amato, Marissa, and MeganBob in (drunkenly) ranking the fuckability of fictional characters that we grew up with, from Happy Days, to Bewitched, to I Love Lucy, to The Jeffersons, and beyond. MeganBob wants to look like a toaster strudel in the name of love, Marissa pioneers the bold new idea of destination orgasms, Kris Newton sees the romance in being surprised by a face peeking out of the mattress, and James D'Amato takes what may possibly be his most controversial stand yet! Hit download, mix a drink, and enjoy the best filth Bad Choices can possibly offer! Hard Choices on Patreon Instagram: hardchoicespod Twitter: @hardchoicespod Bluesky: @hardchoicespodcast.bsky.social MeganBob's OnlyFans: onlyfans.com/meganbob Oh Captain, My Captain Marveling at Marvel's Marvels Garden Plots with Skeletor Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/funk-me License code: PY3X4XBA59ZDUAVZ https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/funky-junk License code: KIXMIV9S2VDVUHLW https://uppbeat.io/t/hey-pluto/the-gentleman License code: UWXG3BXPCASTYIHY https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/lets-get-it License code: MGTNINNDEXYJBAZQ https://uppbeat.io/t/hey-pluto/high-life License code: GE9B1XIV9R1VKMML https://uppbeat.io/t/doug-organ/boogie-time License code: QOVELAYOE1SDZQ4Y https://uppbeat.io/t/hey-pluto/the-brighton-bop License code: VWDJ4C60GOAIPACW https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/jazzed License code: AVN7XPXUBHDBHFAM https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/wake-me-up License code: SPHCZLRSPZNRUK7R https://uppbeat.io/t/walz/redcar-jazz License code: A0MVEEBKYDDJ0EQY https://uppbeat.io/t/sonda/rock-it License code: QFNICKIQJYO3DCZO
In which the Musical Man has an illicit affair with Captain Henry St. James in a very proper town where love is hell and the citizens keep it simple. Donate today via Patreon: patreon.com/musicalmanpod / Podbean: musicalmanpod.podbean.com / Email: musicalmanpod@gmail.com
While Jack checks over Billy's work, Margaret snoops through his office. Her long months aboard the Goose have not dissuaded her from learning the secrets that Jack is hiding. Accepting that he is not the type to simply talk about his true feelings-- and that he delights in surrounding himself with exciting lies-- she has opted to sort through as many lies as she can find to see what truth is buried within them. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Truly the wildest therapist/client relationship imaginable, Jack's avoidant attachment escape room experience. Dear Uhuru: None this week, we have a long episode. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the northern end of the rediscovered world, The Goose sails away from a brief stay at their most recent port and plots a course for their next destination. They are on the end of a string of less-than-profitable landings because for the past several months they have been searching for a very difficult (to find) man. Margaret Riversdaughter believes it might be time for a change in direction. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Tense social situation, grief, uncertainty, self-sacrifice, people pleasing and projection like you would not believe Dear Uhuru: None this week, we have a long episode. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Crew members continue to seek advice in the council as one speaks to the Captain on matters of the heart. Wendell finally emerges from the fog of depression with a plan and he asks Jonnit for help. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Unrequited love, pining, fear of loneliness, not wanting to face difficult circumstances Dear Uhuru: Olivia and Dennson continue their journey through the wood around Quietus Mill. There is one final challenge that sits before Olivia and Dennison as they make their way out of the Queen's wood. It may be the Forest Queen's most devious gift yet. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week we very tentatively clambered on top of our desks to bellow ‘Oh Captain, my Captain' to the most inspirational educator in advertising, Ally Owen. The brains behind one ad-lands most invaluable teaching programmes, Brixton Finishing School, Ally has done more than literally anyone to help young, multicultural and neurodiverse creatives find a way into advertising – kickstarting hundreds and hundreds of creative careers, while most big agencies were sat fiddling with the font on their DEI policy PowerPoints. For most people, transforming all those lives would have been enough – but Ally has also gone on to launch ADcademy, a free virtual programme that provides 2,500 students a year with top-class creative training. Ally is also one of the brains behind Visible Start, an incredible program designed to help women over 45 to re-enter the workforce. So, in a nutshell, just imagine what a huge stinky poo-fire the creative industries would be without her. In this episode we ponder everything from the real value of diversity and inclusion in all kinds of business, the financial and emotional hurdles she helps young creatives navigate at Brixton and how a Friday-night shift at Portsmouth McDonald's gave her the skills of a UN negotiator. ///// Follow Ally on LinkedIn Visit the Brixton Finishing School website or follow them on Instagram Head to Career Adventures where tomorrow's creatives are being inspired ///// Timestamps (04:10) - From Selling Shoes to McDonald's: The Early Gigs (06:49) - The Skills of a UN negotiator: Friday night in McDonald's Portsmouth (09:23) - The Great Escape to University (10:56) - From Pharaohs to Advertising and the House of Stolen Things (13:39) - Pure Luck or Destiny, The Path to Advertising? (15:22) - A Relentless Career Pursuit (18:04) - Setting out to make things better with Brixton Finishing School (24:13) - Building a Bridge into Advertising (28:04) - Office Etiquette, Don't Microwave Fish (31:36) - How to Support Brixton Finishing School (33:07) - The Finishing School Foundation: Practical Help for the NEET (41:19) - Four Pertinent Poses (45:45) - Honouring Carol Tully Ally's book recommendation is: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. /////
Gable digs deep to find a sacrifice powerful enough to begin the process of healing the Sereno, or at least give them a chance to heal themselves. Jonnit goes to the Rale people to entrust them with disposing of the cleaver. Hipp seeks advice about what he should do as he is caught between his desire to protect Jonnit and the pain of not being able to talk to him. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Dealing with painful memories, treating a loss of critical senses, transformation of cultural practice, colonized people having to work with former colonizers who are now refugees Dear Uhuru: Olivia and Dennson continue their journey through the wood around Quietus Mill. Saying goodbye to a dog. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After laying out a plan for the new free debtors of Sorrow's End to keep the Red Feathers from reclaiming the settlement, Orimar goes to speak with Sefa. The tension is palpable as the two dance around their feelings while trying to plan for the future. Gable works to understand the monstrous thing that was done to the Serrano, and how it might be undone. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Liberated People Still Frightened, yearning, traumatized people, memory loss, struggling to communicate Dear Uhuru: Olivia and Dennson continue their journey through the wood around Quietus Mill. Animal injuries. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Uhuru, having liberated sorrow's end must address the debtors imprisoned there and introduce the possibility of a new life. Orimar reveals himself to a mix of fanfare and anxiety. Held under the control of the feathers so long, can they be taught to be free? CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Liberated People Still Frightened, Dear Uhuru: Olivia and Dennson continue their journey through the wood around Quietus Mill. Gunshots, transformation, the wildest character reveal yet. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gable attempts to strike down Aravetti and in doing so learns about the circumstances that helped him rise to power, specifically his connection to The Morning Star. The Uhuru capitalizes on their upper hand over The Prosperity. Victory is not without its dangers and The Butcher still has debts that need blood to pay. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Description of religious-themed disfigurement, religious trauma, violence, taking of prisoners, execution of prisoners, death chart rolls, Jacinto Reth, embracing violence Dear Uhuru: Olivia and Dennson continue their journey through the wood around Quietus Mill. James repurposes more old folktales. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Orimar continues his siege of The Prosperity, but even with his hand leading it cannot be taken without losses. Jonnit and Nodoze try to keep the line of soldiers at bay while Gable works to put an end to Aravetti. They show him the true form of The Soverign's justice. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Violence, character death, creepy religious wounds Dear Uhuru: Olivia and Dennson continue their journey through the wood around Quietus Mill. Starvation, high stakes math, extreme stress. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Orimar returns to the Uhuru to size command of boarding The Prosperity. The Uhuru easily has the numbers to overwhelm the enemy vessel but with so much of the council still on the ground every second counts. Gable, Jonnit, and Nodoze struggle to put down Aravetti as Red Feather Reinforcements complicate matters. Mainshow: Colonial gun violence, gun sound effects, serious wound and injury description Dear Uhuru: Quietus Mill continued... Olivia and Dennison find themselves inadvertently parted in their journey through the wood. Dennison suffers while the queen muses on her satisfaction for humility and Olivia attempts a risky gambit. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Send us a textWelcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news you've already heard.https://www.enworld.org/threads/mongoose-acquires-twilight-2000-and-2300-ad.707036/Mongoose Publishing is at it again. Recently we discussed that Marc Miller had turned over publishing of the Traveller RPG to Mongoose and now they have picked up the rights to Twilight 2000 and 2300 AD. Mongoose has been publishing 2300 AD under licensing since 2007 and currently Free League has the publishing rights for Twilight 2000. Mongoose reports nothing will change and Free League will continue with Twilight 2000 until the current licensing phase ends.While not necessarily canonical Twilight 2000, 2300 AD, and Traveller all feel like part of the same universe and this seems to open up a huge IP space for Mongoose going forward.Mike, what are your thoughts?[Kick to Mike]Christina, your take?[Kick to Christina]Our next item was a minor if interesting article from Rascal Newshttps://www.rascal.news/oh-captain-my-captain-rpg-simon-and-schuster/The article starts with “On September 24, Simon & Schuster's Adams Media released Oh Captain, My Captain! a Descended From The Queen RPG by James D'Amato. This marks the first time in recent memory that an imprint of the Big 5 (the largest entities in book publishing, which include S&S, Penguin Random House, Hatchette Livre, HarperCollins, and Macmillan) has produced a standalone tabletop roleplaying game.”I guess I have a longer memory, because TSR had a publishing deal, albeit a rather strange one, with Random House in the 1980s and for a long time Dungeons and Dragons was a common sight in traditional bookstores of the day. But, to be fair the low sales of RPGs dropped them from consideration by traditional publishing houses decades ago.This is what I find interesting. The article discusses the possibilities that TTRPGs might once again become a hot product at the traditional publishing houses and how that's a good thing, however, the traditional publishing companies are not in a good place write now.Indie publishing and self-publishing, especially with the creation of Kindle Unlimited have done a number on the traditional publishing companies and they no longer hold the book world in a vice grip. This almost seems like a desperate grab by the Big 5 to gain some market share.Mike, thoughts?
Gable wavers on what to do about Aravetti. With Orimar's body recovers, the Butcher subdued, and Truss slain they have the option to just leave. They discover that Aravetti is unlike anything they have encountered before. Content Note Mainshow: Lots of religious imagery, body horror, religious horror, more funhouse mirror catholicism Dear Uhuru: Quietus Mill continued... Olivia and Dennison select a dog and enter the forest. Dennison insists they take a rest and the two speak. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Order now! Leave a review! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aravetti works out his differences with Truss. Matters are tense because the Red Feathers at sorrow's end have managed to scramble a skyship to respond to the emergency and they now have a platoon of soldiers armed and ready, but unaware that Aravetti and The Butcher are responsible for the attack. The Butcher and Orimar can't help but make deals. Content Note Mainshow: Gunshot sound effects, body horror, religious horror Dear Uhuru: Quietus Mill continued... Olivia and Dennison negotiate their way into an expedition into the Quietus woods. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Pre-order now! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Several characters from around the world of Speir who all have remarkably subtle differences in their voices try a radical new therapy exercise that involves writing a journal entry while speaking what they write aloud. This is not a thinly-veiled excuse for character monologues. You're a thinly-veiled excuse for character monologues. CONTENT NOTE Some silly ones and some more dramatic one, the lore is real as hell tho baby, guilt, fear of abandonment, and trauma reactions based on the fear of abandonment. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Pre-order now! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Tony Marchese and Ron Luce as they kick off Season 6 of the Four Feathers Podcast, diving into the latest in Chicago Blackhawks hockey. In this debut episode, they'll recap the highlights from last weekend's Tom Kurvers Prospect Showcase, explore the key storylines to watch during training camp and discuss Nick Foligno's appointment as the 35th captain of the Blackhawks. Plus, get insights on the team's transition to the CHSN TV network. Tune in for all things Hawks as a new season begins! Four Feathers Pod is presented by OnTapSportsNet.com, your go-to source for Blackhawks news, analysis, and updates. Follow us on social media: @FourFeathersPod | @OnTapSportsNet Panelists: @TonyOnTap | @LuceOnTap | @NonnieJonnie | @Comiskey22
Orimar Reclaims his body after the death of Edith Truss. Matters are tense because the Red Feathers at sorrow's end have managed to scramble a skyship to respond to the emergency and they now have a platoon of soldiers armed and ready, but unaware that Aravetti and The Butcher are responsible for the attack. Gable learns about Aravetti's terrifying divine power as they face off against two fronts. Content Note Mainshow: Gunshot sound effects, body horror, religious horror Dear Uhuru: Quietus Mill continued... Olivia and Dennison negotiate their way into an expedition into the Quietus woods. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Pre-order now! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcript This week I've got James D'Amato (Campaign: Skyjacks, the Ultimate RPG book line, and the upcoming Oh Captain, My Captain) here to talk about custom oracle decks. Yeah a Tarot deck is cool, and great for doing Tarot, but James makes the case that it's the “custom” in “custom oracle deck” that will really bring the not-quite-but-feels-like magic of an oracle to your table. But before we get into that, we dig deep into a mysterious black cube to get to our specific custom oracle deck: the Sooth Deck of Invisible Sun. Further Reading Invisible Sun Invisible Sun on the One Shot podcast Spindlewheel by Sasha Reneau Campaign: Skyjacks Oh Captain, My Captain preorder link Socials James on Bluesky and Twitter Sam D on Bluesky and itch The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com Our logo was designed by sporgory, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey. Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show! Ad Links Characters Without Stories, including my episode Indie Press Revolution
Orimar tries to defend Truss against Aravetti using her own body. The Bishop's power would be considerable even when the Captian is at home in his own skin, so this could be difficult. Jonnit and Gable finally make progress subduing The Butcher, only to realize the entire mansion is on fire and they have to get Orimar's body to safety. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Violence, body snatching, controlling humans mechanically Dear Uhuru: Returning next week! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Pre-order now! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Due to an error that we explain in the episode, there is no narrative episode this week. Instead, James and Drew discuss Galoda: the City of Swords. It is a strange commune of martial artists and mercenaries devoted to the cultivation of strength and the development of swordsmanship. Many characters owe their skills to the culture of Galoda, like Orimar Vale and Corriander Swiftwell. So let's get to know this wild place! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Pre-order now! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gable and Jonnit continue to face The Butcher, trying to be mindful not to harm Orimar in the process. Unfortunately, The Butcher is not taking the same courtesy with them. Orimar continues to needle Truss into a state of panic where she might be willing to surrender, but he finds she is quite stubborn. Nodoze realizes the Captain is working on a plan and tries to buy time stalling the guards. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Violence, body stating, controlling humans mechanically Dear Uhuru: Sometimes it's just a segment about describing a sad and spooky sawmill OSN MICRO RPG COLLECTION Back here! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Pre-order now! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Coming Soon CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Coming soon Dear Uhuru: Coming soon OSN MICRO RPG COLLECTION Back here! OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Pre-order now! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome back to a new school year and another episode of the The Video Store Podcast. Hope you've gathered your school supplies and movie rentals for back-to-school time. First up is a horror film that will remind you that no matter how tough your school might be, it could always be worse. It's 1977's Suspiria directed by Dario Argento. This classic film is the first in his Three Mothers trilogy. It's one of those films that shows just how scary going to school can be. There's horror, there's drama, but the good news is, your school probably isn't run by witches. With an iconic score by Goblin and incredible sound editing, Suspiria is a film that keeps you coming back every school year. The second film on our list this week is the Academy Award-nominated and winning film, Dead Poets Society from 1989. This film will have you seizing the day and standing on your desk shouting “Oh Captain, my Captain!” by the end. The film also focuses on the pressures young men face to have “success” and to suppress emotions back in 1959, and honestly, still today. It's a timeless classic that sets the mood for back to school. The third film on our list pairs well with our second—Mona Lisa Smile from 2003. While the film is sometimes called Dead Poets Society with girls, I think that undercuts the film. While yes, there are similarities, Mona Lisa Smile focuses on the pressures facing women in the early 50s, rather than men. Both perspectives are valuable, making it a great double bill with the previous film. Look for a cameo from singer Tori Amos in this one.The last film in our show this week is the 1985 comedy, Real Genius directed by Martha Coolidge. Starring Val Kilmer, Gabriel Jarret, William Atherton, Robert Prescott, and Michelle Meyrink, Real Genius is about some college students, including a child prodigy, who find out their school project is actually an illegal government project. Make some popcorn for this one. You'll be glad you did. We hope these selections will help you have a great start to the school year. Here's hoping your school year is filled with great teachers, great friends, plenty of popcorn, and 100% less murder than in Suspiria. Thanks for joining us on the school bus for this week's Video Store Podcast.Subscribe to the Video Store Podcast* The Video Store Podcast* Apple Podcast* RSS This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.videostorepodcast.com
The Butcher uses Orimar's body to hunt Truss and preach his bloody gospel. He cuts down everyone in his path leaving a grim wake. Gable, Jonnit, and Nodoze quickly move to confront the wild Luminary. The Captain tries a different tactic. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Violence, violent sound effects, body horror, misanthropy Dear Uhuru: We return to visit some fan favorites. Everything is fine but they are A LOT. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Pre-order now! THE ULTIMATE RPG PODCAST Listen Here! OSN BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 Get notified for launch! HELP TRACY Support their Gofundme SKYJOUST FIGHT WITH SPIRIT EXPANSION Get it now! ULTIMATE RPG GAMEMASTER'S GUIDE Pre-order now! SKYJACKS: COURIER'S CALL IS BACK! Listen on Spotify (or any other podcatcher app)! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Right Here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
EPISODE SUMMARY In the fourth and final part of Little Wolves, our werewolves find the keys to the magical portal to the mortal realm and attempt to fix it in time! SHOW NOTES Pre-order Little Wolves now!! Pre-order Oh Captain, My Captain! Help Tracy's Family replace their car Magnificent Pride on Chaotic Wholesome One Shot News & Updates Follow the cast here! Dillin Apelyan as the GM Nala J. Wu (they/them) as Emerin (She/they) Noordin Ali Kadir (he/him) as Jameel (he/him) WallE (he/they) as Cody (he/him) Fawn (they/them) as Lim/Little Mountain (they/them) ----------------------------------------------------- Black and Pink Find and call your representatives and be heard (US) Find and call your members of Parliament and be heard (Canada) Find and call your members of Parliament and be heard (UK) ---------------------------------------------------- Music Used in This Episode Garden of the Fae, Druid Falls Raintree, Wayfair Little Devils, Dresden, the Flamingo The Rite, Wicked Cinema Lone Wolf, Caleb Ethridge Within Yourself, Moments A Bird in Hand..., Fleece Mob Here With You, Moments Take a Deep Breath, Alsever Lake Moonlit Forest, Outside the Sky Editing and sound design by Tracy Barnett Find more of Tracy's work here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
EPISODE SUMMARY In the fourth and final part of Little Wolves, our werewolves find the keys to the magical portal to the mortal realm and attempt to fix it in time! SHOW NOTES Pre-order Little Wolves now!! Pre-order Oh Captain, My Captain! Help Tracy's Family replace their car Magnificent Pride on Chaotic Wholesome One Shot News & Updates Follow the cast here! Dillin Apelyan as the GM Nala J. Wu (they/them) as Emerin (She/they) Noordin Ali Kadir (he/him) as Jameel (he/him) WallE (he/they) as Cody (he/him) Fawn (they/them) as Lim/Little Mountain (they/them) ----------------------------------------------------- Black and Pink Find and call your representatives and be heard (US) Find and call your members of Parliament and be heard (Canada) Find and call your members of Parliament and be heard (UK) ---------------------------------------------------- Music Used in This Episode Garden of the Fae, Druid Falls Raintree, Wayfair Little Devils, Dresden, the Flamingo The Rite, Wicked Cinema Lone Wolf, Caleb Ethridge Within Yourself, Moments A Bird in Hand..., Fleece Mob Here With You, Moments Take a Deep Breath, Alsever Lake Moonlit Forest, Outside the Sky Editing and sound design by Tracy Barnett Find more of Tracy's work here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With no real way of knowing how the American civil war would end, President Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863; the most important part of his proclamation stated the following: That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free. The war began with shots fired at 4:30 a.m. in South Carolina at Fort Sumter, on April 12, 1881. The war ended 4 years, 1 month, and 2 weeks later on April 9, 1865, at the great cost of at least 620,000 American lives. Five days later, on April 14th, President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth while watching a play at Fords Theater; Lincoln was pronounced dead the morning of April 15th. In his eulogy of Lincoln, Senator Charles Sumner said, Mourn not the dead, but rejoice in his life and example. Rejoice that through him Emancipation was proclaimed. Walt Whitman admired Lincoln, and although he never had the opportunity to meet Lincoln, he said of the president: Lincoln gets almost nearer me than anybody else. Whitman shared the same views on slavery that Abraham Lincoln had; after the president was assassinated, Whitman penned what would later be considered a masterpiece of a poem titled: O Captain! My Captain!, which served as a metaphor about the death of the president he dearly admired and loved.Whitmans poem was first published on November 4, 1865; consider Whitmans first verse: O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weatherd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. As great as Abraham Lincoln was, he was only mortal, and a flawed one at that. But dear Christian, we have a Captain who is no mere mortal. A captain of a boat or ship is the person with the highest rank; as the Head of the Church, there is no authority greater than Jesus! Think about it, all things have been placed in subjection under the feet of Jesus; He is head over all things to the to the church (Eph. 1:22-23). Our Captain, Jesus, is the fully divine Christ who descended in humility by also becoming fully human. Our Captain is the Lord of Life, who is the only begotten Son of God the Father Almighty. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead, and buried; descended into the grave; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there he shall come to judge the living and the dead.[1] When I read Ephesians 4:7-10 and sat at my desk in front of my Bible staring at verses 8-10, I could not help but rejoice over what these verses mean. After reading Walt Whitmans poem, I wrote two verses of my own poem in response: Our Captain and Great Redeemer, His divine arms spread great and wide! Upon the Cross, He bleed for sinners, For our freedom, the Lamb of God died. From earthen wood to the stone carved tomb, Redemptions Prince laid cold and dead! Three Days Later, Christ had risen, Death and sin: swallowed up by the Living! So, I have spent much of our time this morning setting up Ephesians 4:7-10, but I believe it was time well spent for reasons I hope will become clear. The Church is Equipped by Christ for Her Mission (v. 7) If I can get you to see how encouraging verse 7 is, I believe you will gain a healthier and deeper understanding of how you can, walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called (4:1). I also believe you will discover the secret sauce for how you can urgently, keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace (v. 3). To do this however, you have got to see the relationship between Ephesians 4:4-6 with verse 7; for this reason look carefully at these verses: There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all (Eph. 4:46). Now we come to verse 7, But to each of us grace was given according to the measure of Christs gift. Wait a second Paul, what happened to all this talk about us being one? We, who make up the body of Christ under His Lordship because we have been sealed by His Holy Spirit have each received, grace according to the measure of Christs gift. The grace and the gift mentioned in this verse is not referring to the gift of salvation in the same way Ephesians 2:8-9 is referring to the gift of salvation. The grace and the gift that is given by Jesus to those He has redeemed is given so that those who have been saved are able to function as one body for the purpose of serving one another in the Church and to engage Christs mission in the world as the Church. The word used for grace is charis from which we get the word charismatic from, and the way it is used here in verse 7 is not saving grace but equipping grace. The gift that belongs to Christ is His to give and He does so freely to whomever He chooses who make up His Church for good of the one body. Listen, Christs gift are spiritual gifts that He distributes among His people diversly through the power of the Holy Spirit to build up those who make up His Church. The gift is what Jesus promised His disciples hours before His crucifixion: But I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I am leaving; for if I do not leave, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you (John 16:7). The gift is given not by some force, but by the One Jesus promised in Acts 1:8, You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and as far as the remotest part of the earth (Acts 1:8). If you are still confused what verse 7 is describing, there are two scripture passages that I believe will help you make sense of this verse. In 1 Corinthians 12:4-7, we learn a little more about what each true Christian has been given according to the measure of Christs gift: Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. What this means for you Christian, is that Jesus has uniquely and supernaturally gifted you through the Holy Spirit (the Helper) to live out Ephesians 2:10 for the good of His people and mission He has called us to, and in case you forgot what Ephesians 2:10 says, here it is: For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. I will come back to how our gifting through the Holy Spirit works diversly for the purpose of unity in my next sermon, but what I want you to know for now is that Jesus gave His Church a greater mission than what drove the North and the South into war on April 12, 1861, for we live in a world where all people are born under the tyranny of sin and are bound to a nature to sin, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind and stand condemned before a Holy God as, children of wrath (Eph. 2:1-3). We who have been set free from the tyranny of sin and redeemed by the blood of the Lamb have been given our marching orders: Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age (Matt. 28:1920). The good news about our orders is that our Captain has not only uniquely gifted each of His people to accomplish His mission, but He promises to go with us! The Mission of the Church Guaranteed by Christs Victory (vv. 8-10) What confidence do we have that the Church (the community of called-out-ones) will be able to finish the mission Jesus has given Her? It is right here in verses 8-10! Paul begins with the word Therefore to indicate how it is we can have any confidence to remain unified as one body, under one Lord, sealed and empowered by one Spirit, and he does so by quoting from Psalm 68! What is so remarkable about Psalm 68 is that it is in the category of Psalms known as the enthronement psalms that celebrate the kingly reign of God Almighty! Psalm 68 celebrates Gods triumph in leading His people from Mount Sinai in the desert to Mount Zion in Jerusalem as God and King over His people! Permit me to highlight some of the verses in Psalm 68 before we look specifically at the verse Paul quotes from so that you can appreciate the significance of what Paul does in Ephesians from this Psalm: May God arise, may His enemies be scattered, and may those who hate Him flee from His presence. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before a fire, so the wicked will perish before God. But the righteous will be joyful; they will rejoice before God; yes, they will rejoice with gladness. (Psalm 68:13) Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God who is our salvation. God is to us a God of salvation; and to God the Lord belong ways of escape from death. (Psalm 68:1920) Tucked into the middle of Psalm 68 is verse 18, and it is this verse that Paul quotes from, and does so with a twist. But before I show you why He did this, you need to see Psalm 68:15-18 together: The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of God; the mountain of Bashan is a mountain of many peaks. 16Why do you look with envy, you mountains of many peaks, at the mountain God has desired as His dwelling? Indeed, the Lord will dwell there forever. 17The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness. 18You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives; You have received gifts among people, Even among the rebellious as well, that the Lord God may dwell there. Here is what you need to know to appreciate why Paul quotes Psalm 68:18 with a twist: The mountain of Bashan represented the gateway to the evil underworld in Israelite and Canaanite thought.[2] What is being celebrated in Psalm 68:15-18 is that God defeated the evil that threatened His people at Mount Bashan and not only defeated them handedly, but led captive the captives by putting His triumph over the enemies of His people on full display for all to see. When the Psalmist wrote of God: You have led captive Your captives he was describing the victory procession of a returning king that was common in the ancient Near East; in his commentary on the Psalms, Gerald Wilson said of the victory procession, Captives were paraded as a visible representation of the kings far-flung conquests. As the victorious army returned home through various subject nations, the parade of captives drove home to any who might entertain notions of rebellion the power of the king and how he had defeated those who had resisted his authority.[3] Those conquered were quick to offer gifts to prove their loyalty to the conquering victorious king. Okay, now we are ready to appreciate what Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, wrote in Ephesians 4:8-10, and it will not take long to do so! So here is what Paul wrote: Therefore it says, When He ascended on high, he led captive THE captives, And He gave gifts to people. 9(Now this expression, He ascended, what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.) What the apostle does with Psalm 68:18 is that he summarizes all of Psalm 68 by drawing our attention to verse 18 to show us how every enemy has been defeated through the way Jesus descended into the lower parts of the earth which He did by humbling Himself, by taking the form of a bond-servant and being born in the likeness of men. And being found in the appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross (Phil. 2:5-8). Jesus was buried and three days later rose from the grave! After He rose from the grave, He ascended to heaven, but before doing so, promised his followers: You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and as far as the remotest part of the earth (Acts 1:8). What does it mean that Jesus, ascended far above all the heavens? After Jesus descended, we read in Philippians 2:9-11, For this reason also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Do you see what Paul is saying here? Oh, dear Christian, Jesus died to liberate us from the bondage and curse of sin, and He was then buried in the tomb. However, because death had no power over Him, he defeated sin and death by rising from the grave, and we rightly hail Him as the Risen Lord of Life! But wait that is not all! Jesus ascended to the right hand of the Father, which means that He is enthroned as the ascended King of kings and Lord of lords! Now, against the backdrop of Psalm 68 and Ephesians 4:7-10, consider Colossians 2:13-15, And when you were dead in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, having canceled the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. As the victorious and ascended King, Jesus triumphed over sin, death, the demonic powers, the devil, and hell itself!Jesus is the fulfillment of Psalm 68, and the gifts He gives is through the pouring out of the Holy Spirit that both He and the Father have sent to seal His redeemed and ransomed Bride (the Church) for the purpose of dispensing gifts upon those who make up His one body! Martyn Lloyd-Jones said of these verses that they serve as, a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ leading in His triumphal train the devil and hell and sin and deaththe great enemies that were against man and which had held mankind in captivity for so long a time. The princes which had controlled that captivity are now being led captive themselves. He concludes by driving home the apostles point that we dare not forget: He is the great heavenly Captain and we are His people. Having routed His enemies, He dispenses and showers His gifts upon us. But all the gifts, ever, always, come from Him.[4] You, who have been ransomed, redeemed, and forgiven through the triumphant victory of Jesus Christ upon the cross and over the gravenow that you who have received the promised Holy Spirit and are empowered by Himhow are you walking in, a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called? [1] Adapted from the Apostles Creed. [2] John D. Barry et al., Faithlife Study Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012, 2016), Eph 4:8. [3] Gerald H. Wilson, Psalms, vol. 1, The NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002), 939940. [4] David Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Christian Unity: An Exposition of Ephesians 4:116 (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1972), 153154.
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