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Ryan opens the Call in Show edition of Packernet After Dark with a candid look at the Packers' front office and coaching decisions. Callers debate whether Matt LaFleur and Brian Gutekunst deserve more time despite a rash of devastating injuries to key players like Micah Parsons, Zach Tom, and others. - Ryan breaks down why comparing the Packers to an unrealistic standard ignores how 31 other NFL teams also deal with first-round misses and injuries. - Detailed analysis of LaFleur's play success rate ranking fifth in the NFL despite a depleted roster, emphasizing the math behind why even elite coordinators fail on nearly half their plays. - Discussion on Micah Parsons' nine-month recovery window, the three-week practice ramp-up, and why week-eight or week-nine return projections are being misread by fans. - Ryan pushes back on knee-jerk GM or coach firings, stressing that good players missing significant time makes any assessment impossible until everyone is healthy. Don't miss future episodes of Packernet After Dark. Subscribe, leave a rating, and join the conversation by calling 608-501-0718. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

Ryan opens the Call in Show edition of Packernet After Dark with a candid look at the Packers' front office and coaching decisions. Callers debate whether Matt LaFleur and Brian Gutekunst deserve more time despite a rash of devastating injuries to key players like Micah Parsons, Zach Tom, and others. - Ryan breaks down why comparing the Packers to an unrealistic standard ignores how 31 other NFL teams also deal with first-round misses and injuries. - Detailed analysis of LaFleur's play success rate ranking fifth in the NFL despite a depleted roster, emphasizing the math behind why even elite coordinators fail on nearly half their plays. - Discussion on Micah Parsons' nine-month recovery window, the three-week practice ramp-up, and why week-eight or week-nine return projections are being misread by fans. - Ryan pushes back on knee-jerk GM or coach firings, stressing that good players missing significant time makes any assessment impossible until everyone is healthy. Don't miss future episodes of Packernet After Dark. Subscribe, leave a rating, and join the conversation by calling 608-501-0718. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

YOU WERE NEVER SUPPOSED TO FIND THIS DOOR… Tara Erickson & Roxy Striar experience A24's Backrooms (2026) for the first time, reacting to Kane Parsons' feature-length expansion of his viral Backrooms analog-horror series. In this Backrooms movie reaction and review, Tara & Roxy follow a mysterious doorway beneath a furniture showroom into an endless liminal maze filled with disorienting spaces, disturbing discoveries, terrifying creature encounters, and unpredictable jump scares. They also react to Backrooms: Everything Must Go, featuring 16 minutes of bonus footage, while discussing the unsettling ending, found-footage influences, massive practical sets, and visual effects that bring Kane Pixels' internet phenomenon to life. Backrooms Reaction (Full-Length Watch-Along):   / thereelrejects   Limited Time Offer – Make healthy eating simple. Get Huel today with my exclusive offer of 15% OFF online with my code REJECTS at https://www.huel.com/REJECTS. New Customers Only. Thank you to Huel for partnering and supporting our show! Directed and co-scored by Kane Parsons, with a screenplay by Will Soodik, Backrooms stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Clark (12 Years a Slave, Doctor Strange), Renate Reinsve as Dr. Mary Kline (The Worst Person in the World, A Different Man), Mark Duplass as Phil (Creep, The Morning Show), Finn Bennett as Bobby (True Detective: Night Country, Warfare), and Lukita Maxwell as Kat (Shrinking, Generation), alongside Avan Jogia (Victorious, Zombieland: Double Tap). Tara & Roxy react to the furniture-store basement portal, the maze's iconic yellow corridors, the film's unnerving monster sequences, its blend of psychological and science-fiction horror, and Kane Parsons' evolution from Blender-created YouTube shorts to an ambitious A24 feature. Follow Roxy Striar YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@TheWhirlGirls Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roxystriar/?hl=en Twitter:  https://twitter.com/roxystriar Follow Tara Erickson: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TaraErickson Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/taraerickson/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/thetaraerickson Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big Sal is fired up about the next cult hero from the 2025 and 2026 draft classes. He breaks down why Savion Williams is the mystery box gadget player destined for legend status in Green Bay, along with Anthony Belton the mountain in the trenches, Tray Smack the kicker with the perfect name, and Brandon Cissé the dark horse corner. - Savion Williams: perfect catch rate, 700+ kick return yards, playing through injury - Anthony Belton: massive 6'6" 335lb second-round OL built like a folktale - Tray Smack: Florida kicker with 10 career 50+ yard FGs and a chant-ready name - Brandon Cissé: elite athlete and first pick in a Parsons-trade depleted class Big Sal compares drafting cult heroes to ice fishing — most holes produce nothing, but every so often one pulls up a monster. Mark his words on Savion Williams. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

Big Sal is fired up about the next cult hero from the 2025 and 2026 draft classes. He breaks down why Savion Williams is the mystery box gadget player destined for legend status in Green Bay, along with Anthony Belton the mountain in the trenches, Tray Smack the kicker with the perfect name, and Brandon Cissé the dark horse corner. - Savion Williams: perfect catch rate, 700+ kick return yards, playing through injury - Anthony Belton: massive 6'6" 335lb second-round OL built like a folktale - Tray Smack: Florida kicker with 10 career 50+ yard FGs and a chant-ready name - Brandon Cissé: elite athlete and first pick in a Parsons-trade depleted class Big Sal compares drafting cult heroes to ice fishing — most holes produce nothing, but every so often one pulls up a monster. Mark his words on Savion Williams. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

Are the platforms you rely on most for growth also the biggest barriers to understanding it?Agility requires a clear view of the entire customer journey, not just the isolated moments within a single platform. This means brands must adapt their strategies to operate effectively across the open internet, not just within its walled gardens.Today, we're going to talk about a fundamental disconnect in modern marketing: while AI is enabling a consumer journey that is more fluid and dynamic than ever, many marketers are still planning, executing, and measuring their efforts in platform-specific silos. This can create a distorted view of performance and limit a brand's ability to drive real growth.To help me discuss this topic, I'd like to welcome Todd Parsons, Chief Product Officer & President of Performance Media at Criteo. About Todd ParsonsTodd Parsons is Chief Product Officer and President of Performance Media at Criteo, where he leads the company's global product and Performance Media organization. Since joining in 2020, he has been instrumental in transforming Criteo's platform, advancing AI-powered solutions for predictive bidding, creative assembly, and merchandising, while scaling self-service activation across channels. In 2025, he assumed leadership of Performance Media to unify product, design, analytics, and go-to-market under a single vision for growth. With more than two decades of experience at the intersection of data and marketing, Todd has held leadership roles driving innovation across the industry. He previously served as Chief Product Officer at SocialCode, where he developed tools to activate and measure first-party audiences across platforms including Facebook, Amazon, and YouTube, and earlier helped establish OpenX as the first people-based programmatic marketplace. At Criteo, he continues to shape the future of commerce media, leveraging over a billion daily shopper interactions to deliver measurable outcomes for brands and retailers worldwide.Todd Parsons on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddaparsons---------- Resources ---------- Criteo: criteo.comThis show is brought to you by Criteo. Their new self-service platform, Criteo GO, makes AI-powered advertising simpler and more accessible for brands looking to drive demand, acquire customers, and scale performance. By enabling cross-channel performance across display, web, video, social, and even ChatGPT, Criteo GO helps brands reach shoppers with smarter advertising powered by real-time commerce signals.We're proud to be a media partner for #MAICON26 - Oct. 13-15! Learn how AI can power your marketing and business and help you grow smarter. Use code AGILE150 to save! https://aglbrnd.co/r/7fe458ced0f04658Reach your customers with Reddit. Spend $500 in ad spend, get $500 back in ad credit! Learn more: https://advertalize.com/r/491818c79fb1873fChaser is the only Slack-native project management platform that helps teams turn messages into tracked tasks, automate follow-ups, and maintain team-wide visibility, without adopting another tool. Now integrated with Claude and other GenAI tools. Learn more at trychaser.com and use code AGILEBRAND for a 3-month free trial (normal trial is 14 days).The most influential minds in software, AI, and engineering leadership will be at WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America, September 23-25 in San Jose. Learn more: https://aglbrnd.co/r/60a7299222a7bcf1Start building your own apps with Replit and get $20 off. Learn more: https://aglbrnd.co/r/93531742a7625a20Enjoyed the show? Tell us more at and give us a rating so others can find the show at: aglbrnd.co/r/faaed112fc9887f3Connect with Greg on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gregkihlstromDon't miss a thing: get the latest episodes, sign up for our newsletter and more: aglbrnd.co/r/35ded3ccfb6716baCheck out The Agile Brand Guide website with articles, insights, and Martechipedia, the wiki for marketing technology: agilebrandguide.comThe Agile Brand is produced by Missing Link. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big Sal stayed up until 2 a.m. doing homework on new Packers defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon because he refuses to be another jabroni screaming opinions without facts. Gannon's scheme is a wood stove — the defense only works when the pass rush provides the right firewood. From the disastrous 2021 Eagles season to the record-setting 2022 Super Bowl run, to adapting in Arizona by blitzing when the front four was weak, Gannon proves he's a problem solver, not a scheme guy. With Micah Parsons, Javan Hargrave, and Zaire Franklin in Green Bay, the stove just got premium oak. Key discussion points: - Gannon builds schemes around players, not the other way around - 2021 Eagles: 25th in DVOA, 70% completion rate allowed - 2022 Eagles: 70 sacks, #1 pass defense, Super Bowl appearance - Arizona 2024: abandoned no-blitz philosophy, top-10 pressure rate - Green Bay 2026 outlook with Parsons and Hargrave returning Tell Professor South in the comments if the front gets home this year. Class dismissed. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

Big Sal stayed up until 2 a.m. doing homework on new Packers defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon because he refuses to be another jabroni screaming opinions without facts. Gannon's scheme is a wood stove — the defense only works when the pass rush provides the right firewood. From the disastrous 2021 Eagles season to the record-setting 2022 Super Bowl run, to adapting in Arizona by blitzing when the front four was weak, Gannon proves he's a problem solver, not a scheme guy. With Micah Parsons, Javan Hargrave, and Zaire Franklin in Green Bay, the stove just got premium oak. Key discussion points: - Gannon builds schemes around players, not the other way around - 2021 Eagles: 25th in DVOA, 70% completion rate allowed - 2022 Eagles: 70 sacks, #1 pass defense, Super Bowl appearance - Arizona 2024: abandoned no-blitz philosophy, top-10 pressure rate - Green Bay 2026 outlook with Parsons and Hargrave returning Tell Professor South in the comments if the front gets home this year. Class dismissed. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

This week, we're talking one of the summer's most buzzy indie horror films! Sorry, Obsession really isn't much of a Frankenstein story (but that didn't stop us from taking a brief detour to talk about it). BUT, Backrooms very much is, in a lot of ways. Hayden pitched that we talk about this, and he was so right. Join us as we discuss the uncanny effectiveness of liminal horror, and all of the mundane mad science at the heart of the backrooms!Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future installments. Join us on Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/thefrankencast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find all of our various links at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/frankencast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or send us a letter at thefrankencast@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!Your Horror Hosts: Anthony Bowman (he/him) & Hayden Orr (he/him). Cover painting by Amanda Keller (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@KellerIllustrations on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠).

Feeder cattle prices can drop faster than any producer expects, and Livestock Risk Protection insurance is one tool for managing that risk. Jay Parsons, professor of agricultural economics and director of the Center for Agricultural Profitability at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, joins the show to explain how LRP works for feeder cattle, why participation in Nebraska has climbed sharply in recent years, and how the program has changed for new and beginning producers under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Parsons draws on 21 years of tracking a single policy to show when the coverage pays off and when it doesn't.https://cap.unl.edu/news/lrp-feeder-cattle-insurance-recent-enhancement-and-performance-history/

Are the platforms you rely on most for growth also the biggest barriers to understanding it?Agility requires a clear view of the entire customer journey, not just the isolated moments within a single platform. This means brands must adapt their strategies to operate effectively across the open internet, not just within its walled gardens.Today, we're going to talk about a fundamental disconnect in modern marketing: while AI is enabling a consumer journey that is more fluid and dynamic than ever, many marketers are still planning, executing, and measuring their efforts in platform-specific silos. This can create a distorted view of performance and limit a brand's ability to drive real growth.To help me discuss this topic, I'd like to welcome Todd Parsons, Chief Product Officer & President of Performance Media at Criteo. About Todd ParsonsTodd Parsons is Chief Product Officer and President of Performance Media at Criteo, where he leads the company's global product and Performance Media organization. Since joining in 2020, he has been instrumental in transforming Criteo's platform, advancing AI-powered solutions for predictive bidding, creative assembly, and merchandising, while scaling self-service activation across channels. In 2025, he assumed leadership of Performance Media to unify product, design, analytics, and go-to-market under a single vision for growth. With more than two decades of experience at the intersection of data and marketing, Todd has held leadership roles driving innovation across the industry. He previously served as Chief Product Officer at SocialCode, where he developed tools to activate and measure first-party audiences across platforms including Facebook, Amazon, and YouTube, and earlier helped establish OpenX as the first people-based programmatic marketplace. At Criteo, he continues to shape the future of commerce media, leveraging over a billion daily shopper interactions to deliver measurable outcomes for brands and retailers worldwide.Todd Parsons on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddaparsons---------- Resources ---------- Criteo: criteo.comThis show is brought to you by Criteo. Their new self-service platform, Criteo GO, makes AI-powered advertising simpler and more accessible for brands looking to drive demand, acquire customers, and scale performance. By enabling cross-channel performance across display, web, video, social, and even ChatGPT, Criteo GO helps brands reach shoppers with smarter advertising powered by real-time commerce signals.We're proud to be a media partner for #MAICON26 - Oct. 13-15! Learn how AI can power your marketing and business and help you grow smarter. Use code AGILE150 to save! https://aglbrnd.co/r/7fe458ced0f04658Reach your customers with Reddit. Spend $500 in ad spend, get $500 back in ad credit! Learn more: https://advertalize.com/r/491818c79fb1873fChaser is the only Slack-native project management platform that helps teams turn messages into tracked tasks, automate follow-ups, and maintain team-wide visibility, without adopting another tool. Now integrated with Claude and other GenAI tools. Learn more at trychaser.com and use code AGILEBRAND for a 3-month free trial (normal trial is 14 days).The most influential minds in software, AI, and engineering leadership will be at WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America, September 23-25 in San Jose. Learn more: https://aglbrnd.co/r/60a7299222a7bcf1Start building your own apps with Replit and get $20 off. Learn more: https://aglbrnd.co/r/93531742a7625a20Enjoyed the show? Tell us more at and give us a rating so others can find the show at: aglbrnd.co/r/faaed112fc9887f3Connect with Greg on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gregkihlstromDon't miss a thing: get the latest episodes, sign up for our newsletter and more: aglbrnd.co/r/35ded3ccfb6716baCheck out The Agile Brand Guide website with articles, insights, and Martechipedia, the wiki for marketing technology: agilebrandguide.comThe Agile Brand is produced by Missing Link. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The man who invented solid rocket fuel and helped found the Jet Propulsion Laboratory spent his nights performing sex rituals in a Pasadena mansion with a struggling science fiction writer named L. Ron Hubbard, trying to incarnate a goddess who would give birth to the Antichrist.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/RocketMagicREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/9enkrtn5FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: The creator of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, was so fascinated by the occult, he believed he was the actual devil himself… and was even upset when his own son turned out to not be the antichrist. (The Devil L. Ron Hubbard) *** Scientology is already scary and mysterious – which may not be surprising once you learn how much black magic had to do with its creation. (Scientology and the Occult) *** A house in the Altamaha River Swamp in Georgia becomes darker and more dangerous than the swamp itself. (A Terrifying Haunting in Georgia) *** Was a well known UFOlogist murdered shortly before a scheduled speech he was about to give? (The Bleached Computer of a UFO Researcher) *** Some believe we all have a guardian angel watching over us. One infamous yet respected witch hunter many years ago wrote that we all – each one of us – have a personal demon. And many people believed him. (The Demon Witch Hunter) *** For some time now, Area 51 has been seen as ground zero for conspiracies and government coverups. However, a plot of land in Utah has started to attract much of the same kind of attention. Welcome to Dugway – also known as Area 52. (Welcome to Area 52)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:01:37.371 = Show Open00:03:45.021 = Rocket Fuel, Sex Magic, and the Birth of Scientology00:25:54.957 = A Terrifying Haunting In Georgia ***00:34:49.445 = The Demon Witch Hunter00:46:33.406 = The Bleached Computer of a UFO Researcher ***00:50:09.122 = Area 5201:00:20.603 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“Scientology and the Occult” by Annalee Newitz: http://bit.ly/31KIGnA“The Devil L. Ron Hubbard” by Jacob Shelton: http://bit.ly/2ISSjIy“A Terrifying Haunting In Georgia” by Brent Swancer: http://bit.ly/2Ip9m5Y“The Bleached Computer of a UFO Researcher” by Paul Seaburn: http://bit.ly/2KpSyhm“The Demon Witch Hunter” by Melissa Brinks: http://bit.ly/2MXHdaf“Welcome to Area 52” by Hannah Collins: http://bit.ly/2WNDFY1(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: January, 2019Weird Darkness moves through black magic, hauntings, demonology, unsolved death, and government secrecy in this episode, running from the occult roots of Scientology to a Utah military base that has earned the nickname Area 52.It opens with L. Ron Hubbard, the science fiction novelist who founded Scientology, and the claim from his own eldest son — Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, Jr., who left the church in 1959 and renamed himself Ronald DeWolf — that black magic sat at the inner core of the religion. In a 1983 Penthouse interview, DeWolf described a father deeply involved in the occult who did not worship Satan so much as believe he was Satan, the Beast 666 incarnate. The story runs through Hubbard's obsession with Aleister Crowley and the Ordo Templi Orientis, the "moonchild" ritual he and rocket scientist Jack Parsons attempted in Pasadena to conceive an astral child and bring the goddess Babalon into the world, the poltergeist activity that followed at the Parsons house, the alleged OT Level VIII passage in which Hubbard claimed the Antichrist mantle for himself, the numerology hidden in the New Era logo's two sixty-degree triangles, and the shared contempt both Hubbard and Crowley held for psychoanalysis even as both leaned on hypnosis and past-life regression to control their followers.From there the episode digs into Jack Parsons himself — the college-dropout chemist who invented solid rocket fuel, helped found the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and claimed to have summoned Satan at thirteen. Drawing on John Carter's Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons and Lawrence Wright's Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, the story follows Parsons through the Pasadena mansion he filled with pagans, artists, and writers; the bonfires that drew police reports from the neighbors; the arrival of Hubbard, who slept with Parsons' girlfriend Betty; the red-headed artist Marjorie Cameron, whom both men decided was Babalon made flesh; Crowley's own disgust at the pair, whom he dismissed as goats in a letter; and the boat-buying scheme in Florida that cost Parsons his last twenty thousand dollars. Parsons died in 1952 handling explosives on his front porch, two years after Dianetics made Hubbard famous.Next comes the Surrency haunting, one of the most heavily witnessed poltergeist cases on record. In October of 1872, sawmill operator Allen Surrency returned to his two-story farmhouse on the edge of the Altamaha River Swamp in Georgia to find tumblers sliding off the slab, crockery shattering on the floor, and bricks, irons, and potatoes falling through the rooms of his own house. The activity never let up: clocks spinning backward, mirrors exploding, utensils bending in the family's hands, a pan of biscuits levitating out of the oven and flying out the back door, hot bricks raining down on his daughter Clementine, an andiron chasing his son across the room and then returning itself to the fireplace. Hundreds of visitors — reporters and a minister among them — watched objects fly in plain view. The haunting followed the family when they moved away, stopped abruptly with Allen's death in 1877, and the house burned down in 1925, leaving nothing behind but the orb of light still reported along the town's railway tracks.The episode then turns to Peter Binsfeld, the sixteenth-century German witch hunter whose enthusiasm for torture was matched by his taste for taxonomy. His De confessionibus maleficorum et sagarum laid out the Seven Princes of Hell — Lucifer for pride, Beelzebub for gluttony, Satan for wrath, Belphegor for sloth, Mammon for greed, Asmodeus for lust, and Leviathan for envy — and argued that each living person is shadowed by a personal demon who knows their habits intimately, the dark counterpart to a guardian angel. Binsfeld held that women were more prone to witchcraft, that girls under twelve and boys under fourteen were usually too young to be guilty, and that anyone who claimed to have seen a witch shapeshift had been deceived by the Devil.The unsolved death of British ufologist Max Spiers follows. Spiers died in Poland on July 16, 2016, days before a scheduled conspiracy conference appearance and shortly after reportedly vomiting two liters of black liquid, having texted his mother that he was in trouble and to investigate if anything happened to him. His death was ruled natural causes. At a pre-inquest review at Guildhall in Sandwich, Kent, in August of 2018, lawyers for his mother Vanessa Bates revealed that his laptop had been wiped clean and his phone's SIM card erased or removed before being returned to the family, with Spiers found dead on the couch of his girlfriend Monika Duval and the four-day inquest set for the Archbishops Palace in Maidstone.The episode closes at Dugway Proving Ground, the 800,000-acre Utah military installation that UFO researchers call Area 52. Founded during the second World War for biological and chemical weapons work, Dugway is best known for the 1968 VX nerve agent test that drifted into Skull Valley and killed thousands of sheep, an incident the Army compensated farmers for without accepting blame. Freedom of Information requests filed by MuckRock founder Michael Morisy surfaced records of entomological munitions — mosquitoes loaded with what the Army called inert pathogens and released over American civilian populations — and of soldiers used as test subjects. The story takes in the 2011 disappearance of Joseph Bushling, whose empty car, hat, and shoes turned up sixty-five miles from the main gate with no body ever found; the runway in the base's southern expansion that never appears on Dugway's own maps; Lockheed engineer Don Phillips and former CEO Ben Rich on flying saucer technology; and Steven Greer's claim in The Sirius Project that trillions in defense funding has been siphoned into a shadow government beyond the reach of the Department of Defense.

Big Sal is fired up about the coordinated July pile-on calling Matt LaFleur a coach to lose with no killer instinct. Using the Gary Pledge snow removal saga as analogy, he explains the blown leads were a broken defense, not LaFleur. With Ganon, Parsons, and McKinney now in place, the resources are fixed. Big Sal calls 2026 the year the January fog lifts. - The January problem was always the defense personnel, not the coach - Killer instinct criticism ignores the roster that couldn't close games - New coordinators and players change everything for the upcoming season Hit subscribe, drop a five-star review, and share this with a Pack fan who needs to hear it. Go Pack, go. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

Big Sal is fired up about the coordinated July pile-on calling Matt LaFleur a coach to lose with no killer instinct. Using the Gary Pledge snow removal saga as analogy, he explains the blown leads were a broken defense, not LaFleur. With Ganon, Parsons, and McKinney now in place, the resources are fixed. Big Sal calls 2026 the year the January fog lifts. - The January problem was always the defense personnel, not the coach - Killer instinct criticism ignores the roster that couldn't close games - New coordinators and players change everything for the upcoming season Hit subscribe, drop a five-star review, and share this with a Pack fan who needs to hear it. Go Pack, go. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

What does a creative director in fashion do? How do I get a job in fashion? What is fashion school actually like? Hear from Michelle Ochs, the Creative Director at Hervé Léger. In this episode, we talk about what it really takes to build a career in fashion from landing an internship at Marc Jacobs before even starting Parsons to navigating the job market during the 2008 financial crisis. After co-founding Cushnie et Ochs and spending more than a decade building the brand, Michelle made the decision to close that chapter of her career. Today, she's the Creative Director of Hervé Léger, where she's reimagining one of fashion's most recognizable brands for a new generation. Michelle also shares the strategy behind Hervé Léger's resurgence, why runway shows aren't always worth the investment, how Gen Z is rediscovering the brand, what she actually looks for when hiring designers, and why she still wants candidates to bring a printed portfolio to interviews. Whether you're hoping to work in fashion, build your own brand, or simply love hearing the stories behind iconic fashion houses, this episode is full of practical advice and an honest look at what it takes to evolve throughout your career.In this episode, we discuss:What fashion school is really likeGetting her first fashion internshipNavigating the fashion hiring landscapeStarting a fashion brandBecoming a creative directorFashion marketingRebuilding an iconic fashion brand for a new generationWhat fashion hiring managers actually want to see in interviewsFollow Fashion & Founders:Podcast IG: @fashionandfoundersPodcast Substack: Fashion and FoundersPodcast Website: fashionandfounders.comPodcast TikTok: @fashionandfoundersPodcast LinkedIn: Fashion and FoundersPodcast YouTube: Fashion and FoundersPodcast Links: Shop MyFollow Hervé Léger:IG: @hervelegerRihanna's Iconic DressFollow Michelle:IG: @ochsmichelleTikTok: @mrsmichelleochsRent the Runway:Use code: RTRXVSMITH50 and get 50% off your first month!Glamsquad:Code: FASHIONANDFOUNDERS for $20 offThanks for listening! 

Episode 534 / Nicole EconomidesNicole Economides (b.1992) is an Athens based artist born in New York. She received her BA/BFA from the Department of Fine Arts and Arts Sciences at the University of Ioannina Greece (2015). She is an MFA Fine Arts graduate at Parsons, The New School (2019). Economides has been an artist in residence at the Agora Collective: WHILE WE WORK in Berlin, Germany (2016) and at the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, Greece (2014). She was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Scholarship for Painters (2017) and the Artists' Grant from the Gerondelis Foundation Inc (2018). She has shown her work in many group exhibitions and workshops in Crete, Ioannina, Athens, Thessaloniki, Paris, Berlin, and New York City. She currently lives and works in New York City. 

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE!Growing up in the small town of Parsons, Kansas was supposed to be simple — but for Richard Cutshall, it was anything but. His childhood home whispered in the dark, shadows moved with a mind of their own, and sometimes his own double appeared just to say hello.What began as innocent flickers of something unseen spiraled into unsettling encounters: figures standing in the corner of his room, disembodied voices calling out, and an eerie doppelganger that made him question everything he thought he knew about reality.Richard reveals how the paranormal became an inseparable part of his life, turning a quiet Kansas upbringing into a haunting he could never outrun.#TrueGhostStory #HauntedChildhood #Doppelganger #ParanormalActivity #ParsonsKansas #ShadowFigures #WhisperingWalls #SupernaturalEncounters #RealHaunting #TheGraveTalks #GhostlyVoices #MidwestHauntingLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWOGrowing up in the small town of Parsons, Kansas was supposed to be simple — but for Richard Cutshall, it was anything but. His childhood home whispered in the dark, shadows moved with a mind of their own, and sometimes his own double appeared just to say hello.What began as innocent flickers of something unseen spiraled into unsettling encounters: figures standing in the corner of his room, disembodied voices calling out, and an eerie doppelganger that made him question everything he thought he knew about reality.Richard reveals how the paranormal became an inseparable part of his life, turning a quiet Kansas upbringing into a haunting he could never outrun.#TrueGhostStory #HauntedChildhood #Doppelganger #ParanormalActivity #ParsonsKansas #ShadowFigures #WhisperingWalls #SupernaturalEncounters #RealHaunting #TheGraveTalks #GhostlyVoices #MidwestHauntingLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

Uncle Rico calls in to discuss goldfish memory with Ryan, followed by Rich in Texas correcting the holiday name to Independence Day. Andy from Kansas challenges the overuse of 'if he's healthy' in NFL analysis and debates Jordan Love vs Caleb Williams, plus Parsons injury excuses. Nico from Idaho offers an incognito hot wings meetup. Key discussion points: - Goldfish memory struggles and why some people remember better than others - Celebrating Independence Day with neighborhood fireworks and American pride - The proper use of 'if he's healthy' for players like Christian Watson - Faulty logic in judging QBs by team wins alone - Michael Parsons absence and the hypocrisy of 'no excuses' vs injury impact This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

Uncle Rico calls in to discuss goldfish memory with Ryan, followed by Rich in Texas correcting the holiday name to Independence Day. Andy from Kansas challenges the overuse of 'if he's healthy' in NFL analysis and debates Jordan Love vs Caleb Williams, plus Parsons injury excuses. Nico from Idaho offers an incognito hot wings meetup. Key discussion points: - Goldfish memory struggles and why some people remember better than others - Celebrating Independence Day with neighborhood fireworks and American pride - The proper use of 'if he's healthy' for players like Christian Watson - Faulty logic in judging QBs by team wins alone - Michael Parsons absence and the hypocrisy of 'no excuses' vs injury impact This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

Read the full transcript here. What happens to a community when no one has the formally recognized authority to punish, exclude, or forgive? Are written rules a constraint on freedom, or are they sometimes the very condition that lets unusual people survive socially? When a group says it has no hierarchy, does that eliminate power, or merely disguise power as consensus, vibe, shunning, and informal reputation? Why does a leaderless community so often become a place where everyone watches everyone else? Is mob justice an aberration from human nature, or one of the oldest forms of social order? When people call for a world without cops, do they imagine a world without enforcement, or a world where enforcement has been redistributed into every friendship, feed, and campfire? Why do tight-knit groups sometimes seem humane, supportive, and morally serious from the inside, yet suffocating or terrifying to anyone who cannot fit the mold? If cancelation only works on people who once belonged to the in-group, what does that reveal about belonging itself? Is the arbitrary quality of online punishment a failure of justice, or the predictable result of a system where norms are enforced before they are named? Can a society make room for weirdness without first deciding, in writing or by custom, which kinds of weirdness it is willing to protect? Tor Parsons is an American educational YouTuber known for his channel Tor's Cabinet of Curiosities, where he discusses unusual topics and stories from history, anthropology, psychology, and neuroscience. He graduated from Lewis & Clark College in 2024 and has gained significant popularity, amassing over 180,000 subscribers. Links: Tor's Youtube Channel: Tor's Cabinet of Curiosities Tor's Cabinet of Curiosities on Patreon Staff Spencer Greenberg — Host + Director Ryan Kessler — Producer + Technical Lead WeAmplify — Transcriptionists Igor Scaldini — Marketing Consultant Music Broke for Free Josh Woodward Lee Rosevere Quiet Music for Tiny Robots wowamusic zapsplat.com Affiliates Clearer Thinking GuidedTrack Mind Ease Positly UpLift [Read more]

Our Film Club roundtables are back with a discussion on the new horror sensation Backrooms. It tells the story of Clark, a disgruntled furniture store owner who discovers a portal into another dimension in the basement of his store. When Clark goes missing, his therapist, Mary, goes looking for him, and ventures into the liminal space we know as Backrooms. The Backrooms phenomenon goes all the way back to 2019 starting with a post on 4Chan, where an anonymous person posted an unsettling image of an empty, seemingly ongoing office area with yellow carpet and walls.  It created a boom in the horror subgenre called “Liminal Spaces” - places that are normally occupied by lots of people but feel uncanny and eerie when empty. In January 2022, a 14 year old named Kane Parsons started making found footage-style short films set in these liminal space.  At 19 years old Parsons directed the feature-length version of Backrooms and has become the youngest director to open a film at number one at the North American box office. Backrooms also became the highest grossing film for A24, breaking the record in just six days. - Roundtable led by Sadona Holm. Hosted by Ormund Alaois; Audio production and editing by Kyle Smith. Music by Kendrick Whiteman and Devin Shreckengost. Film Club was made possible with funding from the Atwood Foundation. The views expressed in this program do not necessarily represent the views of our sponsors. Alaska Teen Media Institute is based in Anchorage, Alaska. We would like to acknowledge the Dena'ina people, whose land we work on.

Ari Paparo sits down with Todd Parsons, President of Performance Media and Chief Product Officer at Criteo, to discuss the launch of Criteo GO, an AI-powered performance platform that unifies cross-channel advertising across the open web, Meta, TikTok, and OpenAI. They explore AI-driven campaign automation, commerce data, retail media, agentic AI, GEO, and what the future of digital advertising looks like. Takeaways Criteo GO simplifies cross-channel performance marketing with AI. Commerce intelligence powers better campaign optimization and outcomes. AI reduces onboarding from weeks to just hours. Agentic AI is beginning to automate media planning and execution. GEO could reshape how brands compete for AI-driven discovery. Chapters00:00 Introduction to Todd Parsons and Criteo00:50 What is Criteo GO?02:05 Who is Criteo GO built for?03:12 Cross-channel performance marketing explained04:00 Commerce data and retail media strategy06:00 Measuring real performance outcomes09:20 How AI powers Criteo GO11:45 Agentic AI and the future of media buying13:05 Self-service advertising and SMB growth15:38 Lightning round: competition, roadmap, and GEO18:08 Closing thoughts Guests: Ari Paparo, Todd Parsons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jaws of Justice Radio investigates how we can achieve justice from a system of laws deeply rooted in economic, social and political inequality.  We want to dispel misconceptions created by the news and entertainment industry, politicians and our educational system. We hope you will listen. On July 6th, 2026, our hour opens with guest Casey Carter, Director of the award-winning nuclear waste documentary film, To Use a Mountain.  As regional communities confront new nuclear projects, weapons production, and questions of public consent, Casey Carter is coming to showings of the film on July 11th in Parsons, Kansas and July 12th in Kansas City, Missouri. https://www.touseamountain.com/ Southeast Kansas and Kansas City face separate but connected nuclear flashpoints amid a broader federal push to accelerate nuclear energy and weapons programs. In Parsons, Deep Fission has proposed an underground nuclear reactor pilot project at Great Plains Industrial Park, promoted in part as an energy solution for data centers and other large power users, raising community concerns about safety, oversight, waste, and public consent. In Kansas City, organizers are challenging the city's role in the nuclear weapons complex, including the Kansas City National Security Campus and the broader push to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal. More than 90,000 metric tons of commercial spent nuclear fuel remain stored across the United States, with no permanent geologic repository in operation, and the amount growing by roughly 2,000 metric tons each year. What happens when national nuclear ambitions become local responsibilities that communities are asked to accept? Casey Carter will speak a few minutes about where to see the film. Next, host Terri Wilke will speak with Valena Beety, a wrongful convictions litigator and former US federal prosecutor.  Beety is the McKinney Professor of Law at Indiana University and co-founder of the Indiana Innocence Project. She is also author of a forthcoming book Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity.  Her book exposes how junk science, false confessions, faulty forensic evidence, and gender stereotypes are leading to no-crime wrongful convictions for women and LGBTQ+ people. The cases she explores are chilling: women prosecuted after miscarriages and stillbirths, mothers losing custody based on hospital-administered drugs, and LGBTQ+ people sentenced to decades in prison for crimes that never occurred. Beety draws on her litigation experience and interviews with leaders across the Innocence Movement to connect today's prosecutions to a long history of criminalizing women and LGBTQ+ communities based on identity. https://thenewpress.org/books/pink-crime/ On Jaws of Justice, we examine how to find justice in our society.  Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.  

Callers debate the Micah Parsons recovery timeline and why Jordan Love continues to be disrespected in MVP discussions despite elite stats. Key discussion points: - Micah Parsons' return window remains unchanged after four months post-surgery - Defense struggled without Parsons in 2024, raising questions about Jeff Hafley's scheme - Jordan Love's advanced metrics place him among the league's best QBs even in an injury-plagued year - Callers react to national media overlooking Love while hyping unproven QBs like Caleb Williams - Listener Chris from Alabama announces his new podcast "Cheesehead Ignition" Packers fans call in to break down the upcoming season and the need for health across the roster. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

Callers debate the Micah Parsons recovery timeline and why Jordan Love continues to be disrespected in MVP discussions despite elite stats. Key discussion points: - Micah Parsons' return window remains unchanged after four months post-surgery - Defense struggled without Parsons in 2024, raising questions about Jeff Hafley's scheme - Jordan Love's advanced metrics place him among the league's best QBs even in an injury-plagued year - Callers react to national media overlooking Love while hyping unproven QBs like Caleb Williams - Listener Chris from Alabama announces his new podcast "Cheesehead Ignition" Packers fans call in to break down the upcoming season and the need for health across the roster. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

We are thrilled to welcome Chicago-based interior designer Sarah Vaile to the podcast! Known for her bold use of color, fresh traditional style, and making classic spaces feel lively, Sarah has built an incredible coast-to-coast design firm. After pivoting from a corporate advertising career in her late 20s, she trained under industry icon Celerie Kemble before striking out on her own. Sarah sits down with Caroline, Taryn, and Liz to tackle one of interior design's absolute trickiest topics: scale. She shares her brilliant real-world hacks for testing furniture volume before you buy, why she loves wall-to-wall "sofa drenching" in tight spaces, and how to layout a dual-purpose office and guest room to conquer the dreaded "zoom gloom." Quick Decorating Takeaways: Scale is All About Visual Volume: Scale isn't just about simple dimensions; it's the balance of shapes, pattern, and mass in a room. When mixing antique and modern pieces, keep an eye on mass—newer furniture skews much larger ("California scale"), which can easily swallow up older heirloom items. Get Physical in Your Space: Don't rely solely on 2D digital layouts. To build confidence before hitting buy, physically map out a room using blue painter's tape on the floor, arrange empty cardboard boxes to test physical height, or tape a 1-to-1 paper cutout of a light fixture straight to the wall. Try "Sofa Drenching" in Small Rooms: Don't automatically buy a tiny love seat just because a room is tight. Small spaces can actually handle a giant sofa wrapped wall-to-wall. By making the entire room about the seating, you create an incredibly cozy, enveloping, and high-drama jewel box. Don't Get Stranded on "Rug Island": A common design trap is placing a floating area rug in the dead center of a room with all your furniture pushed completely off it. To bridge your hard floors with your texturing, ensure your seating "straddles" both worlds by keeping their front feet on the rug and their back feet off. Banish the Zoom Gloom: Dark colors like navy blue can throw an unflattering, shadowed cast on your face during computer calls. When designing a home office space, look for bright, invigorating colors that act like a flattering backdrop—think pistachios, corals, or soft apricots. What You'll Hear on This Episode: 00:34 Welcome to Sarah Vaile & an introduction to her style 02:22 Sarah's career pivot at 27, training at Parsons, and launching a firm during a recession 04:36 Business bank accounting tricks and going pro with a Virginia plantation project 06:00 Meeting an idol: How a hair salon appointment led to training under Celerie Kemble 08:53 Why scale is the single hardest part of design and accounting for project "breakage" 12:08 Moving past CAD: Using blue tape and physical mock-ups to save a layout 18:03 The vintage buying hack: Asking a person to stand in photos for sizing comparison 21:40 Dealing with post-holiday emptiness and shopping Ballard Designs' garland sales 27:13 Transitioning scales: Moving light fixtures from 10-foot ceilings down to 8 feet 30:21 Table lamps as the "mid-level jewels" that balance a room's high-low heights 31:04 Curtain guidelines: Maximizing drama with ceiling-mount hardware and massive art 37:18 How fabric patterns scale on furniture and what to avoid on tufted pieces 44:38 The magic of small rooms and why they are perfect for packing in big sofas 46:29 Rug guidelines: Double-rug zoning and custom on-site binding around a hearth 51:34 Decorating Dilemma: Solving a small, dark guest room/Zoom room from Virginia 56:40 Color trends and color seasons: The shift toward burnt oranges and terracotta Also Mentioned: Sarah Vaile Design | Website Follow Sarah on Instagram: @SarahVaileDesign Shop Ballard Designs Please send in your questions so we can answer them on our next episode! And of course, subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode. You can always check back here to see new episodes, but if you subscribe, it'll automatically download to your phone. Happy Decorating! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

durée : 00:07:18 - Le masque et la plume - par : Rebecca Manzoni - De YouTube aux salles obscures, le phénomène Backrooms interroge les codes du film de genre. Une exploration des espaces liminaires signée Kane Parsons qui transforme le décor en personnage central. - équipe : Stéphane Le Guennec, Ilinca Negulesco Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

In this episode, hosts Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello welcome back Rinat Sherzer—a biotech engineer, transdisciplinary designer, artist, and adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design whose work sits at the intersection of science, technology, and social justice. Together, they discuss the deep human construct of hope, unpacking how it differs from mere wishful thinking and exploring how designers can act as vital conduits for it. Rinat shares her journey from scientific training to social innovation, the unpredictable ripple effects of her global projects, and how she balances multi-sensory design, teaching, and motherhood through an intentional quarterly focus. In This EpisodeThe logic of the backward glance. Rinat shares her journey from biotechnology engineering into tech and ultimately to design for social innovation. Mirroring Steve Jobs' famous sentiment, she notes that the dots of a multidisciplinary career can often only be connected in hindsight. The history and bad rep of hope. When researching the framework of hope for her PhD, Rinat was struck by its historical negativity. From Plato viewing it as an unreliable guide to Nietzsche labeling it the worst of all evils, it wasn't until Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning in 1946 that hope was structurally recognized as a vital resource for human survival. The three dimensions of hope framework. Moving beyond Richard Snyder's purely cognitive, goal-oriented approach, Rinat's framework treats hope as an embodied, immersive experience. It breaks down into three dimensions: the extreme moment (crisis or joy) where hope is born, the greater social good if that hope comes to fruition, and the concrete, physical action an individual can take. Breaking bread and multi-sensory co-design. Rinat breaks down her immersive project, The Rebirth of Hope, which utilizes sound and taste to tap into primal, nonverbal memories. By choosing raw ingredients that resonate with their personal dimensions of hope, participants create a literal "bite of hope" to consume collectively, bridging the deeply personal with the universal synergy of a group. Translating data into human music. The Rebirth of Hope project actively translated participant choices into real-time visual musical scores. By mapping hope attributes to chords, rhythm, and melody, a live band performed the collective, experimental music of the exhibition's audience. The accountability gap in design education. As a faculty member at Parsons, Rinat addresses the split between the theory of "design for good" and the messy reality of execution. She argues that standard academic design thinking often leaves prototyping and testing to the very end, missing the vital skills of real-world implementation, business case development, and multi-team collaboration. The organizing cadence of a year. To juggle a global teaching schedule, running her studio (The Creative Lab), artistic output, and raising her son Luca, Rinat rejects daily micromanagement. Instead, she structures her life by dividing the year into quarters, allowing herself to intensely focus on one major priority at a time while setting strict, non-negotiable boundaries for family. ResourcesRinat Sherzer's Official Website – renatsherzer.com Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl – https://amzn.to/4geMQgvThe Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin– https://amzn.to/4aukCdW The Bloody Taboo with Power to Change the World (Rinat's TEDx Talk) – https://www.ted.com/talks/rinat_sherzer_the_bloody_taboo_with_the_power_to_change_the_world AIGA Design Podcast Feedback and Voicemails – podcast@aiga.org

THE DOOR THAT WAS OPENED:Ritual, Roswell, and the Modern WatchersKey Texts: Matthew 24:4–5, 11, 23–25; Genesis 6:1–4; Deuteronomy 18:10–12; Deuteronomy 32:17; 2 Corinthians 11:14–15; 1 John 4:1–3; Ephesians 6:12A door was opened in the Mojave Desert in 1946. The man who opened it knew what he was doing. Something flew in, and the modern UFO era began within fifteen months of the ritual.What we are seeing in our generation is not new. It is the Genesis 6 pattern in technological costume. The Watchers of old came down by oath. Parsons and his teachers reached up by ritual. Test the spirits. The Holy Spirit glorifies Christ. Whatever does not, no matter how impressive its signs, no matter how compelling its credentials, no matter how official the cover story — is not from God.**Part 7 is broken into two teachings. This is the second half.**For the complete series Study Guide, email heather@steveberger.org---------SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos:https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve...ABOUTPastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren.LEARN MORE

Title:  [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Director: Kane Parsons Producers: James Wan, Michael Clear, Roberto Patino, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, Dan Levine, Osgood Perkins, Chris Ferguson, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Kori Adelson Writers: Will Soodik Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell Release date: May 29, 2026 (US) PROMO: Reading Between the Reels (‪@ReadBtweenReels) SHOWNOTES: In yet another At the Movies review on Collateral Cinema, Beau and Ash hit the blunt so hard we ended up in the Backrooms! That's right; we're exploring the new A24 horror film from Kane Parsons in his feature-length directorial debut and based on his own web series: Backrooms! With yet another YouTuber making the leap to big screen cinema (see: Shelby Oaks, Iron Lung, Obsession), the impact of this indie movie's massive commercial and critical success, and our own fascination with the Backrooms creepypasta and lore, we absolutely had to cover this one. So, come get high with us and no-clip out of reality for this, and also stay tuned for the next episode of Collateral Cinema At the Movies: Supergirl! Collateral Cinema is on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, and is on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeart, and wherever else you get your podcasts! Also, check out Collateral Let's Play! on our YouTube channel. Collateral Cinema is happy to announce that we are now partnered with Dubby Energy! Use our promo code CCINEMAPOD to get 10% off your first purchase of Dubby Energy drinks on their website: https://dubby.gg/discount/CCINEMAPOD (Collateral Cinema is a Collateral Media Podcast. Intro song is a license-free beat from Purple Planet Music. All music and movie clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don't sue us; we're poor!)

"Backrooms" and "Obsession" are the two surprise horror hits on their way to becoming two of the biggest movies of the summer and the year. What makes them so appealing to mass audiences? Will we look back on this as an inflection point in the interests of the modern movie-goer? Listen to this spoiler-filled deep dive to find out. Backrooms is written by Kane Parsons (20 years old) and written by Will Soodik, based on the YouTube web series by Parsons. It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, and Mark Duplass.Obsession is written and directed by Curry Barker and stars Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, and Cooper Tomlinson.0:00 - Intro6:07 - Backrooms54:07 - Obsession

On this day, 27 June 1905, the revolutionary union the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) was founded in Chicago, Illinois.One of the first multiracial unions in the US, the IWW advocated that all workers unite into one big union, taking control of society and abolishing capitalism.Its founding conference lasted from June 27 to July 8, and was attended by over 200 workers, including legendary labour organisers like Mother Jones, 'Big' Bill Haywood and leading Black anarchist, Lucy Parsons.It organised large swathes of previously unorganised workers in the US, and pioneered many innovative new types of industrial action like slowdowns and sabotage. Parsons, at its founding convention, delivered a speech arguing for sit-in strikes, which would sweep the US 30 years later, declaring:"My conception of the strike of the future is not to strike and go out and starve, but to strike and remain in and take possession of the necessary property of production."The IWW won big improvements for hundreds of thousands of workers, and for its troubles faced brutal repression from employers, with many organisers beaten, jailed and murdered. It also spread to other countries, including Chile, Australia and South Africa.The union still exists today, although much smaller than it was, and its members are active in many organising projects.Learn more in our podcast series about the union: https://workingclasshistory.com/tag/iwwOur work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/todayBrowse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/dateCheck out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.comCheck out books, posters, clothing and more in our online store, here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.comIf you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History

Keith Roberts from The Young Dubliners joins Dawson & myself to talk about the origins of the band, owning a bar in Santa Monica where they were the Saturday night band, a record deal finding them, cruises, band changes, recording, mixing at Abbey Road and so much more. Grab a pint or 7 and enjoy!https://youngdubliners.comPATREON - https://www.patreron.com/realizzypres...WEBSITE - https://www.izzypresley.comDawson's Links@Dawsangeles - Twitter/Instagram/Facebookhttps://www.patreon.com/watercoolerIzzy's linkshttps://www.lasvegasguitartradeshow.comhttps://www.sotastick.comhttps://vintageguitarsrus.comhttps://www.beeteramplification.comhttps://www.thesmokinkills.comhttps://www.7thavenuepizza.comhttps://www.lockecustomguitars.com]https://valkenburgusa.com https://www.monstersofrockcruise.comMERCH https://official-izzy-presley-store.creator-spring.comhttps://www.teepublic.com/user/official-izzy-presleyCAMEOhttps://www.cameo.com/realizzypresley RAISE YOUR GLASSEShttps://www.amazon.com/RAISE-YOUR-GLA...

The long-awaited BACKROOMS movie is the subject of this week's episode. Kane Parsons (a.k.a Kane Pixels) moved front and center with the expansion of the Backrooms phenomenon, first appearing back in 2019 as a post on 4Chan accompanied by cryptic text.  A24 tapped Parsons to direct a full-feature as his debut which is measuring up to be one of 2026's most talked about horror films. Intro:                    “Necromaniacs” – Mike Hill Outro:                 “You are Under Our Control” – Beastmilk

On this episode of On the Rocks, we get a little international as we have a roller coaster of a conversation with two leading women in entertainment. Hot on the heels of her current run in Grit, Glitter and Gaslight, Emmy-nominated musician, filmmaker, and performer Sarah McGuiness visits us from the UK. Also joining us is stand-up comedian, writer, executive producer, director, and showrunner Ana Tuazon Parsons, a first-generation immigrant from the Philippines who has blended her heritage and talent to create the show, Jokes with Joysauce, currently up for Emmy consideration, becoming the first original series from an AAPI-owned network ever eligible for consideration in the category at the Primetime Emmy Awards. We laugh, we cry, and we celebrate life's stories as we get intimate, talking about comedy through trauma and grief, finding your identity, women in stand-up, creating your own platform, honoring your heritage, and more, as well as share some funny stories from their careers...with co-host model and musician Steven Dehler and your sassy host with the sassy most, Alexander Rodriguez. Raise a glass, it's On the Rocks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a Parsons party of 4! We are in the *in between* of our birthdays and decided to celebrate another year around the sun with the guys that brighten our days. Patreon sent in questions and the four of us answered as many as possible. Even after years together, we all walked away from this learning something new- specifically what dog body we all have. THANKS SPONSORS- Sign up for your $1 per month trial today at https://shopify.com/ladies Download the Poshmark app and use code ladies when you sign up to get $10 off your first purchase, or shop now at https://poshmark.com/ladies for $10 off your first purchase. Go to https://naturessunshine.com and use code LADIES for 20% off your first order plus free shipping. Download the Reddit app today. WE'RE GOING ON TOUR - https://www.ladiesandtangents.com/live-show WE'RE ON PATREON - patreon.com/ladiesandtangents  MERCH - https://ladiesandtangents.kingsroadmerch.com/ *NEW* SUBMIT YOUR STORIES - landtstories@gmail.com  FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA - @ladiesandtangents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new federal report shows the likely cause of the 2021 Surfside condo collapse in Florida that killed 98 people. According to the report, the structure failures began three weeks before the building fell when two connections between garage columns and the pool deck gave way.Clive Davis, known for propelling artists across genres to stardom, died Monday at the age of 94. "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King looks back at his legacy in the music industry.The World Cup is expected to bring in $17 billion across the U.S. Kelly O'Grady spoke to international fans about their experiences and a business owner who says the event "is like nothing we've ever seen before."Childhood and teen obesity rates have soared to record highs with about 1 in 5 living with obesity. The FDA has approved GLP-1 drugs for weight loss among kids 12 and older. Dr. Rachel Pessah-Pollack explains the risks and benefits, who may be a candidate and more.The cost of home care and assisted living rose almost 50% from 2019 to 2024. Ash-har Quraishi shows simple steps to take to help make your loved one's home safer so they can stay in it longer.Jim Parsons speaks about starring in the musical "Titaníque," which is a comedic retelling of the story of the "Titanic," from the perspective and songs of Celine Dion. Parsons talks about why he wanted to portray's Rose's mother, the show's impact on the LGBTQ+ community and the cast.

What happens when urologists look beyond the clinic and take on leadership in the life sciences industry? In this episode of BackTable Urology, host Dr. Raj Pruthi talks with Dr. Kelly Parsons and Dr. Pat Keegan about their journeys from academic urology to executive roles in biotech and pharma. They discuss what motivated their transitions, how physician expertise adds value in industry, and the realities of life outside of traditional clinical practice. --- Get the BackTable apphttps://www.backtable.com/app --- Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction05:36 - Choosing a Non-Clinical Path11:07 - Reactions from Mentors and Peers14:31 - What Feels Most Fulfilling18:31 - A Typical Week in Biotech26:04 - Working with Investors31:21 - Additional Degrees and MBA Debate35:31 - Is it Risky to Leave Clinical Practice?44:13 - Networking and Next Steps47:59 - Wrap Up --- More about this episode The conversation explores the day-to-day work of industry leaders, the impact of advanced degrees like MBAs, and the importance of networking for physicians considering a nonclinical path. Drs. Parsons and Keegan reflect on the challenges and rewards of leaving clinical medicine, the support and reactions from mentors and peers, and what they miss most about patient care. They also share practical advice for urologists and other specialists who are curious about new career opportunities beyond the exam room. --- BackTable Urology is the go-to podcast for urologists, urologic oncologists, and urogynecologists. Download the free BackTable app to get early access to new episodes, cases, and courses curated by physicians in your specialty. ► https://www.backtable.com/app

Big Sal is fired up after CBS Sports ranked the Packers' trade for Micah Parsons as the third-greatest in NFL history. He breaks down why the deal from Dallas stands out, Parsons' insane sack numbers, and takes the long view on the Week 15 ACL injury. • CBS Sports puts Green Bay's Parsons acquisition at #3 all-time • Jerry Jones had him and got cute instead of paying • Parsons: 12+ sacks in each of his first five seasons since 1982 • Addressing the knee: 86% ACL recovery rate and Parsons locked up through 2029 If this rant fired you up, hit subscribe, drop a five-star review, and send it to that Cowboys fan in your life who needs to hear it. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

Big Sal is fired up after CBS Sports ranked the Packers' trade for Micah Parsons as the third-greatest in NFL history. He breaks down why the deal from Dallas stands out, Parsons' insane sack numbers, and takes the long view on the Week 15 ACL injury. • CBS Sports puts Green Bay's Parsons acquisition at #3 all-time • Jerry Jones had him and got cute instead of paying • Parsons: 12+ sacks in each of his first five seasons since 1982 • Addressing the knee: 86% ACL recovery rate and Parsons locked up through 2029 If this rant fired you up, hit subscribe, drop a five-star review, and send it to that Cowboys fan in your life who needs to hear it. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT REGARDING SATANIC RITUALTHE DOOR THAT WAS OPENED:Ritual, Roswell, and the Modern WatchersKey Texts: Matthew 24:4–5, 11, 23–25; Genesis 6:1–4; Deuteronomy 18:10–12; Deuteronomy 32:17; 2 Corinthians 11:14–15; 1 John 4:1–3; Ephesians 6:12A door was opened in the Mojave Desert in 1946. The man who opened it knew what he was doing. Something flew in, and the modern UFO era began within fifteen months of the ritual.What we are seeing in our generation is not new. It is the Genesis 6 pattern in technological costume. The Watchers of old came down by oath. Parsons and his teachers reached up by ritual. Test the spirits. The Holy Spirit glorifies Christ. Whatever does not, no matter how impressive its signs, no matter how compelling its credentials, no matter how official the cover story — is not from God.**Part 7 is broken into two teachings. This is the first half.**For the complete series Study Guide, email heather@steveberger.org---------SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos:https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve...ABOUTPastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren.LEARN MORE

Editor – Greg Ng BACKROOMS editor Greg Ng joins The Rough Cut to discuss cutting a film built around liminal spaces, analog horror, slow-burn tension and the challenge of turning an internet-born phenomenon into a feature-length cinematic experience. Directed by Kane Parsons, BACKROOMS expands on the world Parsons first created through his viral YouTube videos, where endless yellow corridors, fluorescent hums, distorted VHS textures and uncanny architecture became the foundation for a very specific kind of dread. The feature stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Clark, a furniture store owner whose discovery of a strange passageway pulls him into the Backrooms.  Co-starring with Ejiofor is Renate Reinsve as Mary, his therapist, whose role in the story grows increasingly central as the film moves deeper into questions of memory, perception and psychological uncertainty. One of the biggest challenges was finding the right editorial language for a film where the space itself often functions as a main character. Greg discusses how the film's pacing intentionally allows characters to move through the Backrooms in near real time, preserving the hypnotic quality of Kane's original work. Rather than cutting quickly from one dramatic beat to the next, the edit often lets the audience remain inside the space long enough for the atmosphere, sound and uncertainty to take hold. GREG NG Based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. Greg tries to maintain a balanced diet of both narrative and documentary editing, and periodically writes about himself in the third person. He is an alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre and a member of the Canadian Cinema Editors, ACFC, IATSE, the VPA, and other organizations with acronyms. When his nephew asked him what editing movies was like, he said it's just like playing with Legos, but with videos and emotions instead. In addition to these biographical details, Greg has won several awards for editing, which have validated his professional insecurities and made him feel warm and fuzzy inside. Some recent credits include LONGLEGS, THE MONKEY, and KEEPER. Visit ExtremeMusic for all your production audio needs. Subscribe to The Rough Cut podcast and never miss an episode. Visit The Rough Cut on YouTube.

In this episode, I sit down with Don Alexander, owner of the nearly 100-year-old family business behind the premium firewood storage brand, Woodhaven. Operating out of Parsons, Kansas, since 1927, this company has achieved what few family enterprises ever do: reaching four generations of continuous family ownership and operation. Don pulls back the curtain on their incredible evolutionary journey, tracing how they started as a raw woodworking and aluminum casting foundry, transitioned into machine tool and equipment design, and ultimately vertically integrated into a massive, consumer-focused manufacturing power house. Throughout our conversation, Don drops incredible operational insights on managing an absolute 100% American-made manufacturing setup. He explains how they navigate volatile steel markets and raw international supply chain pressures—such as how tariffs directly squeezed his bottom line on imported rack covers—and his strategic pivot to bring all textiles back to domestic production. Don also breaks down a fascinating shift in e-commerce behaviors, revealing why consumers buy lower-priced items on Amazon but leave the marketplace to buy higher-ticket items directly from the brand's own website. Finally, he shares the unvarnished realities of running a multi-generational business, outlining his approach to passing an asset down to his sons without forcing a passion, and the ironic secret to surviving for an entire century.

In this episode of Beginning Teacher Talk, Dr. Lori sits down with pre-K and kindergarten teacher Lindsay Parsons to talk about what classroom management really looks like with today's students. Lindsay shares how simple shifts completely changed the energy in her classroom and helped her feel hopeful again after struggling with student behavior, social-emotional skill gaps, and teacher overwhelm. What You'll Learn: Why so many teachers feel like traditional classroom management strategies are no longer working How whole class motivators can improve student behavior and classroom culture Simple ways to build student leadership, responsibility, and classroom ownership Why small classroom management changes create powerful long-term results How supportive teacher communities can reduce overwhelm and help teachers feel less alone Resources Mentioned: Whole-class motivators Learn more about Dr. Lori's programs If you've been feeling overwhelmed, discouraged, or unsure how to support today's students, this episode will remind you that you are not alone. Be sure to subscribe to Beginning Teacher Talk for more practical classroom management strategies, teacher encouragement, and support for elementary educators. Save your seat at Dr. Lori's new, free class: Need to set up an elementary classroom? Discover how to start the next school year calm, confident, and fully in control (without working all summer). Even if you haven't been hired yet, can't set foot in your school, or don't know what grade you'll be teaching.  Click here to save your seat! https://www.drlorifriesen.com/ready Stay connected with us! Follow us on Instagram @beginningteachertalk Looking for quick, actionable PD? Visit our YouTube channel! Be sure to follow, rate, and subscribe to the Beginning Teacher Talk podcast so you never miss an episode. Warmly, Dr. Lori

"I can't sell Harman because there's a dealer too close to me, but I'd donate a kidney and my firstborn to get it." In this episode, Tim sits down with Dane Harman, Karen Harman-Smeltz, and Peter Parsons to trace how a burn pot rooted in anthracite coal became the backbone of one of the hearth industry's most beloved pellet stoves—and what it takes to keep innovating decades later. Dane built Harman Stoves into a legend, Karen carried its values forward, and Peter built a pellet market from almost nothing on an island ninety miles out in the Atlantic. In this episode, Tim, Dane, Karen, and Peter cover: - Why Dane's 1991 Pellet Pro feeder still works today—and how a coal-pushing block evolved into a laser-cut slide plate that runs entirely on temperature. - The real difference between a private company's "right" decision and a public one's—and why a profitable model can still get killed to protect a stock price. - Whether tightening EPA regulations actually force better stoves or just strip the fun out of innovation—and where diminishing returns turn good intentions into expensive ones. Don't miss the moment Dane explains why deciding—truly deciding—pulls a whole team behind you, because this conversation about fire, family, and pressure-fueled innovation will change how you think about building anything worth keeping. —— Links from this episode: Big Enough: Building a Business that Scales with Your Lifestyle https://a.co/d/0e8WRuD7 Fire Time Podcast Q&A Episode http://itsfiretime.com/ask —— Watch this podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nXru0bLymCQ Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fire-time-podcast/id1433804268 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4vHdzg48bE5qFf0KjMeMej?si=7b6cae3923d348f2 Read The Fire Time Magazine: https://www.itsfiretime.com/magazine Subscribe to The Fire Time Magazine: https://itsfiretime.com/subscribe Support The Fire Time Podcast financially: https://www.itsfiretime.com/join