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A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan — Episode Notes Episode: "Trimming Your Neighbor's Bush" Hosts: Tom and Dan | Guest: Aimee LeCours Sponsors / Ad Reads Modern Plumbing Industries (modernpi.com) — Mention Tom and Dan for 10% off service calls: drain/sewer, water heaters, water quality, custom projects, repipes, and emergency calls. Serves Seminole, Orange, Lake, Volusia, and Osceola counties. Bear Cat THC Seltzer (drinkbearcat.com, promo code BDM420) — 20% off a 5% THC / 20mg CBD seltzer with a mushroom blend; no recommendation needed, must be 21+. Available at Gravity Taproom (Orlando), a bar in Winter Park, Legacy Wine and Liquors (Sanford), Rock Brew (Sanford), and One Utopia (Clermont), with tastings announced on their social media. Streamline Mortgage Solutions (streamlineflorida.com) — Contact Brian for free mortgage guidance; he tracks changing mortgage programs/laws and alerts clients when it's worth refinancing. Segment Rundown Cold open: Orlando Weekly wins — Tom and Dan thank listeners for voting them #1 podcast in the Orlando Weekly awards again (won every year but one), explain why the recognition matters for their small business, praise Will's Pub owner Will Walker for leaning into similar local promotion, and tease a story they're saving for Monday's BDM-only show. Nobody has it figured out — After a bit riffing on an adult-film parody, the group discusses chasing money and fame with Aimee, including the story of Pauly Shore once calling them for business advice and George Wallace still hustling decades into his career — the takeaway being that no one, however successful, ever fully "figures it out." Selling 10% of the show — Inspired by NFL teams selling ownership stakes (the Atlanta Falcons' $1.6B sale of 10%) and Mark Cuban's rise, the hosts joke about selling 10% of Tom and Dan and using AI to preserve their likenesses after death. Aimee's job buyout — Aimee shares that she's taking a voluntary severance from her 12-year job at a Medicaid-based insurance company, effective by May 2027, and has already lined up new therapy and contract work; the hosts joke about her stealing office supplies and the three of them starting an affiliate partnership. Neighbor bush feud advice — Aimee asks for help with an 11-year feud with an elderly neighbor over a shared, overgrown bush encroaching on her house; the group runs through escalating "solutions" (hiring a surveyor since overhanging branches can legally be trimmed, plant diseases/whiteflies, popping tires, a kindness gift basket) while Aimee also vents about the same neighbors letting their dogs bark late at night. Aimee's upcoming shows (first plug) — Plugs for Aimee's long-running Shit Sandwich comedy show (15 years, first and third Fridays, with Rue co-hosting), a free family show/class Aug 29 at the Melrose Center, an improv jam that same night at Stigma Tattoos through the Florida Comedy Collective, and a Sept 26 West End Live show opening for Johnny Pemberton (Fallout, Superstore, Pickle and Peanut). Marching band car wash fundraiser — Tom plugs his niece's Lake Howell Marching Band charity car wash, comparing it to his own high school band fundraiser days, and the group riffs on whether kids doing donation-based fundraisers should just be tipped for playing their instruments instead, plus a jab at cheap oversized "big check" charity photo ops. AI voice-translation app demo — Dan shows off an AI app that translates a video into other languages (French, Mandarin, Swedish) in the speaker's own voice with matching lip movement, demoed using Tom & Dan Cruise 2027 promo clips, sparking discussion of how fast real-time translation tech is advancing. Optimus robot speculation — Riffing on a detail from Tesla's Aug 5 earnings call (robots reportedly getting chips before cars), the hosts imagine owning a humanoid Optimus robot to drive any car and handle housework and yard work, while questioning Elon Musk's track record on self-driving promises. Costa Concordia documentary recap — Tom recaps a Netflix documentary on the 2012 Costa Concordia disaster (the captain's unauthorized close "salute" pass, the reef strike, 32 deaths, his botched response and prison sentence), tying it back to their own upcoming Tom & Dan Cruise announcement. Poop stories and Concrete Mike call — A riff on awkward public-pooping stories (a "poop cruise" documentary, past guests improvising with towels) leads into a call from regular listener "Concrete Mike," who talks about using job-site dumpsters instead of portable toilets, becoming a new grandfather the night before, and hitting his 50th birthday. Aging radio personality tangent — A riff on an old colleague/bit going "full radio" and speculation about the declining health of an unnamed public figure known for hormone-replacement therapy abuse. Grave-niche theft follow-up — Dan describes keeping his parents' and family dog's ashes in an urn box in his wife's office, following up on a prior story about robbers stealing from cemetery niches. Caller: Tom's mom — Tom calls his mom live on air to ask, hypothetically, whether she'd help him commit various crimes (grave robbing, fake pest-control scams, driving a getaway car); she affectionately confirms she'd always back him, contrasted with Aimee's mom, who Aimee says would turn her in. Penn State cocaine ring story — Discussion of a news story about a cocaine trafficking ring run out of two Penn State fraternities, the alleged ringleader facing decades in prison, and a broader riff on drug legalization versus criminalization and treatment-based drug policy. Portland, Oregon tangent — A brief detour recalling an unsettling encounter with an intimidating stranger during a past trip to Portland, comparing its street culture to Orlando's. World's oldest person story — Discussion of the new Guinness World Record holder for oldest living person (a British woman turning 117) and the extraordinary span of history she's lived through — the Great Depression, WWII, the moon landing, the invention of the internet, two pandemics, and the Titanic sinking. Aimee's C-section story — Aimee shares her emergency C-section experience, including the surgical team nicking her breech baby's toe and playing an unwanted song during the procedure, plus a listener's story about a relative's more serious, complicated C-section. Future medicine and tech nostalgia — Closing speculation about longevity advances (cancer vaccines, genetic screening at birth) alongside early-technology nostalgia, including Dan's dad's status-symbol car phone. Show close and plugs — Final recap of Aimee's upcoming shows, a tease that BDM members will hear a special story on Monday's show, and a note that a full Tom & Dan Cruise announcement is coming soon. Key Dates / Plugs Mentioned August 29, 1:30 PM — Aimee LeCours' free family show/class at the Melrose Center (Orange County Library System). August 29, 6:30 PM — Aimee's improv jam at Stigma Tattoos (Downtown Orlando) with the Florida Comedy Collective. September 26 — Aimee LeCours opens for Johnny Pemberton at West End Live. Monday (following this episode) — A special story teased exclusively for BDM members. Coming soon — Full Tom & Dan Cruise 2027 announcement (TomandDanCruise2027.com). Ongoing — Shit Sandwich comedy show, first and third Fridays, 15 years running. Ongoing — Sign up for BDM membership at tomanddan.com/registration. Ongoing — Follow Aimee LeCours on Instagram and sign up for the Florida Comedy Collective email list at floridacomedycollective.com. Notable Guests/Callers Aimee LeCours — In-studio guest; comedian, host of Shit Sandwich, and licensed therapist. Concrete Mike — Phone-in caller and regular listener, calling in on his 50th birthday. 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Prediction markets are having a moment of reckoning. Sharp bettors are starting to call out PM platforms for the same behavior that made traditional sportsbooks notorious: squeezing out the very winners who helped legitimize the space in the first place. From new maker fees quietly eating into sharp profits to a "pro gambler arc" meme capturing the entire cycle of boom, backlash, and burnout, this week's Circle Back digs into whether prediction markets are already repeating the mistakes of the sportsbooks they were supposed to replace. Host Jacob Gramegna is joined live by Joey Knish, Thon Misser, and Peanut to break down the fee structures, the hypocrisy accusations flying between market makers and sharp takers, and what it all means for anyone trying to get a long-term edge in this new market. Presented by ProphetX.
Reignite the Spark: Communication, Connection, and Intimacy | Coaching CallOn this episode of Coaching Call, Sifu Rafael welcomes Heather Shannon, Certified Sex Therapist and creator of the chart-topping Ask A Sex Therapist podcast.With more than 13 years in private practice, Heather specializes in helping people in committed relationships who have lost their intimate connection rediscover closeness, communication, and passion. Her approach helps couples better understand themselves and each other while addressing the emotional and physical barriers that can develop over time.Heather's expertise has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Women's Health, Glamour, and Self Magazine. She has also appeared on popular podcasts including Shameless Sex and The Horny Housewife. As a sex and relationship expert for the Peanut app, Heather has helped provide guidance to a community of more than 2.5 million women navigating relationships, intimacy, and connection throughout different stages of life.Join us for an open and insightful conversation about communication, relationships, emotional connection, and what couples can do when the spark they once shared begins to fade. Heather shares practical perspectives for strengthening relationships and creating deeper, more meaningful connections.Watch on YouTube and subscribe:https://www.youtube.com/@sifurafaeltv?sub_confirmation=1Sifu Rafael is a master instructor and founder of Speaking Prowess, combining communication and leadership to help people unlock their potential with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose.This episode is brought to you by Sifu's Mind Body Method, a lifestyle transformation blending movement, mindset, nutrition, hydration, fasting, journaling, and faith. Learn more at sifumethod.comThat's where connecting with Sifu Rafael matters.Through Speaking Prowess and Sifu's Mind Body Method, Sifu Rafael helps leaders, entrepreneurs, and experts refine their message, command a room, and step onto more stages with clarity and confidence. From podcasts and live shows to keynote stages and curated experiences, he helps people get seen, heard, and positioned as trusted voices in their industry.If you know you're meant to speak, lead, and impact at a higher level, this conversation is your invitation.Visit sifurafael.com to connect, explore speaking opportunities, and start positioning yourself for more stages, stronger presence, and real influence.#coachingcall #sifurafael #heathershannon #relationships #communication #intimacy #speakingprowess
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Last time we spoke about the beginning of the Pacific War. In late 1941, the Second Battle of Changsha ended with Chinese forces claiming victory despite suffering nearly 100,000 casualties against roughly 1,670 Japanese losses. Chiang Kai-shek's government launched an aggressive propaganda campaign, flooding international press with fabricated triumph narratives to sustain national morale. Behind closed doors, Chiang was furious at his generals' tactical failures, executing commanders and dismantling units. Meanwhile, geopolitical forces threatened China's survival. Japan's 1939 defeat at Nomonhan crushed hopes for a Soviet alliance against Tokyo. Germany's pact with the Soviet Union left China isolated, while Western powers remained reluctant to commit meaningful support. Britain offered little; the US provided only modest loans. By 1941, facing potential collapse, Chiang desperately searched for allies while Wang Jingwei's Japanese-backed rival government beckoned as an alternative. China's exhausted people endured horror—including a 1941 bombing massacre in Chongqing that killed over 400 trapped civilians. Then Japan unleashed a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. #215 An Implosion in the East Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. In the early morning of December 7, 1941, the US Pacific Fleet was anchored at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Two waves of Japanese bomber aircraft, launched from six aircraft carriers, attacked the vessels and their sleeping crews, destroying the battleship Arizona outright and damaging seventeen others, as well as most of the military aircraft parked nearby. Some 2,400 Americans died, and another 1,100 were wounded. Within a day Japanese invasion forces had attacked Siam, Malaya, and the Philippines. Chiang Kai-shek heard the news at one o'clock in the morning and immediately dictated a letter of support to President Roosevelt, pledging commitment to a new "common battle." The news reached Zhou Fohai in Shanghai as well. On December 8 across the international date line from Hawaii he had heard the sounds of firing as the Japanese took over the rest of the city, and then received reports that Japan had declared war on the Western powers. "I heard they'd bombed Honolulu, Manila, Singapore, and Hong Kong. From now on, the Pacific becomes a killing ground." When Japanese carrier planes descended on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, they were executing far more than a tactical strike. They were unleashing the culmination of a strategic vision that had shaped Japanese military planning since the 1920s: the Nanshin-ron, or "Southern Advance" doctrine. The Nanshin-ron represented a critical strategic choice that emerged from internal Japanese debates during the 1920s and 1930s. Japan faced an inescapable vulnerability: it was an island nation with virtually no natural resources of its own. The nation's population had doubled since the Meiji Restoration, growing to over 70 million by 1941. An industrial economy of tremendous sophistication, capable of producing world-class warships, aircraft, and military equipment, depended entirely on imported raw materials. Oil, rubber, tin, iron ore, bauxite, copper, and manganese all had to be acquired through foreign trade or conquest. This resource dependency was not a luxury problem; it was an existential one. A nation that could not feed itself or fuel its economy was a nation vulnerable to strangulation by enemies who controlled the resources it needed. Japanese strategic thinkers divided into two camps on how to resolve this vulnerability. The Hokushin-ron advocates, primarily within the Army, pushed for expansion northward into Siberia and Mongolia, seeking to conquer Soviet territory and resources. The Soviet Union possessed vast tracts of land, mineral wealth, timber, and agricultural output. From a purely materialist perspective, the Northern Advance made geographic sense—it was contiguous with Manchuria, which Japan had already secured in 1931. Yet by the late 1930s, the Hokushin-ron strategy had suffered a catastrophic blow. In 1938 and 1939, Japanese and Soviet forces clashed at Khalkhin Gol in Mongolia in what the Japanese called the Nomonhan Incident. The battles revealed a terrifying truth: the Soviet Red Army, under General Georgy Zhukov, was far more formidable than Japanese military planners had anticipated. Soviet armor, air power, and coordinated tactics annihilated Japanese forces. Japan suffered over 60,000 casualties while inflicting perhaps 10,000 on the Soviets. The defeat was concealed from the Japanese public, but it was unmistakable to military planners. A direct clash with Soviet power could end catastrophically. The Northern Advance, it became clear, would almost certainly provoke war with a nation capable of destroying the Japanese Army. This strategic defeat tilted the balance decisively toward the Nanshin-ron. If Japan could not safely expand northward, it must expand southward, toward Southeast Asia, the Dutch East Indies, Indochina, and the western Pacific. The appeal of the Nanshin-ron was immediately apparent to the Navy, which had always been more oriented toward maritime commerce and expansion across the ocean. The territories to the south were not militarily formidable. The colonial powers, Britain, the Netherlands, France, were either already defeated in 1940 or distracted by their own desperate struggles leaving Britain fighting alone against Germany. The United States, though potentially a formidable adversary, was not yet at war, and there was a chance, however slender, that a decisive blow against American naval power might convince America to negotiate rather than fight. But beyond strategic opportunity, the Nanshin-ron offered something that the Hokushin-ron did not: it offered resources of staggering abundance. The Dutch East Indies possessed oil reserves that could dwarf Japan's consumption for years. Malaya produced the world's rubber. Thailand offered agricultural bounty and geographic position. Burma's timber and agricultural products could feed Japan's growing empire. The Philippines possessed harbors, airfields, and economic output. These were not marginal additions to Japan's economy—they were transformative. Together, they would convert Japan from a resource-hungry island nation into the master of an imperial domain encompassing hundreds of millions of people and containing most of the strategic materials necessary for sustained industrial warfare. In the last episode I explained the western sanctions and embargoes that drained Japan's military of the resources they required to continue the China War. By 1941, Japan faced a civilization crisis. Japan imported roughly 90 percent of its petroleum, and the bulk of that came from the Dutch East Indies and the United States. Suddenly, the American supply was cut off entirely. Reserves would last perhaps 18 months if Japan's military and industrial consumption continued at existing rates. After that, the military machine would sputter and die. The industrial economy would collapse. Even civilian life would become impossible to sustain. Japan was facing not merely economic inconvenience but literal strangulation by the Western powers. Yet it would be a mistake to reduce Japanese motivation to just materialism. Japanese military leaders wrapped their conquests in an ideological framework, one that many of them genuinely believed, or wanted to believe, served a higher historical purpose. The concept of the Daitoa Kyoeiken, the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere," posited a new regional order in which Japan would play the leading role in liberating Asian peoples from Western colonial domination and creating an Asian-centered political and economic system. This ideology drew on genuine anti-colonial sentiment. For a century, Western powers had dominated Asia, treating Asian peoples and nations as subordinate, colonized territories existing to serve Western economic interests. Japan, which had modernized and Westernized enough to avoid colonization, saw itself as the natural leader of an Asian renaissance—a civilizing force that would restore Asian dignity and independence even as it established Japanese hegemony. Of course, this was propagandistic. Japanese conquest represented a substitution of one imperial master for another, and often a harsher and more brutal one at that. But for understanding Japanese decision-making, the ideology mattered profoundly. It provided Japanese leaders with a moral narrative for conquest. It allowed them to understand themselves as liberators rather than mere conquerors. It provided a rationale for extracting resources from occupied territories and for mobilizing subject populations to support the Japanese war effort. And it resonated with anti-Western sentiment throughout Asia, making Japanese occupation seem, in some quarters, preferable to continued Western colonial rule. The slogan Hakko ichiu—"eight corners under one roof", captured this ideological vision: a unified Asia and eventually world under Japanese guidance. Whether Japanese leaders truly believed this vision or cynically deployed it as propaganda, it shaped how they understood their actions and justified them to their subjects. Now I know this is a podcast dedicated to the century of humiliation, ie: China's experience. But I thought it was necessary just to have one episode explain what Dan Carlin titled "a supernova in the east" and I have titled an implosion in the east. I won't go into depth into the campaigns as some of them have a lot of Chinese involvement and we will be covering them in depth, but rather I will explain the rationale for Japan's numerous invasions following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan's assault on Malaya began within hours of the Pearl Harbor attack, indeed, Japanese troops were already landing on the Kota Bharu beachhead on the Malaysian peninsula before dawn on December 8, 1941 local time. Malaya was one of the world's largest rubber producers, and Singapore, at the tip of the peninsula, was the linchpin of British naval power in the Far East.The Japanese interest in Malaya was straightforward but crucial: rubber. The Japanese military consumed vast quantities of rubber for tires, gaskets, hoses, and countless other applications. American and Dutch rubber supplies were now cut off by embargo. Malaya's rubber plantations represented perhaps the world's richest reservoir of this strategic material. Beyond rubber, Malaya and the surrounding region were major tin producers—essential for alloys and manufacturing. For Japan to conduct prolonged warfare, Malaya was not a luxury target; it was a necessity. Singapore represented something different: a symbol of Western power in Asia and a strategic chokepoint. As the major British naval base in the region, Singapore served as the anchor of British imperial authority across the South China Sea. By seizing Singapore, Japan would not only capture crucial resources and port facilities but would also deliver a psychological blow to the entire edifice of Western dominance in Asia. The fortress city that the British considered nearly impregnable fell within seventy days, a stunning demonstration of Japanese military capability and the vulnerability of overextended Western empires. If Malaya was critical for rubber, the Dutch East Indies was essential for oil. The region, comprising present-day Indonesia, was the world's third-largest oil producer and had reserves that could sustain Japanese military operations for years. This was the jewel of the resource-conquest strategy. Japanese planners had long eyed the East Indies, but direct conquest had seemed risky while Britain and America remained neutral or opposed. With both now at war, the window of opportunity had opened. Japan needed the oil so desperately that when the Dutch East Indies Petroleum Company initially agreed to some Japanese oil purchases before the war, Tokyo was already planning its takeover. The conquest of the Dutch East Indies would provide not just oil but also tin, nickel, bauxite, and other materials essential to an industrial war machine. The islands would also provide air and naval bases from which Japan could defend its new empire and potentially threaten Australia. The Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies, which began in late December 1941 and accelerated through January and February 1942, was methodical and comprehensive. Various island groups were targeted systematically: Java, Borneo, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Dutch military forces, though brave, were overwhelmed. By March 1942, Japan had secured the entire archipelago,a stunning logistical and military achievement that delivered vast resources into Japanese hands. Thailand presented a fundamentally different case from Japan's other targets. Rather than conquest, Japan pursued alliance with military strongman Plaek Phibunsongkhram, who had seized power in a 1938 coup as a nationalist ideologue determined to reassert Thai sovereignty and recover territory lost to French colonialism in the nineteenth century. Thailand was the last independent state in mainland Southeast Asia, hemmed in by British-controlled Burma and Malaya to the west, and French Indochina to the east. For a century, Thailand had survived by playing European imperial powers against each other. But by the late 1930s, this strategy was becoming obsolete. Europe was distracted by Hitler's Germany. Colonial powers were weakening. Japanese power was visibly ascending. Phibunsongkhram recognized both danger and opportunity. He could resist Japan and invite invasion, or he could ally with Japan and profit from rising Asian power. Japanese diplomats approached Thailand with sophistication: they offered military alliance and support for Thai territorial expansion at French expense. This addressed Thailand's deepest national wound, the humiliation of nineteenth-century territorial losses to France. The Franco-Thai War of 1940-1941 became transformative. With Japan providing military support, advisors, tanks, aircraft, Thai forces defeated the French for the first time in history. By May 1941, Thailand had recovered 54,000 square kilometers of Cambodian territory and portions of Laos. For Phibunsongkhram, this was extraordinary: he had achieved what Thai leaders could not in a century, reclaiming territory from a Western imperial power. Domestically, his position was dramatically strengthened. The parallel to China's century of humiliation—the foundation of your podcast is striking: Thailand too was reversing colonial diminishment through association with rising Asian power. The Thai-Japanese relationship was unique. Unlike the Philippines, Malaya, or the Dutch East Indies, Thailand would retain nominal independence. Phibunsongkhram remained in power. Japanese occupation was light. Thai forces maintained their own command structure. Most importantly, Thailand's territorial gains from the Franco-Thai War were recognized and secured. Japan valued Thai cooperation more than conquest. Burma, controlled by the British, was the next target in Japan's southwestward advance. Japanese planners had multiple motivations for invading Burma. First, it was strategically positioned on India's eastern frontier, and Japan harbored ambitions of eventually striking toward India and linking up with Germany in the Middle East or at least destabilizing the British position in South Asia. Second, Burma was a significant producer of timber and agricultural products. Third, and perhaps most importantly, the invasion of Burma was meant to cut the Burma Road, the crucial supply line that allowed American aid to reach Nationalist China. The invasion of Burma began in late 1941 and accelerated through early 1942. The invasion of the Philippines, which began on December 10, 1941, just days after Pearl Harbor, served multiple strategic purposes. Like the assault on Pearl Harbor itself, it was meant to neutralize American military power in the region, in this case, the American garrison under General Douglas MacArthur and the American colonial administration. But the Philippines were also valuable in their own right. The islands sat directly in the path of what Japan envisioned as its defensive perimeter. By controlling the Philippines, Japan would make it extraordinarily difficult for American forces to project power westward into Southeast Asia. The territory would provide naval and air bases critical to defending Japan's new empire. Additionally, the Philippines possessed some agricultural and industrial resources valuable to the war effort, and their conquest delivered a psychological victory, defeating American forces and ending American colonial rule in Asia, which appealed to anti-Western sentiment that Japan tried to cultivate. Beyond Southeast Asia and the Philippines, Japan rapidly invaded Guam and Wake island to extend Japan's defensive perimeter further into the Pacific and eliminate American air and naval bases that could threaten Japanese operations. Guam, seized on December 10, 1941, fell within two days, the American garrison was small and the island's strategic value lay primarily in denying the United States a forward staging ground for any counteroffensive. Wake Island, attacked the same day and finally captured on December 23 after a brief but heroic American defense, served similar purposes: cutting off American reconnaissance and interdicting potential supply lines to the Philippines. Now I believe that's enough of the implosion in the east, let's get back to the situation in China. After Chiang Kai-shek sent his letter of support to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, pledging Chinese commitment to what he termed a new "common battle." he did something most revealing about his mood towards the global war. He played "Ave Maria" on his gramophone, celebrating with an almost spiritual gratitude the implications of what had just transpired in the American Pacific. This moment crystallized the profound difference Pearl Harbor would mean to different members of the emerging Allied coalition. For the United States, the attack was pure shock, a violation of the sanctity of American soil and the complacency of American isolationism. For Britain, it was like the pricking of a large, painful blister—painful but perhaps not entirely unexpected given Japan's regional ambitions. But for China, the relief that surged through the government and the consciousness of the Chinese people surpassed even Britain's response. For four long years, China had fought Japan almost alone, watching as Western nations remained neutral or limited their commitment to rhetorical support and modest material assistance. Now, suddenly, the trajectory of the entire conflict had shifted with breathtaking speed. Chiang's emotional state at this moment could scarcely be contained, and those close to him understood that beneath his carefully maintained Confucian composure burned an intoxicating sensation of vindication. These Western powers who had been so impatient with Chinese strategy, who had mocked the retreats of the Nationalist Army and spoken scornfully of Japanese capabilities, were now themselves in headlong retreat from those very islanders. In Hong Kong, Singapore, and Manila, British and American forces would be fighting desperately for their lives against the Japanese military that China had been contending with for years. Chiang could not have failed to perceive the irony: the Japanese had conquered vast stretches of China through relentless campaigns, yet Westerners had dismissed Chinese resistance as inadequate. Now the Japanese were proving that they posed a formidable challenge to Western military power as well. There was a bitter satisfaction in this vindication, even as Chiang understood that the strategic implications of American entry far outweighed any emotional satisfaction. What was pragmatic and strategically clear to Chiang, however, was far more important than any emotional satisfaction. The United States was now at war, and it was on China's side. This represented the transformation for which Chiang had labored for years, bringing the full weight of American industrial capacity and military might to bear against the Japanese enemy. The diplomatic foundations for this alliance had already been laid in the months preceding Pearl Harbor. Beginning in the spring of 1941, the United States had begun to commit significant resources to supporting China. In April 1941, following the conclusion of the Soviet-Japanese neutrality agreement, which had devastated Chinese morale by suggesting that Japan might attack the Soviet Union rather than move southward, the Roosevelt administration had determined to provide $45 million worth of militarily useful commodities to China as an immediate gesture of support. Then, on May 6, 1941, President Roosevelt had made a more formal commitment by announcing that the munitions provisions of the Lend-Lease Act applied to China, declaring a phrase that captured the strategic logic of American assistance: "defending China is the key to defending America." This declaration represented a significant shift in American policy, elevating China from a regional concern to a central element of American grand strategy in Asia. Subsequently, in July 1941, Roosevelt had sent Owen Lattimore to China to serve as political adviser to the Chinese government, a position that signaled deepening American engagement with Chinese affairs. In August, the administration appointed John Magruder as military attaché and head of the American Military Mission to China (AMMISCA), with the primary responsibility of overseeing the delivery of Lend-Lease material to the Chinese armed forces. On the diplomatic front, Chiang moved with remarkable alacrity. He had already severed relations with Germany on July 2, 1941, the very day after Hitler had formally recognized the Wang Jingwei puppet government in an attempt to appease Japan and encourage it to finally implement the Southern Advance. Now, on December 8, 1941, just one day after the Pearl Harbor attack, Chiang took the decisive step of formally declaring war against the Axis powers, Germany, Italy, and Japan. This declaration transformed China's position from a beleaguered nation fighting a war of survival into a formal member of the Allied coalition. Chiang had seized the opportunity that Pearl Harbor presented to ally China with a genuinely strong power against Japan, a gambit that fundamentally altered the diplomatic weight and international legitimacy of both the Chinese government and the Chinese cause. From a strategic perspective, the Japanese had committed what Chiang and others immediately recognized as a catastrophic blunder. On the operational level, Pearl Harbor was indeed a devastating tactical success, the American Pacific Fleet was crippled, and Japanese forces now enjoyed temporary naval superiority throughout much of the Pacific and Southeast Asia. Yet strategically, Pearl Harbor represented a failure of epic proportions, a miscalculation rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of the intangibles of warfare: what motivated the Chinese people and what motivated the Americans. The Chinese had understood, through four years of brutal conflict, that warfare was about more than territorial conquest and resource acquisition. It was about will, about endurance, about the capacity to absorb punishment and continue fighting. The Japanese had learned this lesson imperfectly in China, where despite overwhelming military advantages they had been unable to force a decisive conclusion or compel Chinese surrender. The Americans would teach the Japanese this lesson even more emphatically. The attack on American sailors in Hawaii instantly galvanized the American population to prosecute an unlimited war, with Tokyo itself as the ultimate destination of American counterattack. While Americans would remember the "date that will live in infamy" primarily because of the assault on Pearl Harbor itself, the strategic consequence was that Japanese actions in Hawaii had introduced numerous new adversaries into the Pacific conflict: not only the United States, but also Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. These additions transformed what had been, from the Japanese perspective, a regional conflict with manageable parameters into a global war that Japan could not possibly win through any conceivable means. What made this particularly disastrous for Japan was the context in which the new theater had been opened. Japan was already deeply mired in a quagmire in China—a "malignant quagmire," as one observer would later characterize it, that had consumed vast resources, inflicted enormous casualties, and failed to produce decisive victory. In military strategy, it is sometimes wise to open a new theater in order to attack an enemy from an additional and unexpected direction, thereby dispersing their forces and creating new challenges for them to manage. But opening a new theater that introduces an entirely new, powerful adversary, and doing so when one is already overextended in an existing theater is a prescription for strategic catastrophe. This was precisely what Japan had done at Pearl Harbor. Chiang Kai-shek understood the magnitude of Japan's miscalculation with crystalline clarity. He understood that whatever the military complexities that lay ahead, whatever the challenges of coordinating with Western allies, and whatever the limitations of Western military assistance to China might be, the fundamental equation had changed. The United States would ultimately defeat Japan. The Chinese did not need to defeat Japan by themselves; they merely needed to survive long enough for American industrial and military capacity to grind the Japanese military into defeat. In the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor, Chinese and American officials moved swiftly to formalize the alliance and establish the mechanisms of wartime cooperation. Roosevelt asked Chiang Kai-shek to serve as commander in chief of the Allied forces in the China theater, a designation that recognized China's central role in the Pacific War and elevated Chiang's international standing to something he had long sought: a position as an equal partner in the Allied coalition, a seat at the "top table of global decision-making" alongside Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. To support this expanded role and to ensure effective coordination of the military effort, Roosevelt dispatched Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell to China. Stilwell was not chosen randomly; he brought fifteen years of experience in China, a deep familiarity with the country, its military, and its complexities that few American officers possessed. Stilwell was appointed to serve simultaneously as the U.S. government's military representative in China, as chief of staff of the China Theater, and as commander in chief of the American forces in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater. This appointment established the framework for joint Chinese-American military cooperation and represented an American commitment to the Asian theater that, while never receiving the resources devoted to the European theater, nonetheless signified recognition of China's strategic importance. Trust me, going forward we will be having a lot of time dedicated to the hilarious bromance / bro hatred of Vinegar Joe and Peanut. Yet the formation of an alliance and the establishment of command structures was easier than the practical implementation of military cooperation. The fundamental challenge that would plague Chinese-American relations throughout the war emerged almost immediately: the problem of delivering military assistance to China. Before Pearl Harbor, the United States and China had reached agreement on three major points regarding military assistance. First, the United States would provide training and technical support to assist China in establishing a modern air force. Second, the United States would provide training and equipment for a ground army consisting of thirty divisions. Third, the United States would assist China in constructing railways and highways from Yunnan to Burma, along with the provision of rolling stock and vehicles to support these new transportation routes. These were ambitious plans, reflecting the extent of Chinese need and American willingness to support the Chinese war effort. However, the outbreak of the Pacific War threw American plans into disarray. The fundamental strategic doctrine guiding American policy was the "Europe first" strategy, which meant that the European theater and the defeat of Nazi Germany received priority over the Pacific theater. Additionally, China's geography made it extraordinarily difficult to supply. China could only be reached through supply lines of extraordinary length and complexity, either through the port of Rangoon in Burma and then overland via the treacherous Yunnan-Burma Road, or through the port of Hong Kong, which immediately fell into Japanese hands after Pearl Harbor. The first Sino-American loan agreement had specified that the United States would deliver commodities worth $45 million to China in 1941. However, shipping shortages meant that only $26 million worth of commodities actually left the United States. These commodities were shipped to the transit port of Rangoon, where a massive traffic jam developed as supplies accumulated faster than they could be distributed onward to China. Along the Yunnan-Burma Road, that "much-contested life line" as it came to be known, conditions were chaotic. The road had always been a source of trouble: it was long, extraordinarily difficult to keep in repair, fantastically dangerous to travel, and too narrow to permit much volume of traffic at any one time. Due to mismanagement and pilfering, the commodities that were shipped out of Burma suffered heavy losses in transit, and only one-third of them eventually arrived in Chongqing. Yet the United States had already established one valuable asset in China that could be deployed relatively quickly: an air force nucleus. Just before Pearl Harbor, a group of American aviators had been formally organized in Chongqing who worked on volunteer status for China under the command of Colonel Claire Chennault, an American aviation officer who served as instructor at the Chinese Air Force Cadet School. Some of these men had been flying in China since the Kuomintang first began purchasing American aircraft, having come to demonstrate the aircraft and remaining to pilot and teach. Others had hurried to China after being released from their volunteer service in Spain, where they had gained combat experience during the Spanish Civil War. It was a familiar joke that pilots from both sides of the Spanish conflict were likely to meet and work side by side in China, but political convictions proved immaterial to these professional aviators, they got on well enough with each other, mercenaries of the twentieth century united by their expertise and their willingness to fight. When American traffic on the Burma Road swelled in volume and became chaotic, with cargo lost to pilfering and trucks breaking down from mishandling, the air freight service into Chongqing became increasingly vital to maintaining Chinese military capabilities. The backbone of this organization was American, and it had been in operation for months before the Japanese attack. Halfway down the Burma Road, over the border in Burma, was a plane factory backed by American and Chinese capital, providing some degree of repair and maintenance capacity for the aircraft operating out of China. Recognizing the strategic value of these experienced aviators and the need to formalize and expand their operations, American and Chinese officials moved quickly to incorporate this volunteer group, formally known as the American Volunteer Group or "Flying Tigers," into the U.S. Army Air Force. This transformation of volunteer aviators into official American military personnel represented a commitment to providing air support to Chinese operations, recognizing that air power could compensate to some degree for Chinese numerical disadvantages in ground combat. In Chongqing, it was clear that among the United Nations fighting Japan, America was the only one taking China seriously, the only one prepared to invest significant resources in Chinese military capabilities and the Chinese war effort. Yet Pearl Harbor brought consequences that extended far beyond the strategic and diplomatic spheres. For Western civilians living in China,missionaries, teachers, doctors, businessmen, and journalists, the attack represented a catastrophic change in their status and their fate. Until December 8, 1941, Westerners residing in China had maintained a curious protected status as foreign neutrals, even in areas nominally controlled by the Japanese. This status had provided them with a measure of distance from, and protection against, the grinding reality of the war that had devastated Chinese populations. For a century, Americans had been part of an imperial presence in China, sometimes benevolent, sometimes violent, but always ultimately under Western control. That world came to an abrupt end on December 8, 1941. All across eastern China, Americans and Britons were rounded up and interned. The International Settlement of Shanghai—that remarkable oasis of neutrality that had persisted in the midst of a war-torn city—was now reunified under Japanese control. Thousands of foreigners with Allied nationality were sent to holding camps scattered throughout occupied China. Some, like the eleven-year-old British boy Jim Ballard, would remain imprisoned for the remainder of the war, enduring hunger, cold, and disease in camps like Longhua, which housed approximately 2,000 detainees. Forty years later, as the novelist J. G. Ballard, he would memorialized this experience in his semi-autobiographical novel Empire of the Sun. For missionaries like Velva Brown, the evacuation process was degrading and final. The missionary staff were permitted to pack no more than three suitcases with their belongings. As they prepared to leave, Japanese and Taiwanese "sightseeing" parties arrived to decide which houses they might want to occupy. The journey home aboard crowded Japanese ships offered no concessions to status or dignity; ambassadors, consuls, merchants, and missionaries alike were given "bed-sized strips of Chinese matting which we spread side by side on the iron floor of the hold," as Brown recorded. The humiliation was compounded by the finality of it all. For many, their decades-long presence in China was ending not in orderly retreat but in hasty evacuation, leaving behind "servants, many of whom had been with us for fifteen or twenty years." Despite these immediate human tragedies, the strategic transformation that Pearl Harbor wrought for China was undeniable. Chiang Kai-shek now embarked on an entirely new sort of life, heavily involved with the leaders and generals of the Western powers. He held diplomatic discussions with the leaders of the United Nations and military planning sessions with Western generals. In these unfamiliar circumstances, he did his best to live up to the Confucian ideal of the gentleman, seldom permitting the mask to slip—though the pressure of these new responsibilities and the intoxicating combination of vindication and anxiety would occasionally prove too much even for his considerable self-control. Within weeks of Pearl Harbor, Chiang demonstrated the value he could bring to the new alliance. He visited India and spoke with the leaders of the Indian independence struggle as an ally and friend, as a fellow non-European speaking to others seeking to escape from colonialism and imperial domination. He joined the Allies in their first joint campaign, not in China but in the jungles of neighboring Burma, committing Chinese forces to operations outside China's borders in support of the broader Allied military strategy. Yet the price that Chiang would pay for China's belated entry into the global alliance against the Axis powers would prove to be a heavy one. Chiang desperately needed his new American and British partners, but accepting this alliance would unleash forces within Chinese society that would threaten the very basis of his political control. The complexities of this bargain would become most visible in the four-year struggle between Chiang and General Joseph Warren Stilwell, the American officer who would become simultaneously his chief of staff and the administrator of American military assistance to China. This relationship, shaped by mutual suspicion, different strategic visions, and incompatible political agendas, would define Chinese-American military cooperation during the Pacific War and would have profound implications extending far beyond the battlefields of Asia. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. Pearl Harbor's shock reverberated through Asia. Japan's assault on Hawaii, combined with invasions of Burma, the Philippines, Guam, and Wake Island, inadvertently transformed regional conflict into global war. Chiang Kai-shek, vindicated after four years of isolation fighting Japan, embraced American alliance with profound relief. The U.S. committed military aid, appointed General Stilwell as chief of staff, and recognized China as a co-belligerent. For Chiang, this partnership brought diplomatic status but also internal tensions that would define the Pacific War's final chapter.
In this episode of JJ Meets World, JJ and Tucker debate what makes something classy, from cashews and pistachios to country clubs, yacht clubs, decorative soap, fancy towels, and the confusing social rules of guest bathrooms. The conversation moves through Fargo Country Club, Moorhead Country Club, Caddyshack-style exclusivity, Mr. Peanut, and the strange household items that feel too fancy to actually use. They also get into childhood safety passwords, stranger danger PSAs, AI-generated YouTube impersonations, Ryan Hall Y'all, family pickup stories, TailSpin, Game Boy kidnapping hypotheticals, and Tucker's very detailed hand-washing routine. It's a funny, nostalgic conversation about class, etiquette, Fargo culture, childhood safety, bathroom manners, and the unwritten rules people only learn after they break them. 00:00 Intro: Classy Stuff and Bathroom Habits 01:13 Things That Are Classy 01:44 AI Fakes, YouTube Streams, and Ryan Hall Y'all 02:35 Childhood Safety Passwords 03:07 Tucker Tries to Use the Family Password 03:28 JJ's Lack of a Kidnapping Password 04:12 JJ Gets Picked Up by Dean 04:29 JJ's Mom Gets the Van Stuck on a Boulder 05:32 TailSpin, Skydivers, and Stranger Danger 06:16 Game Boy Mom and Stranger Danger PSAs 06:59 The Real Fear of Being Kidnapped by Someone You Know 07:29 The Grocery Store Kidnapping Story 08:03 Cashews Are Classy 08:30 The Shrimp of the Nut World 09:08 Ranking the Best Nuts 10:18 Mr. Peanut and the Gentleman Hobo 10:40 Are Pistachios Classy? 11:29 Country Clubs and Getting Kicked Out 12:24 Fargo and Moorhead Country Clubs 13:12 Country Club Food Minimums 13:49 High Society and Hidden Prices 15:06 How to Laugh at a Country Club 15:21 Decorative Soap Is Classy 16:20 Are You Supposed to Use the Fancy Soap? 17:00 Guest Bathroom Towels and Unspoken Rules 18:18 Tucker Explains His Bathroom Process 19:15 The Full Hand-Washing Routine 20:35 The Little Mermaid Soap 21:28 Leaving the Sink Running 21:45 Outro 22:23 Final Tag: Nuts and Bathroom Issues
It's Max Beaudry / He'll make your dreams come true Just kidding, those are mostly lyrics to the Muppet Babies theme song. But Max is with us and we talk about his debut graphic novel AW, NUTS! THE CRUMBELIEVABLE ADVENTURES OF PEANUT AND JELLY. Which is just the start, with volume 2 to hit the shelves in 2027! Max has a bunch of experience making characters and concepts leap off the page into our lives with his work in TV, and he connects all the dots for a wonderful chat. Thanks, Max, and glad Peanut and Jelly have more adventures on the way! _________ This episode's book reviews: GO PLAY by (friends!) Kate Allen Fox and Gennie Gorback JUST A SHELL... OR IS IT? words by Becca McMurdie, illustrations by Paula Escobar _________ The artwork for You May Contribute a Verse features our quokka mascot, Versey, and was generously created by the great Maddie Frost! Find her on IG @hellomaddiefrost or on her website Maddie-Frost.com Our theme music is So Happy by Scott Holmes. You can find more of his music at scottholmesmusic.com Love the podcast and wanna support more episodes like this? Find Community Shoutouts, Merch and our Patreon here!! Find us on Bluesky @joshmonkwords and @brennajeanneret and as always, let us know what you think via a rating, review, or comment!
Today I'm sharing another personal healing testimony and what Bible mindsets I had to receive the healing Jesus purchased via the cross. I'll also be addressing some questions I've received about how I can believe that God wants all healthy, when not everyone IS walking in healthYou'll hear today:The danger of building a theology based off of experience and not what the Bible saysWhy people are sick if God wants everyone healthyWhere scripture shows us God is not the one making you sick and why it's also not him, even if he uses it for goodThe importance of knowing the Word of God and what your inheritance is in ChristThe thing Satan wants to steal from youOur responsibility to share the Gospel message in its fullness but not to make people believe itHow we can know from Jesus' healing ministry that God wants all wellThe different things Jesus purchased for you on the crossThe simple and effective way to speak to your sick or injured body, outlined by Jesus for us in the GospelsThe persecution even Jesus had for his teachings about healingEpisodes mentioned:Healing ones: What Blind Bartimaeus and I Both Did for Healing (I got my singing voice back after almost a year of not being able to sing)Learn to Speak to Nausea, Period Cramps or Any Sickness or Injury Like Jesus WouldMark 11:23 is a SUPER Handy Tool When Dealing with Sickness or InjuriesJesus Wants You Free of Anxiety (Bible Based Advice that Has Worked for Me)The Identity Shift that Unlocked Asthma HealingWhy a Headache was Healed on Day 4 and Not Day 1 (God revealed I had THIS wrong mindset preventing my healing)Why I Stopped Watching the Chosen (it has to do with health)Taking Communion Can Heal Your Complicated Relationship With FoodConnect with Nyla:Nyla's IG Nyla's websiteNyla's Christian business podcast On the Job with God
He's 5 feet tall, likes to snack on puffy Cheetos and Triscuit crackers, and loves to take a dip in a pool. And he's been missing since Aug. 1. “Peanut,” a 7-year-old red kangaroo, went “walkabout” from his home in the Whispering Oaks subdivision north of Floresville. Owners Margaret and David Browder have been scouring Wilson County for their fully domesticated marsupial, who has a partner, Ohana, and baby waiting at home for him. Help is invited from members of the public to find the missing kangaroo and return him to his Wilson County home. Peanut disappeared after an air-conditioning... Article Link
The gang discuss YOUR facts, and Dan completes a Rubik's cube in just a few seconds. This week's subjects include Pakistan, pubs and printing papers. And Anna, James and Andy shout-out eight more Friend of the Podcast custodians. Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.Join Club Fish for ad-free episodes and exclusive bonus content at apple.co/nosuchthingasafish or nosuchthingasafish.com/patreonEdited by James HarkinProduced by Leying LeeTeam includes Tara Dorrell, Joe Mayo and Ethan Ruparelia
Tri-City director of fan experience and community relations Erik Mertens, aka Erik the Peanut Guy, joins the show after visiting every Minor League ballpark. Also, Ben shares the lore behind Wilmington's Mr. Celery, and Sam and Tyler embrace debate when it comes to this year's Trade Deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An email from a reader giving me feedback on the cost of making my pistachio and white chocolate cookies, got me thinking of economic baking ideas. This recipe for peanut brownies is just the ticket – easy to make, rich with protein from the egg and nuts, they're a filling little lunch box filler or perfect to have with a cuppa tea. Makes 20 Ingredients 125g butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 ½ cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 2 tbsps. cocoa 1 cup roasted peanuts or other nuts Method Preheat the oven to 180C. Beat the butter and sugar until creamy, then beat in the egg. Sift in the dry ingredients, then stir through the nuts. Roll tablespoons of dough into balls and place onto baking paper lined tray and press slightly to flatten. Bake for 20 minutes. Cool on the tray for 10 minutes while they firm up, then transfer to a cooling rack. Make them your own Other nuts can be used – cashews, walnuts, or my favourite, tamari almonds. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
All Mauler needs in this life of sin is him and his Vin, Rush's favourite hobby is watching his own reflection in his un-plugged TV, Jenni gets teary eyed over pringles and tomato juice, and Brady refuses to get handsy with his burg. Love the podcast? Leave us a review!
Montgomery Co Sheriff's Office reminding drivers to watch for school busesOwner Terry says Peanut helped him recover through stage 4 cancerSome kids are expected to chip in for supplies - how does it work in your home?
Meet Peanut: Artificial Intelligence for Vegan EncouragementOur guest today is Jeannie Walter, she is a retired librarian, longtime animal advocate, and has created Peanut the pig, an AI coach at the center of GetYourOinkOn.com, a vegan coaching app. Peanut uses warmth, humor, and a distinct personality to help people take meaningful steps toward eating more plants. The approach is intentionally invitational: small wins, genuine encouragement, and zero guilt. In the interview, Jeannie talks about how she got the idea to create Peanut and the importance of embracing new technologies to assist in our animal advocacy outreach. She and Hope also discuss the concerns and challenges of Artificial Intelligence, the possibilities of AI sentience, and how this could potentially support animal advocacy. Peanut is also part of something larger. GetYourOinkOn.com exists in part to raise money to feed real animals at sanctuaries — connecting every user's journey to the animals whose lives depend on it. Peanut is one of several AI animal coaches in the Messy Barnyard ecosystem, a suite of apps built around the idea that animals are among the most powerful ambassadors for their own cause.Resources:Website to meet Peanut: http://getyouroinkon.com/Website: Messy BarnyardThe Creator (film)Humans (TV series)Support this podcast:Hope for the Animals PodcastCompassionate LivingSocial Media:FacebookInstagramYouTube
On this episode, we're getting into the hip hop classic, House Party. The 1990 Reginald Hudlin directed comedy that turned Kid 'N Play into superstars. During this conversation, we discuss our favorite supporting characters, get into our favorite scenes, and talk about our favorite songs from the soundtrack. Get into it! "Peanut, fix me some of that Dick Gregory."If you're enjoying the content that we're making and you're looking for ways to support our independent podcast, here's a little something that you can do:Check out all things TROY at troypodcast.com.Leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Goodpods or Podchaser. Feedback boosts our visibility in algorithms, helps attract new listeners!Check out our store Nuthin' But A Tee Thang at teethang.com. You can cop tees, hoodies, hats, mugs and more.Spread the word to your family, friends and coworkers. A simple share on social media or a casual mention to a friend grows our audience faster than anything else.Sign up for our monthly newsletter, Liner Notes.No matter how you choose to support, know that it is greatly appreciated.
Already an international award-winning children's picture book, Floo Flocky Doo to the Rescue, is perfect for bedtime stories, classroom read-alouds, and early readers who love funny animal adventures. Families will enjoy the heartwarming themes of caring, problem-solving, and the magic of friendship. Bring Miss Floo Flocky Doo along with YOU! *** Visit www.FlooFlockyDoo.com to see a Floo Flocky Doo SING-ALONG video!! *** If your child loves Little Blue Truck, What should Danny Do, Llama Llama, The Berenstain Bears, Grumpy Monkey, Fancy Nancy, or Dragons Love Tacos, they'll adore Floo Flocky Doo to Rescue! Award-winning author David L. Gillespie brings a unique blend of imagination, heart, and real-world experience to children's literature. Born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, David embarked on a global journey with his family after earning his commission in the United States Air Force. Throughout a distinguished career spanning military intelligence, public policy, and executive leadership, he served in locations around the world before ultimately channeling his lifelong love of storytelling into writing for children. His debut picture book, Floo Flocky Doo to the Rescue, has already earned more than ten literary awards, including multiple international honors. Inspired by the imagination of his youngest daughter, the book introduces readers to Miss Floo Flocky Doo—a spirited young girl whose zest for life, quick thinking, and compassionate heart lead her on unforgettable adventures with her animal friends, Peanut and Lucky Lou. Filled with playful rhyme, colorful illustrations, laugh-out-loud moments, and heartwarming lessons, the story celebrates kindness, friendship, problem-solving, and the joy of helping others. David and his family are delighted to share Miss Floo Flocky Doo's adventures with children, parents, educators, and libraries around the world. To learn more about David, Miss Floo Flocky Doo, and her lovable companions Peanut and Lucky Lou, visit FlooFlockyDoo.com Book out now!
Michelle Kennedy is the founder and CEO of Peanut, one of the fastest growing social apps for women.I started Great Company because I wanted to connect with people again. Despite being more connected than ever online, many of us have never felt lonelier.That's how Michelle felt after becoming a mum to her son, Finn. Instead of accepting that loneliness, she decided to build the community she wished she'd had. That's how Peanut was born.Since launching in 2017, Peanut has grown to over 5 million registered users, offering women a safe space to ask questions, find support and build connections through every stage of life.In this conversation, Michelle shares:Her journey from law to dating app companiesWhy she left Bumble to start her app, PeanutWhat she thinks makes a great leader and entrepreneurHow Peanut grew from an idea into a community of over 5 million womenThe one piece of advice she'd give every founderMichelle is proof that some of the best businesses start by solving problems you've lived yourself.Michelle Kennedy is Great Company.If you enjoyed the show, you can also follow us:Instagram – @greatcompanypodcastTikTok – @greatcompanypodcastJamie – @jamielaingAnd if you've got thoughts, questions and comments, you can email us at:greatcompany@jampotproductions.co.ukTHE CREDITSProducers: Helen BurkeAssistant Producer: Issy Weeks-HankinsVideo: Josh Bennett & Emma GillSenior Social Media Manager: Laura CoughlanAudio: Rafi Amsili GeovannettiExecutive Producer: Ewan Newbigging-ListerGreat Company is an original podcast from JamPot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, Peanut and Roman sit down with former offensive lineman and media personality Ross Tucker for an episode packed with wild stories, football nostalgia, and unexpected celebrity connections. Ross shares how he gives Peanut his flowers during broadcasts for the “Peanut Punch,” and how Peanut’s technique changed tackling forever. From there, Ross takes the guys on a tour of his Pennsylvania hometown, sharing tales about growing up around Taylor Swift. Ross reflects on his unlikely path from Princeton to the NFL, his “welcome to the NFL” moment, earning respect from LaVar Arrington in practice, and blocking for Jeff George in his first game. The episode wraps with Ross’ hilarious confession: he peed his pants before almost every game of his career. It’s classic Ross Tucker — honest, funny, and full of great stories — with Peanut and Roman stirring the pot every step of the way. The NFL Players: Second Acts Podcast is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeart Media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tiny Expeditions - A Podcast about Genetics, DNA and Inheritance
This episode tells the story of one superstar peanut from the Wiregrass Peanut Project and how it could change the game for the peanut industry in south Alabama. To go behind the scenes and learn more about this episode, visit “Paging Bruce: The connection between a local student and a peanut in Puerto Rico.” If you prefer to watch your podcasts, head over to Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR5iH59Y_W4. Thanks for listening! We're now on YouTube- follow us here. To receive episode updates and bonus material, subscribe to our mailing list here.
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, Peanut and Roman sit down with former offensive lineman and media personality Ross Tucker for an episode packed with wild stories, football nostalgia, and unexpected celebrity connections. Ross shares how he gives Peanut his flowers during broadcasts for the “Peanut Punch,” and how Peanut’s technique changed tackling forever. From there, Ross takes the guys on a tour of his Pennsylvania hometown, sharing tales about growing up around Taylor Swift. Ross reflects on his unlikely path from Princeton to the NFL, his “welcome to the NFL” moment, earning respect from LaVar Arrington in practice, and blocking for Jeff George in his first game. The episode wraps with Ross’ hilarious confession: he peed his pants before almost every game of his career. It’s classic Ross Tucker — honest, funny, and full of great stories — with Peanut and Roman stirring the pot every step of the way. The NFL Players: Second Acts Podcast is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeart Media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, Peanut and Roman sit down with former offensive lineman and media personality Ross Tucker for an episode packed with wild stories, football nostalgia, and unexpected celebrity connections. Ross shares how he gives Peanut his flowers during broadcasts for the “Peanut Punch,” and how Peanut’s technique changed tackling forever. From there, Ross takes the guys on a tour of his Pennsylvania hometown, sharing tales about growing up around Taylor Swift. Ross reflects on his unlikely path from Princeton to the NFL, his “welcome to the NFL” moment, earning respect from LaVar Arrington in practice, and blocking for Jeff George in his first game. The episode wraps with Ross’ hilarious confession: he peed his pants before almost every game of his career. It’s classic Ross Tucker — honest, funny, and full of great stories — with Peanut and Roman stirring the pot every step of the way. The NFL Players: Second Acts Podcast is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeart Media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Heute berichte ich von meinen Erfahrungen mit diversen Erdnuss- und Mandel Aufstrichen, sowie vom Opa sein und von Trugbildern/Drohnenbildern aus der Toskana.
Young readers are in for an entertaining ride in Gillespie's picture book debut…This delightful rhyming adventure is one kids won't want to miss. Delightful hijinks of a young girl and her charming pet squirrel.” --Publishers Weekly BooklifeA runaway squirrel. A frantic chase. A hummingbird with a secret clue. And a brave little girl who knows just what to do!Meet Miss Floo Flocky Doo—a brave, imaginative girl who loves helping others. She is a spirited, young girl. When she discovers a tiny baby squirrel named Lucky Lou, she rescues him, loves him, and brings him everywhere she goes. But during a trip to the grocery store, Lou escapes and chaos breaks loose!Welcome to an imaginative new, award-winning and critically acclaimed children's picture book that is a laugh-out-loud animal adventure with a wonderful message. The book, Floo Flocky Doo to the Rescue, was penned by proud military veteran, retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, David Gillespie.His book has received critical acclaim from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly BookLife, and Literary Titan, and has earned recognition from Readers Choice Book Awards, Monsters Book Awards, American Writing Awards, Firebird Book Award, Mom's Choice Gold Award, and Literary Titan Gold Award, and Maxy Awards.Kids will giggle as Lucky Lou jumps into a customer's wig, races through the aisles, spreads blueberry jelly footprints, and hides in the fruit section. With the help of her hummingbird friend Peanut, Floo shouts her favorite magical phrase: “Hootie Hoo, Hootie Hoo— I know what to do!”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-like-it-s-live--4113802/support.
(00:00-28:15) How about this fall time weather today. Audio of Nick Saban when asked about the Big 10 winning three straight championships and not necessarily meaning it's the best conference. Audio of Drink on with Jim Rome talking about the possibility of the SEC breaking away from the NCAA. The Protect College Sports Act. Baggy pants in baseball and pants above the knee.(28:23-46:42) Moontower. YouTube monetization. Michael is on the phone lines and wants to talk about the SEC breaking away from the NCAA. A hypothetical super league. People aren't loving the call. Drops of the Week. Detroit style pizza. Peanut butter mayonnaise pizza.(46:52-58:00) Age limitations on college athletics. Jackson's having internet issues but he's back. Market Moves. Who's on the Mt. Rushmore of QBs in college who never panned out in the pros. Is Tom Brady going to fight Logan Paul in WWE?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
It never gets any easier. How'd Cam feel about doing 5 hours yesterday? Wrinkled men can't jump. Cam's office is under construction. Disappointing Cardinal game yesterday. Audio of Walker's standing ovation in his first at-bat back at Busch since the HR derby. The issue is compounding issues. That bullpen. The last player to not wear a batting helmet in MLB. CTE in sports. Cam's career as an auctioneer. Moosejaw, Saskatchewan.A little heavy metal for Cam. Mosh pits. Scrapping with the locals. Sean Avery. Cam going to the ball game on Sunday with Blues alumni. Jaromir Jagr shirtless. Would you rather be Ovi or Crosby? Ruptured testicles. Do pitchers wear cups?Why'd Doug request this? Have confidence in your takes. What band has Cam seen live the most? Oli marmol talking about the loss against the Diamondbacks yesterday. Marmol talking about the shift in the fan base over his time as manager. Where would be the place to live as a young, rich, STL athlete. Religious bulls. Cyclists on the road.How about this fall time weather today. Audio of Nick Saban when asked about the Big 10 winning three straight championships and not necessarily meaning it's the best conference. Audio of Drink on with Jim Rome talking about the possibility of the SEC breaking away from the NCAA. The Protect College Sports Act. Baggy pants in baseball and pants above the knee.Moontower. YouTube monetization. Michael is on the phone lines and wants to talk about the SEC breaking away from the NCAA. A hypothetical super league. People aren't loving the call. Drops of the Week. Detroit style pizza. Peanut butter mayonnaise pizza.Age limitations on college athletics. Jackson's having internet issues but he's back. Market Moves. Who's on the Mt. Rushmore of QBs in college who never panned out in the pros. Is Tom Brady going to fight Logan Paul in WWE?Megadeth. We need to see Doug in a mosh pit. Audio of friend of the show, Michael McGreevy, talking about his performance yesterday in the loss. Fun with guessing games with Doug. Boston Red Sox win streak finally snapped. Could Cam pull off a speedo? Jackson's bone spurs and flat feet. Best crossover since Christopher Columbus.Cam's making the room smell like meat. E-Mail of the Day. Food talk.Power Ranking Cam's favorite holidays. Cam believes in aliens but not sure about ghosts. Horror movies. Video games.Eli Drinkwitz sound. He's got more Kansas jokes. Cam showering with Yogi Berra. Athletes going off to war.Cam's favorite interview. Hockey players as golfers.EMOTD winnerSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Before we get into the news, I'd like to take a moment and recognize that, with the last episode launched, the AgCast has produced 300 episodes since its inception in September of 2020. Thank you all for continued support of this podcast.Now for the ag news for July 22, 2026, in Federal News, USDA makes money available for small and mid-sized meat processors and important information for corn and soybean growers. In State News, farmers gather for an FSA roundtable. In Federation News, the checkoff program continues for this commodity. We will also have the Commodity Column with Maggie Gaddy and Chris Prevatt takes us In The Market.Find out more about our sponsor, Alabama Ag Credit, and also about Alabama Farmers Federation.
In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we talk with water gardening enthusiast Dr. Peter Kremers about Color on the Creek's solutions for managing stormwater and algal blooms. The plant profile is on Wine Cups and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on "The Parsnip and the Peanut" from Christy Page of GreenPrints.BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/subscribeIf you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 248: Water Garden Plants with Suzanne Boomhttps://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/07/gardendc-podcast-episode-248-water.html~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 11: Lotus with Kelly Billinghttps://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2020/05/gardendc-podcast-episode-11-lotus.html~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 63: Water Gardening and Koi Pondshttps://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2021/06/gardendc-podcast-episode-63-water.html~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 228: Reducing Runoff with Rain Gardenshttps://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/02/gardendc-podcast-episode-228-reducing.htmlShow Notes will be posted after 7/28/2026.Visit the International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society at https://iwgs.org/.We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/message Note that we may use these messages on a future episode.And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite podcast platform plus share us on social media with #GardenDC, so other gardeners can find us too!Episode Credits:Host and Producer: Kathy JentzMusic: Let the Sunshine by James MulvanyRecorded on 7-18-2026.
Our panellists beg: please, Santa, do not bring us a Christmas election. Red, yellow and green traffic lights are outdated because a fourth colour might be added to intersections. There's a big innovation in menstrual products and thank god, it's not AI! Peanut allergies have fallen fast, yet the PB sandwich remains a schoolyard crime. Why no one's allowed to celebrate The Great Peanut Comeback just yet. (This episode aired November 2025)
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts, Peanut and Roman sit down with Manti Te’o for a raw, reflective, and fun conversation about football, faith, redemption, and the second act he’s building with purpose. Manti shares his unlikely story of how a kid from Hawaii — a lifelong USC fan — ended up choosing Notre Dame at the last possible moment, and how his Polynesian roots and faith shaped the man he’s become. He takes us through his NFL “welcome to the league” moment, the vets who taught him the cerebral side of the game, and why he calls his time with the New Orleans Saints “JAY‑Z years. Manti then dives into his second act: broadcasting. He credits Kyle Brandt for sharpening his voice, recalls his “welcome to broadcasting” moment covering an Eagles game, and breaks down how he learned to tell stories instead of stats. The conversation closes with Manti’s reflections on retirement, smart investments, the documentary that reshaped public perception, the Polynesian Hall of Fame, and his personal Mount Rushmore. A thoughtful, honest, and uplifting episode — exactly what Second Acts is all about. The NFL Players: Second Acts podcast is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeart Media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts, Peanut and Roman sit down with Manti Te’o for a raw, reflective, and fun conversation about football, faith, redemption, and the second act he’s building with purpose. Manti shares his unlikely story of how a kid from Hawaii — a lifelong USC fan — ended up choosing Notre Dame at the last possible moment, and how his Polynesian roots and faith shaped the man he’s become. He takes us through his NFL “welcome to the league” moment, the vets who taught him the cerebral side of the game, and why he calls his time with the New Orleans Saints “JAY‑Z years. Manti then dives into his second act: broadcasting. He credits Kyle Brandt for sharpening his voice, recalls his “welcome to broadcasting” moment covering an Eagles game, and breaks down how he learned to tell stories instead of stats. The conversation closes with Manti’s reflections on retirement, smart investments, the documentary that reshaped public perception, the Polynesian Hall of Fame, and his personal Mount Rushmore. A thoughtful, honest, and uplifting episode — exactly what Second Acts is all about. The NFL Players: Second Acts podcast is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeart Media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tiny Expeditions - A Podcast about Genetics, DNA and Inheritance
How do you quickly create peanuts that grow bigger, resist pests, and thrive even in the drought-like conditions that can occur in the southeast? The answer lies within their DNA. In this episode, we dive into the peanut genome to learn how scientists are actually creating the tailored peanut varieties we've been talking about all season. To go behind the scenes and learn more about this episode, visit “Decoding the Peanut.” If you prefer to watch your podcasts, head over to YouTube at https://youtu.be/soCOtkh118cThanks for listening! We're now on YouTube- follow us here. To receive episode updates and bonus material, subscribe to our mailing list here.
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, Peanut and Roman sit down with former Steeler Rashard Mendenhall to find out how he went from a Super Bowl-winning running back to writing and producing HBO’s Ballers. Rashard explains why he started speed training at six years old and how he knew he could make it to the NFL. He also shares his favorite NFL memories, including going up against Ray Lewis and winning a Super Bowl as a rookie. Then, Rashard reveals how an essay he wrote about retiring led to a deal with HBO to write and produce Ballers. Rashard gives a behind the scenes look at the writing process for a major TV show and explains how his life inspired the show. The NFL Players: Second Acts podcast is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeart Media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, Peanut and Roman sit down with former Steeler Rashard Mendenhall to find out how he went from a Super Bowl-winning running back to writing and producing HBO’s Ballers. Rashard explains why he started speed training at six years old and how he knew he could make it to the NFL. He also shares his favorite NFL memories, including going up against Ray Lewis and winning a Super Bowl as a rookie. Then, Rashard reveals how an essay he wrote about retiring led to a deal with HBO to write and produce Ballers. Rashard gives a behind the scenes look at the writing process for a major TV show and explains how his life inspired the show. The NFL Players: Second Acts podcast is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeart Media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
07/05/2026The Healthy Matters PodcastS06_E02 - Snack Attack! A Primer on Peanut AllergyWith Special Guest: Dr. John Sweet, MDPeanuts may be small, but for the millions of Americans that are allergic to them (and their parents) they can be a HUGE red flag, and something that can change how and what they eat for their entire lives. From mild hives to severe anaphylaxis, steering clear of "Nature's Perfect Snack" actually makes perfect sense. But who's most at risk? Can you ever grow out of it? And is a peanut even a nut? (It's not!)Peanut allergy in children has tripled since the late 1990s and for years the advice was simple: avoid peanuts entirely. But that advice, it turns out, may have been part of the problem! On our next show we'll be joined by Dr. John Sweet to talk all about the evolution in understanding around this all too common condition. We'll go over the effects on the body, how the allergy is diagnosed, available treatments and the latest thinking around how to keep those affected as safe as possible. Join us!Got healthcare questions or ideas for future shows?Email - healthymatters@hcmed.orgCall - 612-873-TALK (8255)Get a preview of upcoming shows on social media and find out more about our show at www.healthymatters.org.
We love doing a streaming movie on here where they give a cookie cutter crew the world's biggest budget and then base everything on minutes and views instead of quality. "The Electric State" is no different. Although not a space related movie, this is a perfect sci-fi movie for us to dissect with a giant cast, giant budget, and giant robots. How bad is Chris Pratt's hair for us to actually bring it up? What does Lukas think of the animation in the movie "Robots"? And who is Mr. Peanut smashing? Tune in this week to find out all this and more, but only on "The Good, The Bad, & The Movies"!P.S. Check out these links to stay connected with TGTBTMDiscord: https://discord.gg/rKuMYcKvYoutube: https://youtu.be/I9Wgt3GEW3A
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, Peanut and Roman are joined by former All-Pro Maurice Jones‑Drew for a fast, funny, and insightful conversation about the journey that shaped one of the NFL’s most unique running backs. Maurice talks about how taking ballet classes as a kid paid off for his NFL career, being part of the De La Salle High School dynasty, and the wild recruiting stories that led him to UCLA. He shares memories of Eric Bieniemy, his connection to Jackie Robinson, and how Kyle Shanahan taught him the West Coast offense through Madden. The guys revisit MJD’s “welcome to the NFL” moment, his bruising running style, and the time MJD got the “Peanut Punch” treatment. MJD breaks down the backs who inspired him, how he’s coaching his son today, and how broadcasting helped him transition into life after football. A sharp, energetic look at the mindset behind a true NFL original. The NFL Players: Second Acts podcast is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeart Media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, Peanut and Roman are joined by former All-Pro Maurice Jones‑Drew for a fast, funny, and insightful conversation about the journey that shaped one of the NFL’s most unique running backs. Maurice talks about how taking ballet classes as a kid paid off for his NFL career, being part of the De La Salle High School dynasty, and the wild recruiting stories that led him to UCLA. He shares memories of Eric Bieniemy, his connection to Jackie Robinson, and how Kyle Shanahan taught him the West Coast offense through Madden. The guys revisit MJD’s “welcome to the NFL” moment, his bruising running style, and the time MJD got the “Peanut Punch” treatment. MJD breaks down the backs who inspired him, how he’s coaching his son today, and how broadcasting helped him transition into life after football. A sharp, energetic look at the mindset behind a true NFL original. The NFL Players: Second Acts podcast is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeart Media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-THURSDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Johnny to share thoughts and conversations with Pearson Carmichael. The junior forward talks about first impressions of the Broncos' new basketball roster, which spent the past month going through summer workouts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, Matthew Kleinosky sits down with legendary coach and running personality Duane “Peanut” Harms, whose remarkable journey spans more than five decades in the sport. From discovering running almost by accident as a high school baseball player to coaching national teams, helping launch HOKA, and shaping generations of athletes, Peanut shares stories that are equal parts inspiring, hilarious, and unforgettable.Memorable Quotes“The path to success was not thinking about the immensity of the task. It was just to embark.”“The greatest honor is when kids continue to run after they leave your program.”“You coach the kids you get.”“There might be part-time pay, but there is no part-time coaching.”“I know I've impacted a lot of people positively, and hopefully they pass that along.”Key TakeawaysMentorship can completely alter the trajectory of a young person's life.Great coaching is about developing people, not simply producing results.Lifelong participation matters more than short-term success.Multi-sport experiences create stronger athletes and more well-rounded people.Running communities thrive when competition and fun coexist.Success often begins by simply taking the first step and getting started.Listen & SubscribeIf you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share the podcast with fellow runners and fans of running history.Running in the '70s with Matthew Kleinosky explores the stories, people, and culture that helped shape the running boom and continue to inspire runners today.
New Discoveries in Planetary Science and Cosmology. Guest: Bob Zimmerman. The Lucy probe's flyby of asteroid Donaldjohanson revealed a "tumbling peanut" shape, providing insights into its 155-million-year history. Additionally, observations of asymmetric radio galaxies highlight galactic movement through the intergalactic medium, while debates continue among cosmologists regarding the existence and properties of dark energy. 16
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, Peanut and Roman are joined by Super Bowl champion Mike Logan for a deep conversation about learning to open up and asking for help. Mike talks being a knucklehead in college and how his coach Garrett Ford Sr. helped him develop the discipline to make it to the NFL. Then he discusses returning home to Pittsburgh to play for the Steelers and what it was like to win a Super Bowl with the team.But the high of the Super Bowl win was clouded by Mike’s personal turmoil. Mike opens up about why he decided to seek therapy and how he learned to handle anxiety and depression. He also speaks on the close relationship he developed for teammate Troy Polamalu, who he credits with “saving his life.” Tune in for an emotional conversation about managing loss and learning to ask for help. The NFL Players: Second Acts podcast is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeart Media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, Peanut and Roman are joined by Super Bowl champion Mike Logan for a deep conversation about learning to open up and asking for help. Mike talks being a knucklehead in college and how his coach Garrett Ford Sr. helped him develop the discipline to make it to the NFL. Then he discusses returning home to Pittsburgh to play for the Steelers and what it was like to win a Super Bowl with the team.But the high of the Super Bowl win was clouded by Mike’s personal turmoil. Mike opens up about why he decided to seek therapy and how he learned to handle anxiety and depression. He also speaks on the close relationship he developed for teammate Troy Polamalu, who he credits with “saving his life.” Tune in for an emotional conversation about managing loss and learning to ask for help. The NFL Players: Second Acts podcast is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeart Media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Originally published September 11, 2021A Virginia-based peanut processing company unleashes one of the most massive and lethal food-borne contamination events in United States history. Prelude: The Jensen brothers are charged with crimes after a deadly listeria outbreak.–––-–----------------------------------------BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ Spotify Patreon Apple Podcasts –––-–----------------------------------------CONSUME: Shop.Swindled.com–––-–----------------------------------------MUSIC: Deformr–––-–----------------------------------------FOLLOW: SwindledPodcast.com Instagram TikTok Thanks for listening. :-)
Today, Josh and Nicole decide which peanut butters are peanut better than the rest. Leave us a voicemail at (833) DOG-POD1 Check out the video version of this podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@ahotdogisasandwich To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Michael Turner on how being an underdog fueled his fire, the time he busted Peanut’s lip, taking the NFL by story with the Falcons On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, Peanut and Roman are joined by former Pro Bowl running back Michael “The Burner” Turner for a conversation that’s equal parts hilarious, raw, and unexpectedly emotional. Turner opens up about his Chicago roots, the NIU days that put him on the map, and the famous moment he busted Peanut’s lip — a hit so real it became Peanut’s personal “Welcome to the NFL” moment. Roman jumps in with his own memories, including getting run over by Turner in college and the struggle of trying to tackle a back who was both big AND fast at every level. Turner reflects on feeling overlooked, being pissed on draft day, and spending years behind LaDainian Tomlinson while quietly building a chip on his shoulder the size of Soldier Field. He breaks down how he finally got his shot in Atlanta, replacing Warrick Dunn, validating himself in Week 1, and becoming one of the league’s most feared workhorse backs. The “what if” thoughts that still linger about his career Plus: Peanut and Roman relive the Saints–Falcons rivalry, the Pro Bowl “bigger pants” story, and the legendary Peanut Punch that happened right in front of Turner’s family. By the end, Turner shares why he walked away on his own terms, why he never wanted to wear another jersey, and why — despite every slight, setback, and overlooked moment — his journey was absolutely worth it. The NFL Players: Second Acts podcast is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeart Media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.