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The next decade of global dairy growth may look very different from the last one. For years, much of the world's additional milk came from pasture-based systems. New Zealand added acres. Production expanded across parts of South America, Australia and Europe. But those regions are not growing the way they once did. Today, the next unit of milk is increasingly coming from grain-fed systems. That shift could put the U.S. in the driver's seat for global dairy markets over the next 5 to 10 years. In this episode of The Milk Check, host Ted Jacoby III and the Jacoby team are joined by Scott Briggs of Bridgecape Commodities. We dive into: Why marginal milk growth is shifting from grass-fed to grain-fed systems What environmental policy and structural inefficiencies mean for European milk production Why China is shifting from building milk supply to creating higher-value dairy products Why the U.S. will need to become a more consistent exporter of butterfat Plus, beef income has helped support dairy farm margins and encouraged producers to breed more cows to beef. What happens if beef prices fall? The cows are ready. The plants are being built. What's next for U.S. dairy? Listen to The Milk Check episode 102: Who Wins the Next Decade of Milk Production? Also available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Got questions? We'd love to hear them. Submit below, and we might answer it on the show. Ask The Milk Check Intro commercial [Text not included.] Ted Jacoby III: Coming up on the Milk Check. Ted Jacoby III: You’ve got the U.S. dairy industry now in a position where even the worst-case scenario continues to be a threat for Europe or the rest of the world from a milk supply standpoint. Ted Jacoby III: Welcome to the Milk Check from T.C. Jacoby & Co., your complete guide to dairy markets, from the milking parlor to the supermarket shelf. I’m Ted Jacoby. Let’s dive in. This week, we are excited to have Scott Briggs from Bridgecape Commodities joining us. Scott lives in Australia and really understands what’s going on with dairy markets on that side of the pond. Scott, thank you so much for joining us. We’re excited to have you. Why don’t we start by having you tell everybody a little bit about yourself? Scott Briggs: Thanks very much for the intro, Ted. I’m Scott Briggs, Bridgecape Commodities, based down in Melbourne, Australia and work with a number of Asian and Oceanic consumers to try and understand global dairy markets and try and help them risk manage. Thanks very much for the opportunity to be a part of the podcast. Ted Jacoby III: Scott, thanks for joining us. We’re really excited to have you. We’re gonna have a little bit of a debate: How do U.S. dairy production costs compare to those in New Zealand, Europe, and China today? Do we think the U.S. is building a lasting competitive advantage? And what does that mean for the global dairy market over the next five years? Scott, I’ll start with you. You’re based down under. Do you think the U.S. Is developing a competitive advantage, or do you think New Zealand will continue to be in the driver’s seat? Scott Briggs: It’s a very big topic Ted, but I think the short answer is that yeah, the U.S. is really in a great position to drive global dairy markets over the next 5 to 10 years. One of the major things that’s changed probably since about 2015, we’ve been in a transition period where the marginal milk growth is not coming from a grass-fed system anymore, it’s coming from a grain-fed system. Between 2000 when a lot of global dairy markets started to deregulate and we had falling trade controls and those sorts of things, quotas in the EU eventually coming off, between 2000 and 2015, the marginal milk growth was really coming from a grass-fed system, be it New Zealand growing the number of acres that it planted or the number of acres that it farmed. Places like Uruguay or southern Brazil or Argentina growing quite strongly and other parts of Europe and Australia as well. So that was the driver of the growth, and that’s why we saw that volatility in global dairy markets driving back towards a grass-fed cost of production. But since then, those places have stopped growing and really the next unit of growth or the next liter of growth comes from grains and ultimately that does mean that the U.S. is in a great position to respond to the milk production needs of the world. At the end of the day, you’ve got the greatest exportable surplus of grains and you’ve got a fantastic platform to grow from. That’s the 10,000-foot view of why the U.S. is in the box seat. Ted Jacoby III: You mentioned that even New Zealand is starting to go towards a grain-based system. Could you tell me a little bit more about that? Scott Briggs: I would say that’s pretty incipient, Ted, but there’s certainly steps that are being taken in New Zealand that seem to mirror what Australia’s been doing for probably the last five to 10 years. You have a marginal cost of production that is grain-fed and it’s being led by the U.S. At the moment, if we looked at the margins in the U.S. for a dairy farmer, they’re pretty good given your beef situation. But if you were to remove that beef situation or that beef revenue, you’re probably at a pretty low income over feed cost. But that’s still a highly profitable milk price for a grass-fed system. And a lot of the fixed costs are already being paid off, be it the farmer’s labor the equipment on the farm all of those overheads, they’re already being paid off by a pasture fed system. So, there’s a huge marginal return for that extra liter of milk that comes out of a pasture fed system. If you look at the steps that have occurred in Australia and that are probably starting to come to New Zealand, it is a lot more shared housing in wetter areas, feed pads, dry feed pads. It's certainly not moving to the barn fed system that the States has got. More multiple calvers, if you like, to flatten out that milk curve. A lot more maize silage production, which just stores that little bit better and gives you more dry matter per acre as well. It’s these kind of marginal steps which have occurred a lot in Australia or even in some of our more grass-fed areas, and that are starting to occur in New Zealand. And some of the incentives that are being given, market-wise, in New Zealand to produce that shoulder milk or that additional milk are starting to respond with additional investment on farm. Ted Jacoby III: So, is maybe another way to put it that core pasture-based part of New Zealand dairy farming continues to be very profitable, but any marginal increase in milk production that would come from New Zealand, the cost of that marginal increase is probably the same or more likely probably less than the same marginal increase in milk production in the U.S.? Scott Briggs: Look, I would say that the marginal cost of production out of the States is pretty good. If you think that you’ve already got all the infrastructure paid for and it’s really just an additional growth there. But I think it’s more so the profit margins that sit in a pasture-fed system in New Zealand allow for that investment to try and get that little bit of extra milk as well. So, I wouldn’t say either or are better placed. It’s just that we do have a lot of low-hanging fruit in Oceania, if you like, to start moving into that kind of system. Ted Jacoby III: That makes sense. That makes sense. Mike Brown (2): One thing I think about New Zealand and why the system is the way it has been historically has been your cost of concentrates or grains hasn’t always been as competitive. You lead world price in a lot of cases, and your location makes you very competitive. Your dairymen have more room to pay some of those higher costs for that marginal production. So my question is the strong world price has a fair amount to do, obviously , with everybody’s growth, but in your case when you look at that difference in marginal cost versus that pasture based cost, are you more sensitive to that marginal change in price than maybe some other markets just simply because your feed costs are higher? Scott Briggs: Let’s have a look at world milk prices at the moment. The U.S. at $17 a counterweight, if you like, $16.50, $17 a counterweight. That’s low on your range. On the New Zealand numbers, that’s coming out at a $9.50 dollars per kilo in New Zealand dollars, which is a historically pretty high milk price. So, they do have that ability to just bring in PKE exports. One of the major sources of additional feed or additional milk growth in New Zealand is this palm kernel expeller which comes off of the palm kernel crushing. It’s kinda like soybean meal, if you like that they bring in from Indonesia and other palm kernel or palm crushing countries. Fonterra had placed limits on that for a long period of time because it was affecting the fat composition of the milk. Once they removed those limits, PKE imports went up 20% or 30% almost in one or two years. The last two seasons, New Zealand milk growth has been about 4% or 5% this year, and probably 2% or 3% the year before, so 6 or 7%. Nearly a third to a half of that has come from the additional energy that’s coming in the PKE. So it’s having a huge marginal impact on their growth, and it’s coming at a pretty low cost ’cause it’s a low-cost feed source. So, I think, Mike, going back to your question, they have that ability to grow because there’s such a lot of low-hanging fruit between that grass-fed cost of production, which is already paying for their farm, and the milk price that they’re getting paid, which is actually a marginal cost of production out of the U.S. Mike Brown (2): What kind of world fat price might change their incentive on PKE? We’re seeing a little bit of that here because it’s very expensive here, and people look at their marginal return. It isn’t, of course, near what it was when fat was $2.50. Do you think, depending where that world market settles, will that change the incentive to use PKE? ‘Cause in our case, it’s fat production is the real gain that you get compared to other alternative rations we feed. Scott Briggs: I think it’s seen more as just a bulk source of feed and source of energy- to get the cow up early in the season, Mike, and peak it as high as possible, and then to keep going on the shoulder. It’s a milk solids game rather than a tweak the fat percentage game. At $9.50 they’ll be feeding it. Mike Brown (2): Yes. Scott Briggs: $9.50 a kilo of milk solids they’ll be feeding it. Mike Brown (2): Oh, yes. Yeah. I would be feeding it here, too. Yeah. At that price for sure. Yeah. Ted Jacoby III: My thoughts immediately go to Europe. The U.S. is well-positioned for growth. New Zealand is building off a very profitable base, which insulates them and puts them in a very good position of at least maintaining their position in the global market. Where does that put Europe? Scott Briggs: Europe is an interesting situation where realistically I think that they’re gonna struggle for the main drivers of additional milk production. They seem to be struggling to add any additional land at a reasonable cost, whether it be to the feed base or to the dairy base. That’s obviously being driven by environmental policy, which is very different in Europe than it is say in the U.S. or even Latin America. So I think that they’re gonna struggle at that policy level to be able to keep driving forward. The other thing that does sit within Europe is that we’re only 10 years removed from quota coming off, and so we’re still in that process of losing milk production where we should in the more marginal areas, or from the smaller farms, or from the more marginal land, and trying to drive it into places like Germany or the Netherlands. And so whenever you’ve got a core base of pretty uneconomic sticky milk, it takes a fairly heavy price response to drive change in those farms. So down at the lowish milk prices that we’ve got globally at the moment and I say, I’m happy to debate that point. I think we’re at pretty low milk prices on the range since the end of COVID, particularly with the low feed prices. Where we are at the bottom of the price range, you’re gonna still struggle to get some of these European guys out given the subsidies that they’ve got. But that also means you’re not driving efficiency back into the system. So it feels to me like Europe’s gonna really struggle to meet the global needs and be a quick mover like the States has been. Probably the call-out on that one to me would be Russia. They’ve got probably huge settings if they wanted Russia and the Stans to really grow into dairy production. But it’s not gonna be something that’s being done for the rest of the world. I think it’s gonna be getting done for their part of the world and for China. Ted Jacoby III: Speaking of Eastern Europe, do you think Poland still has a lot of room to grow as well? Scott Briggs: I wouldn’t know the specific micro settings of Poland. It does seem like they are growing pretty well. If you look at the investments that are going into some of the Stans, eventually Ukraine and some of the other parts of the former Eastern Bloc, if you like, it does seem like there’s a lot of investment in Belarus still. It does seem like there’s a lot of investment going in there to help feed parts of the world that longer-term probably aren’t gonna be getting fed by the U.S. Ted Jacoby III: That makes sense to me. With all these different factors, what about China? China’s in a pretty interesting spot from a milk production standpoint. They really increased their milk production three or four years ago, and then more or less stabilized it. Where is their cost of production and where does China go from here? Scott Briggs: Probably the first point to make is that we’ve all learned not to bet against China on dairy production in the last four or five years on milk production in particular. That’s been an incredible rise. And I think the second thing is that lesson to me is then, don’t bet against them and what they might be able to do with the quality of the product, and the investments that they’re making in manufacturing capacity now. There’s a huge push from China to value add, particularly on the protein side, and to then try and drive that down in sales into Southeast Asia and other parts of the world. They’ve obviously got a huge domestic market, but when it comes to starting to grow into things like processed cheese or fat exports or even micellar casein exports and MPC exports, that’s where I think that their next push is gonna be, is trying to move out anything that they don’t need domestically. So it’s not just gonna be bulk whole milk powder, which has been the story of the last two or three years. The structural issue that they’ve got is that their population versus their arable land is just huge. That’s a long-term limiter, if you like, for how much you can push into exports. Ultimately, as their productivity grows and their incomes grow, they’ll be consuming more dairy themselves. The steps that we’ve seen the last four or five years were really about shoring up domestic milk capability so that they weren’t a victim of world markets, and then now they’re trying to value add that milk. They’ve learned the lesson that you don’t grow milk but not grow factories, and they’ve learned the lesson that you don’t grow demand without growing milk. The policy now is, let’s do step changes as productivity rises to drive income rises. I think that they’re gonna be putting a push on certain functional products into Asia But I don’t think that they’re necessarily in a place to be the driver of global milk production because ultimately their cost of production, going back to where you started, Ted, is higher, and it’s structurally higher because of the fact that they just don’t have enough arable land for the population that they’ve got. Ted Jacoby III: But with China doing that and really trying to expand into value add and even trying to export, I gotta believe that’s causing Fonterra and the other New Zealand exporters to really shift their export strategy. What’s happening there? Scott Briggs: When you look at Fonterra, their stated strategy is to basically be a skim protein and fat company. They have recognized that the days of whole milk powder are limited. China went through a period where they went from 500,000 tons of imports pre-COVID to 800,000, and now they’re back down to 500,000 again. They’ve really gone through that boom and during that period, Fonterra’s basically said, “We need to move out of whole milk powder and move back into being a skim and fat company.” And when I say a skim and fat company, a skim protein and fat company. And so, we have seen them push 50 to 70,000 tons more skim into Southeast Asia. But what they’re now starting to do is to value add that skim, similar to what the U.S. is doing: putting on more ultrafiltration in front of dryers, ’cause that’s the highest marginal investment that you can do. Starting to do more MPCs, starting to do more value add on the fat side, as well. There’s been some huge investments in UHT cream which are gonna be going ahead or have already gone ahead and are being launched for this year, which draws fat away from butter and AMF. Overall, their stated strategy is to be a nutrition and food service company. Nutrition: protein-heavy products. Food service: fat-heavy products. And so they’re moving away from that whole milk powder. I think that the next stage for them is to try and drive those two sorts of products into Southeast Asia. Because China itself is already quite a big market for those sorts of products and is probably screaming out for, “How do we not use WPC and WPI?” ‘Cause that’s the highest priced protein in the world right now. So how do we move away from that? I think they’re also trying to help Southeast Asia grow protein as a category. Ted Jacoby III: But based on what you said of China’s strategy, it almost sounds like it means China and New Zealand are going head-to-head in that market in Southeast Asia. Scott Briggs: Yeah. Yeah. I think- And- And look, that’s a 5 to 10-year view. We’re already seeing traditional Fonterra markets or New Zealand markets, Open Country Dairy’s obviously nearly 20% of the market down there now, as well, and are making their own steps towards value-adding fat. So that’s always one to keep in mind. We’re certainly seeing a competition of powder flows and functional product flows from China, including fat, laminated fat, pastry butter, those sorts of things, coming into Southeast Asian markets that were traditionally New Zealand-dominated markets. Diego Carvallo: Going back to China’s milk production, a lot of rumors about a disease in the northwest of China hand, foot, and mouth. Very little information. We have several customers that have asked about it. Without going down the rabbit hole, is there any update in that regards? Scott Briggs: Super important if it were to be a big story. I think that the likelihood of it being a massive story is low at the moment from what I’ve seen at least. The key thing to watch for me in China is always the spot milk price. They’ve got a fantastic not that it’s particularly visible, but they do have a huge trade of liquid milk market between different zones and between companies in specific zones. It’s a little bit like your plus/minus to the Class III. So that spot milk price to me is always the one which tells you: are they having any problems? And it does seem to me like the containment strategy was quite effective early on. Lock down the zones, stop the movement of the cattle. So yeah, it doesn’t look like it, but, it’s a bit of a black box. Diego Carvallo: So, we don’t expect a long-term impact to their production as of right now? Scott Briggs: Not at this stage, but that could change tomorrow. Ted Jacoby III: Everybody, we will be right back after these messages. Diego Carvallo: I’m Diego Carballo with T.C. Jacoby & Co.. T.C. Jacoby & Co. specializes in international dairy markets. For new customers that haven’t done business with Jacoby, I would tell them that we can provide them with many of the powders, dairy products that they consume, not only with the physical product, but we can also help them mitigate their risk. We know dairy. We know the main players. We know the main providers for the whole value chain. We are one of the strongest players in the U.S. market because we have contact all the way from the farmer moving the liquid milk all the way to the end users that buy the end products. I am Diego Carballo with T.C. Jacoby & Co., and we bring dairy to the world. Ted Jacoby III: Josh, I’m gonna put you on the spot. Is the U.S. gonna continue to increase our exports? And if so, who do we increase those exports at the expense of? How is that gonna play out? Josh White: Yes. We’re going to absolutely continue to increase our exports. The most obvious area is where there’s gonna be a need, and that’s fat, at the moment. It’s pretty well-noted that we’ve invested heavily in cheese production, boy, if those new cheese process facilities are running at the moment, they’re happy to have a co-product in whey proteins. Things are looking pretty good at the moment. As a result of that, we’re assuming that anybody who can produce cheese or process cheese is trying to process just as much as they possibly can. As a result of that, it seems pretty eminent that the U.S. will continue to have available cheese for the global consumer. Now we’ll take a look at the protein side. One of the expected results of this protein movement in the U.S., and now again, I wanna clarify this movement because I think there’s a lot of chatter about GLP-1 being the main driver, and I would almost view that as just a catalyst and a reason why the U.S. market might be leading in protein consumption. ‘Cause if you look around the world, this is a health and wellness trend that is not exclusive to the United States, not exclusive to Europe. It’s happening everywhere. We receive inquiries from all over the world, including import regions, for protein. Given the limitation on whey protein availability, one would assume that we’re gonna see quite a migration to milk proteins, and Scott did a great job of alluding to that earlier. We’re finding different ways of concentrating protein and delivering it to the consumer. The result of that, fat’s going to come along with it. I’ve listened to Gus, Mike and the team talk fairly openly about the incredible improvements in components over the past several years from the U.S. dairymen. Scott alluded to component growth in other parts of the world as well. We’re going to have surplus fat, and there’s going to be extra fat beyond what the U.S. consumer can take in, and as a result of that, we’re going to be hungry to capture market share in the global market. Now, you ask, “At whose expense?” And that’s a loaded question in some ways because I think there’s two things going on. I also think fat consumption globally is increasing, maybe not at the rate protein is and maybe not as popular right now, but if you look, ever since the early 2000s when we made this paradigm shift in the U.S. to moving away from the old food pyramid model and moving into this clean label, healthy consumable products, fat no longer was the enemy, and it seems like ever since that happened, the world has also agreed, and we’ve continued to see more clean label dairy fat being consumed per capita globally. So, two things will happen. One is the U.S., we’re in position to grow our milk production more quickly than anywhere else in the world. We have the infrastructure, currently, we have the economics to do that, and we might outpace that fat consumption growth globally. Which means then, yes, we will have to capture some market share. And from who? It, it’s either going to be Europe or Oceania, and I think that’s a seasonal thing. I don’t know that I would point to either single market as being the loser in that, other than that the dairy support and economic situation and the outlook for dairy growth in Europe seems to have more headwinds than the rest of the world. One would assume that they’re a bit more vulnerable, right now, to the U.S. capturing market share. Ted Jacoby III: Joe, what about fat? Joe Maixner: Josh summed it up pretty clearly. We’re going to have to continue to be a net exporter of fat. We’re gonna continue to add fat into our system with all of these high protein demand and these components that just continue to creep higher and higher. We’re not going to consume everything that we can supply. We will have to be a net exporter of fat moving forward until either the supply structurally shifts or we find a different way to utilize it. I agree with Josh and Scott that it’s going to be seasonal dependent on whose expense it comes at because I think that our fat market, our butter market specifically, is going the direction that cheese has gone over the past 15 years, where it becomes almost a cyclical market. We’ll be really competitive, we’ll get a lot of exports on the books, we’ll clean up our inventories, and then our pricing will spike, we will not be competitive on exports for a while, which will develop this surplus of domestic inventory and force us to depress pricing again and go back into the export markets. Josh White: We have a U.S. bias obviously, as we’re looking at the world. The one limitation to U.S. capturing fat market share is the reputation of U.S. fat being quite a bit different. Our commodity butter is an 80% salted butter. Our packaging is different. The visual appearance of our product is different. The flavor profile of our product is a bit different. Up until now, the opportunity for us to capture market share has happened largely in the processing sector as an ingredient to make something else. As of late, we’re starting to realize a little bit more of a win in, say, food service applications in developing markets and other things. From your perspective, how close is the U.S. to penetrating into the food service or retail business in import regions for butterfat? Scott Briggs: Yeah. It’s a good question. I think there’s two parts to that answer. The first is that you break down trade barriers slowly, but it happens. It’s been happening since the start of trade, right?  You know, I do think that there’s the ability to continue educating the consumer to get them comfortable with the product, the appearance of the product. I think I said that to Joe once: U.S. butter, it’s not terrible. It’s a great tagline. But I’m not a marketing guy. It will continue to gain acceptance, I think, Josh. I think the second thing to recognize is that with Fonterra, so New Zealand, trying to put so much fat into food service applications, I think for the point of educating, as you say, what does that mean in Asia and China? It’s not necessarily just butter. UHT cream is just this massive category which keeps on growing in Asia. Asia’s not this singular thing. Like they’re all sub-markets. But as a generalization, bakery is huge through a lot of Southeast Asia China itself. If you travel there, it’s cakes, it’s pastries, it’s a hell of a lot of really nice product. It’s seen as a luxury good if you like and through the supermarkets and convenience stores and everything like that. That’s a huge sector which needs a more functional application. There’s a lot of growth in there. That’s actually leaving behind ingredient markets for U.S. fat, whether that be in Australia or whether that be into Southeast Asia or the Middle East. So that is actually to me, probably the lowest hanging fruit, and it’s what you’ve already seen. So it’s not like you need to necessarily change the spec immediately to go for these applications. It can be just as easily going for what’s been left behind by New Zealand. Just one point that I’d make about whose market share is the U.S. gonna take on certain products? The European milk growth in late last year really does mask the fact that we probably still need U.S. butterfat exports to balance the world market. If you were to take the 100,000 excess tons that Europe made in the second half of last year out of the market, say that was unsustainable milk growth for a period of time, once we eat through that stock, we’ve taken a lot of the U.S. growth, if you like. We’ve absorbed a lot of that growth in what you’ve made, and we needed it. So I do think that we’re going through a process of still eating through those European stocks overall, and that glut that we had, which was driven by two years of fantastically high milk prices. But once we get through that, the global consumer is buying $5,000 butter, and they’re buying $3,000 skim. And that is a price level that’s comfortable in a lot of the world. Mideast is obviously going through a few lumps right now, so we may have some problems on demand in the next six months. But once we get through that and, hopefully the conflict there is over and they return to some kind of growth, we do get to a position where we probably need U.S. fat in the world market. Mike, you made the comment about how well the U.S. farmer is now not feeding for fat, and it does seem like some of that fat component growth at least is slowing. Do you see responsiveness to fat prices significantly, and how can that change the U.S. fat balance of being a reliable or necessary exporter? Mike Brown (2): As far as producer decisions, I’ve had some conversations, particularly with cheese plants, who are seeing some changes and talking with their producers. And some are making some adjustment to ration changing sources, and what those sources are finding is what we’re seeing in the milk supply, protein remains relatively strong and still grows. Fat has slowed down a bit, and most of it is PKE. That seems to be the change. Talking with producers, I had a good conversation, actually, last fall with a very high producing Jersey herd who said that if fat gets below about $1.70, it doesn’t really make sense for him to feed PKE anymore because he isn’t getting enough return from it. I think there’s probably some doing that. Is it broad? I think when the U.S. cows are milking so well, they’re reluctant to make a lot of ration changes that might slow things down. But we’re seeing somewhat on the margin. Will it solve the problem? No, because it’s genetics. It’s the genomics, our selection for fat. There’s so much variability in fat genetics within cattle, particularly Holsteins, that they’ve been able to make huge progress, and of course that’s permanent. So I expect that fat will continue to stay high. So, will we see some moderate fluctuations from time to time? Sure. That market will, I think, have some effect, particularly since they’ve gotten so high. Will our trend change? No. We’ll continue to improve in fat and in protein with time just because genetic selection in the U.S., particularly with sexed semen and genomics, has just gotten so intense that I don’t see that changing. The rate of gain will slow because the base population is higher versus the sires that are being used, but that will continue. We may slow down. We’re not gonna turn around and go the other way. Ted Jacoby III: Awesome. Thanks, Mike. Jacob Menge: I was gonna stir the pot a bit and almost take the other side by saying I have a degree in economics, so I succumb to liking to pretend that free trade is how everything works in the world. And it doesn’t. And I think we’re pretty clearly going down this path of almost a bifurcated world of trade relationships. And I really think it would be a mistake to ignore that moving forward, especially with Russia potentially being able to supply China in the future. We’re almost taking for granted that everyone is gonna buy from the most efficient producer in the world, and we’re really going into this kind of tumultuous geopolitical landscape that it feels like we’re probably ignoring. I don’t think that changes the fact that the U.S. is still gonna have to export. We’re producing more than we’re gonna consume. We’re not gonna let the product rot. We’re probably not gonna shut down all these nice facilities we just built. But it does make me question what price we are going to be getting when we go to export the products. What happens to the basis on those export sales? There’s a big geopolitical issue when it comes to a lot of the analysis we’ve just been doing. Scott Briggs: How much of the cake is baked? How much growth are we guaranteed to see on U.S. milk supply in the next two to three years, and cheese supply, just as a function of these investments that have already been made? How much of the world trade has already bifurcated? China’s getting it from New Zealand. Okay, that could break. I could see that breaking. I could see the Middle East possibly breaking, like you’re already seeing Iran getting certain product from Belarus or you already seen China get part of it. So there could be massive breakages in there, you’re right. The challenge is if we were to stop trading between Russia, the ‘Stans, and China, if that became one zone and we all became the other zone, like the two biggest linkages are the Middle East and New Zealand, and you probably do flood the market if you were to stop that. Who would get hurt in that scenario? It’s probably Europe. It’s Gonna be a race to the bottom to try and kill some of the highest cost milk production. Yeah, how much of the cake is baked? Ted Jacoby III: I would say it is pretty baked. But I think of it more in terms of between the current trends we’re seeing and how sticky we suspect they are from a breeding-to-beef standpoint, specifically cattle supply, beef cattle supply, and being able to continue to supply the beef market with beef, I think we’re gonna continue to see some really good returns to dairy farmers breeding to beef, which means they are going to resist and be pretty resistant even when the milk price is low to reducing the number of cows in the U.S. That’s number one. That puts in a really hard floor. In addition to that, those dairy farmers, especially the really big ones, are making really good money when you add the beef income on top of the milk income, and they’re looking to continue to expand as a result. So, in terms of the capacity that’s already added, they’re gonna fill it up. In terms of the additional capacity, which, let’s just put it this way: Over the last two to three years, we’ve had a lot of new capacity. Over the next couple of years, we will continue to have additional capacity added, but at a lower rate than what we just saw, but it’s all gonna get filled up. I don’t think we’re gonna have a problem over the next three to five years filling the capacity that we build because I think that the income situation for the dairy farmer in the U.S., it’s just in a really good spot. Even if you take, what’s our worst-case scenario from a milk revenue standpoint? Whey protein prices collapse. We produce so much milk that butter prices stay low, nonfat prices stay low, cheese prices stay low. All that means is we’re just gonna be that much more competitive in the global market, and I think our overproduction is probably gonna hurt Europe more than it’s actually gonna hurt the U.S. Josh White: I’ll just maybe add to it that, the most obvious way that the U.S. has invested is to add a lot of cheese processing capacity over the past few years, massive investments. People are well aware of it. But the aggregate of all of the incremental expansions and all of that has been really significant as well. It feels almost imminent right now that we were already investing in dairy growth before the beef on farm income reached a level that it’s at today, and it just doesn’t feel like that’s going to change any time in the near future. And as a result of that, it only maintains or accelerates that desire to make more milk. We were having conversations 24 months ago about how would we have the heifers to grow the herd? How would we do this? We found a way to grow the herd. The component growth outperformed expectations, and it’s only been more consistently profitable because the revenue stream’s been spread across more things. So we’re gonna have milk, and if we’re gonna have milk, we’re going to figure out a way to process that milk. And so far, there must have been some really good foresight to do that and build all of this cheese processing capacity to absorb it up till now, and we’ve got a little runway left to continue to fill them up. But there’s conversations at every major place about how do we extend our put-through and extend our yield by shipping more condensed skim, by processing more UF milk products, by… I can go on and on. I don’t know if it’s exactly what you were asking, but are we done in investing in our ability to process more milk? I don’t believe so. The next move had to have already been thought about and has to be under construction. We’re years out from the one after that. I think there’s plenty that are thinking about the next move. Mike Brown (2): It’s kinda like the beef has created this amazing revenue stream for dairy producers in the U.S., and our use of sexed semen and beef selection has just improved that. Same with whey proteins and plant profitability. With these very high whey protein isolate and whey protein concentrate prices, even at a 70-cent whey market, your margins on your whey proteins are very high, which gives those plants a little more room to grow. But I think the other part is: we’ve always talked about growth in cheese, the milk proteins are growing, too, and as whey protein prices get higher, manufacturers and product developers are figuring out ways to use lower-priced dairy protein alternatives, and that market’s gonna grow as well. How much milk do we have left to dry into whey? How much milk are we gonna have left to dry into powder if those markets continue to grow? We don’t think they’re done yet. We think that growth is there. Will these prices stay where they are forever? Probably not, but the demand seems to be continuing to grow. Part of it isn’t will we grow our plants, it’s also what will we be making in those plants? Are we gonna be making more focus on other protein products than just cheese? Ted Jacoby III: I think one of the most ironic things about milk production in the U.S. right now is the fact that the biggest danger, the thing that would hurt the dairy farmer the most right now, is actually not milk cost. It’s beef price. What would happen if the beef price collapses to the point where breeding the beef is no longer profitable? We’re going to double the amount of dairy heifers we start producing. You know how that plays out? That plays out by, right now the number of lactations out of a cow has gone from two to three to four, which is decreasing the rate of increase of the components in the milk because you’re turning over a smaller percentage of your herd every year. All you’re gonna do is speed that up. So maybe our milk production plateaus or even drops a little bit, but the components in the milk increase will speed up as a result. You’ve got the U.S. dairy industry now in a position where even the worst-case scenario continues to be a threat for Europe or the rest of the world from a milk supply standpoint. Mike Brown (2): We look at the percentage of milk in the U.S. that is now produced by these extremely efficient, very well-managed, very well-leveraged herds, and so our susceptibility is less. It’s kinda like we’re going through a heat wave right now, Scott, and everybody says, “What’s that gonna do to milk?” A whole lot less than it used to because of the controlled environments of our modern barns. We’ve done a lot and kinda like I think in a lot of industries, we’ve had some good profitability, people have made investments for the long term. And when you make big investments for the long term, you don’t usually turn around. You’re committed to being in the business. I think the biggest thing for us, in my mind, is for years we’ve been looking at the whey and dry milk markets, exports are a huge part of those sales. Cheese is growing, and we’ve reached a point with cheese where those export sales are becoming more and more important, and so how do we sustain them over time? What do we need to do? I think a good example, Joe’s been working a lot with our opportunities in butter over the last few years and working with folks that we work with and what do I need to make to take best advantage of those export markets? We’ll continue to do that as well. We’re just thinking a lot more world demand than just, “I need to make a 40-pound block of cheddar and who will buy it?” We’re trying to think a little harder than that now. Scott Briggs: Mike, you touched on if we’d had the milk production growth that we’ve had in the last two years 10 years ago, we would’ve wiped out certain pieces of milk production around the world. The market would not have absorbed that level of additional product. Now, we certainly had a period in October, November, December last year, where things got uneconomic in certain part of the world, and we didn’t last. Because ultimately, the demand shone through and, having listened to the podcast, protein demand and that protein story is a huge part of that in the States. That, to me, is a trend that’s really only beginning around a lot of the other parts of the world. It can go underestimated from your side of the world. You guys are the vanguard in that. You’re the leaders in it. You’ve got the category. China’s got a great category in this area and is making some huge investments in it. But, we’ve just seen here in Australia and in Southeast Asia some massive investments from European companies into cottage cheese, into ready-to-drink categories with the principal idea of exporting them to Asia. And, that growth model into developing markets is always put a high price product in there that’s branded from a developed market, and then grow the category with the local champion. You get an imported product, it looks sexy and it looks great, and it’s like a luxury product, and then you grow the category by producing a lower price point product to try and then get the local population really going for it. And so that’s just started. The other thing that’s really hot in different parts of Asia is, funnily enough, processed cheese for food service. It’s a really quickly growing category. It’s a category that gets a lot of interest. We’ve spent a lot of time on the point of does the U.S. have a competitive advantage for supply, in this kind of changing world. I think one of the biggest pieces of competitive advantage that the States has is its ability to grow an export pathway. It’s a mindset; it’s a trade infrastructure, as well, with government relations and everything like that allows you to grow into world markets in a way that probably a lot of other places don’t have. If we’ve got a growing demand, and I made this point before, we might see a few lumps here, mainly because of the Middle East, right? The Middle East looks a little bit overbought, looks a little bit quiet. Southeast Asia’s having a few little hiccups with changes in Indonesia and some of their currency devaluation, like these sort of short-term issues. But longer term, it’s very comfortable for a Southeast Asian consumer buying $2,800 to $3,200 skim and $5,000 butter. These are price points that work now, which never worked before, that’s the growth price point now. I do think that we’re going to have a situation where the world market is gonna be the next engine for some of the growth in protein demand and fat demand as well. Tristan Suellentrop: Scott, being based in Australia, I’d be interested to hear your perspective on the potential super El Niño that was confirmed this week. How does that factor into your outlook for dairy production in Oceania over the next year or two? And how concerned should producers in Australia and New Zealand be if it develops as forecasted? Scott Briggs: So it’s a very detailed topic. The El Niño indicator that everybody looks at is the Southern Oscillation Index, which is screaming El Niño at the moment. The reality is that what impacts Australia and New Zealand is not just the El Niño. It can be a major impact, but we’ve also had years where it has had no impact, and probably even at a similar level of El Niño indicator. And the reason for that is the El Niño obviously talks about what’s happening out in between South America and Asia, so that pressure, but our weather system, particularly in our dairy regions, is just as impacted by how much moisture is exiting Antarctica and moving north, into the southern parts of Australia, which are our heavy dairy regions, and also into New Zealand. The other weather system that impacts our dairy production during spring and our moisture levels is how much tropical cyclone activity is actually exiting the Pacific Islands and moving down into the North Island of New Zealand, which really doesn’t have a lot to do with El Niño either. The key point is that, right now El Niño, yeah, it’s a real phenomenon, but it’s not the only thing that’s gonna impact Oceania. when you look back at the history, which we have, some years it’s a really important thing, and other years you can have a fantastic spring in what seems to be an El Niño year. The other point that I’d make is that we have fantastic moisture right now. We’re getting huge rainfalls through Australia particularly, but also in New Zealand, which are really recharging things over winter. Economics would also mean that we’ve all got a fair bit of silage buffered away from the last 12 months of good weather. So I don’t think, at this stage, we’re seeing anything that’s like a huge impact on Oceanic dairy, but it’s very early. The thing that we’re all gonna need to watch out for is how much does it rain, particularly in New Zealand in December. New Zealand in December, January, that’s really when we have to start looking at what might happen. Ted Jacoby III: Cool. All right. Scott, this was a fantastic discussion. Thank you so much for joining us. Really appreciate your insight and your expertise in what’s going on the other side of the pond. Thank you.  Thank you. Lockhart, thank you very much. Cheers, guys. Next time on The Milk Check. Will Loux: The U.S. exports as we go forward here over the next few years is at a crossroad. Do we swing back to balancing to milk fat, which would mean we’re probably short of protein? Or do we start balancing to protein, which means we’re gonna need to find homes for a heck of a lot more cheese and butter. Ted Jacoby III: Join us and our special guest, Will Loux from the U.S. Dairy Export Council as we discuss the future of U.S. dairy exports. Ending commercial: The best part of my job is working directly with cheesemakers and helping their businesses run better because they make wonderful, great products. Anything we can do to make them more successful not only helps them, but helps Jacoby. We look at how milk flows through their plant, what their real cost of products are, so when they’re making marketing decisions, making new investments, particularly on whey processing, they have a benchmark to use to determine what opportunities they have and what the returns would be. Whey has become so valuable with these high-protein markets. There’s added value that they can get by just condensing it, and maybe moving further down the supply chain in the longer term, making products themselves. My role is to help them cost that so they have a better understanding of what the opportunities can be. Longer term, we expect the whey protein market to remain very valuable. For one part of the supply chain to be successful, everyone has to be, and part of my role is trying to help people be as competitive as they can possibly be. My superpower is practical application of data and analysis. I believe firmly that Jacoby’s success is because we help our suppliers and our buyers be successful. I’m Mike Brown, and I love working for T.C. Jacoby & Co. because I get to help people make their businesses more successful.

He did his best from beyond the field, but the days of Jack Newnes' haunting Freo are done! Time to Restump Podcast the little too close for comfort Carlton clash.Luke Jackson and Shai Bolton went on a ghost busting rampage, ensuring the hint of haunting from the previously problematic Jack Newnes was extinguished. Two finer games from the pair may never have been seen previously.It's difficult what to really make of the Saturday night result. The four points were secured which is obviously the main goal but to be 40 points up in the final quarter and win by 14 against a broken team that was minus 121 points in final quarters this year, is a little unnerving.Was it simply that 'cue in the rack complacency' crept in or something more sinister, sinister beyond the supernatural Newnes nudging?It felt like we kept Carlton just at arm's length for the first three quarters before turning up the heat and stunning them with an absurd period of purple dominance at the start of the fourth. It was a 40 point margin over the Blues in a blink of a Bolton eye as we banished the battle from being in the balance.However, with 7 minutes left on the clock Carlton repaid the punishment of sorts. They scored 6 times in those 7 minutes kicking 5 goals 1 to reduce the final margin to a tick over 2 goals. Were we under siege, unable to undermine the assault? Or had we timed our prevalent purple patch earlier in the period with precision?If it was the latter, it is probably not a practise we should get too familiar with because, while we appear in final four form, a fellow final four outfit may not allow us to finesse so freely! Football is rarely perfect though and the unpredictability is part of the presentation. We know all too well that inexplicable performances occur. So, when a period of perplexity plays out, it's more palatable when you still procure the 4 point prize.We're enjoying the best start to a season since 2022. We've only been six and one after seven games twice, once in 2010 and the aforementioned 2022. We're in good nick, we've pretty much done everything we could have and we've set out season up perfectly.So, why does it feel like we need a proper test? Why does it feel we need to touch the fire to see if we can handle the burn? Is it because 5 of our 7 games so far have been against current bottom 8 teams?You can only beat the opponent in front of you but maybe there's cause to gently lean on the hype brakes. A hapless Eagles two weeks back, a broken and known second half deficient Carlton on the weekend got within a couple of goals of us and we have a shell of a Bulldogs team this week. All you can do is win but do we need to reserve some judgement until we face the likes of Brisbane, Hawthorn or Sydney? They're questions we all don't want to ask or be asked, but they need asking. Thankfully, everyone has an opinion and it's all momentarily subjective. Consequently, there are currently no wrong answers. So, pick up your proton pack and PKE metre, pile in, pitch in and partake in the process of probing the preceding potentially paranormal purple performance on the pod. Send us Fan MailSupport the show

In this episode of Growing Our Future, host Katie Rodwell speaks with Maury Leyland Penno, co-founder of Leaft Foods. Maury explains how Leaft Foods extracts the enzyme rubisco from lucerne to produce a highly functional, nutritionally rich plant-based protein—one that also contributes to solving environmental challenges. She shares insights into the science, the market potential, and why diversification matters for the future of New Zealand agriculture. Like what you've heard? Follow our podcast for more great content.Show Notes:What if New Zealand farmers could help feed the world with a protein source that is both sustainable and profitable? Turning Lucerne into a High-Value Crop Leaft Foods has developed technology to extract Rubisco protein - the most abundant protein on earth - from lucerne. For farmers, this means an alternative arable crop with reliable cash flow, nitrogen-fixing benefits, and efficiency in water use. Maury highlights how the system also produces valuable co-products, such as protein-optimised silage that supports milk production while reducing nitrous emissions, and a lucerne-based concentrate that can displace imported feeds like molasses and PKE.Opportunities for FarmersArable farmers, in particular, are showing strong interest in lucerne as part of their crop rotations. With its environmental benefits and proven adaptability, lucerne fits naturally into existing farm systems while offering new revenue streams. Maury notes that the farmer partnerships they've built so far have been crucial in refining crop quality and ensuring Leaft's system integrates seamlessly into New Zealand farming.Meeting Global Protein DemandLeaft's first consumer product, ‘Leaft Blade', is a concentrated protein drink aimed at high-performance athletes. With digestibility superior to whey and a rapid uptake, it provides athletes with an edge during training and competition. Beyond sports nutrition, the company is also developing a protein isolate for food manufacturers, with applications in baking and plant-based milks. Its ability to replace egg protein and improve plant milk nutrition positions it strongly in global markets.Scaling Up for Impact Commercialising such a breakthrough is not without challenges, but Maury and her team bring deep expertise in scaling food manufacturing. Their facilities are built with industrial-grade equipment designed for growth, and they are already exporting to the US with FDA approval. With carbon emissions 97% lower than global whey benchmarks and a zero-waste production system, Leaft Foods is proving that protein innovation can be both commercially viable and environmentally sound.A Message of Optimism Maury stresses that diversification is essential for the future of New Zealand farming. She encourages farmers to remain optimistic and open to opportunities, reminding listeners that the sector has the skills and creativity to move beyond traditional models and succeed in new, sustainable markets.Key Takeaway: Leaft Foods is showing how New Zealand farmers can diversify, reduce emissions, and tap into global demand for sustainable protein. By embracing innovation and new market opportunities, farmers can help shape a future where profitability and environmental responsibility go hand in hand.

Avsnitt 285. Som alltid när det går dåligt i ett företag och det rensas i leden heter det att inget särskilt har hänt, det är affärer som vanligt, och personer som försvinner vill söka sig till nya jaktmarker. Ingen säger att det går för dåligt, ägarna kräver rättning och förändring, och någon måste bära hundhuvudet. Som nu med Adlibris. Så då pratar vi om det. Saga Egmont visar framfötterna och landar ett samarbete med Astrid Lindgren AB som ingen såg komma och gör ett antal titlar med Pippi och Emil i ett multidramaformat i Sverige, Nederländerna, Frankrike och Italien. En oerhört dyr satsning som kanske aldrig kommer att gå med vinst. Nu lanseras böckerna i Sverige med ett exklusivt samarbete med Nextory. Vi ger er bakgrunden och förklarar också varför Saga Egmont och inte Rabén, ALAB:s huvudförlag, står bakom denna satsning. Det tog tid men när Wapi väl byter namn så hamnar de helt rätt, om ni frågar oss. Hedengrens har länge varit bokhandeln med stort B för de intellektuella, ändå lyckas de inte hitta någon lönsamhet. Nu ger de sig återigen ut på tiggarstråt. Vi funderar över om felet trots allt inte ligger hos dem själva. Danmarks regering tar bort bokmomsen, 25 procent, helt i syfte att komma åt den minskande läsningen bland befolkningen. Sverige var där för drygt 20 år sedan. Det fungerade bra några år men därefter krävdes helt andra åtgärder. Kanske något för Danmark fundera över? De första omgången PKE-pengarna (Privatkopieringsersättningen) har nu betalats ut till författare och översättare. Det blev kanske en besvikelse för somliga men snart kommer nästa utdelning, den stora potten. Bonniers samlar sin fackboksutgivning från fyra olika förlag/imprint under en hatt – Bazar, Max Ström, Semic, Forum och Bonnierfakta – en stor hatt, där alla förlagen får plats. Hur menar vi? Lyssna så förstår ni.   Vi vet! Vi råkar säga Fokus i stället för Forum vid ett tillfälle. Vi kan leva med det. Kan ni?   00 47         Adlibris möblerar om 05 23         Saga Egmont och Pippi, en lyckad combo 10 07         Wapi byter namn och hittar hem 13 23         Hedengrens på tiggarstråt, igen 19 30         Danmark slopar bokmomsen 23 12         Privatkopieringsersättningen betalas ut 26 03         Bonniers fackboksutgivning samlas ihop

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Somehow most of the crew have never seen the film Ghost before and because of that their PKE meters (Podcaster’s Knowledge & Expectations) are all askew with readings of ‘corny romance’ and ‘silly 80’s nonsense’. Little do they know, they’ve discovered a bona fide classic. So come and listen to their discussion about: constant death … Continue reading "446: Ghost [1990] Movie Discussion"

Episode 278: The Wingull Episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Pokemon Day is February 27! In honor of that, there will be a Pokemon Presents! Get up early! There will be a lot of events, including getting a Flying Tera Type Eevee with a Classic Ribbon for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Through Feb 27th, GameStop and Best Buy. Plus, get a Sylveon promo card for the TCG! Miz Sylver recommends stopping by Comicazi in Somerville to get your card... In Pokémon GO, many GameStop gyms have changed to Pokémon Day Symbols (Pikachu on Pokéball background)! This weekend is Pokémon GO Tour: Unova – LA and Taipei! Next weekend, March 1 and 2, is the Global Tour! Next season's big dates have been announced, starting with March 2025 Community Day: Fuecoco on Saturday, March 8, and March 2025 Community Day Classic: Totodile on Saturday, March 22! This next news is even further in the future, but Pokemon GO is collaborating with the MLB at selected future games. Routes, merch, and more! Shiny Keldeo and Shiny Meltan are new rewards in Pokémon HOME for completing Pokedexes! Pokémon Shopping - Preorder the SIXTY THREE INCH GARDEVOIR (that is life size)! Another item that caught our eye are the new puzzles. Grass types and Ditto 1000 piece puzzles, and more approachable 100 piece cuties like Substitutes and Underwater Friends! If you use MyNintendo, the Gold Rewards program will be discontinued soon. Use your points! Final Fantasy x Magic crossover cards are being released June 13th. These things are cool! Miz Sylver is the cohost of a new game show, Couch Quests! The first episode is out now, please give it a watch! You can also see Miz Sylver in person at Emerald City Comic Con! She's cohosting a Super Smash Bros Meetup Saturday March 8th 11 am - 11:45 am. There's some awesome Pokemon things too, a Pokémon Meetup and a Panel on the Science of Pokemon. Finally, we have our fingers crossed for the new Free Play Arcade Bar (opening in Taunton sometime in March). Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Email, comment on the blog, or post on our Facebook to let us know!

Legalny newsletter to nie tylko RODO. Od 10.11.2024 r. obowiązuje w Polsce nowa ustawa Prawo komunikacji elektronicznej (PKE), która ujednoliciła zasady dotyczące zgody marketingowej. Czy PKE wprowadza rewolucję? Absolutnie nie. Podstawowa zasada pozostaje bez zmian - na przesyłanie informacji handlowych trzeba mieć zgodę. Dlatego legalny newsletter nadal wymaga zaprojektowania odpowiedniego procesu odbierania takiej zgody. W tym wideo opowiadam o tym, w jaki sposób wysyłać newsletter zgodnie z prawem, uwzględniając nie tylko RODO, ale również, a może nawet przede wszystkim - wymogi dotyczące zgody marketingowej z PKE. Wersja tekstowa poradnika ➡️ https://prakreacja.pl/newsletter-rodo/ Spis treści 00:00 Wstęp 00:13 Newsletter i marketing to nie tylko RODO 01:00 Prawo komunikacji elektronicznej i zgoda na newsletter 02:10 Jak odebrać zgodę newsletterową? 03:09 Newsletter to nie tylko RODO, ale... 07:00 Kary za nielegalny newsletter 08:09 Podsumowanie #rodo #gdpr #newsletter #marketing #prawo #ecommerce

00:00 - The most appearances on the Podcast goes to.... Harvy Mander01:40 - The Sikh Education Council (SEC) & trying to educate others on the Punjabi language03:59 - Is the SEC in place to stop the Punjabi language from going extinct?06:54 - What should you expect at an SEC event?08:42 - How do you run an event about Punjabi, for poor/non-Punjabi speakers?12:46 - What do I get from attending a Punjabi conference?15:18 - Sidhu Moosewala helped younger people speak more Punjabi through music17:10 - Overcoming the levels of basic Punjabi to advanced Punjabi20:50 - Why do we fixate on Punjabi language "dying out", when it isn't?23:25 - Nobody owns a language!27:24 - Is there a split in the amount of Punjabi being spoken in the east/west of Punjab?30:33 - Is India cleansing Punjabi from the state of Punjab?35:12 - How do universities hold the power for the Punjabi language growing/evolving in academia?41:04 - What is the disconnect with Punjabi growing outside of India, but shrinking within?43:52 - Ways that you can re-learn Punjabi properly in the UK today!51:18 - Are those who can speak Punjabi well arrogant to others who can't?55:19 - What is going to happen with Punjabi language & Sikhs In India?01:01:24 - Changing the meaning and use of certain terms - such as a "PKE"01:06:30 - The polarisation of political discourse is at an all-time high Register for their event on the 27th & 28th July in Leicester below:https://panjabi.uk/conf-2024/ Follow The Sikh Education Council: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SikhEducationCouncil/Insta - https://www.instagram.com/thesikhway/Twitter - https://x.com/thesikhway/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/sikh-education-council/ Follow Us On: Tik Tok - https://bit.ly/indy-and-dr-tik-tokInstagram - http://bit.ly/indy-and-dr-instaFacebook - http://bit.ly/indy-and-dr-facebookSpotify - http://bit.ly/indy-and-dr Also available at all podcasting outlets. #punjabilanguage #punjabiculture #punjab

When your movie needs to appeal to weird nerds, who ya gonna call? Bill Murray! He ain't afraid of no paycheck. Yes, the time has come: Danny and Kevin dedicate an entire episode to the goddamn Ghostbusters. Why have two comedy films from the 1980s, one kind of perfect and one perfectly ok, transmogrified into an unwieldy mishmashed rehash of nostalgia and nonsense? Who are these latest Spielbergian legacyquels for? Why can't we let the dead rest? And we're not just talkin' about Harold Ramis, folks! Listen and find out the answer to all this and more.Follow us on Instagram, email us at coffeeanddeathsticks@gmail.com, listen for our murmurings on your PKE meters. 

It's a brand new season, a brand new fandom, and a brand new way to measure horniness (PKE has a whole new meaning now!). Join the nut and ghostbusting shenanigans as a demonic entity threatens to destroy a book store and an ancient, rockhard relic is found. Bonus: spooge/splooge throwers.Get wet and wild with us in our free, private FB group—The Fanny Pack—OR—if you're extra horny and want more steamy content, join our Patreon.

WHO YA GONNA CALL? By popular demand, the Mutagen Men strap on their proton packs to bust all the Dracula Monsters, Eye-Poppin' Ghosts, and Stay-Puft Marshmallow Men in New York City. Kenner's The Real Ghostbusters was one of the most beloved licensed toylines of the 1980s, featuring both a range of fantastic action figures, ghosts, and vehicles, as well as role-play items like proton packs and PKE meters. So pour yourself a tall class of Ecto Cooler and join us!  Follow along at the Ghostbusters wiki: https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/Kenner_The_Real_Ghostbusters_Toy_Line 

Fasten your proton packs and prepared to be slimed as Cory and Nick dissect the underappreciated sequel, "Ghostbusters II." On this minisode, in anticipation(?) of Ghostbusters: Frozen Kingdom, we peel back the curtain on the fall from grace of our beloved specter-hunters, reflecting the actors' own real-life arcs as Cory states his case to Nick of why this sequel is superior to the 1984 original (which Nick disagrees with). With sharp insights and a few laughs, we reveal how the sequel's narrative cleverly dances with the decade's cultural heartbeat, connecting dots that only a true fan—or a keen new viewer—could spot.End your ghost-hunting expedition with a debate that has echoed through the ages: Can the sequel's soundtrack possibly outshine Ray Parker Jr.'s iconic anthem? As we weigh the cultural clout and chart-topping triumphs of both tunes, we also consider the underappreciated depths of "Ghostbusters II." We salute Bill Murray's enigmatic approach to life that bleeds into every role, from zany paranormal investigator to the reflective characters he portrays in later films. With spirits high and PKE meters off the charts, we close the trap on an episode that's as much about the phenomenon of Ghostbusters as it is a toast to Murray's indelible mark on the silver screen.Thanks for listening; If you feel like supporting us, this is where you do that!BuyMeACoffee Check out or other content/socials here. LinktreeHosts:Cory Williams (@thelionfire)Nick Growall (@nickgrowall)Co-Hosts (Season 5):Aly Dale (@alydale55)Ash Hurry (@filmexplorationah)Cass Elliott (@take5cass) Voice of the Time Machine:Kristi Rothrock (@letzshake)Editing by:Nick GrowallFeatured Music:"Quantum Recast Theme" - Cory Williams"Revival" - Daniele Musto"Pukka" - Bellodrone"Kings and Queens" - Wicked Cinema"Kiss the Cat" - Al Town"Birdcage" - Al Town"Passenger" - Abloom*Music and licenses through Soundstripe

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Palm kernel expeller, or PKE, is imported here from Indonesia and Malaysia to be used as supplementary feed on dairy farms. The use of P-K-E has come under scrutiny in recent years due to its links to deforestation by the palm oil industry - prompting companies like state-owned farming business Pāmu, formerly Landcorp, stopping using it entirely, in 2017. Monique Steele has the rural news.  

What's up, dudes? It's Christmas Podcast Day 2023! This year the Christmas Podcast Network is covering adaptations of “A Christmas Carol!” I've got Santa Ambassador Matt Spaulding from  North Pole Radio with me to talk about “The Real Ghostbusters” season 1 episode ‘Xmas Marks the Spot!'The Ghostbusters are driving back from a bust when they inadvertently enter a rift in the space-time continuum. This time slip transports them back to London in 1837. They pick up massive readings in the PKE meter and follow them to their he house of Ebenezer Scrooge. Seeing ghosts, the boys take action and bust the spectral figures, not really they trapped the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Scrooge is initially grateful, but quickly becomes flabbergasted when they demand payment.When the ghostbusters return to the future, people are cruel and selfish, and it seems that Christmas has been eradicated. It turns out that Scrooge was so furious over having to pay for their services, that he wrote a book denigrating the holiday. The ghostbusters have no choice but to launch a counter operation on two fronts: Egon will go into the containment unit to retrieve the benevolent spirits, and Peter, Winston, and Ray will go back to the past and pretend to be the ghosts in order to scare Scrooge straight. Spoiler alert! They succeed.Christmas carols? Check. Ebenezer Scrooge? Yep. Blonde wigs and pink tutus? Well…only if for pretending to be a ghost. So grab your proton pack, pick up your PKE meter, and hop in Ecto-1 to get to this episode all about “The Real Ghostbusters” ‘Xmas Marks the Spot!'Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Totally Rad Christmas Mall & Arcade, Teepublic.com, or TotallyRadChristmas.com! Later, dudes!

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OBEY! MARRY AND REPRODUCE! LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEXTLANDER WATCHCAST! And be extra sure to listen to this week's episode, wherein Alex and Vinny introduce Brad to the capitalist nightmare world of They Live! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.(00:01:11) - Intro.(00:01:51) - Brad is VERY anxious to talk about this week's movie: They Live!(00:05:39) - Time to get into some of the history of They Live, and the short story it's based on.(00:08:57) - On the subject of "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.(00:15:26) - Some last production and casting notes.(00:17:32) - The movie's long wind-up (and terrific intro music).(00:23:42) - Something funny is going on in this church.(00:26:59) - And here come the pigs!(00:29:08) - The discovery of the glasses.(00:37:03) - Time for Nada to do the only sensible thing: just start gunning aliens down in broad daylight.(00:40:07) - Break! (00:40:25) - We're back! Meet Holly. She's weird.(00:48:04) - The mother of all fight scenes.(00:56:02) - Viva la revolución!(01:00:04) - Hogan's Alley-ass gunfight.(01:02:42) - Guards with PKE meters, and the Human! Power! Elite!(01:09:04) - Time for the big TV studio showdown.(01:15:55) - "Gloria, you look like @%$&!"(01:17:47) - Thoughts on the alien designs. (01:18:53) - Final thoughts and feelings on the majesty of They Live, and the possibility of remaking it.(01:26:13) - Outro.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If the deluge of paranormal shows tells us one thing, it is that America has a serious ghost problem.  They don't just live in abandoned psychiatric hospitals or old mansions, they can be anywhere, which is why you have to be prepared.  Enter The Ghostbusters.  With their PKE meters and electromagnetic traps, they set the […]

If the deluge of paranormal shows tells us one thing, it is that America has a serious ghost problem.  They don't just live in abandoned psychiatric hospitals or old mansions, they can be anywhere, which is why you have to be prepared.  Enter The Ghostbusters.  With their PKE meters and electromagnetic traps, they set the […]

In this Special Edition, Matt is joined by Mary van Andel, MPI's Chief Veterinary Officer. They discuss how the FMD outbreak in Bali has changed the risk to NZ, and how MPI are responding. They cover vet-specific topics like what happens when you call the 0800 80 99 66 exotic disease hotline, how a response to an incursion would play out, and what to tell farmers about questions on vaccination and PKE.  Click the links for more information on Surveillance for Veterinary Professionals and an FMD factsheet.

Sponsored: PKE, or palm kernel expeller, is a by-product of the palm oil industry. It is predominantly exported out of Indonesia and Malaysia, who are its two biggest producers. Here in New Zealand, PKE has historically been a good cheap feed that fills feed gaps for farmers. Despite its popularity, PKE has also been associated with the destruction of rainforests and a reduction in biodiversity, so many farmers are now actively looking at alternative products. Pioneer Seeds’ Wade Bell and Ian Williams spoke to Rural Exchange’s Hamish McKay and Dominic George about what a future without PKE may look like for Kiwi farmers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sponsored: PKE, or palm kernel expeller, is a by-product of the palm oil industry. It is predominantly exported out of Indonesia and Malaysia, who are its two biggest producers. Here in New Zealand, PKE has historically been a good cheap feed that fills feed gaps for farmers. Despite its popularity, PKE has also been associated with the destruction of rainforests and a reduction in biodiversity, so many farmers are now actively looking at alternative products. Pioneer Seeds' Wade Bell and Ian Williams spoke to Rural Exchange's Hamish McKay and Dominic George about what a future without PKE may look like for Kiwi farmers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike. Frank & Mr D have been waiting to dust off their PKE meters & proton packs and discuss the long awaited sequel: Ghostbusters Afterlife! Tweet @mitchoychats to let us know what you thought of this episode, Follow our escapades on Instagram and find more right here at MitchoyChats.com!

Grab your Tobin's Spirit Guide, your PKE meter, and join our shopkeeper on a ghost battling adventure with the new film Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Inspect the story, the characters, and the themes, as well as what what worked and didn't work with this film. We'll also channel the past, present, and future of this film franchise. WARNING: SPOILERS!Visit Odds Bodkins Curiosity Shoppe on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/OddsBodkinsCuriosityShoppeTheme music 'Middle Earth' provided by https://audionautix.com/

It's time to bust some ghosts this week with some new and familiar faces in the form of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Journey with us as we discuss everything from the new characters to the old references to past films in this franchise. Is this a worthy continuation or should this film remain in the ghost trap? Our Flight is to pick a franchise that could have a nostalgic reboot made. We wrap up with a Nightcap discussing our sequel idea for the continuation of this series. So pour a stiff drink, grab your PKE meter, and get ready to cross the streams. Cheers! Click Here for Rye Smile Films Merchandise. Please rate, review, and subscribe on all your favorite podcast apps.

Dr DUNCAN WEBB to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government's statements and actions? NAISI CHEN to the Minister of Research, Science and Innovation: How is the Government backing high pay-off, innovative research projects, including those that support the fight against COVID-19 and climate change? DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government's statements and policies? Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Health: Does he stand by his September statement, “The reality is we have available at the moment roughly 325 ICU or ICU capable beds”; if so, how does he reconcile that answer with his response to written question No. 50686 that “there are 284 resourced ICU/high dependency unit beds”? VANUSHI WALTERS to the Minister for COVID-19 Response: What recent announcements have been made on New Zealand's COVID-19 vaccine immunisation programme? ANDREW BAYLY to the Minister of Finance: Have wages kept up with inflation in New Zealand over the last 12 months; if not, does this mean New Zealand households are worse off than they were 12 months ago? GINNY ANDERSEN to the Minister of Police: What recent reports has she seen regarding Police's efforts to disrupt organised crime? CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister for COVID-19 Response: On what date did the Ministry of Health sign a contract with MATTR to develop a vaccination pass for domestic use, and is he satisfied with progress in the development of a domestic vaccine pass? WILLOW-JEAN PRIME to the Minister for Economic and Regional Development: What announcements has he made regarding climate standards for new Government buildings? NICOLA WILLIS to the Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing): Does she expect Kāinga Ora to evict public housing tenants where their ongoing anti-social behaviour is threatening the wellbeing of others, or does she agree with the decision of Kāinga Ora to not evict a tenant living in public housing in Whāngarei, despite the tenant reportedly subjecting their elderly neighbours to a “prolonged campaign of intimidation and fear”? TEANAU TUIONO to the Minister of Agriculture: Does he stand by his statement that, relating to PKE, “the New Zealand Government would not support importation that has led to illegal activity in foreign nations”; if so, why?

GLEN BENNETT to the Minister of Research, Science and Innovation: What action is the Government taking to modernise New Zealand's research, science, and innovation system? ANDREW BAYLY to the Minister of Finance: What advice, if any, has he received on the number of business closures and workers laid off as a result of the current lockdown? TEANAU TUIONO to the Minister of Agriculture: What actions, if any, is he taking to address the possible environmental impact of imported PKE used as supplementary feed in Aotearoa? SARAH PALLETT to the Minister for COVID-19 Response: What recent announcements has he made regarding the managed isolation and quarantine system? CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister for COVID-19 Response: Does he stand by all of the Government's statements and actions in relation to the response to COVID-19? JO LUXTON to the Minister of Health: What announcements has he made about improvements at Timaru Hospital? BROOKE VAN VELDEN to the Minister for COVID-19 Response: Does he stand by his statement that “It's going to reach the stage where cases in the community will present a bigger risk to us than cases coming across the border, who are effectively in the position of ending up being close contacts rather than actual cases”? TĀMATI COFFEY to the Minister of Local Government: What alternative models, if any, did officials consider, and why were they not accepted as possible solutions, to address the level of underinvestment in Three Waters infrastructure? NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of Local Government: What is her response to the many criticisms of her announcement that the Three Waters reforms will be mandated, amalgamating council water assets into four new water entities? RACHEL BROOKING to the Minister for Emergency Management: What reports has she seen on the New Zealand ShakeOut national earthquake drill and tsunami hikoi? MATT DOOCEY to the Minister of Health: Is he satisfied that spending $486 million to restructure the health system is better value for money than using it to respond to frontline health workers' concerns that there is insufficient capacity in public hospitals to manage COVID-19?

This week the fellas are joined by author Marc Hartzman to talk about his new book Chasing Ghosts. Marc, known as "one of America's leading connoisseurs of the bizarre", talks all things ghosts, world of the weird, and Wheel of Fortune. So, grab your PKE meter and strap-in for a good one. Plus, C-Bot tries to invest in cat assassinations (it's as dumb as it sounds), Kyle tells us about his favorite new show - Beavis and Butthead (he's as dumb as he sounds), and the fellas talk Pat Sajak (he's an American Treasure!) All of that and more on the podcast that's learned ghosts stop chasing you when you start chasing them - Hysteria 51. Book Chasing Ghosts: A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural | Marc Hartzman Follow Marc https://www.marchartzman.com/ https://www.marchartzmanbooks.com/ https://www.weirdhistorian.com/ Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dapper J and Bobby G coming off Labor Day weekend with a jam packed episode. They discuss Fantasy Football rosters, week 1 expectations and talk about Damian Lillard's wedding. The duo segue to music as Dap & Bobby react to Drake's new album Certified Lover Boy.To end the podcast, Dap & Bobby the tragic passing of Michael K. Willaims.Stay safe out there, thanks for rocking with us, press play, tweet Dap and Bobby your review and tell a friend to do the same.Donate to Bobby's gofundme: gofund.me/7fde6983As an avid listener, here is the merch link for our roman numeral merch:1000jumpers.bigcartel.com for roman numeral merch along with the regular merch link bit.ly/1000jumpersmerch; .Donate to the HBCU of your choice for free with the HBCU Change app, learn more information at https://hbcuchange.com/If you are looking into a self care routine with black owned products, go to shopmykskincare.com for clay masks, glow oil serums and more. Trust me it works wonders.Recorded on August 31, 2021.WE DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE COPYRIGHTED MUSIC. DON'T DELETE THE EPISODEOrder of conversation / Time StampTheme Music1000 Jumpers theme by KP Marino (@kpmarinoo)SportsFantasy Football / Week 1 expectations | 1:12Dame wedding | 22:40MusicDrake | 28:38 | drake.lnk.to/clbPop Culture / TwitterRIP Michael K. Williams | 1:30:55Shoutouts and OutroHiatus by Yuck (@yuck_PKE) | https://youtu.be/8WOEt8ITWDoMerch link: 1000jumpers.bigcartel.com for roman numeral merch; bit.ly/1000jumpersmerch;Twitter: @1000_jumpers, @DapperJ & @BobbyGeorge413,Instagram: @1000jumpers, @theonlydapperj & @bobbygeorge413Fanlink: https://podlink.to/1000JumpersiTunes: bit.ly/DBG1KSpotify: bit.ly/1JSpotifyGoogle Play: bit.ly/1000JGPiHeartRadio: bit.ly/1JiHeartRadioStitcher: bit.ly/1JStitcherTuneIn: bit.ly/1000tuneinSoundcloud: http://bit.ly/1kjumpers See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jordan and Ashley talk with Ben Eargle. A published artist, composer, horror movie nut, and lover of bad movies. Also a long time friend; who shares his experiences with Ghosts, Nightmares, Shadow people and other worldly aspirations. They also discuss horror films, ghostbusters, and how people get into spooky things. The trio also reviews some famous ghostly photos and goes into some details about the infamous Barton Mansion ghost video. Grab your PKE meters and strap on that proton pack as we journey through the Spooky Door. TheSpookyDoor.com @TheSpookyDoor #TheSpookyDoor Theme Song Licensed from: www.Purple-Planet.com www.darrencurtismusic.com Buy us a a cup of coffee: www.ko-fi.com/thespookydoor Theme Narrated by W. Ralph Walters www.instagram.com/drspilkus www.patreon.com/CarmonsQuest

Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Apple and Hyundai-Kia Heads Towards EV Deal Cupra’s El-Born Has Boost Button VW ID.4 entry-level versions now up for pre-sale Elon Musk INterview With Sandy Munro Tesla Working On Unhackable Keyfob Tesla cancels Model Y Long Range RWD Porsche is 3D printing electric drive housings that are lighter and stronger EV Platform For Coachbuilding     Show #980   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Thursday 4th February. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.   Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.   APPLE AND HYUNDAI-KIA HEADS TOWARDS EV DEAL "Apple is close to finalizing a deal with Hyundai-Kia to manufacture an Apple-branded autonomous electric vehicle at the Kia assembly plant in West Point, Georgia, sources tell CNBC. According to one source familiar with Hyundai-Kia strategy, “Chung has made it clear, mobility is the future of the company.”  That’s important because the Apple Car will be fully autonomous." reports Phil LeBeau: " Sources familiar with Apple’s interest in working with Hyundai say the tech giant wants to build the “Apple Car” in North America with an established automaker willing to allow Apple to control the software and hardware that will go into the vehicle. In 2018, Apple lured Doug Field, then Tesla’s senior VP of engineering, back to Apple where he had previously worked, presumably to work on self-driving cars. Apple has also hired myriad other former Tesla employees, including Michael Schwekutsch, now Senior Director of Engineering for the Special Projects Group at Apple and formerly Tesla Vice President of Engineering."     Katie Huberty, Morgan Stanley: "Smartphones are a $500bn annual TAM. Apple has about one-third of this market. The mobility market is $10 trillion. So Apple would only need a 2% share of this market to be the size of their iPhone business"   "Setting up a car plant can cost billions of dollars and take years, likely the reason why Apple is talking to potential partners." says Automotive News Europe: "Other technology companies seeking to expand into cars have also sought partnerships. Taiwanese iPhone assembler Foxconn Technology Group said last month it is setting up a venture with Chinese carmaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group to provide production and consulting services to global automotive enterprises."   "According to a new report from a longtime Apple analyst, it sounds like Apple has picked Hyundai’s E-GMP platform as the base for its upcoming electric car." according to Gizmodo: "In his most recent note, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo lended more credence to the rumors that Apple is planning to partner with Hyundai for the production of its vehicle. Kuo said Apple has picked Hyundai’s E-GMP platform as the chassis for the Apple car."   https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/03/apple-and-hyundai-kia-driving-towards-deal-on-apple-car.html   https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/kia-shares-jump-after-report-apple-invest-36b   https://gizmodo.com/report-apples-electric-car-may-be-based-on-hyundais-e-1846181048   CUPRA’S EL-BORN HAS BOOST BUTTON "in order to really stick it to that dawdling middle-lane hogger you’re about to blast past, Cupra’s new El-Born EV, due for release later in 2021, will apparently feature a push-to-pass boost button, according to Cupra boss Wayne Griffiths." report Top Gear: "The El-Born is basically Cupra’s version of the VW ID.3. Meanwhile, it’s an open secret that Volkswagen is developing an R-badged hot hatch version of the ID.3, likely to feature four-wheel drive and in excess of 300bhp."   Mr Griffiths told Top Gear: "“I would say we call it ‘impulse’; you can have power on demand. You have pure acceleration and then when you need it, a push-to-pass button to go faster. Things like ‘boost on demand’, the sporty suspension, the steering, the brakes, the whole handling experience. And we’re looking to do even higher powered versions of the Cupra El-Born. I’ve driven both [the ID.3 and the El-Born] and I think the Cupra is ‘a Cupra’. It is important that the Cupra stays authentic, in terms of handling. Pure electric cars that are designed in a different way, and when you get into cornering, handling, braking, steering, I think there’s a big amount of differentiation you can create there.”   https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/cupras-el-born-hot-hatch-will-have-push-pass-boost-button   VW ID.4 ENTRY-LEVEL VERSIONS NOW UP FOR PRE-SALE "After the pre-sale of the special edition VW ID.4 1ST, VW is now starting the pre-sale of other models of the ID.4 – this includes versions with a smaller battery. Deliveries to customers in Europe and China are scheduled to begin in March, and in the USA from the middle of the year." repotrs electrive: "The three newly added trims ‘Pure’, ‘City’ and ‘Style’ all have got the 52 kWh battery and are powered by a 125 kW engine. Until now, the electric car was only being offered with a 77 kWh battery and a 150 kW engine. In Germany, with the Pure equipment line, the model costs 38,450 euros before and 28,880 euros after subsidies. With the revealing of these other ID.4 versions, VW reiterates its goal of building as many as 1.5 million electric cars per year by 2025. "   https://www.electrive.com/2021/02/02/vw-id-4-entry-level-versions-now-up-for-pre-sale/   ELON MUSK INTERVIEW WITH SANDY MUNRO "The first subject was probably the toughest one, in which Munro mentioned the problems he had with the first teardown he did on a Tesla, a 2018 Model 3. The engineer also found problems with the 2021 car, especially regarding panel gaps, and he mentioned he and Cory Steuben found an absolutely pristine one." says InsideEVs: "Musk told him they have tried to perfect production and admitted for the first time that the Model 3 paint job did not always have the necessary time to dry. This could explain the vehicle's issues in multiple units, born from the “production hell” Tesla had with the Model 3. The issue is now apparently gone."   Elon Musk said on why they moved to a single rear cast piece: "The organizational structure errors, they manifest themselves in the product. We’ve got probably the best material science team in the world at Tesla. Engineers would ask what’s the best material for this purpose...and they got like 50 different answers. And they’re all true individually, but they were not true collectively. When you try to join all these dissimilar alloys...you’ve got gaps that you’ve got to seal, and you’ve got to join these things, and some of them need to be joined with rivets, some of them need to be joined with spot welds, some of them need to be joined with resin or resin and spot welds. Frankly, it looks like a bit of a Frankenstein situation when you look at it all together. That might be the most painful job in the factory, is spackling on the sealant.”   On the 12v battery: "With the new S/X, we are also are finally transitioning to a Li-ion 12-volt battery.It has way more capacity and the cycle life matches the main battery pack. We should have done that before, but it’s great that we are doing it now"   https://insideevs.com/news/485412/elon-musk-talks-sandy-munro/   TESLA WORKING ON UNHACKABLE KEYFOB According to a new filing with FCC, Tesla are looking to use Radio Ultra Wideband in the key fob. Tesla wrote: "The main objective of a UWB ranging device is to provide a distance estimate, which serves as a tight upper bound for the actual distance between a sender and a receiver. In other words, the distance estimate is close to the actual distance and may be longer than the actual distance, but not shorter. In the PKE context this means that the key is not further away from the car than the estimated distance. The distance estimate is based on a Time of Flight measurement, and is immune to relay attacks. This drastically improves PHY layer security compared to an RSSI based distance measurement, which is susceptible to relay station attacks.   A UWB receiver can give an accurate distance estimate, when there is a direct line‐of sight (LOS) propagation path between the sender and the receiver. All other propagation paths are caused by reflections, hence have a longer time of flight, and will lead to a looser upper bound for the distance."   TESLA CANCELS MODEL Y LONG RANGE RWD "Tesla enthusiasts who pre-ordered the Model Y Long Range Rear Wheel-Drive variant are being told to choose another configuration of the company’s all-electric crossover. Tesla is honoring its Full Self-Driving suite’s price from the date of the pre-order, however, giving a slight discount to owners who planned to equip their LR RWD Model Y with the company’s semi-autonomous driving suite." sayx TEslarati: "The variant was the planned replacement for the Standard Range RWD Model Y after CEO Elon Musk stated that the configuration had less than 250 miles of range, a number that was “unacceptably low.” Musk announced the cancellation on July 12, 2020, but stated that Tesla would reduce pricing on the Model Y’s Dual Motor AWD variant and create the Long Range RWD configuration as a replacement. The reason for the cancelation is unknown, but it is not the first time Tesla has axed variants before release. "   https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-modely-y-lr-rwd-canceled-fsd-price-honor/   PORSCHE IS 3D PRINTING ELECTRIC DRIVE HOUSINGS THAT ARE LIGHTER AND STRONGER "Porsche announced that it had been 3D printing prototype housings for electric drives that were stronger, lighter, and much quicker to manufacture. The engine-gearbox units produced using this method were even able to pass all of the company’s quality and stress tests without issue." says electrek: "Porsche manufactures the housings using a 3D printing method called laser metal fusion, which entails a laser beam heating and melting a powder surface depending on the desired contours. This method allows Porsche to produce an engine gearbox that is both 10% lighter and 100% stronger because of the inherent lattice structures. Another significant upside to manufacturing parts this way is the ease and speed of creating new components or making changes to existing ones. For example, an entirely new part can be designed and then physically printed very quickly with no need to do things such as create new tooling to manufacture the part."   https://electrek.co/2021/02/02/porsche-is-3d-printing-electric-drive-housings-that-are-lighter-and-stronger-than-conventional-ones/   EV PLATFORM FOR COACHBUILDING "England-based Watt Electric Vehicles hopes to breathe new life into the moribund coachbuilding industry by offering low-volume manufacturers a turn-key EV platform." says Autoblog: "he architecture integrates the battery, the running gear, all electronics, and the basic structure in one neat package; all that's missing is the body. It's built with aluminum to help offset the battery's weight, and it can underpin a panoply of vehicles ranging from a small sports car to a large bus, according to Watt."   https://www.autoblog.com/2021/02/02/watt-electric-car-chassis-coachbuilders/   NEW QUESTION OF THE WEEK Have you seen the social media meme of putting two photo’s side by side and titling them ‘how to started’ and ‘how it’s going’. 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We're grabbing our PKE and EMF meters as we try to nail down ghosts in Phasmophobia, EA is being fined over FIFA in the Netherlands, World of Warcraft sells record numbers, another director leaves Halo Infinite and rumors of a new Star Wars IP swirl. Subscribe here! We also have a weekly live play Dungeons & Dragons podcast called Rolling Reckless! Like the show? You can support the show and get longer versions of the podcast on Patreon at http://patreon.com/talkingrecklesspodcast

We’re grabbing our PKE and EMF meters as we try to nail down ghosts in Phasmophobia, EA is being fined over FIFA in the Netherlands, World of Warcraft sells record numbers, another director leaves Halo Infinite and rumors of a new Star Wars IP swirl. Subscribe here! We also have a weekly live play Dungeons … Continue reading TR 338 – Amateur Professional Ghost Hunting → The post TR 338 - Amateur Professional Ghost Hunting first appeared on Talking Reckless (A Gaming Podcast).

This episode we use our PKE meters and commune with a ghost hunter who investigates the spirit world. Next, have you heard the legend of the banshee? We speak with an Irish seanchaí (shawn-a-key) about the folklore of the wailing woman. Finally, what’s scary good? This Oktoberfest beer in my hand! And I declare “O'ZAPFT IS!” Oktoberfest festival beers square off against each other in this month’s BEER DOME competition. That, and our usual craic in this episode of Life In 16 oz. #Lifein16oz    #WhatsinYOURpint    #BeerDome Show Notes Beer News (4:31) Charlie Snyder (Part 1), Ghost Hunter East Coast West Ghost Paranormal (13:31) Charlie Snyder (Part 2), Beer Aficionado Beer Sports and Catharsis Show (40:46) Beer Dome – Oktoberfest Beer Battle – Intro (45:30) Danielle McCormick, Irish Seanchaí (47:45) Legend of the Banshee (one take) / Irish Folklore Karl Blake, P. Wexford's Pub Patron (55:48) Legend of the Banshee (another take) / Irish Folklore Beer Dome – Oktoberfest Beer Battle – Finale (1:01:38)   SITES TO VISIT D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. / Charlie Snyder (YouTube) / GhostStop / Wonder Box / The Washoe Club / The Whaley House Museum / Beer Sports and Catharsis Show with Charlie Snyder / Stone Brewing Company / Ballast Point Brewing Company / Make Earth Magical (YouTube) / Darby O'Gill and the Little People / Andy Paciorek (Facebook) / Flying Dog Brewery / Dust Bowl Brewing Company / Hacker-Pschorr / Pocock Brewing Company / Samuel Adams   Keep scrolling for more info from the show, to include photos related to this month’s episode.   LEGEND OF THE BANSHEE (YET ANOTHER TAKE) The Banshee By Andy Paciorek (with permission) (Artwork by Andy Paciorek) Also known as: Beansidhe, Bean-Si, Benshee, Fairy Woman, Woman of the Hills, Bachuntas, Badbh-Chaointes, Cointeach, Wailers, The Keener, The One Who Keens, Mna-Sige, Mna-Sidhe, Cyhiraeth, Cyraeth, Cyoerrath, Cyhyraeth, The White Lady of Sorrows, The Weeper, The Skree, Caoineag, Caointeach, Fear-Sidh, Seinn-Bais, Death Music, Tolaeth, Ghost Sounds, Bocanachs, Bowa. The wail of the Banshee (known as the Keening) is said to be heard either by the person whose death is imminent, or by someone closely associated to them. People with a strong Celtic bloodline are considered more likely to encounter a Banshee, and some old families may hold a peculiarly strong bond with one of these creatures. This is sometimes thought to indicate a distant Fay strain within their genes but others have suggested an earthier, more sinister reasons for the connection. The finger points at certain reputedly Banshee-ridden families with the accusation that one of their ancestors murdered a young lady, possibly a pregnant mistress or other similar unfortunate, and so it is believed that their descendants must carry a reminder of this shame for evermore. The shadow of this sin falls at the approach of their darkest hours and may be specifically regarded as being a Hateful Banshee. To those who have not heard the Banshee’s cries (and count themselves lucky for this), it is often imagined that this must be a loud, dreadful noise and sometimes it has been reported as such (usually in the cases of Hateful Banshees), but not always. Sometimes her Keening was described as being oddly melodic and strangely comforting, especially if heard by someone who was old and failing, had endured a long, discomforting illness or was of a family favoured by the Faeries. □ For even more banshee folklore, check out Banshees at My Irelands Past.     BEER DOME - OKTOBERFEST BEER BATTLE How on Earth did our hosts come up with these Beer Dome results? Listen to the show to find out what they were thinking ... and tasting, smelling, and feeling! Dogtoberfest Marzen - FOURTH Flying Dog Brewery, Lager - Märzen / Oktoberfest, 5.6% ABV, 30 IBUs Oktoberfest Specialty Lager - WINNER Dust Bowl Brewing Company,

OPEN: We know who Senator Sasse of Nebraska is. And not just because of his “butt cut” and that’s a problem. (0:08:59) Big League Chew: We have a World Series match up! Scott and I make picks.(0:22:23) Go Go Astros: Andy and I start to unpack the 2020 Astros season after losing game 7.(0:47:24) Show Me The Merch: New gear from the LeHigh Valley Iron Pigs and the Lake Elsinore Storm.(0:50:06) Holler and a Swiller: Drinking the Texas Beer Company’s “OkTaylorFest” and toasting our friends at Mansplain Baseball Elsewhere with a dramatic reveal.(0:54:03) Raiders of the Lost Diamond: Andrew Nelson is. using his PKE. Meter to find the Casper Ghosts. (1:00:51) Who’s On First: Kim Foster, GM of the Greenville Appy league team talks all about the move to the Collegiate Summer League Format.(1:11:44) Closing It Out: I’m having a 4th Tap House of Torment, talking Astros and asking for some help from the Twitter baseball fam. Vader needs a new bandana.

Arriving in Cassadaga, the Ghostbusters find themselves in the middle of a massive Halloween block party. Everything appears to be normal, despite the high levels of PKE surrounding the area... but beneath the surface of this picturesque Floridian town is a secret so horrifying, the Ghostbusters find themselves wishing they could face any of the previous Druden instead.With one last beastie to bust, you don’t have to be psychic to know this fight ain’t gonna be easy.For links and more info, head to the main episode page: https://nerdyshow.com/2020/10/ghostbusters-resurrection-episode-12-southern-hospitality See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Grab your proton packs and PKE meters! Ghostbusters: Resurrection is a cinematic roleplaying podcast set in the present day with the same lore, weirdness, and comedy of the films, games, and comics... But this is no ordinary episode!We’ve teamed up with Ghostbusters Interdimensional Crossrip, the #1 Ghostbusters news and fandom podcast for a Ghostbusters tabletop adventure. Our GM, Doug Banks, helms an all-new story, staring Crossrip's Troy and Chris as two hapless PCOC employees who don’t call the professionals. This is part 2, and you can find the first part over on Crossrip's feed. If you’re new here and you enjoy this show - we’ve got three seasons of cinematic Ghostbusters adventures waiting for you AND we’ve got all the resources you need to play your own Ghostbusters tabletop RPG. What's more, you can hire Doug to GM a game for you. Drop him a line at ghostbusters@nerdyshow.com for any and all inquiries!If you've listened to part 1, don't wait another minute! Boot up the cyclotrons - it’s time to get bustin'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Torque Factor, Bob Gruszczynski, retired OBD communications expert from the VW Group of America, joins the show to discuss all-things OBD. Topics discussed include: Monitors, in-use performance testing (IUPT), positive kinetic energy reporting (PKE), electric vehicles and energy sources, P, B, and C codes, the future of DTCs, unified diagnostic services (UDS), 3-byte DTCs, regulations, and more. Recall: 20V-144 – affecting over 121,000 Volvo vehicles with downgraded AEB; 19V-298 – approximately 94,000 Acura and Honda vehicles with defective timing belts Industry update: PTEN magazine and Diagnostic Network partner by supporting the new Disaster Support user group, a group designed for members to coordinate with peers in response to disasters like the current COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19: How training providers have been delivering web-based content. VehicleServicePros.com is home to Torque Factor, and Professional Tool and Equipment News, Professional Distributor, and Fleet Maintenance magazines. Have a topic or question you’d like discussed on a future episode? Email us at: podcast@vehicleservicepros.com.

Hey you Guys!!!SO!!! What a series of tales we have to mark the first pod of Feb! (Seriously how are we in the 2nd month already??)We have lovely tales of family members passing messages from the other side...and then Ozzy Osbourne conjuring up demons in suburbia! More ghouls than you can shake a PKE meter at, and all the usual nonsense!BIG thanks to all of our wonderful Patreons who are literally keeping the show alive at this point! If you fancy joining them, head over to:www.patreon.com/weneedtotalkaboutghostsDon't forget, send you stories for the show to;contact@talkaboutghosts.com

Eine Folge zum Bauklötze staunen! Diese Woche beschäftigen sich Denny und Timo mit den Lego Sets zu Ghostbusters und nehmen das Konzept Lego generell etwas unter die Lupe bzw. unter das PKE. Ausserdem gibt es einen weiteren Einglick in "Ray's Occult Books". Heute: Der Short Stories- Sammelband "Haunted Holidays" von IDW. Und natürlich gibt es auch wieder News zu besprechen.

Welcome to an all new episode of Totally Radical Cartoon Podcast and Happy Halloween! Randy and Phil celebrate by looking at an episode of The Real Ghostbusters. The Halloween Door aired as a prime time special in 1989.The Ghostbusters are confronted by Crowley and his group, who want their help in ending Halloween. The guys turn him down, but one of their PKE meters is stolen and used by Crowley to accomplish his goal. Unfortunately, all he does is break a seal, opening our world to numerous ghosts – including the huge, rampaging Boogaloo – and giving the Ghostbusters a lot to handle on Halloween night.Subscribe to us on itunes: http://apple.co/2GL6IWN and leave a rating and text review. Creative reviews may be read on future episodes.

Strap on your proton packs and grab your PKE meters, as we head back to the late '80s toy-fueled toon, The Real Ghostbusters! We uncover how the fairly adult film transitioned into a Saturday morning blockbuster, the many changes the show went through, and the many talented folks who worked on Real Ghostbusters (both in America and Japan). Then we dig into one of the most celebrated episodes of the series, the apocalyptic Ragnarok And Roll! Who YOU gonna call? Support this podcast and get dozens of bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! This podcast is brought to you by the streaming network VRV: home to cartoons, anime, and so much more! Visit VRV.co/WAC to sign up for your FREE 30-day trial and kick a little money back to your friends at the Talking Simpsons Network!  

This week, we continue on our journey to look at, "The Summer Tentpole Hall of Fame." On the docket for this episode is a detailed look at the comedy classic, Ghostbusters by way of it's amazing screenplay. Does this film check all the boxes for a satisfying story or should it be exterminated along with the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. The Flight for the week asks, "What are your top 3 favorite ghost films?" As always, we finish with a Nightcap and discuss our favorite movie vehicles. So pour yourself some Ecto Cooler, grab your PKE meter, and get ready to bust some ghosts! Cheers!

We got one! Are you troubled by strange decisions in your franchise? Do you experience feelings of déjà vu in your sequel or reboot? Have you or your family ever seen a spinoff, crossover or expanded universe? If the answer is "yes," then don't wait another minute. Pick up the phone and tweet the professionals: @IPConsultPod! This week, in honor of the recent unreboot announcement, Ian and Vincent respectfully measure the PKE levels of the Ghostbusters franchise and try not to cross the streams as they figure out how to move forward in a way that can hopefully please anyone who's not a gatekeeper. 

Slide down your fire poles to the podcave, SmorgasFans! For this week, our fearless chums tackle the swift outdating of Social Media, the potential of a personal person-cave, and the supernatural snippet that is the Ghostbusters 3 teaser! It's a 6.5 on the PkE meter! PATREON SUPPORT: https://www.patreon.com/smorgaspod?alert=2

Ein Status- Update zur Zukunft von PKE.

Die Alben des Jahres 2018: Cobblepot von Rockstah und Scheiden tut weh von Samsas Traum. Denny ist totally amazed!

To celebrate Halloween, we are honored to be joined by our ghoulish buds from the Scary Movie Ice Cream Night Podcast, Cole Roberts and Mike Anderson. We are crossing the streams this month to talk about everything Ghostbusters! From Ecto Plasm, to PKE meters, to Class 5 Full Roaming Vapors (real nasty ones, too). We came, we saw, we kicked it’s CAST!!

Der vielleicht wichtigste Podcast in der PKE Historie: Ich nehme Abschied von meiner geliebten EAV und bespreche das neue (letzte) Studioalbum "Alles ist erlaubt". Ausserdem geht es endlich wieder mal in die Board Game- Ecke! Heute: Munchkin.

PKE is back! Nach der Pause geht es direkt mit krawuppdich los. Heute: - Der Film "Richy Guitar" mit den die ärzte - Die Werkschau der Toten Hosen (17 CDs, Remastered)

Die 1. Staffel von PKE beschliesst mit dem lange angekündigten Stromberg Fancast. 2,5 Stunden lang setzen sich die Capitol- Experten Anton R. und Denny H. (a.k.a. Die ArschLocher) in perfekter Büro- Atmo zusammen und besprechen die komplette erste Staffel der besten deutschen TV- Serie. Ever. PUNKT.

This episode begins a series of recordings centered around stars from the wide world of wrestling who transitioned from the mat to the big screen. Hulk Hogan was one the first prolific wrestlers from the Golden Age to attempt branching out of wrestling and extend his popularity to the movies where his over-the-top persona could possibly bloom a career apart from slaps, punches, and body slams.   Movie Reviews Chris watched "The Wild Life" and walked out. Apparently, this Robinson Curoso-esque movie could not hold his attention for the ninety-minute duration of the movie.  JJ watched "Sully "and explains this movie as Clint Eastwood fighting with kids gloves on. This was the story of the Landing on The Hudson without the Hollywood touch. Clint did his job with this film and just told the story as Captain Sullinger only landing the plane.  Chris Quote: "The perfect movie for your grandma."    Movie Suggestion of the Week: Suburban Commando   1. Shelly Duvall Did Stanley Kubrick break Shelly Duvall? She was good in this movie but seems to have hammed it up a lot.  Shelly hasn't been in a movie for some time and so we question why? Was it because she goes out of Hollywood or did Hollywood grow away from her? Chris's Favorite line reading:  Christopher Lloyd: "I was frozen today!" 2. Starring Danny Devito and Arnold Schwarzenegger The Twins were actually approached to partner up for a different version of this movie with less comedy and more action.  3. Get 'em some props The gun used by the bounty hunters were repurposed from Masters of the Universe and the tracker used was the PKE meter from Ghostbusters.   4. Afterburner Kid playing the video game was playing Afterburner. Shep either had a flashback from past interstellar battles or this movie was just poorly directed.  5. From The Mat to The Screen Why did Hogan's transition not go so well with him being and possessing such a great persona in the ring?   Mentions:  Denzel Washington in Flight and The Equalizer Dr. Drew Pinsky canceled or fired from CNN Dr. Ruth Assassin Weiner Dick Picks Again   FLAVA TEXT:  "I was frozen today!" "Boy when this guy shovels it, he uses both hands."  

Standup comedians Ken Garr (MGM Grand, "Love Meets Hope" film with Ed Asner) and Nate Weatherup (Comic Edge on Aspire TV, Dave Coulier's opener) face off in ten trivia questions each about two subjects they love:  Ghostbusters and The Chicago White Sox. Category Round:  Simpsons Characters. Listeners Quiz Prize:  free Trivia with Budds t-shirt! Email ryan@ryanbudds.com with the three answers to enter. http://kengarr.com/ http://nateweatherup.com/ Theme song by Frawsty: https://soundcloud.com/frawsty Hosted by Ryan Budds. http://TriviaWithBudds.com http://Facebook.com/TriviaWithBudds http://Twitter.com/ryanbudds http://Instagram.com/ryanbudds http://RyanBudds.com FULL SHOW NOTES:  INTRO Who am I? (:22) How the podcast works (1:30) Some of my favorite podcasts and inspiration (4:20) GUESTS Ken and Nate's apartment (6:25) Ken didn't understand picki topics (7:35) PORTILLOS YUM (8:15) Cleaning chaw (9:40) Ken's Topics:  White Sox, Brexit, Facebook Live, PORTILLOS, Dating in LA What it's like Dating in LA (12:05) Nate's topics:  Ghostbusters, Harry Potter, State Capitals, Rollerblading Female Ghostbusters (13:00) Collecting toys for your kids (14:00) What year did the first Harry Potter book come out? (15:30) What's the capital of GA? (16:00) Meeting Matt Groening (17:07) 90s Rollerblading Movies (18:10) Hover board podcast (18:30) Buzzword:  BEARS (19:40) Trivia showdown! (19:02) Shaving tips and a great bald joke (25:30) Acting out GHOSTBUSTERS and Die  Hard as a kid (29:31) The movie The Secretary (33:51) Wendi Starling VOs (37:00) Combo Question! (37:04) Popped next to Ernie Hudson (38:00) Categories with Budds! (38:40) THE WINNER (40:49) Prizes (41:02) Plugs! (41:28) Listener Quiz! (43:02) Questions from this ep:   WHITE SOX In what year did the White SOX win their first championship? What jersey number was Frank Thomas? What is the nickname of the fuzzy green mascot for the SOX? Charlie Robertson was the first player in white SOX history to do what?  Disgruntled do Steve Dahl created what crazy event in the middle of the field that drew 100,000 people? How many innnings did the longest game ever have against the Brewers?  Who did the SOX sweep to win the 2005 World Series?  What did player Monty Stratton leave the SOX for? A) won the lotto B) hunting accident C) entered a monastery  Who was the only member of the 09 SOX to play 150 games? Who was hired as manager of his former team in 2004? GHOSTBUSTERS  What location does the opening scene for the first movie take place in? What artist had the iconic Ghostbusters theme song? One the set of the movie what recently passed friend did Dan Akroyd refer to as Slimer?  What did they use for cheap marshmallow in the film's end scene? What year was Ghostbusters 2 released? What does the PKE meter stand for? What percentage did the film receive on rotten tomatoes? Annie Potts plays what character in the series? Who turned down the role of peter venkman to star in the police academy MOVIES? A darker cartoon with a different word before the main title premiered in 1997, what was it?  COMBO QUESTION In 2014 what GHOSTBUSTER threw out the first pitch at a SOX game to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the films release?  CATEGORIES WITH BUDDS:  Simpsons Characters   LISTENER QUIZ: What is the capital of Vermont?  What year was the original NES released in the Us? Who played the Penguin in Batman 66?  

Happy Ghostbusters Day! Got your Proton packs charged and your PKE meter ready? The Ontario Ghostbusters have hit some hard times since saving North Bay and the world but life goes on.  Crazy Bob and his staff stay occupied between selling furniture and busting the occasional spook. Things have been slowly on the rise in southern Ontario and a new hire may be necessary. An unusual man with an even more unusual resume shows up at the Hamilton headquarters of the Ghostbusters looking for a job. We also learn the benefits of having buckets love and affection and a dude bro named Chad... Make sure you Interact with the show via: Email: Feedback@terriblewarriors.com Terrible Warriors: Mike Dodd, Derek Burrow, and Tom White  

Part 2 of the in-depth interview with Phil Edholm of PKE consulting. This this part we discuss Moore's and Metcalfe's laws, the incredible increase in compute power over the last 20 years and its ramifications for the Unified Communications and Video Conferencing industries

After another massive PKE surge has rocked the city, the Ghostbusters have been arrested! The mayor still seems to think that the guys are full of crap, and are somehow responsible for the mass hysteria currently happening all across town. The tension builds with the help of some corrupt politicians, deadly spirits, terror dogs, explosions, and car chases. But if the Ghostbusters are ever going to save the world, they’ll need to get out of their holding cells first. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Ghostbusters are called to the Orlando Science Center where some artifacts have been acting strangely. With the help of the security team, they quickly discover that the recent PKE surges across the city have all originated from this point. The new artifacts along with a phone call from Dr. Stantz and Dr. Spengler help shed some light on this “Obsidian Serpent” that the guys have been hearing so much about. Of course, it’s all bad. War, human sacrifice, and cannibalism for starters. Followed closely by the enslavement of all humanity until the world ends, then an afterlife of unending worship. Turns out, the only thing worse than knowing the details of the apocalypse, is also knowing that it’s going to happen today, and you started it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.