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Pozornost najprej namenjamo sklepnemu 9. koncertu sezone cikla Kromatika; Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija je vodil Davorin Mori, kot solist pa se je v Violinskem koncertu Petra Iljiča Čajkovskega predstavil mladi Luka Faulisi. V nadaljevanju poročamo še o Mediteranski melanholiji, torej sklepnem 5. koncertu cikla VIP Slovenske filharmonije, na katerem je pod vodstvom Tomislava Fačinija nastopil Zbor Hrvaške radiotelevizije, o 3. koncertu letošnje sezone cikla Harmonia Concertans – Stara glasba na Novem trgu, ki so ga zaznamovali francoski tenorist Bastien Rimondi, italijanski pianist Edoardo Torbianelli in arije, ki so jih poslušali Linhart, Japelj in Zois, ter o uvodnem koncertu nove sezone cikla Plečnik in a cappella, na katerem je zvenela koralna dediščina ženskih samostanov na Slovenskem v 16. in 17. stoletju. Nekaj minut namenjamo tudi letošnjemu prejemniku Kozinove nagrade Društva slovenskih skladateljev – skladatelju Dušanu Bavdku.

V arhitekturi smo dolgo verjeli, da je napredek vedno povezan z nečim novim. Z novo stavbo, novo podobo, novim začetkom. Danes pa se zdi, da najbolj zanimiva arhitektura nastaja prav tam, kjer se arhitekt najprej ustavi. Kjer ne začne z rušitvijo, ampak z vprašanji: kaj je tukaj že prisotno? Kaj lahko ostane? Kaj je vredno nadaljevati? Morda zato letošnje Plečnikove nagrade ne govorijo toliko o spektaklu, ampak o pozornosti. O arhitekturi, ki zna delovati tiho. Ki ne tekmuje s prostorom, ampak ga posluša. Naša gosta v tokratni epizodi podkasta Odprto sta Matjaž Bolčina in Ernest Milčinovič iz ARP studia. Za projekt prenove Hiše b2 so skupaj z Urško Bertok Herman in Janom Žonto letos prejeli Plečnikovo medaljo za arhitekturno realizacijo manjšega merila. Projekt prenove skoraj običajne hiše iz leta 1927 ni prepričal zaradi velikosti posega, temveč zaradi premišljenosti arhitekturnega pristopa. ARP studio deluje na področju prenov, kulturne dediščine, javnih stavb in stanovanjskih projektov, v središču njihovega dela pa ostaja preprosta, skoraj radikalna misel: arhitektura ni vedno ustvarjanje novega sveta, temveč sposobnost prepoznati potencial sveta, ki že obstaja. V jedru njihove prakse je prepričanje, da »ideja nima merila« – izhodišče, ki omogoča, da se arhitekturno razmišljanje giblje med drobnimi intervencijami in kompleksnimi javnimi stavbami. Velik del njihovih realizacij nastaja znotraj obstoječega grajenega tkiva, tako anonimnega kot spomeniško zaščitenega, kjer se z veliko občutljivostjo odzivajo na prostorske in zgodovinske danosti. Pri tem se kot ključne teme vedno znova pojavljajo odnos med arhitekturo in krajino, dialog med dediščino in sodobnim ter jasnost arhitekturne misli v prostorski kompoziciji. V tokratnem pogovoru smo odprli vprašanja, kako nastaja arhitektura, ki spoštuje obstoječe, a ga hkrati presega, kako se skozi čas oblikuje odnos do prostora in zakaj so majhne intervencije včasih prav tako odločilne kot veliki arhitekturni posegi. Prisluhnite podkastu Odprto!

Solo SiKatie back in action! Happy PRIDE MONTHI talk about AAA Noches De Grandes, New Champions, WWE Clash in Italy, NXT's first PLE on the CW, Mercedes Mone returns, Oba should win everything, What should I write next & much more!__988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline- in US & CanadaCrisis Text Line: Text Hello to 741741Trevor Lifeline: 866-488-7386 or text "START" to 678678Trans LifeLine: 877-565-8860Please feel free to subscribe to our Youtube channel! Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/ShEliteShowcaseTwitch:twitch.tv/sheliteshowcaseThank you to Justin for making ALL of the Intro music for our shows! Justin:@heeltactics_ on Twitterhttps://jlanonthebeat.bandcamp.com/https://linktr.ee/ShEliteShowcasehttps://www.sheliteshowcase.comKatie: @KatieWrasslin13 on TwitterSavannah: @Y2Garcia_ on Twitter & Instagram

Uničujoč, drag, škodljiv, po vseh civilizacijskih merilih nedopusten poseg v najsvetejši del mesta ne bi poškodoval le Plečnikove dediščine. Gradbeni tujek bi preusmeril in pospešil tok podtalnice, smrtonosni udarec pa bi neprecenljivi bližnji dediščini s posledičnim posedanjem zadalo spiranje drobnih delcev, opozarjajo strokovnjaki.

Join SP3 and Jon Escudero of Dirt Sheet Radio for our WWE Clash In Italy 2026 Review breaking down the latest WWE PLE ft. Roman Reigns vs Jacob Fatu in Tribal Combat for the World Heavyweight Championship.Leave your thoughts on this PLE and review in the live chat and comments section.Like, share, superchat and subscribe to support! #WWEClash #WWE #RomanReigns #JacobFatu #CodyRhodes #GUNTHER #BrockLesnar #ObaFemi #RheaRipley #JadeCargill #SolRuca #BeckyLynch Welcome to the Tru Heel Heat Wrestling YouTube channel where we cover  the sport of professional wrestling including all WWE TV shows (Raw,  Smackdown, & NXT), AEW Dynamite/Dark, IMPACT Wrestling, NJPW, ROH,  Dark Side of the Ring and more. Our weekly podcast hosted by SP3, Top  Guy JJ & Miss Krssi Luv breaking down the weekly wrestling news and  present unfiltered, honest thoughts and opinions for wrestling fans by  wrestling fans, drops every Saturday. We also include PPV reviews,  countdowns, and exclusive interviews with wrestlers from all promotions  hosted by a wide range of personalities such as Romeo, Chris G, Ness,  StatKing, Drunk Guy JJ, J-News and more. Subscribe and enable ALL  notifications to stay posted for the latest wrestling WWE news,  highlights, commentary, updates and more.Become a member of Tru Heels Facebook community: www.facebook.com/groups/1336177103130224/Subscribe to Tru Heel Heat on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC0AmFQmsRyQYPKyRm5hDwNgFollow Tru Heels on Twitter: twitter.com/truheelheatFollow Tru Heels on Instagram: www.instagram.com/truheelheat/Music composed by JPM

Phillip and Brandon recap the latest WWE international PLE. The duo discuss a big title change, the fun atmosphere, and who walked out of Tribal Combat World Champ & Tribal Chief.Have a question or idea email us bulletcast2sweet@gmail.comPlease check out our What A Maneuver! Store: https://whatamaneuver.net/collections/bullet-castPlease check out our Pro Wrestling Tees Store: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/bulletcastFollow Bullet Cast On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebulletcast/?hl=enFollow Bullet Cast On Twitter: https://twitter.com/BulletCastFollow Bullet Cast On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BulletCast2sweet/Subscribe to Bullet Cast On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrKHzfruskD8imAVVmWAaSQBullet Cast Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/thebulletcast

Slavoj Žižek je v Cankarjevem domu v Ljubljani predstavil svoje najnovejše delo Kdo si ti? – tema in šest variacij, v katerem obravnava eno osrednjih filozofskih dilem, povezano z vprašanjem subjekta, zavesti in nezavednega. Ob tem je založba Analecta ponatisnila še njegovo vedno bolj aktualno delo Nasilje iz leta 2007, v katerem analizira vidne in nevidne oblike nasilja. Novi roman slovitega japonskega pisatelja Harukija Murakamija Mesto in njegovo negotovo obzidje pa nas pelje v miselni labirint, s katerim se želi protagonist zaščititi pred bolečino ob nepojasnjeni izgubi mladostne ljubezni, a ga to poriva vedno globlje v spomin in stran od resničnosti. Mu bo uspelo premagati svoje obzidje? In še o ciklu koncertov Plečnik in a capella, na katerih se bodo različne vokalne zasedbe predstavile na edinstvenih prizoriščih arhitekta Jožeta Plečnika.

Vamos juntos hasta Italia para ver un PLE de WWE, con varias revanchas y resultados que dan para pensar en lo que llegará en el futuro cercano. Alessandro Leonardo (@Cassual54), Tinguili (@Tinguili) y Andrés Grimaldos (@ElVARCentral) conversan sobre todo lo sucedido en Clash In Italy, que tampoco fue demasiado. Se habla de Roman Reigns venciendo a Jacob Fatu, un combate cortito entre Cody Rhodes y Gunther, la coronación de Sol Ruca, una buena actuación de Jade Cargill ante Rhea Ripley, la revancha de Oba Femi vs Brock Lesnar, y (no) mucho más.

When WWE acquired Mexico's AAA, few people saw a future where a comedy gimmick from Chad Gable on Raw would turn into one of the hottest, most celebrated feuds in recent history.  El Grande Americano Original v. El Grande Americano II overdelivered in ways that people can't stop talking about. Join Mike McGuire and guests for insight into the last week of professional wrestling on all levels! Also, AEW brings another PPV to Canada, and ticket prices are actually making fans HAPPY!  The Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer returns to talk all about the WWE/TKO Shareholders' Lawsuit, AEW's PPV success needing to translate to weekly stats, and more relevant talk. Finally, Mike and Joe Aguinaldo give their thoughts on WWE's latest PLE, Clash in Italy.  From Brock Lesnar coming out of retirement to Tribal Combat becoming a played-out stipulation, the guys let you know what they think, and then we hear from you in another edition of "YAY!/BOO!" Celebrate Wrestling is a self-supporting and listener supported entity.  For info on how you can support, visit celebratewrestling.com    

Predstavili smo letošnji mednarodni cikel vokalne glasbe Plečnik in A-cappella, ki vzpostavlja edinstven umetniški dialog med glasbo in arhitekturo. Med junijem in oktobrom bo na petih slikovitih Plečnikovih lokacijah v Ljubljani nastopilo pet vokalnih zasedb in zborov. Koncertni cikel, ki bo potekal med 3. junijem in 7. oktobrom, je predstavil umetniški vodja Niko Houška.

The first ever PLE in Italy has a WrestleMania-caliber card and we break it all down this week! Can Sol Ruca snatch the IC Title? Will Brock Lesnar get his win back? Who survives Tribal Combat?   Follow me on Twitter/X! - @JuicySteen Follow me on IG! - @JuicyWrestlingCloset Subscribe on YouTube! - @JuicySteen Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts! And, if you have the time, swing by iTunes and leave a rating and review. Thank you for your support!  NOW ON SPOTIFY & AMAZON MUSIC!

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On this episode of Two Dudes With Attitudes, Ryan and Denton give their full predictions for WWE Clash In Italy 2026 — WWE's first-ever Premium Live Event from Italy! We break down every match on the card including Roman Reigns defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Jacob Fatu in Tribal Combat, Cody Rhodes vs Gunther for the Undisputed WWE Championship, Brock Lesnar vs Oba Femi II and more. FINAL MATCH CARD:Roman Reigns (c) vs Jacob Fatu – Tribal Combat for the World Heavyweight ChampionshipCody Rhodes (c) vs Gunther – Undisputed WWE ChampionshipRhea Ripley (c) vs Jade Cargill – WWE Women's ChampionshipBecky Lynch (c) vs Sol Ruca – WWE Women's Intercontinental ChampionshipBrock Lesnar vs Oba Femi IIWill Roman Reigns survive Jacob Fatu?Does Gunther finally dethrone Cody Rhodes?Can Oba Femi beat Brock Lesnar again?And could Clash In Italy steal the show as WWE's best international PLE of 2026? We also give our bold predictions, upset picks and Match of the Night selections heading into a massive weekend for WWE.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/two-dudes-with-attitudes-a-wrestling-podcast--5927275/support.

Join SP3 and Maggie for our WWE Clash In Italy 2026 Preview breaking down and giving our predictions for this Sunday's PLE ft. Roman Reigns vs Jacob Fatu in a Tribal Combat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship.Leave your thoughts on this preview and give your predictions on this card in the live chat and comments section.Like, share, superchat and subscribe to support! #WWEClash #WWE #WWEClashInItaly #RomanReigns #JacobFatu #BrockLesnar #ObaFemi #GUNTHER #CodyRhodes #RheaRipley #JadeCargill #BeckyLynch #SolRuca Welcome to the Tru Heel Heat Wrestling YouTube channel where we cover  the sport of professional wrestling including all WWE TV shows (Raw,  Smackdown, & NXT), AEW Dynamite/Dark, IMPACT Wrestling, NJPW, ROH,  Dark Side of the Ring and more. Our weekly podcast hosted by SP3, Top  Guy JJ & Miss Krssi Luv breaking down the weekly wrestling news and  present unfiltered, honest thoughts and opinions for wrestling fans by  wrestling fans, drops every Saturday. We also include PPV reviews,  countdowns, and exclusive interviews with wrestlers from all promotions  hosted by a wide range of personalities such as Romeo, Chris G, Ness,  StatKing, Drunk Guy JJ, J-News and more. Subscribe and enable ALL  notifications to stay posted for the latest wrestling WWE news,  highlights, commentary, updates and more.Become a member of Tru Heels Facebook community: www.facebook.com/groups/1336177103130224/Subscribe to Tru Heel Heat on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC0AmFQmsRyQYPKyRm5hDwNgFollow Tru Heels on Twitter: twitter.com/truheelheatFollow Tru Heels on Instagram: www.instagram.com/truheelheat/Music composed by JPM

It's Total BS! The newest trivia show has landed at TheChairshot.com! The Trivia Trickster himself, AJ Balaz, bring you Phenomenally Funky Facts! Spun off from the legendary DWI Podcast, Phenomenally Funky Facts is a monthly trivia show every PLE week!This month, the esteemed contestants are two Scottish podcast legends from Social Suplex, Ricky and Clive!Chairshot Radio Network Launched in 2017, the Chairshot Radio Network presents you with the best in sports, entertainment, and sports entertainment. Wrestling and wrestling crossover podcasts + the most interesting content + the most engaging hosts = the most entertaining podcasts you'll find! MONDAY - Bandwagon Nerds (entertainment & popular culture) TUESDAY - 4 Corners Podcast (sports) WEDNESDAY - The Greg DeMarco Show (wrestling) THURSDAY - Nefarious Means FRIDAY - DWI Podcast (Drunk Wrestling Intellect) SATURDAY - The Mindless Wrestling Podcast SUNDAY - 30 Mindless Minutes CHAIRSHOT RADIO NETWORK PODCAST SPECIALS Attitude Of Aggression Podcast: The Big Five Project (chronologically exploring WWE's PPV/PLE history), Unidentified History (Ufology), & Game Gone Wrong (Game of Thrones Universe) Chairshot Radio Network Your home for the hardest hitting podcasts... Sports, Entertainment and Sports Entertainment! All Shows On DemandAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Join us as we break down the upcoming WWE Clash in Italy event, discussing potential match outcomes, storyline implications, and major surprises to watch for. Whether you're a hardcore wrestling fan or casual viewer, get the insights you need before the show hits Europe.Main topics covered:Predictions for key matches including Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther and Roman Reigns' title defenseStrategic storylines involving Brock Lesnar, Oba Femi, and Randy OrtonThe trajectory of title changes and future feudsWWE's booking trends and how they impact wrestlers' pushesMatch order and timing considerations for European broadcast viewersIn this episode:Predictions for the opening match between Cody Rhodes and Gunther, and potential match finish directionsDiscussion of Roman Reigns' upcoming title defense and possible heel turnsInsights into storyline developments involving Rhea Ripley, Jade Cargill, and upcoming feudsSpeculation on the outcomes of matches involving Sol Ruca, Becky Lynch, and othersAnalyzing WWE's overall booking strategies and their impact on the rosterTimestamps:00:00 - Introduction and episode overview00:29 - Reflection on Clash in Italy's thematic similarities to Backlash00:53 - Discussion on recent match results and storyline implications01:06 - Analysis of Gunther's recent booking and results01:21 - Predictions for Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi, including who should win02:07 - Will Brock Lesnar start the PLE again?02:20 - The probable third match at SummerSlam and storyline foreshadowing03:24 - Potential for Cody Rhodes to win the title and commentary on storyline setups03:51 - The impact of Randy Orton possibly returning and interferencing04:11 - Logan Paul's injury and its implications for his WWE trajectory05:04 - Social media reactions and wrestler visibility05:24 - Discussions around the push for Logan Paul and Jelly Roll's roles06:03 - Match order predictions including Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar06:33 - Official announcement of Cody vs. Gunther as the opening match07:07 - The possibility of titles changing hands, especially Gunther's title defense07:53 - Speculation about the main event involving Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu08:21 - Rhea Ripley's title match with Jade Cargill and future storyline plans09:11 - Bookings for Sol Ruca's title shot and importance of her victory11:33 - Becky Lynch's title chances and her heel/face alignment debates12:48 - The importance of storyline consistency for emerging talents like Sol Ruca14:38 - Broader thoughts on WWE roster management and pushing new talent15:19 - The influence of Roman Reigns' dominance and storyline repetition17:04 - Potential match outcomes for the WWE Universal Title with Roman or Jacob Fatu19:36 - The significance of Roman Reigns' position and possible champion shake-ups21:09 - The long-term effects of Roman's reign and match booking strategies22:24 - Final match predictions and European broadcast timing considerations23:34 - Upcoming WWE and AEW events, including Night of Champions and Forbidden Door26:46 - Wrap-up and upcoming podcast schedule; stay tuned for reaction episodes

It's been a fast and furious week or so in professional wrestling with the build up to PLEs from both major American promotions as well as weekly television and a B-level PLE thrown in just for kicks. AEW rolled into Uncle Todd's neck of the woods for a live broadcast of Dynamite and Collision and he waded into enemy territory to be part of history. On the other side of the trenches, WWE has been building up to their first ever Italian PLE this coming Sunday as well as cranking out weekly TV and a Saturday Night's Main Event in that jewel of the midwest, Fort Wayne, Indiana. How'd it all go? What's gonna happen in Italy? We cover it all in this, episode 248, Working Both Sides Of The Aisle!   FULL VIDEO EPISODES! That's right folks, you can see our bright smiling idiotic faces in full color on our YouTube channel. Full episodes available as well as clips.   ...AND ANOTHER THING: The Man They Call Tim suggests checking out Laws Bourbon (if you're over 21) Uncle Todd suggests reading “Skinny Legs and All” by Tom Robbins   FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIAL MEDIAS: Facebook - http://facebook.com/freerangeidiocy Instagram - http://instagram.com/freerangeidiocy YouTube - http://youtube.com/@freerangeidiocy

This week's episode asks a question that feels more relevant every month:Is WWE putting too much on free television… and not enough on the premium live events?Nick and Myron break down the fallout from Saturday Night's Main Event and preview WWE Clash in Italy while discussing why the balance between TV and PLE cards feels different than it used to.The conversation also shifts into WWE's growing international strategy, including the announcement that WWE programming will debut on Netflix in Japan later this year and what that may signal for the future of distribution worldwide.Also discussed:Rey Mysterio unveiled the new AAA General ManagerCoastal Empire Wrestling's big Nine Line Apparel announcementPlus:Indy Rewind covering 1FW, Scrappy Championship Wrestling, The Apex, and moreFull Making the Drives preview for another massive weekend of Georgia wrestling including:1FW, ACTION Wrestling, Coastal Empire Wrestling, Premier All-Star Wrestling, United Pro Entertainment, Blood & Honey, New Legacy Pro, GCW, SCA, Southern Wrestling League, Total Aggression, & Wrestling on the Rooftop

Marc, Bryon, and Josh are back this week, giving our thoughts and reviews on season 5 of The Boys (SPOILERS), and as a series, we also give our thoughts on the latest Star Wars movie: The Mandalorian & Grogu along with Bryon's first time experiencing D-Box. We then go over last week's WWE PLE SNME and our predictions for this weekend's Clash in Italy. We give a update on our Wrestling Challenge point-spread going into our 3rd PLE of this season. Main Roster: Josh 16pts, Bryon 13pts & Marc 9pts Listeners Challenge: Tony 17pts, Claire 14pts, Jon 13pts, Nick 12pts, Derrick 10pts, Jen 10pts, & Mark 10pts. #Podcast #WWE #Moviereviews #TVreviews #wrestling #raw #smackdown #theboysfinalseason #mandalorianandgrogu #clashinitaly #snme    

The Snug Wrestling crew is back with a full WWE Clash in Italy predictions episode, breaking down every major match on the card and giving our picks for who walks out with momentum, gold, and bragging rights. In this episode, we preview the biggest matches from WWE Clash in Italy, including Cody Rhodes vs Gunther, Roman Reigns vs Jacob Fatu in Tribal Combat, Rhea Ripley vs Jade Cargill, and Becky Lynch vs Sol Ruca. We discuss possible winners, storyline direction, title implications, and what each match could mean for WWE going forward. Matches Covered • Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes vs Gunther Can Cody Rhodes survive the power and precision of Gunther, or will The Ring General change the landscape of WWE? • World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns vs Jacob Fatu — Tribal Combat Roman Reigns steps into Tribal Combat against Jacob Fatu in one of the most intense Bloodline-related matchups WWE could deliver. • WWE Women's Champion Rhea Ripley vs Jade Cargill Rhea Ripley and Jade Cargill collide in a major women's championship match with huge star power and major WWE implications. • Women's Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch vs Sol Ruca Becky Lynch defends her Women's Intercontinental Championship against Sol Ruca in a matchup between veteran experience and rising athleticism. What You'll Get in This Episode • Full WWE Clash in Italy match predictions • Winner picks for every announced match • Cody Rhodes vs Gunther breakdown • Roman Reigns vs Jacob Fatu Tribal Combat discussion • Rhea Ripley vs Jade Cargill prediction • Becky Lynch vs Sol Ruca title match preview • WWE storyline direction and post-show possibilities • Snug Wrestling crew debate, reactions, and hot takes Why This Video Matters WWE Clash in Italy could have a major impact on the future of WWE's championship scene, the Bloodline story, the women's division, and the road to the next big premium live event. With Cody Rhodes, Gunther, Roman Reigns, Jacob Fatu, Rhea Ripley, Jade Cargill, Becky Lynch, and Sol Ruca all featured, this card has major consequences for WWE fans. We give our honest predictions, explain why each match matters, and debate which stars need the win the most. Drop your predictions in the comments. Who do you think wins at WWE Clash in Italy? Subscribe for More Wrestling Content If you enjoy WWE predictions, AEW talk, wrestling podcasts, live reactions, PLE previews, and wrestling debates, subscribe to Snug Wrestling and join the conversation. Follow Snug Wrestling: X/Twitter: https://x.com/SnugWrestling Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snugwrestling/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@snugwrestlin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/snugwrestlingg Merch/Website: https://tee.pub/lic/5RBm2m1Bhdo Business inquiries: snugwrestlingpod@gmail.com Disclaimer This video is for entertainment, commentary, criticism, and discussion purposes only. Snug Wrestling is not affiliated with WWE, AEW, or any wrestling promotion. All trademarks, names, and footage belong to their respective owners. Copyright Notice Any clips, images, or references used are intended for commentary, criticism, news reporting, and transformative discussion under fair use. No copyright infringement is intended. #WWE #WWEClashInItaly #CodyRhodes #Gunther #RomanReigns #JacobFatu #RheaRipley #JadeCargill #BeckyLynch #SolRuca #WrestlingPodcast #SnugWrestling  

Darja Pergovnik: "Plečnikov opus v Ljubljani je velik in raznolik, podrobno je obravnavan v številnih knjigah, strokovnih besedil in na razstavah. Vendar pa je med objavami manj podrobnih analiz njegovega urejanja odprtega prostora, čeprav je bilo prav to eno ključnih poglavij Plečnikovega dela. To potrjuje tudi uvrstitev nekaterih njegovih del na Unescov seznam." Darja Pergovnik je krajinska arhitektka, konzervatorska svetnica na Zavodu za varstvo kulturne dediščine Slovenije.

We preview Clash In Italy, recap Saturday Night's Main Event, and how to build a PLE card.TAP IN!!!

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event from Fort Wayne, Indiana, is over. It's time for the NoSo Post Show to give their thoughts on the event. From Live to Tape on YouTube, Ryan Gray & Richie Mars give you their thoughts on the PLE.   YouTube Verison: https://www.youtube.com/live/32mVZNeRkYI

Go to maximumfun.org/jointights to become a MaxFun Member. For as little as $5 a month, you'll earn great gifts and help this show continue. There's been a bit of a change in WWE recently– the matches on RAW have been longer and of noticeably higher quality. The cards for the upcoming PLEs (more on that later) are particularly stacked. Dare we say that TKO has released its vice grip on the booking team after WrestleMania failed to live up to standards? We can only guess? In fact, the only thing that's dampening the optimism is the fact that Brock Lesnar made is short-awaited debut to continue his program with Oba Femi.  The Main Event Aside from the wrestling ring and every item that's involved in a match being converted into a sponsorship, the surest sign of WWE's big business era is their PLE strategy. This is the latest evolution in their monthly shows that used to be known as PPVs. So let's start with a look back.  The Three Count Danielle put over Effy's new merch! Julian put over the Street Profits time off. Hal put over the Triple H absolving anyone who didn't stand for Hogan's tribute. Keep up with this show all week long on instagram, tiktok and bluesky. This show was produced by Julian Burrell for Maximumfun.org Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointights

The WWE is about to run 2-PLE level events in back-to-back weeks, and still, we can't find the balance. Brock is back from retirement??? Jacon and Roman are going to combat, Gunther is handed a title shot, and the women's singles division is the latest to be on a milk carton. Is this the recipe? Is this what the fans want? We answer that and more on a brand-new episode of Sunset Flip Radio. Top guys out.

„Dětská onkologická ambulance působí depkoidně,“ usmívá se dnes animátorka, která si sama v životě prošla těžkým obdobím. Na druhou stranu pro ni bylo impulsem a inspirací. „Když tam dnes jedu, těším se a vracím se odtamtud totálně nabitá. I proto vznikli Plešouni,“ vysvětluje v rozhovoru s Markem Němcem vznik animovaného seriálu, který vypráví o bandě odvážných dětí.Všechny díly podcastu Blízká setkání můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.

Episode 602! It's WWE Backlash! James, Jaxie, Monty and Gina are here for all things WWE! We catch up with Raw and Smackdown and of course review the PLE! Plus lot's more! Enjoy!!

Go to maximumfun.org/jointights to become a MaxFun Member. For as little as $5 a month, you'll earn great gifts and help this show continue. After a brief respite from WWE, the full crew is BACK! With a discussion of BackLASH! There seems to have been a bit of a response to the reception of WrestleMania with this latest PLE. Each of the matches was actually given a lot of time which means that more stars got time to shine– that includes our beloved Danhausen.  He'll earn tons of praise before more love is piled onto Oba Femi, Jacob Fatu, The Street Profits and so many more.  But all of this good wrestling cannot overshadow the recent cull of the company's talent, including several notable names like Kairi Sane and Zelina Vega. The Main Event After more than ten years as one of the WWE's most bankable acts, Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston have left the company. Big E's status as a part of the PLE preshow seems to still be secure as he enjoys retirement. But the New Day as we know it is no more. The Three Count Danielle put over Danhausen's Celebrity Nice/Evil Index. Lindsey put over Finn and his former mates. Hal put over the previous influence of TKO Keep up with this show all week long on instagram, tiktok and bluesky. This show was produced by Julian Burrell for Maximumfun.org Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointights

WWE Backlash 2026 is officially in the books and we're breaking down the entire show on this episode of Two Dudes With Attitudes: A Wrestling Podcast.We review:Roman Reigns defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Jacob FatuBron Breakker vs Seth RollinsTrick Williams vs Sami Zayn for the United States ChampionshipIYO SKY vs AsukaJohn Cena's major announcementDid WWE deliver with its first major PLE after WrestleMania 42? Who stole the show? Is Jacob Fatu becoming WWE's next breakout megastar? We discuss all of it with honest reactions, analysis, and plenty of wrestling debate.Follow Two Dudes With Attitudes:YouTube: https://youtube.com/@twodudeswithattitudes#WWE #Backlash #RomanReigns #JacobFatu #BronBreakker #SethRollinsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/two-dudes-with-attitudes-a-wrestling-podcast--5927275/support.

WWE Backlash is in the books, and we've got a packed episode breaking it all down! Roman Reigns defeated Jacob Fatu in what might be the most important match of 2026 — but is Fatu actually the monster heel WWE needs, or is he a tweener that loses his edge the more we see him? We compare him to legends like Vader and Umaga to figure out where he fits. Then we dive into the John Cena Classic — a fan-voted PLE pitting NXT vs. the main roster with a brand-new title on the line. Sounds cool, but the details are thin. Is this the future of WWE storytelling or a gimmick? Plus, 30 WWE releases have hit the wire, The New Day is gone over contract disputes, and Kevin Nash is out here telling wrestlers to unionize through SAG. Is he right? We debate it. And we throw out quick predictions for the next PLE before wrapping with a "Do We Care?" segment covering The New Day possibly heading to AEW, Mason Rook in NXT, and Oba Femi's open challenge.

On this week's edition of the Multi-Time Award Winning, The Rack returned with your hosts Lindsey Ward & Sir Rockin. On the program this week we will be giving you the latest news in WWE, AEW & Impact which includes: *WWE House Shows are back for the summer! *TripleMania Announced *WWE & Arizona And More! We reviewed this past Saturday's PLE, Backlash! Check it all out on this week's edition of The Rack Presented by “MBG Films”.

This week with Bill gone 3 Beer Zach and JCB talk about the world of professional wrestling. The 1 count is WWE as Backlash takes center stage. Hear what the boys thought of the PLE and which match was their Match of the Night. Oba Femi's Open Challenge continues to be a dud. Jacob Fatu beats down the Usos and Roman Reigns to close RAW. How long will Asuka be gone? A surprise figure is caught riding with the Vision. The 2 count is AEW as they build towards Double Or Nothing. Darby Allin with 2 more title defenses during the week. MJF finally signs his contract to face Darby Allin at Double Or Nothing. The Owen Hart men's and women's tournament brackets are announced. Will Ospreay switching his style in ring to defeat Ace Austin. Stadium Stampede is complete with two 7 man teams. Mark Briscoe makes his return looking for revenge on Ciampa. The 3 count is a quick review of New Japan Pro Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors. Odds and ends to close the pod!Available on all audio podcast platforms. Listen Share Subscribe Repeat! Rate and review on Apple and Spotify!WWEAEW 52:41BOSJ 1:32:33

This week with Bill gone 3 Beer Zach and JCB talk about the world of professional wrestling. The 1 count is WWE as Backlash takes center stage. Hear what the boys thought of the PLE and which match was their Match of the Night. Oba Femi's Open Challenge continues to be a dud. Jacob Fatu beats down the Usos and Roman Reigns. How long will Asuka be gone? A surprise figure is caught riding with the Vision. The 2 count is AEW as they build towards Double Or Nothing. Darby Allin with 2 more title defenses during the week. MJF finally signs his contract to face Darby Allin at Double Or Nothing. The Owen Hart men's and women's tournament brackets are announced. Will Ospreay switching his style in ring to defeat Ace Austin. Stadium Stampede is ccomplete with two 7 man teams. Mark Briscoe makes his return looking for revenge on Ciampa. The 3 count is a quick review of New Japan Pro Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors tournament. Odds and ends to close the pod!Available on all audio podcast platforms. Listen Share Subscribe Repeat! Rate and review on Apple and Spotify! WWEAEW 52:41BOSJ 1:32:33

Join SP3, Tru Draw Josh & Jon Escudero of Dirt Sheet Radio for our WWE Backlash 2026 Review breaking down the latest PLE ft. Roman Reigns vs Jacob Fatu for the World Heavyweight Championship. TIME STAMPS: 0:00 SP3 rundowns the biggest moments of Backlash open 1:59 Intro 4:20 SP3, Josh & Jon welcome you to the show 7:22 Was Darby Allin vs PAC better than any match on Backlash? / Short PLEs are a good thing? / How to view a WWE PLE / AAA love 18:04 John Cena Classic & Minihausen reactions Show recap: 22:27 Overall thoughts on Backlash 26:38 Bron Breakker vs Seth Rollins 38:22 Is Roman Reigns next for Bron Breakker after this win? / How Roman Reigns' current run should be? 44:30 Trick Williams vs Sami Zayn (United States Championship) 53:16 Are WWE fans' standards low? / Was Breakker vs Rollins better than GUNTHER at Mania? 54:49 WWE fans don't want other fans to have opinions during a review 58:08 Danhausen & Mini-Hausen vs The Miz & Kit Wilson 1:06:15 Is WWE making fun of their fans? / Is WWE a parody of a wrestling promotion or is this good comedy? 1:20:10 AAA TripleMania 34 two-night event this September / why AAA is running this show in September to go against CMLL 1:28:05 IYO SKY vs Asuka / Asuka shows respect & cries with IYO 1:31:22 Asuka leaving WWE, semi-retirement? / Asuka's legacy in pro wrestling 1:43:50 Is Asuka the most successful Japanese wrestler in US wrestling history? 1:49:25 John Cena history making announcement of the John Cena Classic 1:56:07 EVIL/NARAKU wins the John Cena Classic / Mason Rook discussion / breaking kayfabe w/fan voting for a new champion 2:03:03 Will the John Cena Classic Title be defended? 2:04:01 Roman Reigns vs Jacob Fatu (World Heavyweight Championship) / Fatu destroys Reigns after the match 2:21:12 Unhinged Jacob Fatu is the best Jacob Fatu / Will Fatu win the title? 2:23:55 Ratings for the show 2:33:10 Outro Like, share, comment and subscribe to support! #WWEBacklash #WWE #Asuka #IYOSKY #RomanReigns #JacobFatu #JohnCena #JohnCenaClassic #Danhausen #Minihausen #Miz #KitWilson #SethRollins #BronBreakker Welcome to the Tru Heel Heat Wrestling YouTube channel where we cover  the sport of professional wrestling including all WWE TV shows (Raw,  Smackdown, & NXT), AEW Dynamite/Dark, IMPACT Wrestling, NJPW, ROH,  Dark Side of the Ring and more. Our weekly podcast hosted by SP3, Top  Guy JJ & Miss Krssi Luv breaking down the weekly wrestling news and  present unfiltered, honest thoughts and opinions for wrestling fans by  wrestling fans, drops every Saturday. We also include PPV reviews,  countdowns, and exclusive interviews with wrestlers from all promotions  hosted by a wide range of personalities such as Romeo, Chris G, Ness,  StatKing, Drunk Guy JJ, J-News and more. Subscribe and enable ALL  notifications to stay posted for the latest wrestling WWE news,  highlights, commentary, updates and more.Become a member of Tru Heels Facebook community: www.facebook.com/groups/1336177103130224/Subscribe to Tru Heel Heat on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC0AmFQmsRyQYPKyRm5hDwNgFollow Tru Heels on Twitter: twitter.com/truheelheatFollow Tru Heels on Instagram: www.instagram.com/truheelheat/Music composed by JPM

MOC. Loose. Collectors. Forever.The end of an era has arrived on The FigGuys as Mike and Tom say goodbye & goodnight to AEW by Jazwares. From the unforgettable highs of the line's launch in 2020 to the game-changing figures, dream releases, exclusives, conventions, chases, and collector moments that followed, Episode 104 is a full celebration of one of the most important wrestling figure lines of the modern era.The guys break down the reported end of the AEW/Jazwares partnership, discuss what may still be coming before the line officially rides off into the sunset, and debate who could potentially take over the AEW figure license next. From the “Little Bit of the Bubbly” Jericho set to defining moments in figure history, this episode is packed with memories, opinions, laughs, and some emotional collector talk for anyone who was there from the beginning.But that's not all…This week's episode also dives into:• WWE Backlash reactions and why this may have been WWE's strongest PLE in recent memory • Jacob Fatu continuing to prove he's on another level • Incredible praise for Iyo Sky, Asuka, and WWE's women's division • Danhausen chaos, Mini Hausens, and the “very nice, very evil” Fallout from Backlash• The latest on Powertown and the increasingly bizarre situation surrounding the brand • Zombie Sailor Pinnacle updates including One Man Gang • New Matt Maniacs, KWK, Collect Major, and WWE Mattel reveals • Ringside Roundup featuring Ricky Saints, Rey Fenix, Coliseum Collection Demolition, and more • Massive Unbox With Us segment loaded with WWE, AEW, ROH, and WrestleMania pickupsPLUS: Mike and Tom discuss the future of wrestling figures, rising price points in the hobby, retro collecting, Superstars, Big Rubber Guys, and why wrestling figure collecting continues to be one of the best communities in the world.Goodbye & Goodnight… AEW by Jazwares 2020–2026.Use code FIGGUYS at Ringside Collectibles to save 10% on your order! Ringside CollectiblesUse code THEFIGGUYS10 at Big Shots! Big ShotsUse code OFFICIALFIGGUYS at Figures Toy Company! Figures Toy CompanyUse code FigGuys at SlamCollectibles.com for 10% off acrylic cases!Follow us everywhere: @officialfigguys The FigGuys

For this episode I give my thoughts on the state of WWE moreso from an economic, creative perspective. I talk about how I think the move of Raw to Netflix has backfired as it was the flagship show on cable for so long. I then talk about the increase in price going from Peacock to ESPN app and how thats a problem. I then go into how I think streaming sports on apps (other than the NFL) won't work out. I talk about the disregard of kayfabe and how I think that has turned a lot of people off. I conclude by talking about how the big names (Seth, Roman, Cody, Punk) don't wrestle except on PLE's and how I disagree with that and compare it to the past

Joe is joined by Cj Belanger as we watch along to Wwe's PLE this week WWE Backlash! Missed my boy so we just basically got on and talked some world class smack! we included some of our wrestling likes and dislikes! Cj of the rose suchak ladder podcast and Totally Rad Christmas is one of my brothers in pod so when we get on anytime it's a party!

COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What would Kaz's version of a "John Cena Classic" look like?David and Kaz kick off the show comparing Kaz's New York Knicks to Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns before recapping everything that happened at Backlash this past weekend. They get into: Whether Backlash was partly the WrestleMania show WWE's writing team actually wanted to put together Is the Seth Rollins-Bron Breakker feud over? Why this Trick Williams-Sami Zayn match was better than their WrestleMania match (and take a slight detour into Zayn and other WWE superstars' reported pay cuts) Asuka's potential retirement Danhausen's mainstream appeal How strong Jacob Fatu came out of the main event Whose stock rose most after the PLE? They close out the show talking Darby Allin's successful AEW World Championship defense over PAC at Fairway to Hell, as well as Jack Perry's pending free agency and if he could potentially be WWE-bound. Subscribe to the⁠⁠ Ringer Wrestling YouTube channel!⁠ Be sure to follow us on⁠ BlueSky⁠,⁠ TikTok⁠,⁠ Instagram, Threads⁠, and⁠ X⁠. Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide Producer: Ben Cruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sean Ross Sapp (@SeanRossSapp) reviews tonight's WWE Backlash 2026 PLE, May 9, 2026:   -John Cena appearance -Seth Rollins vs. Bron Breakker -Iyo Sky vs. Asuka -Danhausen and mystery partner vs. The Miz and Kit Wilson -United States Championship match: Trick Williams (c) vs. Sami Zayn -World Heavyweight Championship match: Roman Reigns (c) vs. Jacob Fatu   EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fightful Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A MUST HAVE for wrestling fans! Watch all WWE shows with one Netflix subscription, and save HUNDREDS on AEW PPV events with a MYAEW subscription!   If you want to bet on Wrestling, or any other sport, check out our new partner where we get ALL of our odds! https://mybookie.website/joinwithFIGHTFUL and use the promo code FIGHTFUL. Deposit $100, get $50. Go in with $200, and they'll make it $100!   Buy two months of BlueChew Gold, and get the third for FREE with promo code FIGHTFUL! Visit BlueChew.com, code FIGHTFUL!   Get the best night's sleep of your life and 100 nights risk free on a great mattress with http://HelixSleep.com/Fightful! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

WWE Backlash from Tampa Bay, Florida, is over. It's time for the NoSo Post Show to give their thoughts on the event. From Live to Tape on YouTube, Ryan Gray, JT Rozzero & Richie Mars give you their thoughts on the PLE.

Join SP3 and Maggie for our WWE Backlash 2026 Preview breaking down and giving our predictions for this Saturday's PLE ft. Roman Reigns vs Jacob Fatu for the World Heavyweight Championship. TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Intro 2:35 SP3 & Maggie welcome you to the show / Story Time w/Maggie 15:14 How many bangers will the Backlash card have? 18:52 SP3 triggers Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis & Dave Meltzer / more lists talk / support for Maggie's dry cleaning 30:56 Our anticipation for Backlash 35:45 What will be John Cena's "history making" announcement? 45:26 Seth Rollins vs Bron Breakker predictions 56:11 Trick Williams vs Sami Zayn (United States Championship) predictions 1:09:01 Asuka vs IYO SKY predictions / will Kairi Sane make her return? 1:19:56 Danhausen & mystery partner vs The Miz & Kit Wilson predictions / who will the mystery partner be? 1:23:41 Roman Reigns vs Jacob Fatu (World Heavyweight Championship) predictions 1:33:15 Outro Like, share, comment and subscribe to support! #WWEBacklash #WWE #RomanReigns #JacobFatu #JohnCena #BronBreakker #SethRollins #IYOSKY #Asuka #TrickWilliams #SamiZayn #Danhausen #TheMiz #KitWilson #kairisane Welcome to the Tru Heel Heat Wrestling YouTube channel where we cover  the sport of professional wrestling including all WWE TV shows (Raw,  Smackdown, & NXT), AEW Dynamite/Dark, IMPACT Wrestling, NJPW, ROH,  Dark Side of the Ring and more. Our weekly podcast hosted by SP3, Top  Guy JJ & Miss Krssi Luv breaking down the weekly wrestling news and  present unfiltered, honest thoughts and opinions for wrestling fans by  wrestling fans, drops every Saturday. We also include PPV reviews,  countdowns, and exclusive interviews with wrestlers from all promotions  hosted by a wide range of personalities such as Romeo, Chris G, Ness,  StatKing, Drunk Guy JJ, J-News and more. Subscribe and enable ALL  notifications to stay posted for the latest wrestling WWE news,  highlights, commentary, updates and more.Become a member of Tru Heels Facebook community: www.facebook.com/groups/1336177103130224/Subscribe to Tru Heel Heat on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC0AmFQmsRyQYPKyRm5hDwNgFollow Tru Heels on Twitter: twitter.com/truheelheatFollow Tru Heels on Instagram: www.instagram.com/truheelheat/Music composed by JPM

It's Total BS! The newest trivia show has landed at TheChairshot.com! The Trivia Trickster himself, AJ Balaz, bring you Phenomenally Funky Facts! Spun off from the legendary DWI Podcast, Phenomenally Funky Facts is a monthly trivia show every PLE week!This month, the esteemed contestants are two of the most interesting and infamous contributors to The Chairshot - Dave Ungar and Christopher Platt!Chairshot Radio Network Launched in 2017, the Chairshot Radio Network presents you with the best in sports, entertainment, and sports entertainment. Wrestling and wrestling crossover podcasts + the most interesting content + the most engaging hosts = the most entertaining podcasts you'll find! MONDAY - Bandwagon Nerds (entertainment & popular culture) TUESDAY - 4 Corners Podcast (sports) WEDNESDAY - The Greg DeMarco Show (wrestling) THURSDAY - Nefarious Means FRIDAY - DWI Podcast (Drunk Wrestling Intellect) SATURDAY - The Mindless Wrestling Podcast SUNDAY - 30 Mindless Minutes CHAIRSHOT RADIO NETWORK PODCAST SPECIALS Attitude Of Aggression Podcast: The Big Five Project (chronologically exploring WWE's PPV/PLE history), Unidentified History (Ufology), & Game Gone Wrong (Game of Thrones Universe) Chairshot Radio Network Your home for the hardest hitting podcasts... Sports, Entertainment and Sports Entertainment! All Shows On DemandAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

WWE SmackDown Go-Home Show Review Before Backlash | Gunther, Tiffany Stratton vs Kiana James YouTube Description Join the Snug Wrestling crew LIVE as we break down this week's WWE Friday Night SmackDown, the official go-home show before WWE Backlash. We're reviewing every major segment, match, storyline, and moment from SmackDown as WWE makes its final push toward this weekend's Backlash PLE. This live stream is focused on the biggest WWE SmackDown topics fans are searching for right now, including Gunther appearing on SmackDown, the WWE Women's United States Championship match, the six-woman tag team match featuring major WWE women's division stars, and the wild Gingerbread Man Funeral segment. If you're looking for a full WWE SmackDown review, Backlash preview, WWE live reaction, or a wrestling podcast breaking down the road to the next WWE premium live event, this is the place to be. Topics Covered Tonight • WWE Friday Night SmackDown review • WWE Backlash go-home show breakdown • Gunther appears on SmackDown • Final storylines before WWE Backlash PLE • WWE Women's United States Title Match • Tiffany Stratton vs Kiana James • Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs Fatal Influence • Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley, and Lainey Reid on SmackDown • Gingerbread Man Funeral segment reaction • WWE creative direction heading into Backlash • Best and worst moments from SmackDown • Live fan reactions and wrestling chat WWE SmackDown Card Reviewed Gunther to appear The Snug crew discusses Gunther's appearance on SmackDown and what it could mean for WWE Backlash, the main event scene, and WWE's direction after this weekend's premium live event. WWE Women's United States Championship Match Tiffany Stratton vs Kiana James We review the Women's United States Title match, the in-ring action, the booking, and what this match means for both Tiffany Stratton and Kiana James moving forward. Six-Woman Tag Team Match Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs Fatal Influence We break down the six-woman tag match featuring Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley, and Lainey Reid. The Snug crew gives live reactions to the match, the storylines, and how WWE is building the women's division on SmackDown. Gingerbread Man Funeral Yes, we're talking about it. The Snug crew reacts to the Gingerbread Man Funeral segment and discusses whether it worked, missed, or became one of the most talked-about moments of WWE SmackDown this week. What You'll Get From This Live Stream This is not just a quick recap. This is a full WWE SmackDown live review with honest reactions, wrestling analysis, storyline discussion, and fan interaction. The Snug Wrestling crew will talk about what worked, what didn't, what WWE is setting up for Backlash, and which moments could matter after the PLE is over. You'll get: • A complete SmackDown review • Backlash predictions and final thoughts • Match-by-match discussion • Segment reactions • WWE storyline analysis • Live wrestling podcast conversation • Viewer comments and fan debate • Honest opinions from the Snug Wrestling crew Why This WWE SmackDown Review Matters This episode of Friday Night SmackDown is important because it is the final show before WWE Backlash. Go-home shows are designed to create last-minute hype, confirm momentum, and give fans a reason to watch the premium live event. The Snug crew will discuss whether WWE successfully built excitement for Backlash or if the show left fans wanting more. With Gunther, Tiffany Stratton, Kiana James, Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, and Fatal Influence all part of the conversation, this SmackDown has plenty for WWE fans to react to. Whether you loved the show, hated the booking, or just want to talk wrestling with other fans, join us live and be part of the discussion. Join the Live Chat Drop your thoughts in the chat during the stream: • Did WWE deliver a strong SmackDown before Backlash? • Was Gunther's appearance effective? • Who impressed you most on the show? • Did Tiffany Stratton vs Kiana James deliver? • Are you excited for WWE Backlash? • What was the best moment of Friday Night SmackDown? Like the stream, subscribe to Snug Wrestling, and turn on notifications so you don't miss future WWE reviews, AEW discussions, wrestling live streams, PLE previews, post-show reactions, and weekly wrestling podcast episodes. Follow Snug Wrestling X/Twitter: https://x.com/SnugWrestling Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snugwrestling/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@snugwrestlin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/snugwrestlingg Merch/Website: https://tee.pub/lic/5RBm2m1Bhdo Business inquiries: snugwrestlingpod@gmail.com Disclaimer This video is a wrestling review, reaction, commentary, and discussion stream. Snug Wrestling is not affiliated with WWE, AEW, TKO Group Holdings, or any professional wrestling promotion. All opinions expressed are for entertainment and commentary purposes only. Copyright Notice Any WWE-related names, logos, footage, images, or trademarks belong to their respective owners. This live stream is intended for commentary, criticism, news discussion, and fan analysis under fair use. 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On this week's edition of the Multi-Time Award Winning, The Rack returned with your hosts Lindsey Ward & Sir Rockin. On the program this week we will be giving you the latest news in WWE, AEW & Impact which includes: *Club WWE *WWE Spring Releases including: The Wyatt Sicks, Kairi Sane, New Day & More *Triple H & Nick Khan get new contracts *WWE Live Event Updates And More! We previewed this Saturday’s PLE, Backlash! Check it all out on this week's edition of The Rack Presented by “MBG Films”.

Well all of the craziness of life and WrestleMania is spilling over into May! That's where WWE Backlash Tampa comes in. Your girls Stephanie and Bianca are back to give the history of the PLE, as well as give their predictions for the Tampa show! Catch the Vibe! It's HWP Xtra! Hosts: Stephanie Hardy Follow Stephanie & HWP on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queenstephhardy & https://www.instagram.com/hardywrestlingpodcast Follow Stephanie & HWP on X: https://www.x.com/QueenStephHardy & https://x.com/hardywrestlepodBianca AddisonFollow Bianca on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biancaaddisonFollow Bianca on X (formally known as Twitter): https://www.x.com/biancaaddisonFollow Bianca on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/eboniroseringsideTags: #hwp #hardywrestlingpodcast #hwpxtra #wweraw #smackdown #wwenxt #thenewday p#wwebacklash #tampa #wweonnetflix #rawonnetflix #wweid #aewdynamite #aewcollision #wowsuperheroes #tnawrestling #weluvwrestling #wrestlingcommunity New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount!

Bodyslam.net's Wombeezy is here to run down the entire WWE Backlash 2026 PLE card and give you their predictions!#WWEBacklash #WWE #WWERaw #SmackDown #Wrestling #ProWrestling #Bodyslam

Join the Snug Wrestling Crew LIVE as we break down the full WWE Backlash 2026 match card, discuss the build-up to the next WWE PLE, and give our official predictions for every announced match. This live stream is focused on WWE Backlash 2026 predictions, match-by-match analysis, storyline discussion, and the biggest questions heading into the premium live event. Will Roman Reigns retain the World Heavyweight Championship against Jacob Fatu? Can Sami Zayn take the United States Championship from Trick Williams? What happens when Seth Rollins collides with Bron Breakker with Paul Heyman in his corner? The Snug Crew is diving into all of it LIVE. WWE Backlash 2026 Match Card Predictions Roman Reigns (c) vs. Jacob Fatu World Heavyweight Championship Trick Williams (c) vs. Sami Zayn United States Championship Seth Rollins vs. Bron Breakker With Paul Heyman Asuka vs. IYO SKY Danhausen & A Mystery Partner vs. The Miz & Kit Wilson What We'll Cover In this WWE Backlash 2026 live stream, we'll discuss: • Full WWE Backlash 2026 card predictions • Roman Reigns vs Jacob Fatu World Heavyweight Championship preview • Trick Williams vs Sami Zayn United States Championship predictions • Seth Rollins vs Bron Breakker with Paul Heyman storyline breakdown • Asuka vs IYO SKY match preview and winner picks • Danhausen's mystery partner predictions • WWE storyline build-up heading into Backlash • Possible surprises, returns, swerves, and match outcomes • Snug Crew official picks for every match on the card • Live wrestling podcast discussion with the chat Why This WWE Backlash 2026 Preview Matters WWE Backlash 2026 could shape the next major chapter in WWE storytelling. With Roman Reigns defending championship gold, Jacob Fatu chasing a massive title win, Seth Rollins facing one of WWE's most dangerous rising stars in Bron Breakker, and Paul Heyman involved in the drama, this card has major implications for the future of WWE. The Snug Crew will talk about which matches could steal the show, which champions are most likely to retain, which challengers could shock the WWE Universe, and what each result could mean moving forward. This is the place for fans looking for WWE Backlash 2026 predictions, WWE live reactions, wrestling podcast discussion, WWE PLE preview, and match card breakdowns. Join the Live Chat Drop your predictions in the live chat and let us know: • Who wins Roman Reigns vs Jacob Fatu? • Will Trick Williams retain against Sami Zayn? • Does Bron Breakker beat Seth Rollins? • Who wins between Asuka and IYO SKY? • Who is Danhausen's mystery partner? • Which WWE Backlash 2026 match are you most excited for? The Snug Crew wants to hear your picks, hot takes, and bold predictions. Subscribe for More Snug Wrestling Subscribe for more wrestling live streams, WWE predictions, AEW discussion, wrestling news, PLE previews, post-show reactions, and weekly wrestling podcast content. Hit the like button, subscribe to the channel, and turn on notifications so you don't miss the next Snug Wrestling live stream.   Follow Snug Wrestling: X/Twitter: https://x.com/SnugWrestling Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snugwrestling/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@snugwrestlin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/snugwrestlingg Merch/Website: https://tee.pub/lic/5RBm2m1Bhdo Business inquiries: snugwrestlingpod@gmail.com Disclaimer This video is for entertainment, commentary, criticism, and discussion purposes only. Snug Wrestling is not affiliated with WWE, AEW, TNA, NJPW, or any wrestling promotion. All opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Copyright Disclaimer Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act: allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Any images, video clips, audio, logos, or trademarks used belong to their respective owners and are used for commentary and discussion purposes. #WWEBacklash2026 #WWE #RomanReigns #JacobFatu #SethRollins #BronBreakker #SamiZayn #TrickWilliams #Asuka #IYOSKY #Danhausen #WrestlingPodcast #WWEPredictions #WrestlingLiveStream

Let's talk Monday Night Raw that aired 5/4/2026. The final Raw before Backlash that saw Bron Breakker get the best of Seth Rollins, Fatu & Roman sign their contract for Saturday's PLE, Sol Ruca attack Becky Lynch and much more.Go AD-FREE at Patreon.com/WWEPodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-wwe-podcast--2187791/support.

Turnbuckle Tavern is powered by G FUEL, the clean zero-sugar, zero-crash energy formula that keeps you locked in for the main event. Save 20% with code TAVERN at GFUEL.com. Fuel up and keep it Tavern. Turnbuckle Tavern is also powered by the Official Dick Lazer, the ultimate gag gift with laser projections, flashlight, blacklight, and more. Head to DickLazers.com and use code TAVERN for 20% off. Keep it Tavern. Episode 184 covers a packed week across wrestling, led by WWE reshaping NXT's future. NXT Premium Live Events are moving to The CW in the U.S., with weekly episodes and PLEs also headed to ESPN Unlimited, while next-day episodes will arrive on The Roku Channel this fall. WWE is clearly trying to make NXT more accessible, more sports-adjacent, and easier to find across multiple platforms. We also break down Stephanie Vaquer's legitimate second-degree AC sprain after the Raw angle with Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez. Vaquer is expected to be out for the foreseeable future, with hope but no guarantee that she could return by SummerSlam. Talla Tonga is also sidelined with an undisclosed injury but has not been released and is expected back fairly soon. The WWE AI conversation heated up after backlash to an NXT video package for Sol Ruca and Zaria, coming just after Mark Shapiro confirmed WWE has been using AI in connection with storylines, audience data, creative direction, touring, and revenue strategy. The concern is simple: fans do not want wrestling to feel generated, synthetic, or stripped of its human emotion. Outside WWE, Carlos Silva addressed TNA pulling talent from approved indie matches involving AEW stars, including Nic Nemeth vs. MJF and Leon Slater vs. Ricochet. Silva framed the move as protecting TNA's business, while Matt Hardy said the talent were compensated and MJF publicly accused Silva of lying. We also cover SmackDown's yearly format change, with three-hour shows running from January through June before returning to two hours from July through December. AJ Lee's current WWE run appears to be finished for now after WrestleMania 42, though a future return remains possible. AEW may be adding a new July pay-per-view called Redemption, with Montreal reportedly the favorite host city. If finalized, it would bring AEW to ten yearly pay-per-views for the first time. New Japan also heads into Wrestling Dontaku 2026 with major AEW involvement, including Will Ospreay in six-man action, Andrade El Idolo challenging Yota Tsuji, and Konosuke Takeshita defending the NJPW World TV Championship. We also discuss Janel Grant launching an Instagram account tied to the broader conversation around workplace NDAs and Connecticut Raised Bill S.B. 355, ahead of a key June 10 ruling in her case. And we close the news section with a heartfelt acknowledgment of Rebel, Tanea Brooks, who revealed she has been diagnosed with terminal ALS after a long medical journey. Then we look ahead to Raw, NXT, AEW Dynamite, TNA Impact, SmackDown, AEW Collision, AAA on Fox, NWA Powerrr, and the upcoming 2026 PPV and PLE calendar. Episode 184 is about access, control, uncertainty, and change across the wrestling industry. WWE is expanding NXT's reach while facing injury and AI questions. TNA and AEW tensions are spilling into public view. AEW continues to scale. NJPW leans into crossover appeal. And the week reminds us that behind every headline are real people navigating real consequences. Be sure to support the show and join our Patreon for just $2.99 a month at Patreon.com/TheTurnbuckleTavern for exclusive content. Follow us on social media @TurnbuckleTavern for all the latest updates. Until the following week, when we wine and dine with you kings and queens, stay out of the alley and away from the pork and beans. Good luck and good speed.  

In this powerful episode of The Reformed Brotherhood, Tony and Jesse return to their parable series with an in-depth examination of the Laborers in the Vineyard from Matthew 20:1-16. This often-misunderstood parable confronts our natural inclination toward merit-based thinking and exposes the scandal of God's grace. The hosts unpack the covenantal language embedded in the text, particularly the workers' "grumbling"—a loaded term echoing Israel's wilderness rebellion. Through careful exegesis and theological reflection, they demonstrate how this parable dismantles religious entitlement while celebrating God's sovereign freedom to bestow mercy according to His purposes, not our calculations. The discussion offers fresh insights into grace, election, and the radical generosity that defines God's kingdom economy. Key Takeaways The parable operates on covenant logic, not economic fairness: The landowner's dealings with his workers reflect covenantal promise-keeping rather than marketplace transactions, establishing that God's relationship with His people is fundamentally gracious. "Grumbling" carries profound theological weight: The Greek word used for the workers' complaint is the same term in the Septuagint for Israel's wilderness rebellion—not mere dissatisfaction, but a covenantal accusation against God's faithfulness. Two types of workers represent two approaches to God: The first-hired workers who contracted for specific wages represent those relating to God through legal obligation and merit, while later workers who trusted the owner's promise represent faith-based relationship. The reversal of payment order is narratively essential: By paying the last workers first, the landowner deliberately exposes the merit-based assumptions of the first workers, forcing them to confront their entitlement. Grace doesn't negate justice—it transcends it: The landowner fulfills every contractual obligation while simultaneously exercising sovereign generosity beyond what is owed, demonstrating that mercy and justice coexist in God's character. The parable addresses the present kingdom, not just heaven: Because it includes grumbling and complaint, this parable describes life in God's kingdom now—the "already but not yet"—rather than the consummated state. Divine sovereignty in salvation is the theological climax: The landowner's declaration "Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me?" directly addresses God's freedom in election and the scandal of unmerited grace. Key Ideas The Covenantal Nature of the Landowner's Dealings The parable's opening establishes a formal agreement between the landowner and the first workers: one denarius for a day's labor. This contractual arrangement is crucial for understanding what follows. Unlike marketplace haggling, this represents a covenant—the landowner binds himself to provide what he has promised. Tony emphasizes that even this initial contract is an act of condescension and grace, as the master had no obligation to employ anyone at all. As the day progresses, subsequent workers are hired with increasingly less formal agreements. By the third hour, the landowner promises only "whatever is right," and by the eleventh hour, no wage is even mentioned. These later workers enter the vineyard based entirely on the landowner's character and trustworthiness. This progression mirrors the movement from law to gospel—from contractual obligation to trusting promise. The theological implication is profound: those who relate to God based on His gracious word rather than calculated merit are actually in a more secure position than those who attempt to earn their standing through works. The Wilderness Echo: Grumbling as Covenant Violation The hosts make a critical exegetical observation about the Greek word for "grumbling" (γογγύζω) used in verse 11. This is not casual complaining but the identical term used throughout the Septuagint to describe Israel's covenant rebellion in the wilderness. When the workers grumble "upon receiving" their wages, they're not merely expressing disappointment about pay inequality—they're filing a covenant lawsuit against the master, accusing him of unfaithfulness. This connection to Numbers 16 and Exodus 16-17 is devastating. The Israelites' wilderness grumbling wasn't about logistics or comfort; it was fundamentally about doubting God's covenant fidelity. By employing this loaded terminology, Matthew signals that the first workers' complaint is nothing less than accusing God of covenant violation. The landowner's response ("Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?") is a covenant defense—he has fulfilled his obligations precisely. The workers' real offense is not miscalculation but begrudging God's freedom to show mercy beyond what is contractually required. The "Evil Eye" and Begrudging God's Grace The final rhetorical question—"Or do you begrudge my generosity?"—contains another Jewish idiom often lost in translation. The Greek literally reads, "Is your eye evil because I am good?" This "evil eye" imagery appears throughout Scripture as a metaphor for envy, stinginess, and resentment toward another's blessing. The landowner's question cuts to the heart: are you cursing me for being generous? This directly parallels Jonah's response to Nineveh's salvation. Jonah had just experienced miraculous deliverance through the great fish, yet when God showed identical mercy to the Ninevites, Jonah's response was essentially, "I knew you were gracious—that's why I ran!" The parable exposes the same perverse logic: those who have received covenant mercy begrudging that same mercy extended to others. For the Pharisees listening to Jesus, this was an indictment of their resentment toward tax collectors and sinners receiving the kingdom. For Christians today, it challenges any sense of spiritual superiority based on how long we've been in the kingdom or how much we've sacrificed. Memorable Quotes Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity? That 'or' is a logical connector—either I'm not allowed to do what I want with my belongings, which is ridiculous, or if I am allowed, then you must be mad at me for being generous. Those are the only options. — Tony Arsenal The grumbling in the Old Testament in this context is a covenantal accusation. These workers aren't just complaining about not getting what they thought they would—they're questioning the veracity of the covenant that was made. — Tony Arsenal Most of us are this eleventh-hour call. It's much better to be in the place of that younger brother who comes in and repents than to be the older brother who is stubborn and finds some reason to come before God with self-righteous grievances. — Jesse Schwamb Full Episode Transcript [00:01:05] Jesse Schwamb: Welcome to episode 488 of the Reformer Brotherhood. I'm Jesse  [00:01:13] Tony Arsenal: and I am still Tony, and this is the podcast where Tony comes back. Hey brother.  [00:01:19] Jesse Schwamb: Hey brother. The band is back together again, man. It's reunited and boy, do you feel it? It feels good, doesn't  [00:01:26] Tony Arsenal: it? I do, I do. I'm excited to come back. It was nice to take a break. [00:01:29] Jesse Schwamb: Good.  [00:01:29] Tony Arsenal: I, uh, I've been, you know, texted with you a couple times. Just it was, I did my best to sort of not think about the podcast because that's sort of defeats the purpose of taking a break from something if you spend a lot of time thinking about it. Um, so I'm back. I'm refreshed. I'm ready to go.  [00:01:44] Break and Work Chaos [00:01:44] Tony Arsenal: I appreciate the listeners' patience. Uh, it's been sort of a weird, crazy busy time at work. Uh, there's a lot going on. I, I lost like. 60% of my staff in the course of like three weeks. And, um, I'm still kind of in the thick of it, but we're coming out of it. So took a little bit of time to just make sure that I was having a, an appropriate space to de-stress from that and take care of my family and attend to worship. And, um, it was really a, a blessing to have that. Uh, sort of sabbatical. Ironically, the sabbatical wars were going on at the same time on Twitter, and Jesse is blissfully unaware of that 'cause he's not involved in in the Twitter. That's true. Um, but yeah, just took a little break and it's kinda like overblown it, to call it a sabbatical. Like this is a podcast, it's a hobby, but, but it was nice to have, uh, a little bit of extra time, you know, couple hours extra week, uh, uh, each week of extra time to just decompress and, uh, play with the kids and spend time with my wife and clean the house a little bit, which was good.  [00:02:36] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah, it is always good to have a clean house. You look great. You seem refreshed. The voice sounds good, and I'm like, I don't know, in year seven or eight of my Twitter sabbatical, it's going great so far. I feel like I haven't missed a whole lot. The world still seems wild and I'm sure, or X, right? We gotta go X on this. It's  [00:02:53] Tony Arsenal: always Twitter. It's always gonna be Twitter. I don't care what Elon Musk  says.  [00:02:56] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah, I'm listen. I'm totally fine with that.  [00:02:58] Back to Parables [00:02:58] Jesse Schwamb: And I teased this in the last episode, but we can't be stopped. I mean, people should know this by now, we have an inexorable march through the parables of Jesus's true. That will not be stopped. We're always gonna come back until there are no more. And on this episode, we're gonna be hanging out in Matthew 20, talking about laborers in the Kingdom of Heaven.  [00:03:17] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. I'm stoked. I'm, I'm, I'm excited to get back into it. I'm excited to get back into the word together with everybody. I'm excited to clear whatever that was on in my throat out  [00:03:27] Jesse Schwamb: emotion,  [00:03:27] Tony Arsenal: live on the air. Uh, but yeah, it'll be good. I'm, I'm stoked. I mean, I love this stuff and it's good to be back.  [00:03:32] Jesse Schwamb: Listen, you had the rest. Now let's talk about labor. So speaking of labor, it's, it's time for you to work up here, Tony. Are you affirming with or denying against on this episode?  [00:03:42] Tony Arsenal: Uh, I'm affirming something and I'm hopeful, uh, that just a little behind the scenes activity here. Jesse recorded episode 487, like an hour and a half ago. I have not yet listened to it, so I don't know if you did an affirmation and I I did. If you did. I hope it's not the same one.  [00:03:58] Jesse Schwamb: I did not. You're  [00:03:59] Tony Arsenal: safe. Uh, good. So I'm safe.  [00:04:01] Artemis II Hype [00:04:01] Tony Arsenal: So, um, I'm affirming the Artemis two mission. Um, oh, nice. Have you been, I mean, I know you're not on Twitter, but I'm sure there's news elsewhere. Uh, this amazing mission around the moon, um, for astronaut, for astronauts, I think, um, the furthest man space travel, um, since the Apollo program. Um. Pretty intense, pretty amazing pictures, right? The camera technologies amazing. Increased exponentially, uh, since we were there last. Um, this is ostensibly in preparation for an actual moon landing, which who knows when that will be? Um, but as far as I've seen, the mission was a resounding success. There was no right. I think they had, they ran into a few little hiccups early on with some technical things, but nothing crazy. I have not heard. Um, I know they did touch down and they did reentry. Um, I've not heard anything one way or another, but I'm assuming since I have not heard terrible, tragic news that they made it through, did they do the reentry? I'm really, apparently I'm not actually paying as much attention to this as I thought I was. I saw a lot of information about reentry, but I guess, I don't know for sure when that happened or is happening.  [00:05:05] Jesse Schwamb: I mean, by this point, when people listen to it, it'll be old news anyway, right? So  [00:05:09] Tony Arsenal: For sure. Yeah. And either, either it went terribly wrong and I'm gonna feel awful, or it went fine and I'm gonna feel a little silly for. Throwing a caveat that it went terribly wrong out there. But, um, it's cool. It's, it's amazing. I mean, I, I commented to my wife the other day and she's kinda like, yeah, maybe we should like, spend that money on people who are on the planet. I was like, okay, I can, I can buy that wisdom. But, um, there's something very cool and very Genesis, uh, one, ask Genesis one and two, ask about flying out into space and taking dominion over Yeah, for sure. Over a, a little ball of rock, uh, you know, uh, 25,000 miles away or whatever it is. Um. And, you know, I'm like an engineering nerd. I, I don't know anything about engineering, but I love watching YouTube videos that explain stuff like this. And  [00:05:52] Jesse Schwamb: me  [00:05:52] Tony Arsenal: too, all of the videos that have cropped up now about free return and how, like they're able to basically like do minimal burn on the thrusters to get into the right trajectory and then just like meet the moon in the place it's gonna be. And then the, you know, the moon's gravity captures it and whips it back around and then shoots it back towards Earth. And for the most part, they're able to do all of that with relatively minor, um, relatively minor energy output because they're just utilizing physics and gravity and math, um, to fly to the moon and come back. Yes. It's pretty crazy amazing. So, yeah. Amazing. And the photos of like the, the sort of like new versions of the Earthrise photos are really, really phenomenal. Um, they're crisp, they're clean, they're obviously like the best, the best actual pho photographic images we've had of the lunar surface. Um. And the, the far side of the lunar surface, which we get all sorts of like telescopic photos and things of this side of the lunar surface because it's tightly locked and is facing us at all times. We don't get a ton of really great photography of the far side of the moon, which is a big part of what this mission was, so,  [00:06:56] Jesse Schwamb: right.  [00:06:56] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. If you haven't seen the photos, I mean, they're out there, they're amazing. There will be even more available once we get back. You know, they, they're transmitting only the most stellar, amazing ones. Um, and, but they're taking, I'm sure thousands and thousands of photos and, um, so yeah, it's pretty cool. I'm affirming the Artemis two mission. Um. It's just amazing what, what people can do with common grace, you know? That's right. In insight into nature. Um, I don't know anything about the astronauts. I don't know anything about their religious faith or their spiritual life or anything like that. But, um, the people who design this, the people who fly it, they're just tapping into the truth that's present in God's creation. So good on them. Uh, either I'm glad they got home, wish they have a safe home coming, or something along those lines, I guess. I don't know.  [00:07:40] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah, you'll be happy to know that NASA is reporting that the four astronauts are an excellent condition after they landed in the Pacific Ocean. So  [00:07:47] Tony Arsenal: good.  [00:07:47] Jesse Schwamb: All, all appears to be well. And it says they have a giant SD card of pictures that's they've been taking. Yeah. And saving. I'm sure. They were just, they were just too big to send to over wifi.  [00:07:58] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Like massive wideness. Yeah. I mean, I'm sure they have a ton that they didn't send because you know Right. Data rates to the moon are pretty high. Yeah.  [00:08:05] Jesse Schwamb: Ex. Yeah.  [00:08:05] Tony Arsenal: This economy is crazy. So  [00:08:07] Jesse Schwamb: Exactly. In this economy. Really In this economy. Yeah, exactly.  [00:08:11] Cosmic Worship Reflections [00:08:11] Jesse Schwamb: I think you're right. This is good. I haven't talked about this at all. It's hard not to get just stoked, even in the amateur way about the science, the technology, the physics of all this stuff, and then even the astronauts just being overwhelmed by what they're seeing. [00:08:24] Tony Arsenal: Mm-hmm.  [00:08:25] Jesse Schwamb: It's hard not to get pulled into that and think about the universe that God has created and find that there is something transcendent just, uh, by observing all of these things. Yeah. Like even casually, which I think shows, again, this is literally the, the heavens and the earth crying out for God, showing his immeasurable power and, you know, immortal nature. It's incredible that we can even see and be a part of some of these things. Just wild.  [00:08:49] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah, and I think it's crazy that they can get signals to the moon. I mean, I drive home from Dartmouth College and I go through half of the spot there, and I don't have a cell signal, but we can get images from the moon. Um, so yeah, it's great. It's great. Check it out if you haven't seen it. If you haven't heard about it, I don't know what you're doing. Uh, this is probably the largest major scientific advancement in our generation. Um, in terms of like big scale scientific enterprise projects. There's been a lot of really amazing technology that's been developed. But this is like the first big. Almost like risky kind of scientific,  [00:09:30] Jesse Schwamb: right?  [00:09:30] Tony Arsenal: I dunno. Gambit or I dunno, gamble that we've done in a long time. Big deal. I mean, big a lot. Deal of things. Deal. Nothing went wrong. Nothing ma major went wrong. Praise God that they all got back to the planet safely. Right. But, um, a lot of things could have gone wrong, uh, and they didn't. So check out the photos, check out the scientific data they're gonna get. I mean, I'm sure they've got all sorts of information about the way the, the, the space ship moved, all of that stuff. It's gonna be really interesting to see kind of how this all comes about.  [00:09:56] Jesse Schwamb: Get some worship on, right? Yeah. I mean this is what a one, a thing to be reminded about how big and how glorious God is. [00:10:01] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:10:01] Jesse Schwamb: And, and to realize, like you said, the risks of this exploration. And this is God again, creating all of this outta nothing. Why? Yeah. Just absolutely wild. Incredible.  [00:10:12] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah, for  [00:10:12] Jesse Schwamb: sure. Blown away.  [00:10:13] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. What about you, Jesse? What do you have for us?  [00:10:15] Bayes and Predictability [00:10:15] Jesse Schwamb: I got affirmation. It's equally nerdy, and actually this is as is always the case. This is why one of many reasons I miss you is it, it dovetails so nicely, so I'm affirming with a book. It's called Everything Is Predictable, how Esy and Statistics Explains the World. It's by a guy named Tom Chivers. I know this sounds super nerdy, but hear me out on this because Thomas Bayes, if you don't know this guy is first kind of like a wild and interesting guy, but this whole theory he put forward is super interesting. And this book is not like a mathematics book. It's like reads almost like a statistical thriller, which as it came outta my mouth, realized it was not maybe more ingratiating. I could have chosen better words than statistical thriller. But Thomas Bayes was alive in the 17 hundreds. And what's interesting to me at least about him, is he was an English statistician, who was a Presbyterian minister actually. He was a non-conformist and his, this whole theorem that he developed was actually published after his death. And the non-conformist part is super interesting. It's all in this book, even some of his different theological ideas. But because he was non-conformist, it basically meant like he couldn't learn. He was kicked out of all the English universities. He had to go to Scotland. Even all of that shaped how he came up with this particular theorem. But the gist of it is. Rather than treating like probabilities, as we think about it as this fixed frequency, you know, how many times does this thing occur? He argued and realized that it should represent a degree of belief and then you would update that belief rationally as new evidence comes in. And I know that sounds super quaint, but this is like what machine learning is based on medical diagnosis. A lot of like space travel is based on this in terms of understanding uncertainty and systems spam, all of that stuff. Here's an example, I think Tony, because we are, we have to carry forward with the top 50 medical podcast thing, right? We've got going on here. Lemme just give everybody an example of why you need this and why you automatically think this way. So. Statistics is really important, especially in medical testing. This was really prevalent in during COVID. So there's two ways that you can describe how a medical test performs you. You know this already, Tony, you're an expert. So one would be like sensitivity. So like how AIG  [00:12:19] Tony Arsenal: not an expert.  [00:12:20] Jesse Schwamb: Oh, you're definitely an expert in testing. Here we go. So one would be like sensitivity. How good is the test at catching people who are sick? So if you're sick, you, you want the test to identify that, that you're sick. That's sensitivity. So a test with a 99% sensitivity is gonna correctly identify 99 out of a hundred people who are truly sick. It always gonna miss one person. It's a false negative. The other half of that coin is something called specificity. So if sensitivity is all about catching the people who are sick, specificity is gonna say, how good is the test at clearing people who are not sick? And so a test with 99% specificity, you might have correctly guessed, is gonna identify or clear 99 out of a hundred healthy people. Now if you have a test. Both of those 99% sensitive and 99% specific, you might be thinking, that is the dream. That's exactly what I want. That that test is gonna be so precise and accurate. How could my intuition fail me? But this is the thing. It actually fails all the time, and here's why. Let's say that. You go out and you screen a group of people, a general population for a rare disease that affects one in a thousand people. One in a thousand people, rare disease. So if you screen 10,000 people from the general population, that means that truly only 10 of them are going to have the actual disease. I'm not gonna do all the math 'cause it'll, oh, this is already making for amazing podcasting. But here's the bottom line. That test, which sounds so good on the face, is going to identify 109 people as truly sick or truly having disease. But the problem is that only 10 of them actually have it. That means that only there's, it only has a success rate of 9%. There's only 9% chance you actually have the disease, but it's falsely identified. The short end of this is Bayes corrects that problem. He fixes it with his theorem so that we get to the right number of people. That's what's called like a base fallacy rate. It's not taking into account that really only 10 people should have this particular disease or this sickness. So I know that's sounds super nerdy, but so much of our lives are based on this. We have a prior belief or a prior set of things that we understand about the world. And then as evidence comes in, we refine that. That sounds so normal and normative, but it's revolutionary in this book actually. Bayes versus what's called like frequentist or frequent, um, probability is like hotly debated. People actually throw down over this theorem. So it's a really fun read. Go check out. Everything is predictable. Al Bayesian statistics explains our world. It really is for everybody. And then you can impress your friends with all the statistical pross you're gonna have when you're done reading it.  [00:14:56] Tony Arsenal: Like the medical administrator hat that I can't always take off is like, why would we screen 10,000 people? Are, are they all symptomatic? Are none of them symptomatic? But suppose it doesn't really  [00:15:08] Jesse Schwamb: matter for the example. That's a great, so generally what happens here is, let's say it's like some kind of rare form of cancer, unless you use Bayesian statistics, what you'll find is you'll get these false positive rates. So these tests do use Bayesian statistics. It corrects, in other words, for this problem. So there might be a lot of people that are gonna screen for this because if you, you wanna know if you have it, but you don't wanna get it wrong and say that you do. So this ensures his approach ensures that you get it. Right. It's wild. Fascinating stuff.  [00:15:34] Tony Arsenal: Yeah, and I would think actually, you know, there's probably, there's other mechanisms as well where they would, where they would sort of screen out. People that shouldn't be tested or help identify false negatives, false positives. Um, but yeah, that's, that's interesting. I probably won't read that book, but it sounds like an interesting read. I just don't have a lot of room on my A TBR shelf.  [00:15:55] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah, listen. That, that's fair.  [00:15:57] Goodreads DNF Update [00:15:57] Jesse Schwamb: By the way, here's like a, a side affirmation. I think you and I both share speaking like books and cataloging books. If you use Good Reads, good Reads. Right. Finally adding a list of the Do Not Did Not Finish book. That's fantastic. This, this might be an example for some people, so pick it up and even if you don't have a place for it, guess where you can put it on the did not finish list. Yeah. Good Reads.  [00:16:16] Tony Arsenal: That's finally, that's one of those like, like why didn't they add that 15 years ago? Kind of an updates and you get the email and they're like, we're so excited to introduce the did Not Finish thing. And we're like, yeah. Like of course. Like, duh. It's likes, like, we're proud to introduce that. Your keypad now has a zero on it.  [00:16:36] Jesse Schwamb: Right. So  [00:16:37] Tony Arsenal: yeah. I'm, I'm excited about the DNR, um, the DNF, um, I'm so excited. I can't even remember what it's called. Yeah. The shelf. But, uh, very, very useful. The DNR list  [00:16:47] Jesse Schwamb: is a diff it is a different list. Speaking of medical things, it's a different  [00:16:50] Tony Arsenal: list. Yeah. Yeah, that's definitely a different thing. Usually it's not a list. It's a list of one in most cases.  [00:16:56] Jesse Schwamb: Exactly,  [00:16:57] Tony Arsenal: yeah. You can't put other people on your  [00:17:00] Jesse Schwamb: DNR  [00:17:00] Tony Arsenal: This,  [00:17:00] Jesse Schwamb: I suppose. Yeah, I should clarify that. You can really, you can only really put yourself, or I suppose somebody for whom you have that kind of authority over on that list, but I was thinking that more from like a medical perspective, that somewhere there would be a database in which there might be a list of DNR. I don't know.  [00:17:15] Tony Arsenal: Yeah, maybe. I don't know. I'm not sure. Probably there was at some point, but I think with medical chart technology now, that's probably like a. A moot point. Yeah. They don't need to be able to like cross reference a master list anymore. They just look in the patient's electronic record. We're really like in the weeds here. You can tell it's been a while since I've, I've podcasted. I don't really remember how to do this.  [00:17:35] Jesse Schwamb: This is great.  [00:17:36] Segue to Matthew 20 [00:17:36] Jesse Schwamb: I think at this point we try to make some kind of awkward segue that is mildly successful. Again, probably has statistically like a 20 to 27% chance of being successful and really hitting the mark. Yeah. So do you have anything that's gonna move us into this?  [00:17:49] Tony Arsenal: Yeah, I mean, I feel like you've been podcasting for the last several weeks without me and I've been working hard and now I'm kind of coming in as Johnny come lately and we're gonna get paid the same amount so. Even though you've worked harder for longer and I'm coming in late to the game here. [00:18:03] Jesse Schwamb: Oh man. Ple loved ones. Please tell me you got that. Please tell me you got all of that. That's, that's what you show up for here. Yeah, that was  [00:18:10] Tony Arsenal: a deep cut.  [00:18:11] Jesse Schwamb: That, that was beautiful. And I think leads us right into Matthew 20. So I think we've got at least 16 verses to get through here. Maybe again, if we're gonna keep a statistical theme here, something about engineering and math, all that stuff, we'll let everybody else pick the over under and whether or not we're gonna get through this and how many verses that's going to be. But at this point, we might as well begin.  [00:18:32] Tony Arsenal: Yes. Yeah.  [00:18:33] Read the Parable [00:18:33] Tony Arsenal: I'll start by reading. Uh, we're here in Matthew chapter 20, the first 16 versus this is the parable of the laborers in the vineyard and it reads. For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborer laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into the vineyard and going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace. He said to them, you go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right, I will give you. So they went, going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. And about the 11th hour, he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, why do you stand here idle all day? They said to him, because no one has hired us. And he said to them, you go into the vineyard too. And when the evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, call the laborers and pay them with their wages, beginning with the last up to the first. And when those hired about the 11th hour came, each of them received a denarius. Now, when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius. And on receiving it, they grumbled at the master of the house saying, these last worked only one hour and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat. And he replied to one of them, friend, I'm doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me? For a denarius, take what belongs to you and go, I choose to give the last worker as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you beg, do you begrudge my generosity? So the last will be first and the first will be last. Now I just wanna head this off. I did bite my tongue earlier and I probably am lisping and this is like a running gag. We thought that we'd resolved it. Uh, so if you hear me stumble over my words a little bit, it's just, it's just the struggle bus today.  [00:20:24] Jesse Schwamb: Listen, this is the, these are like the real things we have to deal with when the podcasting, like the real threats, the real injuries. I appreciate you like working through it. Like you just get back up and you walk it off with your tongue.  [00:20:35] Tony Arsenal: Yeah, my, my, uh, my podcasting hiatus was actually just a recovery of the last time I bit my tongue. I just needed a couple weeks to, no, I'm just kidding.  [00:20:43] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah, we didn't wanna say.  [00:20:44] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:20:44] Kingdom Fairness and Grumbling [00:20:44] Tony Arsenal: So, Jesse, this is a, this is a parable that follows right on the heels, um, of kind of everything we've been talking about. And I think as we go through these parables and we look at them and we, we sort of pick them up and we look at the different facets of them, we sort of compare them to each other. We kind of, we kind of place them in their context really. They all have basically the same theme, right? Like they're all kind of circulating around these same topics. In this parable, it's circulating around this idea that, um, the, the owner of the vineyard, the master of the vineyard, is allowed to pay the people he employs whatever he wants. And as long as the payment that is due to an individual is received by that individual, then what other people receive and how they receive it and how hard they've worked and how hard they didn't work. That's really not germane to whether or not the, the laborer received a fair wage, uh, in the first place. Right. So we're, we're circling around themes of kind of fairness of, uh, of sort of resentment, I think for resentment at the master's generosity, which has been a big theme in previous ones. So this will be good for us to expand on. There's always little nuggets and kernels of things that are different from other parables, and then it's interesting to always see the ways that they kind of line up and, and tell us similar things.  [00:21:57] Jesse Schwamb: And this parable is unique to Matthew. Yeah. And it does function as this exposition or expansion of what Jesus says in chapter 19 where it says, but many who are first will be last. And the last first, which is repeated with this lovely like inverted emphasis in, at the end of this as you just read. So it belongs to this like interesting cluster of teacher teachings on discipleship and reward nature of the kingdom of God. And we've, we've spoken a lot about that. I think I was just reminded of this as you were, you were. Reading this, I feel like I remember this from some teaching, like this parable is kind of like a unique chiasm that's anchored on the landowner, sovereign generosity, which you brought up. And then there's the complaints of the first hired, which is mirrored by the late comers vulnerability. And then the landowners, two speeches which divide everything, kind of provide sandwich and the like, the theological climax. It does start in that really familiar way, which we've gotten accustomed to thinking about that introductory formula of the kingdom of heaven is like, and it signals of course that what follows is not gonna be a lesson in economics, but it's gonna use all this economic language as theological disclosure for how God's kingdom operates. And it starts again, like you said, with this master of the house, which to me seems. Pretty clearly like a, a God figure himself. Yeah. It's, that's kind of like a reoccurring mathian image. I think. So we've got this vineyard, which of course has all this symbolism, steeply rooted in Israel's covenant imagination and evokes God's people and his redemptive labor among them. So, man, now that I'm saying this all loud, is this thing like super pregnant with all kinds of like imagery and meaning?  [00:23:27] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. And you know, it's, it's always good to remember, although parables have kind of some parables, most parables have sort of distinct discreet, symbolic elements where like, this represents that this represents that almost in an allegorical form. And, and in some cases, like purely in allegorical form, where it's like pilgrim's progress where each, each individual, each entity, each location each represents some sort of symbolic value. But we have to remember that when, when it says the parable of the kingdom of heaven is like the master of the house, it's not just like the master of the house. Yes. Right. It's like this whole scenario. Yes. It's, it's like. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It's like everything that follows, it's like the entire, um, the entire paree here. That's what the Kingdom of Heaven is like. And one of the things that I think is striking about this is the kingdom of heaven is like some people complaining, like the people complaining about, some people are getting the same wage for less work. Um, that is part of what the Kingdom of Heaven is like. So I think we sometimes think of, of. The kingdom of heaven in, um, in the parables, we think of it as though God is just saying, this is what heaven is like. Right? Jesus Just saying like, this is what heaven is like, but the kingdom of heaven, that language is broader than what we normally would say, uh, is. We're thinking of heaven, like in the, the spiritual abode where God lives and the angels live. Um, where, where the departed saints are waiting for the resurrection, the kingdom of heaven is, is also inclusive of the, the sort of like. Time now between the victory of Christ on the cross and the consummation of the kingdom and the last day, the kingdom of heaven is inclusive of that time period too. And so this parable sort of situates us. I think it situates us in that pre consummated state where we're talking about what it's like to be a part of the kingdom of heaven here and now in our fallen state, but still solidly in the kingdom of heaven. 'cause there's not gonna be any complaining or grumbling about God's justice in God's fairness once we're in the final resurrected state. Right? Sure. Nobody's gonna be looking back and be like, yeah, you were way too gracious for that guy. Nobody's gonna be playing the Jonah part when we're all resurrected and we're worshiping for, for all time going forward. So this parable, because there are elements of. Dissatisfaction or elements of grumbling or complaining similar to like the, the parable of the prodigal son. There's this sun figure, the, the older sun figure who like is just a bonehead and doesn't get it. Well, that can't be talking about the people who are in the resurrection kingdom in the final kingdom. It's gotta be talking about people who are still awaiting the resurrection of the body and who are still not yet. Uh, and even in, in that parable, the, the older son doesn't even seem to be a figure who's, who's regener. Maybe he does become regener at some point in the future, but he doesn't seem to be. In, even in God's kingdom, he doesn't seem to be, even among God's people, he's consistently placed outside of the field. You don't even know he exists until Nick halfway through the parable. This is similar in that there are these workers, they're receiving their wages and some of them are, are outwardly dissatisfied and grumbling against the master of the house. Um, so I think if we think about parables as describing heaven rather than the kingdom of heaven, we can lose sight of, of what's actually being said in a lot of them. [00:26:50] Contracts Versus Grace [00:26:50] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah, that's really good stuff because it strikes me that there are like, strangely, two groups here mentioned, I, I find this really kind of fascinating. We, I think we should talk about this, like the first group has like the most formal agreement, it's almost a legal contract, right? Various was like a standard day laborers wage sufficient mostly for subsistence. And so that detail seems theologically loaded to me. These workers relate to the landowner on the basis of a contract and what is owed. And so their claim at the end of the day will be exactly that. They're owed something and they know it, and that sets up Then this contrast with a second group, which is mostly all about grace because by the time we get to that third hour, like. Approximately like 9:00 AM then we're beginning this pattern repeated at the sixth and the ninth hours. And crucially, for those workers who go out, go out and get recruited, there's no wage that's specified for them. Only the promise of like whatever is right. And so they enter the vineyard, not on the basis of a contract, but on the basis of like the owner's word and character. And that seems to be like more of a picture of trust and not, not calculation. Yeah. Separate than like the first group. And that marketplace, idleness, as I read this, doesn't imply like laziness because verse seven clarifies like they just had not been hired. Right? They were overworked, they were unemployed. They were marginalized. So it does set up, like you said, everything you just talked about, about the kind of this, I like that. Like the Jonah, the Jonah whiners or whatever, like yeah, they want to complain about this, right? There are, and there are two, two separate groups that have kind of been brought into the fold, not under different terms or pretenses, but differently. [00:28:17] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. And I think too, bear's saying, um. Although there are elements of parables that are very, very directly applicable. Mm. We shouldn't read this as though every, every specific thing in the parable is not a parable. Right. Right. I think we can look at this and we can go, you know, you can read this in a way where, oh yeah, there's some people actually earn their, earn their wage, they earn ary. Right. It's a fair contract. And they work all day and he says, well, I'm gonna give you what's right, what you, what I owe you.  [00:28:45] God Owes Nothing [00:28:45] Tony Arsenal: The reality is God doesn't owe any of us anything. Right? Right. He owes us wrath and judgment and destruction. And so even, even the people who are the hard workers in the kingdom of God don't merit and never could merit, um, to, in a certain sense, in a strict sense and stick with me before you send your, your angry emails in a real strict sense. Even Adam couldn't merit. What was, well, it was guaranteed to him, according to the Covenant of Works, God had to condescend to make the covenant of works in order for Adam to have any sort of fruition of his blessedness. So there there's no natural obligation, strict obligation that God has to reward the work of his creatures because nothing they could do could ever be sufficient enough to obligate him. So the, the obligation of himself, and that's, this is where I do think this is strong, the fact that he obligates himself to these workers to give them their denarius after a hard day's work  [00:29:37] Jesse Schwamb: exactly  [00:29:37] Tony Arsenal: is itself. A covenantal, um, contractual, yes. But I actually read this as sort of a covenantal thing and the, the strange part is that the people don't recognize the sort of semi gracious covenantal nature of this. Yes.  [00:29:50] Grace In The Hiring [00:29:50] Tony Arsenal: I think, um, you know, there have been times when I, where I've been unemployed, um, not for very long. Now, I know some people face unemployment for a lot longer than I ever have, but I know there was times where I was, I was looking for work and someone would say to me like, Hey, you know, my, my, my lawn needs to be mowed. Could you come over and I'll, I'll give you 25 bucks to mow my lawn. It's a small lawn. Um. That's a gracious act in most cases. Right, right. Um, yes, I'm performing a task. Yes, they're paying me, but they didn't have to offer me that work. They didn't have to offer me that job, especially when it's something that like they could have accomplished themselves. They could have just done it themselves. Um, so I think there's an element of that here, that there's, there's a condescension of the master to these workers, to these laborers who are not part of his household. These are not, they're not slaves. These are not people who are part of his household, who are regular employees. These are people that he goes out into the market to, to find and to hire. And as we see some of, some of these mark, like the difference between the ones that are hired and the ones that are not hired until later in the day, the parable's not super clear about what it is. Just that they're not hired, it doesn't say the lazy ones were left there. The ones were exactly, that were ugly or had like limp legs or like just couldn't cut it. It just says like there was some that didn't get hired. Um, so there's a gracious element of this, and that makes the recognition at the end or the lack of recognition at the end by these full day laborers, the, the sort of like recognition, this, this entitled ness, um, that actually makes it all the worst. It's like the people who are outwardly attached to the covenant of grace. Um, I know all the Baptists in our, our group, their heads just exploded, but like are outwardly attached to the covenant of grace, um, who wanna somehow complain about like the graciousness of the covenant of grace that they're outwardly attached to it. It's just sort of like a form of, of theological and temporary insanity, I think. And that's what we see on full display here.  [00:31:40] Jesse Schwamb: It's definitely all grace. You're right that nobody's gonna get injustice right in this parable. And I think that's definitely exemplified the further out you go in this hiring order. [00:31:49] Eleventh Hour Mercy [00:31:49] Jesse Schwamb: So by the time you get to 5:00 PM which is pretty extraordinary, right? Only really like one hour remains before sense, right? It's the end of the working day.  [00:31:56] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:31:56] Jesse Schwamb: You can imagine like these guys who are being hired at the hour probably can contribute very little in the last hour of the day, right? But this owner goes out and hires them and no agreement is stated whatsoever. It's just pure grace. The landowner's question, why do you stand here idle all day? I think to your point, underlies their vulnerability. They were not idle by choice, presumably. And so I think we rightly here in this, like a foreshadowing of those who are called the late in redemptive history, Gentile sinners, the seemingly least qualified for kingdom membership. All of that I think is at play and it's all, it's getting this lovely setup of all these groups to help us understand what that kingdom is actually like.  [00:32:33] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah.  [00:32:35] Reverse Payroll Setup [00:32:35] Tony Arsenal: And then we have this, um, this is where the sort of dramatic tension turns, right? The end of the day comes and, uh, the master calls the, the people that he brought last, right? He calls the people who'd only been there for an hour and he starts to go down the list of the people who, the people who were last, and the people who came in next. And the people who came in next, right? And the workers who had contracted at the beginning of the day. Um, they're watching this happen and they're kind of going, oh, this is gonna be good. Like, that guy's only been here for an hour and he got a denarius. You know, the logic is probably like, I'm gonna get 12 denarius, like I'm gonna go 12 days worth of work. Um, because I think there's an assumption on their part, um, that the master's fair that he is, he's providing an equitable wage. Um, of course the master is fair, but he's providing an equitable wage that's commensurate with the work delivered. A delivered, delivered, right? And that, that's the key to this parable.  [00:33:26] Merit Mindset Exposed [00:33:26] Tony Arsenal: I think the expectation that God. Helps those who help themselves. Right? God rewards those who put in the hard work. God. God provides blessing or salvation according to the merit provided by the one who's being saved. That perspective is what's on full display here. Yes. By the people who are, uh, the ones who contracted for the full day. They're not thinking about the covenant that they have with this person or the contract they have with this person. They're not thinking about the fact that they agreed to work for the day in order to earn a day's wage. They're thinking about how this actually is gonna work out great in their favor. They're looking at this as a strictly merit-based kind of a, a thing. And you would think that like when the, the one hour people come in, they get a denarius, and then the three hour people come in and they get a denarius. You'd think they would pick up on it at some point, but then in the course of the payroll, it doesn't seem that they do. They still get to the bottom of the list and think they're gonna get more compared to the other people who all got the same.  [00:34:22] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah, that display piece is critical to this. It is like complete setup. Like you can imagine he, the landowner calling everybody together at the end of the day and they're all standing around. Some of them are exhausted because they've again born all their work in the heat of the day on their backs. They're tired, they're dirty, maybe they're exhausted. And he starts in this reverse order. And by the way, we should note that there is something here that's beautiful in that the law, the landowner is law abiding because right evening payment is mandated in the Torah. So we see all this taking place as to fulfill the law in some ways. But the reversal of the order that last of first is like such deliberative and good narrative storytelling and staging, isn't it? 'cause it ensures that the first hired workers are going to witness the payment of those who work the least. And if without that order, if you just did it the other way around, the more a crisis of the parable disc like completely goes away.  [00:35:10] Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  [00:35:10] Jesse Schwamb: So this execution of the payment at the owner's will, it just shows that he has. He's completely independent. His sovereignty belong. The sovereignty belongs to the master alone. And so this 11th hour workers receiving a full day's wage for one hour of work, that's like an act of sheer generosity. It's not proportional justice. And I think as reform, people, maybe all of us at some point have had this conversation about predestination and justice and mercy. And again, really I think putting a crowbar between this idea that nobody is receiving injustice, but some are receiving mercy and grace. And here these first hired workers seeing this form, like you said, this expectation that they're gonna receive more, like you said, where that came from. Yeah, it's just them, right? It's purely manufactured in their own reasoning. It's not anchored in the covenantal promise and certainly not witnessed in the grace that they should be receive, like perceiving as the payments get doled out, like sequentially moving in their reverse order toward those who have worked the longest. But their expectation reveals that they have fundamentally misread like the landowner's character. They're still operating in the register of a contract and not grace.  [00:36:16] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. And you know, I think to sort of lock this covenant covenantal frame and sort of like lack of recognition of the covenant into place too, when you look at the language of this parable, um, and especially kind of what it's following up on, it's coming on the heels of this interaction with this rich, rich young ruler who comes in and he thinks that he's gonna earn eternal life by keeping the commandments. Um, and, and he, he has this outward sense or this outward display of pty. He's calling Jesus good. He's saying he, you know, he keeps the commandments, Jesus doesn't even disagree with him actually, that he has connect. Yes. You know, I think it's implied that, well, of course you haven't, but he, he still is graciously trying to like, convince this guy, no, you actually need to abandon your self righteousness and, and pursue and follow me. Um. But this is a parable where like other people are listening, right? There's other witnesses. This isn't like the rich young ruler came to him in the middle of the night, like Nicodemus. This is something that's happened on PO on in the public. So we can anticipate that the Pharisees and the Sadducees and the scribes and the lawyers were all aware of this. They may have been there, but they were at least aware of this happening. And I think there's some language in here that is actually directed at those people.  [00:37:30] Grumbling As Accusation [00:37:30] Tony Arsenal: And, and here's where it comes in, is you get to verse, um, we'll start reading again at verse nine. It says, when those hired about the 11th hour came, each of them received a denarius. Now, when those hired first came, so we're referring to the people who are hired at the beginning of the day. Now, when those who were hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius and on receiving it, right? So this is as, this is, um, uh, just unbelievable as they're receiving the denarius on receiving it, they grumbled at the master of the house. Now, just the way that I read that and said the word grumbled tells you that that word is really important here. Yes. If you look at this Greek word. And you compare it to the, the word, the usage of this word in the, the, um, Sept. Yes. Which of course is the Greek translation of the Old Testament. This word most commonly appears in the wilderness wandering accounts. [00:38:22] Jesse Schwamb: Yes.  [00:38:23] Tony Arsenal: Right. And the, the primary sin of the Israelites during the wilderness wandering was grumbling against the Lord. And this grumbling against the Lord in that context is not just a general complaining, right. It's not just like a, a sort of like a, a general dissatisfaction or like murmuring. This isn't like water cooler frustration about your boss. The grumbling in the Old Testament in this context is a covenantal accusation, right. So this is tied to the, the accounts where Moses first is told to strike the rock, and he does so when the water comes out, and then second is told to speak to the rock, but he strikes it. I won't go into all the details, but the scene that's being, being displayed there is the people come, they accuse the Lord of abandoning them into the wilderness. And this scene where Moses is set up on the rock and he strikes the rock, that scene is a judicial scene. The people have filed a covenant accusation against the Lord, and in reality, it's the people who have been unfaithful. But the Lord standing in the place of the rock is the one who is struck, right? Jesus was the rock in the wilderness from which the water came. Paul says that in First Corinthians, right? So this language of grumbling in this is not just, they're not just complaining about the fact that they didn't get what they thought they were going to, they're questioning the veracity of the covenant that was made. So they're, they're still locked into this merit-based. This merit-based idea even more than it seemed at first, right? There's a logic to the idea that like, oh, if the, the master is actually paying a wage of one denarius for per hour, like there's a logic to that. But it's not just that they're saying, and this is, this explains the response of the master. It's not just that they're saying like, Hey, wait a second, like the wage rate that you're paying is not right. They're saying you have violated the terms of our covenant in the way that you have paid us. 'cause it's upon receiving it that they complain or they grumble and the master says more or less like, Hey. You agreed with me for one Denarius, I'm giving you what you've earned. I'm giving you what you agreed on. Why don't you take it and go. So the answer is not to try to justify why he is free to pay these other people more, or why he's free to pay these people a perceived less. The answer is, again, they're complaining against the covenant. He is bringing it back to the covenant saying, well, here's what the covenant relationship was. You work for the day. I give you Denarius. We're square here, we're on the same page. We've fulfilled our covenant obligations, and you've received your reward for that. So I, I think that's another thing we have to lock in here is this is not just a general idea of like unfairness that's being presented. This is not just a general idea that people are saying the master of the house is unfair. They're saying he's covenantal. Unfaithful. Right? That's a pretty big accusation.  [00:41:09] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah, that is, thank you by the way, for completely stealing the whole tugen thing from me. Like I was just going hot to Tugen to find that reference. And now all I can do is add to it. So that is from at least one of those occasions, a number 16, and I just wanna read the verse. This is 16 six. So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel at evening, you will know that Yahweh has brought you outta the land of Egypt. And in the morning you will see the glory of Yahweh for he hears your grumblings against Yahweh. And what we are that you grumble against us. So I'm totally with you. This is not subtle. The workers first complaint here, the first workers' complaint is like theologically serious. Uh, I think that's what you're hitting us on. Like it charges the owner with injustice. Right. And as I read it, the grievance has like two layers or two parts, I would say. One is this comparative part, which is basically saying, you made us equal to them. Right? And the second be like a meritorious part, they have worked harder and in worse conditions. And that's why they say things like, it's, it's all inflammatory language, isn't it? Like the scorching heat emphasizes like the real bodily cost and their complaint. I think if we're honest, it's not irrational, but it's spiritually revealing at least because Right, they believe their greater effort, mayors greater reward and they resent that grace shown to others. So like you said, they're bringing forward a very serious grievance and it's, it's not just like, Hey, we think maybe could you give us a bonus? Right. But that is a matter of faithfulness. And in fact, like as I'm looking at this tugen here, shout out to logos Bible software. And I'm saying that that verb that we're talking about in Exodus 16 is in the imperfect tense. So this is, they kept on grumbling and it is like an an echo of Israel's murmuring in the wilderness, which I presume like Matthew certainly had intentionally used there or had that view in part casting these workers as the same types of those who relate to God through entitlement rather than gratitude. So it's like insults upon insult here, but it is to emphasize this fact that it's no small accusation, it's not subtle, it's meant to be in your face. They're coming in hot with this and they're making a big deal about it.  [00:43:16] Tony Arsenal: Yeah, and again, I think like underscoring the covenantal nature of this is so key. And I think, you know, when we look at this, we really have to land that this is not just saying. Your wage structure is not right. 'cause and, and we gotta remember, they weren't there when the master went and made this bargain, or, you know, brought these other workers into the vineyard. They weren't there to hear what covenant or contract he did or didn't make. And as we've commented, they didn't, he didn't even make a covenant with them. He basically just said, I'm gonna put you to work and I'll pay you what's fair. I'll pay you what's right. Um, and they went, okay, you need the work and thank you. Like, I think, I think that's kind of like the, the scene here is they're standing there. They recognize they're not gonna get a wage for the day, especially these ones that he's coming in at the 11th hour, they're not gonna get a wage for the day. And as you said, these are subsistence workers. Right. These are people that if you don't get a wage, and this is the, the grounding of the Old Testament, um, the Old Testament command of, of paying at the end of the day is that if they don't get their wage, they're not gonna eat. They're not gonna have food, they're not gonna have the money they need to survive. Um, so he comes in and he basically says like. You don't have a job that's not gonna be good for you. I'll take care of you. I'll, I'll give you a job and I'll take care of you. And the ones who are complaining and grumbling, they have no line of sight to that process. That, that's right. They make a lot of assumptions about the, and this is, goes back to, um. The parable of the talents, which we haven't really talked about yet. The, the, there's a lot of assumptions about the nature of this master that the, the contracted or covenanted day laborers are making that don't turn out to be accurate. Right. They, they assume that he's working, as you've said, that he's working on this one-to-one, you know, quid pro quo. You do this, I do that kind of a, a methodology and he's actually operating on a basis of a much more. Basic, uh, grace principle. Uh, and again, even, even the principle of hiring these original workers and covenanting with them is gracious in the sense that he didn't have to hire them. Right. So, so all along the way they're, they're, it's like the epitome of looking a gift horse in the mouth.  [00:45:24] Jesse Schwamb: Yes.  [00:45:24] Tony Arsenal: They've been hired, and so yes, it is right for them to expect their, um, to expect their wage, whatever that wage might be. But they, they are misinterpreting the idea of what the wages are and how the wages are to be delivered. They're, they're applying, this is actually a lot like job's, friends, right? Their, their logic is not actually all that bad, but they have, they have missing parts of the picture that makes the logic. Apply differently in this particular situation. They think that this, this master works on a strict merit-based. You do X amount of work, you receive X amount of money. And this master is actually more functioning on this covenantal principle of, I'm gonna pay you what's right, regardless of what, what work you've done, which, what work is actually owed to you. And the master makes these, this agreement with these other workers to just say, go into the vineyard and then when the evening comes, I'll pay you. Right. Well, he intended to pay them what they needed to survive, regardless of how much work they provided. Right? So they're all, even though there's a formal contract to say these, this group works for the whole day and this group, you know, and, and they receive one day's labor, at the end of the day, he's graciously providing another day of survival for all of these people, for the work that they're, they're putting forward regardless of how much they actually contribute to his bottom line. [00:46:41] Owner Defends The Covenant [00:46:41] Jesse Schwamb: And we see that in verse 13, where the landowner gives his defense, you know, it says. He and he replied, friends, I'm doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for Denarius? Now the address, because now I'm deep in the Greek Tony. Here we go. So the address I'm seeing in, uh, again, shout out to Locus Bible software, it, this use of friend is not like the warm fellows, but like a more formal or distance term of address. It's used elsewhere in Matthew. But I think the point here is that the owner's first line of defense is this contractual point, which you're saying. I have not wronged you. He's kept his agreement precisely. No injustice has been done. And that's crucial. The owner doesn't re appreciate justice. He actually fulfills it. He obligates himself and he fulfills that obligation. And what the worker receives is exactly what was promised and exactly what is due. And so by the time he gets to verse 14 where he says, take what belongs to you, and go, I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you here. I think this is like the theological beating hide of this whole bad boy. Yeah.  [00:47:37] Jesse Schwamb: The landowner explicitly invokes his will, his sovereign freedom to do and to give as he pleases, which is exactly how God behaves. It's not a negation of justice, but this declaration of something beyond justice, it is grace. He exercises his freedom and generosity to those who had no claim, and the command, take what belongs to you and go is, is kind of like a world dismissal, like, like you were saying. Yeah. We're in the courtroom. He's like, I, I've ruled on this already. Like, bring Brian, bring your grievance. Here's my ruling. Take what you have and go. Their grumbling has revealed that they're not celebrating the kingdom. They're actually grieving it. So yeah, you know, I think original invocation of like Jonah is right on the money. It's basically like, are are you mad enough? Yeah, I'm mad enough to die. Like, how dare you give me, give me this great shade and then take it away from me. Yeah. And in some ways this is even worse because what they have been given has been that were promised to them, was given to them, and they get to retain and God says, go, or the landowner as God says, go now and take what is yours. Take what I've given to you graciously. But your point that like what supersedes that, the antecedent to all of that is still God's covenant keeping, covenant making promise, making, right? That sets the whole thing up. But I love this idea that, you know, I will choose, it's my desire, it's language of divine volition. And of course the reform theology, this single verb resonates with the entire doctrine of election. It's God's free, sovereign, and gracious will to bestow blessing without reference to merit, like praise his name.  [00:49:00] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. And then we come to kind of the close of this parable, right? And this is, this reall