Podcast appearances and mentions of Queen Mary

ICYMI: Hour Three of ‘Later, with Mo'Kelly' Presents – “What's Up” with regular guest contributor Nick Pagliochini delving into everything the Southland has to offer and getting you ready for Halloween early with the big 3 – ‘Halloween Horror Nights' at Universal Studios Hollywood, ‘Knott's Scary Farm' in Buena Park and Six Flags Magic Mountain's ‘Fright Fest' in Valencia; to All-Hallows Eve excitement at ‘LA Haunted Hayride' at Griffith Park, ‘Delusion: Harrowing of Hell' in Downtown LA, Queen Mary's ‘Dark Harbor in Long Beach', and ‘Castle Dark' in Riverside. Learn about all of these and so much more by checking Nick out on socials @NickPagliochini and @ThisWeekendWithNick … PLUS – Remembrances of iconic actor/director Robert Redford, gone at the age of 89 - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app & YouTube @MrMoKelly

Judi and Jill discuss the haunted Queen Mary

Outlouders, we are back in your feed for the last time. Parenting Out Loud, in your ears to start your weekend off right. Monique Bowley, Amelia Lester and Stacey Hicks are here to unpack the zeitgeist through the unique lens of being a parent. But, if you like it (how could you not) make sure to keep listening in the Parenting Out Loud feed where eps will continue to drop EVERY. SATURDAY. Search Parenting Out Loud in your podcast feed and press '+ follow' so that you never miss an episode. This week: KPop Demon Hunters has broken every record and we’re here to talk about it. Plus, tracking apps are everywhere, but do children have a right to privacy and what are they actually teaching our kids? And, there’s a case to be made for having kids younger. We’re not going to make that case, but we’re certainly going to talk about it. And why Anne Hathaway is proving again and again that she's THE gentle parent. Settle in and welcome to the group chat you won't want to mute. Plus, it’s our recommendations:

Welcome to Parenting Out Loud where you can be sure you're kicking off your weekend right. Monz, Amelia and Stacey are here to unpack the week once more — through the wild, wonderful lens of parenthood. On the show this week: KPop Demon Hunters is smashing records. Kids love it, parents ADORE it so, what’s behind all the hype? Tracking apps: a non-negotiable today, or are we just spying on the ones we love? The evidence that says having kids young is a good idea. We’re not completely sold, but we are talking about it. And Anne Hathaway: the quiet queen of gentle parenting who put the paps in their place. Settle in — it’s the group chat you won’t want to mute. Plus, it’s our recommendations:

fWotD Episode 3047: HMS Queen Mary Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles.The featured article for Sunday, 7 September 2025, is HMS Queen Mary.HMS Queen Mary was the last battlecruiser built by the Royal Navy before the First World War. The sole member of her class, Queen Mary shared many features with the Lion-class battlecruisers, including her eight 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns. She was completed in 1913 and participated in the Battle of Heligoland Bight as part of the Grand Fleet in 1914. Like most of the modern British battlecruisers, the ship never left the North Sea during the war. As part of the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron, Queen Mary attempted to intercept a German force that bombarded the North Sea coast of England in December 1914, but was unsuccessful. The ship was refitting in early 1915 and missed the Battle of Dogger Bank in January, but participated in the largest fleet action of the war, the Battle of Jutland in mid-1916. She was hit twice by the German battlecruiser Derfflinger during the early part of the battle and her magazines exploded shortly afterwards, sinking her with the loss of more than 98 percent of the ship's complement.Her wreck was discovered in 1991 and rests in pieces, some of which are upside down, on the floor of the North Sea. Queen Mary is designated as a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 as it is the grave of 1,266 officers and ratings.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:30 UTC on Sunday, 7 September 2025.For the full current version of the article, see HMS Queen Mary on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm generative Salli.

A Trump White House policy denying bond hearings to people who entered the country illegally has been upheld. Queen Mary’s journey from Scotland to Long Beach across the 20th Century. Evacuation orders have been lifted for the Pyrite Fire in Jurupa Valley. Plus, more. Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.com Visit www.preppi.com/LAist to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared for the next wildfire, earthquake or emergency!Support the show: https://laist.com

Step into the spooky side of theme parks and haunted legends with Aaron Sagers on this episode of Talking Strange! First, Aaron takes you inside his exclusive sneak preview of The Beak and Barrel, the brand-new Pirates of the Caribbean bar at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. From pirate lore to Easter eggs from the films, discover why this swashbuckling tavern is already making waves. Then, it's on to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando Resort, where Aaron shares his take on this year's most chilling houses, including the terrifying Terrifier maze and the eerie Five Nights at Freddy's experience. Finally, a listener story sends us sailing into supernatural waters with a haunting aboard the legendary Queen Mary. Aaron explores how this ghost ship connects to his Spooky Travels column and why it remains one of the most famous haunted destinations in the world. What are your Spooky Season plans? If you're into Disney Parks secrets, Universal Orlando thrills, haunted history, or pop culture horror, this episode has it all. Listen, subscribe, and join the spooky conversation! _______________________________________________________________ The Talking Strange Show with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, as well as experts in all things strange and unexplained. Talking Strange is a creation of Aaron Sagers with production help from Michael Ahr. Host Aaron Sagers is a paranormal TV host and journalist who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel, Discovery+, and MAX streaming service. If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. Connect with the show community on Facebook as well. Email us with episode ideas, guest suggestions, and spooky stories: Contact@TalkingStrange.com Follow Host Aaron Sagers: Twitter/X Blue Sky Instagram Facebook TikTok Patreon (For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches) Until Next Time: Be Kind. Stay Spooky. Keep It Weird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a textJoin the Boozy Bitches as they discuss the history and rumored hauntings of the Queen Mary. Completed in 1935, the ship has been used as a luxury liner, a military transport vessel, museum and hotel. The Queen Mary is also considered on the most haunted locations in the country, and they offer their own paranormal investigations aboard the ship. Visit The Queen Mary>>>   https://www.queenmary.com/Connect with us on Instagram>>>  https://www.instagram.com/boozybanterwithfriends/For more info, visit our website>>>  https://boozybanterwithfriends.com/

Long before she was Queen Mary I, or more infamously to her detractors as Bloody Mary, there was a young girl, born a princess, the first born child of King Henry VIII to reach adulthood, Mary, by his first with, Katherine of Aragon, so what was Mary's young life like? Who was involved in her christening, spoiler, what were the many marriage prospects created, and did she ever blame her father rather than Anne Boleyn for what befell her? Well to discuss all of this and much more I am pleased to welcome back Dr Peter Stiffell onto the podcast for a discussion all about his favourite figure from history!

Queen Mary has responded to backlash in response to her daughter’s wardrobe at a festival over the weekend. Plus, Meghan Markle’s got more content out and Chrissie has vowed to watch it for us all…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this second half of the story of Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck, Alicia takes us through the family's financial exile to Italy - Queen Vic thought living in Florence would restrain the lavish spending the Tecks were known for - and the circuitous, flu-induced path that took Fat Mary's daughter from shy noblewoman to future Queen of England. Oh - and why some historians have falsely tarred Queen Mary as a kleptomaniac. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast. To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Hongarije groeit de verontwaardiging over het landgoed van Viktor Orbán. Een parlementslid is naar binnen geglipt en laat met video's zien dat het luxer is dan de premier zelf doet voorkomen. Beschuldigingen van corruptie vinden steeds meer weerklank, met als gevolg dat Orbán al een paar maanden niet meer bovenaan in de peilingen staat. Wat de politieke implicaties zijn van de onthulling vertelt NRC-correspondent Mark Middel. (09:06) Hoe Reform UK het Britse immigratiedebat bepaalt Operation Restoring Justice, zo noemt de radicaal-rechtse partij Reform UK haar plannen om alle asielzoekers te deporteren. Voorman Nigel Farage presenteerde zijn ideeën deze week in een onrustige tijd voor het VK: door het hele land waren protesten bij hotels die asielzoekers huisvesten. Profiteert Reform UK van de hoogoplopende gemoederen? En welk antwoord heeft de regerende Labourpartij onder premier Keir Starmer op dit alles? Te gast is Stijn van Kessel, politicoloog verbonden aan de Queen Mary universiteit in Londen. Presentatie: Sophie Derkzen

This week: Adventuredome's Fear Zone Organizer Accused of Sexual Battery; Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar at Disney Springs Gets Halloween Makeover; Two New Mazes Coming to Knott's Scary Farm; Howl-O-Scream Tampa Unveils M.A.R.S. Haunted House; Queen Mary's Dark Harbor Announces New & Updated Mazes; Field of Screams Maryland Will Not Open for the 2025 Season; Twin Cities Fear Fest Brings Elvira to Mall of America; Mt. Healthy Haunted Hall Celebrates 35th Anniversary; Hieizan Obakeyashiki Returns for a Limited-Time; Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Winnie-the-Pooh Blood and Honey Come to Hertfordshire with Halloween Haunt Fest; Halloween Horror Nights Singapore Highlights Asian Horror IPs. Read more here.

Dr. Tom Curran shares insights on today's Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the sorrow of Mary searching for Jesus. Tom reflects on The Healing of the Blind Beggar. (Luke 18: 35-43)

August 22nd, 2025:  Mary, Queen Mother of the King;  The Coming Triumph of the Immaculate Heart;  Mary, Our Mother & Queen;  Make Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary;  Consecrate Your Family to the Immaculate Heart

This episode is brought to you by Incogni! In the tangle of British royals to come out of the Hanoverian period, most aren't memorable. This is probably partly due to Queen Victoria's long reign, but there was a cousin of the Queen that she was quite partial to: Fat Mary. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge was 14 years the Queen's junior, but she and her siblings were the cousins who comprised Victoria's friend group during her heavily restricted childhood, and Mary's age made her almost a younger sister to the future Queen. Mary had little use for the notions of how women were supposed to behave, especially royal women, in her era, and enjoyed life lavishly. Her weight was a concern to her parents from a young age, and when it came time to find suitors for their daughter, few were forthcoming. Mary wouldn't walk down the aisle until the age of 32, when she found a love match with Frances, Duke of Teck, a member of a noble family in Germany. The couple prospered - though never financially - and in this Part One episode, we talk about Fat Mary's childhood, and the childhood of her daughter, the future Queen Mary. Let's say that having a large and extremely gregarious mother was not especially to the liking of her shy daughter. Sponsors Protect your privacy from data brokers, scammers, and more with Incogni. Use code Trashy to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan at incogni.com/royals. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast. To advertise on this podcast, reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Holidays pop up and Huw completely forgets he's taking a week off. So apologies for that on my end. We dive into the recent nuptials of one of our hosts. We then go down the haunting of the Queen Mary as well as a few other special items. Somehow a rabbit hole takes us into the world of comedy. Marc Maron is on a heater going after everyone and anyone. We find our way into the newest hot topic of male cheerleaders. This will lead us into the battle of the Chrises and RFK jr taking some shots. Finally there are new words coming to the dictionary and we're surprised but not shocked with the results. Hopefully everyone is keeping it together in the madness out there, stay safe.

Steve Smotrys, managing director and senior vice president, commercial for the Americas at HX Expeditions, has decades of experience in the cruise industry — but his first taste of travel came in the form of roadtrips up the California coast. And his first time on a cruise ship? During his senior prom, onboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. In this episode of Humans of Travel, Smotrys reflects on his career journey, his passion for expedition cruising and how a pandemic-era social media post led him to meet his now-wife, Emmy. He also speaks about the evolution of the 130-year-old HX Expeditions (formerly Hurtigruten Expeditions), how the company is redefining what it means to explore remote parts of the world and why travel advisors shouldn’t be afraid to sell expeditions — even to clients who don’t consider themselves “adventurous.” This episode is sponsored by Travel Insured International. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE HX Expeditions Smotrys on LinkedIn @emmyandstevestravelcravings on Instagram ABOUT YOUR HOST Emma Weissmann is the Executive Editor of TravelAge West, a print magazine and website for travel advisors based in the Western U.S. She is also the co-host of Trade Secrets, a podcast created with sister publication Travel Weekly, and the Editor-in-Chief of print publication AGENTatHOME.TravelAge West also produces events including Future Leaders in Travel, Global Travel Marketplace West, the WAVE Awards gala ad the Napa Valley Leadership Forum. ABOUT THE SHOW TravelAge West’s award-winning podcast, “Humans of Travel,” features conversations with exceptional people who have compelling stories to tell. Listeners will hear from the travel industry’s notable authorities, high-profile executives, travel advisors and rising stars as they share the highs and lows that make them human.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! The Queen Mary is a testament to British shipbuilding and a vessel whose career has outshone all others. She has earned her place in history from her distinguished service in both war and peace. But beyond her storied past lies an even more intriguing facet—her reputation as one of the most haunted places on earth. It seems that every passenger, visitor, and crew member has a story, and through its ghostly phenomena, the Queen Mary continues to share the tale of her unrivaled career on the high seas. This stately masterpiece unites the people of her past with those of her present, keeping both her living and haunted legends afloat. In Nicole Strickland's book, Spirited Queen Mary, Her Haunted Legend, she delves deep into the vessel's paranormal activity, sharing her numerous encounters with its ghostly activity and resident energies. For more information about Nicole, visit her website, nicoledstrickland.com. You can find all of her books there, on Amazon, or wherever books are sold. Become a Premium Supporter of The Grave Talks Through Apple Podcasts or Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/thegravetalks) There, you will get: Access to every episode of our show, AD-FREE! Access to every episode of our show before everyone else! Other EXCLUSIVE supporter perks and more!

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! The Queen Mary is a testament to British shipbuilding and a vessel whose career has outshone all others. She has earned her place in history from her distinguished service in both war and peace. But beyond her storied past lies an even more intriguing facet—her reputation as one of the most haunted places on earth. It seems that every passenger, visitor, and crew member has a story, and through its ghostly phenomena, the Queen Mary continues to share the tale of her unrivaled career on the high seas. This stately masterpiece unites the people of her past with those of her present, keeping both her living and haunted legends afloat. In Nicole Strickland's book, Spirited Queen Mary, Her Haunted Legend, she delves deep into the vessel's paranormal activity, sharing her numerous encounters with its ghostly activity and resident energies. This is Part Two of our conversation For more information about Nicole, visit her website, nicoledstrickland.com. You can find all of her books there, on Amazon, or wherever books are sold. Become a Premium Supporter of The Grave Talks Through Apple Podcasts or Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/thegravetalks) There, you will get: Access to every episode of our show, AD-FREE! Access to every episode of our show before everyone else! Other EXCLUSIVE supporter perks and more!

In this episode we welcome author and historian Breeze Barrington onto the podcast to discuss Maria of Modena, or as we know her James II's Queen Mary of Modena. In this episode the two discuss how Maria ended up in England, what kind of people were attracted to her court, and her life with James II.Grab a copy of 'The Graces: The Extraordinary Untold Lives of Women at the Restoration Court'Keep up to date with Breeze via her website, and her instagramIf you want to get in touch with History with Jackson email: jackson@historywithjackson.co.ukTo support History with Jackson to carry on creating content subscribe to History with Jackson+ on Apple Podcasts or support us on our Patreon!To catch up on everything to do with History with Jackson head to www.HistorywithJackson.co.ukFollow us on Facebook at @HistorywithJacksonFollow us on Instagram at @HistorywithJacksonFollow us on X/Twitter at @HistorywJacksonFollow us on TikTok at @HistorywithJackson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

En "Voces del Misterio" EXPRESS contamos la historia particular de un buque mítico como el RMS Queen Mary, de sus fantasmas y fenómenos paranormales que se viven en su interior y que hace de él como uno de los sitios -según la revista Time, de 2018- más encantados de Estados Unidos. ¡No te lo pierdas! En "Voces del Misterio". Voces del Misterio EXPRESS: Fenómenos paranormales y fantasmas en el Queen Mary, con Jose Manuel García Bautista.

We sit QM Slider of 2024, Tay who got her start very similar to our last guest Tanto with Chewie. Chewie also joins for a sneak preview of what to expect at his year round haunt and this Halloween! All this and much more!

This week's headlines: SLASH to Create All-New Experiences for Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood; Want us to visit your haunt? Tell us by July 31st!; Lagoon Show and Nightmare Fuel Return to Halloween Horror Nights Orlando; New Villains for Oogie Boogie Bash at Disneyland- Disneyland's Halloween Foodie Guide 2025; Tivoli Gardens Celebrates 20 Years of Halloween Festivities; Fire at Fear Factory SLC; Queen Mary's Dark Harbor Unveils Haunting Lineup of 2025's Special Events; Mars Releases Summerween Consumer Trend Data; Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Official Trailer Debuts; Read more here.

In this episode of Sea Views, hosts Julia Gosling and Adam Parnell are joined by Captain Aseem Hashmi, master of the legendary Queen Mary 2. With decades of experience at sea, Captain Hashmi shares his extraordinary journey from aspiring pilot to helming one of the most iconic ships in the world. From leadership philosophies to the evolving landscape of safety training, this conversation offers an insider's perspective on what it takes to command a vessel that carries thousands of passengers across oceans. The episode dives deep into safety protocols, the importance of crew welfare, and how the cruise industry is adapting to meet new challenges — all while maintaining the luxury and legacy of Cunard.

This is a solemn and unusual episode, Nelson and Alexandra speak with Clinton Bonelli. They met their new Titaniac friend on the Queen Mary over Titanic Weekend 2025 and immediately found each other to be kindred spirits.Clinton's is a mortuary science specialist and death care professor, so Nelson had the idea to invite him on to Titanic Talk to tell us about the recovery of the bodies of Titanic's victims and how they were treated in 1912. It's well known that only one lifeboat returned to pick up survivors in the water, many passengers would have gone down with the ship and many didn't survive longer than fifteen minutes in the freezing water of the Atlantic.Clinton's background in funeral arrangement and embalming and his research on who was buried at sea, who was laid to rest in Halifax in the cemetery and whose bodies were returned to their families outlines, even in death, the unbalanced distinction of the classes.Follow Clinton on Instagram @clintonb1979 and @pedantictitanicSHIP OF DREAMS: TITANIC MOVIE DIARIES is on Amazon Prime, Apple TV etc DVD available on Amazon LINKS ~shipofdreamsfilm.com Facebook TikTok @titanic_talk_podcastYouTube...

We caught up with John Hays, from Queen Mary's University, and John Andrew from Advanced Power Technology.More about both intervieweesJonathan Hays is a Professor of Physics at Queen Mary University of London, where he is the head of the Particle Physics Research Centre. His research interests rest mainly with high energy particle physics, having been involved with research at the Large Hadron Collider for many years on the CMS and ATLAS experiments and at the Fermilab Tevatron before that. His main focus now is on low background experiments measuring neutrinos and searching for dark matter.Alongside this, he has had a strong involvement in large-scale computing for over two decades as a user, developer, provider and now as Science Director of STFCs IRIS Federation - that coordinates and provides access to large-scale compute and data services across the science remit of STFC.He is also Project lead for the National Federated Compute Services NetworkPlus Project that aims to provide a community driven roadmap for the future of a truly national joined up computing and data service serving users across the broad UKRI portfolio. Sustainable computing is a key part of this and he has been involved in multiple projects investigating how to achieve this through measuring, monitoring, and mitigating the impact of our scientific endeavours on the environment.About Queen Mary University of London  Queen Mary University of London, a research-intensive Russell Group university based in East London, is one of the top universities in the world. The University climbed 35 places in two years in the QS World University Rankings and is now ranked 110th in the 2026 rankings. It is also a top 100 global university and top 10 UK university for the second year running in the 2025-26 US News and World Report Best Global Universities rankings, and is ranked 24th in the world for the quality of its research and 11th in the world for international outlook.At Queen Mary University of London, there is a strong belief that a diversity of ideas helps achieve the previously unthinkable. Throughout the University's history, it has fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. It continues to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it's simply ‘the right thing to do' but for what it helps be achieved and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.The University's reformer heritage informs its conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere, an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of East London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Queen Mary University of London continues to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything it does, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.John Andrew, Technical Sales Manager, APTWith a strong focus on energy efficiency, innovation, modular design, and scalability, John has helped organisations design and implement high-performance, future-ready data centres that meet both operational and environmental goals. Specialising in modular and on-premises data centre solutions, he combines technical knowledge with practical experience to support clients in achieving resilient, efficient, and sustainable IT Deployments.APTEstablished in 1990, Advanced Power Technology is an award-winning provider of Energy Efficient Critical Power and Cooling Systems. We select the best technology from our partners to engineer and implement highly efficient, sustainable solutions, for our customers.We are experts in designing, building and supporting Data Centres, Modular Data Centres, UPS Systems, and Prefabricated Switchgear. We always strive to implement the most resilient, yet energy efficient solution. 

Episode #335 | Big Strange Vacation Week 7! Paranormal investigator and author John E.L. Tenney (Whats Up Weirdo?) returns for a big update on his ongoing "Formanauts" case. Then, John shares his strangest places he's ever been featuring Holmesburg Prison, Mackinac Island, and teh Queen Mary. It's a Big Strange Vacation smorgasbord! Listen Ad-Free:⁠ https://www.patreon.com/c/bigfootcollectorsclub Watch on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@bigfootcollectorsclub ⁠New BCC Merch ⁠ ⁠Michael's eBay Shop⁠ BCC is Brought to You By... Hims - Start your free online visit today at Hims.com/BCC. Mosh - Head to moshlife.com/BCC to save 20% off plus FREE shipping on the Best sellers Trial Pack or the NEW plant-based trial pack. -- SHOW INFORMATION Bigfoot Collectors Club is produced by Riley Bray. Patreon - BCC The Other Side: ⁠https://bit.ly/3CGjYcd⁠ Merch: ⁠http://tee.pub/lic/MqpNSYsoLrA⁠ Listener-Files Submissions: BigfootCollectorsClub@gmail.com. Instagram: ⁠https://bit.ly/3W7izlL⁠ | Blue Sky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/bccpodcast.bsky.social⁠ Our theme song is “Come Alone,” by Suneaters, courtesy of Lotuspool Records. Follow Suneaters on Spotify ⁠https://bit.ly/3XnD4vS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 150 is here! And we return to Princess Principal, with Crown Handler Chapter 3! The 3rd movie in the series, and honestly, it's a bit bland. Which is disappointing, considering how much we like this anime. Check it out on Blu-Ray! "Dimension" by Creo and "Devotion" by Jim Hall are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

ATLANTA! Come see Elliott perform standup before his wife's one-hour comedy show THIS MONDAY! https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events/grace-helbig-2emxrs In this episode, Joe and Steve discuss what Joe's up to in Montana, Steve's recent trip to the Queen Mary, hypothetical Final Destination deaths at a water park, and Joe pitches a movie about a morphing gun? Is he slowly losing his mind? Is he now so old that his best ideas are best described as symptomatic of a degrading prefrontal cortex?! WHO'S EVEN SAY TO?! Music/SFX: If you like our sounds, sign up for ONE FREE MONTH on us at Epidemic Sound! Over 30,000 songs: http://share.epidemicsound.com/n96pc Follow The Valleyfolk across the digital globe: http://twitter.com/TheValleyfolk http://instagram.com/TheValleyfolk http://facebook.com/TheValleyfolk Follow the group on their personal socials: Joe Bereta: http://twitter.com/JoeBereta http://instagram.com/joebereta Elliott Morgan: http://twitter.com/elliottcmorgan http://instagram.com/elliottmorgan Steve Zaragoza: http://twitter.com/stevezaragoza http://instagram.com/stevezaragoza Come see me.

James is the director of Fraser Esports and global esports speaker and education consultant. Fraser Esports is the first company in the world to run the esports online BTEC, which he helped co-write , whilst his company also provides esports education and consultancy around the world. His mission is to provide esports education to traditional and home educated students, AP, SEND and mainstream students and create a global curriculum that introduces esports education and its benefits to everyone, including his latest collaboration with ASDAN. James has won multiple awards for his innovation and leadership in education, including the SFCA for the BTEC esports qualification, the Ed Tech Innovator Award and the NASEF Scholastic Fellow. He is also a global speaker, author, mentor, and ambassador for esports and education, collaborating with prestigious organisations such as Microsoft, Lenovo, ESG Gaming, Fnatic, NASEF, NES, Guild, Gameplan, and Yoyotech. James's mission is support places of education with understanding the benefits of esports and education and to link students with the best esports work-experience opportunities through Fraser Esports. James is also the education director for Community Care Gaming, helping to support people over the age of 50, combat social isolation and slow down the onset of dementia through gaming and VR projects. James has been working in esports education for many years and mainstream education for over 23 years at mid to senior level. His other roles have seen him as a National Trainer for Pearson, the co-creator of the first-ever BTEC in esports, BDM and QM Samurai founder at Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke.

Queen Mary University of London is renowned for world-leading research and is committed to sustainable development across all its operational and academic activities. As part of a new project to improve its data centre sustainability, the University worked with Schneider Electric and its EcoXpert Partner, Advanced Power Technology (APT), to implement a new cooling solution that would enable heat reuse. By connecting with its district heating systems, the University has developed a data centre platform that can meet current and future research computing needs, while delivering on its sustainability strategy. Combined Data Centre & District Heating Project at Queen Mary University Schneider Electric, the global leader in energy management and automation, and its EcoXpert Partner, Advanced Power Technology (APT), have delivered a cutting-edge, data centre modernisation project at the Queen Mary University of London - one of the world's top 100 universities. Together, the companies have created a platform for heat recovery at the University's data centre, enabling waste heat from the facility to be connected to a campus-wide district heating network, providing heating and hot water for the buildings and student accommodation nearby. The project not only reduces the campuses scope 1 CO2 emissions in line with Queen Mary's sustainability goals but has also allowed it to reduce the costs of its energy bills. Further, the new energy efficient data centre has provided the University with increased resiliency and processing power for its on-premises, large-scale research and intensive computing applications, helping it to provision for future expansion. World-leading research Queen Mary University of London is ranked 94th in the world in the 2025-26 edition of the US News and World Report Best Global Universities rankings, and today has over 32,000 students from over 170 nationalities and 5,700 staff - with no less than nine?Nobel Prize winners?among its former staff and students. It is committed to conducting world-leading research and adheres to the principles of sustainable development across all areas of its operational and academic activities. Its vision is to create and oversee the evolution of a large-scale distributed computing infrastructure needed to maintain the UK's position as a world leader in particle physics. As such, it is a participant in the Grid for Particle Physics (GridPP) project, a collaborative effort among particle physicists, computer scientists, and engineers to analyse data generated by high-energy physics experiments, such as those conducted at the world-famous Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. The size, scale, and importance of this work means that the University must operate and maintain a highly efficient, on-premises data centre - ensuring it meets the technical requirements of existing and future research developments, especially those requiring High Throughput Computing (HTC) applications. Legacy challenges Prior to the modernisation project, Queen Mary's data centre was experiencing reliability, scalability, and availability issues, which required manual on-site interventions to fix. It was also becoming outdated, and its operations were, at times, impacted due to a build-up of heat in its server racks from its inefficient cooling systems. Future research computing may also have been hindered due to the data centre's hosting limitations. The refresh was, therefore, vital to improve and stabilise day-to-day operations, and its proximity to the campus' district heating network presented an opportunity for a new solution be designed and implemented to bring the data centre in line with the University's sustainability goals. Solution - a catalyst for sustainability Schneider Electric's data centre, power and cooling solutions were already installed across Queen Mary's estate, so when it came to the plans to upgrade its operations, the University directly sought help from Schneider Electric's partne...

In this episode, Tony Brueski digs into the enigmatic history of the RMS Queen Mary, tracing her transformation from a luxurious ocean liner to a renowned haunted landmark. We'll explore documented paranormal encounters, including sightings of ghostly children and the elusive "Lady in White," and examine the psychological and environmental factors that may contribute to these enduring legends.  

In this episode, Tony Brueski digs into the enigmatic history of the RMS Queen Mary, tracing her transformation from a luxurious ocean liner to a renowned haunted landmark. We'll explore documented paranormal encounters, including sightings of ghostly children and the elusive "Lady in White," and examine the psychological and environmental factors that may contribute to these enduring legends.  

Episode 80: Get your pens and pencils out. It's time for a hist-eerie lesson. All the stories in this episode are set at historical sites. Which means THEY'RE REAL. Today's guest is a historian and ghost hunter. What a pairing. Chef's kiss. Follow us for more @rattledandshookor send us a message from rattledandshook.com Host: Meredith Stedman @meredithstedmanGuest: Erin Egnatz @hauntingsaroundamerica Original artwork by PuppyteethIntro voicework by Miles AgeeOriginal Music, Intro Theme & Ending Theme by Makeup and Vanity Set This episode features voicework by Terra Ashe (Ghost on the Queen Mary), Laura Lockwood (Waverly Hills Sanatorium) and Stacy Berro (Civil War Reenactment). To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

True ghost stories from real people featured in this episode:1.  Sonja from Seattle --  The College Inn Pub, a place steeped in history and notorious for its ghostly inhabitants.  Listen as she vividly recounts her encounter with Howard, the ghost of a murdered fisherman, and learn about the pub's eerie reputation that has drawn ghost hunters and curious souls alike.  As Michelle reflects on this haunted location, you'll find yourself captivated by the chilling tales that surround it.2.  Khyelle from Los Angeles -- After her father's death, Khyelle describes witnessing the apparition of her deceased father shortly after his passing, illustrating the profound connections that transcend death.  This touching narrative emphasizes the enduring bond we share with our departed loved ones and the spirits that continue to watch over us.3.  Evelyn from Fremont, Michigan -- As we journey through the episode, Evelyn recounts a terrifying childhood experience of seeing the ghost of a friend while playing outside.  Her story serves as a reminder of how ghostly experiences can shape our childhood memories and leave us with lasting impressions of the supernatural.  4.  Christy from Los Angeles -- A lifelong experiencer of hypnagogic hallucinations, Christy has a moment she can't explain while staying near the infamous stateroom B340 aboard the haunted Queen Mary. Her experience adds another layer to our exploration of haunted tales and the mysteries they hold.5. Cindy Catherine from Avon, Indiana -- Cindy celebrates her birthday each year with Little Rachel, the ghost of a young girl who died in a fire and has become part of the family. Rachel even gets her own slice of cake. Throughout this episode, Michelle weaves together these listener-submitted ghost stories, emphasizing themes of love, loss, and the ghostly experiences that linger long after our loved ones have departed.  Whether you're a skeptic or a believer, these true ghost encounters will captivate your imagination and perhaps even inspire you to share your own haunting tales.  Tune in for a relaxing evening filled with chilling bedtime stories and haunting experiences that will keep you on the edge of your seat!

In this captivating episode of Dental Leaders, Payman sits down with Dr Moj Dehghanpour, a dentist whose journey from immigrant child to practice owner embodies resilience and entrepreneurial spirit. From navigating tough comprehensive schools to founding the premium Your Dental Wellness practices, Moj shares how his background shaped his ability to connect with patients across social divides. Throughout the conversation, he offers refreshing insights into clinical mistakes, practice positioning, and the vital role of communication in dentistry, while emphasising the importance of creating positive patient experiences through attention to detail and genuine human connection.In This Episode00:01:45 - Immigrant beginnings: Moving from Iran to the UK 00:04:20 - School experiences and finding resilience 00:13:10 - The Westminster City comprehensive years 00:21:40 - Why dentistry? From medicine to dental career 00:31:25 - Dental school at Queen Mary's in Whitechapel 00:34:30 - Early career in Norfolk 00:43:45 - Learning implantology 01:04:00 - Blackbox thinking01:17:25 - Life in Qatar as a dentist 01:29:10 - Your Dental Wellness practice journey 01:35:35 - Team building: Hiring for personality 01:44:35 - Practice positioning in the market 01:57:50 - Fantasy dinner party 02:02:55 - Last days and legacyAbout Moj DehghanpourDr. Moj Dehghanpour is the co-founder of Your Dental Wellness practices and a passionate dentist with 18 years of clinical experience. Born in Iran and moving to the UK at age seven, Moj qualified from Queen Mary's in 2007 and has since worked across the UK and internationally in Qatar. His career spans NHS practice ownership in Norfolk, specialist work at the renowned Hospital Lane referral clinic, and now his premium private practices in Islington and Maida Vale.

This week: How trends from InterPark Magazine and theme parks impact haunts; Monsterpalooza Comes to Pasadena This Weekend; Six Flags validates horror IP expansion & themed F&B; Spirit Halloween Cancels Flagship Store Grand Opening; Queen Mary's Dark Harbor To Open June 13th; Zombies Takeover Hello Kitty Land This Summer; Ghostly Manor Debuts at Paultons Park; ScareCON's 2025 SCAR Awards Winners Announced; The Mystic Museum's Total Grotesque Live (TGL). Read the stories here.

Good Sunday morning to you,I am just on a train home from Glasgow, where I have been gigging these past two nights. I've had a great time, as I always seem to do when I go north of the wall.But Glasgow on a Saturday night is something else. My hotel was right next to the station and so I was right in the thick of it. If I ever get to make a cacatopian, end-of-days, post-apocalyptic thriller, I'll just stroll through Glasgow city centre on a Friday or Saturday night with a camera to get all the B roll. It was like walking through a Hieronymus Bosch painting only with a Scottish accent. Little seems to have changed since I wrote that infamous chapter about Glasgow in Life After the State all those years ago. The only difference is that now it's more multi-ethnic. So many people are so off their heads. I lost count of the number of randoms wandering about just howling at the stars. The long days - it was still light at 10 o'clock - make the insanity all the more visible. Part of me finds it funny, but another part of me finds it so very sad that so many people let themselves get into this condition. It prompted me to revisit said chapter, and I offer it today as your Sunday thought piece.Just a couple of little notes, before we begin. This caught my eye on Friday. Our favourite uranium tech company, Lightbridge Fuels (NASDAQ:LTBR), has taken off again with Donald Trump's statement that he is going to quadruple US nuclear capacity. The stock was up 45% in a day. We first looked at it in October at $3. It hit $15 on Friday. It's one to sell on the spikes and buy on the dips, as this incredible chart shows.(In other news I have now listened twice to the Comstock Lode AGM, and I'll report back on that shortly too). ICYMI here is my mid-week commentary, which attracted a lot of attentionRight - Glasgow.(NB I haven't included references here. Needless to say, they are all there in the book. And sorry I don't have access to the audio of me reading this from my laptop, but, if you like, you can get the audiobook at Audible, Apple Books and all good audiobookshops. The book itself available at Amazon, Apple Books et al).How the Most Entrepreneurial City in Europe Became Its SickestThe cause of waves of unemployment is not capitalism, but governments …Friedrich Hayek, economist and philosopherIn the 18th and 19th centuries, the city of Glasgow in Scotland became enormously, stupendously rich. It happened quite organically, without planning. An entrepreneurial people reacted to their circumstances and, over time, turned Glasgow into an industrial and economic centre of such might that, by the turn of the 20th century, Glasgow was producing half the tonnage of Britain's ships and a quarter of all locomotives in the world. (Not unlike China's industrial dominance today). It was regarded as the best-governed city in Europe and popular histories compared it to the great imperial cities of Venice and Rome. It became known as the ‘Second City of the British Empire'.Barely 100 years later, it is the heroin capital of the UK, the murder capital of the UK and its East End, once home to Europe's largest steelworks, has been dubbed ‘the benefits capital of the UK'. Glasgow is Britain's fattest city: its men have Britain's lowest life expectancy – on a par with Palestine and Albania – and its unemployment rate is 50% higher than the rest of the UK.How did Glasgow manage all that?The growth in Glasgow's economic fortunes began in the latter part of the 17th century and the early 18th century. First, the city's location in the west of Scotland at the mouth of the river Clyde meant that it lay in the path of the trade winds and at least 100 nautical miles closer to America's east coast than other British ports – 200 miles closer than London. In the days before fossil fuels (which only found widespread use in shipping in the second half of the 19th century) the journey to Virginia was some two weeks shorter than the same journey from London or many of the other ports in Britain and Europe. Even modern sailors describe how easy the port of Glasgow is to navigate. Second, when England was at war with France – as it was repeatedly between 1688 and 1815 – ships travelling to Glasgow were less vulnerable than those travelling to ports further south. Glasgow's merchants took advantage and, by the early 18th century, the city had begun to assert itself as a trading hub. Manufactured goods were carried from Britain and Europe to North America and the Caribbean, where they were traded for increasingly popular commodities such as tobacco, cotton and sugar.Through the 18th century, the Glasgow merchants' business networks spread, and they took steps to further accelerate trade. New ships were introduced, bigger than those of rival ports, with fore and aft sails that enabled them to sail closer to the wind and reduce journey times. Trading posts were built to ensure that cargo was gathered and stored for collection, so that ships wouldn't swing idly at anchor. By the 1760s Glasgow had a 50% share of the tobacco trade – as much as the rest of Britain's ports combined. While the English merchants simply sold American tobacco in Europe at a profit, the Glaswegians actually extended credit to American farmers against future production (a bit like a crop future today, where a crop to be grown at a later date is sold now). The Virginia farmers could then use this credit to buy European goods, which the Glaswegians were only too happy to supply. This brought about the rise of financial institutions such as the Glasgow Ship Bank and the Glasgow Thistle Bank, which would later become part of the now-bailed-out, taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).Their practices paid rewards. Glasgow's merchants earned a great deal of money. They built glamorous homes and large churches and, it seems, took on aristocratic airs – hence they became known as the ‘Tobacco Lords'. Numbering among them were Buchanan, Dunlop, Ingram, Wilson, Oswald, Cochrane and Glassford, all of whom had streets in the Merchant City district of Glasgow named after them (other streets, such as Virginia Street and Jamaica Street, refer to their trade destinations). In 1771, over 47 million pounds of tobacco were imported.However, the credit the Glaswegians extended to American tobacco farmers would backfire. The debts incurred by the tobacco farmers – which included future presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (who almost lost his farm as a result) – grew, and were among the grievances when the American War of Independence came in 1775. That war destroyed the tobacco trade for the Glaswegians. Much of the money that was owed to them was never repaid. Many of their plantations were lost. But the Glaswegians were entrepreneurial and they adapted. They moved on to other businesses, particularly cotton.By the 19th century, all sorts of local industry had emerged around the goods traded in the city. It was producing and exporting textiles, chemicals, engineered goods and steel. River engineering projects to dredge and deepen the Clyde (with a view to forming a deep- water port) had begun in 1768 and they would enable shipbuilding to become a major industry on the upper reaches of the river, pioneered by industrialists such as Robert Napier and John Elder. The final stretch of the Monkland Canal, linking the Forth and Clyde Canal at Port Dundas, was opened in 1795, facilitating access to the iron-ore and coal mines of Lanarkshire.The move to fossil-fuelled shipping in the latter 19th century destroyed the advantages that the trade winds had given Glasgow. But it didn't matter. Again, the people adapted. By the turn of the 20th century the Second City of the British Empire had become a world centre of industry and heavy engineering. It has been estimated that, between 1870 and 1914, it produced as much as one-fifth of the world's ships, and half of Britain's tonnage. Among the 25,000 ships it produced were some of the greatest ever built: the Cutty Sark, the Queen Mary, HMS Hood, the Lusitania, the Glenlee tall ship and even the iconic Mississippi paddle steamer, the Delta Queen. It had also become a centre for locomotive manufacture and, shortly after the turn of the 20th century, could boast the largest concentration of locomotive building works in Europe.It was not just Glasgow's industry and wealth that was so gargantuan. The city's contribution to mankind – made possible by the innovation and progress that comes with booming economies – would also have an international impact. Many great inventors either hailed from Glasgow or moved there to study or work. There's James Watt, for example, whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the Industrial Revolution. One of Watt's employees, William Murdoch, has been dubbed ‘the Scot who lit the world' – he invented gas lighting, a new kind of steam cannon and waterproof paint. Charles MacIntosh gave us the raincoat. James Young, the chemist dubbed as ‘the father of the oil industry', gave us paraffin. William Thomson, known as Lord Kelvin, developed the science of thermodynamics, formulating the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature; he also managed the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.The turning point in the economic fortunes of Glasgow – indeed, of industrial Britain – was WWI. Both have been in decline ever since. By the end of the war, the British were drained, both emotionally and in terms of capital and manpower; the workers, the entrepreneurs, the ideas men, too many of them were dead or incapacitated. There was insufficient money and no appetite to invest. The post-war recession, and later the Great Depression, did little to help. The trend of the city was now one of inexorable economic decline.If Glasgow was the home of shipping and industry in 19th-century Britain, it became the home of socialism in the 20th century. Known by some as the ‘Red Clydeside' movement, the socialist tide in Scotland actually pre-dated the First World War. In 1906 came the city's first Labour Member of Parliament (MP), George Barnes – prior to that its seven MPs were all Conservatives or Liberal Unionists. In the spring of 1911, 11,000 workers at the Singer sewing-machine factory (run by an American corporation in Clydebank) went on strike to support 12 women who were protesting about new work practices. Singer sacked 400 workers, but the movement was growing – as was labour unrest. In the four years between 1910 and 1914 Clydebank workers spent four times as many days on strike than in the whole of the previous decade. The Scottish Trades Union Congress and its affiliations saw membership rise from 129,000 in 1909 to 230,000 in 1914.20The rise in discontent had much to do with Glasgow's housing. Conditions were bad, there was overcrowding, bad sanitation, housing was close to dirty, noxious and deafening industry. Unions grew quite organically to protect the interests of their members.Then came WWI, and inflation, as Britain all but abandoned gold. In 1915 many landlords responded by attempting to increase rent, but with their young men on the Western front, those left behind didn't have the means to pay these higher costs. If they couldn't, eviction soon followed. In Govan, an area of Glasgow where shipbuilding was the main occupation, women – now in the majority with so many men gone – organized opposition to the rent increases. There are photographs showing women blocking the entrance to tenements; officers who did get inside to evict tenants are said to have had their trousers pulled down.The landlords were attacked for being unpatriotic. Placards read: ‘While our men are fighting on the front line,the landlord is attacking us at home.' The strikes spread to other cities throughout the UK, and on 27 November 1915 the government introduced legislation to restrict rents to the pre-war level. The strikers were placated. They had won. The government was happy; it had dealt with the problem. The landlords lost out.In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917, more frequent strikes crippled the city. In 1919 the ‘Bloody Friday' uprising prompted the prime minister, David Lloyd George, to deploy 10,000 troops and tanks onto the city's streets. By the 1930s Glasgow had become the main base of the Independent Labour Party, so when Labour finally came to power alone after WWII, its influence was strong. Glasgow has always remained a socialist stronghold. Labour dominates the city council, and the city has not had a Conservative MP for 30 years.By the late 1950s, Glasgow was losing out to the more competitive industries of Japan, Germany and elsewhere. There was a lack of investment. Union demands for workers, enforced by government legislation, made costs uneconomic and entrepreneurial activity arduous. With lack of investment came lack of innovation.Rapid de-industrialization followed, and by the 1960s and 70s most employment lay not in manufacturing, but in the service industries.Which brings us to today. On the plus side, Glasgow is still ranked as one of Europe's top 20 financial centres and is home to some leading Scottish businesses. But there is considerable downside.Recent studies have suggested that nearly 30% of Glasgow's working age population is unemployed. That's 50% higher than that of the rest of Scotland or the UK. Eighteen per cent of 16- to 19-year-olds are neither in school nor employed. More than one in five working-age Glaswegians have no sort of education that might qualify them for a job.In the city centre, the Merchant City, 50% of children are growing up in homes where nobody works. In the poorer neighbourhoods, such as Ruchill, Possilpark, or Dalmarnock, about 65% of children live in homes where nobody works – more than three times the national average. Figures from the Department of Work and Pensions show that 85% of working age adults from the district of Bridgeton claim some kind of welfare payment.Across the city, almost a third of the population regularly receives sickness or incapacity benefit, the highest rate of all UK cities. A 2008 World Health Organization report noted that in Glasgow's Calton, Bridgeton and Queenslie neighbourhoods, the average life expectancy for males is only 54. In contrast, residents of Glasgow's more affluent West End live to be 80 and virtually none of them are on the dole.Glasgow has the highest crime rate in Scotland. A recent report by the Centre for Social Justice noted that there are 170 teenage gangs in Glasgow. That's the same number as in London, which has over six times the population of Glasgow.It also has the dubious record of being Britain's murder capital. In fact, Glasgow had the highest homicide rate in Western Europe until it was overtaken in 2012 by Amsterdam, with more violent crime per head of population than even New York. What's more, its suicide rate is the highest in the UK.Then there are the drug and alcohol problems. The residents of the poorer neighbourhoods are an astounding six times more likely to die of a drugs overdose than the national average. Drug-related mortality has increased by 95% since 1997. There are 20,000 registered drug users – that's just registered – and the situation is not going to get any better: children who grow up in households where family members use drugs are seven times more likely to end up using drugs themselves than children who live in drug-free families.Glasgow has the highest incidence of liver diseases from alcohol abuse in all of Scotland. In the East End district of Dennistoun, these illnesses kill more people than heart attacks and lung cancer combined. Men and women are more likely to die of alcohol-related deaths in Glasgow than anywhere else in the UK. Time and time again Glasgow is proud winner of the title ‘Fattest City in Britain'. Around 40% of the population are obese – 5% morbidly so – and it also boasts the most smokers per capita.I have taken these statistics from an array of different sources. It might be in some cases that they're overstated. I know that I've accentuated both the 18th- and 19th-century positives, as well as the 20th- and 21st-century negatives to make my point. Of course, there are lots of healthy, happy people in Glasgow – I've done many gigs there and I loved it. Despite the stories you hear about intimidating Glasgow audiences, the ones I encountered were as good as any I've ever performed in front of. But none of this changes the broad-brush strokes: Glasgow was a once mighty city that now has grave social problems. It is a city that is not fulfilling its potential in the way that it once did. All in all, it's quite a transformation. How has it happened?Every few years a report comes out that highlights Glasgow's various problems. Comments are then sought from across the political spectrum. Usually, those asked to comment agree that the city has grave, ‘long-standing and deep-rooted social problems' (the words of Stephen Purcell, former leader of Glasgow City Council); they agree that something needs to be done, though they don't always agree on what that something is.There's the view from the right: Bill Aitken of the Scottish Conservatives, quoted in The Sunday Times in 2008, said, ‘We simply don't have the jobs for people who are not academically inclined. Another factor is that some people are simply disinclined to work. We have got to find something for these people to do, to give them a reason to get up in the morning and give them some self-respect.' There's the supposedly apolitical view of anti-poverty groups: Peter Kelly, director of the Glasgow-based Poverty Alliance, responded, ‘We need real, intensive support for people if we are going to tackle poverty. It's not about a lack of aspiration, often people who are unemployed or on low incomes are stymied by a lack of money and support from local and central government.' And there's the view from the left. In the same article, Patricia Ferguson, the Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Maryhill, also declared a belief in government regeneration of the area. ‘It's about better housing, more jobs, better education and these things take years to make an impact. I believe that the huge regeneration in the area is fostering a lot more community involvement and cohesion. My real hope is that these figures will take a knock in the next five or ten years.' At the time of writing in 2013, five years later, the figures have worsened.All three points of view agree on one thing: the government must do something.In 2008 the £435 million Fairer Scotland Fund – established to tackle poverty – was unveiled, aiming to allocate cash to the country's most deprived communities. Its targets included increasing average income among lower wage-earners and narrowing the poverty gap between Scotland's best- and worst-performing regions by 2017. So far, it hasn't met those targets.In 2008 a report entitled ‘Power for The Public' examined the provision of health, education and justice in Scotland. It said the budgets for these three areas had grown by 55%, 87% and 44% respectively over the last decade, but added that this had produced ‘mixed results'. ‘Mixed results' means it didn't work. More money was spent and the figures got worse.After the Centre for Social Justice report on Glasgow in 2008, Iain Duncan Smith (who set up this think tank, and is now the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions) said, ‘Policy must deal with the pathways to breakdown – high levels of family breakdown, high levels of failed education, debt and unemployment.'So what are ‘pathways to breakdown'? If you were to look at a chart of Glasgow's prosperity relative to the rest of the world, its peak would have come somewhere around 1910. With the onset of WWI in 1914 its decline accelerated, and since then the falls have been relentless and inexorable. It's not just Glasgow that would have this chart pattern, but the whole of industrial Britain. What changed the trend? Yes, empires rise and fall, but was British decline all a consequence of WWI? Or was there something else?A seismic shift came with that war – a change which is very rarely spoken or written about. Actually, the change was gradual and it pre-dated 1914. It was a change that was sweeping through the West: that of government or state involvement in our lives. In the UK it began with the reforms of the Liberal government of 1906–14, championed by David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, known as the ‘terrible twins' by contemporaries. The Pensions Act of 1908, the People's Budget of 1909–10 (to ‘wage implacable warfare against poverty', declared Lloyd George) and the National Insurance Act of 1911 saw the Liberal government moving away from its tradition of laissez-faire systems – from classical liberalism and Gladstonian principles of self-help and self-reliance – towards larger, more active government by which taxes were collected from the wealthy and the proceeds redistributed. Afraid of losing votes to the emerging Labour party and the increasingly popular ideology of socialism, modern liberals betrayed their classical principles. In his War Memoirs, Lloyd George said ‘the partisan warfare that raged around these topics was so fierce that by 1913, this country was brought to the verge of civil war'. But these were small steps. The Pensions Act, for example, meant that men aged 70 and above could claim between two and five shillings per week from the government. But average male life- expectancy then was 47. Today it's 77. Using the same ratio, and, yes, I'm manipulating statistics here, that's akin to only awarding pensions to people above the age 117 today. Back then it was workable.To go back to my analogy of the prologue, this period was when the ‘train' was set in motion across the West. In 1914 it went up a gear. Here are the opening paragraphs of historian A. J. P. Taylor's most celebrated book, English History 1914–1945, published in 1965.I quote this long passage in full, because it is so telling.Until August 1914 a sensible, law-abiding Englishman could pass through life and hardly notice the existence of the state, beyond the post office and the policeman. He could live where he liked and as he liked. He had no official number or identity card. He could travel abroad or leave his country forever without a passport or any sort of official permission. He could exchange his money for any other currency without restriction or limit. He could buy goods from any country in the world on the same terms as he bought goods at home. For that matter, a foreigner could spend his life in this country without permit and without informing the police. Unlike the countries of the European continent, the state did not require its citizens to perform military service. An Englishman could enlist, if he chose, in the regular army, the navy, or the territorials. He could also ignore, if he chose, the demands of national defence. Substantial householders were occasionally called on for jury service. Otherwise, only those helped the state, who wished to do so. The Englishman paid taxes on a modest scale: nearly £200 million in 1913–14, or rather less than 8% of the national income.The state intervened to prevent the citizen from eating adulterated food or contracting certain infectious diseases. It imposed safety rules in factories, and prevented women, and adult males in some industries,from working excessive hours.The state saw to it that children received education up to the age of 13. Since 1 January 1909, it provided a meagre pension for the needy over the age of 70. Since 1911, it helped to insure certain classes of workers against sickness and unemployment. This tendency towards more state action was increasing. Expenditure on the social services had roughly doubled since the Liberals took office in 1905. Still, broadly speaking, the state acted only to help those who could not help themselves. It left the adult citizen alone.All this was changed by the impact of the Great War. The mass of the people became, for the first time, active citizens. Their lives were shaped by orders from above; they were required to serve the state instead of pursuing exclusively their own affairs. Five million men entered the armed forces, many of them (though a minority) under compulsion. The Englishman's food was limited, and its quality changed, by government order. His freedom of movement was restricted; his conditions of work prescribed. Some industries were reduced or closed, others artificially fostered. The publication of news was fettered. Street lights were dimmed. The sacred freedom of drinking was tampered with: licensed hours were cut down, and the beer watered by order. The very time on the clocks was changed. From 1916 onwards, every Englishman got up an hour earlier in summer than he would otherwise have done, thanks to an act of parliament. The state established a hold over its citizens which, though relaxed in peacetime, was never to be removed and which the Second World war was again to increase. The history of the English state and of the English people merged for the first time.Since the beginning of WWI , the role that the state has played in our lives has not stopped growing. This has been especially so in the case of Glasgow. The state has spent more and more, provided more and more services, more subsidy, more education, more health care, more infrastructure, more accommodation, more benefits, more regulations, more laws, more protection. The more it has provided, the worse Glasgow has fared. Is this correlation a coincidence? I don't think so.The story of the rise and fall of Glasgow is a distilled version of the story of the rise and fall of industrial Britain – indeed the entire industrial West. In the next chapter I'm going to show you a simple mistake that goes on being made; a dynamic by which the state, whose very aim was to help Glasgow, has actually been its ‘pathway to breakdown' . . .Life After the State is available at Amazon, Apple Books and all good bookshops, with the audiobook at Audible, Apple Books and all good audiobookshops. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

 Memorial Day – Remembering our Veterans! Penny production to stop! // Being caught doing embarrassing things! Fired from KLSX with no money, copying resumes at Kinkos. LAX rush is ON! People are getting out of town // Residents in Echo Park have had it with delivery drivers. Ghost kitchen has 20 vendors and drivers are constantly coming & going // June 4th I'll be at the Queen Mary! 8 convicted in Kim Kardashian Paris heist trial. Guy pulls out his guns in Pasadena and then calls the police on himself. 

In this episode, Neil is joined by special guest Wing Lam, co-founder of Wahoo's Fish Taco, to dish on the highly anticipated LA Food & Wine Festival kicking off May 31st at Harry Bridges Memorial Park in Long Beach, California. Tune in as they talk food, culture, and what makes this year's event one you won't want to miss!

News Whip: California home prices hit a new record high. Spain Orders Airbnb to Take Down 66,000 Rental Listings. Partially popped corn nuts. Irvine 2nd best parks in the NATION! // Queen Mary summer series! // Westwood residents fed up! Residents have seen public urination, drug activity, intruders climbing over fences and breaking into the home, squatters, possible prostitution and massive piles of garbage outside the property. Neighbors outraged as L.A. ‘Hell house' #Westwood #Prostitution #viral // Group calling on LAUSD board to bring police back on campuses. Student at Valenica H.S. arrested in connection to explosion in Plum Canyon. Investigation into Palisades fire that it may have been started by reignited ember. #PalisadesFire #Fireworks #LAUSD #Campuspolice #RefundPolice  

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore typology, a method of biblical interpretation that aims to meaningfully link people, places, and events in the Hebrew Bible, what Christians call the Old Testament, with the coming of Christ in the New Testament. Old Testament figures like Moses, Jonah, and King David were regarded by Christians as being ‘types' or symbols of Jesus. This way of thinking became hugely popular in medieval Europe, Renaissance England and Victorian Britain, as Christians sought to make sense of their Jewish inheritance - sometimes rejecting that inheritance with antisemitic fervour. It was a way of seeing human history as part of a divine plan, with ancient events prefiguring more modern ones, and it influenced debates about the relationship between metaphor and reality in the bible, in literature, and in art. It also influenced attitudes towards reality, time and history. WithMiri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Queen Mary, University of LondonHarry Spillane, Munby Fellow in Bibliography at Cambridge and Research Fellow at Darwin CollegeAnd Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe, Associate Professor in Patristics at Cambridge. Producer: Eliane GlaserReading list:A. C. Charity, Events and their Afterlife: The Dialectics of Christian Typology in the Bible and Dante (first published 1966; Cambridge University Press, 2010)Margaret Christian, Spenserian Allegory and Elizabethan Biblical Exegesis: The Context for 'The Faerie Queene' (Manchester University Press, 2016)Dagmar Eichberger and Shelley Perlove (eds.), Visual Typology in Early Modern Europe: Continuity and Expansion (Brepols, 2018)Tibor Fabiny, The Lion and the Lamb: Figuralism and Fulfilment in the Bible, Art and Literature (Palgrave Macmillan, 1992)Tibor Fabiny, ‘Typology: Pros and Cons in Biblical Hermeneutics and Literary Criticism' (Academia, 2018)Northrop Frye, The Great Code: The Bible and Literature (first published 1982; Mariner Books, 2002)Leonhard Goppelt (trans. Donald H. Madvig), Typos: The Typological Interpretation of the Old Testament in the New (William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1982)Paul J. Korshin, Typologies in England, 1650-1820 (first published in 1983; Princeton University Press, 2014)Judith Lieu, Image and Reality: The Jews in the World of the Christians in the Second Century (T & T Clark International, 1999)Sara Lipton, Images of Intolerance: The Representation of Jews and Judaism in the Bible Moralisee (University of California Press, 1999)Montague Rhodes James and Kenneth Harrison, A Guide to the Windows of King's College Chapel (first published in 1899; Cambridge University Press, 2010)J. W. Rogerson and Judith M. Lieu (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies (Oxford University Press, 2008)In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio production

Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them. This week, the boys book tickets on the USS SCARED and take a doomed vacation through the world of cruises. All aboard for stops at the Titanic, COVID vessels, and the haunted Queen Mary! Warning: No refunds. All fares final. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:27 - Housekeeping 00:04:19 - Five Star Reviews 00:08:17 - Find Out Who Finds Us Guest-Worthy 00:12:16 - We're Talking Cruises 00:13:56 - Scary Cruise Movies 00:22:45 - Cruise Experiences 00:30:09 - A Brief History Of Cruises 00:43:38 - The Titanic 00:57:03 - Scary Titanic Facts 01:01:23 - Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan 01:04:31 - The Queen Mary II 01:09:00 - Covid at Sea 01:21:29 - The (OG) Queen Mary 01:35:36  - The Fear Tier  NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing. Visit this episode's show notes for links and references. And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website. Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Since plants have to mate and produce offspring while rooted to the spot, they have to be pollinated – by wind, water, or animals – most commonly insects. They use a surprising array of tricks to attract pollinators: striking colours, iridescent light effects, and enticing scents, to name but a few. Insects, on the other hand, do not seek to pollinate plants – they are looking for food; so plants make sure it's worth their while. Insects are also remarkably sophisticated in their ability to find, recognise and find their way inside flowers. So pollination has evolved as a complex dance between plants and pollinators that is essential for life on earth to continue. With Beverley Glover, Director of the Cambridge University Botanic GardenJane Memmott, Professor of Ecology at the University of BristolAndLars Chittka, Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology at Queen Mary, University of London.Producer: Eliane GlaserReading list:Stephen L Buchmann and Gary Paul Nabhan, The Forgotten Pollinators (Island Press, 1997)Lars Chittka, The Mind of a Bee (Princeton University Press, 2023)Steven Falk, Field Guide to the Bees of Britain and Ireland (British Wildlife Publishing, 2015)Francis S. Gilbert (illustrated by Steven J. Falk), Hoverflies: Naturalists' Handbooks vol. 5 (Pelagic Publishing, 2015)Dave Goulson, A Sting in the Tale: My Adventures with Bumblebees (Vintage, 2014)Edwige Moyroud and Beverley J. Glover, ‘The evolution of diverse floral morphologies' (Current Biology vol 11, 2017)Jeff Ollerton, Birds and Flowers: An Intimate 50 Million Year Relationship (Pelagic Publishing, 2024) Alan E. Stubbs and Steven J. Falk, British Hoverflies (‎British Entomological & Natural History Society, 2002)Timothy Walker, Pollination: The Enduring Relationship Between Plant and Pollinator (Princeton University Press, 2020)In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio Production

They came from above, left circles behind, and for some — took time, memories, or loved ones.Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version of #WeirdDarkness: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIN THIS EPISODE: Something strange happened in 1966 Australia. Lights in the skies, sightings of saucer shaped objects, and the start of what eventually came to be known as crop circles. It's a mystery that still lingers today, and it appears to be a kind of catalyst for so many similar oddities to follow. (The Tully Nests Affair) *** When you think of the most deadly, man-killing animals in existence, you might think of the big cats, or alligators, or sharks… but don't be too quick to dismiss birds as dealers of death. (Death-Dealing Fowl) *** It's one of the world's most haunted places… it is a ship that you can now book a room in as a hotel. We'll look at the very haunted Queen Mary. (The Haunted Queen Mary) *** The result of an accidental pregnancy finds out later in life he might be the son of a demon. (Son of the Demon) *** Most every item I bring to you here in Weird Darkness is going to have taken place in history – and most all of them you hear are going to be unnerving, or even horrifying… but there are some particularly macabre moments in history that stand out among the others. Most of which you've probably never heard of. (Macabre Moments in History)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00.00.000 = Disclaimer and Lead-In00:01:54.386 = Show Open (Coming Up In This Episode)00:03:57.121 = The Tully Nest Affair00:27:04.152 = Death Dealing Fowl00:39:24.020 = The Haunted Queen Mary00:48:35.825 = Macabre Moments in History01:05:30.856 = Son Of The Demon01:09:24.696 = Show Close, Verse, and Final ThoughtSOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…Book a room on the Queen Mary: https://queenmary.com/tours/tours-exhibits/“Delphine LaLaurie” episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8vr5wj“Mellification” episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4km5fa57“The Tully Nests Affair” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2jm2bujx“Death-Dealing Fowl” by Darci Heikkinen for ListVerse: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckrdrea“The Haunted Queen Mary” from The Scare Chamber: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p98rr3z“Son of the Demon” by HauntedJurist, posted at YourGhostStories.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5n954sur“Macabre Moments in History” by Lauren Glen for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y69r65ft=====(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: March, 2022EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/TullyNestAffair

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! The Queen Mary is one of the most famously haunted ships in the world, but have the spirits that linger aboard the vessel crossed over—or are they simply at home in a place they loved during life? Many people believe that spirits need help to move on, but what if the ghosts aboard the Queen Mary are exactly where they want to be? After all, this historic ship was their home in life, and perhaps it remains their home in death. In this episode, we explore the idea that these spirits might not be lost at all. Instead, they may be at peace in a place they loved—while we, the living, may just be the ones intruding.   Become a Premium Supporter of The Grave Talks Through Apple Podcasts or Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/thegravetalks) There, you will get: Access to every episode of our show, AD-FREE! Access to every episode of our show before everyone else! Other EXCLUSIVE supporter perks and more!

On this episode, Tony Brueski digs into the haunting of Sir Winston's Restaurant aboard the legendary Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. Known for its eerie reputation, Sir Winston's has become infamous for the strange occurrences reported by both guests and staff. From objects moving on their own to the chilling sensation of being watched, the Queen Mary harbors many mysteries—some of which may never be solved.  Join Tony as he uncovers the dark history of the ship, the spirits of passengers and crew who may never have left, and the unnerving paranormal phenomena that continue to haunt one of the most famous landmarks in California.

On this episode, Tony Brueski digs into the haunting of Sir Winston's Restaurant aboard the legendary Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. Known for its eerie reputation, Sir Winston's has become infamous for the strange occurrences reported by both guests and staff. From objects moving on their own to the chilling sensation of being watched, the Queen Mary harbors many mysteries—some of which may never be solved.  Join Tony as he uncovers the dark history of the ship, the spirits of passengers and crew who may never have left, and the unnerving paranormal phenomena that continue to haunt one of the most famous landmarks in California.