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Film critic and author Marya E. Gates joins Michael to explore perhaps the simplest, most influential direction ever given to an actor: "Be natural."The phrase is associated with pioneering filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché, who posted the reminder in her New Jersey studio more than a century ago. As one of cinema's earliest storytellers, Guy-Blaché helped establish film as a distinct art form, separate from the theatrical traditions that shaped many of its first performers.From Guy-Blaché's silent shorts to the work of Greta Garbo, Janet Gaynor, John Garfield, Nicolas Cage, and Lupita Nyong'o, Michael and Marya examine what "natural" acting really means, and why some of the most truthful screen performances can also be the most stylized. Links:-"Cinema Her Way" | Marya E. Gateshttps://maryaegates.com/cinemaherway/-Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | VODhttps://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/be-natural-the-untold-story-of-alice-guy-blache -There is one Murnau, Borzage, and Fox Box available on Amazon… for $1,336.Join the conversation by emailing movieracket@filmspotting.net.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What can almost 1,000 inquest records tell us about dark history we should know more about?  In the latest episode of Look History in the Eye podcast, Public Record Office Victoria speaks with Dr Jo Wainer AM, one of Australia's most influential feminist campaigners, about the fight to end Victoria's backyard abortion industry. She survived death threats and court challenges but wouldn't rest until women stopped dying. Dr Wainer reflects on the campaign she and her husband Bertram led from 1968.  Their efforts helped pave the way for safe abortion clinics to open in 1973 and challenged outdated laws that put women's lives at risk. This powerful conversation explores the role of archives and inquest records in preserving women's history and the people behind social change. Warning. This episode mentions death as a result of abortion and may be upsetting for some listeners.Listen now on Spotify or via the link in our bio. #Archives #History #PublicRecordOfficeVictoria #Podcast #WomensHistory #AustralianHistory #SocialChange #LookHistoryInTheEye #JoWainerAM Produced by Public Record Office Victoria. Presented by Kate Follington. Sound mixing by Jack Palmer Studios This podcast is produced by Public Record Office Victoria, the archive of the state government of Victoria. To view the podcast homepage and all episodes, and to view records related to this episode go to https://prov.vic.gov.au/look-history-eye-podcast

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Mike Switzer interviews Ben Nichols, founder and CEO of Padel 22 in Mt. Pleasant, SC.

Film critic and author Alonso Duralde joins Michael Phillips to explore a piece of filmmaking wisdom from Vincente Minnelli: that a picture which stays with an audience is built from “a hundred or more hidden things.”Drawing on films ranging from Meet Me in St. Louis, Some Came Running, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, they consider how production design, performance, music, camera movement, and seemingly minor visual choices accumulate into something lasting. Notes: "I Wake Up Screening: What To Do Once You've Made That Movie" by John Anderson and Laura Kim https://www.amazon.com/dp/0823088987?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback Books by Alonso DuraldeHollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alonso-duralde/hollywood-pride/9780762485895/?lens=running-press I'll Be Home For Christmas https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brandon-gray/ill-be-home-for-christmas-movies/9780762499335/?lens=running-pressSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every functioning government provides physical protection while demanding money in the form of taxes. The state will send armed men to lock you up if you do not pay. Does that mean that governments are nothing but a glorified protection racket? News Fist joins me as we continue our series reading "Collective Violence, Contentious Politics, and Social Change" by Charles Tilly. Find more New Fist here: https://www.youtube.com/@UCZST1WEN9gMY_x3zDWKOnIA Follow on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre-show/id1657770114 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3S6z4LBs8Fi7COupy7YYuM?si=4d9662cb34d148af Substack: https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre Gab: https://gab.com/AuronMacIntyre YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/AuronMacIntyre Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-390155 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@AuronMacIntyre:f Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/auronmacintyre/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Na 35 jaar topsport heeft rolstoeltennislegende Maikel Scheffers deze week bekendgemaakt zijn racket aan de wilgen te hangen. De voormalig nummer één van de wereld heeft een palmares waar toch menig sporter jaloers op zal zijn. Zo won hij in het enkelspel onder meer de Australian Open en Roland Garros, won in het dubbelspel alle vier de grandslamtoernooien en heeft thuis ook nog twee bronzen medailles liggen van de Paralympische Spelen. Gelukkig voor ons allemaal blijft zijn ervaring behouden, want waar hij al in dienst was van tennisbond KNLTB, is zijn contract verlengd en worden zijn werkzaamheden uitgebreid. We gingen er met Maikel over in gesprek. Presentatie: Robert Denneman

Film noir expert Rachel Walther joins Michael Phillips to test a quote commonly attributed to Jean-Luc Godard. But whether it belongs to Godard, Howard Hawks, or someone else entirely, it points to a persistent question about what audiences really want from movies. From Gun Crazy and Double Indemnity to Jackie Brown, No Country for Old Men, and the James Bond franchise, they consider the enduring appeal of sex and danger and whether the famous formula still holds up more than a century after it was first proposed. Join the conversation by emailing themovieracket@filmspotting.net.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aujourd'hui, Laura Warton Martinez, sophrologue, Bruno Poncet, cheminot, et Mourad Boudjellal, éditeur de BD, débattent de l'actualité autour d'Alain Marschall et Olivier Truchot.

Jay Boller is a Racket co-founder/editor.

AI danger; Iran attacks US bases and ships; Jeff Stein’s Wednesday visit; Jay Boller of Racket discusses the 5th anniversary of the outlet; wrapping the State Fair.

Jay Boller is a Racket co-founder/editor.

AI emotional intelligence pioneer and author of Mind Hacking Happiness, Sean Webb exposes the weaponization of large language models for mind control by the military-industrial complex, and how non-local consciousness could restore human sovereignty, in episode 262 of the Far Out with Faust podcast.Webb has spent more than 20 years studying the mechanics of thought, emotion, and consciousness, developing the Language Enabled Algorithms of Human Emotion for artificial intelligence. His books include the two-volume Mind Hacking Happiness series, Human Mind Owner's Manual, and his latest, NHI Connected Mind, which brings together his work on consciousness, artificial intelligence, and non-human intelligence. A former advanced-supercomputing systems engineer and Georgia Tech ATDC alumnus, Webb has presented his work at the Science of Consciousness, NASA, Georgia Tech, and other institutions, while his mind-mastery methods have been endorsed by U.S. Navy SEALs.In this conversation, Faust and Sean explore the growing battle over the human mind, from AI safety, government surveillance, and psychological manipulation to the internal mechanisms that drive fear, emotional reactivity, and suffering. They examine how meta-awareness and emotional regulation can break those patterns, why material success fails to produce lasting happiness, and what meditation, intuition, and NHI may reveal about the deeper nature of consciousness. As the discussion expands, they question whether humanity's greatest advantage over artificial intelligence lies not in becoming more like machines, but in rediscovering capacities we have largely forgotten.In this episode:• The NSA Mind-Reading Problem: What happened when Sean realized where his emotional algorithms could ultimately lead.• Claude's 171 Emotions: The disturbing discovery that changed the conversation around AI self-awareness.• When AI Safety Becomes the Obstacle: Why a Pentagon fight over Anthropic's safeguards should concern everyone.• Zuckerberg's Yacht Problem: What extreme wealth reveals about the psychology of never having enough.• Can Consciousness Heal the Body? The Navy SEAL recovery story Sean says changed everything.• The Technology Humans Forgot: The abilities Sean believes humanity once possessed and may be capable of recovering.• The AI Therapist Trap: What are you really giving away when you tell an AI your deepest secrets?• Disclosure Without Permission: Why Sean believes the truth about NHI may have to reach humanity another way.If Sean is right, the future won't be decided by smarter machines, but by whether humans remember what they are.00:00 - Sean Webb Podcast Highlights01:21 - Sean Webb Introduction02:25 - The Simulation of 8.3 Billion Humans (MIMIC-AI)06:45 - The Speed of Power and the Escalation of Control09:46 - Non-Local Consciousness and the Brain as a Transceiver20:55 - The Equation of Emotion: Neuroscience and the "Mind Hack"28:10 - Ancient Disciplines, Prayer of Quiet, and Mind Hacking30:03 - The Danger of Using AI as a Personal Therapist32:25 - Government Agendas, Narrative Control, and Media Manipulation36:00 - Claude's 171 Discovered Emotions and the Threat of Roguing AI40:27 - How LLMs Evolved into Black Boxes & Meta-Awareness48:15 - Walking Away from Mass Manipulation and Wiping the Hard Drives54:15 - The Illusion of Government Disclosure & Psychological Operations01:02:15 - The Miami Mall Incident and Information Blackouts01:07:05 - War Is a Racket, Smedley Butler, and Historical Cycles01:15:35 - Zuckerberg and the Hedonic Treadmill of Material Wealth01:21:05 - Ego as the Root of All Human Suffering & Expanding Identity01:28:20 - Sean's 2-Hour Meditation That Felt Like Thousands of Years01:34:40 - Listening Instead of Talking: The True Nature of Prayer01:37:45 - Reframing Non-Human Intelligence (NHI) & Healing Beyond Dogma01:43:30 - The Illusion of Death and Signs from Beyond01:47:15 - A Remote Healing Experience with a Paraplegic Navy SEAL01:50:07 - Why AI Can Never Connect to Non-Local Consciousness01:54:35 - Where to Find Sean Webb & Final ThoughtsCheck out Sean's bookshttps://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08P3FCBQ8Explore Sean's Emotionally Intelligent AIhttps://zenodelic.ai/Connect with Sean Webbhttps://mindhackinghappiness.com/https://www.facebook.com/mindhackinghappinessJoin us on PatreonFor uncensored episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and exclusive community access:https://patreon.com/FarOutWithFaustListen on Spotify + Apple PodcastsSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6StPwgq2di3f8uxnc6SmIfApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/far-out-with-faust-fowf/id1533017218FOWF & Faust Checho on socialhttps://www.instagram.com/faroutwithfaust/https://www.instagram.com/theonefaustchecho/https://www.facebook.com/Faroutwithfausthttps://x.com/faustchechohttps://patreon.com/FarOutWithFaustQUESTION THE ANSWERS™#ArtificialIntelligence #Anthropic #Technologywe'd love to hear from you

This episode is presented by Create A Video – Emma Hall is the RNC's Southeast Regional Communications Director and she joins me to discuss the state of the race for US Senate in North Carolina. But listeners are very concerned at what they see as a lack of advertising for Michael Whatley in the race against Democrat Roy Cooper.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-kaliner-show--6946691/support.Subscribe to the podcast My preferred podcast platform: SpreakerCheck out my preferred gold & silver company: Revelation Gold GroupHelp support Pete's Walk to End Alzheimers here.All the links to Pete's Prep are free! Plus get exclusive content here!Media Bias Check: GroundNews promo code!Advertising and Booking inquiries: Pete@ThePeteKalinerShow.com  

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsLiberalism has morphed into its opposite.Narrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news

Film critic Robert Daniels (⁠RogerEbert.com⁠, The New York Times) joins Michael Phillips to test one of Hollywood's most enduring bits of studio wisdom, attributed to producer Samuel Goldwyn: "Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union." From I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, High Noon, and The Best Years of Our Lives to Origin, Don't Look Up, and Triangle of Sadness, Michael and Robert discuss why some films are elevated by their ideas while others collapse under them, and whether the most effective message movies are the ones that never look like message movies at all. Join the conversation by emailing ⁠movieracket@filmspotting.net⁠.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The centerpiece of this episode is DHP Episode 253: Academia is a Racket, which CJ produced back in late-February 2023, only about 6 months after he walked away from academia, after spending 22 years of his life in it (6 as a student & 16 as a teacher.) In this episode, CJ mostly avoided the lowest-hanging & widely understood defects of academia in recent decades — ie, the rise to hegemony of once-fringe (even in academia) “Woke” ideology, & the exorbitant costs to the students of getting a college “education.” Instead, drawing from his 22 years inside academia, he mostly focuses on structural (in the true sense of the word) problems inherent in the nature of the institution & the perverse incentives created thereby, which minimize the amount of education (in the true sense of the word) that takes place. Join CJ as he discusses the following problems with modern conventional academia: No real market feedback mechanism to indicate whether a “good education” is being provided. Overspecialization. Rigid credentialism. Too many courses online (especially at the intro/gen-ed level.) Excessive disability accommodations. Private-sector profiteering (off a captive audience & cartelized, non-competitive system.) Administrative bloat. A focus on arbitrary metrics that can be juked/gamed. Degree inflation. The accreditation agencies functioning as a cartel enforcer to artificially restrict entry & reduce competition. Ideology baked into most (if not all) disciplines, in many cases for over a century. The adversarial relationship often automatically created between student & teacher. State & corporate influence & control. Like this episode? Support the DHP on Patreon! Through Labor Day (9/7) of 2026, CJ's running a Back to (Dangerous History) School Special: There will be a 25% discount on the first year of an annual membership at any level of support, or 25% off the first month of a monthly membership (also at any level of support)! If you want to get access to the upcoming multi-hour DHP Bonus Episode “Wooden Walls on the Water,” covering just about everything we know about ancient Greek warships & naval warfare, sign up as one of his Patreon supporters at the Journeyman Scholar-Warrior Level (or higher) — if you're not already one of those excellent individuals who keeps the DHP a going concern, of course!

And Another Thing With Dave, by Dave SmithThe West's grip on Iran is not diplomacy. It is an offer a country cannot refuse. This episode follows that gangster logic from the 1953 CIA-MI6 coup against Mohammad Mossadegh, through Iran-Contra and Mena, to the Business Plot — the Wall Street scheme to recruit America's most decorated Marine to stop the New Deal.Smedley Butler had two Medals of Honor and 33 years in the Corps. In War Is a Racket he said he was not a patriot for hire. He was “a high-class muscle man for Big Business… a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.” He made Mexico safe for oil, Haiti safe for the banks, Nicaragua safe for Brown Brothers, Honduras safe for fruit companies, China safe for Standard Oil. Al Capone ran three city districts. Butler said the Marines ran three continents.Same playbook in Tehran. Mossadegh nationalized Iranian oil. Operation Ajax removed him. Decades later Iran-Contra sold weapons to the same “terrorist state,” funneled the profits to the Contras in violation of the Boland Amendment, and looked the other way while cocaine paid for the war. Gary Webb was right that the CIA protected Contra-linked traffickers. He was wrong that one ring explained the crack epidemic. Mena was real. The legend is bigger than the documented load.Then they tried it at home. In 1933–34, after Roosevelt left the gold standard and launched New Deal jobs, housing, and labor programs, financiers approached Butler to lead 500,000 veterans on Washington. The plan: a “Secretary of General Affairs” as dictator, FDR as figurehead. Money from Wall Street. Arms from Remington. Cover from the American Liberty League.Butler got the names and testified under oath. The McCormack-Dickstein Committee reported that the plot “was discussed, was planned, and might have been placed in execution when and if the financial backers deemed it expedient.”Nobody was prosecuted. The names were stripped from the public report. The press called it a hoax, then went silent.Same offer. Same refusal. Different map.In this episode:Why Iran policy still reads like a protection racket over oilOperation Ajax and the 1953 overthrow of a elected governmentIran-Contra: arms, hostages, Contras, and the cocaine pipelineWhat Gary Webb got right — and what he overstatedSmedley Butler's confession in War Is a RacketThe Business Plot against FDR, and why no one was chargedRelated episodes:The Clintons, Cocaine, Conspiracy, and Cover Up (Parts 1 and 2)Episode 474: Deep Down the Rabbit Hole of Drug SmugglingBonus: Iran, The History of US Aggression and LiesSeeking the truth. Exposing the lies.And Another Thing With Dave#AATWDListen, share, and review:Apple Podcasts — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/and-another-thing-with-dave/id1498443271Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/1HLX3dqSQgeWZNXVZ1Z4ECAll links — https://linktr.ee/andanotherthingwithdave#AATWD #SmedleyButler #WarIsARacket #BusinessPlot #Iran1953 #OperationAjax #IranContra #CIA #Mossadegh #DarkAlliance #GaryWebb #MenaArkansas #NewDeal #FDR #AmericanHistory #DeepState #OilPolitics #MilitaryIndustrialComplex

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Au menu de la troisième heure des GG du mercredi 26 août 2026 : Taxer l'héritage dès le 1er euro, du racket ? Avec : Fatima Aït Bounoua, professeur de français. Laura Warton Martinez, sophrologue. Et Charles Consigny, avocat.

Send us Fan MailY'all, the North American hard-court swing has been an absolute rollercoaster and we are buckled in for every single twist, turn, and unhinged racket toss. Alex Eala had her full main character moment in DC — Ialla-mania is officially a documented phenomenon — taking down three top seeds (Pegula! Svitolina! Osaka!) for her first-ever WTA title and becoming the first player from the Philippines to do it. Tickets to her matches were selling out in 30 minutes. We are obsessed, and we are not sorry.Meanwhile Iga finally snapped her title drought in Toronto looking scary-composed, and Sabalenka? Girl is spiraling. Racket tantrums, a missing dampener that conveniently bought her extra time, and a shocking early exit in Cincinnati — 2026 has gone from Sunshine Double glory to full meltdown era. We're unpacking all of it, no judgment (okay, a little judgment).And then there's Coco, who is serving both immaculate tennis AND main character chaos — her "I'm in love with the Coco" on-court moment absolutely sent the internet into a tailspin, especially with the timing landing days after Kyrgios's cocaine suspension news broke. Iconic. Unplanned. Devastating for him, delightful for us.Just when you thought we'd buried the lede — Serena's BACK, teaming up with Carlos Alcaraz for mixed doubles at the Open (Wilcaraz? Carena? We need a team name, stat), while Venus is out here playing singles at 46 like the concept of time simply does not apply to her. We're also getting into the wildcard chaos, the tightening WTA Finals points race, injury updates on some of our faves, and — because we're contractually obligated — five whole minutes on the men (Alcaraz's comeback, an all-American Cincinnati final, and yes, more Kyrgios hypocrisy to unpack).Grab your iced matcha, get comfy, and let's get into it — for the girls, the gays, and the theys who know a good scandal (and a good backhand) when they see one.

Film music historian and journalist ⁠Tim Greiving⁠, author of John Williams: A Composer's Life, joins Michael Phillips to explore one of the foundational dilemmas of movie music, courtesy of legendary composer Max Steiner: "The hardest thing in scoring is to know when to start and when to stop." From King Kong and The Adventures of Robin Hood to Jaws and Star Wars, Michael and Tim trace the history of film scoring through competing philosophies: wall-to-wall music versus strategic restraint, foreground versus background, spectacle versus psychology. And yes, even The Odyssey enters the conversation They discuss Williams's lasting influence, memorable director-composer partnerships, and whether the best movie music tells us what we're seeing or reveals what the characters themselves cannot say. Join the conversation by emailing ⁠movieracket@filmspotting.net⁠.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The National Security Hour with Jack Maxey and Col. Mike –A serious country would put its citizens first. It would secure the border, fix the vote, end the subsidy for foreign fraud, and stop feeding endless wars. It would say plainly that American sovereignty is not negotiable. That kind of honesty would be disruptive. It would also be the first real act of leadership in years...

The National Security Hour with Jack Maxey and Col. Mike –A serious country would put its citizens first. It would secure the border, fix the vote, end the subsidy for foreign fraud, and stop feeding endless wars. It would say plainly that American sovereignty is not negotiable. That kind of honesty would be disruptive. It would also be the first real act of leadership in years...

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsNarrated Version | Blaming a suicide on correct reporting unfortunately makes perfect sense in this reality-challenged era.More at www.Racket.news Narrated by Jared MooreArt by Daniel Medina

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Jay Boller from The Racket joins Adam and Jordana.

Screenwriter and producer David Kajganich (Suspiria, Bones and All) joins Michael Phillips to test a provocative rule of adaptation from filmmaker Whit Stillman: "You owe everything to the movie and nothing to the original [source]."But what about the opposite approach? As the Coen brothers once joked about adapting Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men: "One of us types into the computer while the other holds the spine of the book flat." Between those two extremes lies the art of adaptation.Drawing on more than two decades of adapting novels, memoirs, plays, and films, Kajganich explores when fidelity serves a movie, when it becomes a trap, and why great adaptations sometimes have to break the bones of the original work. As you'd expect, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey enters the conversation, along with Howards End, The Shining, The Zone of Interest, and Where the Wild Things Are.Is the best adaptation the one that faithfully recreates its source? Or the one that expresses something new? Join the conversation: email themovieracket@filmspotting.netSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are fast approaching the 25th anniversary of a "travesty," as NGO Monitor's Prof. Gerald Steinberg calls it – the UN's Durban conference on racism. The corruption behind that event set the tone for the systemic corruption of non-governmental organizations ever since, especially in the campaign to isolate and destroy Israel. Prof. Steinberg and I walk through how the UN set up the conference to boost Islamists and leftist regimes, how NGOs have served that agenda since, and especially how that led directly to the NYT's infamous "rape dogs" story this year.

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What can your body tell you about a movie? According to legendary Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn, everything.This week's Movie Racket explores Cohn's infamous rule for separating hits from flops. Joining Michael Phillips is Slate film critic Dana Stevens (Camera Man), who helps unpack what that deceptively simple dictum reveals about audiences, critics, attention spans, and streaming culture. Along the way, they cover The Odyssey, Jeanne Dielman, Citizen Kane, and whether laughter, tears, gasps, or simple restlessness can ever be trusted as measures of a film's success.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You’re listening to American Ground Radio with Stephen Parr and Louis R. Avallone. This is the full show for August 5, 2026. Democratic Socialists of America candidates had a big night in Tuesday's primaries — especially in Michigan, where Abdul El-Sayed narrowly won the Democrat Senate nomination over Haley Stevens, and "Squad" member Rashida Tlaib fended off a primary challenge. We break down what these wins actually mean, why El-Sayed's margin was so much tighter than the polling predicted, and why we think a Medicare-for-All, defund-Israel platform is a movement wish list, not a governing blueprint. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, we cover El-Sayed's win and what it means for Michigan's Senate race in November, the Senate's confirmation of Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the CDC, and an 11th Circuit ruling upholding Florida's law banning children from sexually explicit drag shows. Where in the world is Mitch McConnell? We dig into the seven-week silence, the two still photos, and the questions nobody in D.C. seems to want to answer. Our American Mamas, Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson, tackle a listener question on why high achievers draw so much hate — with stories ranging from slashed tires to Elon Musk's "world's first former trillionaire" moment. We're Digging Deep this week on two fronts: a House Select Committee report warning that Chinese state-linked telecom companies still have equipment and data access inside U.S. networks, and a pair of California stories — a former far-left homeless shelter worker's public break with the movement, and San Francisco's slow climb back from the brink compared to Los Angeles' continued decline. Plus, President Trump's "don't make me pull this car over" approach to Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, and Senator John Fetterman's warning to his own party about the rising influence of socialists and communists in Democratic politics. Our Bright Spot: a federal judge blocks New York's law banning ICE agents from wearing face masks, ruling the state can't dictate how federal agents do their jobs. Plus, we close with the story of a contractor who lost his tools in a lightning strike — and the nine-year-old son who tried to make it right. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsOn speech, Donald Trump is making a mess, for himself and the country.Narrated by Jared MooreMore at www.Racket.news

Story analyst Billy Mernit joins Michael Phillips to test one of Hollywood’s most enduring (and slippery) unofficial rules: Howard Hawks’ idea that a good movie is three good scenes and no bad ones.Mernit, an instructor and writer known as the “guru of rom-com,” brings nearly three decades of reading studio scripts and a working knowledge of how films get evaluated before they ever reach the screen. Together, they dig into what makes a “good scene” in the first place.Is Hawks’ dictum still useful? Or, like so many Hollywood rules, is it less a law of motion pictures than a reflection of how we choose to remember them?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsFrom AI chats to the new AP stylebook to a long list of political crazes, online America is constantly looking for ways to put words in your mouthNarrated by Jared MooreMore at www.Racket.news

The federal student loan system has been a rigged game for decades — colleges raised tuition without consequences, handed out credentials with little real-world value, and left students and taxpayers holding the bag. On this hard-hitting stand-alone episode of The Right Side, Doug Billings breaks down President Trump's groundbreaking new Earnings Accountability rule and the Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) that's finally putting the Big Education Racket on a performance plan.Doug explains how the rule works (program-by-program earnings tests, warnings, and consequences for failure), why it's not a ban on any major, and the crucial distinction between real learning and expensive credentials. He delivers the analysis you won't hear anywhere else: how federal loans insulated universities from market discipline, the human cost of the debt crisis, and the hopeful path forward for families, students, and America's future.This episode cuts through the noise with clear conservative insight on accountability, opportunity, and restoring common sense to higher education. If you're tired of worthless degrees and runaway tuition, this is must-listen content that empowers better choices for the next generation.✅ Timely Trump policy breakdown✅ Beyond the headlines analysis✅ Pro-student, pro-taxpayer, pro-opportunitySubscribe to The Right Side for more unique conservative commentary that teaches you how to interpret what's really happening in America.Prayerfully consider donating to the show at: www.DougBillings.us#TrumpEducationReform #StudentLoans #CollegeAccountability #BigEducationRacket #HigherEducation #AmericaFirst #ConservativeCommentary #StudentDebt #TheRightSide #DougBillings #FYPSupport the show

In part three, filmmaker and journalist Paul Jay turns to the film that brought this conversation full circle: How to Stop a Nuclear War. Jay traces the bomb's origins to a lie — the U.S. and Britain knew by 1944 there was no German nuclear program, yet built one anyway to secure postwar hegemony. He argues the Cold War was never really about defense; it was a protection racket that justified permanent militarization, purged the American left, and convinced generations that annihilation was the price of safety. Jay makes the case that nuclear winter research has been buried for decades because acknowledging it would mean admitting there is no such thing as a winnable nuclear war — only a lucrative one.

Crime and Science Fiction on a TuesdayFirst,  a look at this day in History.Then, Dragnet starring Jack Webb,  originally broadcast  July 21, 1949, 77 years ago, City Hall Bombing.  Vernon Carney is threatening to blow up City Hall with a bomb if his brother isn't freed from jail by nine o'clock.  The story would be reused a year later and on the Television show. Followed by The Big Story, originally broadcast July 21, 1948, 78 years ago, The Lottery Racket. The "big story" of Keeler McCartney of the Atlanta Constitution, who attempts to clean up a lottery racket and nearly gets killed for his efforts. Then, Calling All Cars,  originally broadcast  July 21, 1937, 89 years ago, Alibi.  A dangerous hold-up man is wanted. He has held up a streetcar motorman. Followed by The CBS Radio Workshop, originally broadcast July 21, 1957, 69 years ago, Green Hills of Earth starring Everett Sloan.   The beautiful Robert Heinlein science fiction story about Reisling, the blind poet of the spaceways.  Perhaps the best adaptation of the story. Finally, Claudia, originally broadcast July 21, 1948, 78 years ago, You've Seen One Baby, You've Seen Them All.  Kathryn Bard and Paul Crabtree star. Thanks to Bill B for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamFind the Family Fallout Shelter Booklet Here: https://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/the_family_fallout_shelter_1959.pdfhttps://wardomatic.blogspot.com/2006/11/fallout-shelter-handbook-1962.html

Film critic Amy Nicholson joins host Michael Phillips to test a set of unofficial Hollywood axioms: Preston Sturges’ 11 Rules for Box Office Appeal.Written (or so the story goes) in the early 1940s, the list is equal parts joke and provocation, a series of blunt, sometimes baffling claims about what makes movies work. But taken together, the rules point toward something more coherent: a theory of cinema built on movement, rhythm, and the constant opening of possibilities.Amy and Michael dig into what still holds up and what these rules reveal about the way comedy — and movies — create momentum. Is Sturges simply being playful? Or is there real wisdom hiding inside the punchlines?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Cracked Interviews, TYPTI founder Steve Bellamy joins the podcast to introduce the newest game in the racket-sports world. Bellamy explains how his lifelong involvement in tennis, badminton and other racket sports—including founding Tennis Channel and creating LiveBall—eventually inspired him to develop TYPTI. He breaks down what makes the sport different, from its high-bouncing foam ball and unique net-rebound rule to the innovative “Stakes” scoring system designed to create more drama, risk and excitement. The conversation also explores the process of building a new sport from the ground up, the lessons Bellamy has learned throughout his career and his vision for TYPTI's future. Watch TYPTI competition on the Cracked Racquets YouTube channel and learn why Bellamy believes the sport could become the next major addition to the racket-sports landscape. Watch this episode on YouTube by clicking here. Laurel Springs Ranked among the best online private schools in the United States, Laurel Springs stands out when it comes to support, personalization, community, and college prep. They give their K-12 students the resources, guidance, and learning opportunities they need at each grade level to reach their full potential. Find Cracked Racquets Website: https://www.crackedracquets.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/crackedracquets Twitter: https://twitter.com/crackedracquets Facebook: https://Facebook.com/crackedracquets YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/crackedracquets Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Welcome to The Movie Racket, a new Filmspotting production hosted by Michael Phillips. Each week, we’ll test a so-called "law" of cinema — a bit of received wisdom about how movies work, or don’t. For our debut episode, actor Michael Shannon joins the show to examine a provocative claim from François Truffaut: that every film about war ends up being pro-war. Is it true that a movie about combat, survival, and heroism can never escape the pull of spectacle and the way cinema inevitably renders violence compelling? Shannon reflects on that inherent tension and revisits his experience working on Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor, a film that presents this question of representation head-on. So: was Truffaut right? Or does cinema allow for something more complicated than a binary verdict? Join the conversation at movieracket@filmspotting.net.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The burst of strikes between Iran and the US has died down but the Strait of Hormuz has seized up, with shipping coming to an almost complete standstill on the southern non-Iranian route. On today's episode of Iran: the Latest, Venetia Rainey and Roland Oliphant discuss how this is exactly what Tehran wants. Meanwhile, Israel has revealed that Donald Trump is the subject of a “new and specific” assassination plot by Iran, and Ali Khamenei has finally been buried - with his son Mojtaba Khamenei still nowhere to be seen. Plus, what does this week's Nato summit in Ankara, Turkey tell us about the future of the alliance and the trans-Atlantic security relationship? Rachel Ellehuus, director-general of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), gives her analysis of Trump's Greenland comments, how Ukraine was the real winner, and why America's aggressive global force posture review is a "protection racket". HighlightsIran's Trump ‘assassination plot' revealed as Strait of Hormuz closes upRUSI chief Rachel Ellehuus on Trump, the Nato summit and GreenlandCONTRIBUTORS:Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiaraineyRoland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign analyst @rolandoliphantRachel Ellehuus, RUSI director-general @rach_ellehuusWATCH US ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVAif-vifC6F2aoPB8GIw6dkCONTENT REFERENCED:What I saw behind the scenes at Nato's tumultuous summithttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/09/behind-the-scenes-nato-turkey-summit/Trump ‘forced to use old Air Force One over security fears'https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/07/09/trump-forced-to-use-old-air-force-one-over-security-fears/Millions block streets for Khamenei burialhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/09/iran-us-war-latest-news-strikes-strait-of-hormuz-nato/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Going out can get expensive fast. By the time you pay for tickets, food, drinks and parking, a single outing can easily cost $100 or more. Most of us don't want to stop having fun — we just want to spend less doing it.MPR News host Angela Davis continues her “Cheap Week” series with a conversation about ways to enjoy summer — for less, or even for free. Angela and her guests talk about bargain summer festivals and live music, museum deals, affordable date nights, budget recreation and ways to have fun at home. Guests: Jessica Armbruster is a co-owner and editor at Racket, a Minnesota online news and culture website. She compiles the weekly Freeloader Friday listing of free events. She was previously the arts editor at City Pages. Alex V. Cipolle is a senior arts reporter and critic, covering arts and culture for MPR News. She previously covered the arts in the Pacific Northwest and southwest France and has written for publications including The New York Times, Fast Company, Frommer's and Hyperallergic.

A new lawsuit claims RAM prices are being driven by a conspiracy to fix supply, but is that the real story, or just cope?

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAhead of America's 250th, the beautiful people have brought anti-patriotism fully back into styleNarrated by Jared MooreMore at www.Racket.news

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Epstein's final days inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center. How the Trump family rakes in hundreds of millions in cryptocurrency licensing fees and sitting on advisory boards of unregulated offshore prediction markets like Polymarket. David Ellison's controversial, DOJ-approved purchase of Warner Discovery In this episode: How Trump and Barr set conditions for Epstein's "suicide" inside MCC — and why no one in that jail's history died that way ⛓️ Stochastic terrorism: you don't pull the trigger, you just make it easy

SUMMARY: Jonas Woolverton returns to the show as The McEnfro Show is playing at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Jonas goes to new heights to show off his manspead and you should see what he can do with a tennis racket! Also, Matt's corporate gig takes an unexpected turn, and an Obelisk that tries to take its shoes off!