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Hey writers! Sarina here! I have never been quiet about how much I enjoy Karin Slaughter's work. So when the opportunity arose for me to read her brand new book, We Are All Guilty Here, and then interview her about it, I raised my hand faster than an extra in a deodorant ad. The new book is a series starter with a kickass female heroine, and I could not have loved it more! Join as as I quiz Karin on: * How to write a sweeping series starter* Small towns as a setting. How small is too small?* The difference between a procedural and psychological suspense* Character development and much more! Karin is incredibly smart and such an important voice in suspense. You won't want to miss this one!Other favorite's of Karin's that we discussed include:Pieces of Her The Grant County seriesHey, Jess here to talk to you about a series I have created just for supporters of the #AmWriting Podcast.I met an aspiring author and speaker who has an idea for a book that just knocked me over. I said, please, please write that book. This is someone who had an idea that has a place in the market. It's timely. She's the perfect person to write it, and I asked her, I begged her, if I could please mentor her through this process publicly on the podcast.So while we're not giving her full name and we're not giving the actual title of the book, because we don't want to hand those things away, I am coaching her through the entire process, from preparing her book proposal to querying an agent. I'm going through the whole thing with her. She knows nothing about the publishing industry, she knows very little about how one goes about writing a book—so essentially, this is as I mentioned before, from soup to nuts, From Authority to Author, and hopefully we'll get her there.But really, whether or not this book ends up selling, whether after this book she ends up having a speaking career, this is about the process of preparing to do that. I hope you'll join us.This series is for supporters only, so if you are a free subscriber right now, consider upgrading. Remember, if you upgrade, you'll also get the ability to submit for our First Pages Booklab, and lots of other fun stuff that we put out just for supporters—So come join us. It's a lot of fun.Transcript below!EPISODE 461 - TRANSCRIPTJess LaheyHey, Jess here to talk to you about a new series I have created just for supporters of the Hashtag AmWriting Podcast. I met an aspiring author and speaker who has an idea for a book that just knocked me over. I said, please, please write that book. This is someone who had an idea that—it has a place in the market, it's timely, she's the perfect person to write it—and I asked her, I begged her, if I could please mentor her through this process publicly on the podcast. So while we're not giving her full name and we're not giving the actual title of the book, because we don't want to hand those things away, I am coaching her through the entire process, from preparing her book proposal to querying an agent. I'm going through the whole thing with her. She knows nothing about the publishing industry. She knows very little about how, you know, one goes about writing a book. And so she—essentially, this is, as I mentioned before, From Soup to Nuts, From Authority to Author, and hopefully we'll get her there. But really, whether or not this book ends up selling, whether this book—she ends up having a speaking career—this is about the process of preparing to do that. How do you write a book? How do you prepare to become a speaker on the back of that book? So I hope you join us. This is a series for supporters only, so if you are a free supporter—or if you're a free subscriber right now—consider upgrading. Remember, if you upgrade, you'll also get access to the ability to submit for our First Pages Booklab and lots of other fun stuff that we put out just for supporters. So come join us. It's a lot of fun.Multiple SpeakersIs it recording? Now it's recording, yay. Go ahead. This is the part where I stare blankly at the microphone. I don't remember what I'm supposed to be doing. All right, let's start over. Awkward pause. I'm going to rustle some papers. Okay, now one, two, three.Sarina BowenHello, my name is Sarina Bowen, and you're listening to the AmWriting Podcast. This is the podcast about writing all the things—short things, long things, fictional things, non-fictional things, pitches and proposals—in short, this is the podcast about sitting down and getting the work done. I am alone today with an interview that I could not be more excited about. I don't know how I drew the long straw here, but today I have the pleasure of interviewing Karin Slaughter. She is the author of more than 20 instant New York Times best-selling novels, including the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and standalone novels The Good Daughter, Pretty Girls, and Girl Forgotten. That's actually an amazing one, by the way—go read it. She's published in 120 countries, with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. She also has a number one Netflix series and another long-running series. She has hit all the bells and checked all the boxes in thriller land, and she is also just one of my favorite writers. So happy to be here. Welcome, Karin Slaughter.Karin SlaughterIt's my pleasure. Thank you.Sarina BowenWe're here to talk about your August release, which is called We Are All Guilty Here. I received this ARC a few months ago—actually read it immediately—because I love your suspense, and I also was really excited to see that it was clear as day on the release. So you owe me now that it's a series starter.Karin SlaughterIt is, yeah. It was a lot of fun planning it out.Sarina BowenOh, good, yeah. And I want to hear a little bit about that, but I'm just going to read the very short flap copy for We Are All Guilty Here so we all know what we're talking about.[Reads flap copy]The first thrilling mystery in the new North Falls series from Karin Slaughter. Welcome to North Falls—a small town where everyone knows everyone. Or so they think. Until the night of the fireworks, when two teenage girls vanish and the town ignites. For Officer Emmy Clifton, it's personal. She turned away when her best friend's daughter needed help—and now she must bring her home. But as Emmy combs through the puzzle the girls left behind, she realizes she never really knew them. Nobody did. Every teenage girl has secrets. But who would kill for them? And what else is the town hiding?So, flap copy very much pitched as a thriller. Here is the problem here—you know, we're wanting the solution, but I would argue that your novels are always, always about bigger than the problem and its solution. So how did you conceive of this town, and what does North Falls mean to you as you were getting into it?Karin SlaughterWell, I mean, North Falls is a very small town inside of a larger county. So it's rural, but it's not tiny like my Grant County Series. And I think that I learned some lessons in Grant County—mainly, make it a larger town so there's more people you can kill, because at a certain point, why would anyone live in this tiny town? But also, I knew going into it that it was going to be a series. And so, you know, unlike Grant County and Will Trent—which I was hoping would be series, but I wasn't sure, and I was at a different point in my writing life—you know, I'm pretty sure, 25 books in, that they're going to publish at least two or three more of my books. So I thought, let me set this up as a series, and let me do this world building that can carry on into several books, and let's make this town. You know, North Falls is the seat of the county, but it's also in a county called Clifton County. And the main narrator you meet is called Emmy Clifton, and she's a sheriff's deputy. Her father, Gerald Clifton, is the sheriff of this county. There are Cliftons everywhere—there are rich Cliftons and poor Cliftons—and so you have this family saga potential. But also, it gave me the opportunity to plant a lot of different seeds that will later grow into novels. So I was really happy about that, but I definitely structured the county in a way where there's plenty of space to tell stories.Sarina BowenRight. So I noticed, and when I read a book like this, I am reading it as a reader, but also as a writer.Karin SlaughterYes.Sarina BowenAnd so I really noticed how long the character count in this book is—by which I mean how many characters there really are, how many named characters. There's so many of them, and that felt really fearless to me, you know, like you weren't sitting there at your keyboard wondering if you were going to ask your reader to remember this other family member, but you just went for it. And is that something that you ever try to balance? Like, you're not taking it easy on us here, and ultimately, I loved every word of it. But do you ever worry about that? Like, do you let that voice from other books past into your brain to say, like, well, that one time…Karin SlaughterNot really. You know, I think a writer's job is to trust the reader, and it's certainly my job to tell a story that is gripping and that makes sense and that pulls them into the world. And so what I was thinking about as I was writing this was, I need to write these characters in such a way that you care about them; otherwise, you won't care what happens. And, you know, Emmy is in a pretty universal position for a lot of millennial women. She's in a marriage that's not a great marriage. She's trying to raise her son. Her parents are starting to get older—you know, they're failing a little bit—so she's noticing that. And in the middle of this, she has this horrific crime happen where these two girls are abducted. And because they are in this small town, she knows one of these girls, who's actually a stepdaughter of her best friend—her best friend since kindergarten—and so just that one thing happening blows her world apart. To me, that's what the hook is. You know, there's this greater mystery of what happened to these girls, what's going to happen, who took them—all those things—but there's also something that I rely on a lot in my books, which is the mystery of character, and people wanting to know more about how does Emmy navigate this. What happens to her brother and her sister-in-law, and this handsome guy who is the school resource officer? You know, how does this all play out? And that, to me, is the job of the writer—to make these characters interesting and make the plot and the balance of the character stories fit together in a way that, you know, when there's not a car chase or a gunfight or whatever, you still want to keep reading because you're involved in the mystery of the character.Sarina BowenYeah, and we sure are. And Emmy is just the beating heart of this book, but she is not your only point of view character. And how—is that something you really have to fiddle with as you go, like, do you try on other point of view characters and then pick the winners as you go?Karin SlaughterYeah... I never have, you know, I think that I'm a very opinionated writer. I have a very firm sense of point of view. And so I knew that Emmy was going to get the bulk of the first part of the story. And then I knew that Jude was going to come in when she came in, and that I would have to build out, like, just drop the reader in this unfamiliar, new world, right in San Francisco, with like, a completely different character, and you don't know what's going on, and you make assumptions about her based on what she does for a living and all this other stuff. And you know, I knew that was coming all along and that the book would be told from these two women's points of view. I never felt—other than the early part with Madison, one of the girls who is abducted—I never really felt like anyone else could tell these stories.Sarina BowenOkay! And you mentioned that you learned some things from writing your Grant County Series that informed your choice of the size and milieu of what you chose for North Falls and for Clifton County. What do you think? How did it feel to start a series in 2025 versus starting one, you know, a decade ago? Like, is there anything about the world that made your choices different, or is it all, um, you know, coming from what you've learned as an author?Karin SlaughterYeah, I think it's cumulative. I mean, the point of being an author with a 25-year career is to learn from each book, and I never want to feel like when I finish a book, oh, that's perfect. I can't do better than that. I always, you know, want to learn something, and then the next book I want to try something new. I mean, I could have just kept writing Will Trent novels and occasionally standalones for the rest of my life. I mean, and I am going to write more Will Trent novels interspersed with North Falls. It's really important to me to—I love that character, I love Sara Linton, and I want to keep telling those stories. And I actually have another idea for a standalone I want to do. But, you know, the point of being a writer is to get better at it. I think anybody who loves writing and the challenge of writing, and feels a calling, wants to be better with each story—to hone certain skills, to do novel things (to use a pun there) in their writing that challenge them and make the work more interesting—and that's what I try to do with every book. So starting North Falls this far into my career was a leap, but I think, hopefully, it's one that has paid off for me as a writer, just to have the ability to tell new stories and kind of prove that I've got more stories in me.Sarina BowenYeah, I confess that I regularly have moments where I stop myself and ask, have I said this before this way? Have I done this little thing before? And what would you tell me about that—like, to just, like, get over myself? Or, you know, what happens when you come to a moment like that in your own story craft?Karin SlaughterWell, I mean, in polite terms, you could think of it as an homage to yourself. I mean, honestly, I'm writing about murder. I'm writing about violence against women. I mean, I do write about men dying, but no one seems to care—so sorry, guys. You know, I had one book where I killed, like, six men, and then the next one I killed one woman, and they were like, wow, this return to violence. I'm like, come on, guys. But yeah, you know? So I think how you do it is you have to think of it through the lens of the character, and that's a choice I made in Grant County and Will Trent—was that they were going to be affected by what happened in the previous book, right? So, you know, you don't have a situation—you know, I love series novels, but there are some where… and Jack Reacher is an exception because I love Jack Reacher, and every Reacher book is: he gets to a new town, people are doing bad s**t, and he shoots a lot of people, and he makes it right, you know. And I love Jack Reacher. But, you know, some writers do write the same thing over and over again—they have the same concept or the same gimmick—and that's never been a career that I'm interested in. For me, I want to tell new stories and do new things. And, you know, after a while you run out of crimes that are new crimes. You know, I've written about abduction before, I've written about abuse before, but it's the character—the way the character sees a story, and the connection, the emotional connection the character has—that makes a difference. And, you know, in many ways, it's harder to write a novel in North Falls, where Emmy has a personal connection to the crimes that are occurring, as opposed to writing a Will Trent novel set in Atlanta, where, you know, it's a stranger to them. And so I have to...Sarina BowenIf Will Trent knew—yeah, if Will Trent knew every dead person, that would just seem weird.Karin SlaughterYeah, exactly, yeah. And so I have to find a way into the story, and with Will and Sara, for instance, it's a little more difficult than something where, okay, there's this immediate emotional connection, because I'm writing in North Falls more psychological thrillers, as opposed to Will Trent, which is more procedural.Sarina BowenOkay, can I poke you about that a little bit? Because, um, these words are used a lot. Procedural, to me, I've always understood to be a professional character. So Emmy Clifton is a law enforcement officer—she's a pro—so in strictly, strict definition, this is a procedural novel. But how do you feel the difference between psychological versus procedural functions in those two series?Karin SlaughterWell, you know, I think absolutely, if you want to be strictly by definition, it would be procedural. But, you know, the thing about thrillers is they're all things now, right? I mean, you could call it domestic—a domestic thriller, or domestic mystery, or whatever—you could call it, you know, a family story. And I think of it more as a saga, because it is about a family spanning generations, and this town spanning generations. But, you know, yeah, there's a procedural element. There's also—like, it's very emotionally tied into the character. There's a darkness to it, so it's psychologically, you know, you're very close to the bone on it. And I think that's why I would call it more of a psychological thriller, as opposed to Will Trent where, you know, it's very led by the investigatory steps, right? Like, you know, if Will Trent is going to be there, they're going to talk to witnesses, they're going to talk to suspects, they're going to, you know, have to fill in with their boss. There are just different parts of that that, in one way, the structure makes it easier to write than something like We Are All Guilty Here. But, you know, with this in particular, where you have it talking about not just the crime, but how f*****g hard it is to grow yourself into a woman, as Emmy says, and friendships and relationships and family and dealing with aging parents and, you know, siblings and that sort of stuff—that, to me, is what makes it more in the realm of psychological.Sarina BowenOkay. I've actually really admired the way that you sometimes walk the line on this. For example, I really enjoyed Girl Forgotten, which is the character that is first introduced in Pieces of Her, where she is not a professional. And then in Girl Forgotten, she has joined a law enforcement agency, but it's still her first day on the job—which is just such a wonderfully fun way to throw things at that character—because then it becomes both a procedural and not. Like, she is technically a professional, but she doesn't know what the heck she's doing, and not everybody there is willing to help her. So to me, that was a fantastically fun way of making both things true at once. And when I was reading that book, and of course then this one, I wonder—how you get the legal—the law enforcement stuff? So, like, how did…I know that by now, at this point in your career, you must have many people you can talk to about this, but how did you start that? Like, how did you inform yourself of what you didn't know so that you could fix it and not get those things wrong?Karin SlaughterYeah, you know, when I wrote my second book, I had met a guy who's a doctor, and he is married to a pediatrician, and his brother works on a body farm in Texas. So this is, like, the perfect family for me for what I'm doing to make Sara the smartest doctor on the entire planet. Because, you know, it might take my friend David, who advises me, four days to come up with a solution, but Sara has to do it in half a paragraph. So she's definitely the doctor you want if anything very unusual happens. I mean, her career would be the subject of scholarly articles forever.Sarina BowenZebra is not horses for her.Karin SlaughterExactly, yeah. And so I am…I have them—I have a lot of police officers I speak to, a lot of retired GBI officers. One of them was very helpful in this novel because, you know, the GBI—it escalates, you know, crimes in the state of Georgia escalate completely when there's a child involved, just because, you know, somebody who's in Fulton County can't jump to Acworth, for instance, as far as policing, but the GBI is in charge of the entire state—Georgia Bureau of Investigation—so they handle a lot of kidnappings and abductions. And most of the time, you know, it's statistically…there's a 1% chance it's going to be a stranger. Usually it's a parent or “Uncle Bob,” or, you know, the youth pastor, or someone like that who has access to a child. And so she hooked me into the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which is a remarkable resource. And, I mean, I think they're just amazing in what they do. But, you know, the thing is, as much as I know about this stuff, I always check my work because I'm not a professional. And, you know, it's very rare these days, I think, for people to say, hey, I'm not an expert in this, let me talk to someone who is and has spent 20 years becoming an expert. But it's really important to me to get those details as correct as I can. Now, they're not always going to be 100% accurate because I'm telling a story, you know? If putting in a chest tube takes 20 different steps…Sara's going to do it, you know, in like a sentence.Sarina BowenRight.Karin SlaughterSo I have to—but I feel like I need to know the rules and I need to know the facts before I fudge them so that I can still give them a sense of believability. I'm writing…not writing textbooks, I'm writing fiction, but I want to be as accurate as possible, and I think that's really important, you know? And I know that a lot of my readers are very immersed in true crime and podcasts and all these sorts of things. And sometimes you can get the accurate information from those. A lot of times you don't. And I want them to say, wait a minute, you know, on “Murder Death Podcast”, they said this would never happen, and if they look it up, or they talk to an expert, they'll be like, ha, “Murder Death Podcast” was wrong. You know, maybe I shouldn't trust this guy or gal who's doing a podcast out of the backseat of her car for my forensic knowledge. So that's my job as a writer—to get it as factually accurate as I can.Sarina BowenYeah, and there are areas, um, where readers care more. Like, when I ask readers, um, what do you—what drives you nuts in research? It's the nurses are really, like, um, triggered by bad medicine. But…Karin SlaughterYeah.Sarina BowenBut there are some areas, you know, like technology, and there are some places where, you know, less accuracy—or more creative accuracy—is more excusable than if you do the nurse thing wrong, because they will come for you.Karin SlaughterYeah, yeah, they will. Or guns…Sarina BowenRight.Karin SlaughterYou know? And it's really because the armorer for the GBI—I actually confirmed some details with him in a book—and, like, some guy in, I don't know, Idaho sent me this angry email saying I got it wrong. And I'm like, talk to the armorer, right? I mean, people…people just want to fight sometimes. But yeah, nurses can be brutal when they come for you. It's like, come on, man. It's funny that you mentioned doctors, actually; doctors are like, you know, people get it wrong, but nurses are like, no, you got this wrong, you need to apologize.Sarina BowenIt's funny that you mentioned the guns, because I heard last year Gregg Hurwitz speak, and he said, “Don't get the guns wrong. The gun people will come for you. And don't hurt the cat, because the cat people will come for you.”Karin SlaughterTrue. It's true. I would say the cat people are more brutal than the gun people.Sarina BowenYeah.Karin SlaughterAs it should be. You should never hurt an animal in a book.Sarina BowenRight. So back to the idea of a series again. I was so excited to see that this will be a series, and I—the expansiveness of the first book makes a lot of sense series-wise. What do you think is actually harder about writing a series versus a standalone, or the reverse?Karin SlaughterWell, you know, in a standalone, the stakes can be much higher because you're not going—you can damage these characters. I mean, you can kill the characters. You can kill them all by the end of the book, you know? So the sense of jeopardy is always heightened in a standalone, at least in my standalones, because I'm not precious with people, even if they're narrators. But, you know, I think it's really important to—no matter what you're writing—just keep in mind that there's someone out there who has experienced the crimes you're writing about. And, you know, a case of gender violence is happening right now, and right now, right now, and right now, right? So it's like every second of the day in the world, it's happening somewhere. And I keep that in mind when I'm writing, and I want to make it matter. I don't want to use it for effect—it's not titillating or sexualized, or any of those things. So, you know, when I'm writing—whether it's a standalone or a series—I want to set up that world where the lives of these people matter, and you understand that the loss of life is felt in the community, and by the family, and the characters, and the investigators, and everyone there. And so, you know, the challenge with the standalone is finding that world, building that world, and then leaving that world, right? It's a lot of work, as opposed to in a series where you know you're going to carry it on. So you have to be a little careful about how you structure things, and you don't want to leave your character in a place where the next book you don't know how they're going to go on, also. And so you have to have some sense of hope, or some sense of closing that one chapter and moving on to the other. I mean, I use a lot of humor in my books. I get a lot of questions about the violence, but I never get questions about the humor. I think it's really important to have that lightness among the darkness. I mean, my grandmother used to say, “You can't fall off the floor,” and I'm a big proponent of that. I think at some point, you know, you have to have some relief from it. And in a standalone, you know, you have a very short runway to do that, but in a series, you have a longer…you know, you can trust the reader, as they get to know these characters, that they have a little more empathy and sympathy with what they're going through.Sarina BowenYeah, so you mentioned darkness, and I've been thinking a lot about this. And your books have some very dark topics and themes, as they must, because you are carrying storylines that are, um, can be very dramatic and have very high stakes. One thing I've noticed about your books, and why I like them so much, is that even in the year of our Lord 2025, when I pick up a Karin Slaughter book, it could be dark as anything, but I know from at least chapter one and a half who I am rooting for and who I care about. So Emmy is a wonderful example of this. Ten minutes into my journey with her, I know that she's my girl. You know, I'm very invested in her, even though that does not mean she has to be perfect, that she isn't flawed, or that she even knows what's going on—but I know, because of the cues that you've given me, that I'm supposed to care about her, and I do instantly. So when I began reading lots and lots of suspense three or four years ago, as I was writing my own, I very quickly sorted all of the suspense in the world that's selling right now into two pots, without trying to—which is the books where I know who I'm supposed to root for immediately, and the books where you don't. And I noticed that that second category is awfully popular now, and maybe is sort of on an upswing, like where the mystery, the story, might be very beautifully rendered, but I don't necessarily care about any of the people, or I'm not sure who to pull for. And that's not because these books aren't well written, but because that's a mood, and I wonder if you've noticed that, and, um, and how you feel about it, just from a writerly perspective. Like, what is going on there? Like, why is there so much darkness in the reader's perspective, and, you know, not just in the themes right now?Karin SlaughterWell, I mean, I think it's where we are, just in the world, right? You had a lot of that before 9/11, and then there was a need after—I mean that, and I speak to 9/11 because that's…my first book was published a few days after 9/11, so…Sarina BowenOh, wow.Karin SlaughterAnd there was this idea, like, you saw it in the TV show 24, where there's good and bad, and there's, you know, black and white. It's very—and then we've moved definitively toward grays. But, you know, I like books where you know where you stand. And I have written books with unreliable narrators at times, and, you know, Gillian Flynn did it best and kicked that off. But, you know the thing about an unreliable narrator or an antagonist being your narrator is, I prefer a Tom Ripley, right? I mean, Tom Ripley, Patricia Highsmith's character, is decidedly a bad guy. He murders and steals and, you know, but you're rooting for him, even not to get caught, you know. And a lot of the tension comes from him making really stupid mistakes, and you're cringing as a reader and thinking, God, how's he going to get out of this? And I don't want him to get arrested, even though he's this bad guy. And I love books that play against that. I think sometimes we have books where people—I mean, what you're saying about not knowing who to root for—I mean, if they're a good antagonist or they're a good foil, like a Moriarty…I mean, a lot of times you're not rooting for Sherlock, you're rooting for Moriarty. It just depends on how it's drawn. But for me, I just felt like, you know, this is sort of a return to Grant County, which is…I started writing Grant County, and, you know, you believe that Jeffrey and Sara and Lena, for the most part, were always trying to do the right thing. And I think we've lost the benefit of the doubt for a lot of people—particularly police officers have lost the benefit of the doubt—which is very troubling, because they police with our consent. And we need to understand who we're giving consent to. And we need to understand—you know, “defund the police” has been, like, a buzz…buzzword, phrase, whatever, for a while now, but rural areas, particularly in smaller states, have been defunding the police for years. And it's not a movement or anything; it's just not paying people enough money to live off of, right? So we've got police officers who have two or three jobs, rather than professionals who have one job, and that pays their bills, and they can take care of their responsibilities with that. So we've been defunding them. We don't give them enough training, and we're just seeing an erosion of that. And so it's something that I'm going to talk about a little bit in this next novel—is that defunding of police and how it's been, like, a nationally…it's been a real issue. We're seeing a deterioration in police forces because of it, and particularly in retention. And so that's definitely something I want to talk about, but I think you have to put it in context and take the politics out of it, because it's not politics. It's just people not having money to pay, or choosing not to pay for services that they really need.Sarina BowenRight. Or it is politics. It's just not party politics. It's just…Karin SlaughterExactly, yeah, yeah.Sarina BowenIt's just bad politics.Karin SlaughterYeah, well, it's bad social engineering.Sarina BowenYes.Karin SlaughterBasically. So it's there…if you could look at it from a sociological standpoint, it's just a really bad idea. And, you know, you don't retain good officers. So what do you have when that's over? You know, and not to say, like, paint entire police forces as bad because they're just not making money—but, you know, it takes…all it takes is a few bad cops, and a police force is in jeopardy.Sarina BowenRight, like, would you rather live in a state where the cops and the teachers were paid well, or a state where they weren't and…?Karin SlaughterYeah, yeah.Sarina BowenWell, I really appreciate you taking the time to talk with us today about all of these story craft problems that were mired in all week along. If listeners want to find you, where is the best place for them to look, besides the bookstore, where this this book is coming?Karin SlaughterWell, I I'm all over social media. All you have to do is search for me. You see a little black cat with gorgeous green eyes. That's my baby boy, Dexter. So that gives you an indication of it. You're in the right place, or Facebook, obviously, but yeah, I'm all over the place.Sarina BowenWonderful! Thank you so much for being with us today, and listeners, until next week—keep your butts in the chair and your heads in the game.Jess LaheyThe Hashtag AmWriting Podcast is produced by Andrew Perilla. Our intro music, aptly titled Unemployed Monday, was written and played by Max Cohen. Andrew and Max were paid for their time and their creative output, because everyone deserves to be paid for their work. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amwriting.substack.com/subscribe

Join Dave and Wayne for genre television show news, a glimpse into what the hosts are watching, listener feedback, and analysis of the TNT series The Librarians: The Next Chapter. This week on the SciFi TV Rewatch podcast we discuss the writers' decision to employ the unusual narrative device of multiple narrators and multiple points of view.  In our What We're Watching segment, Wayne sticks with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and Dave finishes Reacher. In Listener Feedback, Cincinnati Joe, like many, feels underwhelmed by the latest season of  Doctor Who. Alan in England offers up a Scooby Do reference, and Fred from the Netherlands mentions Melanie Scrofano's new series.  Remember to join the genre television and film discussion on the SciFi TV Rewatch Facebook group for the latest genre television show news and podcast releases. Episode Grade: B+

SPONSOR: Quince.com Visit https://www.quince.com/wayback for FREE SHIPPING and 365-day returns. Mick Betancourt jumps into The Wayback as we cruise through 1980s Chicago. (Check out his writing on Substack and his work on "Reacher" on Amazon Prime).  We get nostalgic about being a latchkey kid, skitching, snowball fights, neighborhood baseball games, and bottle rocket wars.  Mick also reminisces about some of his early jobs and hustles like boosting baseball cards, delivering newspapers, and caddying.  We also get into the joys of early arcade games and other childhood toys like Voltron and He-Man, and how that all came to screeching halt with the release of the 1980s music video "Nasty Girl". SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube & turn notifications ON! https://youtube.com/@rsickler SUBSCRIBE TO MY PATREON - The HoneyDew with Y'all, where I Highlight the Lowlights with Y'all! Get audio and video of The HoneyDew a day early, ad-free at no additional cost! It's only $5/month!  AND we just added a second tier. For a total of $8/month, you get everything from the first tier, PLUS The Wayback a day early, ad-free AND censor free AND extra bonus content you won't see anywhere else! https://www.patreon.com/RyanSickler If you or someone you know has a story that has to be heard, please submit it to honeydewpodcast@gmail.com GET YOUR MERCH! https://shop.ryansickler.com/ http://ryansickler.com/ https://thehoneydewpodcast.com/ SUBSCRIBE TO THE CRABFEAST PODCAST https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-crabfeast-with-ryan-sickler-and-jay-larson/id1452403187

Medverkande i detta somriga avsnitt är: Fredrik, Poki och Mattias.I detta sommaravsnitt får ni ett avsnitt som påminner om de ordinarie avsnittten. Det blir snack om film och spel vi tagit itu med under sommaren. Men även spel vi trodde vi skulle spela men aldrig hann.Vi reflekterar helt enkelt över vad vi hunnit spela hittills och vad som faktiskt stått ut, Följ med oss på detta orerande sommaravsnitt när vi pratar om följande saker:SPELDeath Stranding 2,Donkey Kong Bananza,The King is Watching,The Midnight Walk,Karma: The Dark World,Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon,WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers,Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, FILM & TVSuperman,Sleepers,The Batman (2022),Fantastic Four: The First Steps,Reacher,Godzilla Minus One,Stort tack till alla som lyssnar! Hoppas er sommar varit fantastisk! Kram!

"I bless the rains down in Africa" - We raise an eyebrow at the unusual towel that Nobody once gifted Ben and discuss who the settler and reacher are in her marriage. - Nobody joins her body corporate and gets into another car accident, which may have resulted in a personality change. - Ben has a run in with a suspiciously named man on the Japanese subway. - Ben is amused by the Japanese payment app ‘PayPay'. - We discuss poorly named cyber security apps and sharing your location 24/7. - Ben is struck by Japan's propensity for unusual advertising collaborations. - Ben demands more from his electric toothbrush battery. - Ben is unsettled by a non-rotating microwave. - We dissect the sounds of Japan: jingles and fire alarms. - Ben asks Japan to rethink its approach to single use plastics and trash cans. - A Japanese patrol robot piques Ben's curiosity. - Ben performs a risky Japanese super toilet experiment. - Ben is underwhelmed by the contents of Freak's Store and Nobody reminisces about her greatest high school comebacks. - Nobody recounts her holiday clothes shopping experience at Fatty Fatgirl.

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If you've ever spiralled after a mistake, ran to the bathroom to cry after a meeting, or deleted a reel because it didn't feel “perfect,” this episode will give you both the tools and the emotional permission to come back stronger.This one also gives you a bit of a fresh take on perfectionism and may help you reframe yours into something more positive.I'm back with beloved guest Gina Phillips (CBC, The Last Of Us, Reacher, Ghosts) who is the real-life embodiment of bounce-back energy, for a raw, hilarious, and practical conversation about navigating high-pressure moments in life and business.You'll hear about:The coughing attack heard across Canada and what it taught Gina about grace under fireWhy perfectionism isn't the flex entrepreneurs think it is—and what to focus on insteadHow to recover from business and content failures faster, even if you're not yet the most perfect “enlightened” version of yourselfThe mindset shift that will make you stronger on social media and in scary sales-related situationsA deeply relatable story about pop music class, failure, and resilience in the face of embarrassment

Brad's cousin Eugene joins the show to resist extinction with a review of Jurassic World: Rebirth. Plus, we also talk Jaws, Gladiator II, The Beach Bum, Reacher and The Studio. Follow the show on Twitter: @thecinemaspeak Follow the show on Instagram: cinemaspeakpodcast Subscribe on Youtube: Cinema Speak Intro: 0:00 - 4:41 Review - Jurassic World: Rebirth: 4:41 - 28:03 Micro-Reviews - Gladiator II, The Beach Bum, The Office, Reacher, Jaws, The Studio season 1, The Last of Us season 2: 28:03 - 45:03 This week in new releases/Outro: 45:03 - 48:01

This week on The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™, JC, Joce, and JM return for all the news and reviews of the week! We remember Rick Hurst, Bobby Sherman, Anne Burrell, and Tim Odland. In Tinsel Town, the DCU found its Clayface. Doctor Odyssey has been cancelled. Joe Biden accidentally crashed the set of Reacher. […]

Welcome to another episode of Death Don't Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It's June, so that means it's time for our “Junesis” series! Where we cover movies based on/revolving around video games! In this week's episode, Alex, Tim, and returning guest K-Tron discuss Jean-Claude Van Damme and Capcom's misguided 1994 attempt to capitalize off the 90s video game craze, Street Fighter!Comical shirt-removal! Unpaid Russian labor! Bison bucks! Bisonopolis! Food court design! A playful arms deal! DNA Mutagens! Godzilla sound effects! Fake chest hair and poorly drawn-on tattoos! Serial Killer artwork! A bone chandelier and a skull fireplace! Cool looking evil soldiers! Bizarre Capcom product placement! Clever use of arcade game buttons! Questionable Hawaiian music! A hostage pit! A fascist dictator attempting to be seductive! Not that much street fighting! An early example of an antagonistic Zoom meeting! A scenery-chewing cast that includes Ming-Na Wen, a hilarious Andrew Bryniarski, Byron Mann, Kylie Minogue, Wes Studi, a blonde Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Raul Julia in his final film role! A troubled production where most of the budget was spent on its two main stars, that ends with one of the most awkward freeze frames in movie history!In addition, K-Tron shares some spoiler-free thoughts on V/H/S/Beyond, 1959's Some Like It Hot, and 1965's Faster, Pussycat! Kill!, while Alex does the same for 28 Years Later, Predator: Killer of Killers, 1991's Naked Gun 2.5, and the 2012 Tom Cruise action-thriller, Jack Reacher!You can find Death Don't Do Fiction on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. As always, if you enjoy the podcast, be sure to leave us a positive rating, subscribe to the show, and tell your friends!The Death Don't Do Fiction podcast brings you the latest in movie news, reviews, and more! Hosted by supposed “industry vets,” Alex Harris and Tim Gardiner, the show gives you a peek behind the scenes from three filmmakers with oddly nonexistent filmographies. You can find Alex on Twitter, Bluesky, or Letterboxd @actionharris. You can follow K-Tron on Letterboxd @puddingtaco. Tim can't be found on social media because he doesn't exist. If you have any questions or suggestions for the Death Don't Do Fiction crew, they can be reached at aiptmoviespod@gmail.com, or you can find them on Twitter or Instagram @aiptmoviespod.Theme song is “We Got it Goin On” by Cobra Man.

In this episode of the Adjacent, Patrick and Andy talk about the third season of Reacher, a Twinkly Watermelon, and the Phoenician Scheme (among other stuff).

On this week's show we rank our favorite Streaming Services. We also read your emails and take a look at the week's news. News: More than 25% of viewers aren't watching live TV anymore Tubi breaks the 100 million monthly active user mark Netflix to Introduce Live TV Channels in France NCIS: Tony & Ziva Sets September Premiere Date on Paramount+ Other: Panasonic DVD Recorders on ebay Panasonic DMR-EH75VS DVD recorder with 80GB hard drive and HiFi VCR, plus DVD video upconversion at Crutchfield The 10 Best DVD Recorders of 2025 (Reviews) - FindThisBest "It's Official: Streaming Is Now the King of TV The Definitive Streaming Service Ranking We received an email from a listener named Scott that pointed us to an article titled ”The Definitive Streaming Service Ranking”  written by Josh Rosenberg and published in Esquire magazine. In the article he ranks the top seven streaming services. We'll go through his picks from seven to one. And then we'll give our rankings.    7 Amazon Prime Video - The main criterion for ranking streaming services is whether they offer at least one new, worthwhile show each month. Prime Video falls short, as it doesn't consistently deliver high-quality new TV content. Instead, it focuses on being a hub for accessing other subscriptions, with shows like Reacher, Fallout, and The Boys feeling like bonuses for Amazon Prime's free shipping rather than a compelling reason to subscribe for streaming alone. 6 Peacock - Peacock is a top choice for reality-TV fans, offering Bravo's full lineup, including Real Housewives, Love Island USA, Below Deck, Top Chef, and Watch What Happens Live. It also hosts NBC's library with classics like The Office, Parks & Recreation, New Girl, Scrubs, and Law & Order, plus Yellowstone due to an exclusive deal. Its appeal lies in its sitcom and reality-TV vault, and it's the streaming home for the Olympics, though that's only every two years. Fans might find it worth a high price, though it's currently much less than $100 a month. 5 Disney/Hulu/ESPN+ - The Disney/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle is perceived as a single streaming service due to its long-standing integration, with Disney enhancing this by adding Hulu and ESPN+ tiles to the Disney+ home screen for seamless access. Each service offers unique strengths: Disney+ excels in Marvel, Star Wars, and children's content; Hulu features FX shows like The Bear and Shōgun, plus ABC's lineup, including Abbott Elementary; and ESPN+ remains a leader in live sports despite growing competition. Their combined appeal keeps them competitive, as they are stronger together than individually. 4 Netflix - Netflix benefits from long-term subscriber relationships, with users browsing its platform like they once did with cable TV. However, its content quality is declining, with more misses than hits. The upcoming conclusion of major shows like Squid Game and Stranger Things in 2025 could further challenge its ability to retain subscribers. 3 Paramount+ - Paramount+ benefits from Taylor Sheridan's popular shows like Yellowstone, Landman, and 1923, and its merger with Showtime has brought quality series such as MobLand and Yellowjackets. However, the streaming service struggles to justify its subscription cost as essential, with its success hinging on the delivery of Sheridan's planned spin-off universe. 2 Apple TV+ - Apple TV+ has significantly improved its content in 2025, with successful shows like Severance season 2, The Studio (Seth Rogen), Your Friends and Neighbors (Jon Hamm), and Stick (Owen Wilson). Previously, subscribing only for specific shows was advisable, but now, due to consistent high-quality releases with A-list talent, keeping the subscription active is recommended. If this trend continues, Apple TV+ will remain a strong competitor in the streaming market. 1 HBO Max - HBO tops the power ranking due to its consistent delivery of high-quality TV shows that justify the subscription cost. With a business model focused on quality since its launch over 50 years ago, HBO has aired acclaimed series like The Pitt, The White Lotus, The Last of Us, The Rehearsal, and Hacks in the first half of 2025. Its extensive library includes some of the greatest shows and movies, such as Goodfellas. While Netflix prioritizes quantity, HBO Max excels in quality.

Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Joe Biden accidentally wandering onto the Reacher set, before speaking with Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Lionel Boyce

In this episode, we dive into the latest buzz in the world of film and TV! Somehow Spaceballs has returned, there's a new trailer for The Naked Gun, Willem Dafoe may soon learn the true meaning of Christmas, there's a whole bunch of Pixar news, even more Harry Potter casting announcements, and Reacher is set to head to "The Big Apple". Tune in for all the hot takes and updates!

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Im aktuellen SJ Weekly besprechen die Serienjunkies Hanna und Bjarne die neue Serie von Showrunner Ryan Murphy namens “American Love Story”. Darin geht es um die tragische Liebesgeschichte von John F. Kennedy Jr. (Paul Kelly) und Carolyn Bessette (Sarah Pidgeon), die in den 1990er-Jahren angesiedelt ist. Außerdem kommt die vierte und letzte Staffel “Snowpiercer” endlich nach Deutschland und “NCIS: Origins” ist ebenfalls startklar. Des Weiteren sind neue Inhalte und Castingmeldungen zu “Reacher” eingetrudelt und Jason Isaacs verrät, was er und seine Kollegen von “The White Lotus” in der letzten Thailand-Staffel verdient hat. Die ruhige Serienwoche endet mit den Neustarts und alle Junkies sind gespannt auf das große Finale von “Squid Game”, welches am 27. Juni bei Netflix auf der Plattform freigeschaltet wird. Timestamps:News:0:00:00 Wie stehst du zu Ryan Murphy?0:05:15 Snowpiercer bei Tele 5, wenig Geld für The White Lotus0:10:00 NCIS: Origins Deutschlandpremiere, Squid Game neuer Trailer0:17:00 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds abgesetzt, Spaceballs 2,Reviews:0:22:30 Inside CDU, Utopia0:27:30 Squid Game Sneak Peak, 0:31:00 Companion, kurzer deutsche Serien Überblick,Neustarts:0:36:45 https://www.serienjunkies.de/docs/serienplaner.html Hanna Twitter/ X: https://twitter.com/HannaHuge Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mediawhore.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediawhore Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2gBf2qycVN7asOiujkOhDQBjarneBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bjarnebock.bsky.socialSankt Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ztNeRqXyxw8Z5QpelTjnC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode, of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dungeons & Dragons⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ pirate adventure, the Bucs find themselves trapped in Reacher Kyron's most twisted game yet—three doors, one choice, and consequences that burn. Between statistical chaos, slapstick escapes, and a reunion laced with sarcasm, the crew edges closer to a decision that could tip the balance between survival and destruction. In a vast underground chamber, an impossible choice awaits—freedom or annihilation. What lies behind Reacher's final test? Can an old rival truly be trusted? And have the Bucs finally broken the universe's last rule about dick jokes? There's only one way to find out, grab your Dnd Dice, join Tom (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), Paul (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Milo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), Alex (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Derek⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), Chip (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jeff⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), and Sophie (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), led by James (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Dungeon Master⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Roll Britannia. SUPPORT THE SHOW AND JOIN OUR PATREON - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.patreon.com/rollbritannia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | NEW STOCK AVAILABLE IN OUR MERCH STORE - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.rollbritannia.co.uk/shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | CHECK OUT OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.rollbritannia.co.uk/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | SUPPORT OUR BACKERKIT PROJECT - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/8da7d3c3-55f1-4403-9ef7-f98377691789/landing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Feedspot Best 100 Dungeons & Dragons Podcast - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blog.feedspot.com/dnd_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Feedspot 10 Best DND Comedy podcasts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blog.feedspot.com/dnd_comedy_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feedspot 50 Best Role Playing Games (RPG) Podcasts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.feedspot.com/role_playing_games_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Feedspot 100 Best Tabletop RPG Podcasts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.feedspot.com/tabletop_rpg_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Fiction Horizon 50 Best ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠D&D⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcasts To Listen In 2022 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fictionhorizon.com/best-dd-podcasts-to-listen/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Find us on BestPodcasts.co.uk - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.bestpodcasts.co.uk/podcast/roll-britannia-a-british-dungeons-dragons-5e-podcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DungeonMasterUK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/dungeonmasteruk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Sound & music by Syrinscape ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.syrinscape.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Because Epic Games Need Epic Sound Complete list of credits here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://syrinscape.com/attributions/?id=142440 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠| Roll Britannia is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. | Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode, of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dungeons & Dragons⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ pirate adventure, the Bucs find themselves trapped in Reacher Kyron's most twisted game yet—three doors, one choice, and consequences that burn. Between statistical chaos, slapstick escapes, and a reunion laced with sarcasm, the crew edges closer to a decision that could tip the balance between survival and destruction. In a vast underground chamber, an impossible choice awaits—freedom or annihilation. What lies behind Reacher's final test? Can an old rival truly be trusted? And have the Bucs finally broken the universe's last rule about dick jokes? There's only one way to find out, grab your Dnd Dice, join Tom (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), Paul (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Milo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), Alex (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Derek⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), Chip (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jeff⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), and Sophie (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), led by James (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Dungeon Master⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Roll Britannia. SUPPORT THE SHOW AND JOIN OUR PATREON - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.patreon.com/rollbritannia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | NEW STOCK AVAILABLE IN OUR MERCH STORE - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.rollbritannia.co.uk/shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | CHECK OUT OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.rollbritannia.co.uk/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | SUPPORT OUR BACKERKIT PROJECT - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/8da7d3c3-55f1-4403-9ef7-f98377691789/landing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Feedspot Best 100 Dungeons & Dragons Podcast - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blog.feedspot.com/dnd_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Feedspot 10 Best DND Comedy podcasts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blog.feedspot.com/dnd_comedy_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feedspot 50 Best Role Playing Games (RPG) Podcasts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.feedspot.com/role_playing_games_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Feedspot 100 Best Tabletop RPG Podcasts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.feedspot.com/tabletop_rpg_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Fiction Horizon 50 Best ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠D&D⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcasts To Listen In 2022 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fictionhorizon.com/best-dd-podcasts-to-listen/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Find us on BestPodcasts.co.uk - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.bestpodcasts.co.uk/podcast/roll-britannia-a-british-dungeons-dragons-5e-podcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DungeonMasterUK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/dungeonmasteruk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Sound & music by Syrinscape ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.syrinscape.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Because Epic Games Need Epic Sound Complete list of credits here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://syrinscape.com/attributions/?id=142440 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠| Roll Britannia is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. | Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What's the most-watched show in America right now—and why are grown adults turning on Bluey for their dogs?In this wildly entertaining episode of The Ben and Skin Show, hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina “Little Baby Cornbread” Ray dive headfirst into the latest TV ratings for the 2024–2025 season. From surprise hits to baffling flops, the crew breaks down the most-watched shows among adults 18–49—and the results are as hilarious as they are unexpected.

In this episode, John, Mike, Drew, Kyle, Tony, Hector, Nick and I dive back into the chaos. Abandon All Hope! Shows mentioned: Daredevil: Born Again, The Punisher, Adolescence, Boardwalk Empire, Line of Duty, This is England, The Pitt, What We Do in the Shadows, Saturday Night Live (SNL) Anniversary Special, Reacher, Landman, The White Lotus (Season 3), The Traitors, The English Teacher, Corner Gas, MobLand, Severance, Dope Thief, Gangs of London.YouTube shows mentioned: Randy Makes Candy, B. Dylan Hollis, Cooking with Congress, The Gardening Channel with James Prigioni, MIgardener, GrowVeg, Pine Meadows Hobby FarmTwitter - Bluesky - Instagram - Website

Kids, the story of how I met your mother includes a drifter with no phone and a body count Now Playing Podcast has a bonus Friday episode, free for all listeners! This time, the hosts take aim at Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, the 2016 Tom Cruise action sequel. Does the second Reacher film live up to the first, or should it have followed its own advice and stayed away? Find out in this all-new review, available now!

In this week's episode, of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dungeons & Dragons⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ pirate adventure, the Bucs awaken to find their camp replaced with a hauntingly familiar hall—only to be plunged into darkness by Reacher's games. What awaits below is no dungeon, but a long-forgotten experiment in control and compliance, its subjects suspended in silent glass. As echoes of the past stir and tanks begin to shatter, one thing becomes clear: someone down here has already woken up. What twisted purpose drove these experiments? Are the Bucs truly alone in the dark? And who—or what—now stands between them and the truth? There's only one way to find out, grab your Dnd Dice, join Tom (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), Paul (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Milo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), Alex (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Derek⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), Chip (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jeff⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), and Sophie (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), led by James (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Dungeon Master⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Roll Britannia. SUPPORT THE SHOW AND JOIN OUR PATREON - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.patreon.com/rollbritannia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | NEW STOCK AVAILABLE IN OUR MERCH STORE - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.rollbritannia.co.uk/shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | UK GAMES EXPO 2025 - DND IMPROV COMEDY SHOW - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/2216-your-adventure-awaits/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | UK GAMES EXPO 2025 - HOW TO NOT SUCK AT DND - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/2224-how-to-not-suck-at-dd/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | CHECK OUT OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.rollbritannia.co.uk/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | SUPPORT OUR BACKERKIT PROJECT - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/8da7d3c3-55f1-4403-9ef7-f98377691789/landing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Feedspot Best 100 Dungeons & Dragons Podcast - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blog.feedspot.com/dnd_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Feedspot 10 Best DND Comedy podcasts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blog.feedspot.com/dnd_comedy_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feedspot 50 Best Role Playing Games (RPG) Podcasts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.feedspot.com/role_playing_games_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Feedspot 100 Best Tabletop RPG Podcasts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.feedspot.com/tabletop_rpg_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Fiction Horizon 50 Best ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠D&D⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcasts To Listen In 2022 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fictionhorizon.com/best-dd-podcasts-to-listen/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Find us on BestPodcasts.co.uk - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.bestpodcasts.co.uk/podcast/roll-britannia-a-british-dungeons-dragons-5e-podcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DungeonMasterUK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/dungeonmasteruk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Sound & music by Syrinscape ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.syrinscape.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Because Epic Games Need Epic Sound Complete list of credits here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://syrinscape.com/attributions/?id=142440 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠| Roll Britannia is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. | Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode, of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dungeons & Dragons⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ pirate adventure, he Bucs awaken to find their camp replaced with a hauntingly familiar hall—only to be plunged into darkness by Reacher's games. What awaits below is no dungeon, but a long-forgotten experiment in control and compliance, its subjects suspended in silent glass. As echoes of the past stir and tanks begin to shatter, one thing becomes clear: someone down here has already woken up. What twisted purpose drove these experiments? Are the Bucs truly alone in the dark? And who—or what—now stands between them and the truth? There's only one way to find out, grab your Dnd Dice, join Tom (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), Paul (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Milo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), Alex (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Derek⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), Chip (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jeff⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), and Sophie (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), led by James (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Dungeon Master⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Roll Britannia. SUPPORT THE SHOW AND JOIN OUR PATREON - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.patreon.com/rollbritannia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | NEW STOCK AVAILABLE IN OUR MERCH STORE - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.rollbritannia.co.uk/shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | UK GAMES EXPO 2025 - DND IMPROV COMEDY SHOW - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/2216-your-adventure-awaits/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | UK GAMES EXPO 2025 - HOW TO NOT SUCK AT DND - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/2224-how-to-not-suck-at-dd/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | CHECK OUT OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.rollbritannia.co.uk/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | SUPPORT OUR BACKERKIT PROJECT - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/8da7d3c3-55f1-4403-9ef7-f98377691789/landing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Feedspot Best 100 Dungeons & Dragons Podcast - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blog.feedspot.com/dnd_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Feedspot 10 Best DND Comedy podcasts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blog.feedspot.com/dnd_comedy_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feedspot 50 Best Role Playing Games (RPG) Podcasts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.feedspot.com/role_playing_games_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Feedspot 100 Best Tabletop RPG Podcasts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.feedspot.com/tabletop_rpg_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Fiction Horizon 50 Best ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠D&D⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcasts To Listen In 2022 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fictionhorizon.com/best-dd-podcasts-to-listen/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Find us on BestPodcasts.co.uk - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.bestpodcasts.co.uk/podcast/roll-britannia-a-british-dungeons-dragons-5e-podcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DungeonMasterUK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/dungeonmasteruk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Sound & music by Syrinscape ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.syrinscape.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Because Epic Games Need Epic Sound Complete list of credits here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://syrinscape.com/attributions/?id=142440 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠| Roll Britannia is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. | Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Defector's Culture Editor Brandy Jensen doesn't follow any sports, so she joins Drew and Roth to talk about other topics! Should Drew continue watching Reacher if episode one didn't hook him? Can Brandy save the state of modern design in America? Would any of them accept a $400 million 747 from Qatar, no questions asked? Then, they open up the Funbag to answer questions from you! Do you want to hear your question answered on the pod? Well, give us a call at 909-726-3720. That is 909-PANERA-0!Sponsors- Hims, where you can start your free online visit today at hims.com/distraction- ExpressVPN, where you can get an extra four months free at expressvpn.com/distraction- Factor, where you can use promo code distraction50off at https://factormeals.com/distraction50off to get 50% off plus FREE shipping on your first box.Credits- Hosts: Drew Magary & David Roth- Producer: Brandon Grugle- Editor: Mischa Stanton- Production Services & Ads: Multitude Podcasts- Subscribe to Defector!About The ShowThe Distraction is Defector's flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain coastal states) from longtime writers Drew Magary and David Roth. Every week, Drew and Roth tackle subjects, both serious and impossibly stupid, with a parade of guests from around the world of sports and media joining in the fun! Roth and Drew also field Funbag questions from Defector readers, answer listener voicemails, and get upset about the number of people who use speakerphone while in a public bathroom stall. This is a show where everything matters, because everyone could use a Distraction. Head to defector.com for more info.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Perfect for a Throwback Thursday, we welcomed Anthony Michael Hall on The Show and talk all bout his career from the Breakfast Club all the way to his latest part in Reacher

Perfect for a Throwback Thursday, we welcomed Anthony Michael Hall on The Show and talk all bout his career from the Breakfast Club all the way to his latest part in Reacher

Send us a textYou spent thousands on influencer marketing… and barely got a sale.The problem isn't the creator. It's your system.In this video, I break down why most brands fail with influencers—and how the top-performing brands are building performance-based creator funnels that actually move revenue.This is for you if:You've run influencer campaigns and saw little-to-no returnYou're still paying flat fees with no tracking or affiliate backendYou want to build a repeatable influencer model that scales with your brandWhat you'll learn:The 3 biggest reasons influencer campaigns flopHow to structure hybrid affiliate deals with upside for both sidesWhy Spark Ads should come after performance proof—not beforeHow to stop treating creators like props—and start treating them like partners

Συζητάμε για τις κοινές μας (ή όχι) εμπειρίες από τα ταξίδια μας στην Ιαπωνία, και γιατί είναι μια χώρα που αξίζει να σε πιάσει κόψιμο Το Skype πέθανε, η Apple τρώει χαστούκι για το Apple tax Πόσο δίνει να πάρει η Ζαχαρένια το remastered Oblivion; Ο Στέλιος είδε Sinners, Fleabag και Reacher κι έχει ✨απoψάρες✨ Η Ζαχαρένια σχολιάζει τις ταινίες που είδε στο αεροπλάνο και γιατί το Hollywood έχει πεθάνει Enjoy!

This week we're yapping about Alien Resurrection. Then we get into our personal algorithms and discuss Abigail, Reacher, and Thunderbolts. Enjoy! Support us on Patreon! Patrons have access to the NOTLP Discord Server, weekly virtual meetups with the hosts, ad free episodes and tons of other great content. This podcast is brought to you by the Legion of Demons at patreon.com/notlp. Our Beelzebub tier producers are: Ernest Perez Jeremy, Cassie & Gamora Burmeister Jeff L Branan & Emily Intravia-Whitehead Bill Chandler Blayne Turner Monica Martinson Bill Fahrner Brian Krause Dave Siebert Joe Juvland Matt Funke Paul Gauthier “Monster Movies (with My Friends)” was written and performed by Kelley Kombrinck. It was recorded and mixed by Freddy Morris. Night of the Living Podcast Social Media:      facebook.com/notlp instagram.com/nightofthelivingpodcast youtube.com/notlpcrew https://www.tiktok.com/@nightofthelivingpodcast

Gabrus is back! On the press tour for Staying Alive, his new Smartless Media/Sirius podcast with his best pal and 101 Places to Party Before You Die co-host Adam Pally, Jon stops by to bring our Reacher group text to life! We delve into how the 1980s action films all set us up and specifically how it set up Gabrus' libido. Also, lots of stuff about Alan Ritchson, our analysis of Reacher and current day America, dating on Long Island, what to do with regressive family members and SO MUCH MORE! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG or Twitter!*Donate to displaced black families of the LA fires here*ALSO BUY A BRAND NEW CUTE AF "Open Your Hearts, Loosen Your Butts" mug! And:Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or gift someone a Patreon subscription! Or get yourself a t-shirt or a discounted Quarantine Crew shirt! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts? Or Spotify? It takes less than a minute! Follow the show on Instagram! Check out CT clips on YouTube!Plus some other stuff! Watch Naomi's Netflix half hour or Mythic Quest! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album or his other podcast Beginnings!Theme song by the great Sammus! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Episode 353 of Airey Bros Radio, we're joined by Mick Betancourt — writer, executive producer of Amazon's Reacher, stand-up comic, and proud former wrestler. From a tough upbringing on Chicago's West Side to breaking through as a Hollywood storyteller, Mick's journey is a masterclass in grit, grace, and getting back up.This episode is packed with raw storytelling, powerful mindset shifts, and behind-the-scenes gems for wrestlers, writers, and working-class dreamers alike.

Irish Sports Daily's Greg Flammang and the Spreadsheets & Tailgates newsletter's Michael Bryan join to review our depth chart power rankings from last season and to look ahead to who might stand out on this fall's roster. Plus, a review of Reacher Season 3 (56:45). MB's wildly specific prediction newsletter. The August 2024 depth chart power rankings. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

Alan Ritchson is best known for playing Jack Reacher, an ex-military nomad who negotiates suspicious and dangerous situations. But in his new film, “Ordinary Angels,” Alan plays a father whose brawn is of little use in the face of his young daughter's illness. Last year, the actor joined Tom Power to talk about playing a dad desperate to save his child, what it's like to do a scene with an Oscar winner when you can tell she's not sure about you, and why he wrote a letter to Tom Cruise when he booked “Reacher.”

Tacos! If Mexican food is your bag then get some munched, along with nine songs from The Yum Yums, Lone Creep, Elephant Jane, Cataphiles, Stiff Little Fingers, Mondo Wave, The Clashnikovs, The Phantim and Real Sickies.Moss, Voice of Jeff, Comedy Suburbs, Dammit, Tony does not have your Facebook comments, Quiz Time for Tony, last week, work, Mothers Day, Severance Season 2, Reacher, FA Cup, Klingonz, From the Vaults, Tony's International Gig Guide, this week, work, Forest v Man U, Pennyworth, KFC, Wankum, no Izzatwat, Adolescence and a reminder of the ways you can listen.Song 1: The Yum Yums – Got Me GoodSong 2: Lone Creep – Grumpy Old GitSong 3: Elephant Jane – Scorched Earth AgendaSong 4: Cataphiles – Reality IsSong 5: Stiff Little Fingers – You Can't Say Crap On the RadioSong 6: Mondo Wave – Out N AboutSong 7: The Clashnikovs – A.I. PubSong 8: The Phantim - GuillotineSong 9: Real Sickies - Paralyzed

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This week we're talking about a man, but he's big you see. It's season 3 of Reacher. It's a battle of the big as we talk about big actors, big accents, big deaths, and the difficulty of cardio. ONE NIGHT ONLY LIVE EVENT APRIL 16. Host Andrew Ivimey is recording a comedy special in Toronto on April 16th. It's a double bill with The Villain Was Right host Craig Fay, where for one ticket price you get to see the filming of two comedy specials. With special guest performance from co-host of The Villain Was Right, Rebecca Reeds. If you're a fan of the network you will want to be at this special one night only event. BUY TICKETS HERE This episode is brought to you by Silverwax. Silverwax makes pro-grade auto care & technology easy for everyone to use. With incredible products like their nano-diamond ceramic quick wax that ensures up to 6 months protection, and their salt stain remover formulated to neutralize your car's enemy salt. Find Silverwax products at your local Canadian Tire or at silverwax.ca and use promo code TFSH10 at checkout to save 10% off your next order. This episode is brought to you by Mint Mobile. Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at MintMobile.com/tfs. $45 upfront payment required (equivalent to $15/mo.). New customers on first 3 month plan only. Speeds slower above 40GB on Unlimited plan. Additional taxes, fees and restrictions apply. See MINT MOBILE for details.

Dave and Chuck the Freak talk about awkward moments day, Sloppy Joe Day, the hero guy who saved a baby was one year ago today, app for swingers/kinks in America, coffee dates are increasingly more popular, emailer was doing rows on machine and guy sat right in front of him watching, stranded astronauts coming home, plane struck wing on runway during landing, elderly couple went out for drive in forest and got stuck, people having more trouble paying back car loans, Forever 21 files for bankruptcy, neighbors put skeletons up to support woman who won’t take hers down, day after St. Paddy’s Day, March Madness picks, Bill Belichick posing with girlfriend, soccer team held moment of silence for player still alive, Tracy Morgan threw up courtside, rumors that Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas are dating, the worst movies of the past 10 years, Conan O’Brien hosting Oscars again, Reacher sets viewership record for Prime, all bands on the bill for Ozzy’s final show will play Black Sabbath songs, Loudwire’s God Tier songs, guy raged when karaoke machine wouldn’t work, man left a gator behind in Michigan motel, pilot busted snorting drugs off lady’s boobs, guy smashes stuff at Dublin airport, guy was lost at sea for 95 days, what was your lowest moment?, Uber driver used customer’s bathroom and pleasured himself in there, hiker mauled by bear, woman tried to sell human toes online, mail carrier stole $1.6M, cancer patient did experimental fecal transplant, hot dog with hair growing out of it, KFC Mashed Potato Poppers, counterfeit Krab, man rescued after being held captive for 2 decades by stepmother, guy starts collecting litter in neighborhood, woman reunited with missing dog, warning regarding Medusa ransomware, good sleep can make you less susceptible to conspiracy theories, America has become more rude since pandemic, most awkward moments, wife of El Chapo launching shapewear line, and more!

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 00:54:05 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original Pick of the Week co-host Ron Richards to discuss… What We've Been Enjoying: 00:01:52 – Ron has been watching RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop and listening to Better Wonder by Kestrels (accidentally called Better World on the show). 00:10:08 – Conor has been watching Paradise and Reacher. 00:13:05 – Josh went to the theater to see Becoming Led Zeppelin. 00:16:16 – How radio shaped our love and appreciation of music, a brief detour down memory lane. 00:18:53 – Josh is watching Court of Gold. Discussion: 00:22:41 – The results of the 7th Annual iFanboy Patron Oscars Pool. 00:23:57 – The 2025 Academy Awards Listener Mail: 00:40:55 – Kyle F. from New Jersey wants to know which movies have driven the iFanboys to walk out of the theater. SPOILERS ABOVE! What's a Mediasplode? It's a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It's like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Note: Time codes are estimates due to dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Music: “Free Forever” Kestrels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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My HoneyDew this week is writer and producer Mick Betancourt! Check out Season 3 of Reacher on Amazon now, and visit http://mickbetancourt.substack.com  to hear over 85 of Mick's incredible stories. Mick joins me this week to Highlight the Lowlights of a WILD childhood, growing up with teen parents in Chicago. We dive into just how chaotic his home life was—from wrecking his dad's work van in kindergarten, to hitting up dance clubs with his mom in middle school, and even wrestling his grandfather to death! This is an episode you have to hear! SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE and watch full episodes of The Dew every toozdee! https://youtube.com/@rsickler SUBSCRIBE TO MY PATREON - The HoneyDew with Y'all, where I Highlight the Lowlights with Y'all! Get audio and video of The HoneyDew a day early, ad-free at no additional cost! It's only $5/month! AND we just added a second tier. For a total of $8/month, you get everything from the first tier, PLUS The Wayback a day early, ad-free AND censor free AND extra bonus content you won't see anywhere else! https://www.patreon.com/TheHoneyDew What's your story?? Submit at honeydewpodcast@gmail.com Get Your HoneyDew Gear Today! https://shop.ryansickler.com/ Ringtones Are Available Now! https://www.apple.com/itunes/ http://ryansickler.com/ https://thehoneydewpodcast.com/ SUBSCRIBE TO THE CRABFEAST PODCAST https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-crabfeast-with-ryan-sickler-and-jay-larson/id1452403187

oin Washington Examiner Senior Writer David Harsanyi and Federalist Editor-In-Chief Mollie Hemingway as they discuss Jeff Bezos' new coverage priorities for the Washington Post pages, debate the end of the White House Correspondents' Association's cartel-like press pool control, and weigh in on Jake Tapper's attempt to monetize his coverup of former President Joe Biden's cognitive decline. Mollie and David also reflect on Roberta Flack's music career and share their thoughts on "Reacher" and The Panic in Needle Park. Check out David's Substack here. If you care about combatting the corrupt media that continue to inflict devastating damage, please give a gift to help The Federalist do the real journalism America needs.

Kevin Smith and Marc Bernardin drop into the Virtual Scum & Villainy Cantina to talk about Marvel Studio's latest entry in the Captain America franchise, Amazon's REACHER, as well as the latest in nerd-centric entertainment news, and maybe answer questions as served up by interim producer DILF Man, aka @ThatWillWilkins SPONSOR ►► Take the next step to improving your health: go to https://lumen.me/FATMAN to get 20% off your Lumen. SPONSOR ►► Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get $5 off your Starter Pack (that's over 40% off) with promo code FATMAN at https://shopmando.com! #mandopod SPONSOR ►► Try VIIA! https://viia.co/FATMAN and use code FATMAN!

You may not immediately recognize the names, Lee and Andrew Child, but I bet you know the name, Jack Reacher. Lee is the creator of Jack Reacher and Andrew is now the man who will carry on the legacy of the man who all of us want to be like. Today, I am joined by the iconic and legendary duo and authors of the Jack Reacher series. We talk about so much including the nature of men, the power of good storytelling (whether you're a fictional author or just want to be a good dad), the “Robin Hood Myth,” the future of good literature in modern times, and how much individual personality goes into creating a character who will last.   SHOW HIGHLIGHTS 00:40 - The Power of 'J' in Protagonist Names 01:35 - Why 'J' Names Dominate Thriller Heroes 02:51 - The Science Behind Compelling Character Names 03:28 - Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack Reacher 04:52 - How Film Adaptations Alter Characters 06:20 - The Challenge of Casting Jack Reacher 07:32 - Tom Cruise vs. Alan Ritchson as Reacher 08:42 - Creating the Physical Presence of Reacher 09:53 - Transitioning the Jack Reacher Series 11:01 - The Natural Evolution of a Character 12:52 - How Personal Experiences Shape Fictional Characters 15:22 - The Organic Transition of Writing Reacher 16:45 - How Readers Shape Character Perceptions 18:54 - Balancing Character Description and Reader Imagination 20:13 - The Power of Storytelling in Fiction 22:07 - The Evolutionary Purpose of Storytelling 23:21 - Showing Virtue Through Action in Fiction 25:09 - Fiction as a Release Valve for Frustrations 27:00 - The Role of Storytelling in Managing Emotions 29:12 - Vigilantism, Justice, and Society's Reaction 31:45 - The Modern Robin Hood Myth 33:01 - Exploring Moral Ambiguity in Fiction 35:05 - Why Flawed Heroes Are More Compelling 36:33 - Reacher's Moral Code and the Power of Choice 37:44 - What Sets Reacher Off? 39:12 - Why Not Let Reacher Die? 40:40 - The Author's Duty to the Readers 42:30 - Balancing Creativity and Reader Expectations 45:03 - How Reader Trends Have Changed Over 30 Years 46:55 - Predicting Cultural Trends in Thriller Novels 49:03 - The Enduring Theme of the Underdog vs. the Bully 51:37 - Avoiding Heavy-Handed Messaging in Fiction 54:01 - Respecting the Reader's Intelligence 56:11 - The Economic Unfairness Theme in Modern Fiction 58:19 - The Robin Hood Story Still Resonates Today 01:00:17 - Writing Convincing Villains 01:02:29 - Lee Child on Letting Go of Reacher 01:04:26 - Andrew's Perspective on Taking Over the Series 01:06:39 - The Blue-Collar Work Ethic in Writing 01:07:08 - Final Thoughts and Farewell Battle Planners: Pick yours up today! Order Ryan's new book, The Masculinity Manifesto. For more information on the Iron Council brotherhood. Want maximum health, wealth, relationships, and abundance in your life? Sign up for our free course, 30 Days to Battle Ready