Podcasts about seagulls

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we try to find truthful behavior in imaginary situations by applying acting theory to Christmas music. Episode 911: Spoilers for The Seagull originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

The Lads are back on the road this weekend, as we make the long journey to the seaside to face an inconsistent, but established, Brighton and Hove Albion at the AMEX Stadium. Can we make it back-to-back wins and move into the top four? To let us know what to expect from the Seagulls, find out how Tommy Watson is doing, find out what is still to hopefully come from Simon Adringa, and loads more, the excellent Joe from Albion Obsessed joins us for this week's preview show. Enjoyed the episode? Tough, we want you to unsubscribe immediately - or just follow us at @WTFSunlunPod, if you have to (You can subscribe via your favourite podcast app, if you really have to.) #SAFC #BHAFC #EPL ---- Get 10% off at WeArSunlun.co.uk this Christmas simply by listening to this episode. SUNLUN. is a minimalist streetwear brand built in Sunderland, inspired by the pride and identity of Wearside. Founded by a local lad with a love for creating and a drive to build something proper, SUNLUN. represents more than just clothing, it's for people who carry Wearside with them wherever they go. Designed, cut and pressed in Sunderland. Enter WTFPOD10 at the checkout to get 10% off any order before the end of 2025.

The long awaited return of Simon Furness!I've been meaning to have Simon back on the show since he was my second only guest back in 2021!This time we take a dive back into Vanya and Chekhov's other celebrated work “The Seagull”. Both plays were given huge London revivals in recent times and we take a look at how their interpretations of the text are similar and different to how Simon believes Chekhov would have liked to be seen done. We also ask questions such as, with Chekhov putting his characters in such tragic circumstances, is he making a mockery of unfortunate lives or is it social commentary? In other words, is he mocking people who are sad or is he plainly showing this is the way of life for some people? As well as finding the humour in these dire straits, is it to make fun of their situations of unrequited love and desperate need to feel loved or it is a way to heal them? Make light of a bad situation in order to help them out of their depression and cure them?All this and much more in our discussion!Including Simon's cameo in Netflix's “Wednesday” and what he would do with a West End budget if he was given the reigns to a Chekhov masterpiece. Thank you so much Simon, a pleasure to have you back!Oliver GowerSpotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261Instagram: @ollietheuncensoredcriticFor enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.comPlease Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️Thank you all for your support!Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name. Early Morning 

In this cozy, coastal episode, Natalie Golub takes us back to her childhood summers on Long Beach Island — the smells, the sounds, the routines, and the tiny details that shaped who she became. She shares the moment she realized her love for LBI needed to become a story, how raising her own children on the island influenced her books, and why Shelly the Seagull felt like the perfect character to capture its spirit. We also get into illustrations, challenges, surprises, and the future adventures she's dreaming up next.

I've already talked this year about research that shows staring at a seagull will prevent it from stealing your chips, but as beach season starts again - here is another science backed tactic that you can use. According to new research published in the journal Biology Letters the best defence might be the simplest - just shout at the gull! The researchers tested 61 on how they responded to human voices after placing a portion of chips in a gull hotspot. As soon as a gull approached, the team played one of three recordings: A male voice shouting: “NO, STAY AWAY, THAT'S MY FOOD, THAT'S MY PASTY!” The same voice speaking the same words in a normal tone. Birdsongs from a robin. All recordings were played at the same volume, so “shouting” didn't mean louder, just sharper and more commanding. Gulls are surprisingly sensitive to the tone of human speech, even when the loudness stays the same. Nearly half the gulls exposed to the shouting voice flew away within a minute. Only 15 percent flew away when they heard the normal speaking voice and many walked away. 70 percent of gulls who heard the robin stayed exactly where they were. This is the first known study showing that wild animals can distinguish between different emotional tones in human speech. Dogs, pigs, and horses can do this, but it's never been studied in seagulls. A future version of the study may test whether a woman's voice works just as well, or perhaps even better. It's not often science gives us an excuse to yell in public, but in this case you can claim it's for your own good. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Seagull Painting Episode: A Very Large Painting, a Suburban Life, a Gargantuan Campus, Divorce and Time, Aunts and Couches, Smaller Than I Remember, The Painting for Money, Customers, An Office Wall, a Regret of No Better Memory.An episode about a very large painting that lives in my office, and the story (and life) behind it.

Å village is full of seagulls - they never stop talking and singing! Recorded in Lofoten, Norway by Agapi Zita.

Look, nature is going to nature and if Disney movies have taught me anything about nature, it's that seagulls are stupid. Anyway, this Setting the Bar story is about Jessica and the seagull. Source: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/12/03/nz-reporter-Jessica-Tyson-struck-by-bird-Auckland/1001764784941/

We debate what we'd write down before losing our memory, why Mocha might never join the Tall Man Club, and how many seagulls in your house is too many. Plus, listeners ask who's best dressed, what everyone's Mr. Universe talent would be, and which book titles fit the team perfectly. We even tackle celebrity look-alikes, Roz taking shots at Shem, and whether anyone would ever consider being a swinger. It's unfiltered, unpredictable, and absolutely hilarious!

Unearth the hidden gems of the beer world and claim your free case here: www.beer52.com/ANALYTICS Cal Goodall and Darcy Cox break down West Ham's recent Premier League fixtures against Manchester United and Brighton, both of which ended in 1-1 draws Nuno Espírito Santo's side. They discuss the tactical switch to a back five against Brighton, analysing how Nuno sought to protect the centre force the Seagulls wide and encourage transition play - spearheaded by Lucas Paquetá, Jarrod Bowen, and Crysencio Summerville. They debate Brighton's controversial goal and shout out Ezra Mayers' senior debut. Cal and Darcy also discuss West Ham's performance at Old Trafford, one of the better showings this season, focusing on the attacking dynamic on the right side and the possibility of Bowen at #10. They dissect the defensive dynamics that allowed United into the game and assess the impressive emergence of Soungoutou Magassa. Finally, they tackle the recurring issue of managing the final 15-20 minutes in both matches. Did Nuno's late changes concede too much pressure or was it a necessity due to fitness? They evaluate whether or not sitting deep and parking the bus is still viable in the modern Premier League. Note: Unfortunately, Cal's audio file was corrupted while exporting. We've done our best to clean it up so you can fully enjoy the classic Cal tones, although some audio glitches may still remain. Please do leave us a review and subscribe to the podcast to catch every episode. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/analyticsunited You can follow the pod (and our other work) on Twitter: Main: @AnalyticsUtd_ Jack: @jackelderton Cal: @WHU_Analytics Darcy: @futpysche Charlie: @ATopLad Theme music: "Emotional Chill Electronic Vlog Music | Sunset" by Alex-Productions (https://onsound.eu/) Promoted by: https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A study by Barber Law Firm reveals how Christmas music tempo impacts driving behavior. Secondly, Japan's unique KFC Christmas tradition and festive celebrations are discussed. Thirdly, a survey by Exotica highlights charming towns that could inspire Hallmark Christmas movies, with Maryland towns dominating the list. Fourthly, popular restaurants in Las Vegas are offering special Christmas menus, including Seagulls 1941, Marketplace Buffet, Buddy V's Ristorante, and the Eiffel Tower restaurant. Lastly, Publix introduces a 'Merry Birthday' cake for those with Christmas birthdays to ensure their day feels special. A regular episode will follow.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!We now have Merch!  FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there's free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.comGet more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

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ROSS ALEXANDER – Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) (A Flock of Seagulls cover)EDDIE WREVLONNE – I Have LearnedARISTO G – You're Only TroublePET SHOP BOYS – Dancing Star (Solomun extended remix)MOTHERMARY – For YouNOSHOWS – Too Many PeopleDEPECHE MODE – It's Called a Heart (TSF remix)RICO NASTY – CrashVISION VIDEO – Balaclava KissSINGLE LASH – More Than This (Roxy Music cover)STILL RUINS – Our PenanceBRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT – You Want My…ERASURE – There'll Be No TomorrowLOCAL BRAND – What's ThatNATION OF LANGUAGE – This Fractured Mind

Fluent Fiction - Hebrew: Seagull Snatch: A Falafel Fiasco and Friendship's Flicker Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/he/episode/2025-12-06-08-38-20-he Story Transcript:He: השמש החורפית החלה לרדת לאיטה מעל חוף גורדון בתל אביב.En: The winter sun began to slowly set over Hof Gordon in Tel Aviv.He: נועה, רעבה אחרי יום עמוס בטיולים בעיר, פנתה אל אחד הדוכנים וקנתה לעצמה סנדוויץ' פלאפל חם.En: Noa, hungry after a busy day of sightseeing in the city, turned to one of the stalls and bought herself a hot sandwich falafel.He: היא מצאה מקום נעים על החול, קרוב לים, והתיישבה.En: She found a pleasant spot on the sand, close to the sea, and sat down.He: איתי, אחיה הצעיר של נועה, לא היה רחוק ממנה.En: Itai, Noa's younger brother, wasn't far from her.He: הוא אהב לחפש סערות בתורן ולא פעם גם ליצור אותן.En: He loved searching for storms when they came and often created them himself.He: חברה של נועה, שירה, עמדה לצידה.En: Noa's friend, Shira, stood by her side.He: היא הייתה מעשית וידעה תמיד איך למצוא פתרון לכל בעיה.En: She was practical and always knew how to find a solution to any problem.He: כשהשניים ראו את נועה מתיישבת סוף סוף לאכול, החיוך על פניה היה גדול.En: When the two saw Noa finally sitting down to eat, the smile on her face was big.He: אבל לפתע, כשתפסה בידה את הסנדוויץ' והחלה לנגוס – הגיע שחף חמדן, חטף את הסנדוויץ' משדהּ ועף משם במהירות.En: But suddenly, as she grasped the sandwich and began to take a bite, a greedy seagull swooped in, snatched the sandwich from her hand, and flew away quickly.He: נועה פערה את פיה בתדהמה.En: Noa's mouth gaped in astonishment.He: היא הסתכלה על איתי ועל שירה, לא יודעת אם לצחוק או לבכות.En: She looked at Itai and Shira, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.He: אבל שירה לא היססה.En: But Shira didn't hesitate.He: "נועה, יש לנו עוד חלה מהאריוחת ערב של חנוכה," היא אמרה.En: "Noa, we still have a challah from last night's Hanukkah dinner," she said.He: "הכנסי לעסקה עם הדוכן.En: "Make a deal with the stall.He: בטוח שהם יסכימו."En: I'm sure they'll agree."He: האחים הסתכלו זה על זו ואז התחילו לפעול לפי תוכניתה של שירה.En: The siblings looked at each other and then began to act according to Shira's plan.He: הם החלו לשוחח עם מוכר הפלאפל, שהסכים להחליף את הסנדוויץ' החסר בחלה.En: They started talking with the falafel vendor, who agreed to exchange the missing sandwich for the challah.He: ידו התל אביבית על העליונה, והוא הציע לנועה סנדוויץ' חדש עם חיוך.En: His Tel Avivian hand prevailed, and he offered Noa a new sandwich with a smile.He: בסופו של דבר, נועה התיישבה על החול שוב, עם סנדוויץ' פלאפל חם חדש בידיה.En: In the end, Noa sat on the sand again, with a new hot falafel sandwich in her hands.He: איתי ושירה הצטרפו אליה, שלושתם צחקו יחד והדליקו את הנרות של החנוכיה שהביאו לים, האור הלוהט מרצד ברקע השקיעה.En: Itai and Shira joined her, and the three laughed together, lighting the candles of the chanukiah they had brought to the beach, the flickering light glowing against the sunset backdrop.He: הם ישבו יחד, צוחקים ומשוחחים.En: They sat together, laughing and chatting.He: נועה הבינה כמה חשוב להיות יצירתית ולא לתת לדברים להוציא אותך משלווה.En: Noa realized how important it is to be creative and not let things take you out of your peace.He: השלושה גילו שהמשמעות האמיתית של החג היא לא באוכל, אלא בחברות, באור ובשמחה שהם יוצרים ביחד.En: The three discovered that the true meaning of the holiday is not in the food, but in the friendship, the light, and the joy they create together.He: כל סנדוויץ' נוסף על החוף הפך לסמל של חברות ואור חנוכה.En: Each additional sandwich on the beach became a symbol of friendship and the light of Hanukkah. Vocabulary Words:winter: חורפיתset: לרדתsightseeing: טיוליםpleasant: נעיםstorms: סערותpractical: מעשיתgreedy: חמדןswooped: חטףastonishment: תדהמהdeal: עסקהvendor: מוכרprevailed: על העליונהflickering: מרצדglowing: לוהטbackdrop: רקעcreative: יצירתיתpeace: שלווהdiscovered: גילוmeaning: משמעותfriendship: חברותjoy: שמחהsymbol: סמלsandwich: סנדוויץ'exchange: להחליףsolution: פתרוןcandles: נרותholiday: חגswallowed: החלה לנגוסhesitate: היססהseagull: שחףBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fluent-fiction-hebrew--5818690/support.

The Great Spirit of the Seagull invites you to claim the mantle of your seagull nature with its power and beauty in today's Gaia Translate. Want access to the transcript and show notes for future episodes? Visit our website at www.gaiatranslate.com Please rate, review and share the Gaia Translate podcast with your friends and colleagues so that more of us are able to receive this timely communication from the greater family of life we are all a part of.

Science commentator Jen Martin joins Kathryn with three fascinating studies. The first suggests that kissing may have evolved 21.5 million years ago. Ever had your chips eyed up by a greedy seagull? This study suggests that yes, shouting at them, probably works. And researchers have found being a famous singer can raise your risk of an early death - but why? Jen Martin founded the science communication program at the University of Melbourne, runs the espressoscience.com blog and is also the author of Why Am I Like This?: The Science Behind Your Weirdest Thoughts and Habits.

This week we expose Albion's away days as Glenn Murray and Adam Webster take a deep dive into what really happens when the Seagulls play away, from forgotten IDs, to broken-down buses, to freezing post-match showers and everything in between. There's also a cameo from club captain Lewis Dunk, who crashes the pod to weigh in on coach-seat hierarchies. Plus, we hear from kit man Buzz, former manager Micky Adams and the chairman himself, Tony Bloom. Packed with stories you won't hear anywhere else, this is the ultimate inside look at Premier League away days from the people who actually live them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brighton and Hove Albion are the visitors to the City Ground on Sunday as they take on Nottingham Forest in the Premier League. The visitors are sixth in the table with three wins in their last six games. Matt Davies is joined by Seagulls fan regular Az Phillips to give the lowdown on their season, key men Danny Welbeck and Yankuba Minteh and if a match up against Sean Dyche's Forest suits them. #nffc #nottinghamforest

New podcast with Ed Seagull one of the Host of The back seat drivers podcast. We talk about his origin story and where the interest to start a podcast came from. We also have him answer the are you a trash panda cart enthusiast questions where he adds another clarifier to our trash panda questions. It was great having another podcaster on Ed made this an easy podcast to record. Make sure you listen to him on The Back Seat Drivers podcast.

Dateline: November 21, 2025. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!   We start off with an update about my life including a fun story of how small the zoo world can be.  Then it's time for Zoo News stories from The Philadelphia Zoo, ABQ BioPark, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Miller Park Zoo, Cameron Park Zoo, Tanganyika Wildlife Park, Akron Zoo, Sedgwick County Zoo, Woodland Park Zoo, the Detroit Zoo, the Tulsa Zoo, Marineland, the Indianapolis Zoo, and more! Conservation News stories include oyster restoration, dolphins with Alzheimer's like symptoms, a baby black rhino, and a discussion about One Health that involves rats, bats, and frogs! Other News has a few stories including a viral one about wolves, another viral one about raccoons, and also a big shark and how to scare seagulls.ROSSIFARI LINKS: patreon.com/rossifari to support the pod rossifari.com @rossifari on socials @rossifaripod on TikTok Nature DisturbedMother Nature is one weird ladyListen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Football Finance Expert and The Price of Football host Kieran Maguire sits down with Mike ahead of Brentford's trip to Brighton on Saturday. Brighton have had a pretty mixed to start to the season under Fabian Hurzeler, and both sides come into the game on 16 points. Kieran chats about the Brentfords and Brightons of the world and their place in the Premier League, who's impressed so far for the Seagulls, and type of game to expect at the weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leo sat in sullen silence in the front passenger seat, staring out the windscreen, as Bernie's car strained, towing his secondhand car on a hired trailer up the hills to the abandoned quarry. Bernie had known Leo since the boy was eight and had taught him the things a father would normally teach a son.The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts — Two: A Fast Car — Part Two is a short story by Robert Fairhead from the Tall And True writers' website.Read Robert's writing on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.auListen to all podcast episodes on Tall And True Short Reads: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.comListen to the Season Five Trailer: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/introducing-season-five/Listen to The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts:• Prologue: The Clinic: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-nine-lives-of-leo-roberts-prologue-the-clinic/• One: Rock Fishing: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-nine-lives-of-leo-roberts-one-rock-fishing/• Two: A Fast Car - Part One: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-nine-lives-of-leo-roberts-two-a-fast-car-part-one/• Two: A Fast Car - Part Two: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-nine-lives-of-leo-roberts-two-a-fast-car-part-two/Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-readsBuy Robert's short story and microfiction collections online:• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM• Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairheadPodcast Theme and Sound EffectsRoyalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:• Bernie's Car: https://freesound.org/people/tiramisuper/sounds/474461/• Bike Bell: https://freesound.org/people/altazor80/sounds/367744/• Waves on Beach: https://freesound.org/people/VMan533/sounds/575894/• Wind and Waves: https://freesound.org/people/nickmaysoundmusic/sounds/585622/• Seagulls: https://freesound.org/people/plantmonkey/sounds/377107/• Fishing Rod Reel: https://freesound.org/people/170129/sounds/408252/• Heart Monitor: https://freesound.org/people/samfk360/sounds/148897/• Heartbeat: https://freesound.org/people/PollyannaMedia/sounds/541434/• Kettle Boiling: https://freesound.org/people/cupido-1/sounds/433538/• Kettle Whistling: https://freesound.org/people/keweldog/sounds/181718/• Bird Song in Sydney: https://freesound.org/people/Rimmer/sounds/662079/Production NotesTall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity.Episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.Acast Podcast Supporter PageSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robbie's doing dangerous things in the studio again. Some words of warning from our audience. Pepper recounts the time he was attacked by seagulls at Sea World. Dave Chappelle is coming to town. License plate news. We applaud Robbie for not getting dumped after a year of dating. The list of things he loves about his girlfriend.

The San Francisco Seagulls have been a baseball organization in California for over 20 years. The owner of the youth organization and the collegiate team is Marc Caviglia. Marc talks about starting the Seagulls organization and the story behind the nickname. We chat about his playing time, the league, his favorite Giants players and he shares his Proffitt & Loss.Be sure to follow the Seagulls online.San Francisco Seagulls -Website: https://www.sfseagulls.com/Collegiate Team Website: https://www.collegeseagulls.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sfseagulls/ (@SFSeagulls)Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/gullsnation (@GullsNation)Earned Fun Average - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earnedfunavg/ (@EarnedFunAvg)Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/earnedfunavg/ (@EarnedFunAvg)Blue Sky: https://www.bsky.app/profile/earnedfunavg.bsky.social  (@EarnedFunAvg.bsky.social)Curved Brim Media -Website: https://www.curvedbrimmedia.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curvedbrimmedia/ (@CurvedBrimMedia)Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CurvedBrim/ (@CurvedBrim)

Think we'll miss the Penny? Target employees MUST SMILE! And how to get rid of pesky Seagulls. That's what Paul Layendecker is BuZzin' about today on The Daily BuZz!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics discussed on today's show: Most Hated Teams in the NFL, Tequila, Corrie's Date, Gravy Flight, Jake Paul Fight, Affordable GLP1s, Project Promethus, Turn This Plane Around, Birthdays, History Quiz, Communal Eating, Real or Fake Tree?, AI Toys, Politics, Yelling at Seagulls, Hungry, and Apologies.

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Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you!If I could choose any superpower, I might pick being able to fly. I doubt I'm alone in that. No wonder flight is used so often in the Bible as a spiritual metaphor. This week we'll learn how to escape the problems of this life by looking at the world the way God does; how to embrace the desire to fly God put in us and use it properly; how to accept adversity on the way to spiritual  achievement; and how to reject dreams of world domination in favor of being just one cog in a gigantic wheel.Check out Hal on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@halhammons9705Hal Hammons serves as preacher and shepherd for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is the host of the Citizen of Heaven podcast. You are encouraged to seek him and the Lakewoods Drive church through Facebook and other social media. Lakewoods Drive is an autonomous group of Christians dedicated to praising God, teaching the gospel to all who will hear, training Christians in righteousness, and serving our God and one another faithfully. We believe the Bible is God's word, that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, that heaven is our home, and that we have work to do here while we wait. Regular topics of discussion and conversation include: Christians, Jesus, obedience, faith, grace, baptism, New Testament, Old Testament, authority, gospel, fellowship, justice, mercy, faithfulness, forgiveness, Twenty Pages a Week, Bible reading, heaven, hell, virtues, character, denominations, submission, service, character, COVID-19, assembly, Lord's Supper, online, social media, YouTube, Facebook.

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By Walt HickeyWelcome to the Numlock Sunday edition.This week, I spoke to Chris Dalla Riva, author of the new book Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves. Chris is a fixture here at Numlock, we're big fans of his newsletter Can't Get Much Higher and have been eagerly waiting for this book, which tracks the history of music by coasting along the top of the Billboard Hot 100. The book can be found at Amazon and wherever books are sold, grab a copy!This interview has been condensed and edited. Chris Dalla Riva, it is great to have you back on. Especially great this week, because you are finally out with a book that I know you've been working on for a very long time, Uncharted Territory. Thanks for coming back on.Yeah, thrilled to be back, but also thrilled to have the book come out. The book publishing world is one of the only worlds left in the world that moves slow enough where you're waiting for so long for something to happen.You have guest-written for Numlock before; you have been a staple of the Sunday editions in the past. You are definitely familiar to the audience at this point because you are doing some of the best music data journalism out there. You've been working on this thing for, I feel like, as long as I've known you, and it is just great to have it come out finally, man.Yeah, actually, I met you because I was working on this project. I was trying to track down some data that you'd used at FiveThirtyEight, and you responded to my email with your phone number. You were like, “This is easier to explain over the phone.”Yeah, I remember I had scraped the radio for months at FiveThirtyEight just to see where it went, and you hit me up with that. I think that you focused some of your energies on the newsletter, and that's been so fun to follow, but this is truly what you've been working at. It is great to get you on finally to talk all about it.What would you describe this book as? How would you describe it, either to folks who might be familiar with your newsletter or unfamiliar with your newsletter, about what you're setting out to do with this particular project?The subtitle, I think, is helpful. It's What Numbers Tell Us About the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves. My typical pitch is that it's a data-driven history of popular music that I wrote as I spent years listening to every number one hit song in history. You get a balance of music history, data analysis, just random music chart shenanigans. I wrote it over such a very long period of time that you get a little bit of how my life was intersecting with this book over the years as I tried to get it published.I love the angle on the No.1s being a place to go with, because it gives you a pulse on what's popular at the time and not necessarily what's the most influential at the time. You can see there's a lot of stuff that hit number one at one point or another that have no musical legacy whatsoever, but nevertheless are still interesting. It's dipping your toe in the stream, right? You can see that a lot of things that we assume about how the music industry works weren't always the case.You wrote a little bit about the early transition from big bands to singers as the front-facing people in their operation. That was informed in no small part by what was performing on the charts, but also, I think, labor action, right?An under-discussed part of music history in the last 100 years is that when thinking of any band now or any musical artist, you almost certainly think of the front person being the singer. But if you go look back at big bands of the 1930s and 1940s, anyone whose name was attached to the band was often not a singer. Some that come to mind are Glenn Miller, the Glenn Miller band. Glenn Miller was a trombone player. Artie Shaw was a clarinet player. If none of these names are familiar to you, that's okay. But you can ask your grandparents.Why does this transition happen: suddenly, the lead singer is always getting top billing in a band? There are a bunch of things that contributed to this. One thing I talk about pretty extensively is just the advent of better microphones. If a voice cannot be heard over the roar of an orchestra or a big band, you need a choir of people to sing. It makes the singer less identifiable. As we get better amplification, better microphones, you can get a wider range of vocal styles. Those vocalists can now compete with the sound of a ton of instruments.At the same time, something you mentioned that I think is a fun bit of history is how music used to be much better organized. They had better labor organization, the same way that Hollywood has much better labor organization than music these days. There still exists a group called the American Federation of Musicians. For two years, they had a strike for a work stoppage, when no new music was being recorded. This was during World War II. You weren't allowed to strike during World War II.They were frowned upon very much, it seems, yes.Yes, even if you were a musician. People were like, “Come on, why are the musicians striking?” There's a lot of interesting history there. One of the weird loopholes was that singers could not join the American Federation of Musicians. Because of that, some labels would get around the strike by just recording acapella songs or songs with instruments that were not eligible to be membership because they weren't “serious” enough, like the harmonica. There were weird harmonica songs that were popular at this time. By the time the strike ended, by the time World War II ended, suddenly, singers had a much more prominent role because they were the only ones allowed to perform.There is tons of weird stuff about this strike. Like, labels backlogged tons of recordings because they knew the strike was coming. “White Christmas,” maybe the best-selling record of all time, was one of those backlogged recordings — recorded in July of 1942 and put out however many months later.That's fun. That's basically why Tom Cruise is in a union but Bad Bunny isn't?I guess so. Music and labor have a history that I'm not an expert on. For some reason, musicians have had a much more difficult time organizing. It seemed to be a little bit easier back when there were these big bands that needed to be rolled out to perform in movie theaters or local clubs. You needed a tuba player and a trombone player and a sax player. I guess it was easier for those musicians to organize. Whereas now, things are so scattered and productions can be super small, and you could record something in your bedroom. They never got that level of organization. I think it's actually hurt artists to some degree because they don't have the protections that the film industry does.Because you're able to just coast along at the top of the charts throughout basically the century, you're able to get lots of different interweaving stories of labor and also legal disputes/legal outcomes, as well as this technological evolution. What are some of the ways that technology has informed how the music that we listen to changes or evolves over time? Or even some of the litigation that we have seen over the course of the century of musical creation. It just seems like it's a really fun way to track some of these bigger trends that we don't even know are really trends.Yeah, totally. I think one of the key themes of the book is that musical evolution is often downstream from technological innovation, which has a nice little ring to it. But in general, there's this idea that creativity is being struck by the muse, and you create something. Whereas in reality, there are usually physical constraints or technological constraints that shape the art that we make. One of the most basic examples is the length of songs. From the '40s up till the early, mid-60s, the pop song sits around 2.5 to three minutes. The reason for this is that vinyl singles could literally not hold more sound without degrading, which is completely backwards from the idea that there was an artist who chose to write a 2.5-minute song.I was like, “Well, you had to work within the constraint.” Then technology gets better, singles start to get longer. During the disco era, they actually made bigger discs to put out these long dance mixes. The single sat around like 3.5 to 4.5 minutes for decades until about 10 years ago, when it started to shorten again. People typically point to music streaming for this reason, because artists are paid if a song is listened to for more than 30 seconds, so it's really just a volume game. If you have a 14 minute song that someone listens to one time, they get paid once. But if I listen to a two-minute song seven times (which is again, the same amount of time spent listening), I will be paid out seven times. There is this financial incentive to shorten songs.I don't think artists are sitting in the studio thinking about this constantly. But what I see, what I saw again and again, is that artists were rational beings to some degree and would work within the constraints that they were given. They would usually push against those constraints. That's where a lot of great art comes out of.Even new mediums are offering new opportunities. You wrote a little bit about MTV and how that really changed a lot of what was able to be successful at the time. You had new types of acts that were able to really start competing there, and other acts that just weren't. Do you wanna speak a little bit about like what video did?Yeah, video certainly changed the game. There were artists who had visual presences earlier. The Beatles had a very visual presence. I think part of their success is tied to the fact that television was becoming a thing, and mass media was really becoming a thing. However, we associate musicians with visuals so much these days. That really emerged in the 1980s, where you needed your visual concepts to be as strong, if not stronger than, your musical concepts. I think because of that, you start seeing some artists break through who I don't think are considered great musicians.I always sadly point to the song, “Hey Mickey” by Tony Basil. If it's your favorite song, sorry. I don't think it's a masterful musical creation, but it had this fun music video where she's dressed up as a cheerleader. A lot of that song's success was just the fact that MTV was willing to put that in heavy rotation because it was a fun video to watch. We live in the shadow of that era where visuals matter just as much as anything else.When you think about the most popular artists, outside of maybe a handful, you think of their visual concepts. You think of what Beyoncé looks like, what her videos are like, same with Taylor Swift, as much as you think about their music. That really reshaped our relationship with popular music. We expect to know what artists look like. It's odd to think about that; it really wasn't a thing decades before. You could be a fan of an artist and not really know what they look like. How would you know? Maybe you saw them in a magazine. Maybe you caught them on one television show. The idea that we have access to what everyone looks like is a pretty new phenomenon.That's fun. It's just so interesting to see how a simple change, whether it's today an algorithm or then a medium of distribution, can just have material impacts on the popularity of British synth music in America.Yeah, that's the perfect example. There's a great book called I Want My MTV, and it's an oral history of MTV. They talked to one of the founders. Early MTV would play, as you're saying, all these British new wave acts. Think A Flock of Seagulls, Duran Duran or even someone like U2. They asked the founder, “Why were you playing so many British artists on early MTV?” He was like, “For some reason, British artists happened to make music videos. And there were about 200 music videos in existence. We had to fill 24 hours of programming.” A Flock of Seagulls was gonna get played a bunch of times just because they happened to make music videos.It is a weird thing. Why would anyone make a music video if there was nowhere to really play them? I don't know why specifically the British had more videos, but there were occasional times where television shows might show a video.They do love that over there, like Top of the Pops. I can see why.Music and television have always been connected. You even think Saturday Night Live still has musical acts. Back then, say your label didn't wanna send you out to Britain to go on Top of the Pops. Maybe they would send a video of you instead. There were videos that would float around on these variety shows, and some early videos were just concert footage. It was like, it was a chicken or the egg thing. Once some people had success on MTV, everyone started producing videos. MTV somehow pulled off the miracle of convincing labels that they needed to make videos and that they needed to front the cost for that. Then they had to give MTV the video for free. I don't know how MTV managed to do that.Well, all of Gen X can't be wrong. If you do wanna get it out there, you do have to get it out there. One really fun recurring thing in the book — which again, like I really enjoyed. I think it's a phenomenal work. I think it's a great history. I'm telling stories that I learned in your book to everybody. It is a really fun read in that regard, I wanna say.I do love how you occasionally clock a genre that really only exists briefly. There's one that always goes around for like the strangest things to hit number one, like the Ballad of the Green Berets. I think like there's a Star Wars disco track that I definitely have on vinyl at home about that. You wrote a lot about like teen tragedy songs. What are some of the fascinating like brief trends that only made a small splash and that all of us have forgotten ever existed, but nevertheless achieve some measure of immortality?Yeah, the teen tragedy song is a good one. That actually inspired the writing of this whole book because I got 50 No. 1s, and I was like, “Why are there so many number ones about teenagers dying? That's a little weird.” And then I did a little digging and tried to piece together why that was. The teenage tragedy song, late '50s, early '60s, there are all of these songs about two teenagers in love, usually high schoolers. One tragically dies often in a car crash, and the other is very sad and maybe says that they'll reunite again one day in the afterlife. Some of the big ones are “Leader of the Pack” by the Shangri-Las and “Teen Angel” by Mark Dinning.It's a very weird blip in popular music history. I won't say it has cast a long shadow, but there are some occasional people who pull from that tradition. The craziest teen tragedy song ever was “Bat Outta Hell” by Meatloaf, in which Jim Steinman tried to write a nine-minute motorcycle crash song. I think that's a really interesting one.Disco: bizarre in the amount of people that made disco songs. I really came to like disco and the best disco music, I'm like, “These are the greatest sounds that have ever been recorded.” But it got so big and so popular that everyone felt the need to record disco songs.Not everything is “I Feel Love,” right?No, most things are not. It strikes me that this happened with disco, but has not happened with other genres. Frank Sinatra recorded disco songs. Basically, every television theme song got a disco remix. I Love Lucy had a disco remix. The Rocky theme song had a disco remix.What? I'm sorry, Frank Sinatra did a disco song? Is it good?It's not good. It's “Night and Day” over a disco beat. And it's not clear to me if they just remixed it or if he actually recut the vocal because I just cannot imagine him doing that. In the mid-60s, there was a nun who topped the charts, The Singing Nun with a song called “Dominique.” Of course, during the disco era, it was remixed as a disco song. There are examples of this where people went sort of disco. The Rolling Stones record “Miss You” and it has the disco beat, or Pink Floyd does “Another Brick in the Wall” or Queen does “Another One Bites the Dust.”Everyone was gonna give it a try. There was so much money being made in the disco world at the time. You can always find some artists you would never think would do a disco song probably tried. They probably gave it their best.That's great. It's just fun because the things that hit number one for a week don't necessarily have to be good. They just have to be popular for like a week. Even the construction of the Top 40 chart, which you get into in the book, isn't exactly science. A lot of times, it's a little bit of intuition. It's a lot of what's selling and what's selling where specifically. It is a little bit woo woo, right?Yeah, definitely. The goal of this chart is “What's the most popular song in America in a given week?” Back in the day, that meant what were people buying? What were people listening to on the radio? What were people spinning in jukeboxes? Today, most music is done on streaming. It's consumption-based, rather than sales-based. So the chart's the same in name only, but it's really measuring very different things. The equivalent would be if we knew after you purchased your copy of “I Feel Love,” how many times did you actually play it at home? You could have purchased it, went home and never played it again. Something like that would not register on the charts these days.I respect the people at Billboard because they have an impossible task. It's like “We're gonna take all the information and we're going to boil it down into choosing or measuring what the most popular song is.” It's an impossible task to some degree.I have watched the evolution of the chart, and I go back and forth on whether they have given up on actually trying to rank stuff or if they are just ranking things in a different way. I think that the apples-to-apples between the era stuff is just so hard to do.One thing I really enjoyed about your book, in particular, is that it's not a story of why these songs are the best. It's a story of why these songs were popular at the time, just dipping the toe into the river of human sound. One thing that I'll ask as you wrap: as you were going through these eras, who did you hear a lot more of than you thought? Who did you hear a lot less than you expected?I joked with some people that if you just looked at the top of the charts, the greatest rock band of the 1970s is either Grand Funk Railroad or Three Dog Night because they both had three number one hits, and many other bands in the classic rock canon have none. Led Zeppelin does not really exist on the pop chart, the singles chart. Led Zeppelin really only put out albums. The Eagles were also big during the '70s on the music charts. But Three Dog Night, they're the legends.There are tons of people that I didn't realize how much I would see of them. Someone like Lionel Richie and Phil Collins, of course, they're tremendously popular, but they were so popular. Phil Collins was popular at the height of the bald pop star era, which I think is a thing of the past. You had multiple bald men who were regularly topping the charts in the mid-80s. You see a ton of Phil Collins, more than I was expecting, even though I know he's very popular.Who don't you see a ton of? Sometimes you don't see people until a bit later in their careers. This is actually an interesting phenomenon. Artists do not score a number one hit during their most critically acclaimed period, and then a decade later, they do. For example, Cheap Trick. They have a number one hit, but it's at the end of the '80s song called “The Flame.” Whereas if you hear Cheap Trick on the radio, it's probably their live album from the 1970s. This is a phenomenon you see again and again. Some old timer will get their number one much later in their career. Tina Turner gets her number one when she's probably in her 40s. It's always interesting to see that.There are also some artists where I feel like there's a divergence between what their most popular songs are these days and what was topping the charts. Elton John is a good example there. “Benny and the Jets” was a number one hit, still a tremendously popular song. But he's got a lot of weird No. 1s that I don't think have as much street cred these days. He has a song called “Island Girl.” Did not age like fine wine. I don't even think he plays it live anymore because it's considered somewhat racially insensitive. But it was a No. 1 hit at the time. “Philadelphia Freedom” is another one by Elton John. I feel like when people think of the Elton John catalog, it's probably not the first song that comes to mind. But it was a No. 1 hit, huge smash. His cover of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” was a No. 1. Elton John has been very popular throughout the decades, but I feel like the reasons he's been popular have changed.People have just gravitated towards different songs as time has gone on. You get distortions at the top of the charts. But I think, as you mentioned, it provides a good sample of what was actually popular. You have the good, the bad, and the ugly. Whereas if you look at some other sources, people are just gonna be like, “Oh, listen to these records. These are the best records.” In reality, the bad records are important, too.Yeah, bad records are great. They're at least interesting. I imagine also some of this process must have been missing out on a lot of interesting music because one song was just dominating the charts. Were there any songs in particular that come to mind that wooled the roost for potentially a little bit too long?Yeah, the quintessential example is the “Macarena” in the ‘90s.Oh, no!I think it was No. 1 for 13 weeks.Christ!There's a great clip of people at the Democratic National Convention and '96 dancing the “Macarena.” It's so bad. Yeah, so a very popular song. There are tons of stuff that gets stuck behind it. There's a great No.1 hit in the '90s called “I Love You Always Forever.” It's a very nice song by Donna Lewis. It's stuck at No. 2 because it just happened to be popular during the “Macarena's” very long run. YYour life's work, your greatest accomplishment, being stymied by the “Macarena” feels like a level of creative hell that I have never envisioned before.Yeah, there are other artists who got unlucky. Bruce Springsteen never performed a No. 1 hit. He wrote a No.1 hit for another artist. His closest was “Dancing in the Dark” got to No. 2, but that was also when Prince released “When Doves Cry,” so it's a tough, tough week. Bob Dylan, similar thing. He wrote a No. 1 hit, but he only ever got to No. 2. I think he got to No. 2 twice. Once, he got stuck behind “Help” by the Beatles, and another time he got stuck behind “Monday Monday” by the Mamas and the Papas.This is another thing when I talk about the charts. There could be many fewer units sold in a given week, or there could be many more units sold. There's a lot of luck involved if you're gonna go all the way to No. 1. You could be Bruce Springsteen: you release the biggest record of your life, and Prince also releases the biggest record of his life at the exact same time.Incredible. So again, I have read the book. I really, really like it. People are doubtlessly familiar with the newsletter at this point, but I am also a big fan and booster of that. But I guess I'll just throw it to you. Where can folks find the book, and where can folks find you?Yeah, you can find me, Chris Dalla Riva, basically on every social media platform under cdallarivamusic. I'm most active on TikTok and Instagram. The book, Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us About the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves, should be available from every major retailer online. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Booklist, all that good stuff. Not available physically in stores, so definitely order it online.Like I said, I spent years listening to every No. 1 hit in history, built a giant data set about all those songs and used that to write a data-driven history of popular music from 1958 to basically 2025. So go pick up a copy, buy one for your mother for Christmas. Or your father, I don't discriminate. Yeah, check it out. I'm hoping people enjoy it, and I'm really excited to finally get it out in the world. It's been a long, circuitous journey to get it published.It's a really fun read, and I wish it nothing but the best. And yeah, congrats, thanks for coming on.Yeah, thanks for having me.Edited by Crystal WangIf you have anything you'd like to see in this Sunday special, shoot me an email. Comment below! Thanks for reading, and thanks so much for supporting Numlock.Thank you so much for becoming a paid subscriber! Send links to me on Twitter at @WaltHickey or email me with numbers, tips or feedback at walt@numlock.news. 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Should you yell at a flock of seagulls? Also, is this the worst new public domain horror movie ever? We talk about America minting it's last pennies, the Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer, and lots more!

What happens when a hairdresser decides to buy a used synthesizer and start a band with his friend and his brother, despite having little musical experience? You get A Flock of Seagulls, a group whose sound (and haircuts) perfectly capture the spirit of the early 80s. The unforgettable music video for “I Ran (So Far Away)” became an MTV staple in the channel's early days, propelling the band into the Billboard Top 10. So why are we talking about this Grammy Award–winning band on a show about one hit wonders? Because our Patreon supporters demanded it (and because they technically did only have ONE huge song.) This week, we're diving into the career and catalog of this distinctive group to find out if there's more to love than just their iconic 1982 hit. One Hit Thunder is brought to you by DistroKid, the ultimate partner for taking your music to the next level. Our listeners get 30% off your first YEAR with DistroKid by signing up at http://distrokid.com/vip/onehitthunder Join our Patreon Buy some merch Follow us on IG Join our FB Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 696th of a series of weekly radio programmes created by :zoviet*france: First broadcast 8 November 2025 by Resonance 104.4 FM and CJMP 90.1 FM Thanks to the artists and sound recordists included here for their fine work. track list 00 [anonymous] - Intro 01 Vessitt - Fallen Dusk 02 Totaleee - La trota 03 Melophobia - 11-v 04 Conrad Schnitzler - DronosWalze / Dron – 2:00 05 Jack Finlay, Douglas Grindstaff, Joseph Sorokin - Viewing Screen Magnification 06 Zane Trow - 909 07 Jeremy Hegge - (Autumn) Deeply Quiet Night in the Outback (Mungo National Park, NSW, Australia) 08 Bryan Lewis Saunders - Super Hero 09 Henna-Riikka Halonen - 100228_22 10 [unknown sound recordist / BBC] - Trains – Midland Electric (Class 317, Built 1983) Interior, Sliding Doors Close, Run, Stop in Station 11 Sound Awakener - The Call Is Fading 12 [unknown sound recordist / Hanna-Barbera] - Bat Screams and Churps 13 Eheim 1000.220 - Imitation_04 14 Megatone - Fourth State 15 Julie Berry / SE Trains - stb_etc 16 Freetousesounds - Ambience, Lighthouse, Ocean, Coast, Birds, Seagulls, Arctic Terns, Calm Wind, Iceland, 19232, 03 17 Rick Sanders - Lethe ++ [anonymous] - Outro

Joe McGucken and Ian Molloy joined Calvin for this bonus episode and they came in with plenty to say including tales of psychics, ghostly farts and forgotten wedding cards. Calvin insists that any amount of seagulls in the gaff is suspicious and unacceptable, while Joe and Ian discuss the pros and cons of method acting and traveling back in time.Send your listener questions to Talking Bollox@GoLoudNow.com

In this week's edition of The Management Brief, Josh Howell, LEI President, and Mark Reich, LEI Chief Engineer Strategy, speak with Nelson Repenning, School of Management Distinguished Professor of System Dynamics and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Nelson also is the co-author of There's Got to Be a Better Wayi and the Co-Founder and Chief Social Scientist of ShiftGear Work Design, a consultancy that focuses on understanding the factors that contribute to the successful implementation, execution, and improvement of business processes.  This month The Management Brief is presenting theories that are guiding organizational transformations, including Nelson's dynamic work design, an “anti-initiative” approach for redesigning work to solve the right problems effectively and, in doing so, increase productivity, profits, and associate engagement.   Dynamic work design helps organizations challenge the mindset that they can forecast and plan — budget, strategy, human resources, capital — with accuracy. Nelson's alternative: “If we accept that the world is not perfectly predictable, we might go back and design some of our core processes a little bit differently to create an organization that not only plans but also is capable of learning from experience and adapting to the new information they get as they go.”   Dynamic work design is based on five principles:  Solve the right problem: This principle is “a charge to focus on bite-sized pieces of important problems and use structured methods, whether it's the A3 or DMAIC or whatever your preferred version is to make sure that you actually solve that problem in a fundamental way,” says Nelson.  Structure for discovery: This involves configuring every job in the organization so that the individual doing the job learns the right lessons and can get feedback to adjust behaviors to do work in the right way.  Connect the human chain: “Let's leverage the collective intelligence of the organization by making sure that problems quickly get to the person who is in the best position to solve them,” instructs Nelson. “So it's essentially a charge to wire together the information flow so that knowledge about a particular issue gets to the right place and gets there quickly.”  Regulate for flow: This is a version of Toyota pull that involves making sure there is the right amount of work in the system to prevent “traffic jams” of work.  Visualize the work: This principle helps to apply visualization usually found in physical work to knowledge work, which frequently lacks such signals. “If we can create a kind of digital twin or radar screen ...  so that we can see whether knowledge work is moving or not, it often unlocks a lot of that natural problem solving that you would get in other contexts if the work were a little bit more available to us,” explains Nelson.  Nelson described how the Broad Institute, a research organization dedicated to understanding the roots of disease and closing the gap between new biological insights and impact for patients, successfully applied dynamic work design in a knowledge-work environment to improve research grant workflows. The institute had one grant process that was particularly problematic, time-consuming, frustrated staff, and required workarounds.   Sheila Dodge, COO of Broad Clinical Labs, followed the dynamic work design principles in a direct manner and set clear targets: get grants approved in 10 days rather than the 20 or 30 days that it was taking. “They mapped the process pretty carefully so you could see all the steps that they went through. And then ... they created a really simple visual management system to plot how the work was flowing or track how the work was flowing,” says Nelson. Using a white board they depicted steps in the process, with a sticky note representing each grant moving through the process, which quickly revealed their poor design choices. They then reconfigured resources and the work started flowing dramatically.  The trio also discussed Nelson's work relating to:  The efficacy of face-to-face communications: When designing processes for getting work done, face-to-face communications should in place where most helpful, such as where there is ambiguity or uncertainty that needs to be processed. “We have discovered that often a daily meeting can replace, if it's well designed, hundreds of emails a day if you design the meeting [to] bring all the uncertainty into the meeting,” says Nelson.  Seagull management: This refers to the uncomplimentary behavior of managers who, when there is a crisis, “fly in like a flock of seagulls and then sort of poop on everything and then fly away.” Nelson says that “as leaders get more senior, they really underestimate the symbolic impact of their actions... The thing that people don't understand when they get to those corner offices is that everybody is looking at them to try to figure out what behaviors are appropriate in this organization. They are the chief role model, whether they like it or not. And so I think as a consequence, with the best of intentions, leaders often have really pathological impacts on their organization.”   AI will change work dynamics: “There's no question that AI is going to change our lives in very material ways,” says Nelson. “But I actually think it is going to put an even greater premium on the kinds of things that we collectively do... It's best captured by one of my former students [who] said, ‘You know, there's few ways to lose money faster than automating a process you don't understand.' I think that's going to be very true in the machine learning AI-enabled world, and I think it's going to put a real premium on understanding how the work actually gets done. And then using these new tools in very strategic ways.”

The Captains of Christopher Newport are back in the playoffs for the second time in three years and for the 12th time in their relatively short history. And they got there by knocking the Sea Gulls of Salisbury off their perch on Saturday night, in a pretty epic battle under the lights. In one week, Eastern went from the driver's seat in the Middle Atlantic Conference to booking a ticket to the big dance for the first time -- and this is a program that three years ago, had never even been on this metaphorical bus. We bring Eastern coach Billy Crocker for another round on the Fast Five machine, after he last joined us for Podcast 333. And who knows what seat at the table Hudson Fulcher-Melendy will be relegated to this Thanksgiving when the family gathers for the feast. Hudson is the Amherst kicker, who was 4-for-4 on field goals in Amherst's 14-13 win, and whose sisters Dylan and Madison played women's volleyball and soccer, respectively, for Williams, and whose mom, Lisa Melendy, has been athletic director at Williams for the past 15 years! More coverage and interviews from Amherst-Williams on our YouTube channel Honestly, if someone is telling you F&M and Coe have no chance to make this field if they lose ... they may be working with faulty assumptions. To do that accurately, you have to project the results of all of the remaining Week 11 games, and projecting the team with the higher NPI as the winner across a hundred games is going to get you some data that doesn't line up. F&M and Coe absolutely have a chance, and in Analytics 301, Logan Hansen will tell you who else has a chance with two losses.  Plus we hand out game balls, bring you through the crazy stats of the week, highlight the key goings-on in Region 1 through Region 6, get you games to look forward to next week. And we take your questions in the mailbag segment. That and more in this edition of the D3football.com Around the Nation podcast.

To hear all of Nine to Midnight V go to: https://ninetomidnight.com/King Otter: How should one soothe the slippery beast? Content Warnings: Supernatural threat, betrayal, thalassaphobia, Mentions/ Discussion of: The occult, harm to animals/localised extinction, religion, cults. SFX: Monstrous shrieks, waves, various animal and seabird noises. Credits: Lou Sutcliffe as Emselves, Daisy McNamara as Himself and Richie Tuck Cunningham as The Man in the Shop. Writing, editing, sound design and composing by Lou Sutcliffe. Thanks to Daisy McNamara and Motzie Dapul for editing feedback. Songs: “Rolling down to old Maui” Trad. “The Fair Flower of Northumberland” Trad. “Suo Gân” (Lullaby) Trad. SFX: Waves: https://freesound.org/people/amholma/sounds/376805/ Seagulls: https://freesound.org/people/juskiddink/sounds/98479/ Puffin call: https://freesound.org/people/shengjung425/sounds/736425/ Ringtone: https://freesound.org/people/shift560/sounds/166012/ Hanging up: https://freesound.org/people/joedeshon/sounds/567720/ Beep: https://freesound.org/people/vestibule-door/sounds/668985/ Paddling: https://freesound.org/people/brunoboselli/sounds/249707/ Rowboat: https://freesound.org/people/Fenodyrie/sounds/588307/ ? Kayaking: https://freesound.org/people/AugustSandberg/sounds/509323/ Duck: https://freesound.org/people/WavJunction.com/sounds/456770/ Door slam: https://freesound.org/people/SoundsForHim/sounds/395653/ Lock click: https://freesound.org/people/Plutoniumisotop/sounds/371190/ Shop bell: https://freesound.org/people/bigspamtonfan69/sounds/726253/ Packet rustling: https://freesound.org/people/sophiehall3535/sounds/248039/ Shutters: https://freesound.org/people/ross_sinc/sounds/444799/ Chalk: https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_7020630/sounds/378400/ Sand pour: https://freesound.org/people/nicoproson/sounds/627070/ Screamy mink: https://freesound.org/people/stackpool/sounds/23142/ Door bang: https://freesound.org/people/iamslenderman/sounds/315935/ Door bang: https://freesound.org/people/iamslenderman/sounds/315935/ Several door thumps: https://freesound.org/people/eardeer/sounds/401198/ Door thumps: https://freesound.org/people/egomassive/sounds/536789/ Cat twitting: https://freesound.org/people/steffcaffrey/sounds/262306/ Cat purring: https://freesound.org/people/dreamstobecome/sounds/424357/ Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yqjDwFmFaCY3NeZpHNjVeDmuYb-Pu5PBhPRp3vpl-sY/edit?usp=drive_link/Ecdysis: Did I tell you I'm thinking about giving up fishing?Content Warnings: Drowning, death of relatives, implied child death.Credits: Written, edited and performed by Daisy McNamara. Sound design by Lou Sutcliffe. With script editing by Brynn Mckenna and Lou Sutcliffe.Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D5S0RCUJaj2oLWwF4RhkycpgotZ9nDrYYHlDQ3tzM2M/edit?usp=drive_linkSFX: Scuba: https://freesound.org/people/sbvitug/sounds/634225/ Clicking: https://freesound.org/people/stuniverso/sounds/761559/ Ringtone: https://freesound.org/people/shift560/sounds/166012/ Waves: https://freesound.org/people/Ali_6868/sounds/384359/ Waves: https://freesound.org/people/dan.pugsley/sounds/457956/ Kayaking: https://freesound.org/people/AugustSandberg/sounds/509323/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brad Zerbo and Jaytriot close out The Audio Files season with a cinematic tribute to Cocoa Beach, the home of rockets, surfboards, and the Great American Restoration Tour. Broadcasting from the edge of liftoff, the duo blends 60 years of beach and space-inspired music, from Frankie Avalon's Beach Blanket Bingo to Bowie's Space Oddity and Flock of Seagulls' Space Age Love Song. They trace the strange but beautiful collision of 1960s surf culture and NASA's space program, weaving in punk, new wave, and glam rock detours along the way. Between stories of CanCon's “spacey” beach party, Brad's Jersey Shore nostalgia, and Jay's Ace Frehley memories, this episode feels like a warm night by the ocean, equal parts nostalgia, laughter, and heart. The finale ends on a high note with Sinatra's timeless Fly Me to the Moon, a song once played aboard Apollo 11 and now closing out the pre-GART celebration with style and soul.

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On this episode of The Wisconsin Sportsman, Pierce is joined by Andrew Wolfe just minutes before shooting light, for a one-of-a-kind episode live from the duck blind! The guys met up early to try and capitalize on a strong Northwest wind and a cold front last week, in hopes of shooting a limit of greenheads. That didn't go quite as planned, but as it often goes on slow duck hunts, it lead to some great conversation ranging from favorite non-game animals, to bear encounters, to what Seagull might taste like, and even worked in a few waterfowl tactics to try and capture the true essence of just shooting the breeze in the duck blind! We hope all of you hitting the marsh this week have better luck than we did!   Big thanks to our fantastic partners: Lone Wolf Custom Gear: www.lonewolfcustomgear.com onX Hunt: www.onxmaps.com Huntworth: www.huntworthgear.com Good Chance Fly Fishing: www.goodchanceflyfishing.com Wisconsin Backcountry Hunters & Anglers: www.backcountryhunters.org/wisconsin TAKE ACTION THROUGH BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS www.backcountryhunters.com/take_action Call the US Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to speak with your representative Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of The Wisconsin Sportsman, Pierce is joined by Andrew Wolfe just minutes before shooting light, for a one-of-a-kind episode live from the duck blind! The guys met up early to try and capitalize on a strong Northwest wind and a cold front last week, in hopes of shooting a limit of greenheads. That didn't go quite as planned, but as it often goes on slow duck hunts, it lead to some great conversation ranging from favorite non-game animals, to bear encounters, to what Seagull might taste like, and even worked in a few waterfowl tactics to try and capture the true essence of just shooting the breeze in the duck blind! We hope all of you hitting the marsh this week have better luck than we did! Big thanks to our fantastic partners:Lone Wolf Custom Gear: www.lonewolfcustomgear.comonX Hunt: www.onxmaps.comHuntworth: www.huntworthgear.comGood Chance Fly Fishing: www.goodchanceflyfishing.comWisconsin Backcountry Hunters & Anglers: www.backcountryhunters.org/wisconsinTAKE ACTION THROUGH BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERSwww.backcountryhunters.com/take_actionCall the US Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to speak with your representative Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

#929 | Ed and Tom unpack a busy few days on and off the pitch. From Manchester United's dramatic late win over Liverpool, it's been a rare stretch of joy in the Unitedverse. The discussion turns to Saturday's trip to Brighton, a fixture that's brought more pain than pleasure in recent years. The hosts assess how United can approach the game tactically, and what's needed to avoid another defeat to the Seagulls. There's analysis of potential new midfield arrivals - and their suitability for Amorim's system, before focusing on the promising rise of JJ Gabriel, training with the first team this week. What does his inclusion signal about United's renewed commitment to the academy pathway? The conversation also celebrates Bruno Fernandes' 300th appearance for the club - reflecting on his influence, leadership, and what his longevity says about the standards he's set. And from Manchester to Catalonia, Ed and Tom check in on Marcus Rashford's resurgence at Barcelona and what it reveals about his turbulent final years at United. Chapters00:00 Intro and Banter01:20 Liverpool Game Recap03:15 Tactical Discussion22:00 Bruno Fernandes' 300th Appearance34:00 Midfield Links - Anderson & Wharton41:00 Academy Pathways and JJ Gabriel50:00 Marcus Rashford's Revival at Barcelona61:05 Premier League Competitiveness61:16 Closing Thoughts If you are interested in supporting the show and accessing a weekly exclusive bonus episode, check out our Patreon page or subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Supporter funded episodes are ad-free. NQAT is available on all podcast apps and in video on YouTube. Hit that subscribe button, leave a rating and write a review on Apple or Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a world full of noise, true impact comes from motion—be the wave, not the seagull. Show Notes: In this thought-provoking Shark Theory episode, Baylor Barbee breaks down the difference between people who just make noise and those who actually make waves. Drawing inspiration from a moment on the beach, Baylor challenges listeners to stop squawking about every trending issue and instead commit to meaningful, sustained action. He explains why the loudest voices rarely create the biggest impact, how real change requires distance and endurance, and why conviction—not convenience—separates those who talk from those who transform. What You'll Learn in This Episode: The key difference between noise and motion Why true change requires consistency, not convenience How to know if you're actually passionate—or just performing Why “half waves” never reach the shore The mindset shift that separates talkers from leaders Featured Quote: "If you can't contribute to the solution, your voice is just adding to the noise."

Aprilia is amazing at Phillip Island, and we get another surprise winner! I recap all of the action, smoke, birds, and unexpected twists of the AustralianGP, along with the big mover in the MotoGP Championship!The Rundown:- Honda blows two engines in two days- Yamaha domninates the front row in qualifying?- Everyone is coasting around in qualifying - get on with it!- Sprint Race: Aprilia fights it out at the front, while the real action is for third- MotoGP Race: A surprise winner that hits on multiple levels- Bezz can't quite overcome the penalties- Alex Marquez isn't dominant anymore, but still effective- The MotoGP Championship: Third place changes hands, second is close to being locked up, and the fight to be top-5 couldn't be more tense- My take on the AustralianGP!What did you think of Phillip Island? Let me know on Facebook or the Motoweek Reddit Sub.Find all of the latest episodes at Motoweek.net, follow on Bluesky and Instagram – and you can support the show on Patreon!Thanks for listening!