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Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with Andrea Canning. In Massachusetts, opening statements in the second trial of the woman accused of running over her police officer boyfriend. In Arizona, a jury returns a verdict at Lori Vallow Daybell's latest trial. Harvey Weinstein faces a new accuser, and Scott Peterson's defense team says it has new witnesses and new evidence to prove his innocence. Plus, a juror turned podcaster.Find out more about the cases each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.comListen to Keith's podcast, Mommy Doomsday, about the Lori Vallow Daybell story here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mommy-doomsday/id1540849480Link for "Sequestered" here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sequestered-podcast/id1792642561

Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with Andrea Canning. In Massachusetts, opening statements in the second trial of the woman accused of running over her police officer boyfriend. In Arizona, a jury returns a verdict at Lori Vallow Daybell's latest trial. Harvey Weinstein faces a new accuser, and Scott Peterson's defense team says it has new witnesses and new evidence to prove his innocence. Plus, a juror turned podcaster. Find out more about the cases each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com.Listen to Keith's podcast, Mommy Doomsday, about the Lori Vallow Daybell story here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mommy-doomsday/id1540849480. Link for "Sequestered" here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sequestered-podcast/id1792642561.

Imagine being a juror on a high-profile murder trial, immersed in the legal drama while carrying the weight of justice on your shoulders. We welcome Producer Sara back after recently serving on a murder trial in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She shares her compelling experience and about her new podcast, "SEQUESTERED," which offers a gripping, firsthand look at the trial and the profound impact it had on her. With Moose's help, Sara sheds light on the trial, and invites you to explore the intense world of courtroom deliberations through a juror's eyes.As we mark five years of podcasting, we reflect on life's unpredictable journey, sharing poignant tales of love, loss, and resilience. Kat opens her heart about personal losses, recounting stories of her Uncle T and Uncle Don, which remind us all of the inevitability of mortality and the profound connections that bind us to family. These reflections underscore the enduring comfort family provides during times of grief and the unique ways each of us navigates the path of healing from loss.We also explore the emotional landscapes we traverse when anniversaries of loss come around, acknowledging how our bodies often harbor memories that surprise us. Through amusing anecdotes of mistaken celebrity identities and serendipitous encounters—like mistaking a fellow traveler for Brené Brown or meeting Louis Armstrong's daughter—we're reminded of the unpredictable nature of human connections. And, amidst these heartfelt discussions, we dive into lighter debates, such as the whimsical act of knitting gifts for strangers' babies during flights, bringing a touch of humor to our heartfelt conversation.Support the showFollow us on Instagram and Facebook! Support the show!

What happens when the truth is kept under lock and key? As Richard Allen faces trial, the defense's hope seems dim. With five alleged confessions, he's not looking great, but what about his mental state after being locked away in solitary confinement? Jennifer Coffindaffer and Tony Brueski dig into how Allen has visibly deteriorated, dropping weight and, possibly, his sanity. Could endless isolation lead a man to believe he committed a crime, even if he didn't? And why the secrecy? Sequestered juries, no electronics, and hidden exhibits—it's almost as if the trial itself is locked away, just like Allen. But is this about getting to the truth, or is someone trying to steer the narrative? What happens when the public is kept in the dark? #TrueCrime #RichardAllen #SequesteredJury #MentalState #Confessions #TrialSecrecy #HiddenKillersPodcast Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on The Downfall of Diddy, The Trial of Karen Read, The Murder Of Maddie Soto, Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK's Unconfessed Crimes, Delphi Murders: Inside the Crime, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Malevolent Mormon Mommys, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, The Murder Of Sandra Birchmore, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com 

What happens when the truth is kept under lock and key? As Richard Allen faces trial, the defense's hope seems dim. With five alleged confessions, he's not looking great, but what about his mental state after being locked away in solitary confinement? Jennifer Coffindaffer and Tony Brueski dig into how Allen has visibly deteriorated, dropping weight and, possibly, his sanity. Could endless isolation lead a man to believe he committed a crime, even if he didn't? And why the secrecy? Sequestered juries, no electronics, and hidden exhibits—it's almost as if the trial itself is locked away, just like Allen. But is this about getting to the truth, or is someone trying to steer the narrative? What happens when the public is kept in the dark? #TrueCrime #RichardAllen #SequesteredJury #MentalState #Confessions #TrialSecrecy #HiddenKillersPodcast Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on The Downfall of Diddy, The Trial of Karen Read, The Murder Of Maddie Soto, Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK's Unconfessed Crimes, Delphi Murders: Inside the Crime, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Malevolent Mormon Mommys, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, The Murder Of Sandra Birchmore, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com

What happens when the truth is kept under lock and key? As Richard Allen faces trial, the defense's hope seems dim. With five alleged confessions, he's not looking great, but what about his mental state after being locked away in solitary confinement? Jennifer Coffindaffer and Tony Brueski dig into how Allen has visibly deteriorated, dropping weight and, possibly, his sanity. Could endless isolation lead a man to believe he committed a crime, even if he didn't? And why the secrecy? Sequestered juries, no electronics, and hidden exhibits—it's almost as if the trial itself is locked away, just like Allen. But is this about getting to the truth, or is someone trying to steer the narrative? What happens when the public is kept in the dark? #TrueCrime #RichardAllen #SequesteredJury #MentalState #Confessions #TrialSecrecy #HiddenKillersPodcast Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on The Downfall of Diddy, The Trial of Karen Read, The Murder Of Maddie Soto, Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK's Unconfessed Crimes, Delphi Murders: Inside the Crime, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Malevolent Mormon Mommys, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, The Murder Of Sandra Birchmore, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com

What happens when the truth is kept under lock and key? As Richard Allen faces trial, the defense's hope seems dim. With five alleged confessions, he's not looking great, but what about his mental state after being locked away in solitary confinement? Jennifer Coffindaffer and Tony Brueski dig into how Allen has visibly deteriorated, dropping weight and, possibly, his sanity. Could endless isolation lead a man to believe he committed a crime, even if he didn't? And why the secrecy? Sequestered juries, no electronics, and hidden exhibits—it's almost as if the trial itself is locked away, just like Allen. But is this about getting to the truth, or is someone trying to steer the narrative? What happens when the public is kept in the dark? #TrueCrime #RichardAllen #SequesteredJury #MentalState #Confessions #TrialSecrecy #HiddenKillersPodcast Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on The Downfall of Diddy, The Trial of Karen Read, The Murder Of Maddie Soto, Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK's Unconfessed Crimes, Delphi Murders: Inside the Crime, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Malevolent Mormon Mommys, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, The Murder Of Sandra Birchmore, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com 

In today's episode, I sit down with James Maslow, known for his roles in Big Time Rush and Sequestered, to explore the balance between reacting to life's challenges and embracing creativity. James shares how his experiences in acting and music have shaped his ability to react with compassion and understanding. We discuss the importance of mentorship, the power of empathy over frustration, and how blending logic with creativity helps unlock potential in both business and art. James also reflects on the value of family, community, and long-term success, emphasizing the need to approach life with a balance of discipline and creativity, whether in personal or professional endeavors.

What a month! I'm glad it's only 29 days. We've been blessed by newcomers such as ULTROS (you won't want to miss this one) and long-overdue releases (Octopath Traveler II! Tekken Tag Tournament 2!) that blends in a 40-minutes mixtape, ranging from introspective vibes to head bobbing drum and bass. I must warn you: this is gonna be a ride. Enjoy!Chapters & credits:(00:00:04) Ultros"Embracing the Unknown", by Ratvader(00:03:35) Genshin Impact"Aloft the Realm of Gears", by HOYO-MiX(00:05:10) Mind Tunes"Sequestered", by Amrock Plaza(00:07:15) Cocoon"Spheres", by Jakob Schmid(00:10:13) SinoAlice"O' Brilliant Labyrinth", by MONACA(00:11:39) Tekken Revolution"Françoise Bassline", By Taku Inoue(00:15:57) Atomic Heart"Cookie Crumbler", by Geoffplaysguitar(00:20:16) Octopath Traveler II"Agnea, the Dancer", by Yasunori Nishiki(00:23:17) Faraway Fairway"Whirlpool", by Sam Webster(00:26:05) Racket Club"Jukebox in the Club", by Viktor Eidhagen(00:29:06) Subway Surfers"HIGHER", by Anna Konijnendijk, Mikkel Fabricious Smitt, Quentin Malapel(00:31:34) Foamstars"High on Life", by MONACA, J'nique NicoleFollow NOWPLAYING on Patreon to keep track of every single VGM release of 2024 and access to hefty playlists

Today, you'll learn about ants that play doctor to their fellow ants after going into battle, a possible game-changing way to sequester carbon at the bottom of the ocean, and the changes that can happen in the female mind during menstruation. Ant Doctors “Ants Recognize Infected Wounds and Treat Them.” Universitat Wurzburg. 2024. “Innovative drugs, chemicals, and enzymes within the animal production chain.” by Yousef I. Hassan, et al. 2018. “Targeted treatment of injured nestmates with antimicrobial compounds in ant society.” by Erik. T. Frank, et al. 2023. Ant Video. N.d. Sequestered Carbon “To combat climate change, companies bury plant waste at sea.” by Saima Sidik. 2023. “Biomass Storage in Anoxic Marine Basins: Initial estimates of geochemical impacts and CO2 sequestration capacity.” by Morgan Reed Raven, et al. 2023. “2023 Global Carbon Budget Report Emphasizes Urgent Need to Reduce Global Emissions.” by Laura Chaibongsai. 2023. Menstrual Brain “The menstrual rhythm of the brain.” Max Planck Gesellschaft. 2023. “Ultra-high-field 7T MRI reveals changes in human medial temporal lobe volume in female adults during menstrual cycle.” by Rachel G. Zsido, et al. 2023. Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CLICK LINK FOR YOUR OWN COPY BARKER'S BACK SOLVING CRIME WITH HIS PACK OF ADORABLE CANINES! Barker, the mysterious homeless detective with no memory of his past, returns in the wild, third installment of the Barker Mysteries. Sequestered in a thrown-together shack beneath the soggy planks of California's Old Fisherman's Wharf, Barker and his gaggle of street dogs have kept largely to themselves since the events of Monterey Pulp. When three teenagers go missing in Carmel-by-the-Sea, and an incriminating note is left on the beach below his barnacle-covered home, Barker is thrust into pulse-pounding action. From the sinister friar of the historic Carmel Mission to an encounter with crime boss Sleepy Redbone in the sweltering red rocks of Sedona, Arizona, our reluctant hero faces his greatest threats and learns a secret to his past he thought lost to him: his first name.

Yale educator and TV writer/producer, Aaron Tracy, returns to chat with me about surviving the WGA writer's strike, finally teaching the podcast at Yale, and his latest audio thriller on Audible, Nowhere Man, starring Lee Pace and Zosia Mamet. Aaron Tracy also teaches “The Art and Craft of Television Drama” at Yale University, and his TV credits include Law & Order: SVU, Fairly Legal, The Tap, and Sequestered, a serialized thriller that ran two seasons, for which he was Creator and Executive Producer.  He is also a Creator, Director,  and Exec. Producer of scripted audio dramas for iHeartRadio, Audible, and Spotify, with various production partners including: Supreme: The Battle For Roe, his 9-part audio drama starring Eva Longoria (feat. Maya Hawke and William H. Macy); Murder in Bermuda (feat. Mary-Louise Parker); and many others. His most recent is Nowhere Man (exclusively from Audible, premieres Thursday, December 14, 2023), a noir political thriller Executive Produced by and starring Lee Pace, with co-stars Zosia Mamet, and Chazz Palminteri. “Set in the mid-1980s, Nowhere Man is a dark, paranoid thriller about temptation and obsession through the prism of a profession most people don't even know exists.” Aaron's debut audio drama, The Coldest Case, a detective thriller starring Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter, and Alexis Bledel, premiered as the #1 download on Audible in 2021, and has since become the most downloaded show in Audible Plus history. [Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm] [If you're a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen] In this file Aaron Tracy and I discussed: Why he loves the ‘80s period pieces How his directing experience has shaped his writing Why he teaches the narrative podcast the same way he teaches Television Drama The two greatest innovations of the modern TV art form  What aspiring TV writers should be reading And a lot more! Show Notes: Yale University – Aaron Tracy Aaron Tracy Audible Page Amazon Author Page for William Goldman Story by Robert McKee [Amazon] Save the Cat by Blake Snyder [Amazon] Aaron Tracy on IMdB Aaron Tracy on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the dawn of the Beatles' dissolution, Paul McCartney and his wife, Linda, started to spend an increasing amount of time in the Scottish countryside. Sequestered at their farm near the Mull of Kintyre, McCartney found refuge in his family, his animals, and in fixing up their homestead. The ease and charm of country living was documented in “When Winter Comes” from 2020's McCartney III. And in 1977 his ode to life on the family farm, “Mull of Kintyre,” became a massive hit for Wings despite the hold disco and soft rock had on the charts and the ascendance of punk and new wave. “McCartney: A Life in Lyrics” is a co-production between iHeart Media, MPL and Pushkin Industries. The series was produced by Pejk Malinovski and Sara McCrea; written by Sara McCrea; edited by Dan O'Donnell and Sophie Crane; mastered by Jason Gambrell with sound design by Pejk Malinovski. The series is executive produced by Leital Molad, Justin Richmond, Lee Eastman and Scott Rodger. Thanks to Lee Eastman, Richard Ewbank, Scott Rodger, Aoife Corbett and Steve Ithell. And thank you to Ally the Piper for her rendition of “Mull of Kintyre,” “inchadney” for their composition, “Bagpipes in Pitlochery” and Ross Fleming for voicing the 1966 news item.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sequestered squabblings and stolen shadows. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unchartednorth Network: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/ Merch: https://unchartednorth.com/shop Socials ______________________________________ Discord: https://unchartednorth.com/discord Twitter: https://twitter.com/unchartedno Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unchartedno Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unchartedno/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnchartedNorth/ Credits ______________________________________ Music by Will Savino: https://www.patreon.com/musicd20/posts Maps by Narchy: https://gitlab.com/narchy-maps Artwork by GrayHood: https://www.instagram.com/grayhood/ Abomination Vaults by Paizo Inc.: https://paizo.com/ "Stemming the Tide" uses trademarks and/or copyrights owned by Paizo Inc., used under Paizo's Community Use Policy (paizo.com/communityuse). We are expressly prohibited from charging you to use or access this content. "Stemming the Tide" is not published, endorsed, or specifically approved by Paizo. For more information about Paizo Inc. and Paizo products, visit paizo.com.

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Starr, from AA home group -Sequestered Girls by 2 Sober Chicks - Lisa & Julie

Yale educator and TV writer/producer, Aaron Tracy, spoke with me about what it takes to make it as a TV writer, breaking into the audio drama space, producing Audible's most successful original fiction series, and working on the upcoming “Supreme” with Eva Longoria. Aaron Tracy teaches “The Art and Craft of Television Drama” at Yale University, and his TV credits include Law & Order: SVU, Fairly Legal, The Tap, and Sequestered, a serialized thriller that ran two seasons, for which he was Creator and Executive Producer.  He is also the Creator, Head Writer, and Exec. Producer of scripted audio dramas for iHeartRadio, Audible, and Spotify, with various production partners. These include an underdog NBA story with Steve Nash, a legal thriller with James Patterson, a historical romance with Shonda Rhimes, and a courtroom drama with Eva Longoria. His first show to be released, The Coldest Case, a detective thriller starring Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter, and Alexis Bledel, premiered as the #1 download on Audible in 2021, and has since become the most downloaded show in Audible Plus history. His audio entertainment company, Parallax, is the home for “prestige scripted audio thrillers and thought-provoking unscripted fare.” [Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm] [If you're a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen] In this file Aaron Tracy and I discussed: The two paths available to aspiring TV writers  Why you need to always be pitching ideas How audio dramas harken back to the golden days of radio Landing big stars for "TV shows without the visuals" Working with Rob Reiner How to write for the ear Why the journey is the destination for writers And a lot more! Show Notes: Yale University – Aaron Tracy Aaron Tracy Audible Page Aaron Tracy on IMdB Aaron Tracy on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emily brings us the case of Blanche Monnier this week after our Christmas break. Blanche Monnier, was a French woman who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother and brother for almost half her life. We discuss how insane the reasoning behind this was and just how utterly bizarre the whole case is!

Looking at things from a different perspective this holiday season and I eviscerate the holiday cartoon Frosty Returns... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This is an interesting one...Join me as I sit down with 'the demons' some of the kids who were in my frat. Listen as they tell the story of how they got robbed, and took matters into their own hands... allegedly (idk for legal purposes).I also start off the episode by answering a fan question on my thoughts/plans to move out of my parents house. The idea of potentially moving to Europe?Had to reupload because someone kept using the last name of a person, even though we agreed not to... you know who you are.Anyway, enjoy. InstagramWebsite

In this fiercely non-partisan episode, Rich brings back energy expert Rich Gallagher, the CEO and Managing Director of Canadian Vitality Pathway to talk about Hydrogen Energy and its use to strive for zero emission.Support the show

Sequestered in a storage room on board the Spectre, Rho attempts to learn more about her new captors while also figuring out a way to free herself as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, Dr. Amos and Dr. Bennett funnel nearly all of their resources into retrieving their missing asset.Cast (in order of appearance):Stef Howerton -- RhoDavid S. Dear -- Garyn BeikirchSarah Rhea Werner -- Greer NiedmeierMarcus Rothenberg -- GrapeTal Minear -- Macie VincentNewton Schottelkotte -- Atalanta "Atta" HarrisAllen Chan -- Warren LeeDavid Ault -- First Mate Edward WhitlawKarim Kronfli -- Dr. Karl AmosLindsay Zana -- Dr. Cicely BennettStephanie Tobin -- Captain Lillian DunneMusic: Tim RoskoSound Design: Brad ColbroockWritten, Directed, and Produced by Stef HowertonShow Art by Stef HowertonPhotography by XiaoyiSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/spectre/donations

In April of 2021 ARTi had the chance to sell and ship 40 cubic yards of biochar. 40 cubic yards weighed at approximately 16k lb of biochar which would represent (if the conversion is x3) 48,000 lb of CO₂ or 20 Metric tons of CO₂ sequestered . With 1 gallon of biochar able to sequester 6 lbs of CO₂ this shipment represents 48,473.76 lbs (3.84 metric tonnes) of CO₂ capture!

Do you find yourself thinking that God exists for your beck and call? Think again – let your afflictions lead you into your prayer closet. Only then can your emptiness meet God's fullness.

When strange and sophisticated aerial vehicles were first spotted buzzing in and around our skies in a series of flaps during the period of the 1940s, many assumed these represented the visitation of an extraterrestrial species. The beyond next-gen characteristics of these advanced craft – where they could travel at incredible rates of speed, hover in place, and make 90 degree turns on a dime – suggested to most that these could not logically be the property of any known nation-state actor. The technological prowess of these so-called unidentified flying objects was simply too advanced to be of terrestrial origin. It is therefore not surprising that the seemingly logical conclusion that many came to was that these simply must be visitors from beyond our planet. At first, when the barrenness of the planets of our own solar system was not yet fully realized, many assumed these to be visiting Martians or Venusians. And then as our surveying of the planets of our own solar neighborhood showed them to be lifeless, ufologists and the public alike began to wonder from which extra-solar source these beings were coming from. But again, the assumption was still that these must be visitors from “outer space”. After all, that seemed to be the only frontier we had yet to explore. Since those early days of the flying saucer phenomenon, other – and to most, more exotic – hypotheses have arisen, suggesting these Others may be interdimensional in nature, or perhaps even time-traveling humans from our future. Some researchers suggest both extraterrestrials and interdimensionals may be in the mix. In the course of that conversation, again, the assumption has been that these must be something non-terrestrial in nature, because the sophistication of the craft themselves suggest no known nation-state actor could have developed such beyond next-gen technology. However, there is one key assumption being made here: and that is that it is only the known nation-state actors: The United States, Russia, etc, that could possibly even get close to this level of technological prowess. The pertinent question to ask here is: is that a fair assumption to make? Is it only nation-state actors that we need to account for? Or is it possible that some other human group, not usually accounted for, could actually be responsible for the design and development of these UFOs – or at least some of them? Perhaps to many people's surprise, there is a rather daunting amount of historical evidence suggesting the possibility that these craft – or again – at least some of them – could actually be the property of a rogue group of scientifically-oriented techno-military elites that may have broken off from conventional society sometime during the middle part of the 20th century, not long after, we should note, the first series of sightings of disk-like craft. But what is the nature of this evidence? And does it get even close to passing muster in terms of suggesting that a truly sequestered society might exist, in our very midst? Is it possible that some of the beyond next-gen vehicles that have been spotted in our skies might actually be of terrestrial origin, after all – even if that terrestrial origin is of a non-conventional nature – one that exists beyond the scope of our nation-state global system? These are the very questions we'll seek to engage with in this, the 64th episode of the Point of Convergence podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pointofconvergence/support

Dean was deaf.  It was that simple, but it was inordinately complex at the same time.  Life can have its sinkholes.  Sometimes there's a bunch of them, enough of them to cause a broad and crippling implosion where things just cave in all around us.  Life then becomes a litany of foggy responses to trauma where we move zombie-like through whatever the day or the moment holds.  There is no forward movement in times like these.  When our worlds collapse it all becomes about survival because often that's all it can be about.  Soon survival becomes the norm where we strive to survive for the sake of survival itself.  Life becomes abjectly meaningless other than getting through the day to fight the meaningless that will face us again tomorrow. Dean was deaf.  But he was mentally retarded as well.  Tenderly kind, compassionate and invitingly soft underneath it all, he was the by-product of the sink-holes that had scattered themselves all around his life.  In the end, it all imploded and he retreated into his deafness and his mental retardation, finding there some seclusion away from it all.  He sat along the roadside of life watching some of it go by and ignoring the rest of it.  He surrendered to isolation and held the world at bay, barricading himself many fathoms deep within himself.  He effectively placed himself out of reach of anything.  He was a treasure lost in the stratified subterranean layers of his fear.               He had never mastered his deafness.  Some lean into their disability and shape it to serve them.  He never leaned into it.  Some work to compensate for their handicaps by strengthening the things that are not handicaps.  He never compensated.  Rather, he decompensated down into a silent oblivion where he sat hunched and utterly alone. Sign language and the reading of lips never broke him out of the prison that deafness had thrust him into; that place so many fathoms deep that no one could get down there.  He was somehow held inside with the world held outside.  Each could see the other from their variant vantage points, but neither could bridge the gap nor plumb the depths.  Whatever separated him from the rest of us seemed intractably immovable.   A Conviction of Greatness Life sometimes persuades us to believe that there is so much more to something or some person even though we can't see it.  We engage that thing or that person with a certainty that there lies within them something profound despite the fact that it's completely hidden.  It seems that we walk circles around them, looking and probing for some crack or tear that will grant us a peek inside.  We look for some chink to wriggle through or a knob that we can wrestle with long enough until some hidden door opens and grants us entrance to the riches within.  There emerges a dogged persistence about it all because we dare not bypass what lies within even though it's held away from us. That was Dean.  He was a kid that I could not let go of even though there was nothing to hold onto.  His mild mental retardation put him even further away; a young man of riches unearthed that always provoked me back to him.  He was frustrating and abrasive at times, being unable to break through his own deafness and reach up and out to everything outside of himself.  His coarse and sometimes rash behaviors seemed to be an expression of his deeply engrained trepidation of the world, combined with his own frustration of choosing to seclude himself.  Because he couldn't break out, he reinforced his isolation from the inside out, pushing everything away so that he would have a sense that it was he who was locking it all out.   Somehow he found solace in thinking he controlled it because it gave him a sense he could get out of it.  He couldn't. I didn't choose to be relentless with this kid.  I had no choice but be relentless.  Sometimes what you see in another is far too convincing and too terribly compelling to let it go of it even when you meet with nothing more than outright rejection and ever-thickening walls.  And walls there were; thick, fortified and towering.  I found myself relentless in pursuit and then disappointed into withdrawal, only to do it all over again because this kid was somehow just too precious to let go of.  He needed to hear, maybe not with his ears, but at least with his heart.  I prayed that God would pull Dean aside and open up something that would open him up.         Deaf to Life Rejection and scorn was his lot due to the assumption of sin that others had about him.  The world was loudly silent for him.  Something was missing that he could not identify because he had never known it.  Life is indeed an orchestra full and complete, absolutely masterful.  But for the deaf man it was absolutely silent.  The musical pieces and masterful renditions for which life was created were soundless for him.  Notes and scores that were casually written across the faces of friends, that were penned in the raucous flamboyance across bustling open air markets, that found subtle notation in droning bees gently drifting from blossom to awaiting blossom all gave the faintest hints of the melodies they illustrated, but the sounds were never there.  The sheet music ran in front of him in endless reams, but they didn't spawn a sound. The haunting call of myriad geese aloft, the pounding surf throwing itself against a forever beach, or the fingers of the wind rustling through listless treetops were silent for him.  The roll of a distant summer thunderstorm on a humid horizon, or the raucous laughter of life rising from the soul of humanity itself was nothing more and nothing less than the sound of silence.  Entombed in a vacuum of deafening silence, the orchestra had always played soundlessly for this deaf man; vigorously indeed, but vigorously silent.  He was deaf and he was starkly alone. He attempted to interact and engage with the music and the melodies.  But to try to participate in a world you can't hear leaves you ever outside of that world despite how hard you try.  His lips were slow and drawn with words that were ill-formed.  He arduously attempted to wrap words around voice and syntax and intonation that he had never heard.  He spent himself in perpetually frustrating efforts to do what he couldn't conceive and could much less imagine, to put sounds to words he'd never heard. His words were slurred, distorted, verbally twisted and linguistically bent, readily inviting and successfully garnering ridicule, mockery and confusion from those that lived in the world of sound.  His was a life forced out onto the fringes of life, exiled there in a lonely land where silence is a hated, but forever companion.  There was no breech in the wall to slip back through in order to touch humanity so as to belong to something other than the silence. Rejection by others was based on the errant assumption that some sin had caused his deafness.  This conclusion was elevated as full-fledged fact, rendering him an outcast on the falsest of premises.  Rejection and silence are both isolating, the difference is that one is a choice, the other is chance.  What they have in common is that the person upon whom they both fell chose neither.  It was something like a full emasculation of everything it is to be human.  This is what it was to be deaf and mute.  And so his life went. There was a rumor that circulated.  A distant murmuring unheard by deaf ears, but caught by others said that Jesus was in the Decapolis.  This prophet and miracle worker had come.  The verdict as to who this Jesus was remained a point of discussion and debate.  Some of that was quite heated and some of it was really rather innocuous.  Yet, He was coming and the captivating risk that He was something more than a mortal man was compelling. Had those around this deaf man tired of his dependency, these friends of his, or did they care for him?  Was he little more than an object that could be used to entice a miracle of this prophet?  Was their intent little more than a ploy for a cheap thrill?  The text is unclear.  The motive is foggy and indistinct.  But they take the deaf mute to Jesus.  It didn't appear to be an action of the deaf man' own accord as there is no hint of self-determination or self-initiation.  There doesn't appear to be any sort of remote inkling that the possibility of being ushered into the world of sound is a distinct possibility.  How can you possibly know what you're missing if you've never had it?  How can you desire something if desire has no place to be cultivated because we've no idea that there's anything to be desired?  Sometimes we see in and through others what we could not otherwise see because it's not within us to see.  Sometimes we experience the passionate and vigorous pulse of desire vicariously through the heartbeat of others and we sense the pulse in them.  Sometimes our vision of the possible is only possible because we see that vision reflected in the eyes of another and we watch it listlessly dance about in their smile.  Sometimes we actually end up dancing because others have caused us to believe in the dance and have ushered us out on the dance floor even when we can't hear the music ourselves.  Such were the deaf mute's friends.       And so, the rumor draws them to Jesus.  Soon the embedded mass was found.  Ushered by these friends, the deaf man pressed through the crowd.  The small entourage cuts a swath through a fluid array of assorted humanity that swelled and eddied around Jesus.  The clamor of a world of never-ending needs simultaneously sought relief.  The world clamored around Jesus seeking some shred of hope and some healing that arises from that shred of that very hope.  The crowd swirled around this wandering prophet as if in the grip of the undertow of all creation, an irresistible current from which all other currents find their sole source.  Passing through a cultural morass of assembled humanity the deaf man is drawn toward the center. The aged, stooped and shuffling in the grip of long years wandered about in a cloudy curiosity.  Children darted in and out.  The blind walked about groping, stretching trembling arms outward, substituting touch for sight and sound for vision.  Stumbling, they made their way to Jesus.  Crutches that were terribly crude and deeply weather-worn were nothing more than primitive prosthetics that sought a miracle for an absent leg.  A cripple, his fingers clawing the arid soil drug useless appendages and tattered garments that trailed in the talcum dirt behind him. Limp in his mother's arms an infant teetered on the chilling precipice of death, the pallor of death strangely awash across the face of newborn life rendering his skin hues of suffocating purple.  His mother stood on panicked tiptoe, stretching her neck to catch a glimpse of something, anxiously groping toward the center of the mass.  It was all silence to the deaf mute.  It was all wildly alive, vibrant, turbulent and wonderfully riotous, but deathly silent.  From his vantage point, the drama was only partly revealed. Pressing onward and inward, it was more of the same.  The scene was packed tight with shifting layers of broken humanity, the curious, the destitute, the rich and poor alike.  Finally the last layer of jostling, clamoring humanity parted like the parting of some glorious tapestry.  A man of silent stature stood in the crowd, yet infinitely above it.  The nucleus of the swirling mass of people and their needs was deafening in silence.  Jesus back was to them.  Slightly stooped, His hands gently rest on the shoulders of an elderly woman.  The look of astonishment was set in her eyes and splashed across her face.  A worn cane lay abandoned at her feet.  Something unusual had transpired.  It was immediately clear that there was thick compassion in His touch, His stance, and His mannerisms.  A parting word to the woman and He turns. His gaze shifted and panned the crowd.  Mussing the hair of a playful child, both smile deeply and invade the heart of the other in a superbly divine intersection.  Another step and this Jesus was drawn to the outstretched arms of an ecstatic infant.  He moved toward her, His face electrically alive with love and aflame with anticipation.  To squeals of laughter He took her, held her high, pulled her to His chest, ran His hand across a misshapen leg and it was straight.  The convergence of two souls, He drew her deeply to His face.  And then He handed her back to an elated set of parents who now held a daughter who was wholly whole.  All of it was too much for words; it was too inexplicable to embrace in the confining catacombs of human understanding.  The only question that one can formulate is “Who is this?” Before the answer can be formulated Jesus is drawn to the pleas of those who have brought the deaf mute, pleas the deaf man cannot hear.  The man, this Jesus stepped toward them, fastening His attention on those who had brought the man.  He seemed discerning and listening with some sort of intuition and understanding that superseded anything they could comprehend. He then turned intense eyes and fastened His gaze on the mute.  His eyes were more than human, although they appeared to be something that was fully human at the same time.  They were infinitely deep, profoundly thoughtful and intensely focused.  A soft but chiseled spirit enamored the crowd and drew the deaf man to Jesus.  It was all a terrible yet inviting contradiction of commanding power and gentle softness.  Jesus' eyes had the breath of infinity behind them.  The deaf mute found himself becoming entirely lost in them until Jesus took his arm, gestured and began to move out of the crowd.  God was afoot; the Creator of the universe in intentional motion toward an intentional destination.  It was all terrifying but exhilarating at the same time. This fluid mass of humanity parted a second time, but from the inward out.  Shifting layers of broken humanity sliced a swath to the edge of the mass.  Jesus breeched the fringes of the crowd, walking with a man whose life had been lived on the fringes of life.  Jesus was in the process of isolating a man who lived isolated in deafness.  In a moment, the crowd was far behind them, their voices falling into a distant murmur.  Those that advocated his healing were absent.  Suddenly, inexplicably, this deaf mute was alone with God. Ears and tongue; the world is drawn in through one with the self being released through the other.  They both engage in a partnership of exchange, drawing in and letting out.  They draw in the world to process it and then release it back into the world with part of the person attached; adding to life, flavoring it, affixing yet another unique note to the chorus of the ages.  There, in the world of the deaf, this dance was never initiated.  The deaf man was isolated from the world and to the world. Drawing the man along, Jesus sought isolation.  It was within isolation that isolation would be broken.  One on one, God and man in relationship echoing back to a lost garden.  The Creator and the created rectifying lost creation in an act of recreation.  In this joint journey they walked past the rancor and raucous of an open air market filled with bartering and bantering, scales and sweeping gestures.  They skirted around scurrying children and walked past stray dogs milling close to tables spread with red meats.  A pair of centurions laden with weaponry strode past in the service of oppression, granting Jesus and the deaf mute no notice.  Passing priests in ceremonial robes stepped in pompous cadence on errands of perceived righteousness. And then, an unexpected turn into a vacant alley made up of basalt stones that cut a manmade canyon.  The sun found scant room to watch the making of a miracle.  It casts angled rays, canting itself to catch the pending phenomenon.  The din of the open air market and the jostling of the vendors was put at a sufficient distance, becoming gradually muted and fading soft and indistinct into the background. Then, a miracle was wrought with gestures that were so familiar to the mute.  Gestures were the very means of understanding and the way in which the deaf mute had navigated his world.  Jesus was not a God interacting in mystery, but in intimacy.  There were no methods cloaked with indiscernible actions or unfamiliar rituals.  All was simple, direct and familiar; fingers in ears and a touch of the tongue.  Saliva was a symbol of the fullest sharing of self as a participant in the miracle right along with the deaf mute.  Jesus engaged the man not as a distant entity cloaked beyond recognition in some sort of misty immutability.  Salvia was believed to have had a curative quality; a belief entirely fictional in nature.  However, the symbolism of the act provided a needed vehicle that outweighed the myth of the act itself.  So Jesus ingeniously chose to use myth as a vehicle for a miracle; a miracle done in the simple language of the deaf mute's isolated world to obliterate his isolation. And then there was something for Jesus Himself.  Something the deaf man could not hear or participate in.  Jesus looked up to heaven.  There is a weighted sigh of a God whose love eliminates His ability not to feel.  It was a reflection of both His heart and the heart of His Father.  It seemed to be the private pain of a God grieving over His own creation, escaping the lethal weight of it all only by virtue of His divinity.  Jesus's sighing was likely the plaintive moan of God once again embracing the awful reality of fallen mankind as manifest in this single, mute life.   It was likely the expression of a great angst that arose from an infinite understanding of how far this man's life was from God's original intent for him. There, in that alley God would meet the need of one man.  In a few days, He would meet the need of thousands with a scant seven barley loaves and a few small fish.  A few months beyond that and He would meet the need of all mankind on a barren hill.  It would be a hill that would not be sandwiched between the walls of some abandoned alley, but between two crosses and two worlds.  However, there was the need of the moment. “Be opened!” (Mark 8:34, NIV) said this Jesus.  Not just his ears, but his life as no miracle is excluded or in any way restrained solely to the obvious.  “Be opened!”  Be free to live fully, to hear in perfect pitch the richness of the notes and measures, the scores of life and living.  Be opened to engage everything else in life that was open.  Be opened so that being closed simply cannot be. Jesus took a step back and watched life unfold as the miracle reverberated far beyond the miracle; something like when a stone is dropped in a mirrored pool, sending ripples far beyond the point of impact.  An alien experience transpired for which the man had no point of correlation.  Sounds began to filter through.  The orchestra gradually swelled and expanded.  The void of silence filled to capacity. Suddenly, he heard the crunch of gravel beneath his feet, shifting his weight again and again to reproduce the sound his stunned and hungry mind had never imagined.  The barking of a dog floated in from afar, the source of the sound and everything that defined it was entirely unknown.  Birds darted overhead in tangles of wild flight, cheeps and chirps synchronizing the feathered masses journey.  He was caught in the rapture of hearing his own breath.  And then words, the first he had ever heard, annunciated clearly, perfectly and concisely.  His own voice now came back to him perfect!  The cycle was now marvelously complete. Jesus stood silently, giving the man room and time to embrace the wonder of the moment.  Miracles become freeing and claustrophobic at the same time; opening up entirely new venues that are often bigger than our ability to embrace.  Time was needed to allow this astonished man sufficient time to reorient to the miracle of a life restored.  Maybe Jesus saw in this man, this deaf mute the liberation that the cross would extend to billions. It may be that the individual miracles, like this one, allowed Jesus to foresee in this solitary face what the cross would do in an endless sea of faces across endless spans of time.  Not the kinds of miracles that would eventually fall to the deterioration of frail bodies and the eventuality of death, but miracles that would be eternally fresh because they open up all of eternity to all who seize it.  I wonder if maybe it might have been these moments that allowed Him to endure the long moments on a lonely cross.  And then, the first words of another human being that he ever heard.  “Don't tell anyone,” Jesus said.  The first words seem irrational and inexplicable.  The world of sounds brings with it responsibility to the world it unveils.  Miracles bring with them accountability to both the Restorer and what has been restored.  A relationship with God brings obedience, the responsibility to act on faith even when that action appears irrational, contrary, odd or plainly wrong.  “Don't tell anyone”.  But containment failed.  The measure of the miracle was larger than the measure of the man to contain it.  But that is what happens when an infinite God interacts within our finite frames.  What He does is always bigger than us and bigger than our ability to contain it.  Our faith may be big enough to elicit a miracle, but our faith is seldom large enough to embrace it once it happens.  Jesus took his arm, gestured and began to move out of the alley and into life.   Aside in an Alley And so, Jesus pulls me aside at times and isolates me in my isolation.  He places creation aside and draws me to a secluded place, away from the crowds that surround me and the world that has so often thrust me to its fringes.  Often I am afraid to be there because I am confused and frightened to be one on one with God.  I would much prefer to have Him heal me at a safe distance, or intersect my life in the companionship of others, or touch me as part of something larger within which I can meld.  But one on one in some alley in my life; secluded with God?  Sequestered with the Creator?  It is both terrible and wonderful. And then, to have Him connect with me intimately in that place of isolation?  The God of the cosmos coming to me in my isolation?  Not just in proximity or in earshot, but in my language and in the raw essence of my being.  God steps into my isolation and speaks to me there.  Not standing outside of my isolation and beckoning me out of it from out there.  But coming in, gently taking my arm and gesturing me out of it.  Partnering with me and in the partnering coming squarely into my isolation to commandeer me and rescue me. Cutting through the mass of issues, pain, self-absorption, and self-hatred that surrounds me and drawing me along with Him. And there, in those isolated alleys of my life He frees me.  He relishes watching me come to life and then fumble with a life that's so new that I have little idea how to hold it.  He is as amazed at watching me come to life as He was when He first formed Adam from the dust and “breathed into his nostrils the breath of life” (Genesis 2:7, NIV).  It is just as poignant for Him, never being diminished for a God whose love for His creation rages undiminished.  God is always revealing that creation can only exist if it is constantly creating.  “He has done everything well . . .” (Mark 7:37, NIV).  Harkening to yet another statement . . . “and God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:10, NIV).  In that alley God was creating all over again as He always does, doing everything well and good.   Dean's Alley It was all experimental, but the doctors said that the surgery might restore Dean's hearing.  He was not enthused at all.  Dean walked through the process more like a laboratory rat that had no idea of what was happening or what the possible outcome might mean.  He was lethargic through it all, demure and distant. But the day came quite by accident.  I turned and there he stood.  My first response was to say “hello” out of some prescribed tedium and routine, knowing that he wasn't reading my lips.  Sometimes rote and ritual turns life lifeless.  It robs us of expectation and hope.  I felt that way with Dean.  But I said “hello” anyway. He simply looked, canting his head a bit and registering something in those crystal blue eyes that I had never seen.  Sometimes we imagine something so much for so long that when it's ours it's both wonderful and terribly different than we had ever imagined it being.  I think that was the case for Dean.  He had heard my voice.  The surgery had worked.  For the first time, he had taken in the tone and flavor of the single word that I had uttered and had found himself awed by the utterance.  He smiled and seemed to wait for more.  I paused.  “Can you hear me?” I said tentatively, desperately hoping that he was no longer locked in and I locked out. Instantly he grabbed my arm, turned and in the rush of wonder pulled me down the hall and into his room.  He stopped in the middle of that quaint room and pointed at the various objects around us in frantic gestures.  It was all so new for me that I had no idea of what he meant.  He continued to point in a manner insistent and adamant, walking around the room in a rigid gait and incessantly pointing. Finally, I realize what he wanted; he wanted me to pronounce what the objects were, to speak their name, to say them so that he could hear them for the first time.  Picture, telephone, window, bed, floor, light, wall, rug, Craig; it was a young man surging alive with an urgency that flooded the room with a terrific and wonderful energy.  He was hearing it all, for the first time. Sometimes you sense that you've been put in a place of privilege that you are completely and wholly undeserving of.  That's where I was on that day.  God came aside this young man through the hands of a caring doctor and an experimental surgery.  Now I was privileged to stand beside him as well, inundated in a tsunami of wonderment and life. It all went on for days and days.  I couldn't wait to see Dean.  In indescribable awe, I watched a young man come alive in a way that makes coming alive worth all the pain and disappointment and deafness that we have to endure to get there.  A miracle came to me through Dean.  Deafness was abated in infinitely more ways that simply physical hearing.  Dean reminds me of deafness and what it can do to a person and a life.  Dean also reminds me of deafness abated when God comes along side of a single life and renders deafness deaf.               Repeated Deafness Unlike the deaf mute and unlike Dean, my deafness and my inability to speak to my world come often.  Frequently I need Jesus to put His fingers in my ears and touch my tongue.  Sin, selfishness and the lure of the world renders me deaf and ill-suited to speak as I should.  My condition is pitifully recurrent.  God's presence is likewise persistently recurrent.  Daily I am in this alley with Him.  While I tire of it and find myself sweltering in embarrassment, He never tires.  He likes, it seems, these alley encounters.  He relishes taking me aside.  And I know that one day He will take me aside for that final time, that time when I will ascend to a place where deafness and speech deficits will simply not exist.  Their memory will be vanquished.  And there, in that place, I will stand eternally before God in perfection with new worlds perpetually opening up to me.  In that place the layers will constantly part to reveal something new.  His smile, the relish in His face will never be old, but always new.   Pondering Point The loud voices in life, those that clamor for our attention are most often not the vital voices.  The fact that they have to clamor suggests as much.  It is the smaller voices that are weak, thin and easily drown out that are rich.  It is these that tend to be the priceless voices.  Their worth easily lost in the pompous and presumptuous voices that say much but hold little.  It is easy to become deaf.  And when we are, we miss the precious voices whose worth is immutable.

WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/BgFjE_yQcc4 Today on Screenwriter Survival Guide, I had an amazing chat with screenwriter Aaron Tracy, who was a writer on Law & Order: SVU and the creator of the Crackle series Sequestered. He's recently made the leap to audiodramas, where he's made projects with the likes of James Patterson, Shonda Rhimes, and Steve Nash that have gone on to premiere #1 on Audible. We talked about everything from pitching and selling scripts, to the importance of finding fulfillment before you've "made it", to why audiodramas are the future of screenwriting. After you finish this episode, go take a listen to Aaron's newest project: 10 Days, which is a high-stakes audiodrama about the wild world of 10-day contracts in the NBA. Scroll down to the bottom of the show notes for the link to watch. Connect with Aaron on Twitter (@aarondtracy). If Screenwriter Survival Guide is providing value for you, we would really appreciate a quick rate and review! That really helps us build this community and keep delivering excellent advice for screenwriters. Questions? Concerns? Guest ideas? Reach out on Instagram @sambrookspresents or email me at sam@screenwritersurvivalguide.com. SCREENWRITER SURVIVAL TIP: Write something completely different. LISTEN TO '10 DAYS': https://www.audible.com/pd/10-Days-Podcast/B09MJP5TMJ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/screenwritersurvivalguide/support

Sequestered in offices, closets, dining rooms, and garages, the #PodSquad delivers more crowdsourced Q&A than you can shake an FAQ at. Thanks to all who contributed! We fly through holidays because we know you love them. #HoWoPo Hosted by: Leah K, Matt E, Matt B, Lauren C, and Sabrina J 00:00 - Intro and Welcome 01:33 - MORE Crowdsourced Q&A 35:42 - Upcoming Holidays Email us: podcast@holidayworld.com Leave a voicemail: Phone (812)-937-4401 Ext. 8081 Reach out on social media: @holidayworld using #HoWoPo For Show Notes and Transcript, visit HolidayWorld.com/HoliBlog 2022 Season Passes are now on sale now! Head to HolidayWorld.com/Passes for all the details. Pick Your Date and Plan for Fun! Great deals on Pick Your Date Tickets are now online! HolidayWorld.com/Tickets Subscribe Links: iTunes: http://bit.ly/HWPitunes Spotify: http://bit.ly/HWPspotify Amazon: http://bit.ly/HWP_amzn Stitcher: http://bit.ly/HWPstitcher Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/HWP_gp YouTube: http://bit.ly/HWP_u2be iHeartRadio: http://bit.ly/HWP_ihr TuneIn: http://bit.ly/HWPtunein Vurbl: https://bit.ly/HWP_vurbl RSS Feed: http://bit.ly/HWP

When your life is in the deep freeze, what is God doing? What is God's plan when everything is on hold?

If you can get by the EMOTION, and of course charges of RACISM, there are certain WORDS that need to be dealt with when it comes to the George Floyd Trial. Those words are SEQUESTERED, CONFRONTATIONAL, JURY INTIMIDATION, HARASSMENT and MISTRIAL

My friend Courtney Patton is a storyteller. She’s also a mother, a wife, a producer, a singer, a songwriter, a tour-van driver and a musician- as well as a world-traveler when she’s out on tour throughout the continental U.S., Canada and Europe. In a musical era in which clichés and bravado are the norm, Courtney is far more brave in peeling back highly personal and emotional open-book songs delivering them with sensitivity and sentiment Following her previous solo albums, Triggering a Flood (2013) and So This Is Life (2015), and her acoustic collaborative project with her husband and fellow Texas troubadour Jason Eady, Something Together, (2017), Patton has drawn on true life day-to-day autobiographical life experiences released a third album, What It’s Like To Fly Alone. As you will hear in this recent conversation I had with Courtney on my radio show, she is on the road again after spending a very challenging, but productive year in quarantine, raising her two children while co-founding a new non profit during a pandemic. Hmmm…that sounds familiar. The Sequestered Songwriters Relief Fund was an idea born out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mission of the Sequestered Songwriters Relief Fund is to… Provide emergency relief funds for full-time Americana musicians in need. A group of songwriter friends gathered virtually to participate in an online guitar pull to celebrate Merle Haggard on his birthday. The following week, John Prine passed, and the group again gathered virtually to pay tribute to him. None of the songwriters wanted to stop, and the fans were just as excited, so the weekly tributes continued. Fans started asking about how they could financially support the endeavor. As none of the musicians wanted any kind of compensation for the amount of fun they were having online each week, the idea to start a nonprofit that would benefit songwriters in future financial crisis seemed like the perfect solution. Next up…the Sequestered Songwriters Festival to be held on October 17, 2021 in Justin, Texas. Enjoy my conversation with my friend, Courtney Patton!

The Supreme Court rules in favor of Georgia in suit filed by Florida over the use of Chattahoochee and Flint rivers, and U.S. Fruit and Vegetable export values show slight drop.

Jessica's been asked a lot of questions about another case coming out of Minnesota, following the Supreme Court's decision to vacate the conviction of a man accused of raping a woman who intoxicated herself.  Say what?  In this 10-minute mini-episode, Jessica breaks down the facts and the Supreme Court's reluctant opinion.Sidebar is a new feature of Sequestered: The Podcast.  Tune in for a quick breakdown of cases you might be seeing in the media.  It's the same analysis and sass you've come to expect from Sequestered, in an abbreviated form.  

This week, we take the show to the countryside of Sweden for an intimate talk with Kristian Matsson, poet-songwriter and masterful acoustic multi-instrumentalist who has released five acclaimed albums and two EPs over the last decade and a half, performing as The Tallest Man on Earth. Growing up in the small hamlet of Leksand, a three hour trek from Stockholm, Mattson was in rowdier indie-rock outfits like Montezumas before breaking out with his own dreamier acoustic material - gaining international notice with his breakout solo offering 'Shallow Grave' in 2008. Tours with Bon Iver across North America gained Matsson an adoring audience in the states, where he ended up setting up shop in Brooklyn. Most often performing solo even on the biggest stages, Matsson is known to have seven or more intricate tunings for his guitars and banjos, and with his high, cutting voice and cryptic, nature-inspired lyrics, he has been compared to some of his heroes like Roscoe Holcomb, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon but with a Swedish-naturalist touch. Songs like “Love Is All” or “The Gardener,” while gaining tens of millions of steams on folky playlists, pack quite a punch, often detailing how the cold cruelty of the animal kingdom filters into human life with its many frailties. In 2019, Matsson found his marriage to a fellow Swedish singer-songwriter ending and he holed up in his Brooklyn apartment to write, produce and engineer his newest Tallest Man On Earth LP, 'I Love You. It's A Fever Dream.' Like Springsteen's eerie and emotional 'Nebraska,' Matsson's collection is a clear-eyed view of our current state of interpersonal (and even societal) isolations. Standout songs like the warm guitar and echoey harmonica opener “Hotel Bar” - though written before he knew what would happen with our current pandemic - seem to capture the lost closeness and romance of our very recent past, where one could fall in love with a new stranger every night in a new town and think nothing of it. Sequestered in a small house in the middle of Sweden since the world shifted last year, a new Tallest Man On Earth album is sure to be on its way. Admittedly Matsson is going a bit stir-crazy away from the road, but really he's grateful to be able to have the time to explore and create new sounds without any distractions. A fall tour of the states is in the works (fingers crossed), including an opening slot at Red Rocks joining Mandolin Orange and Bonny Light Horseman.

COVID Sequestered MentalityDr. Jordan Tishler comments on the maladies we are facing as we are confined into limited exposure due to the Corona Virus outbreak.Business Shift to Marijuana OnlineRussel Brunson is CEO & Founder of ClickFunnels, a website and sales funnel builder for entrepreneurs.  In the business slowdown and social distancing now imposed by COVID-19, marijuana businesses and dispensaries are looking to conduct more business online.Cannabis Business Deductions?Morgan Fox is the Media Relations Director of the National Cannabis Industry Association.  He talks about the 280E tax code that prevents the cannabis industry for deducting normal business expenses like every other business.Social Distance - Virtual Union: Cyber ConferencingJess Tyler is Vice-President of Events at Marijuana Business Daily. However, social distancing now forbids such a gathering.  As a conference planner, Jess Tyler was tasked with converting their plans to a virtual meeting, so she arranged a cyber conference instead.Find more at: https://w420radionetwork.com/s2-e19-covid-sequestered-mentality-marijuana-online-cannabis-business-deductions-social-distance-virtual-union/

Dr. Jordan Tishler comments on the maladies we are facing as we are confined into limited exposure due to the Corona Virus outbreak.Find more at: https://w420radionetwork.com/s2-e19-sequestered-mentality-marijuana-online-business-deductions-social-distance-virtual-union/

In today's episode I'm looking through some fascinating information on Medieval embroidery worked in nunneries and monasteries, the providers of an honourable profession for highly born women along with those with a true passion and calling for the religious life.  

Thanks Paul Zdepski, illustrator and educator from Northern Virginia for a discussion on illustration and teaching illustrators. You can see some of Zdepski's work on instagram @paulzdepski and his website http://zillustration.com. Visit patreon where he promotes his illustration project dealing with the collective COVID-19 quarantine experience called Sequestered with Noelle and the Dog. His page is https://www.patreon.com/zillustration

Would you leave a stable career to pursue your dream? We sit down with a writer and producer in television and streaming, Barry Schkolnick. We talk about how he started his career as a lawyer in New York before making the leap into Hollywood. We also talk about his experience on such shows as Star Trek: The Next Generation, Medical Investigation, and The Division.--BARRY SCHKOLNICK (CoEp/Consultant):  Barry is a high-level writer and producer who’s worked on SEQUESTERED, a dramatic web series released on Crackle.com, USA Network’s IN PLAIN SIGHT and THE GOOD WIFE for CBS.  Barry also wrote and produced such shows as LAW & ORDER, UNFORGETTABLE, THE GUARDIAN, THE DIVISION, MEDICAL INVESTIGATION, IN JUSTICE, THE DRESDEN FILES, and STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Barry wrote fifteen episodes for LAW & ORDER; his work was honored with a nomination for a Writer’s Guild of America award for Best Episode, Dramatic Series and a Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association. In addition, he was a member of the writing staff of LAW & ORDER’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning season.In 2015, Barry was honored to give a keynote address in Rio de Janeiro at the RioContent Marketplace, a gathering of over five thousand television writers and executives from all around the world.He is currently adapting Mike Papantonio’s “Deke” Deketomis novels for television. Previously, he created and executive produced DUALITY, a dramatic series set in Mexico City for Televisa and created the serialized crime drama HIDDEN PARTNERS for eOne with director David Von Ancken and producer Michael Rosenberg.Barry received his undergraduate education at Swarthmore College, where he graduated with Honors. He began his career as a lawyer after receiving his J.D. degree from the New York University School of Law.~ ~ ~Support the show on Patreon @norlundYour help goes a really long ways!Check out more details about the show and t-shirts at chrisnorlund.com/bluerskyFollow on Twitter @chris_norlundFollow on Instagram @norlundStay positive and thank you so much for listening!

All the President's Minutes is a podcast where conversations about movies, journalism, politics and history meet. Each show we use the seminal and increasingly prescient 1976 film All The President's Men as a portal, to engage with the themes and the warnings of the film resonating since its release. For minute 84, I join lecturer of English at Yale, screenwriter, host of To Live & Dialogue in LA podcast on the Yale Podcast Network, Aaron Tracy. Aaron and I discuss the tragic hubbub between Redford and Goldman, this scene as a substitute action scene and finally skip into the next minute to heap praise on the line; "I don't want a cookie." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ About Aaron Tracy ( via Yale ( https://english.yale.edu/people/full-part-time-lecturers-creative-writers/aaron-tracy ) ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lecturer in English at Yale. Among other TV projects, Aaron is currently writing and Executive Producing a four-part limited series for Lifetime Network set in 1960s Hollywood; as well as a limited series for Sonar Entertainment about the John Edwards scandal. Aaron has previously written on popular series such as Law & Order: SVU. He's the Creator and Executive Producer of Sequestered , a serialized thriller that ran two seasons on Sony's Crackle Network. In 2018, USA Network produced Aaron's pilot, The Tap , co-written with Andrew Lenchewski, starring Oscar-winner Tom McCarthy, and Executive Produced by one of Aaron's heroes, Rob Reiner. Aaron has also sold original TV pilots to CBS, MGM, Freeform, Alcon, UCP, Lionsgate TV, and others. In audio, Aaron is creating, writing, and producing several original scripted dramas for Audible, including an underdog NBA story with Steve Nash; a police thriller with James Patterson; and a revenge tale set around daytime TV with Kelly Ripa. Aaron hosts To Live & Dialogue in LA on the Yale Podcast Network, featuring conversations with fellow screenwriters. *Twitter:* @aarondtracy ( https://twitter.com/aarondtracy ) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Pipeman Interviews Frank Meyer (who wrote it), Bruce Duff (who produced it), Josie Cotton (who sings on it), creators of Flatten The Curve Song & Video.PUNK AND ALT ROCK LUMINARIES Release Social Distancing Video For"FLATTEN THE CURVE" Featuring members of Minutemen, Screeching Weasel,The Runaways, The Supersuckers, The Adolescents, Pansy Division, Josie Cotton, The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs, and more! All Proceeds Go To Jubilee Consortium and Sweet Relief. Video Premieres via BrooklynVegan.Following the release last month of the benefit track "FLATTEN THE CURVE" which features members of Minutemen, Runaways, Redd Kross, and more artists and bands from the punk, indie and hard rock world, the wide array of contributing musicians decided to create a video to accompany the track. Sequestered and observing social distancing guidelines and rules, many of those participating in the track submitted self-shot footage for the fun and arresting video which premiered on BrooklynVegan.“This video is like a bizarre Rock 'n' Roll alternate reality," says songwriter/vocalist/backing vocalist/guitarist Frank Meyer (The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs, Blind House) who wrote the song and directed the video. "Nowhere else would you see members of Minutemen and The Adolescents rockin' next to members KIX and JetBoy. Where else would you see the singer of The Runaways and Josie Cotton alongside members of Fishbone, Screeching Weasel and The Supersuckers? It's like my whole record collection made a record together and then a video... Actually I guess they did!"Set up to create awareness to prevent the spread of COVID-19, "Flatten The Curve" collected seminal and iconic rock, punk and alternative rock luminaries, celebrating the power of a community coming together to stop the pandemic. The song was written over the course of two days and the recording took one week to assemble and coordinate the full cast of characters. “Flatten the Curve” reaped the rewards from the contributions of its wealth of guests, all of whom donated their time and talent while isolated and in quarantine.Benefiting Jubilee Consortium and Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, “Flatten the Curve” will donate 100% of its proceeds equally between the charities. The Jubilee Consortium (a 501c3 impact organization) is a Los Angeles-based operation committed to creating healthy and just neighborhoods through enrichment opportunities and leadership programs that promote good health, develop leaders and offer alternatives to violence. Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability, or age-related problems. “Flatten The Curve” is available for streaming now via Spotify here:https://open.spotify.com/album/0CgapzDdExKmprm44HeBbs?si=7Szbor_YR-Wyrir3wGd8sgThe Adventures of Pipeman Radio Show is broadcast live every day 10am ET- Noon ET on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com), W4VET Radio, and K4HD Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). This podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

While some trials involve forensic or scientific evidence, all trials involve an element of witness credibility. Historically and as a matter of common sense, we know that some witnesses will lie, get together and get their story straight or at least try to. We separate our children and students in class when we're trying to figure out who broke the vase. Where the stories diverge or contradict, we can start to get at the truth. There is an old biblical story about 2 elders who accused a woman, Susanna, but were caught lying during a trial. How? They were separated. Sequestered. And when their stories differed, it was evident that she was innocent and they were lying. In the law, there are rules to create the same environment. Sequester witnesses so that they cannot hear what the other has to say. This allows us to show contradictions, inconsistencies and even outright lies. This is what cross is about but there is a rule, a procedural rule, that is used by the prosecution and state to get around this rule in an important way: they are permitted to have a police officer sit in the courtroom the entire time and listen to what every witness says. Even when that officer testifies, they can designate another officer to sit there and do the same thing. While every other witness is sequestered, the detective is not. It's unfair but there is a way to deal with it. Listen and find out ...

COVID Sequestered MentalityDr. Jordan Tishler comments on the maladies we are facing as we are confined into limited exposure due to the Corona Virus outbreak.Business Shift to Marijuana OnlineRussel Brunson is CEO & Founder of ClickFunnels, a website and sales funnel builder for entrepreneurs.  In the business slowdown and social distancing now imposed by COVID-19, marijuana businesses and dispensaries are looking to conduct more business online.Cannabis Business Deductions?Morgan Fox is the Media Relations Director of the National Cannabis Industry Association.  He talks about the 280E tax code that prevents the cannabis industry for deducting normal business expenses like every other business.Social Distance - Virtual Union: Cyber ConferencingJess Tyler is Vice-President of Events at Marijuana Business Daily. However, social distancing now forbids such a gathering.  As a conference planner, Jess Tyler was tasked with converting their plans to a virtual meeting, so she arranged a cyber conference instead.Find more at: https://w420radionetwork.com/s2-e19-covid-sequestered-mentality-marijuana-online-cannabis-business-deductions-social-distance-virtual-union/

Dr. Jordan Tishler from the Association of Cannabis Specialists comments on the maladies we are facing as we are confined into limited exposure due to the Corona Virus outbreak.  Suicides in some areas are up, as well as depression and anxiety.  We also face confusion as advisors change their minds about what is safe and what isn't, and their admissions that there is much we don't know.  Doubt and uncertainty about the future are taking a toll on mental health.Find more at: https://w420radionetwork.com/

Kristian talks with The Daily Beast's Robert Silverman about whether media will be quarantined with the NBA for 3 1/2 months.

We're back to talk soccer. Rodrigo, Corey, Mark, and Wes return to soccer talk to discuss the rise of the Bundesliga and MLS potentially returning with a bizarre plan to sequester everyone in Orlando.

Okay, the DJ is badly recorded on inferior equipment. I blame myself (never knit your own microphone) but that shouldn't prevent you from being diverted by the music of Little Richard, The Spinshots, Fiona Apple, The Motors, Giles Farnaby's Dream Band, Frank Bennett, Pig With The Face Of A Boy, Louis Prima and many others too numerous to type. Ignore the voice-over and revel in the music.

Okay, the DJ is badly recorded on inferior equipment. I blame myself (never knit your own microphone) but that shouldn't prevent you from being diverted by the music of Little Richard, The Spinshots, Fiona Apple, The Motors, Giles Farnaby's Dream Band, Frank Bennett, Pig With The Face Of A Boy, Louis Prima and many others too numerous to type. Ignore the voice-over and revel in the music.

Are Globalists using Coronavirus Crisis as Battering Ram to Destroy, remake world order?

4c gets back at it with the NFL Virtual Draft one week away and the dearth of rumors. He explains why keeping Sammy Watkins is a mistake for the Kansas City Chiefs and why not signing Cam Newton is for the Denver Broncos. Full breakdown of FA and Draft QBs. How Tom Brady's interview with Howard Stern shows why he signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Nov/Dec MLB postseason would be sweet for the sport.

The prime minister is still convalescing; Parliament is still finding ways to meet virtually. Meanwhile questions are growing about how the government has handled the pandemic. In China authorities are promoting unproven traditional remedies to treat covid-19—treatments they would love to export. And the role that animals play in making wildfires worse, and in preventing them. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The prime minister is still convalescing; Parliament is still finding ways to meet virtually. Meanwhile questions are growing about how the government has handled the pandemic. In China authorities are promoting unproven traditional remedies to treat covid-19—treatments they would love to export. And the role that animals play in making wildfires worse, and in preventing them. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sequestered in the nation's capital, political commentator and academic David Moscrop (The Washington Post, Maclean's) joins host Andre Goulet to discuss the nationalization of the economy and the paradigm shifting CERB, the strength of Canadian political institutions in the face of an unprecedented crisis and what the Trudeau government can learn from the radical transparency and virus realpolitik of the South Korean government. Plus: the Department of Global Affairs says that Saudi Arabia’s human rights record of unlawful killings, forced disappearances and torture is “problematic". So why has the ban on arms sales to Mohammed bin Salman’s thug regime been lifted? We explore why canceling the Saudi arms deal is Canada’s only ethical way forward. This episode was recorded on April 12th, 2020. Read David's latest at the Washington Post here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/10/weapons-sales-saudi-arabia-reveal-that-canada-is-willing-trade-jobs-its-principles/

Dr. Benjamin delivers an Easter message from Luke 23:55-56, 24:1-5 & 9-12.

WHEN ARE STIMULUS CHECKS COMING FROM THE IRS? DEPOSIT DATE AND DETAILS EXPLAINED Jill Biden corrects Joe on number of grandchildren An Advantaged Disease, Indeed

One of the ways I’m getting through this crazy time is first, keeping a schedule and second making sure that schedule includes an exercise routine.  I’ve been working out with my trainer Steve Pizza the owner of SLC Strength and Conditioning for a number of years. I asked him what he could do to put together some great at-home workouts you wouldn’t need equipment for.  You guys, he crushed it! Here’s what he’s come up with.  All workouts are designed with an overarching program in mind. Meaning, workouts are specifically programmed with intent and are progressive throughout the month (i.e. each workout builds off of the other.  The program, itself, is formatted similarly to what you’d see at the collegiate and professional athletic level (modified for body weight or limited equipment).  All workouts have full-body emphasis to correct any muscular imbalances and prevent any from occurring. Each workout incorporates 12+ different exercises, providing variety and balance, mitigating short term and long term risk for injury. Scientifically backed with the incorporation of several different training systems including Tier, Triphasic, Undulating, and Auto-regulation. Check out the site here. There’s a good intro video to let you know some of the science and how the 60-day program works.  https://slcstrengthandconditioning.com/remote-programming/ I’ve gone through it personally and it is EXCELLENT.  All video details of demonstrations of each exercise as well as modifications of each exercise.   Steve has given our clients a 20% discount to extend to you all to get you going for super cheap.  Regular Cost: $60/Month (includes access to remote program, instructional videos, and guided circuit, and access to coach communications for any questions or specific modifications needed Registration After you’ve registered: Check email for password information (may have gone to junk mail) After you’ve received password:  Click here and scroll to the bottom of the page.  Click on Week 1 and enter password Enjoy! 20% Discount Code: SLCTAKE20! I’m confident if you keep a good routine while you’re at home, and include a science-based exercise program, you’ll get through these trying times with less anxiety and be able to be even better as a spouse or parent. 

SHOWGIRL SUNDAY DINNER Episode HOT MESS 0:25- Showgirl Intro Twirlisha Devine - The Black Gold Goddess 0:58- Intro Quote - Princess Coronianna tried to appropriate Knuck if You Buck and I don’t appreciate it… 2:41- Sparkle & Shine Thank you to my Second Hand Sparkle & Shine babes Divina Moorephina Insta- @divinamoorephina FB- Divina Moorephine Vayda Rhynstone Insta- @vayda_rhynstone LinkTree- https://linktr.ee/vayda_rhynstone ARE YOU SELLING SECOND HAND SPARKLE & SHINE? HIT UP THE GLITTER BOX & I’LL POST IT ON THE SITE! 8:25- Showperson Self Care It’s your quarantine…do you what you wanna do!! 17:21- Burly Biz Juno Apparel - Iris Le’Mour Comprehensive gender neutral swimwear and activewer featuring functional body modifications. Insta- @junoapparelswimwear FB- Juno Apparel Website- www.junoapparel.com 19:56- MX. PUX A PLENTY CALL Insta- @pucksaplenty FB- Mx. Pucks A’Plenty Collective mourning as a result of the pandemic and Sequin & Sequestered Burlesque Fest Apply for the Sequin & Sequestered - A Digital Burlesque Festival - APPS DUE 4/5!!! Find Info & application on Facebook at Sequined and Sequestered 48:40- Twirletry- I’m not watching Tiget Bitch on Netflix! 49:24- The Glitter Box Shot out to supportive SGSD Dinner Guests 50:52- Ecdysiast Factz Ms. Trina Parks 1st AF AM Female Bond Villain- Thumper in Diamond Are Forever- Actor, Vocalist, Dancer & Educator Prequel to her new book- “AND I AM THUMPER” available now! Email teabey@yahoo.com to receive your copy. $15 + $2 shipping in the US and $6 int'l shipping TIP THE LEGENDS & CHECK IN ON THEM! 54:16- 1/2 OF ALL PROFITS FROM MERCH SALES UNTIL 4/30 GO TO JEEZY’S JUKE JOINT!! Go to the MERCH tab on www.showgirlsd.com for discount code 54:46- PhD in Slayology Rose Whip - The Mynx of Musicality Insta- @rose_whip FB- Rose Whip Burlesque Web- rosewhipburlesque.wixsite.com/mysite 58:06: MYISHA FROM SOULZ & G-SPOTZ & HOMEGIRL HELP HOTLINE CALL IN Insta- @soulzandgspotz @homegirlhelphotline Dirty Black Girl: The Podcast- on all streaming platforms 1:20:34- Oh You Thought CONENT WARNING: Acknowledgement of Coronianna Sadness, grief, death, addiction & academic fuck shit. The good news- I got Pleasers! 1:33:43- ANNOUNCEMENT Ways to support SGSD: Fill out the forms on the website Donate Communicate Buy Merch Subscribe to the YouTube channel/ Follow on Insta & Facebook Share SGSD Comment/like/rate/heart/thumbs up on your fave streaming platform Listen to podcast & watch livestream 1:35:35- Pasties & Cake Gratitude to my Spritual Adventure Guides Hoodoo Hussy Insta- @hoodoohussy Linktree: linktr.ee/hoodoohussy La Reina Insta- @theofficiallareina Linktree- linktr.ee/theofficiallareina Tutu Toussaint Insta- @tututoussaint Linktree- linktr.ee/tututoussaint Lou Lou la Duchesse de Reire Insta- @loulouladuchesse FB - Lou Lou la Duchess de Riere DONATE TO THE SGSD and JJJ SPARKLE & SHINE FUND!!! https://www.showgirlsd.com/glitter-pour KO-FI https://ko-fi.com/twirlishadevine PAYPAL paypal.me/ShowgirlSundayDinner Links to follow & show us LOVE!! Instagram- @showgirlsundaydinner Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/ShowgirlSundayDinner/ Twitter- @sgsundaydinner Hashtags- #showgirlsundaydinner #sgsd #glitterndinner #pastiesncake #sparkleandshine #pastiesandcake Website- www.showgirlsd.com Email- showgirlsundaydinner@gmail.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAtID9aRmVsr3cBV2AnXd4w Twirlisha Devine Insta- @twirlisha Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100016057546895 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCObXYCLvFc8nM04tdUuYbOA Intro/Outro Song: Black Velvet Dreams by Lost Harmonies Vibe Out Music: Pink Sweat$ x Crush ft. Joyce Wrice Type Beat “LOVE” Showgirl Sunday Dinner be LIVE on YouTube bi-weekly at 8pm ET & be up on SoundCloud, iTunes/ApplePodcasts, Stitcher & GooglePlay by Friday 8pm ET. Please subscribe, like, review, comment & share!!! Stay Sparkly and I look forward to #glitterndinner with you next time xoxoxo!!!

ClevelandMoto 273 Corona Cast Zoom-Cast We're sequestered! This one actually is better on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQyVSLCqveE

ClevelandMoto 273 Corona Cast Zoom-Cast We're sequestered! This one actually is better on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQyVSLCqveE

Hello Boys and Girls As a result of the current global "crisis", the Motorcycle Men Podcast has elected to do a remote show. Please excuse the sound quality as not all of us have the necessary gear for such an undertaking. This week we talked about:Tim FlyingJustin not workingChris walking around naked in his apartmentHarley Davidson introduces 128/131 Stage 4 kit for Touring modelsHarley Davidson announces addition of Android compatibility with Boom SystemIsle of Man TT CancelledFrench and Spanish World Superbike Championship postponed till OctoberJanus MotorcyclesMotocycle Men T-Shirt store is coming!!upcoming interviews.Special Thanks to our Sponsors: Tobacco Motorwear Shinko Tires Scorpion Helmets Wild-Ass Seats The Motorcycle Men Support David's Dream and Believe Cancer Foundation The Gold Star Ride Foundation Don't forget to get over and check out the Ted Shed Video's over on the Motorcycle Men Channel on YouTube. Thanks for listening, we greatly appreciate you support. Ride Safe and remember.... .... We say stupid crap so you don't have to.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=zPl7v5FjoO6fCov5rwbFo35sxmoOIUqUhcR1q1UVtP34xAVolJzW0aJ6GNSdljsPAT4MC0&fromUL=true&country.x=US&locale.x=en_US)

​Though you may be isolated from your church in proximity, our phone lines are still open if you have Bible questions. Each Saturday on Open Line, Dr. Michael Rydelnik answers your questions about the Bible, God, and the spiritual life. How do you love others during this time of separation for many? Call Open Line with your questions about this and more.

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Updates from DMZ quarantine life ... The $2 trillion emergency relief package ... Does anyone care about debt and deficits any more? ... Is Biden making himself irrelevant? ... Matt: We just can't trust what Trump says ... Trump's strategy: stay at the center of attention ... Bill: This crisis is not a reason to embrace democratic socialism ... How Trump is like Homer Simpson ...

Bath comedian Sunil Patel ( BBC Asian Network) dons the mantle of Deputy Loreperson in this Covid-19 Lockdown Special. Sequestered in our separate garrets, sheds and jazz lounges, we learn the story of King Bladud. Bladud was a daredevil, a leper, an assistant pig farmer and founder of the city of Bath. Now that's a portfolio career. Who petrified the Keynsham snakes? Is it possible to fly from Bath to London, Icarus-style? Does Sunil Patel's mum know he's on TV? Find out in Episode 14. @loremenpod www.instagram.com/loremenpod www.facebook.com/loremenpod @JamesShakeshaft | @MisterABK | @SunilDPatel 

Kyle and Dave catch up on their first week stuck at home, talking about what they seen when they've been out, what they're doing to stay sane, and Dave has a pandemic recipe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sequestered in her Upper East Side quarantine, Sarah buys enough groceries to withstand the emotional eating required when reading the RHONY season 12 taglines. She suddenly realizes she's missing her favorite core ingredient, and calls up OG of the AG and co-host of "You Might Know Her From," writer/producer Damian Bellino. They discuss why a problematic Kenya is the perfect equation for RHOA, the reasoning behind Nene and Kandi's online battle, and the difference between friends-of power structures on Atlanta vs. Beverly Hills. Teresa's reunion edit may have the last laugh, but it's got nothing on this cackle - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 151! **LINK TO SUPPORT THE ANDY'S GIRLS PATREON - INC. NEW BONUS EPISODE WITH DAMIAN BELLINO - AFTER YOU WASH YOUR HANDS: https://www.patreon.com/AndysGirls

Sequestered and going insane, Quentin and Maddy struggle with technology to remotely record and bring to you: "Episode 7: The Quarantine-cast." In a world that has become even more dystopian, literally trapping us in our homes, Q and M give you an ample supply of punk and hardcore to give you a brief respite from the madness going on around us.Maddy's 1st Set:Dirty Work - Intro & Walking AnxietyGas Rag - The ClockU-Nix - Nuke PortlandGrimly Forming - Viral ObscenitiesNaux - Get OutQuentin's 1st Set:Demokhratia - El HoukiyaRepeat Offender - Prime SuspectLubed - BoredAdderall - DataShit Blimp - It's Gonna Be a BloodbathArts - DaemonomieDeaf Chonky - This Isn't a Gimmick, This Isn't a TestMaddy's 2nd Set:Ultra Violent - Crime for RevengeClit Boys - No Such ThingSocial Decay - Senseless TalkSubvert - PsychopathTar Babies - Be HumbleLegion of Parasites - Dying WorldQuentin's 2nd Set:Civil Disobedience - Faith Not SightBrother Inferior - Who Will Protect UsAsinine Solution - Title Town9 Shocks Terror - Make Your PointDead Nation - What Are You Gonna Do About ItDown In Flames - I've Had ItCut the Shit - Take Back Your LifeChronic Seizure - Human MonsterCheck out these resources about mutual aid efforts during COVID-19:http://bigdoorbrigade.com/https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/https://www.mutualaidhub.org/Disclaimer: This show is made solely to help people discover and support D.I.Y. music from the present and past. The show is not sponsored by any labels or bands, and is not for promotional reasons of any particular band or label. If for any reason you would not like your song to be played on this show please contact me at trappedinaworld@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!

The Corona Virus or COVID-19 has affected all aspects of life, and theatre is no exception: all over the Bay Area, from ACT to the Altarena Playhouse, shows have shut down. Actors aren't getting paid, producers have to reshuffle their seasons and theatre owners don't have renters. Norman Gee and I get together to talk about the hard impact corona has had on all of us, and we talk of possible solutions, to help those of us who live in the theatre world survive. Theatre Bay Area has created the Bay Area Performing Arts Worker Emergency Relief Fund. Open to any worker in the region's performing arts community who has lost expected income because of the pandemic, the Fund aims to dispense grants of $500, $1,000 and $1,500 in a transparent and expeditious manner. We want to make sure our Bay Area arts workers have the immediate relief they need to survive this crisis. If you need an emergency grant, or if you can contribute to the grant, you can apply here: https://www.theatrebayarea.org Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

This week’s double-Parsha begins with a stern warning against desecrating the Shabbos in order to build the Tabernacle. Absent the verse, I would have thought that you must even work on Shabbos to erect the Tabernacle. Why would I think so? Also, why indeed does it not override the Shabbos? In this special edition of […]

This week’s double-parsha begins with a stern warning against desecrating the Shabbos in order to build the Tabernacle. Absent the verse, I would have thought that you must even work on Shabbos to erect the Tabernacle. Why would I think so? Also, why indeed does it not override the Shabbos? In this special edition of […]

0313 Alison Armstrong Relationship Expert How To Deal With Being Sequestered With A Loved One by Kate Dalley

Sequestered in Legoland in California, Chris joins Mike on the scene in Morgantown for a conversation about the many reactions to the Coronavirus situation, what WVU has done and what everyone will do next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

State v. Kaiser, No. A17-0571, 2018 WL 2407187 (Minn. Ct. App. May 29, 2018). Summary: Nilgün Aykent Zahour analyzes the juror misconduct issues in State v. Kaiser, No. A17-0571, 2018 WL 2407187 (Minn. Ct. App. May 29, 2018). The issue we’re going to discuss is whether a sequestered jury’s fear of not being fed adversely influenced or pressured them in their deliberations. 

Sequestered on a moon, two fugitives make a decision to stop hiding.  This is the first prologue introducing the next generation of Hex Grid Heroes. Meet Orin and Gaia, a vesk and drow on the run from their respective peoples. I am so excited to start this next chapter in our Starfinder adventure. A quick note: this is an entirely different show from before. We are using a new setting, new GM, and new cast. This is going to have a different tone entirely and I am confident you will enjoy this new take. There will be two more prologues introducing our other cast before the adventure proper begins. --CAST-- GM: Don Buley Orin: Jake Luther Gaia: Jan Luther New logo art by Shawn (@EldritchDream). Super grateful for the work and support he's given to our show in this time of transition. Check out his work and support his endeavors! Music by Kevin Macleod of Incompetech  

Ryan and five of his peers were selected to participate in an out-of-the-box experiment called, The Innovation Lab. Sequestered away from the rest of the organization, the team was responsible for researching umbilical cord blood donation and seeing how it can help with blood marrow registry and research objectives. Ryan's team was tasked with a problem-- not with solving it, but rather with developing recommendations for how to address the problem so that the company could fix it. The experiment was a success. Ryan talks to Bruce Holoubek, owner of Contracted Leadership, and Host of The Development Exponent Podcast to provide us with the organizational and developmental perspectives and insights from that experiment. If your organization is looking to initiate an innovation project or lab, it helps to use a successful example for support. Here we unbox this out-of-the-box experiment to pick the pearls out of lessons learned. Measure Success When starting something not done before, the first measure of success has to be, does this actually work? For example, in starting an Innovation Lab, pulling a group of people who didn't know each other to go offsite to work on a problem that was new, was in itself an unsure venture. To gather these diverse individuals who had one thing in common-- and ability to think and approach problems differently, and have them work well together, closely and for extended time, is in itself a success. Another measure of success was having a copious package to bring to leadership at the end of the experiment and having them applaud the team. Although there can be many measurements of success, primarily we have to ask, can the team function, and can we deliver? Anticipate Anxiety When initiating a project, volunteers are excited by the prospect of doing something new, but they don't often have the specifics on what exactly they will be doing. The excitement can quickly turn into anxiety-- two feelings that are on the same end of the energy spectrum, yet the latter carries detrimental effects. Also, for several reasons a major fear of many successful professionals is to have to step away from their regular role. It comes from the worry that they will be replaced, that their boss will see the job can be done without them, that their job is not as important to the organization as they previously thought, or that their progress and role reputation will be ruined by a less-qualified stand-in. Remember to include the rest of the organization in progress updates. Healthy organizations create a feeling of investment in their employees, so success and failure isn't just shared between the team and leadership. Everyone in the organization should feel connected to what's developing. One way to do this is to internally share short videos or clips of the team working on something as they talk about what they expect the outcome to be, and sharing why they are excited. Transparency builds trust and alleviates anxiety. Make it Work For a truly innovative approach and fresh ideas, start by picking your team from across the organization: Have someone from marketing, finance, tech, HR, data, etc.. Make your team equally female and male. Have cultural diversity. Provide access to subject matter experts Have team-building conversations In team building, appreciate the excitement that everyone feels to come from their niche and be picked to work on a completely different project. Team members should feel as experts asked to share their niche knowledge. Illustrate that the team acts as one brain. Then ask the team members to share how and when they work best-- ask them to be vulnerable-- but begin by being vulnerable yourself to help them open up about needs or dislikes, and quirks. There are also personal issues that affect work, so encourage team members to check in with one another to identify pain points and obstacles. We don't have to over-share, but we do need to stay tuned in to give support and ensure the strength of each link of the chain. Learn Did the offsite location work? Did climate affect how people were able to work? Did we use the best methods for sharing and collaborating? Did we offer accessibility and convenience to our team? What other things can we take into consideration for next time? Have your team weigh in on the unique experience of being on the project. Then, check in with each person to see how this experience shaped or affected their outlook on their permanent role. Do they now wish to make a shift? Are they more sure now they want to stay where they are at? How have they grown and how can they contribute their newly developed skills into the organization.You've opened the box, use the treasures effectively! Tweet This / LinkedIn That Although there can be many measurements of success, primarily we have to ask, can the team function, and can we deliver? #levelupyourleadership #leadership #contractleaders Anticipate anxiety: when employees are attempting innovative projects they are entering the unknown. They begin with excitement but excitement can quickly turn into anxiety. #levelupyourleadership #leadership #contractleaders Transparency builds trust and alleviates anxiety. #levelupyourleadership #leadership #contractleaders Everyone in the organization should feel connected to what's developing. One way to do this is to internally share short videos or clips of the team working on something as they talk about what they expect the outcome to be, and sharing why they are excited. #levelupyourleadership #leadership #contractleaders For any project, to create an innovative team, start by picking your team from across the organization: 1. Have someone from marketing, finance, tech, HR, data, etc.. 2. Make your team equally female and male. 3. Have cultural diversity. 4. Have team-building conversations 5. Provide access to subject matter experts and research. #levelupyourleadership #leadership #contractleaders Have your team members weigh in on the unique experience of being on the project. See how this experience shaped their outlook on their permanent role. Do they now wish to make a shift? How have they grown and how can they contribute their newly developed skills into the organization? #levelupyourleadership #leadership #contractleaders

The guys open the show with a discussion of the Netflix original Unicorn Store. Jeff reviews Bad to the Bone by Nicki Bennett. Will reviews LaQuette’s Under His Protection. Jeff & Will interview LaQuette about Under His Protection. They find out about the story’s inspiration and how it ties into LaQuette’s other series. LaQuette also shares details on her upcoming Harlem Heat series, what got her started writing romance and details about what she does as the president for New York City’s Romance Writers of America chapter. Complete shownotes for episode 184 are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com. Book Reviews from this week: Bad to the Bone by Nicki Bennett. Reviewed by Jeff Bad to the Bone turned out to be one of those perfect Dreamspun Desires for me. I’m a sucker for second chance romance combined with friends to lovers and this one adds in a bit from the redeemed bad boy trope as well. It all combined to give me exactly the read that I needed. The story kicks off on the eve of a high school reunion taking place in a small Oklahoma town. Alex Morrison has been back in town for several years, taking over his family’s hardware store when his parents needed him to. One afternoon, while working with his sister at the store, they witness a motorcyclist pulled over and it’s soon revealed that the man is Alex’s high school bestie, Ricky Lee Jennings. Alex hasn’t heard from Ricky Lee since he was expelled and sent away to reform school. Alex regretted he didn’t defend Ricky Lee and prevent the expulsion, but he was scared he’d lose his football scholarship if he did. Sparks fly at the reunion when Ricky Lee shows up without a ticket and Alex gets him in as his guest. What unfolds over the coming weeks is the rekindling of far more than a friendship. Nicki does so much with this rather simple set up. Both characters complexity made me love this book so much. Alex is someone I wanted to wrap up in a comforting hug. He does so much for the community that he lives in between serving on the library board, working for Habitat for Humanity, helping out with the high school reunion committee, and anything else he can do to help his fellow citizens. Yet, all he can see in himself is failure from a lost college football career because of an injury, a failed marriage, and even coming back to manage his family business is something he considers a fail because he gave up his dreams of being an environmental lobbyist. Of course, what he’s done is made the decisions that are right in the moment but he can’t see that. Ricky Lee, on the other hand, subverts every stereotype the town has for him. It’s awesome to watch as people who believe they know exactly who he is after ten years begin to see who he has become. He’s far from the young man who was abused by his alcoholic father and just wanted to survive high school. As both relive their high school times and share what they are doing now, Ricky Lee and Alex are drawn back together. Alex, however, is sure this can’t be more than a fling. He’s scared of revealing himself as bisexual to the town and there’s no way Ricky Lee will move back to Oklahoma since he’s got a life in Portland. The wooing that Ricky Lee does with Alex is outstanding. I love a good date and their weekend trip to Oklahoma City is all that. They stay at a boutique hotel, go to art museums and the botanical gardens and eat delicious food. The sizzling sex made the date all the hotter. It showed Alex in vivid detail what life could be like in if he decides to make a go of it with Ricky Lee. The other depth that Nikki weaves into this book is the town Alex lives in. In particular, I liked the local pastor, who is nothing like what you might expect a southern pastor to be. He turns out to be one of Alex’s biggest supporters in being true to himself. We also see Alex’s work with the library, which is a central subplot for the story since Alex and Ricky Lee’s high school nemesis, Odell, who wants to expand his car dealership by buying the land the library sits on. The goings-on with Odell took some wonderful turns that I couldn’t have predicted and I might’ve cheered just a little when everything was revealed and [spoiler alert] Odell gets his. It’s a great ending for a high school bully. There’s a tremendous cast of supporting characters too. Alex’s sister Alana and his best friend, local police officer Samantha, a.k.a. Sam, both nudge Alex in the right direction. Ricky Lee comes to town with Crae, who he introduces as his friend and assistant although many initially think they are in a relationship. I actually wish Crae had had more screen time in the book as they were a fascinating character. Crae and Sam develop a friendship that might be more and I’d love to see a book that explores that. There are also some townsfolk who have interesting reveals to Alex along the way that were incredibly sweet. And if audio is your thing, certainly pick this one up. Colin Darcy is a new-to-me-narrator and boy did he make me swoon with his voice for Ricky Lee–deep, rumbly sexiness. If you’re looking for a great category romance with some very tropey goodness, I highly recommend Nicki Bennett’s Bad to the Bone. Under His Protection by LaQuette. Reviewed by Will. This book literally starts with a bang when one of our main characters, assistant DA Camden, is nearly blown up by a car bomb. In order to keep him safe, he’s put in protective police custody. Unfortunately, the man watching over him is the memorable one night stand he walked away from five years ago, a guy named Elisha. Sequestered away in Elisha’s Westchester house, our two heroes must come to grips with the attraction that still, after all this time, is still there. As things start to become more romantic, the situation becomes even more complicated when Elisha’s family shows up for a weekend visit. They assume that the two of them are a couple and Cam and Elijah play along since it’s too dangerous to explain why Cam is hiding out at Elijah’s house. Over the course of the weekend Cam can’t help but fall for Elisha and his wonderfully crazy family. You might think things get a little too close for comfort with are two heroes and the family all in one house. Elisha actually has a very small apartment in his attached garage. They escape there every once in a while, for some truly superduper scorching sex. The chemistry between these characters is very real and very palatable. As the weekend winds down, there’s an unfortunate kidnapping attempt by this crazy religious group and Cam sacrifices himself in order to save Elisha’s mom. Camden ends up in hospital and, unfortunately, his father arrives on the scene. Camden’s life has essentially been controlled by his father, who’s had his son’s life planned out from my birth to death. It’s essentially how Cam has lived his entire life. The expectations of his father are actually part of the reason why he walked away from Elisha five years ago. Having a sexy one night fling and living a life with an average guy like Elisha just wasn’t in the plan. After experiencing the possibility of loving a man like Elisha and realizing the wonderful possibilities of a fun and fulfilling family life, he tries to stand up to his father. Cam’s father puts a stop to everything, setting up some genuinely insurmountable roadblocks to our hero’s happiness. But Cam and Elisha are not only charismatic and sexy, but also really super smart. With the help of Elisha’s police chief friend, Cam concocts a way to outwit his father and get out from under his thumb, so he Elisha can live happily ever after. I don’t know if I can adequately find the correct words, or enough adjectives to tell you how much I loved Cam and Elisha’s story. It’s just really damn good. One of my favorites of 2019 so far!   I hope it’s obvious that I really enjoyed Under His Protection by LaQuette and I highly recommend that everyone give it a read. Interview Transcript - LaQuetteWill: We are so pleased to welcome LaQuette to the show. Welcome. LaQuette: Thank you. Will: So I just spent several minutes praising and telling the entire world how much I loved "Under His Protection." Now, you've been writing for a while now, and I freely admit this is the very first book of yours that I have read, and I went absolutely bonkers for it. I love it to pieces. LaQuette: Oh, thank you. Will: Can you give us sort of an idea of where the concept for "Under His Protection" came from? LaQuette: Well, I was encouraged by Kate McMurray to submit a "Dreamspun Desires" concept. And I kind of read the submission guideline, and I really didn't think that the category section was for me, because I'm long-winded in my writing and there's this, you know, 50,000-word count, and I didn't know that I could meet that and make the story make sense. But I just felt like, you know, there's a lot of angst in my writing and a lot of heavy topics sometimes. And I didn't... You know, category can be light and, you know, it doesn't have so much angst to it, so I wasn't sure if it was actually the right fit for me. But she encouraged me to do it anyway. So I thought, "Well, if I'm gonna do it, it has to be, like, LaQuette style. It can't be, you know, the traditional map of a category. I've gotta throw, you know, everything but the kitchen sink in it." And I had this sort of, like, this Prince and Pauper sort of situation in my head, but in Brooklyn. And it worked out really well in my head anyway. I really enjoy the idea of Camden coming from this really, really posh existence, and then clashing with Elijah and his very loud and boisterous family. And, I think, putting those two people together and those two, you know, with their backgrounds and differences in their backgrounds and the differences in their, you know, perspectives in life, it really...it just made for a richer experience for me, as a writer. Will: I utterly fell in love with Camden and Elijah. I think they're two incredibly...they are exceptional heroes, and they're part of what makes this book really sing. But as I mentioned in my review just a few minutes ago, part of what, I think, what makes the story compelling and even more enjoyable is the sort of supporting cast that helps them along in their journey towards saying, "I love you." Elijah's family is amazing, every single one of them. But I was particularly struck by one of Elijah's co-workers, the police chief, who is his best friend, along with, you know, being a colleague. And what I was struck by is that at the beginning of the book, the character seemed, you know, pretty, you know, straightforward, it was a secondary character, and she was there to kind of like, you know, get the story moving along. But as we read further and get to know Camden and Elijah more and more, she becomes a much more integral part of the story. And in fact, she's pretty vital to the solution that Cam comes up towards the end. And I was really surprised to read in an interviewer just, I think, this last week it appeared online. I learned that one of the reasons that this secondary character is so well-drawn is because she's actually already had her own book. LaQuette: She's had three books, actually. Will: Can you tell us real quickly, for our listeners, can you tell us about the origin of this particular character and why you thought she would be such a good fit for Camden and Elijah's story? LaQuette: Captain Heart Searlington is a character from my "Queens of Kings" series, which is all heroine-centered. And she is this...you know, her name is Heart for a reason, because she has a huge heart, even though she really carries it under this gruff exterior. She's a badass, she's all about getting work done. And if you ever get the chance to read her books, you know, she's really out there hands-on in the street. And I felt like Elijah would need someone like that, professionally and personally, to kind of...to get him to the place where he could admit his flaws. Someone that's not... You know, he's a very...he's a large man, he's aggressive, you know, he carries a gun, so he could be a little bit intimidating for the average person. But for her, she's not afraid to tell him like it is to his face. And, you know, when you have that kind of a personality where people might not tell your truth because they find you imposing, having someone who will speak the truth to you, regardless of whatever the situation is, can be vital to you, you know, making the right choices in life. And I felt like having her there would give him that balance, because he needed some really cold truths told to him, for him to get his head together and do what he needed to do. Jeff: Was it always your intention to have the character crossover or did that just kind of manifest itself? LaQuette: Well, the precinct that they work at is sort of anytime I have a police situation, those cops show up in a book somewhere. So one, because, you know, the world is already created, so it's kind of easy for me to draw from that precinct, but it's also because my readers absolutely adore this woman. And so they're always asking for her, and this was an opportunity for her to show up and say, "Hi." And not in a way that overshadows, you know, the main story, which is Camden and Elijah, but just enough to make readers go, "Oh, my God. She's here." Jeff: It's always good to get those universe crossovers and little Easter eggs like that, for sure. LaQuette: It's true. It's very true. Will: Yeah. Now, "Under His Protection" is not your first M/M romance. LaQuette: No, it is not. Will: There's also "Love's Changes," which I believe came out in 2016? LaQuette: Yes. Will: And I wanted to ask you, what drew you to writing in this specific subgenre? I mean, along with all of your other books that are more traditional male/female romances? LaQuette: Well, one, I wholeheartedly believe that everyone deserves a happy ending. And when I wrote the "Queens of King" series, I always knew that Heart's cousin, because the characters, the protagonists in "Love's Changes" are Bryan, who is one of Heart's lieutenants, you met him, actually, in "Under His Protection," and her cousin, Justice. And so they get to have their own story. You get to see them a little bit in the "Queens of King" series, but they're more background. We know that they were having a hard time and they were broken up for some reason, but we don't know why. So they get, you know, readers... Which really surprised me because I didn't really believe that there was a lot of crossover between male-female readers and male-male readers. But people really asked me for a story for those two. Like, "When are we gonna get Justice and Bryan's story? We wanna know what happens to them and how they get back together." And so I that story was actually born out of the fact that readers requested it, and so I gave it to them. Jeff: That's very cool. You know, it's always nice to see as the M/F readers catch the male-male pairing to then want to know more. LaQuette: Yes, it was really a trip for me. I did not believe that they would want it at all. But it was very touching to write their story. I was very happy with how the story turned out. I was very happy with the fact that they get their happily ever after. And it's not...it's connected to the "Queens of Kings" series, but it's not really part of it. So the story kind of takes place outside of everything that's going on in that particular story. Jeff: Do you envision more, I guess, "Dreamspun Desires" books that happened in the universe you've created with everything that's going on so far? LaQuette: I really didn't, but I've been getting a lot of mail recently about this book. And, you know, people wanting to know what happens after this. They wanna see how Camden's family kind of blends with Elijah's family and how that's going to work. I'm like, "Dude, I'm not there. Like, I have so many other projects. I can't right now. But we'll come back to that maybe." Jeff: Just based on your review, I don't see how those families mesh. Will: Two different worlds. Most definitely, yeah. LaQuette: They really are. Jeff: Now, one of the things that I'm super excited about, having recently read about, is your new contract with Dreamspinner for "Harlem Heat." LaQuette: Yes, "Harlem Heat," so when stuff makes me mad, it also makes me really productive. So I was really kind of getting tired of hearing the "not historically accurate moniker" criticism given to African-American romance, especially historical African-American romance. And it just bothered me because it's not that those happily-ever-afters weren't possible. It's just people aren't really aware of the completed history. So a lot of thing...you know, a lot of people who think they know about African-American history, the only thing they know is slavery and Jim Crow, and that's it. And, you know, black people have been downtrodden since we were brought to this country. But that's not exactly the truth because even in all of the horror, there were still moments of triumph. And we didn't just, you know, survive, we thrived. We're still here, the proof that we're still here, you know, the proof that we had happiness at some point is that we're still here. So I decided I wanted to write about a time that was where to be black and to be gay wasn't something that you had to hide from the world. It wasn't something you had to...you had your own pocket of community. There was a celebration of it. And I wanted to speak to that. I wanted people to know that these two intersections of life existed with happy endings. Jeff: And this series, in particular, is gonna go to such an interesting time period in the U.S. when all of the Harlem Renaissance was happening. LaQuette: Yeah, so it's based on three actual people who lived during the Harlem Renaissance. So it's based on Bumpy Johnson, who was the godfather of Harlem for 30 years. It's based on Langston Hughes, who was a great contributor to the Harlem Renaissance as a poet and writer. And it's also based on Cab Calloway, who was sort of one of the most notable faces in jazz and jazz music and jazz performance at the Cotton Club. So we're gonna see... we won't be using their names, but those characters will be based off of those actual people. Will: Yeah, because it was...I think it was like mere moments after I finished reading "Under His Protection." I read about this Harlem Renaissance series that you were doing, and I like lost my mind. I was like, totally doing a happy dance. This is going to be so amazing. I know this is still far in the future. But when do you think we can expect this series? LaQuette: I don't know. And that's the God's honest truth. I'm actually currently writing, finishing up the series for Sourcebooks. And so "Harlem Heat" doesn't...I don't think I'm projected to start it until like the end of the year. So I don't know exactly when it's going to be ready. But I mean, you know, ready for the world anyway. But I think I can talk to someone about getting you a beta read...a copy for beta reading if you'd like. Jeff: Please do. Yes. Will: That would be amazing. Jeff: I imagine the research for that got to be a lot of fun to look at that period in history and figure out what parts you wanna take and use. LaQuette: It is. I mean, I was very fortunate when I was in college. When I did my undergrad in creative writing. I was very fortunate to have a professor who thought outside of the box, and he taught a class on Harlem Renaissance. That was amazing. I mean, it was so rich and filled with culture. And you know, not just the usual things that we see in mainstream history but, you know, getting really down to the nitty-gritty of it. And you know, showing you to...I'm sure that when you when you guys, as gay men, look at the history of the LGBT community, and you get to see it unfold, there's such a moment of connection there. And it's the same thing for black people when we're getting to experience our history because we don't often get to see it through mainstream lens. And so to see it and to see the information dispensed in a way that's positive and celebratory and uplifting, it changes your whole perception of yourself, of who you are and where you came from. And so I'm delighted to be able to dig back into that. I have Piper Huguley, who is a history professor at Spelman College. I believe it's Spelman. And she's also a romance writer, and she's brilliant. So she helps me with a great deal with telling me what books I need to read for this period, and where I need to look for information. But it's so much fun. It really is so much fun. Jeff: That's amazing. Let's talk origin story for a minute. How did you get started writing romance? What led you down this path? LaQuette: I didn't see me on the page. I started reading romance when I was about 16 years old. Way too young to be reading some of the stuff I was reading, but you know, hey. And by the time I was about 18, I probably went through every "Harlequin Presents" that my local library had. And every romance novel I read, it was never about a girl that looked like me, never about places where I lived. So it kind of pulled me out of the romance reading for a while because it was nice to read about those stories, but there was just something missing for me after a while. And I probably, at the time, didn't recognize that I was internalizing that these stories were basically saying, "Romance isn't for you. You don't look like this. You don't fit this mold, so romance isn't for you." And I kind of just pulled away from it. And I think after I finished my undergrad, I just wanted to relax and have some fun and I kind of got back into it. And at the time, I discovered black romance was a thing. And I discovered people like Rochelle Alers, and Brenda Jackson, and Zane. And I'm like, "Wow." Like, it became exciting again. It was refreshing. It was new and yet still very familiar because I could see myself in all of the antics that were going in these stories. I could see myself in those characters. And so I decided I wanted to do that. I wanted to create those spaces, create more stories like that so people could have those connections in reality, you know, reactions when they opened up a book and saw themselves. Jeff: Now that you are writing, what do you think the trademarks of your books are? LaQuette: I do sex and snark really well. Like, I do sarcasm really well because that's my language. It really is my language, and sex, yeah, that's so if you're gonna pick up a LaQuette book, you're going to get lots of sex and lots of sarcasm. Jeff: Did she meet those two in your book? Will: Oh, yeah. Just before we started this interview, we were talking about the possibilities of an audiobook for "Under His Protection." And whatever narrator lands this job is going to, number one, have the time of their life, because Camden and Elijah are very...the banter is very smart and very witty. But also, as you say, the sex scenes are...I'm not even sure what the correct adjective is. It's smoking hot. Yeah, you're gonna need a nice cool beverage after you listen to those scenes, for sure. LaQuette: I don't know that I could listen to that. I don't know that I could. It would be so weird for me. I don't know. I mean, I know I wrote the words, but to hear them aloud, I don't know that I could do that. Will: Exactly. Yeah. Jeff: Yeah, I know, you know, many authors can't listen to their own audio books. LaQuette: Especially those parts. Like I said, I do sex. Amy Lane told me, she was like, "You write sex in such a beautiful concrete way. Like, I just wanna have all the facts when I read your books." I'm like, "Amy, that is the sweetest and weirdest thing that anyone has ever said to me, and I love you for it." Jeff: That almost should be a blurb on the book cover or something. Will: Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Jeff: Is there anything you're reading right now that you wanna shout out to people as like a book to grab? LaQuette: Oh, I'm reading a few books. So I just finished Adriana Herrera's...the third book in this "Dreamer" series, and I can't remember the title because it's not actually out yet. I beta read for her, and it is fantastic. I mean, book one is great and I love it. It was so real to me that literally, I had to drive like two to three miles from my house just to go get Dominican food, because I was so hungry after reading book one. Will: Exactly. Yes. Yeah. LaQuette: And book three does the same thing. There's lots of cultural food. And it's part of the tapestry of how these two people connect and share their backgrounds, their experiences, their worldviews. And not to mention, she's so good at writing books that are socially conscious without making you feel like you're being talked down to or preached at, and I love her for that, for being... I don't know that I could do that the way she does it. She's so talented. And I'm also reading...I'm halfway through...I stumble with her name because I know her as Blue Sapphire, but she's now writing as Royal Blue for Dreamspinner, "Kyle's Reveal." Will: Yeah, I've heard of this book, yeah. LaQuette: And I'm halfway through it. And, you know, she's fire, like, she writes hot books. So I'm really excited. I can't wait to get to the end of this book. Will: What was the name of that book again? LaQuette: "Kyle's Reveal." Will: Okay. And that's the...please remind me, is the basketball book, is that correct? LaQuette: Yes. Will: Okay, yes. LaQuette: I mean, it's kind of dark because the protagonists have like a really dark traumatic history. But it's definitely deep and I'm loving it. So I'm really, really, really interested in getting to the end to see if I could just get a minute to stop writing and finish it, I'd be great. Will: Awesome. Jeff: It's such a hard thing balancing. LaQuette: It is. Jeff: "I wanna to finish this book." Then it's like, "I don't wanna read it too fast." LaQuette: Exactly. Jeff: Finding that balance. LaQuette: It's true. Jeff: Are there tropes or genres that you wanna tackle that you just haven't yet in your own writing? LaQuette: I don't know that there are any tropes, because I kind of...I throw a lot of different tropes in my books. Like, "Under His Protection" has second chance romance, it also has proximity, it also has sort of kind of enemies to lovers the way Elijah and Camden started out in the book. And it could sort of kind of be considered like a workplace romance being that they're both involved in different sides of law enforcement. But I don't know. I mean, I've done secret baby before and I love that. That was really fun. And I've done...the only thing I haven't done is like May-December romances. So I think maybe that might be something I'd might want to try. Jeff: Cool. I would read that. I love a good May-December. Absolutely. So beyond the writing, which obviously takes up a lot of time, you also are the president of RWANYC. So the New York City chapter of Romance Writers of America. Tell folks what that entails and what actually led you to running for office. LaQuette: I didn't wanna run. I had no intention of running because I have a lot of stuff to do. And it takes time away from the things that I'm contracted to do. But one of the things that's very important in romance that's happening right now is the fact that romance can be a very whitewashed world, meaning the protagonists that we see, the authors that get the most opportunities are white authors and white characters. And so if you're not white... and straight characters. If you're not writing that, it's difficult to get into the door, it's difficult to find the same resources, the same backing. It's almost impossible to get contracts. And so I ran for president of RWANYC because I wanted, in some way, to help change that landscape, to do some of the work necessary with publishers to try to change that. And it's a heavy task, it's a heavy burden, especially when we get, you know, over the last couple of weeks, we are still reeling from the RITA Awards, which is basically like the Grammys for romance. And every year, it's the same thing. It's a very, very white landscape, and very few authors of color are made finalist. No black woman has ever won a RITA in the 30 years that this award has been established. And people do a lot of mental acrobatics to justify why that is. So "Oh, maybe the writing is just not that good. Maybe that's why we've never had a black RITA award winner. Maybe black authors are not entering." You know, these are also questions that are ridiculous, because statistically, it's just impossible that no black woman would ever have won in 30 years. It's just impossible. And the reason it is, is because the judging pool, there's a bias there in terms of black women and black characters, not just black authors, but black characters. Because you cannot know who the author is, but you cannot...well, I don't write characters who are racially ambiguous. I'm proud of my blackness and my characters are as well. And so I don't try to hide that or trick people into reading my books, or make it so difficult for people to recognize who a person is or what their background is because I feel like that is an important thing. In real life, we don't really get to not know who people are by looking at them. So I don't do it in my books. And because of that, it's very difficult when you know, going into this, "I'm gonna submit this book, and it's not going to final," not because it's a poorly written book, not because I didn't do everything I could to make this book as good as it could be, but simply because my characters, especially my heroines are black. And that is just something that the judging pool cannot handle as of yet. So my work as president is a lot of, you know, being the champion for this cause and taking on this battle because it's not just about me succeeding, it's about any black author who was writing black characters having the ability to write and be supported by the industry. And if I can make any sort of headway in that and if I can help anyone along the way, I'll feel like I've done something positive with my life. Will: With books like yours, and with Adriana Herrera, who you mentioned not too long ago, do you think it's really just a matter of representation that can help build awareness for diversity in romance or is there something else that readers, specifically, should be doing or asking for? LaQuette: Well, specifically, yeah. I mean, readers have a lot of power. So if you're asking publishers, you know, "Why don't we have more diverse romance? Why don't we have romance where...you know, that shows basically the colors of the rainbow and all those brilliant facets of intersectionality in life, like, why don't we have that?" Because your buying dollars is what demands, what makes the demand. Because publishers will say, "We don't sell that. We don't contract black books because they don't sell." One of the things we discussed at Dreamspinner was the cover. That was an intentional choice. I was very clear with them when we sat down and talked about this project that Elijah needed to be on the cover. I would not subscribe to the ideology that a black man on the cover can't sell. And there are...I mean, we've seen in our writing community that some publishing houses have actually made this statement. I don't subscribe to that. So we talked about it. And then we talked about the fact that readership sometimes can have a bias. And sometimes they won't engage with the book if they feel like the person is the wrong color or wrong background. And I said, "I understand that, but we're still gonna work...you know, to work with me, this is how we're gonna work." And they were in agreement. I didn't have to convince them. I went in prepared to battle. And it was like, "Listen, I really need this guy to be black and I really need him to look like this." And they were like, "We agree. We agree." So we need more of that in the industry. And it starts with readers. It also starts with the gatekeepers. People reaching out and specifically looking for these things. It also, people who are gatekeepers also need to check themselves. So when you're reading a book and you're saying, "I can't connect to it. I didn't relate to it." Why aren't you relating to it? Is it that it's a poorly written book? I've gotten rejection letters that literally said, "This is a really well-written book, but I didn't relate to the character, so I'm not gonna buy it." That doesn't really make a lot of sense, right? So what was it that you didn't relate to? If you could see that it was a really well-written book, I mean, if it's that good, why not work with me in terms of editing to kind of get things right, you know, to where it would be something that you feel is that you could sell. But a lot of publishing houses out there don't have that mentality. And it's this sort of...it's insidious. It's not something, you know, you can actually like, look and see. Some people don't even notice it. They just think, "Oh, I don't read those kinds of books because I don't like them." And it's not that they don't like them, it's that they've not actually giving them the opportunity to be great. Jeff: So that is, obviously, great words for the readers. Kind of spinning it back to your RWA role, you're in such a diverse chapter there because you're in NYC. LaQuette: Yeah. Jeff: How are the authors in that particular region banding together to like help RWA move past the issues? LaQuette: Oh, well, a lot of my recent successes, because, you know, allies, colleagues like Kate McMurray and Tere Michaels, are like, "Listen, you're fabulous, and we want you to meet people who will also think you're fabulous. So come here." And that's part of the beauty of RWA, and that's why I fight so hard for diversity and inclusion within RWA, because my success, as I said, my recent success has all been attached to people pushing me in different directions to say, "This is where you need to be. This is the person you need to meet." And if you're not a part of the organization, you can't make those connections. And networking connections will get you further than anything you know, right? So when we cut off authors of color from that source, from the resources, from the networking connections, and the opportunities that are presented to people who are part of the organization, what we're doing is we're disconnecting them from publishing. And we're forcing them to be indie. And this is not an indie versus trad conversation. This is... some people cannot be anything other than indie, because trad will not give them the opportunity. They've been completely marginalized. And so that should not be. People should be able to publish however they choose to, whether they up to be an indie author or whether they decide that the trad route is for them, because, you know, different strokes for different folks. It is different, you know, depending on what your lifestyle is like. I have crazy children and I have to juggle being a mom, a writer, and everything else and try to keep sane. Being an indie author is a lot of work. It's a lot of effort on your end to make a book successful. I don't have that kind of time in my life, or that kind of energy, honestly. So being a trad author is a much better avenue for me and my situation. And if that is the only way that I can publish, but publishing will not give me the opportunities, then it's, you know, I'm losing out. And that's the purpose of RWA to sort of bridge those gaps. But I don't think we're exactly where we need to be yet. So we're still working on it. Will: Yeah, definitely. Jeff: We very much appreciate your efforts towards that, for sure. Will: Now, the Romance Writers of America National Conference is going to be in NYC this summer. LaQuette: Absolutely. Will: And I expect you're going to be there. LaQuette: Oh, yeah. I wouldn't miss it for the world. Will: Yeah, we're actually making a trip for the first time this year as well. LaQuette: Yay. Will: So hopefully we will... I know it's gonna be crazy busy. But hopefully, we're gonna get a chance to say hi in person. LaQuette: It is. Absolutely. Jeff: For sure. Now, we talked about "Harlem Heat." You mentioned a couple other things. What is on your docket for the rest of this year for releases? LaQuette: I don't think I have any other releases this year because I'm writing. So I've been very blessed in that I have landed these two major contracts with Sourcebooks and with Dreamspinner, both for series. So I'm halfway through Source's books. And I need to start on Dreamspinner's toward the end of the year. So there won't be any more releases from me. I mean, if I get a moment where I'm, you know, feeling really creative, I might try to get a novella together. But I'm not making any promises. Jeff: All right, so we'll look for a lot more in 2020, for sure. LaQuette: Yeah, 2020 is definitely...the first book for Source comes out in 2020. I don't have a release date yet. I have delivery dates for Dreamspinner, but I don't have release dates yet. So I'm thinking probably sometime toward the end of 2020, possibly, or maybe the beginning of 2021. Jeff: All right. Well, when "Harlem Heat" comes out, you definitely have an invitation to come back and talk, for sure. LaQuette: Oh, yay. Thank you. Jeff: Now what's the best way for everybody to keep up with you online? LaQuette: Oh, so you can find me on Facebook at, you know, my Facebook page, LaQuettetheAuthor. You can find me on Twitter @LaQuetteWrites, or you can find me on Instagram at la_quette, or you can email me at laquette@laquette.com, or you can go to my website laquette.com. Will: Fantastic. Jeff: She's well branded, and everything is the same. Will: Most definitely. Well, LaQuette, it was a genuine honor to have you on the show today. LaQuette: Oh, thank you. Will: We're so glad that you could take some time out of your extremely busy schedule that you can come talk to us. LaQuette: Thank you for having me. I mean, I was so excited and a little bit nervous also, to come on and talk to you guys because I've seen the show before. And I'm like, "Yay, I get to go hang out with them. I feel special." Will: Well, it is a genuine pleasure. We're so glad that you came. LaQuette: Thank you so very much for having me.

Don't you love those folks in your organization who ask, “How high?” when you say “Jump?” You know the type, we often refer to them as a “Yes Person.” Wouldn't it be nice if your entire organization was filled with yes people? Not so fast! What if you are missing a key piece of leadership development by turning everyone into a yes person? On this episode, you'll hear from my guest, Ryan Peña.  Ryan is an Innovation Lab Specialist for Be The Match; a non-profit organization focused on bone marrow registry and research. As a part of the Innovation Lab, Ryan works with a multi-disciplinary team created specifically to solve an existing problem or realize a new opportunity.  In our conversation, Ryan talks about the amazing work they do at Be The Match, what the process is like to become a bone marrow donor, how they develop leaders in the organization, why he volunteered to work with the Innovation Lab, challenges he faces as a leader, and much more. I hope that many of you are moved by life-saving efforts that Ryan and Be The Match work toward. What is Be The Match? When most people hear about bone marrow donation they cringe, it sounds so scary and serious! Over the years, TV shows, movies, and other media have focused on the invasive and intimidating aspects of bone marrow donation. Did you know that the process has changed? These days, to get on the national bone marrow registry, all you have to do is use a kit to swab the inside of your cheek and send it in, it's that easy! Be The Match, which is a government funded non-profit will then place your record in their registry until they find someone who matches and needs a bone marrow transplant. Then they'll contact you, ask for your permission, and then you'll start the donation process. Even the donation process has become less scary as technology has advanced. Most donors won't need to go in for an invasive operation. Eighty percent of the time, donors will simply need to donate through a blood plasma donation type of a process. To learn more about Be The Match and their life-saving work, make sure to check out the link to their site located in the resources section at the end of this post. Why experiments like the Innovation Lab are so valuable. When was the last time you asked your people to think outside of the box? Do you look for ways to inspire and empower people in your organization or do you just want a bunch of yes people? At Be The Match, Ryan Peña was selected along with five of his peers to participate in an out of the box type of experiment called the Innovation Lab. Sequestered away from the rest of the organization, Ryan and his team were tasked with the objective of researching umbilical cord blood donation and how it can help with their blood marrow registry and research objectives. This unique experiment took Ryan and his peers away from the hustle and bustle of their day to day responsibilities in the organization with the goal of tackling something they've never done before. What lessons can you learn from Be The Match's experiment with their Innovation Lab? Does your organization need more Yes People? Every organization has yes people in their ranks, but are yes people always the best people for the job? What if there was a way to encourage and empower your people to fall in line as yes people when necessary but to speak out and provide constructive feedback when it is appropriate? Speaking as a former yes man, Ryan Peña encourages leaders to teach their people to speak up and question tasks and assignments in a positive way. He sees this aspect of leadership development as crucial for an organization to remain healthy and innovative. While it may sound easier to have a room filled with yes people, the truth is, that approach stifles innovation, experimentation, and ultimately growth. One way to break out of the norm and encourage your people to think critically is to tell them that the next time they are given a task, they have your permission and your endorsement to ask why. It may sound simple, but this small step will show your people that you want to hear from them, you want to get them on board and be part of what your organization is trying to accomplish. Action steps you can take. What are you waiting for? Are you going to take action on the information you've received or will you just sit on it and let it collect dust on the shelf? Thankfully, Ryan Peña was kind enough to provide three takeaways that leaders like you can use to take action today.  Challenge yourself to take a step back from your current style of leadership. Choose your words wisely; you never know how you'll impact others. Learn from your surroundings. Cultivate relationships with people in your team.  I'd love to hear which action step you took with the information that Ryan covered in our conversation. I know that some aspect of what Ryan shared will resonate with leaders who are committed to improve and help their people to do the same. Outline of This Episode [1:15] I introduce my guest, Ryan Peña. [3:00] What is Be The Match? [6:00] When did the technology become available to use swab kits instead of blood tests? What does the donation process look like? [16:30] Ryan talks about developing leaders and helping them connect with the vision of the organization. [20:00] How did Be The Match roll out their “Innovation Lab?” [28:00] What are the two challenges that Ryan faces as a leader? [34:45] Why is someone a “Yes person?” [37:15] Three takeaways from Ryan that you can start acting on. [40:50] Closing thoughts. Connect with Ryan Peña Be The Match Ryan on LinkedIn Ryan on Twitter Connect With Bruce www.ContractedLeadership.com Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Subscribe to The Development Exponent on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher Audio Production and Show notes by PODCAST FAST TRACK https://www.podcastfasttrack.com

A big storm hits the radio station. An elevator malfunctions. A relic from the nineties is recovered. A eulogy is delivered. Special thanks to Gldnfngr. --- There’s a thin line between truth and fiction. Dogtown exists somewhere in the middle. Engorge yourself on slices of life from around Boston where you can only believe half of what you see and nothing you hear. Featuring the vocal talents of Sage Holloway, Ashby Gentry, Josh Gluck, Willa Eigo, Hannah Antman, Nick Edis, Jackie Romankow, and Reilly Anspaugh. Special thanks to Matthew Martori, Alec Videla, and Hannah Xue.

Dr. Ryan and Ashley Berlin discuss Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD). What is a degenerative disc. What is the difference between a budged, herniated, sequestered disc? Can they heal and repair? When is it time for surgery? Can chiropractic help? Is degeneration really a disease? We also share some real life patient testimonials.

There’s been a murder at Turlah’s Diner, and two detectives try to solve this backwater mystery. Next it’s Live TV News from Peoria covering the murder, featuring Bobby Fly in the Sky,” followed by A Kidnapping at the Diner, and lastly A Jury decides the fate of the accused… Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Hannah is sequestered in her apartment sick AF and slowly losing it. She talks about Alyssa Edwards' new Netflix Series, Mischa Barton, Black Mirror, and ponders dying her hair red because she has no idea what the f*** her brand is!

Sequestered away in Woodstock, New York, at the end of the 1960s, Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison was on a quest. His previous album, Astral Weeks, was floundering commercially, and no one knew quite what to make of this Celtic troubadour who sang of mysticism and “gardens all misty wet with rain.” Out of this artistic sabbatical came 1970’s Moondance, an album that drew influences from blues, pop, and jazz to create a through line of music that was at once inherently accessible, and, as the ensuing decades would prove, universally relatable. Within these melodies, Morrison used imagery of his trademark gypsies and mists and dreams and stories, while placing them within frames of groove-able basslines, wistful guitars, and even trendy (for the period) flutes. This amalgamation of influences proved to be just the right combination that Morrison needed to cement himself within the lexicon of great singer-songwriters, and why Moondance has since gone on to become one of the best-loved albums ever recorded.

Show #305 Recorded live on October 17, 2017 **Playlist** 1) Kaffaljidhma - Alphecca of the Northern Crown, Sequestered in an Alcove of Lustrous Spires 2) VAAL - De Poorten van Aaru 3) Bašmu - Crimson Eyes of Djinn 4) Faceless Entity - In Via Ad Nusquam III **talk** 5) Funeral Harvest - Shepherd of Rats 6) Nebiros - A Blackstorm In My Soul 7) Wampyrinacht - The Old Abbey **talk** 8) Vassafor - Emergence (Of An Unconquerable One) Live every Tuesday at 9pm EST on BostonFreeRadio.com

Orville Thertell -- a typical affable Canadian--might be too nice. Orville’s being taken advantage of, but can’t put his foot down. Sequestered in a boathouse in the woods, can tough talk from a city guy and a realtor help him stick up for himself?

Today's Guest: Jesse Bradford, actor, "Outlaw" Jesse Bradford in "Sequestered" Over the past week, I’ve been delighted to play host to the two leading ladies of NBC’s new legal series, “Outlaw” – Carly Pope and Ellen Woglom. They both told me how wonderful the star’s show, Jimmy Smits, is. Who cares about him? JESSE BRADFORD podcast excerpt: "I've never really had a steady gig. That was always a tremendously appealing life to me throughout my 20s; I didn't want my life to be about my work. But now, at 31, I would love to have a steady gig."  What I really want to know, only a man can tell me: what’s it like to work with Carly and Ellen, who have starred, respectively, in the film Young People F@cking and the TV show “Californication”? I know, I know: I’m hopeless. You’ll probably recognize Jesse Bradford, by the way: he’s been in a pile of successful films by renown directors prior to playing Eddie Franks on “Outlaw,” which airs Fridays @ 10 p.m. on NBC. There was Clint Eastwood,’s Flags of Our Fathers and Oliver Stone’s W. He also appeared in Steven Soderbergh’s King of the Hill and Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. Good work, if you can get it. Jesse Bradford Twitter • IMDB • Wikipedia • Instagram LISTEN! More Mr. Media interviews with the stars of "Outlaw": Ellen Woglom • Carly Pope The Millionaire's Convenient Arrangementby Jane Peden. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above!     The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

Jesse Bradford has worked with everyone from Leonardo DiCaprio to Clint Eastwood in an acting career spanning almost four decades. A child actor before becoming one of Hollywood’s hottest up and coming young actors in the early 2000s, Jesse has recently starred in the NBC comedy Guys with Kids (executive produced by Jimmy Fallon) and the Crackle original series Sequestered, among other roles. So, what’s next for a guy who’s old enough to be able to look back, but still young enough to be able to look ahead? Sit back and enjoy this After Hours conversation with actor, musician, renaissance man, Jesse Bradford. I feel like I’m a little too weird to always play the leading man, and a little too leading man to always play the weird guy.Jesse Bradford Jesse Discusses: Beginning his acting career as a baby Working with Harrison Ford on Presumed Innocent Working with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Daines on Romeo and Juliet Auditioning alongside Robin Williams for Steven Spielberg Playing a murderer and attempted rapist on the CBS drama Code Black Being typecast as an actor The first thing Leonardo DiCaprio said to Jesse upon meeting him Working with Steven Soderbergh on King of the Hill Remaining grounded in Hollywood The unexpected success of Swimfan Working with Robert DeNiro His Christopher Walken steam room story Interests outside of Hollywood Becoming an accomplished guitar player The pros and cons of fame Maintaining an untarnished public image Navigating social media Joining his first online dating site Having his heart broken Friendships in Hollywood Roles he regrets having turned down Links Jesse Bradford - Instagram Bring it On clip - YouTube Jesse Bradford with Harrison Ford in Presumed Innocent - Photo Jesse Bradford winning Young Hollywood Award - Photo Jesse Bradford with Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo & Juliet - Photo Guys with Kids clip - YouTube Code Black clip - YouTube King of the Hill clip - YouTube Swimfan trailer - YouTube Jesse Bradford in Falling in Love - Photo The Power of Few trailer - YouTube Jesse playing blues guitar - YouTube  

Starling Tribune - Season 4 Edition – Monument Point (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast)   The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network   Transcript:         http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=172&t=27129 Episode:            “Monument Point” [Season 4 Episode 21] Air Date:           Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 Director:           Kevin Tancharoen 1st Arrow | 2 Flash| 6 Agents of SHIELD | 19 Mortal Combat | 1 Twelve Monkeys | 1 Supergirl | 8 Sequestered... Writers: Speed Weed 23 Ep Arrow Co-Exec Prod | 4 Ep Arrow | Haven, Law & Order SVU, NCIS... Jenny Lynn 1st Ep Arrow (Congrats!!) | 2 Privileged | 1 Day Break | 2 Point Pleasant IMDB:   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4862556/?ref_=tt_ep_nx Promo: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/dc_tv/arrow/new-clip-from-arrow-season-4-episode-21-monument-point-a141545   - The name of the episode is clearly a reference to the nuked place - The theme of the episode should have been “Daddy issues” - Were the fighting moves practical or just for effect? - #staightupkickadude - #deadpoliticalconsultantbootycallinterndude - Could we have done without the flashbacks this episode? - Baron Reiter has pretty cook powers - How is the idol going to fully effect Taiana - ALL THE VILLIANS - Clipboard skills are necessary in the new order - Did Felicity make the right call? - The reporters run down the Pop Culture Easter Eggs in the episode - Arrow News, Feedback and comments from the chat - Thank you for downloading and listening!   EPISODE DC EASTER EGGS:   Season 4 Episode 21 “Monument Point” (Date: xx May 2016) Article: http://comicbook.com/2016/05/12/arrow-monument-point-easter-eggs-map-the-dc-universe/   During his time writing Justice Society of America, Arrow showrunner Marc Guggenheim created both Monument Point and its suburb of Havencroft, the town he wiped off the map in tonight's episode of Arrow PLUS: Markovia and Corto Maltese were referenced   ARROW NEWS:   Kevin Smith says he's interested in writing for Arrow  (Date: 11 May 2016) "I would love to jump in for a one or two episode arc just to bring the Onomatopoeia character to life. That would be so badass.” Link: http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/kevin-smith-says-hes-interested-in-writing-for-arrow   No Return for Laurel says Stephen Amell  (Date: 07 May 2016) During a sit-down with "Larry King Now," asked whether he knew the last words uttered by Lance -- Amell said that while he does know what she said, it will remain a surprise, per the wishes of Greg Berlanti. When King followed up by asking "Any chance she'll come back from the dead?" Amell responded with a simple "No." Link: http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/arrow-star-stephen-amell-no-resurrection-on-the-horizon-for-laurel-lance   S04 Will Likely end on a cliffhanger  (Date: 10 May 2016) More from the Larry King interview: asked to describe the episode in three words. Amell gave a cryptic reply, “Where'd everybody go?” Link: http://comicbook.com/2016/05/06/stephen-amell-says-arrow-season-4-finale-will-have-everyone-aski/   S04 Finale Titled “Schism” May complete a “Soft Reboot” (Date: 11 May 2016) Mericle calls the title of the finale, titled “Schism,” a “good clue”: “We talked about Season 4 as a soft reboot and I think Season 5 will see some big changes on the show.” Link: http://collider.com/arrow-season-4-finale-season-5-villain/   OpEd: DC has a rare opportunity for a shared universe (Date: 12 May 2016) This is the true magic of shared universes: Something BIG happens in Show A, so Shows B, C, and D must adapt … DC has a rare opportunity that Marvel doesn't: They occupy the week. Mondays belong to Supergirl, Tuesdays for The Flash, Arrow has Wednesdays, and Legends of Tomorrow dominate Thursdays. That's four days in the week for one massive story following the events of Monument Point. Link: https://www.inverse.com/article/15584-arrow-just-made-a-case-for-dc-s-tv-universe-needing-its-own-civil-war   ARROW CAST & CREW INTERVIEWS   Supergirl S02 Renewed & confirmed to move to CW!!! (Date: 12 May 2016) Description Link: http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/supergirl-the-cw-season-2-1201773032/   Greg Berlanti confirms involvement in Booster Gold  (Date: 12 May 2016) The Flash and Supergirl executive producer Greg Berlanti has confirmed rumors that he is currently involved in developing a feature film based on DC Comics superhero Booster Gold. Link: http://comicbook.com/2016/05/12/the-flashs-berlanti-confirms-involvement-in-booster-gold-movie/   GREEN ARROW COMICS & TOY NEWS   YES!! Green Arrow Vol 5 : Black Arrow by Mike Grell  (Date: 10 May 2016) When Oliver is manipulated into betraying his country, he soon finds himself at the top of the FBI's Most Wanted list. Alone and on the run, Ollie is forced to track down the one person who can clear his name-the man who set him up in the first place. But what he'll do once he finds him is unclear. The Green Arrow has always been a hunter, but is he also a killer? Collects #29-38 of the classic series from 1988. Link: https://www.comixology.com/Green-Arrow-1988-1998-Vol-5-Black-Arrow/digital-comic/371669?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3QvMTExNjM   FEEDBACK:   Voicemail – Black Adam   NEXT EPISODE   Promo for Next Week: Episode 22 - “Lost in the Flood” (Date: xx May 2015) Article: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/dc_tv/arrow/new-extended-promo-for-arrow-season-4-episode-22-lost-in-the-flood-a141582 Episode:            “Lost in the Flood” [Season 4 Episode 22] Air Date:           Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Summary:         Following the shocking events in the previous episode, Oliver and Diggle race to rescue Thea, while Felicity, Curtis and Noah join together to stop Darhk. Director:           Glen Winter Writers: Brian Ford Sullivan George Papp IMDB:   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4862558/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_wr#writers Tune in to see what the Starling Tribune crew thinks will happen this season on Arrow based off what we've seen so far. After the show wraps keep listening as we bring fans on the show discuss their theories for season 4.   If you missed us live catch us next time and chime in yourself! Plus you won't miss out on our live post-show conversations.   Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 PM Central at gonnageek.com/live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.   Starling Tribune is proud to be a member of the GonnaGeek network found at GonnaGeek.com. For more geeky podcast visit GonnaGeek.com.   You can find us on iTunes under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com   This podcast was recorded Thursday May 12th, 2016.   Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!

1- Have you been sequestered yet? Not sure? Well don’t ask me 2- US to broker peace in Middle east Of course we cant get along in DC , lets solve the holy war 3- Hate groups up 800% Who says Obama doesn’t promote growth 4- Burn down the ‘burbs 5- Teachers carry guns in South Dakota, Duck 6- Here come the drones Here a drone there a drone everywhere a drone drone 7- Baby cured of aids, finally , some good news 8- Do you hate Anne Hathaway? You should 9- Hate her on twitter, that’s what its there for  Mar 12, 2013

We lament Bob Woodward, Seth MacFarlane and Aerosmith, but praise Harry Reid and the Modern Lovers. Plus, a very Stabby Five.

With the spotlight on U.S. budget cuts a timely book looks at the unique nature of the country's debt and the options available to avoid hitting the debt ceiling. Is U.S. Government Debt Different? -- a collection of 15 articles published by the Wharton Financial Institutions Center -- is co-edited by Wharton finance professor Franklin Allen who shares insights from the book with Knowledge at Wharton. (Video with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Once more, unto The Bacon, dear friends! Still flying in missing Pig formation, this episode of the Film Pigs Podcast focuses on Todd Robert Anderson's terrible mental illness: his obsession with collecting DVDs and Blu-rays. Sequestered in a room lined with shelves of plastic discs, Skelton pulls 12 random movies and demands Todd explain himself before it's too late. It's kind of like Intervention, but very lazy and nothing is really accomplished.