Podcasts about Sheffield

New York state prosecutors say they will reopen a criminal inquiry into the alleged rape of a woman at Cornell University in 2024. The woman, referred to in court documents as Jane Doe, alleges in her lawsuit that seven men from Cornell's Chi Phi fraternity chapter assaulted her in an incident involving alcohol and the drug ketamine. The case was investigated by university police but will now go before a grand jury. The case has been discussed widely online, with many including actress Florence Pugh reacting with fury over the reported disciplinary actions taken by the university. Nada Tawfik, BBC North American correspondent, and Tracey Vitchers, Executive Director of It's On Us, a non-profit programme dedicated to college sexual assault prevention, join Anita Rani to discuss.The broadcaster, campaigner and charity founder Dame Esther Rantzen has died at the age of 86. She will be best remembered for presenting the BBC TV Programme That's Life. She also set up Childline – the telephone helpline for children suffering abuse or neglect – and spent a lot of time campaigning for older people and for assisted dying. Guardian journalist Zoe Williams remembers her and her impact on women's lives. Australia has launched its Endometriosis Management Plan, which gives GPs and patients a much greater role in the management of their endo. Professor Danielle Mazza from Monash University in Melbourne has been instrumental in designing and delivering the plan. She discusses how the UK might benefit from something like this with Dr Sylvia Kama-Kieghe, a GP in Sheffield, and Vice President of Membership and Workforce at the College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare.A social media-driven resurgence in the popularity of sunbeds is said to be fuelling a rise in cases of skin cancer, particularly among young people, according to some experts. Melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, is now one of the most common cancers in people aged 15 to 34, according to Cancer Research UK. Meanwhile research by the Teenage Cancer Trust found around 48% of 18 to 34-year-olds in the UK use sunbeds – the highest proportion of any age group. Observer journalist Marine Saint has been looking into this, along with Rosie Vare from the Teenage Cancer Trust.Producer: Melanie Abbott Presenter: Anita Rani

On this week's episode of The Kelly Sheffield Show, Wisconsin head coach Kelly Sheffield looks back at a strong opening weekend of Big Ten play as the Badgers start 2-0. We talk about the performances of freshmen Decelise Champion and Audrey Flanagan and what they're bringing to Wisconsin's lineup.Kelly also provides an update on Grace Egan's injury and where things stand as the Badgers move deeper into conference play.Plus, we look ahead to this weekend's matches against Indiana and Minnesota and what Wisconsin can expect from both Big Ten opponents.

We were thrilled to host our good friend Scott Sheffield in advance of his new book, From Tehran to the Permian: Leading the Shale Revolution and My Fight for Energy Independence, publishing on October 6th. Scott's career spans more than four decades, including serving as CEO of Parker & Parsley and later Pioneer Natural Resources, where he helped lead the company through multiple industry cycles and played an important role in the development of the Permian Basin and the U.S. shale revolution. Scott's new book traces that journey from his formative years living in Tehran through his decades in the energy industry, sharing the leadership lessons, challenges, and experiences that shaped him along the way. We were honored to host Scott and hear his reflections on his career and his latest perspectives across the energy landscape. In our conversation, we cover the many lessons and experiences captured in From Tehran to the Permian. Scott shares his perspective on culture and leadership, including his emphasis on mutual respect, accountability, efficiency, and maintaining a family feel as Pioneer grew. He reflects on navigating multiple industry downturns, the importance of maintaining low leverage and financial flexibility, building strong management teams and boards, and learning to listen and empower others. We discuss Pioneer's evolution from its roots in the Spraberry to international exploration and ultimately back to the Permian, as well as Scott's willingness to change strategy as markets and opportunities evolved. We explore the evolution of the broader oil and gas industry, including the maturation of U.S. shale, the opportunities and challenges of international exploration, Scott's long history with Australia and the Beetaloo Basin, and his perspectives on shareholder activism, capital discipline, industry consolidation, and the future of public versus private independents. Scott also reflects on his experiences in Iran and shares his perspectives on Iran and Venezuela, as well as his experience with the FTC following ExxonMobil's acquisition of Pioneer. We touch on today's energy landscape, including Scott's role in helping lift the U.S. crude oil export ban in 2015, his thoughts on the potential implications of restricting diesel exports, and the importance of natural gas infrastructure as power demand grows. Scott also shares observations from his time on the Williams board and the increasingly important intersection of natural gas, power generation, LNG, AI, and data centers. Throughout the conversation, we return to many of the themes that define Scott's career and book: culture, adaptability, financial discipline, great people, and a willingness to listen and evolve. To start the show, Mike Bradley highlighted Pioneer Natural Resources' impressive long-term value creation, from its formation in 1997 through its acquisition by ExxonMobil in 2024. Turning to fixed income, he noted that Treasury yields moved higher this week, with the 10-year Treasury yield rising ~10 basis points to ~5.3%, near a 25-year high. Investors are now focused on Wednesday's PCE Price Index report, with a stronger-than-expected reading potentially reinforcing expectations for additional rate hikes. WTI is trading at ~$89/bbl, down ~$4/bbl this week and ~$11/bbl over the past two weeks, driven in part by continued oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz and the restart of Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline, restoring ~3mmbpd of capacity. Mike noted that a key uncertainty for refined product markets remains whether the Trump Administration will move forward with a temporary diesel export ban. In equities, the DJIA and S&P 500 are both down ~1% this week. With the third quarter drawing to a close, Mike highlighted a significant divergence in sector performance, with Energy up ~15% for the quarter while Utilities declined ~15%. Looking ahead, he noted that further moderation in crude oil and diesel prices could ease inflationary pressures, help stabilize interest rates, and provide a more constructive backdrop for equity markets. Arjun Murti also joined and reflected on knowing Scott from their first meeting during Arjun's time at Goldman Sachs to their more recent work together at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy.

Luister naar de De VVE Podcast. Een initiatief van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor epidemiologie. Hierin voeren Dr. Bart Torensma, Dr. Marissa van Maaren en Dr. Sander van Kuijk tal van gesprekken met aansprekende wetenschappers over boeiende thema's in de wonderlijke wereld van de epidemiologie. Bedoeld als intellectuele verdieping en stapsteen in de VVE-ambitie om de epidemiologische gemeenschap verder met elkaar te verbinden. In deze aflevering #11: Prof. dr. Kit C.B. Roes: Professor of Biostatistics, Radboud University Medical Center: IQ Health Wie bewaakt een klinische trial terwijl die nog loopt? Dat is het werk van de Data Safety Monitoring Board: een onafhankelijke commissie die tussentijds meekijkt naar veiligheid, effect en datakwaliteit, en adviseert of de studie door kan, aangepast moet worden of moet stoppen.Klinkt overzichtelijk, maar de praktijk is dat zelden. Wat als de data iets laten zien waar niemand op rekende? Hoe communiceer je met een sponsor zonder die te ontblinden? En wanneer wint klinisch oordeel het van een statistische stopregel?In deze aflevering duiken we in de wereld van DSMB's: hoe ze werken, waar het misgaat en wat je vooraf moet regelen om ze hun werk goed te laten doen.Boek: Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials: A Practical PerspectiveAuthor(s):Susan S. Ellenberg, Thomas R. Fleming, David L. DeMets. Print ISBN:9781119512653 |Online ISBN:9781119512684 |DOI:10.1002/9781119512684Artikelen:1. DeMets DL, Ellenberg SS. Data Monitoring Committees — Expect the Unexpected. N Engl J Med.2016;375(14):1365-1371. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1510066Auteurs: David L. DeMets (Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin–Madison) en Susan S. Ellenberg (Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine). Onderdeel van de NEJM-serie "The Changing Face of Clinical Trials". Gepubliceerd 6 oktober 2016.2. Cartwright MJ, Friede T, Lawrence D, May E, Mütze T, Roes K. Stakeholders' Perspectives on Current Issues in Data Monitoring Committees. Biometrical Journal. 2024;66(7):e202300384. DOI: 10.1002/bimj.202300384Auteurs: Michael J. Cartwright (Parexel International, Sheffield, UK), Tim Friede (University Medical Center Göttingen / DZHK), David Lawrence en Tobias Mütze (Novartis Pharma AG, Basel), Emma May (ICON PLC / BioNTech SE), Kit Roes (Radboudumc, Nijmegen). Open access (Creative Commons).3. DAMOCLES Study Group. A proposed charter for clinical trial data monitoring committees: helping them to do their job well. Lancet. 2005;365(9460):711-722. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)17965-3Corresponderend auteur: Prof. Marion K. Campbell (Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen). Groepsleden: A.M. Grant, D.G. Altman, A.G. Babiker, M.K. Campbell, F. Clemens, J.H. Darbyshire, D.R. Elbourne, S.K. McLeer, M.K.B. Parmar, S.J. Pocock, D.J. Spiegelhalter, M.R. Sydes, A.E. Walker, S.A. Wallace. Gefinancierd door het UK NHS Health Technology Assessment Programme. Gepubliceerd 19 februari 2005.

WBC World Super Lightweight Champion Dalton Smith talks his upcoming mandatory defence against the tough and tricky Alberto Puello on October 24th in Sheffield. Victory for 'Thunder' could pave the way for a dream fight at Hillsborough. The 19-0 star talks his recent sparring with Jack Catterall and runs the rule over the current 140lbs division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In questo episodio vedremo come i diversi eserciti passarono i primi mesi del nuovo anno, il 1915, sul fronte occidentale. Gli stati maggiori, non ancora del tutto consapevoli della realtà della guerra di posizione, progettano nuove offensive, tra cui la prima interamente a trazione britannica, la battaglia di Neuve Chapelle.Seguimi su Instagram: @laguerragrande_podcastSe vuoi contribuire con una donazione sul conto PayPal: podcastlaguerragrande@gmail.comO con un abbonamento Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/libraryScritto e condotto da Andrea BassoMontaggio e audio: Andrea BassoFonti dell'episodio:Ralph Allen, Ordeal by Fire, Doubleday & Company, 1961André Bach, Fusillés pour l'exemple - 1914-1915, Tallandier, 2003Giacomo Bollini, Storia cronologica dei combattimenti sul fronte italiano, 1915-1918, Gaspari, 2014Micheal Clodfelter, Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492–2015, McFarland, 2017Paul Cornish, Flamethrower, 1914-1918 Online, 2016Wilhelm Deist, Die Kriegführung der Mittelmächte, Enzyklopädie Erster Weltkrieg, Ferdinand Schöningh, 2014L. Delpérier, L'habillement et l'équipement du soldat français 1870-1914: Thèse pour le doctorat de troisième cycle, Université Paris 1 Panthéon la Sorbonne, 1983L. Delpérier, 1914 - L'infanterie, la Gazette des Uniformes,‎ 1984Louis Descols, La Genèse du drap Bleu Horizon, Point d'Aencrage, 2014Louis Descols, Août 1914, La Naissance du Drap Bleu Horizon, Militaria Magazine, Histoire & Collections, 2015Paul Douglas Dickson, A Thoroughly Canadian General: A Biography of General H. D. G. Crerar, University of Toronto Press, 2007J. E. Edmonds, Military Operations France and Belgium, 1915: Winter 1914–15, Battle of Neuve Chapelle: Battles of Ypres, History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, Imperial War Museum, Mac Millan, 1927R. T. Foley, German Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erich von Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition, 1870–1916, Cambridge University Press, 2007Martin Gilbert, La grande storia della Prima Guerra Mondiale, Mondadori, 1998Gerald Gliddon, For Valour: Canadians and the Victoria Cross in the Great War, Dundurn, 2015Peter Hart, La grande storia della Prima Guerra Mondiale, Newton & Compton, 2013Richard Holmes, The Little Field Marshal: A Life of Sir John French, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004M. O. Humphries, J. Maker, Germany's Western Front, 1915: Translations from the German Official History of the Great War, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2010Keith Jeffery, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson: A Political Soldier, Oxford University Press, 2006Journal Officiel de la République Française, Loi et Décrets, 1914, 6448Kléber, Ganache du mois: Réveilhac, Les Septembriseurs, 2009Les damnés de la guerre – Les crimes de la justice militaire (1914–1918)D. Logier, Les Grandes Battailes de la Grande Guerre: Les Vosges déc 1914 – mars 1915, 2016Marco Lucchetti, I generali di Hitler, Newton Compton Editore, 2017Bill Rawling, Surviving trench warfare: technology and the Canadian Corps, 1914-1918. University of Toronto Press, 1992Bernhard Reddemann, History of the German Flamethrower troop, University of Stuttgart, 1933Huguette Rouit, Jean-Marcel Humbert, A la recherche de la mémoire: le patrimoine culturel, K.G. Saur, 1992Desmond Morton, Alderson, Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey, Dictionary of Canadian BiographyIndiana Neidell, Onwards! - The Western Front Of Early 1915, The Great War, 2015Indiana Neidell, Zeppelins Over England - New Inventions For The Modern War, The Great War, 2015Indiana Neidell, All Or Nothing - Winter Offensive In The Carpathians, The Great War, 2015Indiana Neidell, The Battle of Neuve-Chapelle, The Great War, 2015G. Sheffield, The Chief: Douglas Haig and the British Army Aurum Press, 2011Squadron-Leader, Basic Principles of Air Warfare: the Influence of Air Power on Sea and Land Strategy, Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1927Hew Strachan, The First World War: To Arms, Penguin Books, 2003F. Vauvillier, Les uniformes de l'armée française 1914-1945, Chez l'auteur, 1984H. P. Willmott, La Prima Guerra Mondiale, DK, 2006In copertina: "The battle of Neuve Chapelle", di James Prinsep Maidstone, Maidstone Museum. 

Alberto nos trae un debate interesante. Estamos viviendo una época de grandes remodelaciones de estadios. ¿Son estas necesarias o por contra son un invento más del capital para sacar tajada?Después, siguiendo la tradición comenzada el año pasado, hacemos unas predicciones de cosas que pueden o no pasar esta temporada. ¡Déjanos tu predicción en comentarios o en nuestro canal de Telegram (https://t.me/unataberna)!

"Companies want to know the real person, the human behind those applications." AI, technological innovation, and economic change are transforming the workplace—and creating new challenges and opportunities for professionals at every stage of their careers. So, what skills will be most valuable? Where are the growth opportunities? And how can you stay competitive in an evolving job market? In this special episode of Inside the GMAT, GMAC Deputy Editor Matt Kefford speaks with Sadia Cuthbert, Head of Cambridge Judge Careers at Cambridge Judge Business School, and Marcel Kalis, Director of the Career Development Center at ESMT Berlin, during the GMAC Virtual MBA + Master's Tour Europe. Together, they explore the trends shaping the future of work, including the impact of AI on hiring and established career paths, changes in the global job market, and the growing importance of skills like curiosity, communication, adaptability, and relationship-building. They also discuss where new opportunities may emerge, what candidates should understand about recruiting in Europe, and how business school students can make the most of career services, internships, company connections, and other experiences beyond the classroom. Plus, Sadia and Marcel share practical advice you can put into action now as you prepare for whatever comes next in your career. This special episode is brought to you by Cambridge Judge Business School and ESMT Berlin. About Our Guests: Sadia Cuthbert is Director of Careers at Cambridge Judge Business School, where she leads a dedicated team delivering a comprehensive programme of career development, skills training, and recruitment opportunities for experienced postgraduate students across the MBA, Executive MBA, and MFin programmes. Sadia began her career as an impact consultant working across South Asia, Mexico, and the Philippines, before transitioning into equity markets research at Bear Stearns and subsequently into equity sales. She spent 12 years in the City, London as an equity stockbroker specialising in emerging markets, at HSBC and Merrill Lynch. Deeply passionate about economics, development, and finance, Sadia brings a rare combination of frontline commercial experience and a genuine commitment to social impact to her work at Cambridge Judge. She is an active mentor and former board member of the Centre for Global Equality, an organisation focused on inclusive innovation. Sadia holds a Masters in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics and an undergraduate degree in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Sussex. Marcel Kalis is Director of the Career Development Center at ESMT Berlin, where he has led career services since 2006. He built the function from the ground up and designs and maintains career-development programming for Full-time, Part-time, Global Online, MSc, and Executive MBA students. His work spans career coaching, job-search strategy, skills-development teaching, and the selection of speakers, lecturers, and coaches. Marcel develops networking opportunities that connect students with corporate partners through workshops, company visits, and events, while building relationships with ESMT founding companies, startups, NGOs, and other external partners. Matt Kefford is Deputy Editor for GMAC.com, responsible for writing, editing, and producing multimedia content as well as driving content strategy for the website. A business education journalist for 5+ years, he regularly features as a judge on education industry awards and speaks at industry events. Previously, Matt has written and produced content for national news organizations including The Sunday Times, i News, and Sky News, as well as a number of regional titles. Matt has a B.A. in History from the University of Leeds and an M.A. in Journalism from the University of Sheffield. He is also a gold standard accredited journalist with the National Council for the Training of Journalists. Helpful Resources: Cambridge Judge Business School: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/ ESMT Berlin: https://esmt.berlin/ GMAC Tours: https://www.mba.com/connect-with-schools/gmac-tours Key Takeaways: AI, technological innovation, and economic change are reshaping careers. Candidates need to be prepared for established roles and industries to evolve rather than assuming traditional career paths will remain unchanged. Growth often follows change. Areas including technology, energy, health, mobility, cybersecurity, and emerging businesses may create new opportunities as organizations respond to new challenges. Human skills remain critical. Curiosity, communication, adaptability, problem-solving, and the ability to connect with people can help candidates stand out in an increasingly AI-enabled hiring environment. Staying competitive requires being proactive. Networking, learning about industries firsthand, exploring unfamiliar companies, and building relationships can be as important as submitting applications. Business school is more than the classroom. Internships, company visits, experiential projects, exchanges, career services, and peer networks can help students develop the skills and exposure they need to navigate what comes next. Chapters: 01:14 Overview of the GMAC Virtual MBA and Masters Tour 03:17 Key Factors Shaping the Business World Today 05:29 Major Trends and Developments in the Changing World 08:09 Current Job Market and Opportunities 10:11 Challenges and Misconceptions in the Job Market 12:09 The Role of Networking and Personal Branding 18:15 Future Industry Sectors and Long-Term Opportunities 19:14 Predictions for the Next 5 to 10 Years 23:39 Practical Steps to Enhance Career Prospects 28:44 Final Advice for Building a Future-Ready Career

September 25, 2026 ~ Charlie LeDuff, Reporter for Michigan Enjoyer, Host of the No BS news hour with the latest in the Mary Sheffield Todd Bettison investigation. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

MNMT 537 sees us welcome fresh talent from Sheffield, UK — Meridian.r. Here, he delivers a vinyl-only selection traversing hypnotic techno and its deeper territories, with precision transitions folding track elements seamlessly into one another. Prepare for an enveloping journey. Follow : https://www.instagram.com/meridian.r_/ https://soundcloud.com/meridian-r Tracklist : Sindh - Saptura [IDO] Deepchord - Fog Hotel [Soma Records] Porter Brook - Untitled [Unreleased] SnP 500 - Purt [Doo Records] Zemög - Fisiltilar [Whispering Signals] Lerosa - Transient Vinyl Edit [Assemble Music] BNJMN - Reticuli [Bright Sounds] Achterbahn D'Amour - Dehaveland (VC-118A Remix) [Acid Test] Atomic Moog - Ecotone [Appian] OK EG - Dual Path [Appian] Feph - A Realization [Monday Off] Fen - Basilica [Unreleased] Charles LLC - Introduction [Subosc] Porter Brook - Untitled [Unreleased] Zemög - A'Te [Forsvarlig Arkiv] Rhyw - Aqua Velva [Arcing Seas] Mike Parker - Lustration (Edit Select Remix) [Prologue] Picture - Keeeeeee [Short Span] Härdstedt - Shill [Hypnus]

On this week's episode of The Kelly Sheffield Show, Wisconsin head coach Kelly Sheffield breaks down the first start of Decelise Champion's Badger career and what he saw from the young freshman as she continues to adjust to the college game.Kelly also talks about using different lineup combinations, what he's learning about his team and how those options could factor into Wisconsin's plans as the season moves forward.Plus, we look ahead to the start of Big Ten play as the Badgers open conference action against a pair of Top 25 opponents and discuss what Wisconsin will need as the competition ramps up.

We are joined by Alex Smith (our first ever guest from Hull) a British Army & RAF veteran who has had quite a life - possibly the biggest understatement I've ever written. 1 3 years ago Alex narrowly avoided death & had a heart transplant at Royal Papworth Hospital, he recently took part in the British Transplant Games in Sheffield. This is a conversation you won't want to miss that has plenty of twists & turns in what has so far been a truly remarkable life.

What does it take to open a dental practice from scratch, attract your first patients and keep going when life gets difficult? In this episode of Two Reds Are Better Than One, Chris Barrow and Ashley Latter welcome Rupchhen Tamang, co-founder of Mapperley Dental Studio in Nottingham, for an honest conversation about ambition, resilience and building a business on your own terms. Born in Nepal, Rupchhen moved to the UK aged ten. His father's military career initially pointed him towards the army, but a series of decisions about further education led him to dentistry at Sheffield. What began as an unexpected career choice became the perfect combination of practical work and working with people.  Alongside his wife and business partner, Nitu, he pursued the dream of opening a squat practice. After years spent searching for suitable premises, they opened in March 2025 with one surgery and a commitment to creating something of their own.  Eighteen months later, the practice has around 500 registered patients. Rupchhen explains why splitting his week between an associate position and the new business was holding him back, and what changed when he committed to the practice full time.  The conversation explores the practical reality of attracting patients without bringing across a list from a previous practice. Social media, Google reviews, word of mouth, a bus advertisement and even a wedding fair have all featured. The approach is refreshingly straightforward: try things, learn from the results and do more of what works.  There is also a valuable discussion about pricing. Having experimented with half-price examinations, Rupchhen realised that filling the diary was not the same as attracting patients who valued the practice. He explains why he stepped away from introductory discounts and chose a slower, more deliberate route to growth. At the heart of that decision are two priorities: trust and comfort. Patients may not understand the technical details of dentistry, but they know whether somebody has listened, explained their options and allowed them to make decisions without pressure.  In a personal part of the interview, Rupchhen reflects on a serious challenge he and Nitu faced during the build. Without sharing private medical details, he explains how their partnership helped them through and changed his perspective on business difficulties.  Looking ahead, the ambition is a fully functioning three-surgery practice, beginning with hygiene recruitment and, later, an associate. His advice to aspiring owners is clear: make sure you genuinely want the responsibility, prepare for sustained hard work, and establish systems and organisation early.  Along the way, Ashley shares news from his American speaking trip, Chris reflects on joining The Campbell Academy, and the usual Manchester United frustrations provide a familiar backdrop. Then comes a late revelation involving a Liverpool mug, which threatens to undo all of Ashley's compliments! An encouraging listen for prospective practice owners and anyone building a business where the patient experience matters as much as growth. This is a story about commitment, partnership and the determination to create the practice you want to run. Listen via the player below or your favourite podcast streaming service.

What does it mean to be yourself on purpose as a facilitator, especially in a world increasingly shaped by AI? In the latest episode of IAF England & Wales' Facilitation Stories, Sam Moon sits down with Hannah Boneham, Co-Founder of Facilitate Sheffield, for a conversation about authenticity, accountability, community and belonging. They explore what inspired Hannah to set up Facilitate Sheffield and how facilitation communities can create spaces where people feel a genuine sense of connection and belonging. They also talk about authenticity in practice, finding your own way of holding a room, and staying grounded and accountable as AI becomes increasingly part of our work. And, continuing the thread from the previous episode, Hannah reflects on learning from mistakes and what those experiences have taught her along the way. Quote highlights "What I will never do is use it to design workshops end to end, or plug in outputs from client workshops and ask it to do the analysis without me also separately having done the analysis." "You can really be yourself. You can be authentically you, so long as you are in a place where that authenticity helps bring people together to solve the problems that they have in front of them." "There are some absolutely tremendous people, wonderful talent, and so very generous with their skills and experience... it brings so much joy and it makes facilitation not just a profession, but a community that I really love."   Sam: Hello and welcome to Facilitation Stories, the community podcast of the England and Wales chapter of the International Association of Facilitators, also known as the IAF. My name is Sam Moon and my guest today is Hannah Bonham. Hannah is a facilitator specialising in change management and organisational development, and as a CEO of Leadwell, a social enterprise and consultancy based in Sheffield. So, Hannah, to kick off with tell me what, in your world of facilitation is making you smile at the moment? Hannah audio: Thank you, Sam. And can I say, first of all, it's a pleasure to be here. Thank you very much for having me. Sam: Thank you, Hannah. Hannah audio: what's making me smile? So, the obvious and, first answer that rushed to my mind when you asked the question was the community of facilitators that I've gotten to know over the last few years. There are some absolutely tremendous people, wonderful talent, and so very generous with their skills and experience and this network, this space that we've all chosen to occupy together. It brings so much joy and, it makes facilitation not just a profession, but a community that I really love that. Sam: Tell me a bit about what you love about that. What does that mean to you, Hannah? Hannah audio: Well, I'm an extreme extrovert and I don't say that lightly. I really do, like, at the end of a day's facilitation, I come home absolutely pumped because I've just spent the day interacting with people the whole time and I really enjoy it. It's something I have to watch and manage in terms of how my energy can come across and I can be a lot. So my husband tells me from time to time and the fact that there are a huge range of different kinds of people from different walks of life, the different backgrounds and skills and perspectives and who present different challenges and ideas. It's such a rich tapestry facilitation with so many amazing different people and it really feeds me. I get a huge amount from it and I hope I give a lot back to it as well. 'cause I get a lot of enjoyment from spending time with those people. Sam: Say and in danger of putting you on the spot here. Is there anything that comes to mind that have been highlights of this shared community and, the gifts that you discover when your inner community of facilitators and things that surprise you that you weren't expecting? Hannah audio: Yeah. Yeah. So I was one of the co-founders of Facilitate Sheffield, which is the Sheffield branch of the IAF, the meetup. I co-founded that with Jane Clift, who has been a guest on this podcast herself. And Jane and I starting that off, we literally met for a coffee and we were like, we can't be the only facilitators in Sheffield. Who else is here? How should we find them? And growing that from that conversation, just the two of us to the next, I think it was the next month when we had nine or 10 different people come along, two of whom agreed to then be co-lead. So I now co-lead along with Angel Takooree and Helen Todd. And we now have last count, I cannot remember, something like 50 or 60 members that come to sessions every two months. And each time we have a different person volunteer to facilitate a session, which means that we get to learn a completely new topic and we get to experience someone else's kind of key skillset. So you get two for one, right? Because you're not just like experiencing the facilitation of that person, but you're also learning how they do it. You might pick up a new tip or a new trick or a new set of pens that would work for you that you can try and, or whatever it might be. And I think that's the thing that really stands out for me that in the last few years is that not only is this community about, but it's generous and it's willing to be expanded and wants to be probed and shared and enjoyed by everyone. And I just, yeah I was really surprised to find that. And I'm, yeah, very happy to be part of it. Sam: Sounds like a really powerful strong experience in terms of bringing people together. You can share stuff and share stories and kind of what they're up to. And learning from one another. I really, when, when, so at, at, there's the sessions that you meet up went after an event like that, after come together.  what do you leave with? What, in terms of, not as in product or transactional, but how does it leave you feeling? Hannah audio: For me, very energised. Because I've spent the time with people other people have said they've felt very safe, which has been really nice feedback and very involved and included. People have told us that they leave feeling as though they've found their people, that they've recognised now that they're not alone in what they're trying to achieve. We have a lot of, it's probably an even balance actually, of in-house facilitators. So people who have roles like project management where they do a lot of facilitation, and then other people who are freelance facilitators or have their own business like, like myself. And I think that people have made connections with others who have similar peripheral skill sets or needs or requirements, as well as the facilitation as well. So I think people have said that coming away from it, they've made new friends and new connections that have helped support them in other aspects of their careers and their lives, which I've been grateful for. Sam: So that sounds like a really mutual experience. As as well. Hannah audio: I hope so. I hope so. Because you know when you get a lot out of something, sometimes there's a concern, like you stop and go, hang on, is this is feeding me? I hope it's feeding other people too. Sam: No, it's it feels like there's a lot of aliveness in there. I'm gonna come onto the next question in the moment, but like, whilst, whilst we're here, and this is the Sheffield meetup that you are talking about? Hannah audio: it is, yeah. Sam: about, if anybody any, any listeners who kind of were in any facilitators and listeners in kind of Sheffield, how would they find out about those, those meetups? Hannah audio: so it's any facilitators working or living in or around Sheffield or the Sheffield area? We call it South Yorkshire. If you're willing to travel, we'd be very happy to have you. You can find out about us by searching the hashtag facilitate Sheffield on LinkedIn, or I'll give my details at the end of this podcast and you ha very happy for you to drop me a line or find me on LinkedIn and I'll connect you up with the group. Sam: Beautiful, and we make sure we put that information in the links of the podcast as well. So that's a beautiful thing. So how did, what, what helped you get into this work? How did you find yourself in facilitation? What is your facilitation story? Hannah audio: Thank you. So I think I'm one of probably many people who was a facilitator before they realised that it was a defined profession, you know, a professional skillset. So I worked in change management, project management, organisation development, programme management, those sorts of peripheral fields. And I spent a lot of time helping manage complex groups of stakeholders who often didn't agree with each other or who agreed about what the outcome might be, but not the journey that we had to go on to get there, et cetera, et cetera. And I run a lot of workshops and it was after I'd set up Leadwell which had a focus of leadership to create thriving organisations, you know, leading well, leadership and wellbeing. And I met Jane Clift and she she said, well, have you come across the term facilitation? And I was like, well, yeah, in various different contexts, but how do you mean? And she explained that the IAF and she talked me through the fact that it was a profession in an in and of its own rights. And it was at that stage that I realised that was a group that I could potentially identify with. Jane told me that the next conference that was coming up was actually the Europe and middle Eastern one. This was back in, gosh, it would've been August, 2023. And so the next one was, I think it was October 23 in Berlin. And I did a load of Googling that evening, went down a proper rabbit hole, and was just, oh my gosh, I think these might be my people. I really need to get to this place. But literally just set up the business literally in August. And so I made a commitment to myself that if I had invoiced a client at all, if I'd sent an invoice, I would treat myself to the conference as a result. And I did, about a month later, my first invoice for £100, no, £400 came in, which was nowhere near enough to cover the conference. But I had promised myself. And so I went and I met the most amazing people while I was there, who, many of whom I've stayed very much in touch with, I've worked with, I've had work from, I've given work to, and have helped me grow and shape what Leadwell has become and my own facilitation kind of skillset and where I see myself on that landscape. So it was the most, it was the absolute best thing I could possibly have done at that time. And then shortly after Jane and I founded Facilitate Sheffield, and it's gone from there. Sam: What an incredible story. And like when you're talking about that first invoice, you can relate to the anxieties of the first client and the first invoice Hannah audio: Yeah, right, that very first one. I was so thrilled to get it over the line. Sam: That you make. And I wanna ask you a little bit about the themes that you've noticed emerge since for you. But just before I do, just tell me in terms of the, what do you feel were the conditions or what enabled you to help you step into that space? You've touched on them in terms of like discovering your way in your jour in your journey, but just say, you know, is there anything you could sort of say a little bit more to in terms of what enabled, what were the enabling factors there? Hannah audio: Yeah I think it, to an extent, it comes down to, I've said the word generous before. I think that the facilitation profession and the people that are members of that profession are incredibly generous. But I think that facilitation has such a huge scope. It's such a broad tapestry, a landscape. You know, we were playing with words before we join, before press record, you know, spectrum, landscape map, what are the words that you might use? And there's space for everyone who is comfortable leading a workshop. Essentially different styles and approaches and topics. But you can really be yourself. You can be authentically you so long as you are in a place where that authenticity helps bring people together to solve the problems that they have in front of them. You can do that in the way that you feel most comfortable. And I think that is a wonderful opportunity. 'cause it means that we can constantly grow. We're always gonna be meeting new people. We're always gonna be inclusive. We're gonna be able to embrace diversity, move forward, be agile, change with the times, adapt. You know, it's a, it's something that's gonna be around forever. And I think that was the thing that made it easy for me to join and embrace and be part of it. 'cause I was welcomed with open arms. And I try now to do the same thing for others. Sam: Right. So it's about how people are creating space for you to be you and find yourself within that, as well as discovering rather than feeling sort of, a performative, Hannah audio: Yeah. And you see that, right? If you go to any of the conferences, the range of topics that are available for you to get involved in while we're all together, it's astounding. Like I've never seen, I've never been to another conference that's focused in that way, that on a topic that then gives you such a huge spectrum of different activities you can be involved in. I don't know if you have. Sam: Yeah. and we're talking here about the IAF conference that runs each year by kind of volunteers and having experience in myself, it is a welcoming space where there is just so many gifts, passion skills, and gifts that are being shared amongst facilitators. And it's like a  treasure trove of what people do. You know, I sort of, the, my analogy is like when you go to a, a kind of a music festival and there's loads of acts on that you wanna see at once, and it's like, I can only see that one because I can't see that one. But the, the shared experience is really a really wonderful thing as well. Hannah audio: I love treasure trove, but I've always talked about it being like a sweet shop. You go in and you're like, and you know those Yee Olde sweet shops and you suddenly, you've got the sweets from your childhood. You've got sweets that are your favourite, and then you've got sweets you've never seen before. That's what the IAF conference is like. Sam: That's a nice, that's a nice plug. Beautiful thing. Thank you very much, Hannah. We're gonna nail it there. So within, within this sort of world, in your journey of facilitation, Hannah, what have you sort of found or discovering is a commitment that's important for you to honour in your work during this journey? Hannah audio: So there's a couple of things I wanted to touch on here. There's one I just want to talk about briefly and then the kind of the main one I wanted to answer with. So I think it's really important to recognise that facilitation is a profession, it's a professional skillset and that doesn't mean that we are not really welcoming the people who wanna try the hand or get involved. Of course we do, right? Because if you love it and you wanna explore it and you wanna become kind of professionally capable in it, then come one come all with, it's super welcoming and I think it's important not to lose sight of the fact that it has its own defined definition and its own space. And we can play with that. You know, you have facilitative coaches and you have trainers who use facilitation techniques and all of these different peripheral kind of professions that interrelate with facilitation. But I think it's important to honour the fact that there are some people who are purely facilitators and that is their professional skillset. And yeah, we just need to recognise that it is its own profession in its own right. I dunno if you've got any thoughts on that before I lead into my second idea. Sorry. I did come up with a part two for this answer. Sam: and see indeed. I think my, my journey of facilitation, discovering as, as a word and what it's, has almost been part of discovering what I do and how I do things. And I guess if you are asking me that question back is almost seeing facilitation as this umbrella word. And then there is a continuum of different approaches. And I find myself leaning into different ways of doing things. And from where I've started, my background is in youth and community work from 20 / 30 years ago. So I guess from way back then, I've always thought, well, I'm doing facilitation. So when I discovered facilitation as a work, I was thinking, well, this is what I, I have been doing. But then ever since then, I've been more focused using the word facilitation. I've gone on to discover lots of different skills. And I think what I've found is that I have shifted from maybe a, well, this is the only way of doing things to, there are so many ways of doing things, and you follow your passion and then find the different skills that work, work for you. And it's ever and it's ever changing in, Hannah audio: It's never gonna be stagnant. It's never gonna stay still. It'll always evolve. That's cool. Sam: in, in that set. So, so what else is coming up for you in the world of facilitation and that you're, you are noticing and is important to you? Hannah audio: So the, the other thing that I've been thinking about a lot is the use of Ai. And I've been encouraged quite a lot by people to use chat, GPT and others to speed up my processes. So I get a lot of consultants saying things to me like, it's all about how much you value your time, and if you value your time, you'll use these tools to make things quicker. And I don't know, some things just never sat completely comfortably with me in that, in that regard. It's not criticism of anyone that does use it in that way, then that's great. But for me personally until I came across a term, I was speaking to my colleague Steve here, and he talked about accountable grounding, and I realised that's the kind of the term I've been, I've been searching for. So I will use copilot really comfortably to kickstart my ideas to check timings on workshops. I might plug in some analysis and say, can I check? Like, have I missed anything in this? Or if I presented this to you, what might be your responses so that I can prepare well? But what I will never do is use it to design workshops end to end, or plug in outputs from client workshops and ask it to do the analysis without me also separately having done the analysis. And the reason is because I think my ability to present any valid arguments and enter into conversation about conclusions I've drawn in design or in delivery or in like closed down, that's the minimum a client should expect, right? That if someone says to me, I've got a question for you. I won't just be able to answer it because someone has spat out an answer and given it to me. But I'll understand the logic model that sits behind it, and I'll be able to validate, challenge or change my mind and understand how in changing my mind that will affect the rest of the workshop or the interaction that I've created. That does not make me the cheapest facilitator on the market. And it doesn't mean that I have the largest profit margins, but it does mean that my quality and accountability will always high. And that for me is the commitment that's important to honour in my work day to day. Sam: Oh, thank you Hannah. And just sort of, just to follow up on that almost is why, tell me and when I ask this, it's not because I don't think it is, but tell me why. Tell me why that is important to you. Hannah audio: It's because we talked before about authenticity and it's about me being able to stand up and say, this is me you are interacting with, and I will use tools to hone my craft. But when you see someone standing in front of me, I will have taken the time to understand your needs. I will have taken the time to design something that I think will meet those needs, and I will be held accountable to the decisions I've made, the actions I take, the thoughts and ideas I share with you. And I think that there are lots of ways that you could erode that accountability, that AI's just one off them. And I think it's really important to make sure that you can, you have that, that accountable grounding when you are interacting with clients, if you're going to maintain a level of quality. That for me is what LEADWELL stands for. Sam: Yeah. And you're being transparent and you are, you've kind of honouring the relationship, the human to human relationship that you have with a client, whoever it is you are working with. And then, and through working in that way, what I'm hearing is you are building trust and that trust, you know, builds at the speed of relationship, which you are nurturing from the first conversation Hannah audio: Certainly hope so. Sam: That's lovely. So, moving on to our, our little feature of the, the guest question, which has come from a previous guest is, so this is the question that we've been offered, "Is can you tell us about a time when it all went wrong and what did you do? What happened? " And the person who's offered this has said, " I'm happy if it's a great example.Or if they're comfortable sharing one that didn't turn out well we all might learn from it." So that puts you on a bit of a pedestal, Hannah. So kind of, is there anything you know, I'm sure we can all kind of share these stories, but if there's anything that you'd like to you know, respond, you know, in terms to that question, what comes to mind? Hannah audio: Thank you. I'm, I won't lie. I was glad I got a little bit of time on this one in advance, so thanks for that. So I think one thing I'd say is I haven't had any major disasters yet, and I say that yet because I kind of liken this to driving a car, right? If you drive a car every day, if your entire life, at some point you're gonna get, you're gonna get into some sort of, hopefully very minor, but some sort of smash, you're gonna reverse into something or someone will crash into you. It's gonna happen because of the time you spend on the road. So the longer I spend facilitating, the more likely is that some point something is gonna go wrong. And so I don't hold myself up on a pedestal. As you said. Nobody is perfect. I'm very lucky that I've had no out and out disasters. But I have had several segments go wrong, individual activities, exercises that I thought, oh God, even in the moment, I knew it wasn't working. So I'm happy to share a few of those. I once dropped off an online workshop I was hosting and I just couldn't get back on again. Absolute like nightmare. And I did eventually after about, I don't know, 20 minutes managed to rejoin and the group had just sort of carried on chatting generally around the topic. They'd waited for me, thank goodness, but that could have been a disaster if I joined in. All the clients have just left. The thing I learned from that, always have a second facilitator online. That's an absolute hard line for me. I will not do an online facilitation now without a second facilitator on the call. That's absolute, like non-negotiable. I once had a really icky experience when I was running a constellations exercise and I'm quite high energy, quite tangible focus when I'm doing my workshops. And I, no, that's not for everyone, but that's my style. A lot of fun, a lot of interactivity. And this particular exercise required quite a lot quiet reflection. And it just, as I was doing it, it felt over earnest. I felt it felt too slow. It wasn't, it, I could tell people were looking at me and they were doing the things I was asking, but something just, it felt like I was trying too hard. And afterwards on, I always do a feedback session on the board and I did get the feedback that exercise when we were standing up and moving around the room felt a bit, a little bit over earnest. And I thought, yeah, it did. I knew it did. The thing I learned from that is not to try to use tools or techniques that don't fit with me and my personality. I can always have a second facilitator with me if I think it's something the client really needs. And if I'm not right for a commission, I pass them on to other people. I don't try and keep hold of them. And then the last one I would say is I had somebody and I'm, I'm really ashamed of this, so it's, it's something that I'm, I'm bringing it. I had someone feedback once that they felt physically excluded by an exercise that I had done which required quite a lot of moving around the room. And I'm, I'm someone who prides themselves on trying to design with inclusivity in mind. And I just, I dropped the ball on that one and I was really ashamed. I reached out to them to apologise and to say if they had any suggestions for how we might improve it next time to let me know. But the thing that I've learned is that when I'm designing any exercise in any workshop I take, take the time to think about how different diverse needs might be impacted by the choices that I've made. And I make sure I've got alternatives. That does take time. It does. But I think it's so important to make sure that on the day I can anticipate additional needs. People don't have to come to me to say, I can't do this. How are you gonna adapt? I have to think on the fly. I can say, this is how we're gonna do it. If you'd like to, you can do it this way or this way too. And I've learned that now, and that's something I build into my practise as standard. So there you go. There's three things that went wrong that I've changed my practise as a result. Sam: Hannah, thank you for such a human response to that, question. And I'm sure there'd be some listeners like, nodding, nodding along or kind of beginning to kind of resonate. With that. And I was kind of, you know, relating a little bit whilst on sort of, you know, whilst being kind of present in terms of what you were saying. Hannah audio: Thank you. Sam: it was yeah, really nice to hear how you, what I was, what I was hearing. There was a deep sense of, of, of awareness and also in terms of how you discovered your presence within each one, each one of those. But also how you kind of identified how you were feeling and what was coming up about that. And particularly when I guess those emotions and feelings and when that last one. And I've been in sort of maybe been in similar situations where you feel that sense of like, how I let someone down and kind of what that can do for us. And I think what also your stories there demonstrate is as facilitators, it's quite tough out there, 'cause you are, are you on there on your own and like you're wanting to make things work and then, you know, you're trying to find your way with those things as well. Hannah audio: A hundred percent. Sam: Thank you. Thank you for your vulnerability with those questions, Hannah. Hannah audio: Thank you. Sam: so we're coming to the end of our conversation. So be before, before, before we do, I just wanna ask you if in any, if anything at all is what, if any meaning has been made for you through the course of this conversation. Hannah audio: You know what actually springs to mind, I wondered about this because I know this is a question that you ask, and I thought, well, gosh, what if we get to this point and I can't think of anything or I can't think of anything profound. Sam, what if I say something embarrassing? But Sam: no, there is nothing is a perfectly acceptable answer to this question. Hannah audio: Well, thank you very much. But I think it's kind of, it's even more meta than that, Sam. 'cause I think the answer is, I am talking about authenticity and the fact that it, this community of facilitators, this profession of facilitation enables people to come and be themselves. And I felt like that on this podcast. So I said I was nervous before this side. I don't feel nervous. Now I feel very accepted and welcomed. And listening to the other podcasts or the other kind of sessions that you've hosted and that your colleagues have hosted, that comes across I think, and I think that's the thing that's really kind of resonated for me and that I'm gonna take away from today's conversation. That as facilitators, we are, we try very hard to be a really inclusive community. And the people really are welcome to be who they are and to express that fully. And you've given me that opportunity today, Sam. So thank you. Sam: Thank you, Hannah. Thank you for sharing that. And so we shall finish with a question where I invite you to offer a question to a future guest in facilitation stories. So Hannah what is your question to a future guest? Hannah audio: Thank you. Okay. So granted what we've said already about authenticity and being able to be our real selves, but obviously when we're working with clients, we've got them from lots of diverse different backgrounds. And to be inclusive, we need to adapt in order to make them feel safe in the space that we're asking them to operate in. So my question is, what part of yourself do you have to hide, suppress, manage, or dial up to be an effective facilitator? Sam: Thank you, Hannah. That's a, a beautiful question. It's a strong one and it's gonna give our future guests something to chew on. so Hannah, before we finish, is there anything else that you'd like to say or share that has not been said? Hannah audio: Only that if people are interested in hearing more about facilitate Sheffield, they can contact me on LinkedIn. Hannah Boneham, you should be very easy to find. There's not many people with my surname and I look forward to meeting more people in the profession over the coming years. I meant what I said. I'm extreme extrovert. If you fancy a chat or you'd like to connect with me, drop me a line. I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna wish that I hadn't offered that. I love meeting new people, so please do say hi and thank you very much for your time. Sam: On that. Thank you ever so much for being my guest today, Hannah. Hannah audio: Thank you, Sam Sam: We have reached the end of today's episode of Facilitation Stories, the community podcast of the IAF England and Wales. If you'd like to hear more about the IAF and how to get involved, please head over to our website, ww dot facilitation stories.lipsy.com to make sure you never miss an episode. We are always on the lookout for new topics to discuss, so if you think there is a facilitator that we should talk to or you would like to share what's emerging in your world of facilitation, send us an email at podcast at IAF ew co uk. We hope you join us for more facilitation stories again soon. Until then, thank you for listening.   Todays guest - Hannah Boneham Hannah Boneham on LinkedIn: Hannah Boneham | LinkedIn CEO of Lead Well: Home - Lead-well.org And if you'd like to come along to #FacilitateSheffield, drop us a line at hello@lead-well.org  Todays host: Sam Moon Community Facilitator. Director of Sam Moon Facilitation Ltd www.linkedin.com/in/theboymoon123 To find out more about Facilitation Stories and the IAF:

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You know when this show would have been good to listen to? Yesterday. When it was unseasonably sunny in Sheffield. As it goes, it's grey and a bit drizzly today. But as we say, we like to play music for almost any occasion.Once again, no theme this week. There is one long song, and that's not at the end so you can't (easily) avoid it. We're in the market for more long songs. If you know any good ones around the 20 minute mark, hit us up.As always, if you feel like it please get in touch with requests, recommendations and guest mix inquiries!https://www.instagram.com/radionighttrain/https://bsky.app/profile/thenighttrain.co.ukDon't forget, we're also available for family functions, weddings, funerals, boat launches and more.SHOW NOTESOSEES, Six songs live at Effenaarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKRJUMsnteoUndercover Lovers: Collected Works | Psychemagikhttps://psychemagik.bandcamp.com/album/undercover-lovers-collected-worksKurt Vile live Berlin 03.09.2026 full concerthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuBtlaTFdloJust Long Songshttps://www.mixcloud.com/RadioNightTrain/playlists/long-song-shows/TRACKLISTINGThee Oh Sees - Enemy DestructKing Curtis - Night TrainPsychemagik - 2001Soulwax - DshungelLarry Heard - The Sun Can't Compare (Edit)Martyn - ef40Eddie Cochran - Nervous BreakdownDan Nix & The Teen Sounds - I KnowToby Ross and Fez The Kid - AutotronicDJ Shadow - ChangelingBrentford All Stars - Greedy GAugustus Thomas - Jah Jah Warn Them & DubHOUR TWOKurt Vile - Like Exploding StonesIkebe Shakedown - No AnswerElis Reina - Canção do salBob Dylan - High Water (For Charley Patton)Caunedo - Guaguanrock (Le Spam Mix)The Observers - Cutting SwordAlton Ellis - African DescendantsAesop Rock x Blockhead - Trouble TroubleGrandmaster Flash - The Message (Instrumental Version)Kane Parsons - Still LifeBobby Lee - Enchanted MesaMary Lattimore - Mary You Were WrongBobby Blue Bland - Ill Take Care of YouAphex Twin - XtalAdam Wiltzie & Jóhann Jóhannsson - Exceptional Proportions

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In this episode, sponsored by Instacart Enterprise, Portager, Vusion, and Sifter Solutions, Ben Miller is joined by Lauren Livak Gilbert, Executive Director of the Digital Shelf Institute, live from Las Vegas on the eve of Groceryshop 2026, to unpack the latest grocery news and trends shaping the global grocery and CPG industry. This week, they discuss: • UK concerns over autonomous delivery robots, following a YouGov poll and the end of Starship Technologies' Sheffield pilot: https://retail-systems.com/rs/Brits_concerned_over_delivery_robots_on_pavements_poll_shows.php • Target naming Mark Weinstein as its new Chief Marketing and Guest Experience Officer, and what his appointment could mean for the shopper experience: https://progressivegrocer.com/target-appoints-new-chief-marketing-and-guest-experience • Morrisons rolling out “Shop to Light” across more than 200 stores, and whether the ESL use case adds real value for shoppers: https://www.retail-week.com/grocery/morrisons-to-introduce-flashing-labels-to-help-customers-find-products/7052135.article • Kroger removing Red Bull from its stores and fuel centers, amid its push to challenge suppliers on pricing: https://finance.yahoo.com/media-advertising/articles/kroger-just-pulled-red-bull-110000492.html Plus, Lauren joins us to preview Groceryshop 2026, including the key themes to watch and her one must-see session, and of course, she shares a global grocery story in GrocerTalk Grab & Go. A few things worth checking out from this week's episode: Follow along with Omni Talk's coverage from Groceryshop 2026, including exclusive interviews with executives from Kroger, Sam's Club, Hy-Vee, Costco, Albertsons, Instacart, Ahold Delhaize and more. Catch the interviews across the Omni Talk LinkedIn page, podcast channels and YouTube. Episode 006. Welcome to GrocerTalk. P.S. Be sure to check out all our other podcasts from the past week here, too: https://omnitalk.blog/category/podcast/ Music by hooksounds.com.

Sheffield Wednesday were held to another goalless draw at Hillsborough as Stockport County left S6 with a point.This week on The Wednesday Week, we looked back at the 0-0 draw, the switch to a 4-3-3 and whether Wednesday offered enough going forward. We discussed Santos' performance, the impact of Kieran Morrison and Harry Gray from the bench, and some worrying attacking numbers, including just six shots, two on target and only eight touches in the Stockport box.We also got into Jamal Lowe's prowess in front of goal and asked whether Wednesday are getting enough from him, before turning our attention to the gaffer, Henrik Pedersen, and discussing his capabilities, his tactical decisions and how he's handling this new-look Wednesday side.Elsewhere, we reacted to David Blunkett, Howard Wilkinson and Clive Betts being named Lifetime Presidents, caught up with the youngsters' progress in the Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup, and talked about a brilliant weekend off the pitch with the first TWW sensory packs handed out at Hillsborough and the WAWAW Facebook group fundraiser at Wednesday Warehouse.All that and plenty more Wednesday chat.#SWFC #SheffieldWednesday #WAWAW Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

God is looking for the courageous. Is that you? We believe God has an incredible vision for our community and a specific plan for your life. Whether you're looking for deep, biblically sound teaching or a church family that truly loves you, you’ll find it here. From discipleship and personal growth to a fun, faith-filled environment for your kids, Passion Church is where lives are transformed. We’re a joyful, Spirit-led family committed to sincere worship and global missions. Join us this Sunday at 10:30 a.m.! Come meet Pastor Guy Sheffield and the rest of the family at 983 Goodman Rd W, Horn Lake. All we’re missing is you—let’s grow together! Don’t forget to subscribe and stay connected with Passion Church Desoto. Like us on Facebook & Subscribe to our YouTube page @ ‘Passion Church Desoto’. #Jesus #PassionChurch #GodsPresence #Worship #Discipleship #ChurchFamily #HornLakeMS #GuySheffield #SundayService #Preaching #Bible #encouragmentSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bateau négrier naufragé, englouti en 1738 dans les eaux atlantiques, le Leusden est à l'image de la mémoire de l'esclavage au Suriname. Enfoui, tombé dans l'oubli mais hantant les esprits…   Sur cette terre d'Amérique du Sud située au cœur du plateau des Guyanes, l'histoire complexe et son peuple particulièrement métissé ont été à jamais façonnés, marqués par l'esclavage, crime contre l'humanité.  Longtemps placé sous le joug néerlandais, le Suriname a obtenu son indépendance en 1975. Et aujourd'hui, des voix s'élèvent pour faire reconnaître et réparer ce passé esclavagiste et colonial, émaillé de résistances, de marronnages mais aussi de drames.   Parmi ces drames, il y a le naufrage du Leusden : un bateau négrier hollandais qui, en janvier 1738, va échouer dans l'estuaire du fleuve Maroni, côté Guyane française, avec 664 captifs enfermés dans la cale, abandonnés à leur sort, tous noyés. Alors que le bateau sombrait, les rives du fleuve Maroni étaient toutes proches, il aurait donc été possible de les sauver… Fin 2021, la journaliste Laetitia Fernandez avait suivi une équipe de scientifiques français et néerlandais qui cherchaient à retrouver l'épave du Leusden. Comme une manière d'exhumer cette histoire tragique et plus largement celle de l'esclavage, longtemps tue, passée sous silence au Suriname.  Pour Si loin si proche, elle a alors décidé de poursuivre le voyage jusqu'au Suriname, à un moment bien particulier : celui des 50 ans de l'indépendance du pays, et alors que le roi Willem Alexander des Pays-Bas était venu sur place pour la première fois, afin de délivrer un message historique de demande de pardon.  2 décembre 2025. En face du roi, symbole d'une monarchie qui, pendant près de 300 ans, va bâtir sa fortune sur la traite en Asie mais aussi la déportation via la Compagnie des Indes Néerlandaises de 600 000 Africains en Amérique, des représentants des communautés autochtones et des descendants d'esclaves qui ont su accorder leur pardon.  Au XVIIè siècle, appelé « l'âge d'or hollandais », mais surtout au XVIIIè siècle, on dénombrait jusqu'à 500 plantations au Suriname. Un chiffre qui peine à dire la réalité des violences à cette époque et la force des résistances marronnes qui s'y sont opposées. On estime que 75 000 esclaves seraient morts sur les navires néerlandais. Parmi eux, les naufragés du Leusden, la plus grande tragédie maritime négrière jusqu'à ce jour recensée, mais dont personne ne parle ou si peu… Rencontre à Paramaribo et dans les anciennes plantations du pays avec des acteurs de cette cérémonie de pardon : chef religieux ou grand man bushinenge, des écrivains et militants de la mémoire de l'esclavage et des réparations.  Un reportage entre le Suriname et la Guyane de Laetitia Fernandez.    En savoir plus : - Sur les fouilles archéologiques du Leusden menées en 2021, l'article de Laetitia Fernandez pour le Journal Le Monde  - Sur le travail de l'historien Léo Balai sur le Leusden. En anglais - Sur Cynthia Mac Leod, écrivaine surinamaise et autrice de Tutuba, un récit librement inspiré de la vie d'une des survivantes du Leusden - Sur les sociétés marronnes du Suriname, un Grand reportage d'Hélène Ferrarini en 2022 pour RFI  - Sur le dossier des réparations au Suriname : le plan en 10 points de la CARICOM, le travail pour évaluer les réparations d'Armand Zunder, président de la commission nationale des réparations du Suriname, la demande de pardon formulée en 2025 par le Roi des Pays-Bas et le fonds de conscientisation - Sur le travail Beyond the national narrative mené par les chercheurs Henriette Louwerse et Duco van Oostrum à l'Université de Sheffield, pour appréhender l'histoire du Suriname sans reconduire la perspective du colonisateur.

Nick Hennegan talks to actor, producer and writer Nicholas Collett about his life and work – and how a son of a Steel Worker in Sheffield becomes an artist.  BohemianBritian.com  ⁠www.nicholascollett.com

Welcome to Shackbaggerly, the podcast with a smile, from good friends, Katie Johnson and Howard Middleton, who is still regarded as one of the most popular contestants from The Great British Bake Off.This episode, old recipe books will feature as always, plus daily happenings from where Howard is based in the Yorkshire city of Sheffield, and Katie near Ludlow, in rural Shropshire. If you enjoy Shackbaggerly, and feel the urge to leave a review or share a comment on social media, if we spot it, you will receive a ‘SAG' (Shackbaggerly Ambassador Gal/Geezer) logo for you to use. Also, exciting news, as Shackbaggerly is now on WhatsApp, so you can leave a voice message on the burner phone 07902 835604 (if outside the UK, please use +44)Thank you as always for getting in touch, we love hearing from you on our Facebook and Instagram pages.You can also email: podcast@theshackbaggerly.co.uk Until the next time, Katie & Howard xSee you again next time, on Friday 2 October.#foodpodcast#podcast#culinaryhistory#foodhistory#easylistening

Popping his oily rag to one side it's Glen in Hampshire vs Top 40 fan Rhys in Sheffield

September 18, 2026 ~ Charlie LeDuff joins Kevin Dietz to discuss a newly filed lawsuit connected to the Mary Sheffield controversy and the latest developments surrounding the ongoing story. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this week's episode of The Kelly Sheffield Show, Wisconsin head coach Kelly Sheffield recaps the Badgers' matches against Texas A&M and Texas and takes us inside some of the decisions he made throughout the weekend. He breaks down what went into his in-match adjustments and what he saw from his team against two tough opponents.Coach Sheffield also goes more in depth on Grace Egan's injury, including what the Badgers are dealing with and how injury information is disseminated. Plus, we take questions from Badger fans as Kelly talks about Wisconsin's blocking, how the team handles overpasses and more from the early part of the season.

September 15, 2026 ~ WDIV's Jason Colthorp joins Kevin Dietz to discuss Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield's decision to cancel a scheduled Flashpoint appearance amid questions surrounding allegations made by a former boyfriend. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Pinel’s work is considered the precursor to psychiatry. In the late 18th century, he overhauled the asylum system of Paris with his groundbreaking ideas about mental health. Research: Bicêtre Hospital. https://hopital-bicetre.aphp.fr/lhopital Boullerne, A.I., et al. “The origins and early history of neurochemistry and its societies.” Journal of Neurochemistry. 152: 8-28. 2020.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.14839 Chambers, William. “Chambers' Edinburgh journal.” Vol. 11-132. 1849. London. William Orr. https://archive.org/details/chambersedinburg1112cham/page/n179/mode/2up Charland, Louis C. 2018. “Lost in Myth, Lost in Translation: Philippe Pinel’s 1809 Medico-Philosophical Treatise on Mental Alienation.” International Journal of Mental Health 47 (3): 245–49. doi:10.1080/00207411.2018.1483053. Gallaher, John G. and Paul Stewart. “Fall of Robespierre.” EBSCO. 2023. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/fall-robespierre Hewitt, Jessie. “Gender and the Founding ‘Fathers’ of French Psychiatry.” Institutionalizing Gender: Madness, the Family, and Psychiatric Power in Nineteenth-Century France, Cornell University Press, 2020, pp. 19–42. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv136c5pw.5 Huneman, Philippe. “Writing the Case—Pinel as Psychiatrist.” Republics of Letters: A Journal for the Study of Knowledge, Politics, and the Arts 3, no. 2 ( January 15, 2014): http://arcade.stanford.edu/rofl/writing-case -pinel-psychiatrist. KAVKA, JEROME. “PINEL’S CONCEPTION OF THE PSYCHOPATHIC STATE: An Historical Critique.” Bulletin of the History of Medicine, vol. 23, no. 5, 1949, pp. 461–68. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44442272 Kendler, Kenneth S. “Philippe Pinel and the foundations of modern psychiatric nosology.” Psychological medicine vol. 50,16 (2020): 2667-2672. doi:10.1017/S0033291720004183 Lakritz, Kenneth, MD. “Michel Foucault’s Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason.” Psychiatric Times. Vol. 26, no. 6. June 4, 2009. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/michel-foucaults-madness-and-civilization-history-insanity-age-reason Paradowski, Robert J., PhD. “Philippe Pinel.” EBSCO. 2024. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/health-and-medicine/philippe-pinel Pearce, J.M.S. “The beginnings of humane psychiatry: Pinel and the Tukes.” Hektoen International. June 4, 2020. https://hekint.org/2020/06/04/the-beginnings-of-humane-psychiatry-pinel-and-the-tukes/ Pinel, Philippe. Tr. by Gordon Hickish, David Healy, Louis C. Charland. “MEDICO-PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE ON MENTAL ALIENATION.” Wiley-Blackwell. 2008. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/9780470712238.fmatter Pinel, Philippe. “A Treatise on Insanity … “ Sheffield. W. Todd. 1806. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_4snWNO1lETAC/page/n7/mode/2up Pinel, Philippe. “A Treatise on Insanity.” New York : Published under the auspices of the Library of the New York Academy of Medicine by Hafner Pub. Co. 1962. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/treatiseoninsani0000pine/page/n1/mode/2up Weiner, D B. “Philippe Pinel's "Memoir on Madness" of December 11, 1794: a fundamental text of modern psychiatry.” The American journal of psychiatry. vol. 149,6 (1992): 725-32. doi:10.1176/ajp.149.6.725 Weissmann, Gerald. “Citizen Pinel and the Madman at Bellevue.” The FASEB Journal. May 1, 2008. https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1096/fj.08-0501ufm WILLIAMS, ELIZABETH A. “Stomach and Psyche: Eating, Digestion, and Mental Illness in the Medicine of Philippe Pinel.” Bulletin of the History of Medicine, vol. 84, no. 3, 2010, pp. 358–86. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44448968 WOODS, EVELYN A., and ERIC T. CARLSON. “THE PSYCHIATRY OF PHILIPPE PINEL.” Bulletin of the History of Medicine, vol. 35, no. 1, 1961, pp. 14–25. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44446761 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Mallinder joins Mark Millar on the XS Noize Podcast to discuss Cabaret Voltaire's final tour, the return of Chris Watson, and the remastered edition of CODE. Stephen reflects on why these final shows are both a celebration and an ending, and why he was determined not to let Cabaret Voltaire become its own tribute act. He talks about reconnecting with Chris Watson, rebuilding the music using original technology and processes, and how revisiting the material brought Richard H. Kirk back into the room emotionally. Stephen also looks back on CODE, working with Adrian Sherwood, and why he considers the album one of the most political records he and Richard made. He discusses the themes of technology, power, paranoia and greed, and why they still feel relevant today. Elsewhere, Stephen talks about the rediscovered John Robie dub mix of "Thank You America", Cabaret Voltaire's roots in soul, dub, funk and electro, Gazelle Twin joining the final shows, and what it will mean to bring this chapter to a close in Sheffield. Finally, Stephen looks ahead to what comes next after Cabaret Voltaire and explains why a limited-edition bottle of Henderson's Relish is such a fitting way to mark the end. The XS Noize Podcast is hosted and produced by Mark Millar.

September 14, 2026 ~ Nolan Finley, Editorial Page Editor for the Detroit News, co-author of “The Civility Book A Guide to Building Bridges Across the Political Divide” by Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson With Lynne Golodner. Outside agency takes over investigation into case involving Sheffield ex and local activist. Is Trump doing more harm than good to Republicans? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We struggle with our consciences when we should have been set free by the Blood of Jesus. We believe God has an incredible vision for our community and a specific plan for your life. Whether you're looking for deep, biblically sound teaching or a church family that truly loves you, you’ll find it here. From discipleship and personal growth to a fun, faith-filled environment for your kids, Passion Church is where lives are transformed. We’re a joyful, Spirit-led family committed to sincere worship and global missions. Join us this Sunday at 10:30 a.m.! Come meet Pastor Guy Sheffield and the rest of the family at 983 Goodman Rd W, Horn Lake. All we’re missing is you—let’s grow together! Don’t forget to subscribe and stay connected with Passion Church Desoto. Like us on Facebook & Subscribe to our YouTube page @ ‘Passion Church Desoto’. #Jesus #PassionChurch #GodsPresence #Worship #Discipleship #ChurchFamily #HornLakeMS #GuySheffield #SundayService #Preaching #Bible #encouragmentSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The lads head of to Syria and Sheffield with Jodie Whittaker, Yaz, Graham and boring Ryan to investigate an old man who fingers peoples ears. Or something?FOLLOW US!@PlayItLoudWithSi@DanGriffin21@TheDrWhoPod

On this week's episode of The Kelly Sheffield Show, Wisconsin head coach Kelly Sheffield talks about the Badgers' extended week of practice and how the extra time in the gym can help his team continue to develop. He also discusses the process of finding the right lineup and how long it could take before Wisconsin settles into its final rotation.We also ask Coach Sheffield about the possibility of Wisconsin volleyball playing a match in a baseball or NFL stadium and whether that's something he'd like to see the Badgers do in the future.Plus, we wrap up the show with questions from Badger fans covering the team, the season and more.

Professor Dame Pamela Shaw is a pioneering Neurologists and a leading figure in tackling motor neurone disease or MND. She is the founder and Director of SITran – the World leading Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, which is slowly but surely unlocking the secrets of MND and other devastating neurological conditions. Pam was born in Rothbury, Northumberland, in 1955, and at three moved to Kuwait when her father took up the position of harbour master. She lived there until she was eleven, but with no suitable secondary school available locally, she was sent back to Northumberland to board at Our Lady's Convent High School in Alnwick. She studied medicine at Newcastle University and began her clinical training in the North-east. Following her appointment as a consultant neurologist she developed an interest in Motor Neurone Disease. A chance meeting with a recently dignosed MND patient led to Pam founding the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience in 2010. She was made a Dame in 2014. Pam lives in Sheffield with her husband Paul. They have a grown-up daughter, Sophie. DISC ONE: Messiah HWV 56, "Hallelujah Chorus". Composed by George Frideric Händel and performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Chorus, conducted by Douglas Gamley DISC TWO: Somethin' Stupid - Frank Sinatra / Nancy Sinatra DISC THREE: Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell DISC FOUR: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: II. Adagio. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and performed by Thea King (clarinet), English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Alun Francis DISC FIVE: Sweet and Dandy - Toots and the Maytals DISC SIX: The Marriage of Figaro / "Duettino" Sull 'Aria. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and performed by Edith Mathis, Gundula Janowitz (sopranos) The Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin, conducted by Karl Böhm DISC SEVEN: Ashokan Farewell - The Band of H.M. Royal Marines DISC EIGHT: The Lucky One - Alison Krauss & Union StationBOOK CHOICE: Kristin Hannah Collection LUXURY ITEM: Roses CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: II. Adagio. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and performed by Thea King (clarinet), English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Alun Francis Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Tom Alban Desert Island Discs has cast away many medical scientists over the years, including Stephen Westaby, Professor Dame Lesley Regan and David Nott. You can hear their programmes if you search through BBC Sounds or our own Desert Island Discs website.

On Monday Greek and Israeli officials met in Tel Aviv to sign the largest bilateral defense contract between the two countries, a deal worth just over €3 billion that will see the implementation of the Achilles Shield, Greece's first multi-domain defence dome set to cover all of Greece's territory.It's important to note that this agreement also signals Greece's intent to bolster its own defense industry, a key priority for Athens, with at least 19 Greek companies already involved in the deal and accounting for more than €750 million of the program.Aside from deepening ties on the defense front, this deal builds on a number of key diplomatic initiatives over the past decade that have brought the two countries closer together, and is seen as part of a wider arc of cooperation that ties into initiatives like the 3+1 with Cyprus and the US and IMEC.As the Achilles Shield takes shape, Turkey is ratcheting up tensions in the region, locking horns with Israel over Syria. This Israel-Turkey rivalry is escalating amid profound changes that seem to signal the unraveling of the old US led order in the Middle East, and amid growing concerns in Athens that Ankara could be taking Greek-Turkish ties into a new period of heightened tensions.Developments on the geopolitical side are heating up just as Greece is beginning to take stock of another summer holiday season that could break new records. While many will focus on these record breaking numbers, Kathimerini took a different approach recently, choosing to look back at the early days of tourism in Greece and the decades-long debates that have followed about the value of tourism for the country.John Psaropoulos, Sinan Ciddi, Steven Cook, Alexia Kalaitzi, and Erini Karamouzi join me this week as we explore these issues.A little more info on our guests:John Psaropoulos is an independent journalist, Al Jazeera's correspondent in southeast Europe, and publisher of Hellenica on Substack.Sinan Ciddi is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and director of its Turkey program.Steven Cook is the  Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.Alexia Kalaitzi is an award-winning journalist and features reporter for Kathimerini.Dr. Eirini Karamouzi is a professor of contemporary European history at The American College of Greece and an associate professor of contemporary history at the University of Sheffield in the UK.You can support The Greek Current by joining HALC as a member here.

DISCOUNT LINK FOR DESIGNING WITH GRASSESDR. NOEL KINGSBURY BIODr. Noel Kingsbury is internationally known as a writer about plants, gardens, and the environment. Best known for promoting a naturalistic approach to planting design, he has written some 25 books on plants and gardens, four in collaboration with Dutch designer Piet Oudolf. He has also written for Gardens Illustrated, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Garden, Hortus, The New York Times, and many other publications.He does planting design and consultancy, mostly for landscape architects in the public sector, with his main current project being the Queen Elizabeth II Garden in London's Regent's Park, as part of the HTA Landscapes team. He does an increasing amount of teaching and lecturing, and is also available as a garden/planting designer and horticultural consultant for private garden work too.Research is key to his approach. In the mid-2000s he undertook PhD research with the Landscape Department at the University of Sheffield, into the ecology and behavior of ornamental perennials, followed up with further research into long-term performance, documented at perennialdirectory.org.He's become increasingly involved in education — his first career was in fact in adult education, and he's passionate about improving how knowledge and skills are communicated within horticulture. He teaches for Learning with Experts. And with Annie Guilfoyle, he runs Garden Masterclass, which has built up a major profile since 2020 as a provider of online education for garden and landscape professionals and keen amateurs. With naturalistic experts, he also runs the popular Naturalistic Planting Design Course for Garden Masterclass. He's also keen that those interested in gardens and landscape engage with the world beyond the garden walls, and he dabbles in art, society, politics, philosophy, economics, and the wider natural environment.THE PLANTASTIC PODCASTThe Plantastic Podcast is a monthly podcast created by Dr. Jared Barnes. He's been gardening since he was five years old and now is an award-winning professor of horticulture at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. To say hi and find the show notes, visit theplantasticpodcast.com.You can learn more about how Dr. Jared cultivates plants, minds, and life at meristemhorticulture.com. He also shares thoughts and cutting-edge plant research each week in his newsletter plant•ed, and you can sign up at meristemhorticulture.com/subscribe. Until next time, #keepgrowing!

This week on Bad Dads Film Review, the dads review Giant, the Prince Naseem Hamed biopic starring Amir El-Masry as Naz and Pierce Brosnan as legendary Sheffield trainer Brendan Ingle. It is a boxing film, a mentor-protégé story, a study of fame and arrogance, and a surprisingly knotty argument about whether loyalty, recognition and money can ever stay clean once a child prodigy becomes a multi-million-pound champion.The episode opens with Reegs still absent in French France, which means no clever intro but plenty of warnings about swears and spoilers. Dan has watched classic film noir Laura and revisited Universal Soldier for the Midweeker, Cris has been watching Pierce Brosnan in western series The Son alongside some nostalgic X-Men '97, and Sidey has been back into Barry while also sampling a Netflix serial-killer thriller involving De Niro and missing boys. There is also football, DIY, paint guns, teal walls and the sort of domestic detail that proves cinema podcasting is mostly glamour.For Top 5 Giants, the dads go suitably massive. Dan starts with The Iron Giant and the animated BFG, while Cris brings in Romanian basketball player Gheorghe Mureșan via Billy Crystal's My Giant, then stretches the theme through the MonsterVerse, The Odyssey, Leprechaun 4: In Space and Rush Hour 3. Sidey nominates Fezzik from The Princess Bride, They Might Be Giants, The The's “Giant”, Game of Thrones' actual giants and finally the Giant from Twin Peaks, giving him another chance to declare David Lynch's nightmare television more or less untouchable. The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Riding Giants and several real-life giants also get thrown into the oversized mix.The main review focuses on Giant as a story about two men rather than one. Prince Naseem is obviously the famous fighter, but the film arguably belongs just as much to Brendan Ingle, whose Sheffield gym gives young lads discipline, community and a way to redirect anger. The dads talk through the early scenes: Brendan spotting young Naz's footwork, taking him into the gym, making new boys sing before they fight, teaching movement before punching, and helping him deal with racist abuse in an environment where National Front attitudes are never far from the surface.As Naz rises, the film follows the familiar sports-biopic path of talent, training, showmanship and success, but the more interesting material comes from the relationship slowly cracking. Brendan nurtures Naz's cockiness because it fuels the fighter, but that same confidence becomes harder to control once promoters, sponsorships, family influence and huge money arrive. Frank Warren sees the commercial value of Naz's brash persona, the family starts questioning Brendan's cut, and the childhood handshake deal over 25% becomes the moral fault line of the film.Sidey and Dan both find that argument more complicated than the film first appears to suggest. Brendan clearly changes Naz's life, puts the money back into the gym, builds champions and cares deeply about the boy he trained from childhood. At the same time, agreeing a huge percentage with a 12-year-old is uncomfortable, however much both of them believed in the dream. The imagined reconciliation scene near the end gives the film its strongest emotional beat, because it lets Naz say he was a child and Brendan say he gave everything. The sting is that, in real life, they never properly reconciled.The performances get the strongest praise. Pierce Brosnan is very good as Brendan Ingle, and the various actors playing Naseem — especially Amir El-Masry as the adult Naz — capture the movement, swagger and showboating well. The fight scenes are convincing, the Sheffield material gives the story texture, and the film does enough with a modest-feeling British production to stay watchable throughout.The verdict is positive but measured. Sidey thinks it is pretty paint-by-numbers and admits he was never a huge fan of Naseem's arrogance, though he respects the story and really likes the performances. Dan enjoys the sports-movie structure and the tragic mentor-student angle, but does not think the film quite lands a knockout blow. Cris had not seen it in time for recording, but the discussion leaves the film sounding like one he would still watch. Overall, the dads call it a moderate to strong recommend: interesting, well acted and easy to watch, if not quite a heavyweight classic.You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. If it hasn't been completely destroyed yet you can usually find us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review, on email at baddadsjsy@gmail.com or on our website baddadsfilm.com. Until next time, we remain... Bad Dads

The number 2 Pound For Pound Powerlifter in the World, Elliott Sykes, joins KOTL at the venue immediately after the event to discuss the insane performance that was. His grinders that took all he had, his progress, his next move, whom he thinks will win Sheffield, and much more. Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Oscar-winning composer Anne Dudley and musician, arranger and former lead singer with the folk group Bellowhead, Jon Boden, are Jeffrey and Anna's guests in front of a live audience at the Crossed Wires podcast festival in Sheffield. Kicking off with a huge Sheffield banger from 1982, the five-track journey takes them to Bob Marley, Eliza Carthy and finishing up with a legless cockroach!Producer Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:The Look of Love by ABC Stir It Up by Bob Marley Little Gypsy Girl by Eliza Carthy Pe-loc by Béla Bartók La Cucaracha by Mariachi Vargas de TecalitlánOther music in this episode:Don't You Want Me by The Human League Tonight The Streets Are Ours by Richard Hawley With A Little Help From My Friends by Joe Cocker I Do This All The Time by Self Esteem Heatwave In The Cold North by Reverend and The Makers Temptation by Heaven 17 Common People by Pulp I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor by Arctic Monkeys I Shot The Sheriff by Eric Clapton Rufford Park Poachers recorded by Percy Grainger From the Diary of a Fly by Béla Bartók

Welcome to Shackbaggerly, the foodie type podcast from good friends, Katie Johnson and Howard Middleton, who is still one of the most popular contestants featured on ‘The Great British Bake Off.'This episode, old recipe books feature as always, alongside a listener's connection to an author mentioned on the last podcast. You'll get to hear snippets from Howard's demo at Pershore Plum Festival last Bank Holiday Weekend, and a couple of naughty titters, but wait until you see why!There's daily happenings from where Howard is based in the Yorkshire city of Sheffield, and Katie near Ludlow, in rural Shropshire. If you enjoy Shackbaggerly, and feel the urge to leave a review or share a comment on social media, if it's spotted it, you will receive a ‘SAG' (Shackbaggerly Ambassador Gal/Geezer) logo for you to use. If you spot an old recipe you think we should know about, or you'd like to ask us a question, you can leave a voice message on our burner phone +44 7902 835604, and you never know, yours may just feature in the next episode.Thank you as always for getting in touch, we love hearing from you on our Facebook and Instagram pages, or you can email podcast@theshackbaggerly.co.uk Until the next time, Katie & Howard xSee you again next time, on Friday 18 September.#foodpodcast#podcast#culinaryhistory#foodhistory#easylistening#humour

Solarstone pres. Pure Trance Radio Episode 491 This week's show features Solarstone's B2B with Scott Bond at REBOOTED / MADE IN ENGLAND, Sheffield, 22.08.2026 01. Hans Zimmer vs. Scott Bond & Solarstone - Hunger Line Highway (Scott Bond Mashup) [White Label] 02. Aaron Taylor - Let You Go (Corderoy Remix) [Accord] 03. Adam White vs. Coast 2 Coast - The White Home (DJ Orion Mashup) [White Label] 04. Matt Darey Presents DSP - From Russia With Love (Solarstone Red City Remix) [DSP] 05. Scott Bond vs. Solarstone - Naked Angel (Scott Bond & Charlie Walker REBOOTED Remix) [White Label] 06. John O'Callaghan ft. Audrey Gallagher - Big Sky (Agnelli & Nelson Remix) [Xtravaganza] 07. Fire & Ice - Para Siempre (Jussi Polet Remix) [Made in England] 08. Man With No Name - Floor-Essence (Dayglo Mix) [Perfecto Flouro] 09. Scott Bond & Charlie Walker - Nimrod [White Label] 11. ID - ID [White Label] 12. Scott Bond vs. Solarstone - 3rd Earth (Scott Bond & Charlie Walker REBOOTED Intro Edit) [White Label]

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders welcome Doug LaViolette. Doug is the founder of the Brian LaViolette Scholarship Foundation, and recently collaborated with Sheffield on a new watch that honors his late son, Brian, and raises money for the foundation named for him, which has awarded thousands of scholarships to students all over the world. Doug tells us the story of his son, what the foundation has accomplished and hopes to accomplish in the future, and of course all about the watch itself. Mostly though, this is a conversation about community, and the great ways that watches and the people in this hobby can accomplish worthwhile things. To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subscribe to The Worn & Wound Podcast on all major platforms including Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and more. You can also find our RSS feed here. If you like what you hear, then don't forget to leave us a review. If there's a question you want us to answer you can hit us up at info@wornandwound.com, and we'll put your question in the queue. Show Notes Sheffield Unveils a Chronograph for a Great Cause The Brian LaViolette Scholarship Foundation

We tend to think of the 1990s when it comes to Protestantism in Russia. It was then that evangelicals descended on Russia to shine Jesus' light into the post-Soviet void. Yet, the Soviet Union, despite its best efforts, was a multiconfessional state. And though officially atheist, religious belief persisted, including among the Union's small pockets of Protestants. Like with other faiths, the state's relations with Protestants vacillated between repression, accommodation, and control. As Miriam Dobson says in her new book, The Unorthodox, things shifted after Stalin's death. By the 1960s, regulating religious life fell under the purview of the Council of Religious Affairs. Sure, the state still emphasized atheism, closed churches, and prosecuted Protestants. But its methods were more surgical and the Council relied more on policing the margins over mass repression. So what was life like for the USSR's Protestant minority? How did they practice their faith and maintain community despite pressures of family, society, and the state? And how did all of this connect to the larger Cold War context where the USSR's archenemy was a Protestant majority country? The Eurasian Knot talked to Miriam about The Unorthodox to learn more about Protestant faith and community during the Cold War. Guest:Miriam Dobson is a Reader in Modern History at the University of Sheffield. She is the author of Khrushchev's Cold Summer: Gulag Returnees, Crime, and the Fate of Reform after Stalin and The Unorthodox: Soviet Protestants in Cold-War Ukraine and Russia published by Cornell University Press. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode of The Kelly Sheffield Show, Wisconsin head coach Kelly Sheffield breaks down the Badgers' 1-3 start to the season and what needs to change as the team looks to get back on track. He shares what he's seeing from his team through the first four matches and where the biggest improvements need to come.Plus, 16-year-old freshman Decelise Champion officially joins the Badgers this week. Coach Sheffield gives us a look at what her first few days with the program will be like, and it's a schedule you might not expect for one of the youngest players in college volleyball.We also open it up to Badger fans with a wide range of questions for Coach Sheffield about the team, the season and what lies ahead.

Episode: In this episode, Kyle chats with Libby Backfish and Cynthia Shafer-Elliott about bringing archaeology and theology into conversation—the topic of their recent book, Grounded Theology in the Hebrew Bible: Exploring the Cultural Context that formed Ancient Israel. The conversation starts with the ancient Israelite household (and how it was essential to ancient thinking and theology), stays with the household (and related areas of ancient Israelite life and theology), and ends with the household (and, again, how it was essential to ancient thinking). Guests: Cynthia Shafer-Elliott (Ph.D. Sheffield) is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Baylor University. Her field archaeology experience includes excavations at Tel Halif and Tel Abel Beth Maacah in Israel. She's the author and editor of several books, including Food in Ancient Israel (Sheffield, 2013), The 5 Minute Archaeologist in the Southern Levant (edited, Sheffield, 2016), and the book we're discussing in this episode (co-authored with Libby Backfish) Grounded Theology in the Hebrew Bible: Exploring the Cultural Context that Formed Ancient Israel (Baker, 2025). Libby Backfish (Ph.D. TIU) is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Jessup University. She's the author of several articles and books, including Hebrew Wordplay and Septuagint Technique in the Fourth Book of the Psalter (Bloomsbury, 2019) and the book we're discussing in this episode (co-authored with Cynthia Shafer-Elliott) Grounded Theology in the Hebrew Bible: Exploring the Cultural Context that Formed Ancient Israel (Baker, 2025). Give: Help support OnScript HERE. Thanks to all of you who have supported us!

There is an entire content industry built on "biblical archaeology" right now — TV shows, YouTube channels, the House of David series on Amazon, all of it running on big Nephilim energy. Cynthia Shafer-Elliott does not watch any of it, because it makes her yell at the screen. (Her husband, however, likes to watch her watch it.) She is a professor of Hebrew Bible at Baylor and an actual field archaeologist, and here is what she would rather you get excited about: in one of her first seasons at Tel Rehov, in a square she had been working, they found hundreds of ceramic beehives — industrial apiaries. Which means the land of milk and honey had actual honey. Not date syrup, not wild honey. Real, farmed, bee-produced honey. She also personally uncovered a household shrine with a lion's face carved into it, tongue out, human faces cowering under its paws. That one is in the Israel Museum now, and she says hello to it whenever she visits. We got into what "back in Bible times" and "biblical worldview" actually obscure, what household archaeology reveals about women's authority that the text buries, why ancient Israelite religion should always be plural, why lentils deserve more respect than they get, and yes — the residue analysis at Arad confirming THC at an official Israelite worship site. She is one of the four Bible Divas, and all four are coming to Theology Beer Camp. You can WATCH the conversation on YouTube About our guest Dr. Cynthia Shafer-Elliott is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in the religion department. She holds her PhD from the University of Sheffield, where she studied with Philip Davies, and specializes in Iron Age archaeology of ancient Israel and Judah with sub-specialties in household archaeology, food, and gender. She has excavated at Tel Rehov, Tell Halif, and currently at Tel Abel Beth Maacah in northern Israel — the site of the wise woman of Abel in 2 Samuel 20, who talks a general out of destroying a city. Check out her book: Food in Ancient Judah: Domestic Cooking in the Time of the Hebrew Bible. The Bible Divas Podcast — Cynthia with Jennifer Garcia Bashaw, Anna Sieges, and Angela Parker. Two Old Testament scholars, two New Testament scholars, one of them an archaeologist. Go subscribe. ⁠⁠⁠JOIN OUR OPEN ONLINE CLASS: The Empire Christ Couldn't Keep⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ever notice how Christian nationalism gets talked about like it's some bizarre new glitch in the faith? It isn't — it's a 2,000-year-old arrangement wearing new clothes, and once you see how the pattern works, you can also spot the Christ who keeps slipping free of it. Join theologian Joerg Rieger and Tripp Fuller for The Christ Empire Couldn't Keep, a free six-week online class tracing the holy alliances, imperial creeds, and stubborn resistance that have shaped Christianity from Paul to the present. You'll get six lectures from Joerg, six live Q&As, weekly readings from his book Christ and Empire, and a community of fellow troublemakers thinking it through together. It's free to join, every session is recorded, and it kicks off Thursday, August 27. Grab your spot at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HomebrewedClasses.com.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This podcast is a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Homebrewed Christianity ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠production. Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Homebrewed Christianity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Theology Nerd Throwdown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Rise of Bonhoeffer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcasts for more theological goodness for your earbuds. Join over 75,000 other people by joining our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack - Process This!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get instant access to over 50 classes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.TheologyClass.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow the podcast, drop a review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, send ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠feedback/questions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠member of the HBC Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're getting dangerously sincere on today's funny podcast, because former Rizzuto Show intern Courtney Diamond — better known around these parts as Eight Ball — is back in the studio before closing one enormous chapter of her life.Courtney's TaylorMade tribute to Taylor Swift is performing its final show at Delmar Hall, ending a run that grew far beyond where it started. Over the course of TaylorMade, Courtney and the band performed 45 shows across 28 cities, taking the production from its first nervous night at The Wildey Theatre to venues and audiences around the country.Courtney explains that there wasn't one giant dramatic reason. Sometimes you just know when it's time. More importantly, she wanted TaylorMade to end while everyone involved still loved doing it. Apparently “leave while you still enjoy each other” is an option. Somebody should tell every band that has announced a fourth farewell tour.She remembers the pressure surrounding TaylorMade's first performance and the moment she heard the crowd erupt before she even walked onstage. What started with nerves turned into something much bigger, especially for the young Taylor Swift fans who came dressed for the occasion—and the dads sitting off to the side pretending they absolutely weren't getting into it.Naturally, Rizz and Rafe immediately improve Courtney's carefully planned final show by pitching an ending involving Rafe dressed as Travis Kelce carrying her offstage.Things then get suspiciously heartfelt when Rizz asks Courtney how working at The Rizzuto Show affected her life. She credits her time in radio with making her tougher and talks about learning from Moon, Jeff and Lern before revealing something that nearly destroys the entire sarcastic ecosystem of the program: Rizz taught her something genuinely meaningful.Courtney remembers Rizz thanking her for her work at the end of the day when she was an intern and says the experience taught her that no matter how successful you become, you should still treat people well.Everybody quickly makes jokes before Rizz experiences a recognizable human emotion.Thank God.Then we get into the contradiction that makes Courtney's Taylor Swift obsession even better: she's a die-hard '80s hair-metal fan with a Def Leppard tattoo who generally doesn't care for modern pop music.Courtney explains why Swift's songwriting broke through her rock-and-roll defenses, particularly the storytelling and honesty in her lyrics. That inevitably launches the crew into another debate surrounding the business empire attached to Taylor Swift.Variants. Exclusives. Merch drops. Swifties monitoring website changes like NORAD watching the sky.Courtney understands the criticism surrounding the relentless merchandising while also making a fairly important point: nobody is physically forcing you to buy the fifteenth version of an album. Being a Swiftie apparently requires both emotional stamina and a functioning household budget.The funny podcast then dives headfirst into parasocial fandom following the massive attention surrounding Taylor Swift's wedding. Courtney gives her perspective as an actual hardcore fan, including her surprise over aspects of the guest list and the sheer spectacle surrounding the event.Rizz, meanwhile, remains fascinated by fans who drove enormous distances just to stand outside.One mother drove 12 hours from Indianapolis with her daughter to be near the celebration despite having no actual access to the wedding. In extreme heat. After getting the kid out of bed at 2:00 in the morning.Rizz has some thoughts.Courtney admits she understands a little bit of celebrity tourism. Her own honeymoon included visiting Def Leppard-related locations around Sheffield and convincing her extremely patient husband to drive around a village on the off chance they happened to spot bassist Rick Savage.Finally, the conversation returns to the reason Courtney is there—the final TaylorMade show. She explains why knowing the ending was coming gave her time to appreciate the last year, how bittersweet the final performance feels, and why she's both excited and devastated to say goodbye.It's an episode about knowing when to close a chapter, appreciating what you built, fandom getting completely out of control and discovering that underneath all the sarcasm, The Rizzuto Show might actually care about each other.Disgusting.Just the kind of emotional damage you expect from your favorite funny podcast.Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC!When William moved into his Sheffield home, he expected creaky floors, outdated wiring, maybe even a draft or two—but he never expected her. The woman in the bay window. The figure who stared out long after the family went to sleep. The presence that made a firm skeptic question everything he thought he knew.For 18 years, William lived side by side with shadows that whispered, footsteps that circled the halls, and voices that answered when no one else was home. His transformation from nonbeliever to reluctant witness became the foundation of his new book, The Lady in the Bay Window: The True Story of a Haunted Sheffield Home—a chilling collection of encounters that defy logic and refuse to be ignored.But this story goes far beyond bumps in the night. A paranormal investigation team and a spiritualist medium eventually stepped in, uncovering secrets that had been rooted in the house long before William arrived. What they found reshaped everything he thought he was dealing with.Is William still a skeptic? Or did the house finally convince him that some hauntings aren't meant to hide?#HauntedSheffield #HauntedHouse #ParanormalActivity #Unexplained Phenomena #TrueHauntings #RealGhostStories #PoltergeistActivity #HauntedHouseStory #ParanormalPodcast #UKHauntings #TheGraveTalksLove real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC! PART TWOWhen William moved into his Sheffield home, he expected creaky floors, outdated wiring, maybe even a draft or two—but he never expected her. The woman in the bay window. The figure who stared out long after the family went to sleep. The presence that made a firm skeptic question everything he thought he knew.For 18 years, William lived side by side with shadows that whispered, footsteps that circled the halls, and voices that answered when no one else was home. His transformation from nonbeliever to reluctant witness became the foundation of his new book, The Lady in the Bay Window: The True Story of a Haunted Sheffield Home—a chilling collection of encounters that defy logic and refuse to be ignored.But this story goes far beyond bumps in the night. A paranormal investigation team and a spiritualist medium eventually stepped in, uncovering secrets that had been rooted in the house long before William arrived. What they found reshaped everything he thought he was dealing with.Is William still a skeptic? Or did the house finally convince him that some hauntings aren't meant to hide?#HauntedSheffield #HauntedHouse #ParanormalActivity #Unexplained Phenomena #TrueHauntings #RealGhostStories #PoltergeistActivity #HauntedHouseStory #ParanormalPodcast #UKHauntings #TheGraveTalksLove real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story: