Podcast appearances and mentions of stephen payne

Born in 1963, Stephen Payne was five weeks old when his parents adopted him through the Volunteers of America. He grew up an only child in a loving family. At age three, he overheard his parents discussing his adoption with friends. His mother explained it to him in age-appropriate terms, which mostly satisfied his curiosity, yet occasionally left nagging questions.That inner conflict may have affected his earliest days in school, where he struggled. A diagnosis of ADHD confirmed some of this inner turmoil. A portion of this, Stephen has since learned, was hereditary, possibly caused, too, by adoption. Plus, some cruel neighborhood children ridiculed him about his parentage. Yet 4th grade marked a shift.Better study habits, unwavering support from family, and several kind teachers and librarians fueled dramatic improvement in his grades, then and later. Nonetheless, it hid his insecurities and anxiety, starting a vicious cycle: an obsession with high grades, which led, inevitably, to more insecurity and anxiety, all in the name of approval. In 1988 or ‘89, he watched a talk show highlighting a biological mother's search for her daughter. Haunted by their story, Stephen declared to his mother, “I think I want to look for my biological parents.” Teary-eyed, she gladly offered her and his dad's help. Days afterward, she located his final decree of adoption and his birth name. Thus began his search. Plus, he witnessed, anew, his parents' undying devotion to him and eventually, his and their unknown, marvelous connection…Thank you to our Patreons! Join at the $10 level and be part of our monthly ADOPTEE CAFE community. The next meeting will be on Saturday, June 7th, @ 1 PM ET.RESOURCES for Adoptees:S12F Helping AdopteesGregory Luce and Adoptees Rights LawFireside Adoptees Facebook GroupDr. Liz Debetta: Migrating Toward Wholeness MovementMoses Farrow - Trauma therapist and advocateNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline – 1-800-273-8255 OR Dial or Text 988.Unraveling Adoption with Beth SyversonAdoptees Connect with Pamela KaranovaBecause She Was Adopted by Kristal ParkeDear Amy, letters to Amy Coney Barrett. A project by Meika RoudaSupport the showTo support the show - Patreon.

We speak with Westchester SC's Stephen Payne. He talks about Westchester and what had him interested, his time in Madison and Richmond, and how it was on both sides of the Henny Derby. Then, discusses promotion and visibility of black voices in soccer.

Coach Alex Alvarado joins Rob to talk up the XTT Classic, where top soccer talent from Madison and across Wisconsin will showcase their skills next weekend. Then, we talk through what we know so far about the 2025 Forward Madison roster, league schedule, and Jägermeister Cup format. Got any thoughts? Leave a comment here or email talkinflock@gmail.com! CORRECTION: I stated on the pod that Stephen Payne is going to Portland; he's actually signed with Westchester.

WISDOM PRINCIPLES FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE (MENTAL EXPLOITS) - ELDER STEPHEN PAYNE

Welcome to Job Tales, the show where I bring you inspiring stories from professionals all over the world. Each episode dives into the unique paths people have taken in their careers, giving you a glimpse into the variety of jobs that exist out there—or at least, almost all of them!This week, I'm excited to introduce Stephen Payne, a filmmaker whose journey began in a rather unexpected way: delivering film as a motorcycle dispatcher. From there, he found his passion in photography, working with music bands, which naturally led him into the world of filmmaking. Stephen's story is one of persistence, self-initiative, and a relentless drive to carve out his own path.So, sit back, relax, and let's dive into Stephen's journey!#filmmaker #filmmakerjob #jobtalespodcast #findajob #jobtales #career

This week on a special episode of "Off The Cuff," Justin, Karen, and Allie are joined by former OTC podcast hosts, Stephen Payne, executive director of external relations at Muhlenberg College, and Megan Coval, interim president of Butler County Community College. Karen kicks off the episode by debriefing listeners on several NASFAA letters. The first letter was sent to the Department of Education (ED) on the 2025-26 FAFSA cycle, and a second letter was  sent to Congressional leaders requesting their assistance in securing a delay until July 2025 of the GE/FVT institutional reporting requirements (5:27-14:02). After the policy team update, the whole group reminisces on the early days of the podcast and share special memories as Justin departs from his role next week. 

In episode 180 of The Big Cruise Podcast Chris is joined by Dr Stephen Payne OBE. Naval Architect of Queen Mary 2 and approximately 40 other passenger ships for Carnival Corporation. We learn about his Blue Peter Badge, the Bloody Mary Club and his favourite ship (excluding QM2). Support the show: Listen, Like, Subscribe & Review on your favourite podcast directory.Share the podcast with someone you think will enjoy the showBuy Me A Coffee – This podcast is only possible thanks to our supporters, simply buying a coffee keeps us on air. It is just like shouting your mate a coffee, and we consider our listeners close mates. https://bit.ly/2T2FYGX Sustainable Fashion – choose a TBCP design or design your own… all using organic cotton, green energy and zero plastic https://bit.ly/32G7RdhFollow Chris and his latest videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisFrameOfficial Join the show:If you have a cruise tip, burning question or want to record a cruise review get in touch with us via the website https://thebigcruisepodcast.com/join-the-show/ Co-host: Chris Frame: https://bit.ly/3a4aBCg Chris's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisFrameOfficial Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I really enjoy meeting and speaking with people who have made boating a big part of their lifestyle, especially people like Steve Payne, who went from knowing next to nothing about boats to living and traveling through Europe on one. Steve has been able to use his skills as a photographer, creator, and community builder to live the boating lifestyle and share it with the world. His youtube channel, Jaywalking the World, recently surpassed 100 episodes. He has sent out thousands of Friendly Flags in an effort to foster a communal spirit among like minded boaters. His photography skills will be showcased on marina websites around the world. And he is just a blast to chat with. Enjoy!

Forward Madison right back Stephen Payne scored two goals in the first four years of his senior career, and two more in the last two weeks. He's also been on both sides of the Henny Derby. Payne joins Rob Chappell, Kyle Carr and April Kigeya to talk about his time in Madison, the difference between European and American soccer, growing up in a family of elite footballers and lots more.--Follow the show on Twitter @TalkinFlock and Rob @RobChappell365

I'm excited to bring you a special edition of People of Note this week which I recorded on board Queen Mary 2 somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. On board was the man who actually designed the ship, the Nautical Architect DR STEPHEN PAYNE OBE and he gave a fascinating series of lectures on board which I found completely satisfying. So I approached him and asked him to share some of his achievements with this massive ocean liner on People of Note. He agreed and we had a fascinating conversation which you can hear on People of Note this week.

Washington Post: Many countries ban circuses with wild animals. These lawmakers want the U.S. to follow suit.   Mexico, Peru and several other Latin American countries have banned or restricted the use of animals in traveling circuses in recent years. Performing animals are even rarer in Europe, where many nations prohibit them.   There is no such federal law in the United States. But dozens of local bans, as well as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's recent decision to fold its tent, have some lawmakers hoping the American political terrain might now be fertile enough to send all circus elephants, tigers and bears to retirement.   U.S. Reps. Ryan Costello (R-Penn.) and Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) appeared on Capitol Hill this week to introduce a bill that would prohibit wild or exotic animal performances in traveling circuses. Flanked by television actors Jorja Fox and Eric Szmanda, the representatives argued that the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act — known by the unwieldy acronym TEAPSPA — would end the suffering of creatures that profit-motivated humans force to perform unnatural behaviors and live in cramped conditions.   “I don't think that those practices have any place in the fabric of our society,” said Costello, who added that his constituents are keenly interested in animal welfare issues.   [One problem with shutting down the circus: Where will the animals go?]   The question is whether they and lots of other Americans are interested enough to push for a nationwide ban on circus animals. The bill is only the latest iteration of a proposal that's been introduced in Congress several times before but has never gotten far. Also at the Hill event was former U.S. representative Jim Moran of Virginia, who noted that he was “sorry” it had never passed before but said the idea “did make some inroads.”   There's little question that public sentiment about performing and captive animals, particularly those considered highly intelligent, is changing. The Ringling Bros. announcement in January, which cited a decline in ticket sales, came after local laws and pressure from animal protection groups prompted the show to retire its elephants. Last year, SeaWorld decided to stop breeding orcas, and the National Aquarium in Baltimore is planning to move its dolphins to a sanctuary.   And animal welfare issues, as Costello suggested, have far more bipartisan support than many topics under consideration in Washington.   [Ringling's elephants are retiring. Will their lives be better?]   What's more, backers of the bill say, the Trump administration's zeal for cost-cutting could work in their favor. Circuses with animals are subject to federal inspection under the Animal Welfare Act. Retiring the animals would therefore reduce spending on inspections, making it a “win-win” for the government and for the creatures, said Jan Creamer, president of Animal Defenders International, whose campaigns helped drive the Latin America bans.   “There's an immediate budget cut,” Creamer said. She said a ban would affect 19 traveling circuses with about 300 animals.   A trainer moves a dromedary during a show at the Cedeno Hermanos Circus in Mexico City in 2015, before a ban in that nation took effect. (Henry Romero/Reuters) But there's also an anti-regulatory zeal these days in Washington, and many lawmakers are loathe to dole out sweeping new restrictions to industries — and that includes circuses. One opponent of TEAPSPA is the Cavalry Group, an advocacy group for “animal enterprise,” which last year said the idea “would deprive countless Americans the ability to experience endangered animals up close, such as elephants and tigers.”   The company that runs Ringling Bros., of course, has also lobbied against the bill in the past. Stephen Payne, a spokesman for Feld Entertainment, indicated it would no longer be a priority now that the circus is closing. But, he said, it remains a bad idea premised on inaccurate information about how circus animals are trained and cared for.   “This is clearly driven by animal rights groups, rather than being based in any factual information or talking to people who work with exotic animals,” Payne said. “There are exceptions for film, television, advertising and rodeos. This is clearly driven by these organizations who are targeting circuses.”   Moran and Creamer, for their part, seemed to acknowledge that the idea is not very likely to sail through Congress, though Moran said a lot of “grass-roots activity” would help. In other words: Public pressure — plus a plethora of competing entertainment options — helped bring an end to the 146-year-old Ringling circus, and it would probably take a whole lot of public pressure on lawmakers to lead to a national ban.   Creamer seemed unfazed. Bills her organization has pushed in other countries have gone through “three, four or more evolutions,” she said. The political landscape, she added, “does need to evolve.”   Hi, I'm Carole Baskin and I've been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views.  If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story.  The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/   I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story.  My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet.     You can help feed the cats at no cost to you using Amazon Smile! Visit BigCatRescue.org/Amazon-smile   You can see photos, videos and more, updated daily at BigCatRescue.org   Check out our main channel at YouTube.com/BigCatRescue   Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion.  Closing graphic with permission from https://youtu.be/F_AtgWMfwrk  

Stephen Payne, lover of God, disciple of Jesus Christ, is a husband and father of 3 school-aged boys. Stephen works as a middle school teacher and boy's basketball coach. He and his family live in Memphis, TN. To connect with Stephen, you can email him at stephenpaynesr@gmail.com.  ---------------------  If you want to help us transform the lives of even MORE MEN for God's glory, please take a minute to leave us a helpful REVIEW on iTunes: http://www.rmcpodcast.com and SHARE this podcast with any young man (or men) you're mentoring or discipling. And make sure you don't miss an interview episode by signing up for our Man-to-Man eNewsletter at http://www.RealMenConnect.com, and grab your FREE copy of the Real Men Victory Tracker.  Are you stuck? Want to go to the next level in your marriage, career, business, or ministry?  Then maybe it's time you got a coach. ALL CHAMPIONS have one. Let me coach you to help you strengthen your faith, improve your marriage, spiritually lead your family, achieve more, balance your time, grow your ministry, or even stop an addiction. Click here for details: http://www.RMCfree.com   Also join us on: Join the Real Men 300: http://www.RealMen300.com Facebook Group: http://www.realmenuniversity.com/ YouTube: http://www.RealMenTraining.com Facebook: @realdrjoemartin Instagram: @realdrjoemartin Twitter: @professormartin

Stephen Payne, OBE, MNM, RDI, FREng, FRINA, HonFIED is a British naval architect who has worked on the designs of approximately 40 passenger ships including the Cunard ocean liner Queen Mary 2. He joins Edward on this episode of The Show About Titanic to talk about the Queen Mary 2 and the legacy of the Titanic. You can find Stephen Payne's book documenting the history of Cunard's Queen Mary 2 here: https://www.amazon.com/Queen-Mary-First-Ten-Years/dp/0857337661

Stephen Payne, Australac koji ima i hrvatske korijene, počeo je nedavno studirati hrvatski jezik i otkrio nedostatak tekstova koje bi mogli čitati oni koji još nemaju napredno znanje hrvatskog jezika. Odlučio je sam napisati i objaviti takvu knjigu.

On 7th May 1915, the ocean liner RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland with more than half the passengers and crew being killed. Some of those lost were Americans and the sinking hardened opinion in the United States against Germany and marked the beginning of the process which led to the USA entering the First World War on the side of the allies. To mark the anniversary of the sinking Stephen Payne joins the podcast. Stephen is a British naval architect and worked on designing passenger ships for over 40 years and is an expert both in their construction and their history. He and Dan discuss the circumstances of the sinking, whether there was any justification for it and the effect it had on public opinion and naval policy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On 7 May 1915, the ocean liner RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland with more than half the passengers and crew being killed. Some of those lost were Americans and the sinking hardened opinion in the United States against Germany and marked the beginning of the process which led to the USA entering the First World War on the side of the allies. To mark the anniversary of the sinking Stephen Payne joins the podcast. Stephen is a British naval architect and worked on designing passenger ships for over 40 years and is an expert both in their construction and their history. He and Dan discuss the circumstances of the sinking, whether there was any justification for it and the effect it had on public opinion and naval policy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Have you ever felt like your brothers or sisters get it so much easier than you do? In our story today, an older brother learns that that doesn't matter and even learns to love his sisters.If you’re interested in any other books published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, please visit adventistbookcenter.com or call 1-800-765-6955.Visit our website: www.kathyskidsstorytime.org We'd love to hear from you. Write to us at:Kathy@kathyskidsstorytime.orgorKathy’s Kids StorytimePO Box 44270Charlotte, NC 28215-0043

Arcadia Films’ co-founders, Richard & Stephen Payne, speak about the new “Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” documentary they are producing. Hosted by Fr. Mitch Pacwa.

Steve Bannon, Raheem Kassam, Jack Maxey, and Vish Burra discuss the latest on the coronavirus pandemic as the President is discharged from Walter Reed hospital. Calling in are Stephen and Richard Payne to discuss their new movie A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing II: The Gender Agenda.

Steve Bannon, Raheem Kassam, Jack Maxey, and Vish Burra discuss the latest on the coronavirus pandemic as the President is discharged from Walter Reed hospital. Calling in are Stephen and Richard Payne to discuss their new movie A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing II: The Gender Agenda.

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Stephen Payne, also known as Farmer Steve, is the resident farmer and garden teacher at Sacramento Waldorf School in Sacramento, California. He has a degree in Business Marketing from Central Connecticut University and 10 years of experience in organic farming, with another five years of experience as a market garden business owner. Stephen came to SacWaldorf in 2001, where he lives on the property, manages the farm, and teaches children of all ages and grades in a hands-on curriculum on the three-and-a-half acre farm that is part of the campus.

Augusti är här och fortfarande finns gott om istid för sommaren! Den som vill ha örongodis i hängmattan eller på jobbet efter semestern gör rätt i att ratta in Fartygspoddens 17:e avsnitt. Det blir en specialare där vi berättar om vårt möte med havets drottning, passagerarfartygens fartyg, båtarnas båt – RMS Queen Mary 2, världens enda riktiga ocean liner! Fartygspodden har provat henne under en kortkryssning från Hamburg till Southampton nu i sommar. Under resan hade vi dessutom turen att träffa fartygets arkitekt Stephen Payne som berättar historien om hur QM2 kom till. /Christopher & Patrik  

Brains, All rise and welcome President Stephen Payne to the people's house here on the edge. President Payne is the ASB Student Body President of his middle school. He has come here to share with us a message of hope, his observation and prospective on our less than perfect union, bullying in school, the resent shooting in schools, growing up Black in America, his plans for the future and what is up with the food in the school cafeteria these days. Jam packed, "Hail to the Chief"

Andrew and David preview the upcoming Michigan/Michigan State football game by interviewing both a Michigan State correspondent (Sara Weinfeld) and a Michigan correspondent (Stephen Payne). They also rank the best little brothers in the world.  Follow us on twitter @proseandcahns and Instagram proseandcahns

Faith Life Family episode 18 Richard & Stephen Payne of Arcadia Films discuss their riveting new docu-drama film featured on EWTN entitled, “A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”. Join us LIVE Thursday nights at 9pm EST https://fiatministrynetwork.tv Links https://arcadiafilms.com https://alinskyfilm.com You can purchase the film at this link. https://www.faithlifefamilywear.com/ The post Faith Life Family Episode 18: Richard & Stephen Payne of Arcadia Films appeared first on Fiat Ministry Network.

Faith Life Family episode 18 Richard & Stephen Payne of Arcadia Films discuss their riveting new docu-drama film featured on EWTN entitled, “A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”. Join us LIVE Thursday nights at 9pm EST http://fiatministrynetwork.tv Links http://arcadiafilms.com http://alinskyfilm.com You can purchase the film at this link. http://www.faithlifefamilywear.com/ The post Faith Life Family Episode 18: Richard & Stephen Payne of Arcadia Films appeared first on Fiat Ministry Network.

Fear the Walking Dead: A Podcast.Show episode S02E09. “Los Muertos.”Podcast episode 15.     Stephen Payne and Bruce R. Magee discuss this week’s episode. Nick tries to steal from a gang that is guarding a box store, and Madison and Strand get drunk and loud. What could go wrong?      We discuss the nature of the group that Nick has joined. They follow a pharmacist who has become not only their doctor but also their leader. But have they become a cult? Usually groups like this go seriously wrong somewhere. Bruce predicts that they will meet their end by the end of the season.     We learn more about some of the rest of the group. Madison, Strand, Alicia, and Ofelia are on their own, and are searching for Nick. When they reach a dead end, Alicia becomes angry with Madison for ignoring the child she has with her in favor of the missing one. The group tries to return to the yacht but finds it’s been stolen. They settle on a seemingly empty hotel.  Alicia & Ofelia explore the upper floors while Madison and Strand get drunk and make a lot of noise. One of the frustrating elements of horror is characters acting stupid. Sure enough, zombies start approaching the noise.  Many of them walk off of upper floors and splatter to the ground below. The ones who aren't wounded too badly get up and continue toward the noise. The episode ends with our group under attack: Alicia is hiding upstairs from the infected, Ofelia is  missing, and Madison and Strand are in the bar surrounded by the infected. 

Fear the Walking Dead: A Podcast.Show episode 2x08. Grotesque.Podcast epiode 14.     Quinn Warner, Stephen Payne, and Bruce R. Magee discuss this week's episode. Nick spends most of the episode trying to survive in the desert, either by himself or with a herd of infected.     Quinn likes this episode a lot because it focuses on Nick, her favorite character. And she and Bruce like the focus on Nick's internal life.  This is the first time that we've really gotten to see the impact of Gloria's death in the first episode on Nick, since in the earlier episodes we haven't known what was going on for him emotionally. We also find out why Nick's father is missing from his life; he died in a car wreck while Nick was in rehab.      Nick's journey through the desert is also in internal journey as he has to face the memories and emotions he's been avoiding.  The infected are dangerous but not evil; true evil has to have actual malevolence, like the murderous trio who kill for fun until they get too close to the infected. Nick seems to want to join the infected in eating the men they killed, but he settles for eating a freshly killed dog. By the end of the episode, Nick has joined a new group near the U.S. border. With Nick in their midst, how long can they survive?  Tune in to find out.   

Fear the Walking Dead: A Podcast.Show episode 2x07. Shiva.Podcast epiode 13.     Quinn Warner, Stephen Payne, and Bruce R. Magee discuss this week's episode. To answer last week's question, no, our heroes have not found a safe haven.      Nick works the hardest to maintain some kind of order. With Celia in charge after Thomas' death, Nick understands that she'll let his group stay if he can get her son back.  He puts on his zombie camouflage and retrieves zombie Luis. But the deal falls through when Madison locks Celia in the basement with the zombies, and Daniel burns the compound. By the end of the episode, the compound is gone, and our cast has splintered in 4 directions. It's hard to see how they will move forward in the second half of the season. 

Fear the Walking Dead: A Podcast     Quinn Warner, Stephen Payne, and Bruce R. Magee discuss this week's episode. Has our cast finally found a safe haven? At first, the village's in the church look like they're making do during the outbreak, but shortly after the service, they begin to bleed from their eyes and die. Thomas Abigail tries to intervene with the villagers, but he's interrupted by their sickness.     We all liked this episode a lot. It had several interwoven subplots. Celia Flores, Thomas Abigail's housekeeper, is at the center of one. The villagers are about to attack her when they suddenly die, and it turns out that she poisoned the communion wafers. She also keeps walkers in the wine cellar and worships Santa Muerte. Another subplot centers on the death of Thomas Abigail, who had been bitten by a walker. Quinn notes that this is the first time Strand loses his cool, and it's clear that his feelings for Thomas are real. We wonder what he'll do next after the loss of his emotional center.Chris begins to spin out of control when he learns that the group doubts that he had to shoot the hostage last week.  He escalates quickly, and we wonder whether he can recover.The relationship between Ofelia and her father Daniel continues to evolve. She was repelled by learning of his ruthlessness last season; this episode she sees him freeze & has to step in to save him. She's beginning to see his mortality and fragility, and her feeling toward him begin to thaw.

Fear the Walking Dead: A PodcastFear the Walking Dead 2x04. "Blood in the Streets"Podcast episode 10.  "Hurricane Zombie"    Quinn Warner, Stephen Payne, and Bruce Magee discuss episode 2 x 04: "Blood in the Streets." We find out more about Strand's past in a flashback to the period of Hurricane Katrina.  We also encounter pirates and see Nick going on a secret mission.      Nick continues to show his value to Strand by going on a secret mission to bring back Strand's friend. We were confused by his actions as the reason for them only became clear when he met Strand's friend. The takeover of the yacht by a pregnant woman and two guys shows just how little you can trust people when civilization collapses. We liked the flashback to Katrina that showed how Strand became the man he is now. We compared the local collapse of civilization in the aftermath of Katrina to the general collapse of civilization in FTWD. Alicia seems to be developing as a character.  Having been fooled by Jack when he was talking to her on the radio, she sets out to trick him in return by acting like she likes him.  Madison continues to demonstrate a fierceness in both physical and psychological warfare. Bruce speculates that there will be no safe haven in the Baja, or the show would become an updated Gillian's Isle.

Fear the Walking Dead: A PodcastFear the Walking Dead 2x03. "Ouroboros"Podcast episode 09.  "It's Raining Zombies"    Stephen Payne and Bruce Magee discuss episode 2 x 03 "Ouroboros." There was a lot of action this week, with the yacht having to remain anchored while Travis cleans zombie goo out of the engine's cooling system.    Alicia takes the initiative in going to shore and scavenging from the wreck of Flight 462, the web series that shows a plane being taken over by zombies and crashing on the beach. We discuss the web series about Flight 462 and agree we'd like to see more crossovers on Fear the Walking Dead. Alicia gets to kill her first zombie, and Chris kills his first human, a survivor who has a fatal injury. Nick discovers that being smeared with zombie body parts makes him invisible to zombies. We discuss Strand and whether he cut the boat the yacht was towing because he felt threatened by having his leadership challenged by Madison. Is the cold aloofness beginning to crack?  Stay tuned to find out!

Fear the Walking Dead: A PodcastFear the Walking Dead 2x02. "We All Fall Down"Podcast episode 08.  Zombie Preppers    Quinn Warner, Stephen Payne, and Bruce Magee discuss episode 2 x 02 "We all Fall Down." The main cast hides from the ship that's been pursuing them by landing on Katrina Island, where they find a ranger and his family.  It turns out the ranger is there because he's been preparing for some kind of catastrophe.  Unfortunately, it turns out that he is preparing for a permanent end to the crisis they are facing. We discuss the connections between the bubonic plague, which they discuss for the first time, and the current plague. We also discuss the kind of thinking that goes into a group suicide. We agree that this may be the best episode so far. It concentrates on character over plot, but manages to keep the episode incredibly tense.

Fear the Walking Dead: A PodcastFear the Walking Dead 2x01. "Monster"Podcast episode 07.  Going Galt with zombies.    Stephen Payne and Bruce Magee discuss the beginning of the new season, which gets off the a fast start with our characters abandoning the land to try their luck on Strand's yacht. Quinn couldn't join us today, so it's just Stephen and Bruce. This episode starts off well, with the bombing of Los Angeles driving zombies to the beach and forcing our group to flee on the yacht. For much of the episode, the yacht seems like a somewhat safer option, but it becomes clear that dangers are as powerful on the sea as on the land. Something needs to drive the crew back to land just to keep the show interesting. It wouldn't be very interesting television if the crew spent the apocalypse riding around the ocean watching Gilligan's Island reruns. We discuss the role of Strand as the current leader of the group. As a member of the 1%, he's been preparing for some kind of catastrophe. He makes it clear that it's his boat, his rules. We discuss the way that this week's episode treats the presence of the monsters as an opportunity to go Galt, i.e., for the 1% to leave civilization for their own paradise. Of course, in this brave new world without government or a legal system, Strand's ownership of the yacht only lasts until someone with a gun disagrees.  We also talk about the development of other characters, especially how Travis has moved from being the "mayor" of his subdivision last season to being focused on the survival of his family this season. The group has already started making the transformation that has taken place to the people in The Walking Dead as they figure out how to survive in this new world. 

Fear the Walking Dead: A PodcastFear the Walking Dead 1x06. "A Good Man"Podcast episode 06.  Five Days at Walker Memorial Quinn Warner, Stephen Payne, and Bruce R. Magee discuss the season finale. We agree that is is a great end to the season. The growing tension from the season comes to a climax in this episode.  We finally get a big herd of walkers, which attack the army base and hospital.  Also Travis reaches his limit, and we see the violence that has been brewing beneath the surface.  Our metaphor for the week centers on what happens as the army leaves the sick and the medical staff behind during the evacuation.  Dr. Exner makes a grim decision when she uses the bold gun to kill the patients who have been left behind.  Following Katrina, a similar situation occurred at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans, when the doctors and staff at the hospital kept their patients going as best they could for five days, with charges of euthanasia emerging afterward.  We speculate about the 2nd season and hope they won't spend too much time at sea. 

Join us as we have the pleasure of interviewing Queen Mary 2’s naval architect Stephen Payne, commodore and former captain Ronald Warwick, and PR executive and Cunard historian Michael Gallagher onboard the ship’s historic 10th anniversary transatlantic crossing. We discuss the nostalgic and practical properties of the vessel, her design and operation, and the future of cruise ship design.

Professor Stephen Payne from the University of Bath, will discuss how his research combines an understanding of the human mind with the design of interactive systems.

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