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Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Wednesday, March 22  Swing…FORE!...Get your golf pass for WV state parks…Officials predict a bright future for WV's economy--#YesWV…and businesses, learn how you can post your jobs for free online…on today's daily304. #1 – From WV STATE PARKS – Marvelous views. A glorious game. It's all par for the course when you indulge in a round of golf in Almost Heaven. The breathtaking backdrops at golf courses located at West Virginia State Parks provide incredible courses that make for a great golf getaway. The courses at Stonewall, Canaan, Pipestem, Cacapon and Twin Falls resorts are both beautiful and challenging. Plus you have the added amenities of hiking trails, restaurants, spas, and more. Purchase your season pass today and plan the perfect golf getaway in Almost Heaven! Read more: https://wvstateparks.com/golf-getaways/   #2 – From WV NEWS – Mitch Carmichael, Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Economic Development, says the state's future looks bright.  “Great jobs, abundant opportunities, and new industries are finding a welcoming home in West Virginia. On a regional, national, and international scale, our state is winning new business at a torrid clip. West Virginia is beating states many times our size and delivering incredible victories for our citizens. The Justice administration has ushered in what I believe is the most thrilling and exciting time in the history of West Virginia Economic Development. The citizens of our state are enjoying unprecedented success. We have so much for which to be thankful and many reasons to celebrate.” Read more: https://www.wvnews.com/recorddelta/opinion/west-virginias-future-is-bright-and-full-of-sunshine/article_2135c0fe-c459-11ed-bb0a-d7d6024462bf.html   #3 – From WV.GOV – West Virginia is home to a diverse range of industries, from energy and manufacturing to healthcare and hospitality. Despite this, employers in the state often face significant challenges when it comes to finding employees to fill their open jobs. That's where Jobcase.com/wv can help. As an online community for workers, Jobcase is a powerful platform for West Virginia employers to post job listings and reach in- and out-of-state applicants. Learn how you can post your job listing for free: Read more: https://westvirginia.gov/news/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.

Welcome to this week's hilarious and disastrous episode of "Not Well" with your favorite dynamic duo, Bobby and Jim. Starting off with a recording mishap, this episode is full of chaos, laughter, and a hint of existential crisis.Fresh from a boozy St. Patrick's Day happy hour, Bobby decides an edible is just what the doctor ordered. As they realize their recording mishap, the conversation turns to Bobby's upcoming trip to a gay campground called Camp Buckwood in Indiana. Jim warns Bobby to watch out for Mike Pence and "Mother" while he's there, and they banter about milkmaids and lead paint makeup.Jim spirals into a deep, dark place as he laments the difficulty of meeting new people in Columbus. He's convinced that everyone moves away and lives amazing lives, but Bobby reminds him that life is monotonous. They discuss astronomical bar tabs and why they should pay for themselves instead of a group of people.The conversation shifts to old women talk shows like Drew Barrymore's, with Jim insisting that she's old. Bobby reminds him that maybe he's just getting old, too. Speaking of mortality, they share their current adult situations about choosing their end-of-life options.The topic takes a sharp turn into the realm of student council and singing for old people at the nursing home. Bobby admits he's actually scared of old people and special needs individuals, while Jim shares his own nursing home horror story involving cleaning old people after bathroom breaks.They reminisce about the good old days when Nina West and her drag mother, Virginia West, were regulars in Columbus. They even discuss a new restaurant in Grandview where Virginia now works, and marvel at her crazy life and sleep schedule.The episode takes an emotional turn when "Mike" calls in from Florida, mourning his friend who died in Cleveland. He talks about his husband, a lawyer who spends too much money. Bobby thinks he sounds hot, but Jim thinks he sounds sad.Jim goes off the rails, discussing bachelorette parties infiltrating obscure gay bars and how it's offensive, but also acknowledging the need for equality and safe spaces. This leads to a tailspin about his desire to move and feeling trapped in his current life.The show takes a humorous turn as they play a Twitter post from a local Columbus man who wants to be humiliated by other men. Jim hits the metaphorical eject button, insisting no straight guy will ever like him, and Bobby suggests he write poetry again to reconnect with himself.They wrap up with sundries, with Bobby talking about bad service at fast food drive-throughs and Jim discussing Gen Z dressing up like '90s kids. In the end, "Not Well" delivers a wild ride full of laughter, nostalgia, and a touch of introspection.Support the showAs always you can write us at nowellpodcast@gmail.com or call us at ‪(614) 721-5336‬ and tell us your Not Wells of the week InstagramTwitterBobby's Only FansHelp us continue to grow and create amazing content, like a live tour or just help fund some new headphones when needed. Any help is appreacited. https://www.buzzsprout.com/510487/subscribe#gaypodcast #podcast #gay #lgbtq #queerpodcast #lgbt #lgbtpodcast #lgbtqpodcast #gaypodcaster #queer#instagay #podcasts #podcasting #gaylife #pride #lesbian #bhfyp #gaycomedy #comedypodcast #comedy #nyc #614 #shesnotdoingsowell #wiltonmanor #notwell

In the finale of this special four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part three of this special four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part two of this special four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode I caught up with Charlotte Fontaine, an incredible service designer in the UK. We speak about Kalda, a service that has really opened my eyes through my own naivety and in exposure to the needs of people within the LGBTQIA+ community. We chat about the nuances that persist for people from within the community to access therapy, and how Kalda offers a community led service that includes connecting people to therapists who can better relate to the needs from within the LGBTQIA+ community. I was quite nervous speaking about this topic, and I bring this up in the conversation, why I was feeling this. How I personally can continue on my learning journey to become more aware and become a much better ally to the community - hopefully my vulnerability can help others who may feel the same, build on this and have conversations to help grow and support the community better. Links Link for Kalda app: https://onelink.to/kwqzr2 Link for Stonewall: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/ Connect with Charlotte: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-fountaine/?originalSubdomain=uk Other useful links Become a Patron of This is HCD / Become a Patron Sign up to This is HCD Newsletter / Stay up to date with This is HCD Learn more with This is HCD / Courses on Service Design, Human Centered Design, UX Design, Research Coaching for Change-Makers / Coaching & Mentoring for Innovators & Change-Makers FREE GUIDE - 10 UX Laws of UX: FREE GUIDE - 10 Laws of User Experience (UX) FREE GUIDE - 7 Days of Awesome Journey Map Tips: FREE 7-DAY GUIDE - Killer Journey Mapping Tips Follow Gerry Scullion on Twitter / gerrycircus Follow This is HCD on Twitter / thisishcd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another banking crisis has struck the USA. Federal authorities seized multiple banks on Friday and during the weekend. The most prominent of the bank failures was Silicon Valley Bank. It required a massive government bailout over the weekend to prevent market chaos on Monday morning. What were SVB executives doing prior to the crash? They were mismanaging the bank while, at the same time, throwing vast sums of bank money to leftist organizations and start-up corporations that were pushing woke policies and agenda goals. Despite Silicon Valley Bank's failure, the bank's executive leadership has spent considerable time spearheading multiple woke initiatives. They focused on issues including climate change, LGBTQ+ rights, and Environmental, Social, and Governance policies (ESG). One of the executives that led SVB's woke agenda was Jay Ersapah, who is the head of financial risk management for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. She organized a series of initiatives, including a month-long Pride campaign and implemented 'safe space' catch-ups for staff. She was listed as a top 100 LGTBQ Future Leader by Professional network Outstanding, and her bio states that she is an ally of the gay rights charity Stonewall.According to the Professional network Outstanding website, she is an 'associate of gay rights charity Stonewall and was instrumental in initiating the bank's first-ever global "safe space catch-up." She has been a key leader in SVB's LGBTQ+ employee resource groups and has authored numerous articles on sexual harassment and gender identity. During her time at SVB, she spearheaded the bank's efforts to promote LGBT+ and was involved in launching the bank's first global LGBTQ+ "safe space" and "coming out stories" program. We've got plenty to share with you on today's edition of TruNews!Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 3/13/23You can partner with us by visiting TruNews.com/donate, calling 1-800-576-2116, or by mail at PO Box 690069 Vero Beach, FL 32969.The Fauci Elf is a hilarious gift guaranteed to make your friends laugh! Order yours today! https://tru.news/faucielfIt's the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. You can order the second edition of Rick's book, Final Day. https://www.rickwiles.com/final-day

Margaret talks with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is the Five-Fold Ministry for Today? Find out on this episode of A StoneWall's Perspective!WHEN you go to MyPillow.com and use promo code STONEWALL you can get a discount of UP TO 66% off your order!!!

Winston speaks with Perrier Award-winning comedian, writer, author and co-founder of gay rights charity Stonewall, Simon Fanshawe. They discuss the history of Stonewall, Fanshawe's recent book ‘The Power of Difference', his new company Diversity by Design, and how it aims to promote diversity in the workplace. Together they debate the case for and against diversity and Stonewall's 'strategic pivot' towards trans rights. 

Winston speaks with Perrier Award-winning comedian, writer, author and co-founder of gay rights charity Stonewall, Simon Fanshawe. They discuss the history of Stonewall, Fanshawe's recent book ‘The Power of Difference', his new company Diversity by Design and how it aims to promote diversity in the workplace. Together they debate the case for and against diversity and Stonewall's 'strategic pivot' towards trans rights. 

In this episode of "Not Well" podcast, hosts Bobby and Jim share their experiences and adventures at the Park City Gay Ski Week. They discuss the importance of defining success and how it varies for each individual. The hosts talk about how social media has affected the younger generation's perception of success and how it can lead to unhealthy obsession and addiction.Bobby and Jim also touch upon the lack of proper signage at the ski resort, which caused confusion and inconvenience for the guests. They share their frustration and urge the resort to improve their signage system for the convenience of their guests.The hosts also talk about their trip to the nail salon, where they experienced some unprofessional behavior from the staff. Bobby discusses how the staff talked about his shaking due to his medication and how they laughed at him in Vietnamese. This leads to a discussion on how people should not make fun of others, regardless of their differences.Towards the end of the episode, Bobby and Jim talk about the fun they had at the Park City Gay Ski Week and the people they met, including the popular Instagram personality and gay socialite, "Slutty Puffin," and the drag queen, Joey Jay. They discuss the importance of representation and visibility for the LGBTQ+ community, and how events like these provide a safe space for people to express themselves and be who they are.Support the showAs always you can write us at nowellpodcast@gmail.com or call us at ‪(614) 721-5336‬ and tell us your Not Wells of the week InstagramTwitterBobby's Only FansHelp us continue to grow and create amazing content, like a live tour or just help fund some new headphones when needed. Any help is appreacited. https://www.buzzsprout.com/510487/subscribe#gaypodcast #podcast #gay #lgbtq #queerpodcast #lgbt #lgbtpodcast #lgbtqpodcast #gaypodcaster #queer#instagay #podcasts #podcasting #gaylife #pride #lesbian #bhfyp #gaycomedy #comedypodcast #comedy #nyc #614 #shesnotdoingsowell #wiltonmanor #notwell

n this episode of A StoneWall's Perspective, Alex Stone interviews Turning Point ambassador and public speaker, 15-year-old Hannah Faulkner. Hannah is outspoken about her conservative and Christian values and encourages others to speak out about their values as well.In this show, Alex and Hannah discuss the fact that young people have an anointing in their lives and how to energize the youth to get involved!WHEN you go to mypillow.com/stonewall you can get a discount of UP TO 66% off your order!

Why do Narcissists Stonewall You? #narcissisticabuserecoverycoaching #coachangieatkinson #stonewall #stonewalling #narcissisticabusesurvivor Original Video: https://youtu.be/XBqHKUaWnAg Sawyer AtkinsonSubscribe to Narcissistic Abuse Recovery with Angie Atkinson on Soundwise

In the news this week: A global group of Anglican bishops announces it cannot remain in communion with the Church of England, a former SNP Minister says the Scottish Government should have heeded women's concerns over gender self-ID, and a baby born with just half a heart is now almost two years old after his mum turned down an abortion. You can download the video via this link. Featured stories Anglicans: ‘We are heartbroken we can no longer recognise the CofE's leadership' Former SNP Minister: ‘We should have listened to women's concerns over gender self-ID' Police Scotland quits Stonewall's pro-LGBT scheme Poll: Brits strongly support porn age-verification checks Baby born with just half a heart full of life at almost two years old

Hear that knocking on the door? This week, we briefly touch up on M. Night Shyamalan's Knock at the Cabin. We then reminisce on the rom-com Just Like Heaven because, in the early 2000s, falling into a coma was a sure shot to finding a boyfriend! Finally, we sit down and fully unpack the life and death of Marsha P. Johnson, how important she was in the fight for gay liberation and trans women of color. Get ready to cry because honey, she was an absolute angel who deserved better. To send in topics of interest, please email quiteabitpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on instagram/facebook/youtube:https://linktr.ee/quiteabitpodcast If you wish to learn more, help out and/or donate to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute: https://marshap.org/donate/ Sources for this episode:“The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson” Documentary on Netflixhttps://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/marsha-p-johnsonhttps://www.them.us/story/new-statue-marsha-p-johnson-fighting-whitewashing-lgbtq-historyhttps://www.them.us/story/who-threw-the-first-brick-at-stonewallhttps://www.si.edu/stories/marsha-johnson-sylvia-rivera-and-history-pride-monthhttps://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/wireStory/report-32-transgender-people-killed-us-2022-93408263https://www.hrc.org/resources/fatal-violence-against-the-transgender-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2022https://www.tatler.com/article/who-is-marsha-p-johnson-drag-queen-gay-activisthttps://wams.nyhistory.org/growth-and-turmoil/growing-tensions/marsha-p-johnson/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_P._Johnsonhttps://www.hrc.org/news/the-cold-case-of-an-lgbtq-pioneer-marsha-p-johnsonhttps://www.hrc.org/news/the-cold-case-of-an-lgbtq-pioneer-marsha-p-johnsonhttps://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/christopher-park/monuments/575https://www.vulture.com/2018/11/is-nycs-gay-liberation-monument-too-white.htmlhttps://www.queersiliconvalley.org/gay-liberation-vandalism/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Activists_Alliancehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Liberation_Fronthttps://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/remembering-1970-christopher-street-gay-liberation-day-marchhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Transvestite_Action_Revolutionarieshttps://www.britannica.com/topic/ACT-UP

MATURE CONTENT WARNING.Whether February in the UK or October in the US, pakinggan ang aming pa-modern take in commemorating LGBT History Month 2023. Let's take a wild ride through the history of the LGBT community - parang all-you-need-to-know in one episode! Are people's responses to current pop cultural events reflective of societal attitudes towards our community? From the Stonewall riots to Sam Smith and Madonna, we explore some of the triumphs and trials of the queer movement. So grab your rainbow flag and join us for a Bessie-style history lesson!Click play and say PRESENT, mga Bes!PS/Alam nyo bang may  mga extra soundbites kami na iniiwan  like easter eggs at the end of some episodes, mga Bes? Check out the one in this project so make sure to always listen until the end! Sabi nga ni Ate Vi - you can never can tell!Language:  English, TagalogSupport the showThe Balut Kiki Project is an international award-winning podcast being a winner at the 1st Asia Podcast Festival Awards held in Singapore.Connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or email us at balutkiki@gmail.com. Review/rate us on Podchaser, ApplePodcasts, Spotify. Thank you, Pixabay and TheBunkPH. *Our podcast does not offer professional medical, sexual, or mental health advice. Our show aims to express truths about our personal experiences in dealing with issues we discuss. If you are undergoing depression or having suicidal thoughts, please go to these links: NCMH (PH) or Find a Helpline (worldwide). It's okay to ask for help.

Join Crystal for a ladyhunt with Lady Hunt. They discuss Ruth's time as CEO of Stonewall, how to influence people in the House of Lords, and why there's nothing better than a good suit.

In honor of Black History Month, we're doing a special episode covering a selection of Black queer trailblazers who are especially meaningful to us! We've put our focus on activists and artists who fly a little bit below the radar, so chances are you won't know most of these folks, but you absolutely should. Lauren finally talks about a singer/songwriter who ISN'T Joni Mitchell! Nicole shares the work of a spoken-word poet who made her heart go pitter patter as a teen! We also recommend present-day accounts to follow, and discuss some of the uprisings helmed by queer people of color that pre-date Stonewall. Happy Black History Month!Discussed in this episode:Bayard RustinAntoinette Scully (@AntoinetteForLA on Twitter and Insta)Staceyann Chin (@staceyannchin on Twitter and Insta)Joan Armatrading (@ArmatradingJoan on Twitter; @joan_armatrading on Insta)Cheryl Dunye (@cheryldunye on Insta; @cdunye on Twitter)Gladys BentleyStormé DeLarverieThe Cooper Do-nuts and Compton's Cafeteria riotsJanaya Future Khan (@janayathefuture on Insta; @janaya_khan on Twitter)@BlackQueerJoy on InstaRaquel Willis (@raquel_willis on Insta; @RaquelWillis_ on Twitter)Octavia's Chariot (@octavias_chariot on Insta; virtual Speed Friending event on Feb. 24th!)

NOT WELL / GAY PODCAST / EPISODE 186 Remember last episode when we were going to go out and "get in trouble" - well we did and you won't believe what happened. On the episode of Not Well, we talk about idiot Republicans, Harry Potter,  gross YouTube podcasters, conservative people, fat alcohol syndrome, and being fat in general. Some Highlights (or lowlights) Marjorie Taylor Greene made a State of the Union stunt, carrying a white balloon in reference to Republican criticism of Joe Biden's handling of a Chinese surveillance balloon. However, the balloon saga ended when it was shot down off the Carolinas on Saturday.The phenomenon of "sick zoning" is when a partner takes care of their sick significant other, resulting in the partner being seen as weak and unappealing. This dynamic can create a caregiver and dependent relationship, where the partner who is not sick takes on a more nurturing role. The caregiver may become preoccupied with the sick partner's well-being and only see them as someone who needs help, rather than an equal partner. This can lead to a loss of attraction and desire, as well as a lack of emotional and physical intimacy in the relationship.Allie Beth Stuckey is a conservative commentator, author, and podcaster who aims to help young women think critically and biblically about the world around them. She is known for her book "You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love," which challenges society's popular cultural myths and offers truthful alternatives found in the Bible. Stuckey started her career in 2016 with a Facebook page called "The Conservative Millennial" and has since contributed to various media outlets, including Fox News and BlazeTV. She currently hosts the podcast "Relatable," where she analyzes culture, news, politics, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective.Several thousand gay men set off on a week-long vacation cruise, organized by Atlantis Events on the Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas ship, through the Caribbean. The cruise promised guests a week of social mixers, late-night dance parties, and performances from entertainers like Todrick Hall and Billy Porter. The trip can be an annual pilgrimage for many gay men who want to unwind in a fun and sexually liberated setting with members of their community. However, guests were warned about a new policy that prohibited them from posting anything sexually explicit on social media, or risk being asked to leave the ship without a refund. The policy was created by Atlantis Events and Royal Caribbean following previous incidents where explicit videos filmed by passengers went viral.Our upcoming shows, which will be taped in Park City, promise to be full of fun guests, interesting ideas, and overall craziness that will leave you entertained and informed. So stay tuned, and get ready to join us for an adventure you won't forget!Support the showAs always you can write us at nowellpodcast@gmail.com or call us at ‪(614) 721-5336‬ and tell us your Not Wells of the week InstagramTwitterBobby's Only FansHelp us continue to grow and create amazing content, like a live tour or just help fund some new headphones when needed. Any help is appreacited. https://www.buzzsprout.com/510487/subscribe#gaypodcast #podcast #gay #lgbtq #queerpodcast #lgbt #lgbtpodcast #lgbtqpodcast #gaypodcaster #queer#instagay #podcasts #podcasting #gaylife #pride #lesbian #bhfyp #gaycomedy #comedypodcast #comedy #nyc #614 #shesnotdoingsowell #wiltonmanor #notwell

Last time we spoke Cholera spread like a plague taking countless lives on either side of the conflict. The loss of so much life hurt the Xiang armies positions, and Zeng Guofan worried dearly for the life of his brother fighting at Yuhaitai. Zeng Guofan desperately tossed any men he could to help his brother and it proved effective as Li Xiucheng was forced to flee for the safety of Nanjing's walls. The EVA force lost Ward and gained Chinese Gordon as its leader. But it was to be a short lived command as Gordon and the British became outraged with their allies atrocities and slights against them and thus took back on the stance of neutrality. Yuhaitai was taken and now Nanjing was under siege by the Xiang army, it was only a matter of time for the Taiping to finally fall.   #35 This episode is The Taiping Rebellion part 12: The Fall of the Heavenly Kingdom   Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. The populace of Nanjing were terrified, with only two gates left open, provisions were becoming very limited and there was almost no way to get out. Roughly 30,000 people were inside the city, 10,000 of which were soldiers. After the fall of Suzhou to Li Hongzhang in December, Li Xiucheng returned to Nanjing pleading with the heavenly king, to simply abandon Nanjing and take the entire movement into Jiangxi province. The heavenly king was livid, saying Li Xiucheng lacked faith in the cause. Without much choice, Li Xiucheng began to prepare the city for a bitter siege. Meanwhile the heavenly king was becoming more and more paranoid and angry. His anger led him to cruelty and he began punishing the people in horrifying ways. For example the new crime of communicating with those outside the walls of the city saw people pounded to death between rocks or flayed alive in public. The people would have fled the city, but they knew the fate of what happened to those who did, as was the case when Anqing fell. By late December they heard the rumors about the fate of Suzhou thus sealing their fate to Nanjing. Zeng Guofan sent reports to his brother in spring of 1864 not to even let women and children escape the city, so their fear was well founded. Zeng Guofan justified this by stating, to force the Taiping to support the entire population within the city would accelerate their starvation.    With Chen Yucheng dead, Li Xiucheng spread too thinly, Hong Rengan found himself yet again thrust into the role of military commander. Hong Xiuquan told his cousin he had to go out of the city to rally troops from nearby territories to help relieve Nanjing. But it was not possible to head north or west, nor was it possible to traverse the river. Hong Rengan set out the day after Christmas of 1863. His first destination was Danyang around 50 miles east of Nanjing which was commanded by an uncle to the late Chen Yucheng. The commander told Hong Rengan he could not spare any troops to help Nanjing, so Hong Rengan continued on to Changzhou. While enroute he found out Li Hongzhang had taken the city, forcing him to winter in Danyang. When spring came, he took his force south into Zhejiang, where Hangzhou was still holding out. Back in 1861 when Hong Rengan went out to get recruits, the work was much easier. This was no longer the case, in the cities of Danyang and Huzhou he found people too afraid to leave their garrisons to go back to Nanjing. Meanwhile the Xiang army was exponentially growing, by 1864 Zeng Guofan had 120,000 troops, Zeng Guoquan 50,000, another 30,000 garrisoned Anhui, 13,000 moved around with Bao Chao and 10,000 were in the area between Anhui and Suzhou.    Li Hongzhang's Anhui army followed up its conquest of Suzhou by marching upon Nanjing from the east. They seized Changzhou and Wuxi with ease as Zuo Zongtang battled Taiping in Zhejiang province. All these armies would eventually converge upon Nanjing. Zeng Guoquan's forces managed to take the Fortress of Heaven on the Dragon's shoulder, pitting it against the Fortress of Earth. With the vantage point upon Dragon's shoulder the Xiang forces were able to create stockade camps at the Shence Gate and eastern Taiping Gate, thus cutting off the city completely. By the end of March, Hangzhou fell to Zuo Zongtang forcing its survivors to flee to Huzhou seeking refuge with Hong Rengan. With the loss of both Suzhou and Hangzhou, the Taiping no longer held any significant cities in the east. There were no more avenues for rescue for the Taiping capital, all that was left was a siege.   Zeng Guoquan's siege army was running dry on provisions, the devastation of the countryside was hitting his men as bad as it was the Taiping. Even though they held the Yangtze, by spring of 1864 there was no longer much food coming from it. His men ate rice gruel and basically nothing else. He confided to his secretary, “If we don't break this city in a month, our whole army is going to crumble to pieces.” Within Nanjing the garrisons first crop of wheat was breaking the surface in april. Zeng Guofans men atop forts and mountain lookouts could see within the city the crops growing with bitterness. They held into the early summer, but Beijing's patience was wearing thin and so were their stomachs. Zeng Guoquan wanted the glory of taking Nanjing for himself, so he resisted the advice of Li Hongzhang to come supplement his forces. Zeng Guofan was torn by this, he understood his brothers ambition, but it was terribly unwise. He wrote to his brother “Why must you have sole credit for conquering Nanjing? Why should one person be the most famous under heaven?” Li Hongzhang realized the family predicament and offered to save face for the Zengs by forming an excuse that he was unable to come help after all.   Zeng Guoquans siege had been enlarged, they built a 3 mile road for supplies through a bog, connecting the river to Yuhuatai. While on the surface it looked like the Xiang forces were loafing around, this was far from the truth, the real siege work was being done under the earth. They did not have large enough cannons to break the walls of Nanjing, so they had to tunnel and mine, the good old fashion way as they say. They would even have to tunnel under moats some 90 feet underground. Each tunnel was made hauling out dirt and rock by hand, but the spotters in Nanjing were always watching. A cool fact I did not know before writing this series, when sappers begin tunneling for long periods of time, the grass on the ground level above them turns brown leaving a kind of path the tunnellers are taking towards a wall. Spotters looked for this and for ventilation holes, after all if you are digging far you have to get air into the work space. Inside Nanjing Taiping sappers dug their own counter tunnels to thwart mines. They often did this by exploding their own mines, flushing gas into the tunnels or flooding them with boiling water or sewage. Imagine dying in a tunnel full of sewage, horrid. At one point a Xiang miner exploded a mine close enough to a wall, but the explosion failed to make a breach and the Taiping quickly went to work building more parts to the wall near it.   By June, the Xiang had mines exploded up in over 30 areas of the walls, but their results were nothing less that 4000 dead sappers. Then on July 3rd, after they captured the Fortress of Earth at the base of the Dragon's shoulder they had a vantage point so close to part of Nanjing's walls they could fire cannons over. Throughout the night and day they fired cannons into part of Nanjing thwarting the Taiping tunnelers while their own worked. The most ambitious tunnel yet was dug, around 70 yards out, digging at a rate of 15 feet per day. It lead to a part of Nanjing's walls 50 feet thick. The Taiping knew what was coming, but the bombardment never ceased, and even the noise from the cannons prevented spotters from figuring out precisely where the tunnel was. By the 15th of July Li Xiucheng was forced to launch a night sortie to try and attack the tunnel opening, but the Xiang army forced them right back into the city. Three days later the tunnel had just about reached its target for the explosives. Zeng Guoquan was impatient, pressured by Beijing, so he ordered his men to pack 6000 cloth sacks under the wall containing over 20 tons of gunpowder. The explosion went off at noon on the 19th, as 400 hand picked veterans crouching hiding on the ground to launch themselves through the breach. The explosive experts lit the fuse and waited, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20, 30 the fuse took that long to travel the tunnel. Then a tremendous blast was heard forming a convulsion sending part of the wall to go up blasting outwards and skyward raining parts of the rubble everywhere killing tons of the 400 men hiding on the ground. When the smoke cleared, a 200 foot wide breach could be seen.   The Xiang forces sounded the drums and stormed down the Dragon's shoulder towards the breach screaming. The clambering over dead bodies and rumble surging forward, many of them holding maps of the inner city. The first troops to breach the hole specifically dodged the defenders rushing further into the city with maps in hand as they had the specific mission to rush to the palace of the Heavenly King to kill the self proclaimed brother of jesus. But Li Xiucheng beat them to their mission and he spirited away Hong Xiuquans son, before they could capture the would-be future monarch. When the Xiang troops entered the palace they found nothing but an eerie silence. Hong Xiuquan the heavenly king, the self proclaimed brother of Jesus was already dead.   Going back in time, to the spring of 1864, Li Xiucheng said to the heavenly king “There is no food in the whole city and many men and women are dying. I request a directive as to what should be done to put the people's mind at ease.” Starvation was hitting the people, but the heavenly king did not seem to pay any notice. Hong Xiuquan began to talk to Li Xiucheng about the 16th chapter of Exodus, how god would preserve the Taiping faithful, just as he preserved the children of Israel for 40 years as they wandered the desert, by scattering manna on the ground amidst the dew each morning. Beginning in 1862, Hong Xiuquan had begun ordering his subjects to emulate the lives of the israelites, storing 10 bushels of manna every year to see them through their times of trouble. What exactly manna is, hard to say, if you read the bible it says it was a small, white flower with the scent of coriander that tasted like honey. The Chinese Taiping bible describes it as “Tianlu and Ganlu” which means sweetened dew. Hong Xiuquan said to Li Xiucheng “everyone in the city should eat manna. This will keep them alive” he then issued an order “Bring some here, and after preparing it I shall partake of some first.” Li Xiucheng states “the Sovereign himself, in the open spaces of his palace, collected all sorts of weeds, which he made into a lump and sent out of the palace, demanding that everyone do likewise, without defaulting. He issued an edict ordering the people to act accordingly and everyone would have enough to eat.” Thus Hong Xiuquan began to eat the weeds he called manna within his palace.    In April of 1864 he began to fall ill with his 50th year of life. He seems to get better in may, but then becomes sick again. The cause of his illness is not understood, but Li Xiucheng account states “its from him eating manna, and when this man was ill he would not take remedies”. Hong Rengan account states “a lingering illness of 20 days took him”. Tiangui Fu the son of Hong Xiuquan said “my father succumbed to sickness”. On May 30th, Hong Xiuquan or one of his aides announces it is time for the Heavenly king to go to Heaven where he will request the Heavenly father and Heavenly Elder brother to send a celestial army to defend Nanjing. There is no grand funeral for the heavenly king. On June 1st he is wrapped in a shroud of yellow silk by his palace women and buried in the bare ground, which was the regular service for the Taiping. No coffins were necessary, because he was expected to rise soon to go to heaven. Hong Xiuquan had ordered coffins to be abandoned prior and that the word “death” to be taboo, because they were all going to ascend to heaven.    Five days after his death, his son Tiangui Fu takes his fathers throne. While the Qing forces are busy sieging the city, for 6 weeks the Young monarch reigns. He is basically at the mercy of Li Xiucheng and Hong Rengan. Li Xiucheng gives this account  “After the Young Sovereign came to the throne,there was no grain for the soldiers, and there was chaos in the armies. . . . The Sovereign was young and had no ability to make decisions, no one, civil or military, in the capital, could think of a solution.” When the explosion went off on July 19th and the slaughter and chaos began within the city, Tiangui Fu stood bewildered in his palace beside his 4 wives. They tried to grab him, to stop him from fleeing, but he broke away from them and ran into the crowds with his 2 younger brothers heading for Li Xiuchengs palace. They grabbed the nearest horses and their bodyguards clustered around them. During the chaos they try to escape through the different gates in turn, each time turned back. Li Xiucheng eventually finds the royal group and whisks them to a safe location. They hide for some time in an abandoned temple on the western side of the city, perched atop a hill from which they can see the Qing forces scattering into the city. The Young monarch and his comrade put on Hunanese clothing as a disguise, something that had been prepared weeks before. They seize the cover of darkness as the Xiang army are busy raping and plundering the city. Li Xiucheng bids a tearful farewell to the Young monarch as he and his small party charge through the breach Zeng Guoquans sappers made, with the sun against their backs they vanish. The horse of Li Xiucheng collapses and his guard leaves without him. Dazed and confused, Li Xiucheng climbs back to the abandoned temple on the hill. He wakes up to find peasants robbing him of his valuables, when he is left with nothing to take, they grab him and bring him to Zeng Guoquans forces.   No one knows where the Young monarch is, but Zeng Guoquan has Li Xiucheng in his hands and interrogates him. Without the leadership of Li Xiucheng the Taiping forces might linger on in the rest of the country to form some small kingdom, but they would never be able again to become a large movement. With the capture of Li Xiucheng, the Taiping rebellion was pretty much dead. Li Xiucheng writes a very lengthy confession before his execution. Before his death he begs the Qing officials to stop the slaughter of Nanjing, to spare the old Taiping veterans who had marched from Guangxi and Guangdong, to give them permission to go back home. “engage in some trade. If you are willing to spare them, everyone will hear of it, and everyone will be willing to submit.” He even provides his captors with some advice, to buy the best cannons from the foreigners, alongside efficient gun carriages and other weapons, so that the best Chinese craftsmen could reverse engineer them and teach the people of china how to make their own. “one craftsman can teach ten, ten can teach a hundred and everyone in our country will know. . . . To fight with the foreign devils the first thing is to buy cannon and get prepared early. It is certain that there will be a war with them.” “Our Heavenly Kingdom is finished . . . and this is because the former Heavenly King's span was ended. The fate of the people was hard, such a hard fate!”  Li Xiucheng speaks to his captors believing the Young Monarch is already dead, but Tiangui Fu was safe accompanied by a few hundred loyal soldiers. Tiangui Fu and his small force circle the shore of Lake Tai, fleeing for Huzhou where Hong Rengan commands a small Taiping garrison. Yet before talking about that I want to talk about the horrors that befall Nanjing.    The Xiang army's discipline broke at Nanjing, they were starving when they stormed the great city, filling their stomachs for the first time with food and the achievement of their ultimate goal, ending the war. After bitter years of campaigning, far away from their homelands, they began to break ranks and laid waste to the capital in an orgy of rape and plunder. Zeng Guofan issues proclamations forbidding troops from murdering civilians, rape of looting, but his commanders ignore this. The bloody occupation of Nanjing sees the fanatical death of many Taiping, refusing to surrender who fight to the bitter end. As Zeng Guofan reported to Beijing “On the 17th and 18th, Tseng Liang-Tso and others searched through the city for any rebels they could find, and in three days killed over 100,000 men. THe Ch'in-huai creek was filled with bodies. Half of the false wangs, chief generals, heavenly generals, and other heads were killed in battle, and the other half either drowned themselves in the dikes and ditches or else burned themselves. The whole of them numbered 3000 men. The fire in the city raged for 3 days and nights…Not one of the 100,000 rebels in Nanjing surrendered themselves when the city was taken but in many cases gathered together and burned themselves and passed away without repentance. Such a formidable band of rebels has been rarely known from ancient times to present”.   The slaughter of Nanjing was the combination of fanaticism from the Taiping and the policy of Zeng Guofan who was determined that the surrender from the veterans Guangxi/Guangdong Taiping was not to be accepted. His goal was the extermination of the whole movement, via the death of its core leadership. He wanted no residue of any successors to try and carry on the Taiping ideology. He performed a ruthless extermination, thus forcing many of the Taiping to fight to the very end or commit mass suicide. Zeng Guoquan's aides reported to him that mass looting, murder and rapes were occuring. Soldiers could be seen running off with gold, silver, furs, jade and any other valuables. At first soldiers burned palaces, but then they moved onto homes, eventually the entire city was aflame. Only when a heavy rainstorm occurred on July 25th did the fires go out. On the 26th, Zeng Guoquans secretary entered the city and was overwhelmed at the sight. All the male Taiping still alive were being used by the Xiang soldiers to carry loot or dig up buried treasure. It seemed like many of them were being set free to flee the city after, but many were also slaughtered after. Countless, elderly who could not perform labor were killed outright. Countless children lay dead in the streets alongside the old, as the secretary wrote in his diary “Children and toddlers, some not even two years old, had been hacked up or run through just for sport. There wasn't a single women left in the city under 40 years old.  Sometimes they had ten or twelve cuts on them, sometimes several times that. The sound of their weeping and moaning carried into the distance all around.” A female Taiping survivor named Huang Shuhua was 16 years of age during the capture of Nanjing. She had this to say about when the soldiers came. “They killed my two older brothers in the courtyard, then they went searching through the rooms of the house. One of the strong ones captured me and carried me out. My little brother tugged on his clothing, my mother threw herself down before him, weeping. He shouted angrily, ‘All rebel followers will be killed, no pardons—those are the general's orders!' Then he murdered my mother and my little brother. My eldest brother's wife came out, and he killed her too. Then he dragged me away, so I don't know what became of my other elder brother's wife. I was grief-stricken, sobbing and cursing at him, begging him to kill me quickly. But he only laughed at me. ‘You, I love,' he said. ‘You, I will not kill.' ” The soldier tied her up and took her aboard a boat back to his home in Hunan. The soldier was from the home county of Zeng Guofan, Xiangxiang. She would spend the rest of her life as the wife of a man who had murdered her entire family. She wrote down her story on two slips of paper one evening while traveling and when at an Inn she secretly slid the papers to someone at the inn before hanging herself.   Zeng Guofan took possession of Nanjing, arriving from Anqing on July 28th, 9 days after his brother's forces breached its walls. Apparently officers from his brothers forces took him around the city in a sedan chair, telling him tales of the battles fought and won, showing him the scenes of the destruction. Poetry, plays, banquettes, song and wine, celebrating was made by the victors. Soon honors would be poured over said victors from Beijing once Zeng Guofan sent news of the fall of the Taiping capital. Zeng Guofan sent inflated numbers of Taiping killed, as you may have noticed when I read those quotes, there was absolutely not 100,000 dead in Nanjing. He was inflating the glory of his family, that of his armies prowess, and he masking over the rape and plundering of the second capital of the dynasty. He was very careful with what information got out. When he came face to face with Li Xiucheng, he had direct orders from Beijing to send the man alive back to Beijing, instead he executed him where he was making sure to overlook the interrogation process himself so he could make sure the writing of Li Xiucheng was exactly the way he wanted it.    Now Hong Rengan was in Huzhou during the downfall of Nanjing, helplessly trying to find help for the capital. When news came that Nanjing had fallen and Li Xiucheng was dead, Hong Rengan found himself in possession of the Young monarch who fled to Huzhou for safety. At this time Huzhou was being attacked by Li Hongzhang's Anhui army and remnants of the EVA force. Not the Ever victorious army, no this was the Ever triumphant army. Basically the remnants of the EVA force were taken by some French officers who continued to work alongside the Qing. The roads to leading to Huzhou were strewn with corpses and severed heads to ward off the Qing/Anhui/EVA forces. The coalitionary forces are too much for the defenders of Huzhou who at the end of August of 1864 flee south. Hong Rengan intends to take the Young Monarch to Guangdong where the Taiping movement started. They rode for 3 months making it to the Meiling Pass, searching for safety. Their escapade left them in a mountainous country 15 miles northeast of a town called Stone Wall where they were finally attacked. Qing soldiers came upon them during the night before the Taiping loyalists could even mount their horses. Hong Rengan fled alone on foot wilding running through a forest where he is captured on October 9th. He is interrogated by the local Qing officials, where he tells them “The heavenly King was nine years older than I and gifted with extraordinary powers of intelligence. A glance at anything was all that was required to impress the subject on his memory. The uprising at Thistle mounted undoubted evidence of the display of divine power throughout those years,and despite the ultimate collapse of the Taiping movement, among those who have enjoyed the smiles of fortune for the longest time the Heavenly King stands pre-eminently forward,”. Hong Rengang is executed in Jiangxi's capital of Nanchang on November 23rd.    As for the Young Monarch, Tiangui Fu, he manages to slip away with 10 followers. His band crosses a small bridge and climbs a nearby hill to hide, but they are discovered by their Qing pursuers. Somehow Tiangui Fu manages to evade them, hiding out in the hills, afraid and alone. He shaves off his long hair and finds work with a local farmer pretending to be a man named Zhang from Hubei. After the harvest for that year, he travels onwards but is finally caught and arrested on October 25th by a Qing patrol. He throws himself at the mercy of the state, confessing “The old Heavenly King told me to study religious books, and would not allow me to study ancient books, which he said were all demonic. I managed, however, to read secretly thirty or more volumes, and still retain some recollection of their subjects and contents. The conquest of the empire was the ambition of the old Heavenly King, and I had no part in it.” He tells his captors if they release him, he will study the Confucian classics and try to gain the lowest degree, that of Licentiate. Instead the Young Monarch is executed on November 18th, a week before his 15th birthday. The Heavenly King is dead, the Young Monarch is dead, all the kings, north, south, east, west, flank, shield, loyal, brave and countless others are all dead.    The day Zeng Guofan took control of Nanjing was a triumph, not for the Qing dynasty but for him. He was at that moment the most powerful man in all of China. His Xiang army was dominant, he was that of a military dictator controlling the vast eastern and central parts of China. He was not fully under the Qing courts control, in fact the Qing relied upon him almost entirely to retain their own control. Until the Taiping menace was defeated, the Qing court watching his efforts without dread, once it was done that all changed. Rumors spread like wildfire, some said Zeng Guoquan told his brother the time was right to abandon the crumbling Qing dynasty and to start a new dynasty from his base in Nanjing. But Zeng Guofan did not do this. In truth, by the time Nanjing was under its last siege, Zeng Guofan began a process for disbanding his grand Xiang army and to relinquish his power. He sought to hold onto his positions as governor general over Anhui, Jiangsu and Jiangxi, and help rebuild Nanjing to its former glory. Many watched expected him to take his army and march upon Beijing, to rid China of the Manchu, but he sent his soldiers home. And thus Zeng Guofan remained a loyal subject, to a child emperor and the Empress Dowager Cixi.   If you are bewildered by this, you are most definitely not alone, countless historians and contemporary figures were confused. Zeng Guofan's ruthlessness and brilliance led him to possess basically unlimited power. All of his top ranking commanders were people he knew, they all had strong personal ties to him, their loyalty was set in stone. What could have possibly stopped him from taking over China? Well, according to his closest family members and friends, they say Zeng Guofan was a man wrecked by anxiety and depression. He was reluctant from the very beginning to be given command, quite uncertain of himself. He was a true scholar and sought nothing but to go back to his books and to lead a life of moral scholarship. He was deeply influenced by Confucian beliefs, but many also think he was influenced by the horrible levels of corruption, greed and incompetence he saw within the Qing bureaucracy. He was never heard to question the legitimacy of the Emperor, and being very devout to Confucianism, he probably really believed in the mandate of heaven. There are also those who point out, to such a brilliant mind, was ruling China a desirable thing? He say how tumultuous the era they lived in was, was it a good era to rule over? Perhaps his uncertainty about himself, left him thinking he could not live up to the task.    Regardless, the Xiang army demobilized in August of 1864, less than a month after the fall of Nanjing. In May he gave a notice for sick leave, which as he told his brother was just an excuse to go into hiding after the war was done. He wanted to escape all of his critics who were growing suspicious of his power. He recommended his brother should do the same, but it seems Zeng Guoquan resented this advice. Zeng Guoquan apparently was beginning to expand his economic powers and Zeng Guofan had this to write to his brother, “Military commanders who have usurped fiscal power have never brought anything but evil to the country and harm to their own families. Even if you, my brother, are a complete idiot, surely you cannot be ignorant that you have to distance yourself from power to avoid being slandered.” Well the Qing court went to work on Zeng Guoquan and his subordinates accusing them of corruption and usurpation. Likewise they hounded Zeng Guofan by proxy, and for the 8 years left of his life they tormented him, not allowing him to retire or pause from duties. Zeng Guofan's dreams of returning to scholarship, his homeland, a quiet life, would never come to be. In 1867 he wrote on the issue of his looming death “I would be happier there, than I am in this world”.   The estimates on the death toll of the Taiping Rebellion are simply impossible to gauge fully. If you go to wikipedia, or pick up any book they all fall on 20-30 million people. There were no reliable censuses at the time, the estimates are based mostly upon demographic projections on what the Chinese population should otherwise have been in later generations. In an American study performed in 1969, by the year of 1913, almost 50 years after the fall of Nanjing, China's population had yet to recover to its pre 1850 levels. In 1999 it is estimated the provinces hardest hit by the Taiping Rebellion, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hubei and Jiangxi suffered a population loss of around 87 million people between 1851-1864. Around 57 million of them dead from war, the rest never born due to decreased birthrates. The projection for the full scale of the war in all provinces is around 70 million dead with a total loss for the population at 100 million. As you might imagine there is a large amount of skepticism over such unbelievable numbers. Regardless the scars of the event were most definitely felt for decades as attested by countless travelers and inhabitants of China. It was frankly one of if not the deadliest civil war in human history.   What is rather incredible is the fact the Qing dynasty did not fall then. Don't get me wrong, it was a mortal wound, but the Qing dynasty would limp on for another 5 decades. Did the Qing dynasty win the war? Not entirely, its safer to say the efforts of Zeng Guofan, foreign intervention and the Qing defeated the Taiping movement. The Qing dynasty was basically put on life support by Zeng Guofan and foreign interests if you really think about it. The Opium wars linked the Qing dynasty to nations like Britain and France who had financial stakes in China and wanted the devil they knew rather than the Jesus they didn't to ensure the flow of unequal trade, see what I did there? Zeng Guofan, was simply in my opinion a strong conservative. I told you bits and pieces about his reluctance to work with foreigners and utilize their technology. He came around to it all of course, but he did so gradually and begrudgingly, there are countless tales of him butting heads over the issue. That issue being modernization, something his successor Li Hongzhang will become a champion of might I add. Zeng Guofan was devout to Confucianism and traditions, honestly he is a large part as to why the Taiping were unable to destroy much of Chinese culture. Zeng Guofan would be villainized by many as a traitor to his race, someone who held up the Manchu.   In the end China suffered immensely, this was after all occurring during the century of humiliation. I will end with this to say about the intertwining years of the Second Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion. These years were a time of chaos and change for Asia as a whole. China would end up slowly moving towards modernization, but another nation would take the opposite route and usher in hyper modernization. The balance of power in Asia was turning, leaving more room for conflict on an unprecedented scale.    I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. Sheesh, 12 parts my god, would you believe it if I told you there was a lot more left out? Remember there were other rebellions like the Nian and Dungan, and perhaps given a audience desire I might talk about those as well.  

Nick Robinson talks to the influential lobbyist and new chair of Stonewall, Iain Anderson, about how the case of Isla Bryson has brought gender politics to the top of the news agenda and how he thinks the heat can be taken out of the debate. Anderson, a lifelong Conservative who founded the lobbying firm Cicero and ran Ken Clarke's leadership campaigns, talks candidly about why he's now moving away from his political roots.

Dennis is joined via Zoom by actors Jonny Beauchamp and Mike Manning the stars of the new thriller The Way Out, which hits streaming this month. The film, directed by Barry Jay, tells the story of a vulnerable young man named Alex (Beauchamp) whose dealing with major issues like abuse and addiction, who takes in a new roommate named Shane (Manning) who maybe isn't quite the nice guy he seems to be. The pair talk about what drew them to the project, supporting each other on set and how good it felt to be working after a year and a half of lockdown. Jonny talks about the thrill of shooting his debut movie Stonewall and then being caught up in the backlash after the film's release. Mike recalls deciding to be open about his sexuality before appearing on The Real World and also what it was like to be on Days of Our Lives, playing a character who dies and comes back as a zombie and later a ghost. Other topics include: what it's like to be an out actor at this moment in Hollywood, working with director Barry Jay on this very personal story, pregnancy scares, costarring with Sherri Shepherd, being bossy at the gym and how a daily Chipotle burrito helped make the movie better.  

On this episode of Not, Well, Bobby and Jim dive into the hot-button issue of police shootings and question whether it's more of a cop problem than a race problem. With the endless stream of incidents making headlines, the guys can't help but wonder who is becoming cops and what is causing this apparent surge in excessive force. With their signature wit and humor, Bobby and Jim will have you laughing and thinking at the same time, as they tackle this important and timely topic. So sit back, grab a glass of wine (or a can of Pringles), and join the hilarious and thought-provoking conversation on this latest episode of Not, Well.Additionally, Bobby and Jim delve into this hilarious yet concerning situation, questioning why this woman felt comfortable drinking wine from a Pringles can in the middle of a Walmart parking lot. They humorously ponder the idea of being banned from Walmart for drinking on the job. The guys also discuss the strange phenomenon of people drinking in public placesRecently, the news about the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by a U.S. fighter jet off the coast of South Carolina had everyone talking. The comical take on the situation was no exception, as late-night comedians, such as Chelsea Handler and Seth Meyers, along with Jimmy Fallon and James Corden, all had a field day with the situation. Bobby and Jim also joined in on the fun, poking humor at the balloon incident. Not as funny as those late night comedians. Comedians and late-night talk show hosts have had a field day with the recent news of the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by a US fighter jet off the coast of South Carolina. Chelsea Handler kicked off her week hosting "The Daily Show" with a series of jokes about the incident. She quipped about President Biden, saying "Obama got to order the assassination of bin Laden, and all he gets to do is murder a bag of helium." and "And, as you heard, this balloon was the size of three buses. I love measuring things in buses." Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, and James Corden also weighed in with their own witty comments about the balloon, with Meyers saying "The only way this balloon could have had a higher profile is if it had its own Instagram account." and Fallon jokingly saying "The balloon floated from Montana to South Carolina. Somehow it got across the country faster than someone flying Southwest." These comedians have certainly found a way to bring humor to a strange and unexpected situation.We also talk about Bobby having a nervous breakdown that actually ended up being therapeutic, even though his therapist thinks he should be at a psychiatrist sooner rather than later. Bobby is also talking about his spending habits lately. He can't pass up a deal but he has to start... Jim hates pleated pants and can't understand why people are wearing them again. Bobby then admits his secret fantasy about white underwear and business suits. Support the showAs always you can write us at nowellpodcast@gmail.com or call us at ‪(614) 721-5336‬ and tell us your Not Wells of the week InstagramTwitterBobby's Only FansHelp us continue to grow and create amazing content, like a live tour or just help fund some new headphones when needed. Any help is appreacited. https://www.buzzsprout.com/510487/subscribe#gaypodcast #podcast #gay #lgbtq #queerpodcast #lgbt #lgbtpodcast #lgbtqpodcast #gaypodcaster #queer#instagay #podcasts #podcasting #gaylife #pride #lesbian #bhfyp #gaycomedy #comedypodcast #comedy #nyc #614 #shesnotdoingsowell #wiltonmanor #notwell

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Today we have part two of an interview we did with Elva Green, the daughter of Eddie Green, the famous comedian, filmmaker, and radio actor of the 1930s and '40s, who was a regular cast member of the popular radio series "Amos 'n' Andy." John and Elva talk about the controversies around "Amos 'n' Andy", her father's role as "Stonewall" the lawyer, and listen to an episode chosen by her from 1948. Elva Green's book: https://www.amazon.com/Eddie-Green-American-Entertainment-Pioneer/dp/1593939663  Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we're also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romantic?" from Animal Crackers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KHJKAKS/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_MK8MVCY4DVBAM8ZK39WD

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Episode #184 of Not Well - "The Fat Man's Little Coat of Emotions: Coping with Mental Health, Relationships, Bad Bosses, and Church Struggles"Bobby starts off the episode by talking about a friend's untimely death and the importance of mental health. He touches on the recently established suicide hotline 988 and the need for people to reach out when they are struggling. Bobby emphasizes the importance of taking care of one's mental health, and how it can be difficult to do so amidst life's challenges. Of course this is done in the only way Bobby and Jim know, with a flair of humor but also being serious. Next, Bobby and his Jim delve into the recent news of a church in Jacksonville requiring its members to sign documents stating they are not homosexual and they denounce anything related to the LGBT community. They discuss the negative impact this can have on individuals and the importance of accepting people for who they are.The conversation then shifts to the recent FDA approval for gay men to give blood, and the differences between gay and straight people. Bobby and his Jim examine the nuances of this issue and the importance of understanding and accepting people for their individual differences.Later in the episode, Bobby's cousin Heather comes into town and the topic of bosses is brought up. They talk about the variety of boss personalities and the impact they can have on the workplace. Bobby and his co-host share their own experiences with good and bad bosses and how they have navigated these relationships.The episode ends with a wrap-up of the different topics covered, tying them together with the overarching theme of mental health and acceptance. Throughout the episode, the keywords "Not Well," "Gay Podcast," and "LGBT" are emphasized, giving listeners a comprehensive and inclusive view of the various issues affecting the gay community. Whether you're struggling with mental health, navigating relationships, or coping with a difficult boss, this episode of Not Well offers support, humor, and practical advice.Support the showAs always you can write us at nowellpodcast@gmail.com or call us at ‪(614) 721-5336‬ and tell us your Not Wells of the week InstagramTwitterBobby's Only FansHelp us continue to grow and create amazing content, like a live tour or just help fund some new headphones when needed. Any help is appreacited. https://www.buzzsprout.com/510487/subscribe#gaypodcast #podcast #gay #lgbtq #queerpodcast #lgbt #lgbtpodcast #lgbtqpodcast #gaypodcaster #queer#instagay #podcasts #podcasting #gaylife #pride #lesbian #bhfyp #gaycomedy #comedypodcast #comedy #nyc #614 #shesnotdoingsowell #wiltonmanor #notwell

Annie Lanzillotto tells about meeting Storme De Lavarie, Stonewall icon. “Your One Gay Life” by Annie Rachele Lanzillotto “Hey baby, stay a while.” This was the kindest thing anybody ever said to me. And the most life-affirming. Stonewall Veteran Stormé De Larvarie patrolled the streets and bars of New York helping generations of us on our way. She was a true superhero of the streets. Stormé did the work we each need to do, one by one by one by being present and paying attention... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/annie-lanzillotto/support

Many believe that self-storage facility prices are infinitely negotiable as long as the seller and buyer agree to a price. But that's simply not true. In this Self-Storage University podcast, we're going to discuss how the banking industry ultimately fixes values and how to embrace and follow these guidelines instead of wasting time pushing along deals that will never be able to get financed.

Tim and Jeremy return from a mini winter break with a second episode looking at the music and politics of the Downtown queer dance floors of the early 70s. They interrogate the position of the Stonewall Riot in the history of queer culture, exploring many of the historiographical problems latent in the received accounts of this period and recontextualising the gay liberation movement of the time within a broader set of radical, anti-imperial demands. Tim and Jeremy also return to one of the most important clubs of the moment - the Sanctuary - and take a trip upstate to Fire Island Pines. Plus, Jem delivers a healthy dose of iconoclasm to a particularly beloved classic. Produced and edited by Matt Huxley. Tune in, Turn on, Get Down! Become a patron for £3pcm by visiting Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod And check out our new website: https://www.loveisthemessagepod.co.uk/ Tracklist: Abaco Dream - Life & Death in G & A Gladys Knight and the Pips - Got Myself a Good Man Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Diana Ross and the Supremes - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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In this episode of A StoneWall's Perspective Podcast, Alex is in Nashville, Tennessee for the ReAwaken America Tour. One of the primary reasons that the ReAwaken America Tour has been so impactful is because of General Michael Flynn. General Flynn is one of the top freedom fighters in the United States of America today. He was President Trump's National Security Advisor for 22 days before the deep state decided to play its dirty games.In this show, General Flynn joins Alex for about ten minutes to discuss the importance of local action. I hope that you enjoy!This episode of A StoneWall's Perspective is brought to you by MyPillow.com/stonewall. If you use promo code STONEWALL you can get a discount of UP TO 66% off your order!

n this episode of A StoneWall's Perspective, Alex has the opportunity to interview someone who has a front-seat view at the ReAwaken America Tour. Havana Clark is Clay Clark's daughter. In this show, Havana gives her point of view and how the ReAwaken America Tour has impacted her life!If you go to MyPillow.com/stonewall you can get a discount of UP TO 66% off of your order!

The Mafia and the Gays meticulously documents how the mob controlled gay bars for decades in New York and Chicago due to their once illicit status, and relies upon an extensive collection of primary sources including FBI files many of which were not publicly available until acquired by author Phillip Crawford Jr. through the Freedom of Information Act. Mr. Crawford illustrates how the gay bars historically were integrated into the Mafia rackets. For example, the establishments often were financed through mob-tied coin-op vendors and their related loan companies. Jukebox king Alfred Miniaci funded dozens of gay bars and other joints controlled by the Mafia in the 1950s and 1960s including the Peppermint Lounge. Miniaci supplied slot machines in the 1930s to Frank Costello, and had dined with the mob boss on the May 2, 1957 night he was shot. Gay bars sometimes served as drug drops. Forget about the pizza connection; this was the pansy connection. Club 82 in New York's East Village was a popular club with drag revues, and in the 1950s also was part of the distribution network in the Genovese family's heroin trade for which boss Vito was convicted in 1959. Gay bars were profit centers for all the Mafia families. Among the powerful mobsters who oversaw vast interests in LGBT nightlife were Gambino underboss Aniello Dellacroce, Genovese capo Matty Ianniello, Colombo underboss Sonny Franzese in New York and Joseph DiVarco who ran the Rush Street crew on the Near North Side for the Outfit in Chicago. The Mafia had ties to some of the most iconic gay establishments including the Continental Baths in the Hotel Ansonia from 1969 to 1976 on the Upper West Side which received protection from the Colombo family in exchange for installing its vending machines. Continental owner Steve Ostrow – a classically-trained opera singer – developed such close ties with Joe Colombo that he was performing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the June 29, 1970 Italian-American Unity Day rally in Columbus Circle when the mob boss was shot. The LGBT community once was married to the mob out of forced necessity but after gay bars became legal the relationship often continued in many establishments out of mutual convenience. Gay bars no longer were busted simply for homosexual assembly but they still risked raids if serving as sex clubs or drug drops. Accordingly, the mob still had both services to provide and protection to offer particularly during the party decades following the Stonewall riots. If a bar had a back room for anonymous sex, operated afterhours or sold drugs or boys, then odds are it was a Mafia joint, and that involved numerous places during the 1970s and 1980s. Indeed, the Mafia hijacked gay liberation for political cover and used so-called Auntie Gays as frontmen for their bars to evade suspicion. The wiseguys allegedly even infiltrated the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee and Christopher Street Festival Committee which ran New York City's gay pride parade and some related events for much of the 1970s and 1980s. Over the decades there has been a fair number of gay guys in the mob's ranks including cross-dressing Genovese soldier David Petillo who once was a boy prostitute, hitman Vito Arena from Roy DeMeo's Gambino crew and DeCavalcante boss John D'Amato. There is no shortage of bad gays in The Mafia and the Gays, and most disturbing are the allegations of the mob's role in running underage boy prostitution rings.

Heading to the Lone Star State and the bigger-than-life Lyndon Johnson and LBJ Ranch! Learn about our 36th President and his political rise; his vice presidency and Presidency; his wife, Lady Bird, and daughters; and his homes! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2023/01/23/season-2-episode-36-lyndon-johnson-and-the-johnson-ranch/Season 1's Lyndon Johnson Episode: "Lyndon Johnson and Stonewall"Support the show

In this episode of A StoneWall's Perspective Podcast, Alex is doing interviews in Nashville Tennessee for the ReAwaken America Tour! The ReAwaken America Tour is hosted by Clay Clark, who has been on this show many times. Oftentimes, Clay is in the public light because of his books, his podcast, or the tour; however, there is one person who has helped Clay become the man that he is today.Vanessa Clark is Clay's prayer warrior wife. When Clay was struggling with God, Vanessa was there to pray. At some point, Clay and Vanessa had their first and only son, but he was born blind. They did not find out that their son was blind immediately. When they were told Clay and Vanessa were discouraged, but Vanessa believed that God would heal their son! Listen to this episode to find out more about Clay and Vanessa's journey!If you go to mypillow.com/stonewall you can get a discount of UP TO 66% off your order!

The inspector general's office fired off a scorching letter to the state department over the way that they have handled the requests made by the IG as they continue their investigation into America's involvement in Afghanistan. They accuse the state department of ignoring their requests for documents and information and for impeding the overall investigation. (commercial at 11:00)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/22/state-usaid-afghanistan-00041505