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The ALL ME® Podcast The Hidden Challenges of Young Athletes in Elite Sports – Abby MacDonald & Todd Raymond In this episode, Abby McDonald shares her inspiring journey from gymnastics to Olympic weightlifting, the challenges of social media, and the importance of integrity in sports. Todd Raymond offers a father's perspective on supporting young athletes through success and setbacks. Takeaways: Abby's athletic journey from gymnastics to weightlifting The impact of social media on young athletes Contaminated supplements and doping tests Parenting strategies for young athletes Mental health and resilience in sports Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to Abby McDonald's story 00:22 Abby's early interest in sports and gymnastics 01:12 Transition from gymnastics to Olympic weightlifting 02:19 The intensity of CrossFit and weightlifting 03:11 Todd's background in sports and raising Abby 04:10 Recognizing Abby's athletic talent early 09:49 Abby's first national record at age 13 10:47 Surreal experience at the Olympic Training Center 12:14 The pressures of competing at a high level 14:28 Social media's influence and risks for young athletes 15:26 Dealing with negative comments and online harassment 16:50 Contaminated supplements and positive doping test 29:43 The emotional impact of the doping violation 50:41 Lessons learned and advice for young athletes 01:10:15 Abby's current focus and future plans Resources: · https://www.usada.org/video/abby-raymond/ Follow Us: Twitter: @theTHF Instagram: @theTHF Facebook: Taylor Hooton Foundation #ALLMEPEDFREE Contact Us: Twitter: @theTHF Instagram: @theTHF Facebook: Taylor Hooton Foundation #ALLMEPEDFREE Email: info@taylorhooton.org Phone: 214-449-1990 ALL ME Assembly Programs: http://taylorhooton.org/education-resources/face-to-face-programs/

Caitlin is joined by favorite tattoo artist Tannis to review The Cell (2000). We talk about surrealism, psychology, art history, memory, and more. This one holds up, and it's a fav for the weird/goth/art babes in your life. Tangents include: horror-themed tattoos, movie run times, media literacy, favorite horror movies, upcoming films, and first tattoos. Be sure to check out Tannis over at Black Rabbit.

What's this? Out on a Friday? The weekend's just started early! May yours we weird and wondrous enough.Play. Discover. Be discovered. Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into creative writing using the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse. Brainstorming and writing short stories has never been so rich in discovery and surprises. Listeners' words are drawn from the legendary Socks of Destiny and mixed into writing prompts which lead to the most unexpected story ideas—and a fascinating exploration of writing craft.Listeners are also warmly invited to share their own microfiction and poetry based on the previous show's prompts. Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list and receive an e-book to begin your journey into The Book of Exquisite Corpse (includes exclusive material not published anywhere else). Go to www.annatizard.com.Sometimes Anna uses a 12-sided dice to choose a further category to suggest a direction for a story idea. These categories are: 1) a book or magazine 2) a job or role, takenon reluctantly, 3) a pub or café, 4) a portal or means of travel, 5) a piece of treasure or magical, sought-after object, 6) a monster or creature, 7) an invention, 8) a weapon, 9) a hidden identity or disguise, 10) a scar (physical or psychological), 11) a ghost, or 12) or a cocktail or special tea (or a magic potion or poison).

I interviewed Joren Vandenbroucke about The Great Escape on Monday, September 1, 2025 at Venice Immersive in Venice, Italy. Here is the story synopsis for The Great Escape: "In The Great Escape, the viewer arrives as the third of three geranium flowers stuck on the windowsill in the bare living room of Patrick, a lonely 38-year-old man. The geraniums are bored to death and constantly frustrated – with themselves, the windowsill, and Patrick. They long to see the world, but are literally rooted in place. Patrick, meanwhile, walks freely but never leaves the house, trapped in his own lonely routine. Every day starts the same: watering the plants, making coffee, feeding his goldfish, activating his roomba, collecting junk mail, then daydreaming by the window. The monotony gets shaken up when Patrick buys a smartphone to connect with the outside world. The geraniums secretly steal it and post a selfie in a plant swap group, where a woman named Sonja spots it. She convinces Patrick to swap the geraniums for her snake plant. The geraniums are thrilled as they venture outside with Patrick, until a chat with a dying bouquet of roses reveals the outside world isn't so kind to plants. The ensuing existential crisis leads the plants to their near demise and ultimately to a new home with a rather familiar setting." Here are the contextual domains that are explored: Home [4], then using communications technologies with a cell phone and social media [3] to connect to someone else in the neighborhood [3]. Then going on a massive adventure. [9] For a human, it's a short-distance travel [3], but for this geranium, it may feel like a completely exotic long-distance journey [9] relative to how often plants move around. "They long to see the world, but are literally rooted in place." Here is the Elemental Center of Gravity: 1st Center of Gravity of Emotional Presence: Very FUNNY! Narrative-driven, immersive animation. Surreal comedy genre.2nd Center of Gravity of Earth Element / Environmental and Embodied Presence: You embody a geranium who uses a phone to put themselves on an Online Marketplace and escape into another human owner. From one home to another via public tranportation. The rest of the world is mundane living rooms, a subway trip, and then getting to be outside facing the busy city street3rd Center of Gravity of Air Element / Mental and Social Presence: Dialogue. Single-player experience. But you have some virtual co-presence with other geraniums, as you are embodied as a geranium4th Center of Gravity of Earth Element / Environmental and Embodied Presence: I can't recall if there were any explicit interactions other than being embodied as a geranium. If there were, then they just gated the narrative. May have been some phone interactions. Hard to remember Archetypal Themes and Character Explored: Tension between Boredom of Reality and the same daily routine and Grand Adventure and Excitement. "The geraniums are bored to death and constantly frustrated." Some pretty brave and courageous acts to go on this adventure. Also fears around potential death associated with this adventure. "The geraniums are thrilled as they venture outside with Patrick, until a chat with a dying bouquet of roses reveals the outside world isn't so kind to plants." After the brush with death, then they enter their new home and a new but similar daily routine begins. "The ensuing existential crisis leads the plants to their near demise and ultimately to a new home with a rather familiar setting." Artist Statement: "At the core The Great Escape is about the boredom that comes with comfort. In this story a pair of houseplants are longing for a “great escape” from their daily dull routine, even though nothing is particularly wrong with this daily flow. On one hand the contradicting wishes and desires of the geraniums might seem amusing, but on the other hand they are relatable as well to people who harbour similar escapist dreams or experience certain inexplicable feelings of ennui. Fleeing a golden cage takes courage and learning to let go sometimes, as Patrick experiences in this story. Even then a safe return is not always guaranteed, like the geraniums find out. Still, there is beauty to be found in the ordinary aspects of life and the flow of daily existence." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH5bGRsqn4k This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I interviewed Kristina Buožytė & Vitalijus Žukas about Creation of the World on Monday, September 1, 2025 at Venice Immersive in Venice, Italy. Here is the story synopsis for Creation of the World: "Creation of the Worlds is a VR experience inspired by the visionary art and music of Lithuania's most renowned artist, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. This poetic VR odyssey is both a meditation on creation and a metaphor for the human journey toward inner maturity. Created by Kristina Buožytė and Vitalijus Žukas, the experience blends immersive storytelling with interactive elements, inviting viewers into a dreamlike world. With the freedom to navigate and soar through evolving environments, the viewer gradually discovers they are not merely an observer — but the creator and caretaker of timeless worlds. Inspired by over sixty of Čiurlionis's paintings, the experience blends visual art with a contemporary reimagining of Čiurlionis's music by Phil Von and Rokas Zubovas." Here are the contextual domains that are explored: [9] Surreal art [5] inspired by religious themes [9] and creation stories with a bit of a pagan edge. Here is the Elemental Center of Gravity: 1st Center of Gravity of Earth Element / Environmental and Embodied Presence: Spatial journey of the Lithuanian artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis.2nd Center of Gravity of Water Element / Emotional Presence: Musical score. "Immersive Cinema"3rd Center of Gravity of Fire Element / Active Presence: Very subtle gaze detected navigation mechanic. Mostly on rails, but there's quite a lot of variation.4th Center of Gravity of Air Element / Mental and Social Presence: No words or narration. You're left to discern the meaning of the symbolism on your own. Archetypal Themes and Character Explored: Explorations of the blending of different modes of artistic expression with the transcendent realms of mythology, religion, and symbolism. "Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis — painter, composer and visionary... His worldview and artistic depth reflect a Renaissance-like spirit, blending music, visual art and philosophy into unique and timeless universes." Also explorations how this transcendent is ingressed into physical reality, and the relationship between the two. The piece is also described as "an immersive VR fairy tale exploring the connection between the material and spiritual realms. A subtle, symbol- and metaphor-rich journey through human maturity and the awakening of creative power, told in the timeless language of myth. It is an ode to creation — divine, natural and human" Artist Statement: "Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis — painter, composer and visionary — is one of Lithuania's most important cultural figures and a unique voice in global art history. His worldview and artistic depth reflect a Renaissance-like spirit, blending music, visual art and philosophy into unique and timeless universes. Creation of the Worlds is our homage to his legacy — an immersive VR fairy tale exploring the connection between the material and spiritual realms. A subtle, symbol- and metaphor-rich journey through human maturity and the awakening of creative power, told in the timeless language of myth. It is an ode to creation — divine, natural and human — inspired by Čiurlionis's art and music." This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

Your personality is the one thing no competitor can copy. So why is everyone still copying each other?   Sophie Milham grew Odd Muse from 90K to 500K on TikTok and from just under 100K to 900K on Instagram — in two and a half years, straight out of a fashion styling degree, having never studied marketing in her life. She then became the very first hire at electrolyte brand SULT, who launched into Boots with a waitlist built before the product even existed.   So when Sophie says stop chasing the algorithm, it's worth putting your phone down and listening.   This one comes straight from the stage at Fashion Marketing Live, Elizabeth's sold-out event for fashion brand founders, and it is a proper masterclass in the thing most brands are still getting backwards: personality beats polish, every single time.   What Sophie covers:   The three places your brand's personality actually lives — founder-led content, employee-generated content (EGC), and personal branding — and how to pick the one that suits you Why LinkedIn is the most untapped platform in fashion right now, and what to post on it that isn't boring Storytelling over aesthetic: why the perfectly curated grid has had its day, and the 80/20 split Sophie uses instead How SULT built a waitlist of buyers before there was a website, a product, or a single sample The £100 giveaway stunt that put half a million people onto SULT before Sophie's first day Why the month the Boots launch went wrong got the best engagement of the year Your social media is your CV — and the pitch deck Sophie replaced with a list of Reels links The "what's in, what's out" rundown you'll want to screenshot Plus a genuinely brilliant Q&A on luxury pricing, messy content, and whether to keep your personal and brand accounts separate   If you have ever spent your 9-to-5 scrolling for research and your 5-to-9 doom scrolling for "inspiration", this episode is your permission slip to stop.   "People buy from people. They don't just buy a product."       Find Sophie LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sophie-milham-1636221b9 Instagram: @sophiemilhamx TikTok: @sophiemilhamx Mentioned in this episode SULT — drinksult.com · founders Milly Goldsmith & Henry Porpora · in Boots Odd Muse London — oddmuse.co.uk · founder Aimee Smale · @oddmuselondon Capala Swim — capalaswim.com · @capalaswim PerfectTed and Surreal — brands she says are doing employee LinkedIn content properly! Work with Elizabeth Magnetic — the six-month marketing accelerator for fashion brands. 25 places per round, weekly coaching, full training hub, monthly planning and the templates. → elizabethstiles.co.uk/magnetic-five The Scaling Project — six months of 1:1 mentoring for established, VAT-registered brands → elizabethstiles.co.uk/level-up Free resources → elizabethstiles.co.uk/freebies The Fashion Feed — the free weekly newsletter and Facebook group Fashion Marketing Live 2027 — Monday 15 March 2027. The first one sold out in 24 hours, so get on the waitlist via the menu at elizabethstiles.co.uk  

God is a pretentious poet Approachability: 6/10 (Surreal and stressful domestic horror/religious allegory) Content Warnings: Blood/violence; Misogyny/Imprisonment; Infant death Next Week's Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 Patreon YouTube, Bluesky, Letterboxd, & Instagram: @RandomHorror9 We are part of Night Vale Presents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Truth In This Art, the guest is Bony Ramirez!About Bony Ramirez: Dominican-born artist based out of Jersey City, New Jersey, working across painting, sculpture, and installation to create a vivid celebration and exploration of Dominican life and Caribbean culture. Blending European painting traditions — Renaissance and Mannerist influences drawn from church art — with distinctly Caribbean imagery, symbolism, and materials, Ramirez has built a visual language entirely his own. His elongated, exaggerated figures function almost like landscapes, each one deliberately distinct, never referencing real people but instead pulling from memory and imagination.In our conversation, Ramirez talks through moving to the United States at 13 years old and how that transition shaped both his identity and his relationship to the culture he left behind. He reflects on how being physically close to New York City's art scene, including a stretch living in Harlem, became an essential part of his growth as an artist. Ramirez discusses his responsibility to tell Caribbean stories that are still underrepresented in contemporary art, noting how many people don't even know where his island is.He gets into how his figures evolved — starting from self-taught limitations that became a stylistic signature — and why he keeps cultural markers like plantains, machetes, and crabs, along with bilingual English and Spanish titles, at the forefront of his work, refusing to let that world fade into the background.Be sure to follow Bony Ramirez on Instagram at @bonyramirezz to keep up with his work and future projects.Photo courtesy of subject. The Truth In This Art is supported by William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, the Maryland State Arts Council's Creativity Grant and Mayor's Individual Artist Award - Creative Baltimore Fund (Baltimore). Host: Rob LeeMusic: Original music by Daniel Alexis Music with additional music from Chipzard and TeTresSeis.Production:Produced by Rob Lee & Daniel AlexisEdited by Daniel AlexisShow Notes courtesy of Rob Lee and TransistorPhotos:Rob Lee photos by Vicente Martin for The Truth In This Art and Contrarian Aquarian Media.Guest photos courtesy of the guest, unless otherwise noted.Support the podcastThe Truth In This Art Podcast Fractured Atlas (Fundraising): https://www.fracturedatlas.orgThe Truth In This Art Podcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetruthinthisart.bsky.socialThe Truth In This Art Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truthinthisart/?hl=enThe Truth In This Art Podcast Website: https://www.thetruthinthisart.com/The Truth In This Art Podcast Shop: Merch from Redbubble ★ Support this podcast ★

“How many people do you think go into a bar and say: ‘I'd like an Everclear on the rocks, please…'?”   Looking back, 1997 seems utterly surreal…   To put things in perspective, 1997 marked the debut of South Park on Comedy Central, the release of Radiohead's breakthrough, third album, OK Computer, the beginning of the final season of Seinfeld, and (of course) the arrival of Metallica's conclusion to The Loads with Reload.   Perhaps one of the most surreal (and tragic) parts of 1997 was the time a bunch of children in a band called Hanson went viral with a song called MMMBop while a lesser known, criminally underrated, and FAR SUPERIOR band (with an extremely similar sounding name, consisting of former members of Helmet & Quicksand) called Handsome released their one (and only) album, Handsome, earlier that same year.     Sometimes life is just too weird and utterly unfair…   It's time to discover the power of “a better magical piece of paper” that is not a college degree and understand that whenever someone uses the term ‘dating' that “we know exactly what they're talking about”.    Find out who “stayed metal the whole time”, who was “chuggin' the D”, and who wasn't going to metal shows “unless it was Metallica” when you JOIN US as we go back in time almost 30 years with THE CLASS OF 1997. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: metalnerdery@gmail.com Can't be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast   Show Notes & Time Stamps: (00:01): “Now we're about the same height…”/ “Alright, let's see ‘em…”/ “Has anybody had any weird diarrhea lettuce issues?” / “You had it before it was cool?”/ #BastieBoys / “I got so freaking sick…out of both ends…also, every 5 minutes, I was having contractions…”/ “Doctor, he's dilated…”/ #cyclospora / “So it was the exact same thing?”/ (NOTE: “Cyclospora stays dormant in your body for up to 2 weeks…) / #nightsoil / “Reason #2 I don't eat greens…”/ “Email Russ at RussWages@diarrhealettuce.com...” /  ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / “And frankly…tiresome.”   (05:50): “You wanna say the hellos and the welcomes?” /  ***WELCOME BACK TO THE BUNKERPOON CENTER FOR METAL EXCELLENCE AND THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / #rainylanta /  “Because of the gudatron? The front gunt?” / “I've been having to find all my fat clothes…”/ “What, was it 121/81?” / #RussellsHealthReflections   (09:19): ***PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / #Doomsicle #SmogMountain #SabbathFuzzySabbath /  “I like floral cunt, I'm gonna keep using it…” / “We speak your names…”/ “I'm just gonna go ahead and make this statement…”/ ***EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com ***/ ***SOCIAL MEDIA US at #metalnerderypodcast on #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram #TikTok *** / “Are we gonna have to hire somebody to go through our emails now?” /  “CD Samplers…?”/ ***VOICEMAIL US AT 980-666-8182!!!*** /  #doowop (NOTE: It's Padavona, NOT Padanova) /  #RJD (14:19): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PRESENTS: THE CLASS OF 1997 / “The year I graduated from college and got that magical piece of paper…”/ “You know what a better magical piece of paper is?” / “It makes for a much better life…”/  “And by ‘dating'…we know EXACTLY what they're talking about…”/  “That dude's a Dude, man…”/ “Spittin' Crickets is such a 90's band name…”/  “I gotta ask the question…where did y'all get that name?” / #hawktuah / #RussellsReflectionsNostalgiaEdition / “That's some red neck shit; that's not frat boy shit…”   (19:02): “I will say…in 1997…we were big followers of a local heavy metal band…who released their breakthrough album…” / #RussellsSevendustReflections /  #Sevendust BLACK (Sevendust – 1997) / “That's a good opener…like a show opener…”   (23:38): #StrappingYoungLad ALL HAIL THE NEW FLESH (City – 1997) / #CanadianMetal / “Get ready…”/ “It's like a super charged Filter…”/ “If I was still working out, that would be in the playlist for sure…”   (27:00): “Hold on, so it's a different singer?”/ NOTE: This is the first Priest album with Tim “Ripper” Owens on vocals, and also the first Priest album since 1990's Painkiller / #IcedEarth / #JudasPriest JUGULATOR (Jugulator – 1997) / “You pulling up the Jugulator?” / #moonshine /  “How many people do you think go into a bar and say ‘I'd like an Everclear on the rocks, please…'”/ NOTE: Everclear is the active ingredient in Hunch Punch / “Chuggin' the D…” /  “That does not sound like Judas Priest…”/ “That's a very different vibe…that's a different band!”   (33:30): “How about some…Overkill?”/ “In 1997, were you looking for Overkill albums?” /  “(The Hodges) stayed metal the whole time…” / #WFO #TheKillingKind / #NostalgicReflections / “I wasn't going to metal shows…unless it was Metallica…”/ “There were a lot of used CD stores back then (in the mid to late 90's) …” /  #Overkill IT LIVES (From the Underground and Below – 1997) / “I love panning…”   (39:56): “Alright, Matt…look at the inventory of cokelines…”/  “Track 5…I know it doesn't have as many cokelines…trust me…”/ “Is it more of the Forbidden Evil?” / “Imagine Forbidden doing groove stuff but it still sounds like Forbidden…”/ #Forbidden FACE DOWN HEROES (Green – 1997) /  “This was in the Can't Be Loud Enough…”/ OVER THE MIDDLE /  “This sounds nothing like Forbidden Evil…”/ “That sounds like…Slayer.” (43:20): “Did y'all ever hear that one (Demonic)?”/ “That's where the power comes from, dude…”/ #Testament DEMONIC REFUSAL (Demonic – 1997) / “This is where (Chuck Billy) changed his voice…that's death metal…”/ “Looks like I need a bigger rug…”/  “That's definitely different Testament…”   (46:28): “Mark the time, please…”/ #Kreator PHOBIA (Outcast – 1997) / “Like Slayer, you always know what you're gonna get (with Kreator) …”/ #industrialsound / “That's different than normal Kreator…”/ “It's almost like industrial punk…it's almost like a Kreator side project…”   (48:52): “We've got to pay tribute to The Loads…”/ “I think that's probably the best song on the album…but it takes forever to get there…” (Fixxxer) /  “It might be worse than Sandman…” (Fuel) / #Metallica DEVIL'S DANCE (Reload – 1997) / “That's a meaty bass sound…”/ “It's like a weird, Metallica, stoner metal…”/ “Yeah, it needs a laugh right there…”/ “Under a different name, they're good rock and roll records…” ***Go check out our Building the Perfect Load episode…*** / “Watch him pull up Queensryche…big fan from way back…more than KISS…” (53:47): #Misfits DIG UP HER BONES (American Psycho – 1997) /  “It's like Peter Steele with a higher voice…”/  “He sounds like Peter Steele PLUS the singer from Life of Agony…”/ #Caputo / “They came back, dude…”/ “It's like Optimus Prime can be a robot, and then he can be a truck, and then he can be a robot again..." (56:26): “This sounds like a lovely title…I guarantee you it sounds like WASP…”/ #powerballads / “Let us know if we should do a whole episode of power ballads…” /  “We might need some extra special relaxers for that episode (power ballads) …” / “No microdosing…we gotta go full tilt…bring sleeping bags…”/ #TheChronicles / “Have you ever heard anybody talking in their sleep?”/ #sleeptalking #gibberish / “He would call in air strikes…while he was at home in bed, years after the war…”/  “We got new chairs down here in The Bunkerpoon…I look a lot more slender because I'm hiding my gunt underneath the table…” / #WASP KILL FUCK DIE (Kill Fuck Die – 1997) / “Oh listen, it's industrial…when L.A. Metal goes Industrial, that's kind of a weird sign…”/ “What is it?  What'd you say?” / “That was not at all what I was expecting…” (1:01:24): “Look at that album cover…that just screams 1976…he looks like the homeless hatchet guy…there's a documentary about this dude…”/ “But he looked just like that dude…” / “Turn up the fuzzmeter…”/ #FuManchu EVIL EYE (The Action is Go – 1997) / “Kinda sounds like ‘I Disappear' a little bit…”/  “It's good rock and roll with a lot of fuzz on it…” (1:04:39): “On that note, how about a little Karma to Burn…”/  “Hold on, that was wet and you didn't cup…you SHOULD have cupped…”/ #instrumental /  “I'm going in with an open mind…and a pink shirt…”/ “I don't care…” /  “Where are we on the whole ‘how do snakes fuck?'…” / “It IS whittled…”/ #debutalbum /  #KarmaToBurn EIGHT (Karma To Burn – 1997) / “This sounds like some good pre-show music…very good background music…” (1:07:54): “Annihilator had an album out that year…”/ #recordscratch #mouthsounds /  “That sounded almost like a record scratch…I can't do it again…make it a button…”/  “All the cokelines…”/ #Annihilator MURDER (Remains – 1997) / “That's gated…there's your '97 vibe…”/ “He's gonna yell in a minute…he yelled…I heard him…”/  “Let's pick another one…” / SEXECUTION / “Sexecution…that's got to be good…”    (1:12:45): “We've got to cleanse…”/ “What did (Annihilator) do there?” /  “I'm hoping, for the sake of all that is evil…that Venom will sound like Venom…”/  “Metallica's the ONLY band that changed in the 90's…whatever…”/ #Venom THE EVIL ONE (Cast in Stone – 1997) / “That's what heavy metal sounds like…”  (1:15:41): “You know, THAT guy from THAT band…”/ “Who sings on this, him (Geezer Butler)?” / NOTE: This was NOT Burton C. Bell on vocals, it was Clark Brown on vocals…/  #GZR MAN IN A SUITCASE (Black Science – 1997) / “Strangely industrial? Or weirdly industrial?” (1:17:27): “How about a little Grip Inc.? That was Dave Lombardo's band after Slayer…”/ #GripInc PATHETIC LIAR (Nemesis – 1997) / “That has the Slayer sound to it…if you're playing with Dave, I'm sure it's going to sound like Slayer at some point…”   (1:19:44): “I was just looking up some In Flames…”/ “Let's cup so they get the full effect…”/ #InFlames JOTUN (Whoracle – 1997) / “I think that's what they call melodeath metal…”/ “It suits this kind of day…the gray and cloudy…” / “Nothing's gonna impress me anymore after Psycroptic…” / “It's the first thing we've heard in forever that's really a mindblower…you keep getting away from the novelty effect…and then you hear that (Psycroptic)…”   (1:23:34): “Billiam never picks trash…”/  “We should do the most underrated bands and talk about nothing but Poison and Nickelback the whole time…”/ “You don't shit on Nickelback and you don't shit on Creed…”/ “It's just fun to talk like that…” /  NOTE: This was NOT Bruce Dickinson's first solo album…it was his fourth /  #BruceDickinson ROAD TO HELL (Accident of Birth – 1997)  (1:26:38): “My only thing about that…remember when (Dave) did the thing (remixed the entire Megadeth catalog in 2004…) with the drums?”/  #Megadeth TRUST (Cryptic Writings – 1997) / “I think he got mostly cleaned up in the early 90's…”/ “Would you call that rock or metal?” / “If you could take 5% (of that bass mix) and drop it in AJFA…” / “2002 was (allegedly) when (Mr. Mustaine) fully gained sobriety…”   (1:30:18): “I think Billiam finally found what he was looking for…”/ #MachineHead TEN TON HAMMER (The More Things Change – 1997) / “It's weird that harmonics could be so heavy…”/ “It's like harmonics with a cape…”   (1:32:10): “Awwwwwww mannnnnnn…” /  #Pantera WHERE YOU COME FROM (Official Live: 101 Proof – 1997) / “Wait for it…”/ “They recorded (the 2 new songs) in 12 days…”/ “Should we call it Class of '97?” /  THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! / #untilthenext #outroreel

We go pond jumping this week and head to the Isle of Wight for one of the strangest paranormal encounters ever reported: All Colours Sam, better known as the Sandown Clown.In 1973, two children claimed they met a nearly seven-foot-tall, three-fingered, three-toed, ghost-like humanoid living in a metal hut near Sandown Airport. Normal British stuff, we are pretty sure. Sam wore a pointed yellow hat, spoke through a strange device, said he was “a ghost in an odd sort of way,” and somehow managed to make eating berries look like advanced alien surgery.So what was All Colours Sam? An extraterrestrial? A robot? A folkloric entity? A man in a costume? Or one of the most bizarre childhood stories ever to escape into UFO and cryptid lore?We break down the full encounter, the witnesses, the weirdest details, what believers think happened, what skeptics say, and why the Sandown Clown mystery is still confusing paranormal researchers more than 50 years later this week on Hysteria 51.SourcesBUFORA Journal, Vol. 6, No. 5, Jan/Feb 1978 – “Ghost or Spaceman '73?”Internet ArchiveThink Anomalous – The Sandown “Ghost Clown,” 1973Think AnomalousOnTheWight – All Colours Sam, aka Sam the Sandown ClownOnTheWightOnTheWight – The Sandown Clown: Exploring Sam, the Isle of Wight's Surreal 1973 EncounterOnTheWightBBC Radio 4 / Uncanny – Cold Cases: Case 5: The Sandown ClownApple PodcastsOnTheWight – BBC Sounds and Cease to Exist Podcasts Turn Their Attention to All Colours SamOnTheWightSpooky Isles – The Sandown Clown: Fact or Fiction?Spooky IslesWeird Darkness – The Sandown Clown: All Colours Sam and the Isle of WightWeird DarknessIsland Echo – The Sandown Clown Returns to the Isle of WightIsland EchoBedtime Stories – The Sandown ClownThe Sandown ClownShrouded Hand – The Sandown Clown Incident: A Creepy Encounter With an Unknown EntityThe Sandown Clown IncidentEmail your Contest Entries to:ForthHandmedia@gmail.comEmail us your favorite WEIRD news stories:weird@hysteria51.comSupport the ShowGet exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1ShopBe the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting!https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Great British Snake-Off Approachability: 6/10 (Surreal and campy folk horror w/some fucked up imagery) Content Warnings: Sexual assault; Blood/gore; Jump scares; Snakes Next Week's Film RandomHorror9 T-Shirts Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 Patreon YouTube, Bluesky, Letterboxd, & Instagram: @RandomHorror9 We are part of Night Vale Presents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In another installment of The People's Game on Jacobin Radio, co-hosts Alan Minsky and Meleiza Figueroa speak with eminent sports historian David Goldblatt, who lays out all the ways in which, despite the corruption and controversy surrounding FIFA's oligarchic nature and Trump's bumbling attempt to put his thumb on the scale, the World Cup — and the game itself — will always belong to the people. Josh Pechtalt, a longtime union activist in Los Angeles, also joins us live on air to talk about America's previous pastime, baseball, and a campaign urging the champion Dodgers to reject Trump's invitation to the White House. Finally, we speak to comedian Ron Placone about the surreal and sometimes hilarious contradictions surrounding this year's World Cup in Trump's America. Jacobin Radio with Suzi Weissman features conversations with leading thinkers and activists, with a focus on labor, the economy, and protest movements.

Hurricanes video coach John Stanier on having his day with the Cup today, celebrating in Carp, how the schedule with the Cup is created, and the do's and don'ts when you have the Cup.

Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]   PGttCM Season 22.5   The Empty House – Algernon Blackwood Haunted architecture as organism. Blackwood's house breathes dread rather than cartoon malice, but the living-house motif is beautifully weird. Monster House (2006) – Childhood-scale weirdness. The house is alive. Contained, playful dread. The Yellow Sign – Robert W. Chambers Royal decay, masked figures, surreal instability. Oz with the brightness sandblasted off. Return to Oz (1985) – Fairy tale gone feral. Surreal but still mythic in structure. For the Blood Is the Life – F. Marion Crawford Rural vampire lore before the sparkles. Brooding, tragic undead menace. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) – Campy supernatural with clear rules and heroes. Lair of the White Worm – Bram Stoker A beautiful woman animated by something inhuman, romantic obsession, bodily transformation, and grotesque courtship rituals. It's pulpy, melodramatic, and gleefully macabre. Lisa Frankenstein (2024) – Gothic romance and stitched-together identity. The Mummy's Foot – Théophile Gautier Playful Egyptological weirdness, romanticized undead, cultural past intruding into the present. Bubba Ho-Tep – Aging, absurdity, and pulp undead intruding on the mundane. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar — Poe Scientific hubris, reshaped bodies, moral ambiguity. Wells leans philosophical rather than romantic, but the ethical unease about making life and remaking identity hums in both works. Poor Things (2023) – Reconstructed identity and moral experimentation. The Willows – Algernon Blackwood Alien presence observing humanity. Nature as a membrane between worlds. The dread is quiet and cosmic Under the Skin (2013) – Alien observation and human estrangement. The Damned Thing – Ambrose Bierce Unseen predation, rural dread, something ancient and animalistic watching from beyond perception. X (2022) – Flesh, mortality, decay, performance. The Jolly Corner – Henry James Meeting the ghost of your unlived life. Urban haunting tied to identity and time. MaXXXine (2024) – Ambition curdling into occult menace. The Horla – Guy de Maupassant A double. Or something that lives alongside you. The terror of self-divis Us (2019) – The self divided. The Repairer of Reputations – Robert W. Chambers Identity manipulation, hidden social orders, creeping paranoia in polite society. The horror is systemic and intimate. Get Out (2017) – Social identity as surgical horror. Old Crompton's Secret” — Harl Vincent, Astounding Stories, February 1930 — A strange old recluse, alchemical obsession, identity/body weirdness, old knowledge pressing into the present. Last Night in Soho (2021) – Time bleed and haunted ambition. The Rat Racket” — David H. Keller, Astounding Stories, April 1930 — The story has racketeers using rat terror as systemic control, and the “Old Man” behind it becomes a nearly mythic hidden ruler. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) – Conspiracy as metaphysical force. The Man Who Was Dead — Thomas H. Knight, Astounding Stories, April 1930 — A weird resurrection/reincarnation premise that starts in folksy argument and slides into uncanny rule-breaking. Nothing But Trouble (1991) – Bureaucratic nightmare logic. The Man Who Was Thursday – G. K. Chesterton Infiltration, surreal pursuit, shifting identities, bureaucratic nightmare energy. It's metaphysical weirdness dressed as adventure. Monsters (2010) – Borders, otherness, creeping vastness. The Voice in the Night – William Hope Hodgson Sea horror. Isolation. Transformation. Hodgson makes the ocean feel biologically alien. Underwater (2020) – Ancient things below human scale. The Monster Maker” — Ray Bradbury, Planet Stories, Spring 1944 — Fear and perception generate monsters; the real threat is partly an intelligence manipulating what people think they see. The Mothman Prophecies (2002) – Omen, pattern, unseen intelligence. The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe Obsession and mortality tightening inward. The Raven (2012) – Obsession and mortality tightening inward. The Plattner Story – H. G. Wells A man slips into a flipped, alternate dimension and comes back geometrically wrong. Multiverse dislocation before Marvel made it fashionable. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – Multiversal fracture of meaning. The White People – Arthur Machen Youth, ritual, secret worlds behind glamour. Machen's fae horror undercuts innocence with something ancient and hungry. K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025) – Pop mythology as open cosmology; spectacle swallowing structure.

Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]   PGttCM Season 22.5   The Empty House – Algernon Blackwood Haunted architecture as organism. Blackwood's house breathes dread rather than cartoon malice, but the living-house motif is beautifully weird. Monster House (2006) – Childhood-scale weirdness. The house is alive. Contained, playful dread. The Yellow Sign – Robert W. Chambers Royal decay, masked figures, surreal instability. Oz with the brightness sandblasted off. Return to Oz (1985) – Fairy tale gone feral. Surreal but still mythic in structure. For the Blood Is the Life – F. Marion Crawford Rural vampire lore before the sparkles. Brooding, tragic undead menace. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) – Campy supernatural with clear rules and heroes. Lair of the White Worm – Bram Stoker A beautiful woman animated by something inhuman, romantic obsession, bodily transformation, and grotesque courtship rituals. It's pulpy, melodramatic, and gleefully macabre. Lisa Frankenstein (2024) – Gothic romance and stitched-together identity. The Mummy's Foot – Théophile Gautier Playful Egyptological weirdness, romanticized undead, cultural past intruding into the present. Bubba Ho-Tep – Aging, absurdity, and pulp undead intruding on the mundane. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar — Poe Scientific hubris, reshaped bodies, moral ambiguity. Wells leans philosophical rather than romantic, but the ethical unease about making life and remaking identity hums in both works. Poor Things (2023) – Reconstructed identity and moral experimentation. The Willows – Algernon Blackwood Alien presence observing humanity. Nature as a membrane between worlds. The dread is quiet and cosmic Under the Skin (2013) – Alien observation and human estrangement. The Damned Thing – Ambrose Bierce Unseen predation, rural dread, something ancient and animalistic watching from beyond perception. X (2022) – Flesh, mortality, decay, performance. The Jolly Corner – Henry James Meeting the ghost of your unlived life. Urban haunting tied to identity and time. MaXXXine (2024) – Ambition curdling into occult menace. The Horla – Guy de Maupassant A double. Or something that lives alongside you. The terror of self-divis Us (2019) – The self divided. The Repairer of Reputations – Robert W. Chambers Identity manipulation, hidden social orders, creeping paranoia in polite society. The horror is systemic and intimate. Get Out (2017) – Social identity as surgical horror. Old Crompton's Secret” — Harl Vincent, Astounding Stories, February 1930 — A strange old recluse, alchemical obsession, identity/body weirdness, old knowledge pressing into the present. Last Night in Soho (2021) – Time bleed and haunted ambition. The Rat Racket” — David H. Keller, Astounding Stories, April 1930 — The story has racketeers using rat terror as systemic control, and the “Old Man” behind it becomes a nearly mythic hidden ruler. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) – Conspiracy as metaphysical force. The Man Who Was Dead — Thomas H. Knight, Astounding Stories, April 1930 — A weird resurrection/reincarnation premise that starts in folksy argument and slides into uncanny rule-breaking. Nothing But Trouble (1991) – Bureaucratic nightmare logic. The Man Who Was Thursday – G. K. Chesterton Infiltration, surreal pursuit, shifting identities, bureaucratic nightmare energy. It's metaphysical weirdness dressed as adventure. Monsters (2010) – Borders, otherness, creeping vastness. The Voice in the Night – William Hope Hodgson Sea horror. Isolation. Transformation. Hodgson makes the ocean feel biologically alien. Underwater (2020) – Ancient things below human scale. The Monster Maker” — Ray Bradbury, Planet Stories, Spring 1944 — Fear and perception generate monsters; the real threat is partly an intelligence manipulating what people think they see. The Mothman Prophecies (2002) – Omen, pattern, unseen intelligence. The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe Obsession and mortality tightening inward. The Raven (2012) – Obsession and mortality tightening inward. The Plattner Story – H. G. Wells A man slips into a flipped, alternate dimension and comes back geometrically wrong. Multiverse dislocation before Marvel made it fashionable. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – Multiversal fracture of meaning. The White People – Arthur Machen Youth, ritual, secret worlds behind glamour. Machen's fae horror undercuts innocence with something ancient and hungry. K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025) – Pop mythology as open cosmology; spectacle swallowing structure.

7-2-26 New Mexico United Owner-CEO, Peter Trevisani joins the program to tell us about his surreal experience watching USA vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina

The Christian Arcand Show | Wednesday, July 1, 2026

From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what's exciting in local art. Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.A sprawling surrealist exhibit Twin Cities painter David Amdur recommends seeing "The Internal Affairs of Mr. Invincible," an exhibition of more than 100 mixed-media drawings by Lou Ferreri at Hopkins Center for the Arts, on view through August 1. Amdur says: “To get some sense of it, imagine a collaboration between Salvador Dalí and R. Crumb. They are entire editorial pages from the New York Times that have been painted on with acrylic pens, so they're very colorful, and most of the images are quite complex and very surreal, very strange. Also in the exhibition are monumental charcoal drawings that are more than four feet across. It's not a show to rush through. There's really a lot to take in. I would give myself time to linger with the drawings. You'll find unexpected and surprising connections emerge.” Sculpture walking tours Tony Austinson of Fridley got interested in public sculpture during the pandemic, when viewing art indoors wasn't an option. Visiting the sculpture walks created by various Minnesota cities has turned into a hobby, and he likes to go with his literal art hound, Tillie, at his side. Over time, he's come to recognize and appreciate the work of individual artists, such as Tim Nelson of Bemidji, who makes sculptures from scrap metal. Austinson recommends checking out the sculpture walks in a city near you. Here are links to self-guided walking tours in Mankato, Bemidji, Park Rapids, Fergus Falls, Hutchinson, Red Wing, and Delano, as well as Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Performance art meets political theater Sarra Beckham-Chasnoff is a theater superfan in the Twin Cities. One standout theatrical performance from last fall—which she is excited to see return this weekend—is “In the Backroom,” created and performed by Michael Torsch. The show is 70 minutes without intermission and runs July 2-5 at 7 p.m. at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis. Beckham-Chasnoff says this play-within-a-play surprised her at every turn, and its themes feel timely for the Fourth of July. “Michael Torsch is just a local treasure, so he does a type of performance art that is very smart and funny, and simultaneously very accessible. He introduces some controversial 21st-century American figures. I think it just kind of has a more complicated view of what America is, and so with the 250th anniversary, I just think it will be a poignant piece to see. “The [theater] is just a few blocks away from where the fireworks will be in Minneapolis, and so for folks going to the July Fourth show, they'll be able to walk over and watch the fireworks afterwards.”

It's time for another round of Disney+ shorts, Pixie Dusters! This week your favorite hosts are chatting about Animation Studios Shorts and there's lots of emotions to process! They kick things off with "Once Upon a Studio," which is a beautiful love letter to Disney's 100th anniversary. They also discuss "Super Rhino,” and the podcast favorite "Inner Workings,” and more (including one fascinating short that was conceptualized by Walt himself!).Produced by: Limitless Broadcasting Network.For more info, merch, and all the other podcasts, visit: www.limitlessbroadcastingnetwork.comCheck out Ashley's Disney deep dives at: pixiedustfiles.wordpress.comFollow your new Disney besties on Instagram @pixiedusttwinspodcastFollow Dan, honorary third host of the "Pixie Dust Twins" Podcast, and King of the Manifestos: @Dantaastic on Instagram and YouTubeMentioned in this episode:Canvas & Crime: Turning True Crime into Quirky CharactersGet your own notorious shot glass or art print at www.canvasandcrime.com! You can also find Elizabeth on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/eak.creations and on Instagram @eakcreations. She also has a YouTube channel https://youtube.com/@canvasandcrime where you can see creativity in action.

Seth and Sean along with Raheel recall some surreal and dumb moments from early in their radio careers and check in on the Astros ahead of their series this weekend against the Guardians.

Jeremy White shares a surreal dream on WGR about being traded to a different station, leading to a comparison with Al Michaels' real-life trade history. They also analyze Jack Eichel's shift to a defensive-first role in the playoffs and debate whether the Sabres should offer Alex Tuck a short or long-term extension. 01:05 - Star Wars Prequel Debate 05:01 - Jeremy's Surreal Trade Dream 07:58 - Jack Eichel's Playoff Role 12:58 - Jordan Stahl's Scoring Surge 20:10 - Alex Tuck Extension Scenarios

This week, we review Boots Riley's sophomore feature, I Love Boosters, an absurdist comedy skewering capitalist rot at the center of the fashion industry. An enthusiastic reflection of Riley's own politics, I Love Boosters features an infectious display of surrealist humor, eye-popping visuals, and labor-of-love practical effects; but is it enough to cover its everything-and-the-kitchen-sink approach? We discuss the movie, go on a Star Wars tangent, and give an update on our Summer Box Office Wager.

"Are you John Malkovich?" For Episode 405, Brandon and David close out CineNation's main series on Surreal movies with BEING JOHN MALKOVICH. Listen as they discuss Charlie Kaufman's early life, how long it took for the script to be made, how John Malkovich was convinced to do the movie, which A-List actor was suggested for the title role, why John Cusack wanted to be in the movie, how they shot a New York movie in Los Angeles, and so much more! Use the code cinenation15 on thecinevault.com to get 15% off your online purchase! Also, don't forget to join our Patreon for more exclusive movie content: https://www.patreon.com/cinenation Opening - John Grisham Movies (00:00:10) Recap of the Surrealism Genre (00:06:42) Intro to Being John Malkovich (00:13:44) How Being John Malkovich Got to Production (00:22:39) Favorite Scenes (00:41:34) On Set Life - (01:16:36) Aftermath: Release and Legacy (01:18:51) What Worked and What Didn't (01:23:36) Film Facts (01:26:37) Awards (01:29:31) Final Questions on the Movie (01:35:46) Final Genre Questions (01:43:32) Wrapping Up the Episode (01:47:45) Contact Us: Facebook: @cinenation Instagram: @cinenationpodcast Twitter/X: @CineNationPod TikTok: @cinenation Letterboxd: CineNation Podcast

May dose of DnB goodness from Simple Souls. Music Intelligence: www.facebook.com/musicintelligencednb twitter.com/MusicIntell www.musicintelligencednb.com www.instagram.com/musicintelligencednb info@musicintelligencednb.com - Promo / Demo submission Simple Souls: linktr.ee/ssouls @souldnb Track list: 1. MC Fats & Inja — Sugar Sweet 2. Tokyo Prose — Reach 3. Unders — The Echo Chamber 4. Mystific — Imagination 5. Surreal — Inbetween 6. WBBL — Love Gets Sweeter 7. Surreal & Motiv — Chameleon 8. Fonts — Reflections 9. Joja — Waiting Sunshine 10. Rafau Etamski — Last Time 11. Joja — Simple 12. Coben & Dylan Purser — Nothing Stays The Same 13. SOLAH, Hugh Hardie, Makoto & Azotix — Lovesick 14. 50 Cent — Best Friend (TIAN Remix) 15. Minor Forms — The Wire 16. Anvo — Destruction 17. Hugh Hardie x Circumference — Snakebite (Original) 18. Sustance, Mad Sam - Dub Special 19. TC — Where's My Money (Aries Remix) 20. Business As Usual & Rider Shafique — People Select 21. Monika — Mango Pop 22. Ezor — Moving On A Party 23. Adln — Crack Babies (Alan de Laniere Mix)

"You can change yourself into gold." For Episode 404, David and Brandon continue CineNation's series on Surreal movies with Alejandro Jodorowsky's THE HOLY MOUNTAIN. Listen as they talk about Jodorowsky's early career, how John Lennon and George Harrison became involved in the movie, how Jodorowsky tackled so many jobs, the issues he had with the film's producer, why the film wasn't released for decades, and so much more! Also, don't forget to join our Patreon for more exclusive movie content: https://www.patreon.com/cinenation Opening - Talking Send Help and TNT Classics- (00:00:10) Recap of the Surreal Genre (00:14:04) Intro to The Holy Mountain (00:19:01) How he The Holy Mountain Got to Production (00:26:15) Favorite Scenes (00:36:55) On Set Life - (01:11:20 ) Aftermath: Release and Legacy (01:16:46) What Worked and What Didn't (01:21:31) Film Facts (01:26:09) Awards (01:27:51) Final Questions on the Movie (01:32:06) Wrapping Up the Episode (01:35:26) Contact Us: Facebook: @cinenation Instagram: @cinenationpodcast Twitter/X: @CineNationPod TikTok: @cinenation Letterboxd: CineNation Podcast

No episódio de Na Quadra desta semana, Ari Aguiar e Guilherme Giovannoni discutem tudo das finais de Conferência dos Playoffs da NBA, com a atuação surreal de Victor Wembanyama no Jogo 1 da final do Oeste entre San Antonio Spurs e Oklahoma City Thunder e também tudo sobre a série entre Detroit Pistons e New York Knicks, que começa nesta terça-feira (19) com transmissão do Plano Premium do Disney+! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TSN's Cheryl Pounder on the massive crowd at the CTC for the Charge and Victoire, the comeback win for the Charge, the missed tripping penalty in Game 2, and the Canadiens moving on to the conference final.

St. Louis Cardinals x Stephen F. Austin club baseballApparently, it's a match made in Baseball Heaven.Brenden Schaeffer takes you behind the scenes with insights and musings about a wild couple of days at Busch Stadium.

"Listen, I just really, really need a job." For Episode 403, Thomas and Brandon continue CineNation's Surreal series with Boots Riley's SORRY TO BOTHER YOU. Listen as they talk about Riley's early upbringing, his music career, how his screenplay was discovered, how the Sundance Institute played a part in the film's development process, which Atlanta star was originally cast in the film, a surprising reason why LaKeith Stanfield wanted to do the movie, how they created the film's stunning visual style, and so much more! Also, don't forget to join our Patreon for more exclusive movie content: https://www.patreon.com/cinenation Opening - The Departed - (00:00:10) Recap of the Surreal Genre (00:11:17) Intro to Sorry to Bother You (00:16:00) How Sorry to Bother You Got to Production (00:24:32) Favorite Scenes (00:40:20) On Set Life - (01:19:15) Aftermath: Release and Legacy (01:25:47) What Worked and What Didn't (01:29:21) Film Facts (01:36:45) Awards (01:38:18) Final Questions on the Movie (01:42:22) Wrapping Up the Episode (01:48:43) Contact Us: Facebook: @cinenation Instagram: @cinenationpodcast Twitter/X: @CineNationPod TikTok: @cinenation Letterboxd: CineNation Podcast

The Try That In A Small Town Podcast crew is back with a wild mix of gear talk, surgery updates, politics, and one unforgettable trip to the White House.Kurt and Tully break down their VIP visit to Washington, DC for Jason Aldean's birthday, including standing in the Oval Office with President Trump, checking out the “Lewinsky room,” seeing historic artifacts up close, and reacting to Trump's Presidential Walk of Fame in the colonnade.The guys also dive into Trump's impact on safety, the economy, the border, and Iran, and whether hardcore haters will ever admit anything positive by the end of his term.On the lighter side, there's shoulder surgery pain, a new Try That In A Small Town coffee line, a full-on rant about grown men wearing sandals on the golf course, and a sketchy doctor's office still asking for Social Security numbers right after being hacked.00:14 Swing-arm mic envy and Rascal Flatts headset jokes02:53 The real “elephant in the room”: Kurt's arm sling and shoulder pain04:39 MRI coming up and why rehab isn't enough this time07:40 Setting up Jason Aldean's DC birthday trip and sightseeing plans08:46 Smithsonian, National Archives, and seeing Lincoln's hat10:36 How the VIP White House tour and Oval Office visit came together11:27 First steps into the Oval Office and the weight of history13:03 The “Lewinsky room” and Trump's private swag shop15:12 Trump-signed Bibles and presidential challenge coins everywhere17:16 Trump's Presidential Walk of Fame in the colonnade and the Biden plaque19:12 Would anyone ever admit “maybe Trump wasn't that bad”?23:37 Safety, border, DC being clean again, and media spin28:29 Economy, gas prices, inflation, and how people will judge this presidency32:37 “Do you feel safer?” and what hardcore Trump haters will never say out loud37:51 Democratic process, midterms, and Trump's strategic timing38:30 Ad read: Original Glory beer and Patriot Mobile38:59 Social media backlash to the White House photos40:13 New “Try That In A Small Town” coffee line and flavor names41:39 Coffee review from Mom: bold but not bitter39:40 (segment flows) Introducing “dip sh*tty” targets of the week40:39 Sandals on the golf course and a full anti-man-feet rant43:28 The yacht story: when nasty feet ruin a radio event46:22 Doctor's office gets hacked… then still asks for Social Security numbers48:01 Replacing debit cards, data everywhere, and security frustration48:40 Augusta story, golf etiquette, and strict dress-code culture______________________________________________________________________________________________SPONSORS: The Try That in a Small Town Podcast is powered by e|spaces!Redefining Coworking - Exceptional Office Space for Every BusinessBook a tour today at espaces.comFrom the Patriot Mobile studios:Don't get fooled by other cellular providers pretending to share your values or have the same coverage. They don't and they can't!Go to PATRIOTMOBILE.COM/SMALLTOWN or call 972-PATRIOTRight now, get a FREE MONTH when you use the offer code SMALLTOWN.Original Brands - Our original sponsor since the beginning!!Original brands is starting a new era and American domestic premium beer, American made, American owned, Original glory.Join the movement at www.drinkoriginalbrands.comPeacemaker Coffee CompanyFounded by retired police officer/chief Chris Morris, Peacemaker delivers clean, low-acidity coffee while supporting police, firefighters, EMS, military, veterans, teachers, dispatchers, and medical personnel through donations and programs. https://www.peacemakercoffeecompany.com/________________________________________________________________________________________________Follow/Rate/Share at www.trythatinasmalltown.com -For advertising inquiries, email info@trythatinasmalltown.comProduced by Jim McCarthy and www.ItsYourShow.coSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today, we're joined by art historian Grace Anna, host of the fabulous ArtMuse podcast, to talk about surrealist painter and writer Leonora Carrington. After Carrington fell in love with the famed German painter, Max Ernst, the couple moved to the south of France, where they lived happily. With the outbreak of World War II, however, both Leonora and Max were arrested on espionage charages, triggering a mental breakdown for Leonora. If you'd like to support he show, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/artofcrimepodcast. For show notes and transcripts, visit www.artofcrimepodcast.com. 

Today, we're joined by art historian Grace Anna, host of the fabulous ArtMuse podcast, to talk about surrealist painter and writer Leonora Carrington. After Carrington fell in love with the famed German painter, Max Ernst, the couple moved to the south of France, where they lived happily. With the outbreak of World War II, however, both Leonora and Max were arrested on espionage charages, triggering a mental breakdown for Leonora. If you'd like to support he show, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/artofcrimepodcast. For show notes and transcripts, visit www.artofcrimepodcast.com. 

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Kathryn speaks to three Kiwis who not only ran away with the circus - they've actually set up their own one. 

Dive into one of the most unsettling and artistically ambitious machinima films we've ever reviewed. In this episode of Now For Something Completely Machinima, we explore “The Murderer” by Yago Muriel — a haunting black-and-white psychological horror created in Garry's Mod that blends surrealism, classic cinema, and existential dread.With clear influences from David Lynch, The Outer Limits, and Hitchcock-era filmmaking, this film transforms a humble game engine into something deeply disturbing, poetic, and unforgettable. Expect eerie bird motifs, ambiguous storytelling, and a shocking twist that lingers long after the credits.If you love psychological horror, surreal films, experimental storytelling, or indie filmmaking, this is a must-watch discussion.⏱️ Key Moments & Timestamps1:00 – Overview of The Murderer & creator background3:50 – Why you should watch the film BEFORE this review (no spoilers!)4:20 – Visual style: black & white, classic horror influences8:20 – Surreal tone & comparisons to classic TV and cinema10:30 – Atmosphere, mood, and uncanny storytelling15:10 – Sound design, editing, and emotional impact20:10 – The shocking twist explained ⚠️ (SPOILERS)21:50 – Filmmaking craft & narrative ambiguity23:00 – Interpretation: madness, guilt, and symbolism26:50 – Style analysis: blending classic cinema & machinima29:30 – Alternate interpretations of the ending34:20 – Themes: human nature, violence, and surreal logic36:50 – Why ambiguity makes the film more powerful37:00 – Creator insights: influences & creative process39:30 – Final thoughts & why this could become a cult classic

For the "Offbeat Musical" cycle's Mise-Unseen episode, Emilio and Julian come in brick cold (and Madeline a tad less frigid) to their selected film for discussion - 'The Happiness of The Katakuris', Takashi Miike's surreal horror/dramedy/musical from 2001' about a down-on-their-luck family banding together to run a struggling roadside inn, only to endure a string of unfortunate events.  They are joined by cinephile and film recommender extraordinaire Lexi Amoriello, who had seen this wacky film before, to get into their initial feelings on this film.  The group discusses the subjective role the musical numbers occupy in the story, digest the film's look and feel, share bits from this film's commentary track (notably not easy to find!), examine what messages about family and familial responsibilities run through the film, have fun noticing wardrobe choice, and take part in one of the more freewheeling rounds of Unlikely Shared Universe yet!Lexi's movie recommendations, a wonderful and much appreciated service to film lovers everywhere, can be found at her website movierecsbylex.com and on IG, Tik Tok, and YouTube @movierecsbylex If you enjoy our podcast, please rate and review us on your podcast platform of choice.  This really helps us find new listeners and grow!Follow us on YouTube, IG and TikTok: @sleeplesscinematicpodSend us an email at sleeplesscinematicpod@gmail.comOn Letterboxd? Follow Julian @julian_barthold and Madeline @patronessofcats

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"Moon joy." That's what the Artemis commander called the crew's lunar euphoria as they approached the moon. And that was just the beginning. For all their science, for all their simulations, they were almost at a loss for words. The view behind the moon and seeing the Earth left them in awe. And to think - they were looking at one little blue marble in one galaxy. In what is estimated now to be two trillion galaxies! Four people have now traveled farther from our planet than all the billions who have lived on Earth. The commander said "It was the most spectacular moment... It paused all four of us in our tracks." As they got their first full glimpse of their home planet. I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "The View From the Moon and the Search in Your Heart." We're wow-ed by our sunsets on earth. They got to see an "Earthset" as the earth dropped below the lunar horizon - and a stunning view of the moon eclipsing the sun. Commander Wiseman said, "No matter how long we look at this, our brains are not processing this image in front of us. It is absolutely spectacular. Surreal. I know there's no adjectives. I'm going to need to invent some new ones to describe what we are looking at out this window." Three thousand years ago, the psalmist David seemed to be lost in wonder, too, just viewing the night sky from earth. Here's what he said in our word for today from the Word of God - Psalm 8:3-4. "When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is mankind that You are mindful of them, human beings that You care for them?" (Psalm 8:3-4). The wonders of our tiny corner of the cosmos overflow the heart, whether simple or scientific. So what is the word for what we feel in these awe-filled moments that take us beyond ourselves? The word is worship. But, like love, worship is incomplete without an object. "I love" is a nice beginning, but it needs a name after it. So does a heart that is overflowing with feelings of wonder, inspired by the majesty of creation. Creation itself is not enough for a heart in search of somewhere to land our soaring soul. We are reaching for the Source. The sacred Scriptures complete our cosmic soul journey by pointing us to Jesus. The Christ. The Son of God. Colossians 1 says, "For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible... all things have been created through Him and for Him" (Colossians 1:15-16). One crew member said, "You're on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live. You are special." Looking at the cosmos from this "special" place, David marveled that the Creator of it all would be "mindful" of us or "care for" us. This planet is not even a speck in the oceans of galaxies. But it is here that God Almighty chose to make creatures in His own image! Made - and here's what takes my breath away - to have a love relationship with Him! The Son of God Himself came here, to this little planet to make that relationship possible - by dying for the sin that stands between us. The wonders of a space journey to our farthest destination so far have revealed the greater journey of every heart on this planet. To find the One behind the wonders. Who not only created this planet. But who has visited this planet to take us to Him. The wonder of all wonders is that... "God so loved the world!" This world. Our world. Us. And the relationship He made us for is within your reach today if you say, "Jesus, I am Yours from this day forward." If you want that relationship, then our website is for you today, go there. It's ANewStory.com. When you reach for Jesus, the greatest wonder of all is not in the skies. It's in your heart. He's in your heart.

"Moon joy." That's what the Artemis commander called the crew's lunar euphoria as they approached the moon. And that was just the beginning. For all their science, for all their simulations, they were almost at a loss for words. The view behind the moon and seeing the Earth left them in awe. And to think - they were looking at one little blue marble in one galaxy. In what is estimated now to be two trillion galaxies! Four people have now traveled farther from our planet than all the billions who have lived on Earth. The commander said "It was the most spectacular moment... It paused all four of us in our tracks." As they got their first full glimpse of their home planet. I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "The View From the Moon and the Search in Your Heart." We're wow-ed by our sunsets on earth. They got to see an "Earthset" as the earth dropped below the lunar horizon - and a stunning view of the moon eclipsing the sun. Commander Wiseman said, "No matter how long we look at this, our brains are not processing this image in front of us. It is absolutely spectacular. Surreal. I know there's no adjectives. I'm going to need to invent some new ones to describe what we are looking at out this window." Three thousand years ago, the psalmist David seemed to be lost in wonder, too, just viewing the night sky from earth. Here's what he said in our word for today from the Word of God - Psalm 8:3-4. "When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is mankind that You are mindful of them, human beings that You care for them?" (Psalm 8:3-4). The wonders of our tiny corner of the cosmos overflow the heart, whether simple or scientific. So what is the word for what we feel in these awe-filled moments that take us beyond ourselves? The word is worship. But, like love, worship is incomplete without an object. "I love" is a nice beginning, but it needs a name after it. So does a heart that is overflowing with feelings of wonder, inspired by the majesty of creation. Creation itself is not enough for a heart in search of somewhere to land our soaring soul. We are reaching for the Source. The sacred Scriptures complete our cosmic soul journey by pointing us to Jesus. The Christ. The Son of God. Colossians 1 says, "For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible... all things have been created through Him and for Him" (Colossians 1:15-16). One crew member said, "You're on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live. You are special." Looking at the cosmos from this "special" place, David marveled that the Creator of it all would be "mindful" of us or "care for" us. This planet is not even a speck in the oceans of galaxies. But it is here that God Almighty chose to make creatures in His own image! Made - and here's what takes my breath away - to have a love relationship with Him! The Son of God Himself came here, to this little planet to make that relationship possible - by dying for the sin that stands between us. The wonders of a space journey to our farthest destination so far have revealed the greater journey of every heart on this planet. To find the One behind the wonders. Who not only created this planet. But who has visited this planet to take us to Him. The wonder of all wonders is that... "God so loved the world!" This world. Our world. Us. And the relationship He made us for is within your reach today if you say, "Jesus, I am Yours from this day forward." If you want that relationship, then our website is for you today, go there. It's ANewStory.com. When you reach for Jesus, the greatest wonder of all is not in the skies. It's in your heart. He's in your heart.

The crew of Artemis II is speeding towards home after their historic trip around the moon. AP correspondent Jennifer King reports.

Putin puppet Viktor Orbán—whose nepotistic and corrupt government in Hungary has become the model for the far-right in America and Europe—is facing his first serious election challenge in 16 years. It turns out that voters get mad when a president steals from the public and tanks the economy. Vance tried to bolster Orbán with Kremlin-esque fake propaganda, but the energy may be with the grassroots campaign of Peter Magyar. Plus, Vance's arrogance and ignorance about Ukraine, Trump is still coming up short on his Iran war goals, the administration made some weird threats against Pope Leo, and Kari Lake is still a loser. Anne Applebaum joins Tim Miller. show notes Anne's piece on Hungary, "The First Post-Reality Political Campaign" Thursday's "Morning Shots" Giselle Donnelly's Bulwark piece on how Trump's war is impacting global navigation Anne's book, "Twilight of Democracy"  Anne's "Autocracy, Inc." in paperback  Anne's book recommendation, "Furious Minds: The Making of the Maga New Right" Letters from Leo on Substack 

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2. A Bizarre Diplomatic Failure and the Debt of Charles I Guest Author: Jonathan Healey Healey recounts the surreal 1623 journey of Prince Charles and the Duke of Buckingham to Madrid, where they donned false beards in a failed attempt to secure a Spanish marriage. This "picker" adventure ended in humiliation, pushing an aging, ill James I toward a costly continental war. Upon James's death in 1625, the twenty-four-year-old Charles I inherited the throne along with a staggering one-million-pound debt. This immediate financial crisis forced Charles to turn to a fractious Parliament, setting the stage for decades of constitutional conflict regarding royal authority and the rights of the governed. (2)1650 AELBERT CUYP

Jen Psaki reports on the confirmation hearing for Donald Trump's pick to replace Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin. Mullin is already a dubious choice to lead DHS, but a long-running feud between Mullin and committee chair, Rand Paul added a whole new dimension to why he might not be a good choice. Jen Psaki reports on director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard's testimony at the Senate Intelligence Committee's worldwide threats hearing, Gabbard was careful not to say anything that would contradict statements made by Donald Trump on his war against Iran, even when directly confronted with her own statements, obvious facts, or the responsibilities of her job. Senator Mark Kelly discusses the stakes of Donald Trump staffing important national security positions with unqualified sycophants. "She's a liar!" Rep. Maxwell Frost talks with Jen Psaki about what happened behind closed doors at a House Oversight Committee meeting with Donald Trump's attorney general, Pam Bondi, about arranging a hearing, under oath, about the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein documents.  Senator Mark Warner discusses his concerns about the safety of upcoming elections. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What happens when AI bots get their own social network, Silicon Valley execs cozy up to power, and Apple takes a cut from creators? This week's panel calls out the bold, bizarre, and often problematic ways tech's biggest players are reshaping everything from AI assistants to your everyday privacy. There's a social network for AI agents, and it's getting weird Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over military AI use, sources say Salesforce signs $5.6B deal to inject agentic AI into the US Army Angry Norfolk residents lose lawsuit to stop Flock license plate scanners SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit Elon Musk reportedly wants a June SpaceX IPO to align with his birthday, the planets Tesla hits a grim milestone: its second straight year of decline Tesla says production-ready Optimus robot is coming soon Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings in Q2 as gaming declines What We Learned From Meta, Microsoft and Tesla Apple tells Patreon to move creators to in-app purchase for subscriptions by November Apple CEO Tim Cook 'heartbroken' after repeated ICE killings in Minneapolis A rival smart glasses company is suing Meta over its Ray-Ban products TikTok, YouTube, and Meta are headed to court for a landmark trial over social media addiction The 'Social Media Addiction' Narrative May Be More Harmful Than Social Media Itself TikTok users freak out over app's 'immigration status' collection — here's what it means A Waymo hit a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica Autonomous cars, drones cheerfully obey prompt injection by road sign Samsung's TriFold phone will cost $2,899 in the US Groundhogs are bad at predicting weather, but they're valuable animal engineers Satellites encased in wood are in the works Belkin reminds users that its Wemo smart home products are shutting down this week Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Gary Rivlin, Devindra Hardawar, and Victoria Song Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: monarch.com with code TWIT Melissa.com/twit helixsleep.com/twit canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT expressvpn.com/twit

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Joel David Hamkins is a mathematician and philosopher specializing in set theory, the foundations of mathematics, and the nature of infinity, and he’s the #1 highest-rated user on MathOverflow. He is also the author of several books, including Proof and the Art of Mathematics and Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics. And he has a great blog called Infinitely More. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep488-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/joel-david-hamkins-transcript CONTACT LEX: Feedback – give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey AMA – submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama Hiring – join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring Other – other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact EPISODE LINKS: Joel’s X: https://x.com/JDHamkins Joel’s Website: https://jdh.hamkins.org Joel’s Substack: https://www.infinitelymore.xyz Joel’s MathOverflow: https://mathoverflow.net/users/1946/joel-david-hamkins Joel’s Papers: https://jdh.hamkins.org/publications Joel’s Books: Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics: https://amzn.to/3MThaAt Proof and the Art of Mathematics: https://amzn.to/3YACc9A SPONSORS: To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: Perplexity: AI-powered answer engine. Go to https://www.perplexity.ai/ Fin: AI agent for customer service. Go to https://fin.ai/lex Miro: Online collaborative whiteboard platform. Go to https://miro.com/ CodeRabbit: AI-powered code reviews. Go to https://coderabbit.ai/lex Chevron: Reliable energy for data centers. Go to https://chevron.com/power Shopify: Sell stuff online. Go to https://shopify.com/lex LMNT: Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix. Go to https://drinkLMNT.com/lex MasterClass: Online classes from world-class experts. Go to https://masterclass.com/lexpod OUTLINE: (00:00) – Introduction (01:58) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections (15:40) – Infinity & paradoxes (1:02:50) – Russell’s paradox (1:15:57) – Gödel’s incompleteness theorems (1:33:28) – Truth vs proof (1:44:52) – The Halting Problem (2:00:45) – Does infinity exist? (2:18:19) – MathOverflow (2:22:12) – The Continuum Hypothesis (2:31:58) – Hardest problems in mathematics (2:41:25) – Mathematical multiverse (3:00:18) – Surreal numbers (3:10:55) – Conway’s Game of Life (3:13:11) – Computability theory (3:23:04) – P vs NP (3:26:21) – Greatest mathematicians in history (3:40:05) – Infinite chess (3:58:24) – Most beautiful idea in mathematics