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The summer has officially begun, with forthcoming summer albums from K-Pop success KATSEYE, The Rolling Stones, Ariana Grande, The Strokes, and Madonna. Switched on Pop's Nate Sloan and producer Reanna Cruz take preview some of the new music dropping this season. Photo by Xavi Torrent/Getty Images: Olivia Rodrigo performs in concert during Primavera Sound 2026 at Parc Del Forum on June 06, 2026 in Barcelona, Spain. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Adam Montgomery's defense team asked for both charges — murder and assault — to be tried together. Then they tried to undo it. The trial judge said no. The New Hampshire Supreme Court said yes. And the Adam Montgomery murder conviction in the Harmony Montgomery case is now reversed.The ruling hinges on a concept the audience deserves to hear explained by someone who has actually litigated it: prejudicial joinder. When the overwhelming assault evidence — multiple witnesses, documented bruises, no dispute — sat alongside a murder charge that depended almost entirely on Kayla Montgomery's testimony, the court found the jury couldn't fairly evaluate the weaker case on its own merits.Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta (Defense Diaries) joins Tony Brueski to walk through the mechanics of how this conviction fell apart. The irony at the center: the defense's initial request created the structural flaw their appeal exploited. Whether that's strategy or accident, Bob's answer tells you everything about how the defense bar actually works.Also covered: whether the trial judge should have granted severance, what a unanimous five-justice reversal signals about how clear-cut this was, and the single most important thing people misunderstand about a murder conviction being overturned. Montgomery remains in prison on other charges. The state plans to retry. But the conviction that was supposed to speak for five-year-old Harmony is gone. Tony Brueski and Bob Motta.Links:Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDisclaimer:This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.Hashtags:#HarmonyMontgomery #AdamMontgomery #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #DefenseDiaries #BobMotta #NewHampshire #MurderConviction #JusticeForHarmony #TrueCrimePodcast

Three college athletes came on this show and I am still thinking about this conversation. Maddie, MK and Lainey never asked for any of this. They went to college to compete, earn scholarships and build their futures. Instead they found themselves watching their sports be taken over by biological males, losing roster spots, losing medals and in some cases watching their coaches stay silent because their jobs depended on it. They took it to court anyway. And now they are waiting for the Supreme Court to rule on whether states can even make sex-based distinctions in athletics. In this episode I also sit down with Kristen Waggoner, CEO and President of the Alliance Defending Freedom, who has been litigating this fight for over a decade. She breaks down the two legal questions before the court, what a win actually means for girls across the country, and why she says lies cannot survive without censorship. We also hear from the girls themselves about the death threats, the teammates who would not stand with them, the coaches who stayed quiet, the male athletes whose own teammates said it was unfair, and why every single one of these women says she would do it all over again. Sponsors: Get 25% Off Cowboy Colostrum with code SAGE at https://www.cowboycolostrum.com/SAGE. Use my link to sign up and receive a $100 funding bonus when you create and fund your account: https://www.itrustcapital.com/go/sagesteele Start your plan today and you'll get FREE meat included with every order PLUS $100 off your first three orders with my code, SAGE: https://www.goodranchers.com/ Do you know what's in your tap water? Get $250 off your purifier at http://www.covepure.com/SAGE

What happens to your business when the AI tool you rely on gets shut off overnight, not by a hacker, but by the U.S. government? Last Friday, Anthropic, the maker of Claude, pulled its two newest AI models offline within hours of a letter from Washington. This is the first time that has ever happened to a leading AI company, and it should change how every owner thinks about the tools they depend on. *Every tool you depend on is a switch someone else can flip.* Bryan Hornung, Randy Bryan, and Reginald Andre break down this week's stories for the executives, owners, and operators who don't have time to keep up with cyber news but can't afford to be blindsided by it either. First up: Anthropic. The Commerce Department ordered the company to block its newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for any foreign national, citing national security. Anthropic couldn't separate who was allowed from who wasn't fast enough, so it shut the models off for everyone just six days after launching them. And the trigger reportedly wasn't a foreign spy at all. It was a warning from a competitor, Amazon, which demonstrated a way to bypass the model's safeguards. If your company has wired a critical process to a single AI vendor, you just watched how fast that capability can vanish. Next, the FBI disrupted one of the largest AI-powered scam operations ever seen. A China-based crime ring called "Outsider Enterprise" used artificial intelligence to write flawless scam texts and blasted out 2.5 million of them in two weeks while impersonating brands people trust through AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. Authorities tied more than one million fake web addresses and 3.8 million stolen credit cards to the operation, with an estimated $1.9 billion in losses. The old advice to "watch for typos" is dead. These messages are clean, personal, and look exactly like the real thing. If your brand gets impersonated, your customers pay the price and your reputation takes the hit. Finally, Russia's military intelligence is hiding inside everyday routers. The group known as Fancy Bear has been quietly taking over the inexpensive routers small offices and remote workers buy off the shelf, including MikroTik, TP-Link, and Ubiquiti EdgeRouters, and using them to steal Microsoft 365 logins in transit. They even hide their commands inside normal cloud services so nothing looks suspicious. At its peak, researchers counted more than 18,000 infected connections across 120 countries. The scariest part: they steal the login token, allowing them to bypass multi-factor authentication and remain logged in even after the password is changed. Three stories. One thread. A government order, a billion-dollar scam ring, and a foreign intelligence unit all reached into technology many organizations assumed they controlled. In this episode, we discuss: • Why the government forced Anthropic to pull its newest AI models and what it means for your business • How an AI-powered crime ring scammed people out of an estimated $1.9 billion • Why the router in your closet might be working for Russian intelligence • How "restrict some" quietly becomes "shut it all off" • Why stolen login tokens can bypass your multi-factor authentication • What concentration risk means when you bet your operation on a single vendor • The Monday-morning moves that actually protect your business Security Squawk is a weekly podcast and livestream for business owners and executives. Support the show: buymeacoffee.com/securitysquawk Subscribe | Like | Share #SecuritySquawk #CyberSecurity #Anthropic #AI #FBI #Phishing #Smishing #FancyBear #VendorRisk #BusinessRisk #SMB #MFA

Show Notes - https://forum.closednetwork.io/t/episode-58-the-price-of-being-watched/198Website / Donations / Support - https://closednetwork.io/support/BTC Lightning Donations - closednetwork@getalby.com / simon@primal.netThank You Patreons & Direct Supporters! - https://www.patreon.com/closednetworkhttps://xmrchat.com/closednetworkDirect Support - https://closednetwork.ioSubscribe Without Patreon - https://closednetwork.io/#/portal/signupMichael Bates - Privacy Bad AssDavid - Privacy Bad AssTK - Privacy Bad AssTrying - Privacy Bad AssVO - Privacy Bad AssMrMilkMustache - Privacy SupporterHutch - Privacy AdvocateInferno_Potato Privacy SupporterDolores Y - Privacy SupporterDirect Support - Craig D Thank You Producers! You Produce This Show!TOP LIGHTNING BOOSTERS !!!! THANK YOU !!!@bon thousands and thousands and thousands of SATs sats!!@fireflygow - 5,000 sats!!frigolay - 34,540 SATs.. 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From algorithmic pricing to supply-chain malware to government scanning to cloud-AI assistants — and the hopeful counter-move, taking your data back. The episode theme is curiosity: in every story, one extra question would have changed the outcome.Segment 1 — Surveillance PricingInspired by More Perfect Union, "We Found the Radical Solution to Surveillance Pricing"Surveillance pricing (a.k.a. personalized / surveillance-based pricing) = charging you an individual price based on sensitive data about you — purchase history, browsing, geolocation, social activity, even biometric and financial signals. The economic endgame is "perfect price discrimination": charging each person their exact maximum.DoorDash holds a patent describing promotions based on a user's stress level.Delta Air Lines (with AI firm Fetcherr) has talked about expanding generative-AI pricing to ~20% of domestic fares, with ambitions to go further. Senators (Gallego, Blumenthal, Warner) and House members demanded answers.A Groundwork Collaborative / Consumer Reports / More Perfect Union study found different shoppers charged different prices for identical Instacart items. Former FTC chair Lina Khan has voiced concern.The "radical" fix is a law: New York's proposed One Fair Price Act would ban surveillance pricing outright — one posted price for everyone.Defensive moves (partial): private/container browsing, block cookies, disable ad personalization, use a VPN, compare logged-out vs. logged-in prices. Honest caveat: this is a structural problem — regulation, not browser tricks, is the real fix.Curious question: Is this price the market — or is it me being read?Segment 2 — "Arch malware btw": the AUR supply-chain attackInspired by Michael Tunnell and Switched to Linux — developing story, June 2026.The Arch User Repository (AUR) is community-maintained, unvetted package build scripts (PKGBUILDs). In a ~24-hour window, a coordinated attack poisoned a large number of packages — reports cite 1,500+ touched, with community trackers confirming ~400–500 malicious package names and rising.How: Attackers adopted orphaned packages (abandoned by maintainers — anyone can claim them) and edited the PKGBUILD to add a pre/post-install hook that pulls a malicious npm package, atomic-lockfile (Sonatype tracked one strand as the "Atomic Arch" campaign).Payload: A Linux infostealer + optional root-only eBPF rootkit. Targets developer secrets — browser creds/cookies, SSH keys, GitHub creds, Vault/npm tokens, Docker/Podman, VPN configs, shell history, Slack/Teams/Discord/Telegram, crypto wallets. eBPF lets it run in-kernel and hide processes/files/connections.If you were hit and the rootkit deployed: rotate every credential (from a clean machine) and reinstall from scratch. A normal uninstall is not enough.Status: Maintainers are removing malicious commits and banning accounts; the official repos of Arch-based distros (CachyOS, Garuda, Chaotic-AUR) were not infected — only users who installed/upgraded a compromised AUR package during the window. Community checker script + affected-package list were published within hours.Action checklist (Arch users):pacman -Qm → list your foreign (AUR) packages.Compare against the community list / run the checker script (CachyOS advisory).If matched → rotate credentials from a clean machine, then clean-reinstall.Curious habit: Before installing, ask who maintains this, when did it last legitimately update, and did ownership recently change? On the AUR, read the PKGBUILD — the malicious line was visible to anyone who looked.Segment 3 — UK Device Scanning: 90 Days to ComplyInspired by "Signal's Warning: The UK's Phone Scanning Plan Just Got Real"The UK government signaled that phone makers (Apple, Google) will get ~90 days to start scanning photos on young people's devices for nude images. Running alongside: Online Safety Act powers for Ofcom aimed at encrypted messaging (key report expected ~April). The mechanism: client-side scanning — every message/image checked on your device, before encryption.Why it matters: Client-side scanning doesn't break encryption directly — it inspects content before the lock clicks shut. The "end-to-end encrypted" label survives, but the privacy guarantee (nobody is looking) is gone.Signal's position: scanning won't protect children and builds surveillance infrastructure that "endangers us all."Security: once scanning exists on every device, the match-database can be expanded — swap it and you're scanning for slogans, documents, faces. Signal would withdraw from the UK rather than build a backdoor. Mullvad raised parallel alarms.Misdiagnosis: real child safety = better-funded education, social services, AI-platform guardrails — not default scanning. Rallying phrase: "Surveillance is not safety."Bigger picture: This is a template (cf. the EU's "Chat Control"). Sympathetic justification + a mechanism that, once built, can point anywhere.Curious question: Not is the goal good? (it usually is) but what else can this machine do once built, and who decides what it points at next?Segment 4 — iOS 27 at WWDC: the Privacy Fine PrintApple WWDC 2026 keynote coverage.Genuine wins: New Siri AI (next-gen Apple Intelligence) uses a tiered architecture — simple requests on-device, moderate ones via Private Cloud Compute (inspectable, hardened). Plus stronger family safety: child-account setup, parental controls, redesigned Screen Time, new Safari safeguards.The fine print (two concerns):Total context access. Siri AI indexes across your messages, emails, photos, and apps — a unified, queryable view of your whole digital life. Conversation history syncs via iCloud ("with privacy protections"), but strength depends on whether you've enabled Advanced Data Protection (Apple's E2EE for iCloud — not on by default).New Google dependency. Apple made official a Gemini partnership — the heaviest reasoning routes to Google Cloud. Apple says queries are anonymized and tokenized so neither Apple nor Google can link them to you (Federighi: "privacy in AI is non-negotiable"). Critics counter that PCC/anonymization is "only as private as the weakest link" — if Google retains any path to usage data for training/debugging, the guarantee weakens.Takeaway: Apple's defaults are still among the best of the mainstream — but don't let "privacy" in a keynote switch off your curiosity. On update: review Siri AI indexing settings, turn on Advanced Data Protection, and understand where your hardest queries travel.Curious question: A magical assistant that knows everything about you is, by definition, a system granted everything about you. Did you make that trade on purpose?Segment 5 — Self-Hosting 101: What to Migrate FirstOriginal recurring segment — Part 1 (scope). Part 2 next week: hands-on photos build.Self-hosting = run the services yourself, on hardware you own, instead of renting space on a company's servers. It's the deliberate counter-move to every other story this week. Honest caveat: you become your own IT department (backups, updates, downtime). Don't eat the elephant at once — scope first.The five candidates (ranked by impact-to-effort):Photos — highest emotional and surveillance value (faces, locations, timestamps). Self-host with Immich (Google-Photos-like: app, auto camera-roll backup, face/object search). Difficulty: moderate; biggest single win.Calendar — a forward-looking map of your life. CalDAV via Radicale or Nextcloud; syncs to your existing calendar app. Easy–moderate; great first project.Contacts — your social graph (everyone else's data too). CardDAV on the same Radicale/Nextcloud server — bundle it with calendar. Easy.File backups — documents and digital paperwork. Often Nextcloud.

What if the very thing you've been apologizing for is actually your greatest advantage?Maybe you've changed industries. Switched directions. Collected experiences that don't seem to fit neatly together on a resume. While specialists often have a clear roadmap, many of us have careers that look more like a winding trail with unexpected turns along the way.In this episode of The Potentialist Podcast, I sit down with coach, leadership consultant and author Siobhán O'Riordan to explore why nonlinear career paths may be exactly what today's world needs. Drawing from her book, Reframe: How Generalists Thrive in a Changing World, Siobhán makes the case that generalists aren't scattered or unfocused. They're often the people connecting ideas, solving complex problems and helping organizations navigate change.In our conversation, you'll discover:• Why generalists make up nearly half the workforce, yet often feel invisible• How "looking around the corner" helps leaders spot opportunities others miss• How to tell your career story with confidence, even if your path doesn't look linear• What generalists need from managers, mentors and workplaces to do their best workIf you've ever wondered how to explain your twists, turns, pivots or unexpected detours, this conversation will help you see them through a completely different lens.Your career path may not be messy after all. It might just be evidence that you're built to connect dots others can't see.

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What do these two Hallmark entries have in common? They both star holiday staple Candice Cameron Bure, who has charmed her way through dozens of these Hallmark films over the years. Kerry and Collin decided it was time to take a dive into this end of the Christmas movie ocean and judge the movies on heir own terms. Did "Switched For Christmas" convince Collin that Bure could play twins? What was the biggest medical faux pas that Kerry noticed in "The Christmas Contest"? Did both films incorporate a Christmas cookie baking montage? If so, were the characters dressed appropriately for the occasion? All this, plus the latest and greatest in physical media for the Blu-ray Gift Exchange.  Go to MovieZyng to start or continue your DVD/blu-ray/4K collection.   Visit collinsouter.com RogerEbert.com Follow Collin and Kerry on Letterboxd. Blu-rays covered: Warner Bros: "The Bride!" - 4K (2026) "Wuthering Heights" - 4K (2026) Gilmore Girls: The Complete Series Sony: "Nickelodeon" (1976) "The Front" - 4K (1976) Warner Archive: Looney Tunes Cartoons: The Complete Series (2020) "George Stevens: a Filmmaker's Journey" - 4K (1984)  "The Late Show" (1976)  

In the third episode of Tech Shock's 12th season, Vicki is joined by Katie Searle, Director - Children's Strategy at the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The ICO is the UK's independent regulator for data protection and information rights and their new Switched On to Privacy campaign is designed to help parents start regular, practical conversations about online privacy.Online privacy is one of the most important but least understood issues in children's digital lives. Children are building a detailed digital profile from as young as four, often sharing data they, and their parents, don't fully understand. This episode explores what that data trail looks like, where the risks lie, and what families can actually do about it.Talking points:What is online privacy, why does it matter for children, and what kinds of data are children sharing that parents might not realise?What are the specific risks - from location tracking to in-game chats - and what should parents know about sharenting and edtech data?What is the ICO's Switched On to Privacy campaign, and what are the three practical steps that parents can take today?https://ico.org.uk/switched-on-to-privacy/ Tech Shock is a Parent Zone production. Follow Parent Zone on social media for all the latest on our work on helping families to thrive in the digital age. Presented by Vicki Shotbolt. Tech Shock is produced and edited by Tim Malster.wwwTwitterFacebookInstagram

This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.When I recorded this in February of 2022, Rodney was in his drum room. Blue Pearl kit behind him. Meshell Ndegeocello shirt on — second album, Peace Beyond Passion. We both agreed it's her best record. If you've never heard it, fix that before you do anything else today.Now he's the percussionist on The Lost Boys at the Palace Theatre. Twelve Tony nominations. Best Musical on the table. If there was ever a time to bring this one back in full, it's now.He came up in a town in North Carolina with no stoplight. His dad couldn't buy him brushes, so he put mini broomsticks in his hands and showed him what a brush sweep sounds like on a picnic table. That's the foundation. He started on saxophone. Switched to drums at 17. Moved to New York not thinking about Broadway at all. Jeff Campbell put his name in front of Chris Parker. The rest followed.The conversation goes deep on what it actually costs to stack your deck in this business. Playing Diana in La Jolla, then jumping on a plane to Japan with Avril Lavigne, then folding Mrs. Doubtfire in because his wife asked one simple question: what's the worst that can happen?Clayton Craddock is the drummer for Cats: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre. He is also the founder of Broadway Drumming 101 and the author of Broadway Bound and Beyond: A Musician's Guide to Building a Theater Career.His Broadway credits include Memphis, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Ain't Too Proud, and Cats: The Jellicle Ball, with additional credits spanning tick, tick…BOOM!, The Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical, and subbing on Rent, Motown, Evita, Avenue Q, and the Hadestown tour.Clayton has appeared on The View, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Today Show, and the Tony Awards. He has performed with artists ranging from Chuck Berry and Ben E. King to Kristin Chenoweth and Norm Lewis.www.claytoncraddock.com Get full access to Broadway Drumming 101 at broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/subscribe

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Host Jesse Jackson welcomes Los Angeles–based musician and music teacher Jake Cassman, who shares his path from growing up in Berkeley on classic rock and '90s alternative to discovering Bruce Springsteen later through a 2008 Obama rally performance, long bus rides through New Jersey, and years playing dueling pianos. Jake discusses teaching recording and songwriting at The Geffen Academy, the realities of freelancing (busking, weddings, improv), and how COVID ended live work and pushed him into a USC master's program that led to greater stability and new opportunities, including producing for the podcast Switched on Pop. He explains why he shifted from the Drunken Logic moniker to releasing music under his own name, introduces his album Idling High, performs “We All Look the Same,” and talks songwriting, storytelling, and favorite Springsteen albums, ending with the classic Thunder Road question. https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/PAN6239596108.mp3 00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 02:00 Teaching Music in LA 03:00 TeachRock and Music Education 04:27 Writing and Community Programs 05:35 Growing Up With Rock 07:32 Finding Bruce Springsteen 09:14 Early Music Obsession 10:31 Dueling Pianos Stories 12:31 Requests and Deep Cuts 15:10 Freelance Music Career 17:38 Rebranding as Jake Kassman 19:17 Pandemic Shock and Pivot 22:41 Freelancing and Saying Yes 25:52 Better Paying Gigs 26:32 Idling High Origins 28:15 We All Look the Same 33:33 Storytelling Gets Universal 36:19 Bruce Road Trip Deep Dive 39:28 Next Creative Steps 40:40 Pop Podcast Tangent 44:00 Thunder Road Debate 47:53 Where To Find Jake 49:34 Final Wrap And Thanks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Jesse Jackson welcomes Los Angeles–based musician and music teacher Jake Cassman, who shares his path from growing up in Berkeley on classic rock and '90s alternative to discovering Bruce Springsteen later through a 2008 Obama rally performance, long bus rides through New Jersey, and years playing dueling pianos. Jake discusses teaching recording and songwriting at The Geffen Academy, the realities of freelancing (busking, weddings, improv), and how COVID ended live work and pushed him into a USC master's program that led to greater stability and new opportunities, including producing for the podcast Switched on Pop. He explains why he shifted from the Drunken Logic moniker to releasing music under his own name, introduces his album Idling High, performs “We All Look the Same,” and talks songwriting, storytelling, and favorite Springsteen albums, ending with the classic Thunder Road question. https://www.jakecassman.com/music 00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 02:00 Teaching Music in LA 03:00 TeachRock and Music Education 04:27 Writing and Community Programs 05:35 Growing Up With Rock 07:32 Finding Bruce Springsteen 09:14 Early Music Obsession 10:31 Dueling Pianos Stories 12:31 Requests and Deep Cuts 15:10 Freelance Music Career 17:38 Rebranding as Jake Kassman 19:17 Pandemic Shock and Pivot 22:41 Freelancing and Saying Yes 25:52 Better Paying Gigs 26:32 Idling High Origins 28:15 We All Look the Same 33:33 Storytelling Gets Universal 36:19 Bruce Road Trip Deep Dive 39:28 Next Creative Steps 40:40 Pop Podcast Tangent 44:00 Thunder Road Debate 47:53 Where To Find Jake 49:34 Final Wrap And Thanks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Madelyn O'Farrell sits down with Bala Ramamurthy, CEO and Co-Founder of Critical Loop, to explore how his journey from NASA and SpaceX led him to tackle one of today's most urgent problems: industrial access to reliable, scalable power. They discuss why the electricity grid is an underutilized, aging asset facing soaring demand from reindustrialization, data centers, and EV fleets, and how bottlenecks like multi-year wait times for utility upgrades can cripple factories and logistics operators. Bala explains Critical Loop's solution: modular, relocatable microgrids that combine battery energy storage, generation, and autonomous controls to dramatically shorten “time to power,” including a high-stakes deployment that kept a factory running for nine months during a utility outage. He also covers how Critical Loop works behind the meter and with utilities, the importance of reliability borrowed from aerospace engineering, navigating shifting policy and supply chains, and why industrial operators shouldn't give up on their preferred locations just because the grid says “no” at first. Highlights from their conversation include: Welcoming Bala Ramamurthy to the Show (0:29) What Critical Loop Does for Industrial Power (1:35) Why the Grid Is Complex, Underutilized Infrastructure (3:05) How Grid Bottlenecks Impact Industrial Operators (4:41) How Critical Loop Analyzes Sites and Designs Solutions (7:21) High Stakes Deployment During Nine-Month Outage (10:18) Where Critical Loop Sits in the Grid Stack (12:03) Deployment Scale Today and Ambition to Reach Gigawatts (14:19) Navigating Policy, Regulation, and Market Tailwinds (17:20) What Rockets and Industrial Power Systems Have in Common (21:59) Advice for Operators Facing Energy as a New Constraint (24:09) Parting Thoughts and Takeaways (25:05) Dynamo Ventures is a venture firm backing founders upgrading the physical economy. As intelligence moves into critical infrastructure and technology collides with physics, industry is entering a new era of transformation - the industrial renaissance. Born from the dirt and grit of supply chains and shaped by operations, not spreadsheets, Dynamo focuses on the complex realities of building in the real world. We invest in companies transforming infrastructure, manufacturing, logistics, transportation, and the systems that power global commerce. Dynamo works closely with founders who combine ambition with a bias to action, bringing a builder mindset to venture capital through deep operational insight, systematic pressure-testing and hands-on partnership. Our purpose is simple: to back the relentless shaping the industrial renaissance. Learn more at www.dynamo.vc. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Canada's favorite export Drake is back! This month, the Toronto singer-rapper extraordinaire released three albums simultaneously: the long-anticipated return to form Iceman, the sultry, R&B Habibti and the pop-focused, clubby Maid of Honour. All three albums have much different vibes, and are Drake's first official solo efforts since his seismic beef with Kendrick Lamar back in 2024. There's a lot of music to talk about. As a result, Reanna argues that we are living in an era of “Drake Slop” – low-effort, mass-produced dumps of music, often with confused intentions. On this episode of Switched on Pop, Reanna, Charlie, and Nate explore all that these three albums have to offer, and try to figure out exactly what is going on in the twisted mind of Aubrey Graham.  Links: ⁠Newsletter⁠, ⁠YouTube Songs discussed: Drake – Shabang Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us Drake – Circadian Rhythm Drake, Central Cee – Which One Drake – NOKIA Drake – Make Them Cry Drake – Janice STFU Drake – Make Them Pay Drake, Future, Molly Santana – Ran To Atlanta Future, Metro Boomin, Kendrick Lamar – Like That Drake – 2 Hard 4 The Radio YG, Slim 400 – Word Is Bond Mac Dre – 2 Hard 4 the Fuckin' Radio Drake – Rusty Intro Rihanna, Kanye West, Paul McCartney – FourFiveSeconds Drake – High Fives Drake – Tuscan Leather Drake – Classic Drake – Teenage Fever Drake, Sexyy Red – Cheetah Print Drake, Sexyy Red, SZA – Rich Baby Daddy Afrika Bambaataa, The Soulsonic Force – Planet Rock Drake – BBW Queen – Fat Bottomed Girls Drake – Princess A$AP Rocky – PUNK ROCKY Drake – Find Your Love Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.I chatted with Rodney Howard in February of 2022. He was in his drum room — blue kit behind him, Meshell Ndegeocello shirt on — and what started as a podcast felt more like a conversation between two guys who just happened to both live in this world.I had a great time revisiting this one.The Lost Boys is now running at the Palace Theatre with 12 Tony nominations, including Best Musical. It's the most Tony-nominated musical of 2026. Rodney is the percussionist on that show. Before that, he held the drum chair at Mrs. Doubtfire, subbed some of the hardest chairs on Broadway, and spent years on the road with Avril Lavigne, Gavin DeGraw, and Regina Spektor.This episode is about how you build that kind of career. He started on saxophone. Switched to drums at 17. Moved to New York not thinking about Broadway at all. Then Jeff Campbell put his name in front of Chris Parker, and the rest is a masterclass in being ready when the call comes.Two things from this conversation I almost forgot about that were really important. First, he said, take notes literally and broadly, but not too literally. He learned that the hard way at Lion King, following a sub-conductor's shaky conducting because Tommy told him to follow the conductor. The notes you get points you somewhere, but it doesn't replace your judgment.Second, when you sub, use what the drummer uses for monitoring. Not your nice headphones. Not your in-ears. Whatever they use. The mix was built around that. He said he's personally tanked a sub gig because he didn't. Said it like a man who doesn't enjoy repeating the experience.The video drops this Friday. Go listen.Originally released February 2022 on the Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast.Clayton Craddock is the drummer for Cats: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre. He is also the founder of Broadway Drumming 101 and the author of Broadway Bound and Beyond: A Musician's Guide to Building a Theater Career.His Broadway credits include Memphis, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Ain't Too Proud, and Cats: The Jellicle Ball, with additional credits spanning tick, tick…BOOM!, The Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical, and subbing on Rent, Motown, Evita, Avenue Q, and the Hadestown tour.Clayton has appeared on The View, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Today Show, and the Tony Awards. He has performed with artists ranging from Chuck Berry and Ben E. King to Kristin Chenoweth and Norm Lewis.www.claytoncraddock.com Get full access to Broadway Drumming 101 at broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/subscribe

If you are still chasing expired listings vs probate comparisons hoping one of them is going to save your numbers, you already know something is wrong. The market did not slow down. The strategy stopped working.I went from 100 deals with 75 coming from expired listings to 200 deals after one pivot. Same market. Same environment. The difference was not hustle. It was not mindset. It was strategy.Here is what I cover in this one:✅ Why expired listings vs probate is not even a close comparison in this rate environment and which one is market resistant, interest rate resistant, and administration resistant✅ The real problem with the lead sources for real estate agents that most coaches are still recommending right now and why following that advice is costing you deals✅ How I made the real estate agent pivot from a market-dependent source to one that produces regardless of what rates or inventory do, and why probate leads real estate agents keep ignoring this source until they have no choice✅ What listing leads real estate agents actually need to focus on right now to get real estate leads that work in a market where transactions are down 50% in most areas✅ Why the people telling you rates are coming down are teaching you to wait instead of win, and what real estate coaching tactics that are actually worth your time look like compared to what most seminars deliver✅ The skills you need to how to list more homes in this environment, price them right, get adjustments, and move inventory when buyers are scarce✅ A straight answer on how to get more listings in 2026 without depending on market conditions that are not coming back the way they wereStop being romantic about the way you do business. The environment shifted. Your strategy has to shift with it.

I've used the HCSB from 2004 to early 2026, but I've recently made a change in my primary Bible to the Legacy Standard Bible. Why? I begin to look at the CSBible website, answering their reasons for abandoning their 656 uses of the name Yahweh in the Old Testament.

Google is changing its search bar for the first time in 25 years, The FTC's 'Deep Fake' rules hsve officially kicked in, New vape pen lets you earn Bitcoin while you smoke weed, X has announced some new restrictions on non-verified accounts...those stories and more in this week's 'Tech It Out'

Google is changing its search bar for the first time in 25 years, The FTC's 'Deep Fake' rules hsve officially kicked in, New vape pen lets you earn Bitcoin while you smoke weed, X has announced some new restrictions on non-verified accounts...those stories and more in this week's 'Tech It Out'See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Manuela has been a professional Forex trader for more than two decades, and for years she traded discretionally, spending hours in front of charts every single day. Then an important question came up: how could she turn all that experience into something more solid, repeatable... and above all, transferable?That's what led Manuela to Unger Academy:

Want to be featured on the next Q&Andy? Send us a video on our socials or email us at askandy@servedmediagroup.com Andy Roddick dives into all things tennis rackets. He breaks down the racket and string tech that shaped his career and changed the modern game. Andy explains why he trusted his stringing team with almost complete control and what really changed when Roger Federer made his famous racket switch, including why Rafael Nadal called Federer's 2018 version the toughest he ever faced. He also gets into string tension strategy across different surfaces and weather conditions, reveals that James Blake secretly used Dunlop rackets inside a Prince bag for years, and argues that strings, not rackets, have been the biggest revolution in modern tennis power. Andy then reacts to his brutally accurate PS2 ratings in Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2, where the game nailed his serve and roasted almost everything else.

EPISODE 712 - Valerie Taylor - A Romantic Comedy Series and A Cozy Series - Write From A Different PerspectiveThis episode features novelist Valerie Taylor discussing her shift from corporate marketing to writing romantic comedies and cozy mysteries, sharing practical advice for aspiring authors on overcoming blocks, building series, and embracing new challenges.Valerie shares a recent encounter at a senior living center craft fair, where she stood out as the only author among crafters. When a woman confessed she was stuck 30 pages into her book, Valerie suggested rewriting a scene from another character's viewpoint. This technique, she explains, refreshes perspective and sparks new ideas, a method she uses in her multi-viewpoint novels to avoid getting bogged down.She warns aspiring writers against thinking they will produce just one book. Finishing and publishing the first creates an addictive high from reader feedback, often leading to more. Valerie's "What's Not" series follows mature protagonist Cassie O'Callahan through dysfunctional marriages, new romances, and travels to Venice, Paris, and Greece. A minor character, Venus Bixby, grew so compelling that she spun off into a cozy mystery series set earlier in a fictional New England whaling town, Chatham Crossing.In the cozies, like "Switched to Death," quirky sleuth Venus runs an oldies music store, cookie bakery, and cat daycare. When the mayor dies at the Christmas tree lighting, her business is implicated, pulling her into the investigation alongside someone she cares about. Valerie notes cozies keep romance "clean," stopping at the bedroom door, making them suitable for teens and adults.Drawing from her marketing background, she details crafting cohesive covers with symbolic motifs and alliterative signposts like "Cats, Cookies, Chaos." Travel research, from walking Venice scenes to emailing Greek wineries, ensures authentic settings. As an introvert, she has adapted to competitive book fairs but prefers intimate craft events.Looking ahead, Valerie eyes shorter forms like Substack essays, historical fiction, or screenplays, drawn by praise for her dialogue. Her newsletter "Behind and Ahead" spotlights global authors and personal updates. She stresses life experience as a superpower for writers of any age.Key takeaway: Writing thrives on fresh perspectives, persistence beyond one book, and new challenges; observe closely, let characters evolve, and treat every project as a chance to grow.https://valerietaylorauthor.com/Send us Fan MailSupport the show___https://livingthenextchapter.com/podcast produced by: https://truemediasolutions.ca/Coffee Refills are always appreciated, refill Dave's cup here, and thanks!https://buymeacoffee.com/truemediaca

He was a BLM activist and a Marxist—then he accidentally debunked his own life. Xaviaer DuRousseau joins Riley Gaines to expose the fake activism, the "ghetto" state of the Right, and why he's officially backing Spencer Pratt for Mayor to save Los Angeles from "purgatory." Xaviaer isn't holding back. From being cast as a "woke" catfish on Netflix to witnessing real-time fraud during the George Floyd riots, he details the moment the curtain fell. Riley and Xaviaer dive deep into the 2026 LA Mayoral race, calling out the "manufactured" endorsements of Karen Bass and explaining why Spencer Pratt's mission is the city's last hope for common sense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

#893 From teacher to travel agency owner — with zero business experience and only 10% down! In part 1 of this two-part episode, Joy Owens joins host Brien Gearin to share exactly how she and her husband bought a multi-million dollar travel agency with no prior business experience, no industry background, and an SBA loan that almost didn't happen. Joy breaks down how the opportunity fell into her lap through a family connection, how she negotiated the purchase price down to a 2.1x net multiple, and why starting the SBA loan process early (with a letter of intent) was critical. She also opens up about the due diligence lessons she learned the hard way — from decoding P&Ls to securing a key employee who was on the verge of quitting — and how she set the business up to run smoothly from day one! What we discuss with Joy: + Bought a business with 10% down + Zero prior business experience + SBA loan process took 4+ months + Negotiated price down to 2.1x net + No broker — direct seller negotiation + Key employee nearly quit before sale + Clients were all referral-based + Due diligence revealed no written contracts + Switched to shared inbox and Monday.com + Owner allowed rare pre-sale access to systems Thank you, Joy! Check out Part 2 of this episode. Check out Butler Travel at ButlerTravel.com. Watch the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠video podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of this episode! To get access to our FREE Business Training course go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MillionaireUniversity.com/training⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠millionaireuniversity.com/sponsors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In January, Dan Shipper wrote that whoever wins vibe coding wins how you work on your computer—and OpenAI had some serious catching up to do.Three months and the release of GPT-5.5 later, Codex has more than caught up. Austin Tedesco, Every's head of growth, now spends about 80 percent of his working time inside the Codex desktop app, doing everything from drafting go-to-market plans from a stack of meeting transcripts to rebuilding the company's KPI dashboard.On this episode of AI & I, Dan sat down with Austin to discuss why the agent management interface—a desktop app built on top of a coding agent—is becoming the new operating system for knowledge work, and why Codex has become his daily driver.If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share!To hear more from Dan Shipper:Subscribe to Every: every.to/subscribeFollow him on X: twitter.com/danshipperJoin the membership for Where You Live at joinbilt.com/danTimestamps for YouTube:00:00:00 Introduction00:00:57 How Codex went from a tool for senior engineers to a daily driver for knowledge work00:02:42 How Claude Code proved that a great coding agent works for any knowledge work00:07:24 Austin's switch to Codex00:13:48 How Austin set up Codex with folders, keys, and reviewer agents00:18:24 Using Codex to brainstorm automations across Gmail, Slack, and Notion00:22:42 How Austin manages the human review step when Codex is drafting communications00:28:54 Using Codex to build specialized agents inspired by product executive Claire Vo00:31:09 Synthesizing meeting transcripts and Slack threads into a go-to-market plan00:40:15 Building a live KPI tracker in Notion that agents can read00:44:54 Using Codex for recruitingLinks to resources mentioned in the episode:Austin on X: @tedescauDan's January essay on OpenAI's catch-up problem: every.to/chain-of-thought/openai-has-some-catching-up-to-doEvery's vibe check on GPT-5.5: every.to/vibe-check/gpt-5-5

*** NSFW EPISODE ***Little Mikey, Pt. II: The Superboy EditionAlexander Luthor, Lex's clone, returns as "Conner" only for Tess to reveal that he's actually a clone of Lex and Clark's DNA. With now having a full on biological "reset" due to his Kryptonian genes, he has all of Clark's powers and needs a mentor. Clark basically says "gross" and Conner runs off to Lionel-2, who happens to unleash the kid's dark side by using red kryptonite. This pushes Clark to try and stop Conner before he robs more stores and sexually assaults Lois.Lucas Grabeel (High School Musical, Switched at Birth) returns for his final appearance as Lex's clone, a.k.a. Alexander, and his first and last appearance as DC Comics' original character Conner Kent, a.k.a. Superboy.John Glover makes another special appearance as Earth-2's Lionel Luthor.As always, enjoy the show and leave those five stars...but NOT for this specific episode LOL.

Send us Fan MailThis week, I will share the simple process I used to move my investments to a more socially responsible index fund including the steps I followed and the mistakes that I made!Links from today's episode:How to choose the best index fund | Forbeshttps://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/how-to-choose-the-best-index-fund/ ICYMI another episode you might enjoy:Episode 76 The Surprising Truth About What ESG Investing Actually Means (recorded before the 2024 rebranding of this show)Connect With Genet “GG” Gimja:Website https://www.progressivepockets.comTwitter https://twitter.com/prgrssvpckts Work With Me:Email progressivepockets@gmail.com for brand partnerships, business inquiries, and speaking engagements.The information provided in this podcast is for general entertainment purposes only and should not be considered as professional financial advice. We make no guarantees about the accuracy or applicability of the content. Consult a qualified financial professional before making any investment or financial planning decisions.Support the show

Despite the convenience of digital wallets, fresh data shows a renewed reliance on physical currency among Australians as a vital financial safety net. - Sa gitna ng pagdami ng digital payment options, muling tumaas ang paggamit ng cash sa Australia bilang mahalagang backup sa mga transaksyon.

What does it truly mean to take up our cross and follow Jesus? This powerful message challenges us to move beyond superficial Christianity and embrace total surrender. Drawing from Matthew 14, we discover that taking up our cross is not about bearing minor inconveniences or life's ordinary struggles. Instead, it represents a complete death to self and absolute commitment to Christ. 

Send us Fan MailSarah Welcomes Chelsey Warnes to The Beyond Condition Podcast.In this episode, Chelsey takes us on her journey, reminiscing about her time as a bikini competitor and her transition into the wellness competition realm, culminating in the thrill of turning pro!With a wealth of experience between us, we explore the valuable lessons learned throughout our journeys, emphasising how investing time in the industry truly pays dividends.What to ExpectEducational and Engaging Stories: The competitive bodybuilding journey is rich with varied experiences; hear some of ours! Steroid Use Truths: We underscore the significance of understanding the assisted side of bodybuilding and encourage thoughtful considerations before using steroids.Discussions Include:The wellness divisionFalling in love with bodybuilding before competingAchieving pro statusThe amateur division and federationsCompeting in back-to-back showsPost-show and binge eatingReverse dieting strategiesBuilding a support networkRelationship with food, including off-plan choicesOff-season considerations for female bodybuildersTraining for wellnessEnergy expenditure and recoveryDifferent bodybuilding categoriesThe coaching relationshipNavigating conflictSteroid use, including oral and injectable formsVirilization and the effects of steroid useCompeting internationally, including booking servicesJudges feedbackThe significance of posingFind Chelsey on Instagram @chelseywarnes_ifbbproWatch it here: https://youtu.be/OtszvjFW_soFind Sarah on Instagram: @sarahparker_bbTHE ULTIMATE SHOW DAY GUIDE E-BOOK: Purchase hereBeyond Condition Coaching Application: Click here

THIS STORY HIT HARD! Full Length Watch Alongs & Early Access:   / thereelrejects   -Gift Someone (Or Yourself) An RR Tee! https://shorturl.at/hekk2 Tara Erickson & Jon Maturan step into one of the most beloved music biopics ever made, bringing you their Selena (1997) reaction, recap, commentary, breakdown, analysis, and full movie spoiler review!! Tara Erickson & Jon Maturan react to and break down Selena (1997), the biographical drama directed by Gregory Nava that tells the story of Tejano music icon Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers, Out of Sight) delivers her breakout performance as Selena, capturing the singer's rise from performing in her family band to becoming one of the most influential Latin artists of all time, alongside Edward James Olmos (Blade Runner, Stand and Deliver) as her driven father and manager Abraham Quintanilla, Jon Seda (Chicago P.D., The Pacific) as Chris Pérez, and Constance Marie (George Lopez, Switched at Birth) as Marcella Quintanilla. The film opens with Selena's iconic Houston Astrodome performance before flashing back to her early beginnings, where the family faces rejection, racism, and financial struggles while trying to break into the music industry. As highlighted in the reaction, the journey from small gigs to massive crowds is both inspiring and intense, especially as Selena navigates her identity as a Mexican-American artist, balancing language, culture, and expectations while finding her voice on stage and off . As her career takes off, the story deepens with her relationship with Chris Pérez, the tension with her father's strict control, and her growing ambition beyond music, including fashion and business ventures. The film captures Selena's charisma, work ethic, and connection with her fans, leading to major milestones like her Grammy win and plans for an English crossover album that could have taken her to an even bigger global stage. Everything builds toward a devastating final act that completely caught the hosts off guard, as Selena's life is tragically cut short at just 23 years old. Tara & Jon react in real time to the shocking turn, reflecting on her legacy, her impact, and the heartbreaking reality of how much more she had ahead of her Follow Jon Maturan: https://www.instagram.com/jonmaturan/?hl=en Follow Tara Erickson: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TaraErickson Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/taraerickson/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/thetaraerickson Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew ditched Cursor for Claude Max and the economics made it an easy call. In this episode they get into the Meta Monster pivot toward content optimization, why Claude hallucinated an entire Wix API, and what the switch to Conductor actually looks like day to day. Links:Andrew's Twitter: @AndrewAskinsAndrew's website: https://www.andrewaskins.com/MetaMonster: https://metamonster.ai/Slackletter: https://slackletter.com/Sean's Twitter: @seanqsunMiscreants: http://miscreants.com/Margins: http://margins.so/Sean's website: https://seanqsun.com/For more information about the podcast, check out https://www.smalleffortspod.com/.Transcript: 00:00.47SeanCool. Thanks. What's up?00:03.03AndrewNot much. I haven't seen you in like three fucking months.00:06.58SeanYeah.00:06.74AndrewHow are you?00:08.06Seanah I'm good. Q1 is finally over. RSA is finally over. So now it's time to worry about Black Hat.00:15.45AndrewJesus.00:17.14Seanum But.00:19.03AndrewQ1 being finally over means we're like even closer to the death day for Metamonster.00:19.26Seanah00:25.67SeanOh, yeah. Yeah, yeah.00:27.03AndrewHave I told you this, that like Austin and I were like, if if it's not working by the middle of the summer, we're gonna, we need to like pull the plug.00:34.90SeanYou have. You have. yeah What would you do if you pulled the plug? Would you start a new thing, or can I finally hire you again?00:43.25AndrewDude, i I have, I don't know, is the short answer, but I have lots of thoughts. Like part of me wants to to buy a trad business, which is what I've been calling brick and mortar businesses lately.00:53.78AndrewAnd every time I say it, it makes people cringe, which is why I continue to say it.00:56.04SeanThat's horrible. du't That's disgusting. Mexico City is changing you. i can't believe you'd say that.01:02.13AndrewWhoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.01:03.16Seanforpin01:05.14AndrewNo, that's just me having a stupid sense of humor. You can't blame Mexico City for that.01:07.90SeanNo, no, it's good.01:09.10AndrewMexico City way too beautiful a place to blame for that.01:09.88SeanIt's good. Speaking, speaking of trad related things, have you seen the documentary?01:14.26AndrewOh God, where is this going?01:18.45SeanHave you been, ah have you been, ah did you watch the Manosphere documentary on Netflix with Louis Thoreau?01:24.79AndrewNo, but my little sister did and she was like, you have to watch it.01:28.22SeanIt's so good.01:28.28AndrewAnd i I haven't watched it yet. Yeah.01:30.15SeanIt's so good. It's all Ben and I could talk about at RSA.01:34.26AndrewNice.01:34.32SeanSorry.01:35.00AndrewHave you seen Project Hail Mary yet?01:37.11SeanNo, I hear it's good, but i don't know what it's about.01:38.71AndrewI hear it's really good. Yeah. Oh, you didn't read the book?01:42.21SeanNo, I don't read.01:43.86AndrewI forgot.01:44.73Seanyeah i think I think if all books were in AI chat bubbles, I would read all of it, but they're not. so that's01:52.77AndrewThat's the lamest thing you've ever said to me. It's almost as bad as trad businesses.01:59.32Seanit's It's probably worse.02:02.68Seanum How you been?02:03.89AndrewDude, I've been good.02:04.43SeanHow's life?02:06.32Andrewum We are working on a pivot for Metamonster. i am becoming, I'm embracing the fully AI-pilled by boy life.02:10.74SeanOK.02:18.71SeanOK.02:18.81Andrewum i still love Mexico. Yeah.02:23.66SeanGood.02:26.68Andrewyeah02:28.11SeanOK, can you tell me, can you just tell me what you're pivoting to before I like rip my hair out? Because I really need you to build some features at the moment.02:35.48AndrewSo it's I call it a pivot part somewhat facetiously. um02:39.31SeanOK.02:40.45Andrewwe're We're not really pivoting, like the tool is still going to work the same way it does now, um but we're going deep on content optimization.02:46.03SeanCool.02:51.03AndrewSo we're building we're building a single page view where you can still update metadata, but we also do SERP analysis and content recommendations for you and help you auto apply them.03:04.79Andrewum And so we're we're going to be adjusting our positioning to more directly take on ClearScope and Surfer. um03:15.96Seanand air ops.03:16.09AndrewSo the Yeah, air ops a little bit. I think of air ops as a little bit different. I think of air ops more as content orchestration, um like generate content at scale, whereas we're more content optimization.03:30.78AndrewSo like take your existing content or like new pieces of content and help you optimize it. Yeah.03:38.01SeanSick.03:39.39AndrewYep.03:40.43SeanCool.03:40.44Andrewum03:41.18Seanis Is this like a like like an editor that I'm writing in? And then, OK, cool. And then you can publish the web flow.03:49.05Andrewah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.03:50.40SeanOh, good, good, good, good.03:50.74AndrewTotally, totally.03:52.44SeanYou should do it. You should do it so I can use it. i don't I don't care.03:55.22AndrewYeah.03:56.00SeanNo. What?03:56.73AndrewSo, the um I, did you see my LinkedIn post by chance? Dude, I spent like half of last week vibing with Claude on a Wix integration, and then I finally go to test it.04:13.21Andrewit It shouldn't have taken me a a whole week to test it. I just got distracted by like three other things. um And I finally go to test it, and I'm like, huh, it's not working. Why isn't it working?04:23.70AndrewAnd Claude goes, oh yeah, the Wix API I was using was purely speculative. Like, I just made it up. I was like, motherfucker Are you fucking kidding me? um And it turns out like Wix, like Squarespace does not support us updating SEO metadata for anything except blog posts. So I just scrapped the whole thing and was like, fuck this.04:48.31Andrewum04:49.72SeanWell, but you could do like cloud code browser use types of things to like manually.04:55.80AndrewI could and I did and it took for fucking ever. It took like two hours to update 30 pages. It was painfully slow and eventually ran out of context.05:04.43SeanGotcha.05:07.72SeanGotcha.05:07.77Andrewum05:08.57SeanDamn.05:08.92AndrewAnd I was just like, this is horrible. um So ah yeah, my hope is that like Wix and Squarespace wake the fuck up and realize what century they're living in and build a decent hal...

I have a confession to make. I almost published an entire podcast episode about switching to Claude... only to discover I'd been using a scam platform called Chatly the whole time. Not my finest moment — but honestly, it turned into one of the most valuable lessons I've learned about navigating AI as a coach. In this episode, I'm sharing the whole story: what happened, what I got wrong, and what I've learned now that I'm actually using the real Claude. I'm also diving into why I made the switch from ChatGPT in the first place, what's genuinely different about the two platforms, and how you can make the transition yourself if you're curious. Here's what I'm covering: The Chatly scam and why I'm sharing this story (hint: you might be next if you're not careful) Anthropic's ethical principles and why they matter to me as a coach The real differences between Claude and ChatGPT — what's actually true vs. what I thought was true How to move to Claude without falling for third-party scams Why the temptation to ditch AI altogether got stronger after this experience — and why I pushed through anyway Five creative ways coaches can use AI to support (not replace) their work How to approach AI with discernment, not blind trust Whether you're AI-curious, AI-resistant, or somewhere in between, this episode is about finding your footing in a landscape that's changing faster than any of us can keep up with. Resources & Links: Claude (the real one): claude.ai (to import memory, use this page: https://claude.com/import-memory) Anthropic's approach to AI safety: anthropic.com Reach out to me: wendy@wendymccallum.com The Confident Coaching Skills Intensive — my in-depth program that helps coaches build real confidence supporting clients through the messy, complicated, doesn't-fit-neatly-in-a-box stuff — is now available as a fully self-guided course for the first time ever: www.wendymccallum.com/ccsi Get it Done: 1:1 Business Coaching with Wendy - Private business coaching & project management to finally finish that project... so you can move the needle in your coaching business & turn your big idea into profit: https://www.wendymccallum.com/get-it-done

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This week, Trevor, Tom, and Jenn have officially signed with Margaritaville at Sea... or have they? The Golden Crew is back with the most confidently wrong cruise advice ever recorded. From bringing bags of oranges to fight scurvy, to wearing a full tuxedo on the water slide, to paying for onboard shopping with homemade "Carnival Fun Bucks" — this episode is absolutely NOT a guide to cruising. Do NOT follow any of this. Seriously. We mean it. Probably. Happy April Fools from your favorite podcast that is definitely still about Carnival cruising!

In this episode, we explore why a long-time ChatGPT user made the switch to Claude and what ultimately drove that decision. We break down how features like direct file access, structured project workflows, and custom skills are transforming the way lawyers handle complex, document-heavy work. You'll hear how AI can dramatically speed up tasks like course creation, improve writing quality, and act more like a true thinking partner. Whether you're new to AI or already using it in your practice, this episode highlights how choosing the right tool—and setting it up properly—can unlock a whole new level of productivity. Chapters 0:05 Why I Switched AI Tools 1:10 Sponsor: Smith AI Overview 2:25 Claude Co-Work Feature 4:10 Building Courses With Claude 7:05 Training Claude & Turning Point 9:30 Skills Feature For Lawyers 12:10 Final Thoughts & Recommendation Resource Links AI Lab (a weekly AI workshop for lawyers) LinkedIn post by attorney offering AI chatbot that protects privilege The Inner Circle (my online community for lawyers) The 80/20 Principle (my techlaw newsletter) Follow and Review: I'd love for you to follow me if you haven't yet. Click that purple '+' in the top right corner of your Apple Podcasts app. I'd love it even more if you could drop a review or 5-star rating over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast. Thanks to the sponsor: Smith.ai Smith.ai is an amazing virtual receptionist service that specializes in working with solo and small law firms. When you hire Smith.ai, you're hiring well-trained, friendly receptionists who can respond to callers in English or Spanish. And they have a special offer for podcast listeners where you can get an extra $100 discount with promo code ERNIE100. Sign up for a risk-free start with a 14-day money-back guarantee now (and learn more) at smith.ai.

The Luthors Return...Martha Kent makes a return, so it's time for the heroes to go political. During her speech Martha gets shot by the missing Lex clone ("Alexander"), but now he's much older and even more gross-looking. On top of that, Earth-2 Lionel shows his face and learns how horny Martha makes him (again?). Clark somehow forgets he has fans, so Lois reminds him in the most corny way possible. Chloe has fully returned and her presence is somehow making everyone bully/hate Tess now.Lucas Grabeel (High School Musical, Switched at Birth) makes his first appearance as Lex's clone, a.k.a. Alexander. As always, enjoy the show and give us them FIVE STARS!

Nandaka by Pique - the Rolls-Royce of coffee alternative, and Nurse Doza personally drinks it every morning. This functional mushroom blend combines lion's mane for cognitive support, reishi for stress resilience and immune strength, fermented green and black tea extract for calm, focused energy, and cacao for gut health — delivering everything coffee promises without the downsides. It's the kind of morning ritual upgrade discussed in depth in this episode.

Send a textJesse is best known for his lyrical storytelling and engaging live shows, his song have been streamed more than 75 million times, have been heard on more than a dozen TV shows in the U.S. and abroad including One Tree Hill, Degrassi, Teen Mom, Switched at Birth, and The Bachelor ( Germany). His most recent single " This is Why I Need You " reached the top 10 in 12 different countries! Tune In And lets check out how Jesse has achieved this!!www.jesseruben.comSupport the showThe David Bradley ShowHost: David Bradleyhttps://www.facebook.com/100087472238854https://youtube.com/@thedavidbradleyshowwww.thedavidbradleyshow.com Like to be a guestContact Us david@thedavidbradleyshow.comRecorded at Bradley StudiosProduced by: Caitlin BackesProud CMA MemberSPONSERS Purity Dairy Viation AV/ IT DKDproductions

Why I Switched to a Hybrid Approach and Tripled My Team's Delivery RateAgile was supposed to be the answer. Stand-ups, sprints, retros, these rituals promised faster delivery, happier teams, and stakeholders who finally felt in sync with engineering. For a while, it worked. My team hit a rhythm, delivered features quickly, and felt engaged in the process.But over time, the cracks showed.Velocity slowed to a crawl. Stand-ups became theater. Engineers dreaded sprint planning. Stakeholders kept asking when features would actually be done. And remote work made it worse with Zoom fatigue, Slack overload, and endless context-switching draining the energy Agile was supposed to give us.At first, I blamed the team. Maybe we weren't “doing Agile right.” So I doubled down on the rituals. More retros, stricter sprints, tighter velocity tracking. But the harder I pushed, the more Agile turned into bureaucracy.How to connect with AgileDad:- [website] ⁠https://www.agiledad.com/⁠- [instagram] ⁠https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/⁠- [facebook] ⁠https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/⁠- [Linkedin] ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

In this episode of the Colorado Business Podcast, we sit down with Jed Bradshaw, a third-generation partner at Lightning Glassworks. Jed shares the incredible origin story of his family's business and how a sudden health crisis forced his father to take the reins overnight.We dive deep into the messy, rewarding reality of running a business with your parents and siblings. Jed also breaks down how Lightning Glassworks successfully operates on a radical three-day work week, prioritizing family and faith over relentless hustle.Later in the episode, Jed opens up about his battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 28, how it shifted his entire perspective on life, and how he navigated the unexpected mental toll after beating the disease. Plus, we discuss the future of the trades, integrating AI into blue-collar work, and why standard operating procedures are the ultimate tool for leaving a lasting legacy.If you are a family business owner, an entrepreneur looking for better work-life balance, or someone navigating a massive life hurdle, this episode is packed with hard-earned wisdom.⏱️ Chapter Markers:0:00 Welcome to the Colorado Business Podcast1:16 The Unexpected Origin of Lightning Glassworks6:07 The Reality of Working with Parents and Siblings10:37 Leaving Toxic Office Politics Behind19:01 How the Glass Industry Has Changed24:20 How to Run a Business on a 3-Day Work Week28:28 Will AI Replace Blue-Collar Trades?37:36 Facing Mortality: Jed's Battle with Cancer46:50 Navigating Post-Chemo Depression53:16 Using SOPs to Protect Your Business Legacy1:02:07 Connect with Jed and Lightning Glassworks

Erica discusses the successful management of the "spring rush" for her six-figure dog waste removal business. She highlights the importance of operational efficiency, noting her transition to upfront payments and the use of specialized software to manage high lead volumes. Krupin shares her marketing strategies, including heavy investment in digital advertising and physical yard signs to reach a goal of 350 recurring clients. The episode also captures a candid look at small business life, featuring real-time phone calls with her husband and father regarding daily logistics and family matters. Ultimately, she emphasizes that building a supportive team and maintaining strong community trust are the keys to her long-term growth and personal well-being. Comments and Questions are welcome.   Send to: thescooppodcast22@gmail.com

The second Yes/No Gameshow of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival season is here with the attention Switched to the Mares races. Emmet Kennedy is joined by Adam Mills, Lizzie Kelly, Jaime Wrenn and Barry Doyle to take on the ante-post market leaders with 1xBet Ireland — with the favourite for both races facing the same question: YES… or NO? Each panellist votes. No fence-sitting. Then they justify it. This is where conviction meets pressure.If you're betting Cheltenham ante-post, this episode forces you to take a stance.

How many times have you decided what you want, only to quietly change your mind a few days later? In this episode, Suzanne unpacks the real reason so many smart, capable humans stall out. It's rarely a lack of ideas or motivation. It's the constant resetting. The pivoting. The "new plan" rush that interrupts momentum before it ever has a chance to build. If you've ever: Started something strong and lost steam. Switched strategies mid-way through. Talked yourself out of a goal because it got uncomfortable. Fallen for bright shiny object syndrome. This episode is your mirror. Suzanne explores the difference between wanting and deciding, why repetition matters more than intensity, and how to stop reopening the negotiation with yourself every time the messy middle feels awkward. You don't need a new goal. You need to stop changing the one you already chose. If you want structure and community while you practise this, The Done Era is where we do that work together. 

There appears to be growing evidence that Epstein wasn't killed in that cell at all and might have been moved out and replaced with the corpse of someone else. And that he's very much alive and well. And yes many investigators from day one have been saying this is the case. 

The ultimate gauntlet of popular music is upon us once again: it's Grammy season, and this year, the competition is pretty tight across the board. Big ticket A-listers like Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar, and Lady Gaga occupy three of the four big categories (Song, Record, and Album of the Year), while folks like Olivia Dean, Lola Young, Leon Thomas, and Addison Rae duke it out in Best New Artist. On this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie, Nate, and Reanna take a look at the "big four" categories, and stump for their respective frontrunners in order to predict who will be taking home a golden phonograph (or two). Links: ⁠Newsletter⁠, ⁠YouTube Songs discussed: Bad Bunny – DtMF Lady Gaga – Abracadabra Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild Kendrick Lamar – squabble up Olivia Dean – Nice To Each Other Olivia Dean – Man I Need Lola Young – Messy Addison Rae – Headphones On Addison Rae – New York Addison Rae – Fame is a Gun Kendrick Lamar, SZA – luther Billie Eilish – WILDFLOWER HUNTR/X – Golden Chappell Roan – The Subway Kendrick Lamar – tv off (feat. lefty gunplay) Justin Bieber – ALL I CAN TAKE Bad Bunny – NUEVAYoL Bad Bunny – VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR Bad Bunny – LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii Bad Bunny – LA MuDANZA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sarah's outdoor adventures never stop, and this time she ended up in a ski parade! While Susie has resorted to wearing heated apparel inside. Susie shares the story of Andrea Yates, the woman who killed her five children, and the religious beliefs that made her think she should. Susie is worked up about how grandparents now insist on being called all kinds of weird names and Sarah's got a theory about why they don't want to be called "grandma." We discuss the abundance of "service" dogs on planes and the reasons people bend the rules to get their dog on board, and why it's the airlines's fault. And we hear about two babies who were switched at birth and it wasn't discovered until they were two years old, and the moms had to decide whether to switch them back or not! The story is unbelievable, and no matter what, there is no right answer to how to handle it.00:00 - Sarah's Ski Parade and Susie's Heated Apparel17:51 - Unpacking the Horrific Andrea Yates Child Drowning Case23:13 - Examining the Extreme Religious Cult Behind Andrea Yates30:30 - How Religious Ideology Scaffolds Mental Illness43:11 - Why Grandparents Resist Being Called 'Grandma'52:17 - The Airline's Fault for Fake Service Dogs01:01:34 - The Impossible Choice in a Switched at Birth Case01:11:39 - Support the Podcast: Patreon, Reviews, and SponsorsBrain Candy Podcast Website - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/Brain Candy Podcast Book Recommendations - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/books/Brain Candy Podcast Merchandise - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/candy-store/Brain Candy Podcast Candy Club - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/product/candy-club/Brain Candy Podcast Sponsor Codes - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/support-us/Brain Candy Podcast Social Media & Platforms:Brain Candy Podcast LIVE Interactive Trivia Nights - https://www.youtube.com/@BrainCandyPodcast/streamsBrain Candy Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/braincandypodcastHost Susie Meister Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susiemeisterHost Sarah Rice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imsarahriceBrain Candy Podcast on X: https://www.x.com/braincandypodBrain Candy Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/braincandy (JOIN FREE - TONS OF REALITY TV CONTENT)Brain Candy Podcast Sponsors, partnerships, & Products that we love:Begin your personalized roadmap to sexual happiness with Beducated by taking the quiz at https://beducate.me/pd2602-braincandySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Technically, the Netflix / Warner Bros. news is almost a week old, but what a week it has been! And so, after some follow-up on smart shades and CES, Nilay and David talk through all that's at stake in the fight between Paramount and Netflix — and whether it's even possible for someone to win this deal. After that, Charlie Harding, co-host of Switched on Pop and honorary Vergecast intern, explains how AI is taking over the country music scene in Nashville. He also makes us a song, and it's a jam. Lastly, the hosts talk about font news (with a special guest), Brendan Carr, smart rings, garage wars, and more. Further reading: The Verge subscription turns one  Netflix is buying Warner Bros. for $83 billion  Paramount launches a hostile $108 billion bid to snatch Warner from Netflix  David Ellison pitches Paramount's $108 billion hostile bid for WBD as “pro consumer.”  Behind Paramount's Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump New Paramount Speaks: Theatrical Films, Streaming Investment and Tech Upgrades Are Top Priorities Netflix CEO made a visit to the White House before buying Warner Bros.  Trump isn't sold on the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal Netflix's leadership thinks the Warner Bros. deal won't be like other big media mergers. Welcome to the big leagues, Netflix  There are no good outcomes for the Warner Bros. sale OpenAI's billion-dollar Disney deal puts Mickey Mouse and Marvel in Sora Get ready for an AI country music explosion Brendan Carr is a Dummy Chamberlain's new technology blocks aftermarket controllers from working with its garage door openers The Pebble Index 01 is a smart ring with a built-in microphone Calibri is too woke for the State Department | The Verge Gruber got a copy of the thing Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed.We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices