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For this week's Watchcast Alex is returning to his previous profession as a Mannhunter, as he takes the crew through one of his favorite Michael Mann flicks, 1981's Thief. Join us as we pick apart the taxonomy of crooks and goofs populating Chicago's early '80s underworld, and marvel at all the exquisite detail that went into this movie's look and vibe.CHAPTERS:(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 168: Thief (1981)(00:00:27) - Intro.(00:04:09) - On Mann, his early days, and how this movie got made.(00:12:48) - Before we start talking about the movie, gotta talk about the soundtrack.(00:17:18) - The opening heist.(00:23:12) - What is this movie if not a showcase for profoundly Chicago-type guys?(00:31:46) - Break!(00:32:07) - We're back, and Frank wants his damn money(00:38:13) - Okla and Leo, from one father figure to an aspiring one.(00:51:36) - On the subject of these corrupt dirtbag cops.(00:55:20) - The original Michael Mann Diner Scene.(01:09:37) - The California job, and getting comfy in the suburbs.(01:13:29) - How many fingers am I holding up?(01:17:48) - Chaos in the adoption agency.(01:21:34) - Refusing to grease the wheels.(01:29:10) - Okla, we hardly knew ya, but now we have a baby, so it all evens out.(01:32:07) - Ditching those goofy cops.(01:40:01) - Finally, the big job.(01:52:05) - My money is in your pocket.(02:00:24) - Bye bye, Belush. Bye bye, old life.(02:09:41) - Going tactical in the Chicago suburbs.(02:15:39) - Final thoughts.(02:21:02) - Housekeeping for next week.(02:22:55) - Outro.
Ronald Young Jr. reviews Crime 101…by himself RYJ loves Halle BerryRYJ - 3.75 of 5 starsFollow me on IG, TikTok, Threads, Bluesky, and Letterbxd - @ohitsbigronAvailable in theatersStarring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Nolte, and Halle BerryWritten and Directed by Bart LaytonFor more information about Crime 101, check out this linkSupport Leaving The Theater on Patreon using this link
We take a good look at CA and ask why it sucks so badly. As always, none of this is financial or legal advice. Do your own research. Make your own decisions, you rube. In Detail is hosted by Warwick Mihaly, Kate FitzGerald and Mick Moloney Find us: www.indetail.show Mail: indetail.show@gmail.com
Heartwood by Amity Gaige is a taut tale about mothers and daughters, survival and life. Amity joins us to talk about the Appalachian Trail, the COVID pandemic, loneliness, connection, friction, identity and more with guest host Brenda Allison. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Brenda Allison and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): Heartwood by Amity Gaige Sandwich by Catherine Newman Wreck by Catherine Newman Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
Where's Pemberton?Reza- LenaThe Magnificent Figaro- Danny DelucaGamemaster- Jared WitkofskyAl Key- Chris FrenchPerberton- Andrew Collins-AndersonKevin- Morgan JustTony 'The Toe' Tito- Chris ThielFeaturing music by Pressure Highway, Jordan Fickel, Danny Deluca and Motoshi Kosako This work is based on Blades in the Dark (found at http://www.bladesinthedark.com/), product of One Seven Design, developed and authored by John Harper, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
What could be more romantic than two Gen X white guys talking about Alfred Hitchcock's most romantic film before Valentine's Day? I'm sure plenty of things, but this is what you get from the Sonic Cinema Podcast this year. My frequent guest, Phil Fasso, returns for the third time in five months to discuss Cary Grant and Grace Kelly being two of the most drop-dead gorgeous people in movie history in Hitchcock's 1955 light and entertaining caper, "To Catch a Thief". I hope you enjoy!
Barrels, Botanicals, and Belonging at Whiskey ThiefShow NotesThank you to Lisa, Benjamin, and Kelley for entering the Whiskey Ring!If you haven't joined the Patreon community yet, please consider doing so at patreon.com/whiskeyinmyweddingringAs of December 2025, the $25/month bottle share club level is sold out! There is one member looking to retire - let me know if you'd like the spot!Join at the $5/month level for first shot at an open spot when a member retires and to keep receiving ad-free episodes via Patreon.If you haven't yet, please follow Whiskey in my Wedding Ring and the Whiskey Ring Podcast on Instagram and Facebook and subscribe to the newsletter on the website.Whiskey Thief Distilling CompanyWebsite: https://whiskeythief.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whiskeythiefdistilling/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/whiskeythiefdistilling/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/whiskeythief/
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Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series on Ultima IV. We talk about the boat, we talk about dungeons (a tiny bit), we deep dive into NPCs and consequences, we talk about the quests and how everything is in the world, and answer some listener email. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: More of Ultima IV (Much more, in B's case) Issues covered: revisiting locations and finding new things, a game that does a lot with a little, everything existing in the world, getting to know the world, NPCs sharing sprites and being hard to remember, getting a ship and fighting your way on, broadside combat, dying to a waterspout, wanting to search the oceans, badly simulating tacking, riding a horse, being interrupted in any location, trying to replicate the tabletop experience, feeling like a "yes" game, whether what you do matters, can you be a thief, watering down a morality system, having a limited palette of options at any one time, layering frosting, taking out the friction and icky feeling, the niche audience of some RPGs, taking elements from older games and bringing them into modern games, asking questions of the player who is also the character, avoiding the uncanny valley, an aside into adventure mode, the horseshoe effect on NPCs, reaching the limits of what the human brain can contemplate, an aside into Dunbar's number, facing the same challenges, chunking chapters, feeling the anxiety of there being too much, coalescing your notes from time to time, the telescope moment and seeing the map, the lack of loot, preparing to do things, validating your assumptions, having to revisit everywhere, the friction of Pikmin, getting good controllers, handheld mode, the Wavebird, bouncing off character creation, character creation we've liked, wanting a story to wrap around a more specific character, the generic hero, having fun with a character creator, a freeing character creator. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Final Fantasy (series), Gold Box (series), Eye of the Beholder, Outer Wilds, The Witcher (series), Beowulf, Dungeons & Dragons, Wizardry (series), BioWare, Mass Effect, BioShock, Dishonored, CD Project Red, Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur's Gate III, Thief, Robin Hood, VtM Bloodlines, Undertale, Dark Souls, Land of the Lost, Dwarf Fortress, Planescape: Torment, Metroid / Castlevania, Richard Garriott, Sasha, Pikmin, Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto, Switch, PlayStation, Analog Pocket, Ashton Herrmann, Monkey Island, Wing Commander, Morrowind, Fallout 3, Dragon Age: Origins, Bethesda Game Studios, Blizzard, World of Warcraft, Diablo (series), Metal Gear Solid V, Hideo Kojima, Saint's Row IV, Call of Cthulhu, Asher, Cuphead, KyleAndError, Hitman, FFSZilla, MGS: VR Missions, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Note: Because Ultima IV has very little music to speak of, I will be substituting music from later in the series in the openings to these episodes TTDS: 38:30 Links: Majuular Ultima IV video recommended by Chris Next time: Finish Ultima IV Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp YouTube Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com
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Dude, that's my car…a not-so-smart thief was caught slowly making his getaway…then self-arrested?
This Truth and Consequences involved a dog who was abandoned, but found a new home, but was stolen? Honestly it's hard to give Bob any shit in this situation, but we tried to lol
It's a new month and a new theme for the Watchcast, and this month Alex is foisting some of his all-time favorites on the rest of the cast, starting with Francis Ford Coppola's profoundly paranoid thriller, The Conversation! Join us as we uncover this deadly plot, marvel at Gene Hackman's performance, and swoon at just about the youngest Harrison Ford we ever did see.CHAPTERS:(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 167: The Conversation (1974)(00:00:40) - Intro.(00:01:56) - Beginning our conversation about The Conversation.(00:20:04) - Cast chat.(00:27:59) - The terrific and bewildering opening recording sequence.(00:42:09) - Break!(00:42:32) - We're back, and it's time to peek into Harry's home life.(00:54:10) - Harry gets his recording.(00:59:08) - A brief interlude with Teri Garr.(01:03:44) - Lookit baby Harrison Ford!(01:08:48) - Alienating Stan, and the last piece of the audio puzzle.(01:13:48) - Spycon '74.(01:23:22) - Never party with surveillance guys, for several reasons.(01:36:23) - Chastity is the only security you can rely on.(01:46:06) - Meeting the Director.(01:50:37) - Bugging the hotel.(01:55:21) - You ain't gonna win this one, Harry.(02:04:35) - Final thoughts.(02:11:59) - Next week's movie: Michael Mann's Thief!(02:15:14) - Outro.
Madonna's Thief of Hearts song has gone viral on TikTok and MLVC is here to celebrate it! We theorize on who the song is about, give some (more) adulation to the song and also have a bit of This Week In Ciccone. Follow MLVC on all social channels: @mlvcpodcast Subscribe to MLVC's YouTube channel Donate to the podcast on Venmo: mlvcpodcast Listen to more episodes on Spotify/Apple/Amazon/Google Play or here: https://mlvc.podbean.com/ #mlvcpodcast #madonnapodcast #madonnaforever #madonnasongs #thiefofhearts
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In their penultimate episode, the boys discuss the best games they played in 2025 and update The Super Mosher 64, the ranking of their 64 favorite games of all time. See the updated list below the timecodes! Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Intro/Just Chatting/Housekeeping (Sam's New Job and Short Film, Google's Project Dragon Quest VII Reimagined) | 00:08:01 - Main Topic: The Super Mosher 64 - Our Best Games List (2025 Edition Contenders) | 00:52:25 - Main Topic: The Super Mosher 64 - Our Best Games List (Updating the Ranking) | 1:25:03 - Game, Watch, Listen (GAMES: Highguard | MOVIES: Send Help, Children of Men | TV: Industry, The Chair Company, Twin Peaks: The Return, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Pluribus | MUSIC: Bartees Strange - Magic Boy, Mac Miller - Balloonerism) Shoutout to Mizuki Kuroiwa for the incredible podcast artwork and to Thomniverse Remix for the music. Send any questions, comments, or concerns to thesupermosherbrothersshow@gmail.com. Thanks for listening! 1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 3. Super Mario Odyssey 4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 5. Return of the Obra Dinn 6. Celeste 7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 8. Guitar Hero 3 9. The Last of Us Part II 10. Ms. Pac Man 11. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 12. Portal 2 13. Batman: Arkham Asylum 14. Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time 15. Towerfall Ascension 16. Shadow of the Colossus (PS4) 17. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 18. Super Mario Galaxy 19. Animal Crossing: New Horizons 20. Sly 2: Band of Thieves 21. Wii Sports 22. Super Mario Sunshine 23. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End 24. Doom Eternal 25. Cuphead 26. Metroid: Zero Mission 27. Returnal 28. Ori and the Blind Forest 29. Overwatch 30. Beat Saber 31. Tetris Effect 32. Titanfall 2 33. Red Dead Redemption 2 34. Pokémon Sapphire/Ruby/Emerald 35. Rocket League 36. The Last of Us 37. Journey 38. Overcooked 39. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 40. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury 41. Astro's Playroom 42. Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy 43. Kingdom Hearts 44. Halo 3 45. Spyro the Dragon 46. inFamous 2 47. Metroid Prime Remastered 48. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 49. Ghostrunner 2 50. Dishonored 51. The Witness 52. Motorstorm 53. Portal 54. Burnout Paradise 55. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown 56. Superhot VR 57. Hollow Knight: Silksong 58. Resogun 59. Scribblenauts 60. BioShock 61. Crash 4: It's About Time! 62. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon 63. Resident Evil 2 64. LEGO Star Wars
Crime on a Monday First, a look at this day in History.Then, Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast February 9, 1954, 66 years ago, The Big Broad. Sergeant Friday is on the trail of two dangerous liquor store robbers, one of whom is a beautiful redhead. Followed by The FBI in Peace and War, originally broadcast February 9, 1958, 68 years ago, The Upstairs Roomer. A robber steals $40,000 from a mortgage company then rents a room at a Safe house run by a father and daughter. The FBI is n the case. Then, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons starring Bennett Kilpack, originally broadcast February 9, 1950, 76 years ago, The Case Of Murder and The Jewel Thief. Kansas Karl, a notorious jewel thief, decides to go straight...but doesn't get very far. Followed by The Hallmark Playhouse, originally broadcast February 9, 1950, 76 years ago, Lincoln and the Baltimore Plot starring Victor Jory. How the detective Pinkerton foiled a plot against the President's life. Finally, Claudia, originally broadcast February 9, 1948, 78 years ago, Reggie Stops By. Reginald comes to dinner. Kathryn Bard and Paul Crabtree star.Thanks to Richard G for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamCheck out Professor Bees Digestive Aid at profbees.com and use my promo code WYATT to save 10% when you order!
Vesper's new efficiency as Guildmaster is interrupted when his deputy Odo completes an investigation into Karch's letter and what it could mean. What begins as a routine accounting review explodes into a shocking revelation: the Craft Guild isn't poor at all. Guildmaster Orion kept them impoverished through deception, hoarding wealth through paper transactions while claiming poverty. As Odo trembles with excitement over ledgers within ledgers, Vesper realizes the true scope of his predecessor's secret empire. An empire now under his control.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-thieves-guild--6141933/support.Some secrets are worth dying for. Some are worth killing for.----CREDITS ✍️ Writer: Jake Kerr
Joy doesn't disappear; it gets stolen. In The Thief of Joy, Pastor DaVon uncovers how worry and anxiety quietly rob you of joy and drain your faith. What are you supposed to do with all the concerns you have? If you've been feeling overwhelmed or mentally exhausted, this message is for you.
Welcome back to purgatory!!! This month we celebrate one of the influential directors on cinema history, Michael Mann!!! We kick off our series Manbruary with Michael Mann's first theatrical film Thief from1981, based off of the novel The Home Invaders by Frank Hohimer, the screenplay is adapted for the screen by Michael Mann and directed by Michael Mann. The film stars James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi, Robert Prosky, Tom Signorelli, Dennis Farina, William Peterson, Nick Nickeas, W.R. Brown, Norm Tobin, John Santucci, Gavin MacFayden. Chuck Adamson, Sam Cirone, Spero Anast and Walter Scott!!! Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our past and most recent episodes on Podbean.com and you can find us where most other podcasts are found. Intro & Outro tracks from the Thief soundtrack composed and conducted by Tangerine Dream 1. Burning Bar https://youtu.be/_7IpubBepeM?si=PApjMz5TyxHPo4e8 2. Confrontation w/ Craig Safan https://youtu.be/il2mxFFhtQk?si=sk5BG6vGlCQlogc5
What is the real battle over human lives—and why does God save us?In The Thief and the Life Giver, we unpack Jesus' words in John 10:10 and expose the enemy's agenda to steal, kill, and destroy, while revealing God's greater purpose: to give life—abundant life. This message goes beyond personal salvation to show why God rescues us: so we can become channels of life to others.Drawing from the dramatic deliverance in Mark 5, this sermon challenges believers to stop settling for comfort and silence and step into their assignment as witnesses. You'll hear why Jesus sends the delivered back into resistant places, how testimony becomes a powerful tool for evangelism, and why your story—no matter how ordinary it feels—matters.This is a call to vigilance, obedience, and action. If you've been saved, you've been sent.
As Jesus Christ stated and Paul has written, as well as Peter and John, our righteous Lord will operate like a thief in His returning and in executing divine judgments on the rebellious in the last days.
As Jesus Christ stated and Paul has written, as well as Peter and John, our righteous Lord will operate like a thief in His returning and in executing divine judgments on the rebellious in the last days.
As Jesus Christ stated and Paul has written, as well as Peter and John, our righteous Lord will operate like a thief in His returning and in executing divine judgments on the rebellious in the last days.
As Jesus Christ stated and Paul has written, as well as Peter and John, our righteous Lord will operate like a thief in His returning and in executing divine judgments on the rebellious in the last days.
As Jesus Christ stated and Paul has written, as well as Peter and John, our righteous Lord will operate like a thief in His returning and in executing divine judgments on the rebellious in the last days.
As Jesus Christ stated and Paul has written, as well as Peter and John, our righteous Lord will operate like a thief in His returning and in executing divine judgments on the rebellious in the last days.
As Jesus Christ stated and Paul has written, as well as Peter and John, our righteous Lord will operate like a thief in His returning and in executing divine judgments on the rebellious in the last days.
As Jesus Christ stated and Paul has written, as well as Peter and John, our righteous Lord will operate like a thief in His returning and in executing divine judgments on the rebellious in the last days.
As Jesus Christ stated and Paul has written, as well as Peter and John, our righteous Lord will operate like a thief in His returning and in executing divine judgments on the rebellious in the last days.
As Jesus Christ stated and Paul has written, as well as Peter and John, our righteous Lord will operate like a thief in His returning and in executing divine judgments on the rebellious in the last days.
In this Episode Permberton sounds awful Cast- Reza- LenaThe Magnificent Figaro- Danny DelucaGamemaster- Jared WitkofskyAl Key- Chris FrenchPerberton- Andrew Collins-AndersonKevin- Morgan JustTony 'The Toe' Tito- Chris ThielFeaturing music by Pressure Highway, Jordan Fickel, Danny Deluca and Motoshi Kosako This work is based on Blades in the Dark (found at http://www.bladesinthedark.com/), product of One Seven Design, developed and authored by John Harper, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
In this episode, we begin February our review of the heist thriller from director Michael Mann, "Thief", starring James Caan, Tuesday Weld and Robert Prosky! Listen now!
Send us a textIn this episode, Lady Petra and Saffermaster chat with Dr. Veronica Love and her husband Gabriel about how to access sacred sexuality by exploring sensations in the first part of the series “Exploring Sacred Sexuality” over a bottle of Cooper and Thief 2021 red blend. The Kinky cocktail Hour is brought to you by Motorbunny, the best saddle style vibrator on the market today. Save $40 on your Motorbunny purchase with the code LADYPETRAPLAYGROUND at Motorbunny.com You can order the TechRing, "Where health meets pleasure" at http://myfirmtech.com using the code "KINKY" to save 15%. Put a ring on it!Support the showHard Married: A Guide to Building Lasting Love by Unlocking the Secrets of Deep Intimacy. Get your copy of this new book by Saffer here: https://tinyurl.com/Hard-Married Visit Hardmarried.net Listen on Podurama https://podurama.com
It's not often that it happens, Slushies, but it's always a treat when it does. We're switching to fiction for the day with “Colfax,” a flash story from Patricia Q. Bidar, author of the short fiction collection Pardon Me for Moonwalking. Spoiler alert: read the story first in the show notes or listen to the story in full at 41:50 before our discussion ruins it for you. Something about the story's theme and concision reminds Sam of Louise Glück's prose poems in her late collection, A Faithful and Virtuous Night. Sam also appreciates how the story allows a female character the same kind of recklessness found in Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son. Jason shares his surprising childhood connection to Vacaville, CA, one of the story's locales. And in his role as bad cop, Jason raises a question about uncanny children. Tune in to find out what he means by that. While we're all bracing for winter storms, we're happy to dwell, for a moment, in California Central Valley's humid and fertile atmosphere. As always, thanks for listening! At the table: Tobi Kassim, Samantha Neugebauer, Jason Schneiderman, Kathleen Volk Miller, Lisa Zerkle, and Lillie Volpe (sound engineer) Bio: Patricia Q. Bidar is a western writer and Port of Los Angeles native. Her novelette, Wild Plums (ELJ Editions), was published in 2024 and collection of flash fiction, Pardon Me for Moonwalking (Unsolicited Press), in 2025. Patricia's work has appeared in Waxwing, Wigleaf, SmokeLong Quarterly, The Pinch, and Another Chicago Magazine; in the Wigleaf Top 50, and in many anthologies including Flash Fiction America (W.W. Norton), Best Microfiction, and Best Small Fictions. Visit patriciaqbidar.com Website www.patriciaqbidar.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/patriciaqbidar Instagram https://www.instagram.com/patriciaqbidar/ Bluesky patriciaqbidar.bsky.social Colfax Cristina swallows the last of the loose pills from Julian's glove box. Within a few minutes, fresh energy blooms and fizzes within her; the sensation is of tumbling backward into space. Julian: a drug dealer so giant and peevish the floor mats on the driver's side are bunched and ruined. Underneath his criminal veneer, Julian is just a mundane mammal who's driven Cristina, an animal woman, to flight. Half an hour later, she's reached Colfax. In this heat, this fecund place. The car has mashed against the gas station's cashier hut. Years ago, when Cristina was growing up here, this was a drive-in theatre, with a massive image of a vaquero on a rearing steed. Sweltering nights, Cristina would watch movies with her lonely mother, car windows open wide, clasped in the smell of tomatoes, melons, and insecticide. Rain begins to pepper the hood. Cristina rises into vegetal air. She doesn't recall opening the door. The window to the hut is dirty and rain spattered. She peers between cupped hands at the empty stool inside, the bank of cigarette packs. Lightning cracks; after a few seconds, thunder rumbles. Cristina presses her hand over her heart. Is she alarmed? Are the pills goosing her pulse? But she feels calm. The sky is a tight lid. It was a mistake, stealing Julian's car. Julian, who took her in. Identified and claimed her after Cristina finished her time and was so adrift and alone. Cristina was working as a server in a West Sacramento brewery. Her last customer on a slow Tuesday night was a black-haired guy in a cowboy hat. Stiff-looking jeans and a pearl-buttoned shirt. A face that seemed not to match the hair. “Lady,” he said so low she had to incline her head. “You think no one sees you. I do. I do.” She joined Julian that very night on one of his quests. He was what her mother would have called a peeping tom. He wanted her to wear nylon hose, like he did. Why not? No one was getting hurt. It was simply watching. Watching women. Women when they were themselves and unaware they were being observed. In a word: seen. Julian was no Rawhead, no Slenderman. Not one of those serial killers roving California freeways in the nineteen-seventies, the ones Cristina's mother had been obsessed with. Now she imagines someone peering in through the car door and seeing her, Cristina, slumped behind the wheel. People idealize farmland, farm girls as wholesome. Green, yellow, and blue. The sky is cobalt now. Fifty feet away is a bus shelter, sagging and white. A small form is hunched inside. Lightning again, and then, immediately following, that bass sky-rumble. Cristina runs. Inside, a child of about nine swings its legs. Windbreaker, hood up. "Hello there?" Cristina ventures. "I'm studying these ants," the kid returns. A girl. "Would you like a churro?" Cristina cannot see the girl's face but is struck by the way she sits. A bell buried deep inside of her tolls. "Is this the bus stop for town?" Cristina asks. The churros smell nice; hot grease and cinnamon. Cristina used to make them for her little sisters. She thought she might become a baker one day. At least, when anyone asked, this was what she had answered. She should be hungry. "That's my car, in case you were wondering,” Cristina says. Nothing. She crouches down beside the girl. “Dead at the service station. Lucky, I guess.” The child considers this. "Well, not really." She speaks patiently, the way Cristina used to speak to adults at her age. As if they were her younger sisters or the kids in the slow class at school, or the witless ladies in the school office. “On second thought, I'll take one of those churros." Cristina says. But the girl has returned to her task: surveilling a line of ants. Cristina's mind unspools the types. Velvet ants. Pharaoh ants. Argentine ants. Thief ants. The odorous house ants, and then — wasn't there a sugar ant? The smell of water-heavy crops and soil and chemical fertilizer thickens the air. All of the choices Cristina has made in life have led her to this place. "There's nothing left," she says aloud. "It depends on how you see it," the girl returns, pushing her eyeglasses up into place with a forefinger. Cristina squints at the obscured face. Then the girl daintily lifts and lowers her hood. And bares the side of her left pinky finger. The small oval scar is exactly like Cristina's. “Did your mother tell you that people with six fingers and toes are giants sired by angels and human women? Something apart from God,” Cristina said. Those surgeries when she was four. “She says I'm a monkey.” Cristina remembers a long-ago birthday party, her ninth, attended by zero children. She feels the sky drawing her up, then. At the same time, the inverted bowl of sky pushes down. It is like that optical illusion where you can't tell if the black horse is headed toward you or walking away. Hail pounds the roof of the shelter. The discs of ice flash under the bright lights of the gas pump island. The girl returns to dropping pinches of dough onto the ants. Obeying their internal imperative: a perpetuation of their kind. Cristina sees Julian preparing for bed. Applying his eye cream. Clapping twice to extinguish the bedside light. He refers to himself as cerebral. But what is so deep about dealing painkillers during the afternoon shift at the One Stop Spy Shop in Vacaville? Life with Julian had amounted to a slow and downhill slide, and that was for sure. “We live our lives with our ancestors as witness,” the girl says at last. Her words hang in the air like wet almond blossoms. Cristina has to ask. “Am I that? Am I alive?” And a roar consumes the sky. A silver bus is careening toward them from behind blue oaks. And a metal monster slips from the asphalt. Rolls end over end. Sky-blotting. Deafening. Images rise and blend and collapse. The blanched face of the driver. The silhouettes of passengers. One of whom is standing. Julian? Something blooms and expands in Cristina's head. But there is no bus. No careening crash. Only a fecund silence. And the girl tears a piece of the churro, nudging Cristina's lips with the sugar and cinnamon confection. It is absolutely delectable and somehow still warm. Like the corner of a golden kitchen in bygone evenings. A humming mother, changing her dressings. An iron stove and a gray kitten, satisfied and warm. Cristina really, finally, is free. She has made it back to the beginning. Apart from time, the girl and Cristina stand in the little windbreak like gingerbread children or figures in a Frida Kahlo painting. The girl takes her hand. And then it is she and Cristina and the animal female chain, extending into and past the vanishing point: Girl Girl Girl Girl Girl Girl Girl.
In Britain more than 125 thousand people have signed a petition in support of an Irish bus driver who was sacked after chasing down a thief who stole from a passenger. Mark Hehir origionally from Limerick spoke to Rachel.
A moggy with a taste for mince is on the prowl in Kerikeri. Keen hunter, Bella the cat burglar, has been bringing home a surprising midnight feast for her owners, sausage rolls in brown paper bags. In a bizarre series of gift giving that might sound unbelievable, Bella's sausage roll deliveries have happened not once, not twice, but three times, prompting a post on Facebook in search of answers. Bella's owner Siran Young spoke to Lisa Owen.
The children of H.E.L. implore the crew to seek out one of their own who escaped long ago -- the mysterious Mind-Thief, who just may hold a key to Monarch's destruction. Finally, the Factory is infiltrated!Gradient Descent is by Luke Gearing, Jarrett Crader, and Sean McCoy, published by Tuesday Knight Games, LLC. Purchase it here.Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG is by Sean McCoy and Jarrett Crader, published by Tuesday Knight Games, LLC. Explore more 3d6 Down the Line at our official website! Access character sheets, maps, both video and audio only versions of every episode, past campaigns, and lots more! Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube! Support our Patreon, and enjoy awesome benefits! Purchase Feats of Exploration, an alternate XP system for old-school D&D-adjacent games! Grab some 3d6 DTL merchandise! Join our friendly and lively Discord server! Art, animation, and graphics by David Kenyon. Intro music by Hellerud.Cloudbank Synthetics Production Facility Alternative Map by user Makenai on the Mothership Discord Server.Network Charts by PimPee. Maps used in the channel banner by Dyson Logos.
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Roxanna are discussing: Bookish Moments: stickers on books and book metaphors Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: if we re-read and why The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . 3:06 - Ad For Ourselves 3:49 - NYT Article about book podcasts "Seven Podcasts for Bookworms" 6:16 - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 6:22 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 7:32 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 14:14 - Our Current Reads 14:25 - The Q by Beth Brower (Roxanna) 14:30 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower 18:22 - For Whom the Belle Tolls by Jaysea Lynn 20:18 - Lock In by John Scalzi (Meredith) 23:30 - Starter Villain by John Scalzi 26:41 - The Dead Husband Cookbook by Danielle Valentine (Roxanna) 29:53 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 32:46 - The Governess and the Rogue by Mimi Matthews (Meredith) 35:26 - The Work of Art by Mimi Matthews 35:28 - Gentleman Jim by Mimi Matthews 38:25 - A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar (Roxanna) 43:00 - The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (Meredith) 47:44 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 52:34 - Deep Dive: Why We Re-Read 56:59 - I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid 57:42 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower 1:00:02 - Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood 1:01:11 - Getting Things Done by David Allen 1:01:15 - Essentialism by Greg McKeown 1:01:21 - Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski 1:01:36 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 1:02:09 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher 1:02:22 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 1:02:38 - Meet Us At The Fountain 1:04:18 - I wish to bring back the Currently Reading literary society. (Roxanna) 1:05:03 - @roxannathereader on Instagram 1:06:00 - I want to highlight the show Bookish on PBS. (Meredith) Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. February's IPL is a special romance edition with Novel Neighbor in St. Louis, Missouri. Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
In this Teisho, given on January 21st 2026, during winter sesshin (long retreat), Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Dipa Ma and the Thief. We have a choice as to how to respond to life events. Practice increases are ability to make the choice and to be the people we want to be. Offering a loving response is the mature and grounded way to face a suffering world.
This special episode of Punk Rock Sober was recorded in September 2025 at Armie Hammer's studio—before he made the decision to step away from podcasting.Host Tyler Ramsey sits down with Armie Hammer for a wide-ranging, candid conversation about sobriety, identity, comparison, ego, creativity, spirituality, and what it actually means to rebuild a life from the inside out.They explore:• Living sober in environments built around excess• Fame, success, and the illusion of “where life should be”• Why comparison is the fastest way to lose joy• Burning Man, humility, and showing up without substances• Spiritual curiosity, prayer, psychedelics, and meaning• Creative fulfillment beyond external validation• Letting go of the version of yourself you thought you were supposed to becomeThis isn't a comeback interview.It's an honest snapshot of a man choosing clarity, accountability, and peace—without pretense.
In this episode Pemberton hosts a pancake breakfast.Cast- Reza- LenaThe Magnificent Figaro- Danny DelucaGamemaster- Jared WitkofskyAl Key- Chris FrenchPerberton- Andrew Collins-AndersonKevin- Morgan JustTony 'The Toe' Tito- Chris ThielFeaturing music by Pressure Highway, Jordan Fickel, Danny Deluca and Motoshi Kosako This work is based on Blades in the Dark (found at http://www.bladesinthedark.com/), product of One Seven Design, developed and authored by John Harper, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Today on the podcast we will be kicking off our Michael Mann Directors Series with 'Thief' (1981). Joining me on this Directors Series journey once again are my two cohosts Vikash Patel and Martin Padilla. You can find their social channels below: Martin Padilla: https://twitter.com/alejandroxpadi https://letterboxd.com/alejandroxpadi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@alejandroxpadilla Vikash Patel: https://twitter.com/oshkoshvikas https://letterboxd.com/merry722/ https://www.tiktok.com/@oshkoshvikash CINEMA PURSUIT PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinema-pursuit-podcast/id1716825579?ign-itscg=30200&ign-itsct=lt_p https://www.tiktok.com/@cinemapursuitpodcast ------------------------------ Intro/outro music created by Patrick Baxter! You can find his social channels below as well: https://spamcaller.bandcamp.com/
Comparison really will steal your joy if you let it. In this episode, we get real about social media and the highlight reels we're constantly consuming. People post what they want you to see, but the struggles, delays, and silent battles stay behind closed doors.We also talk about starting in the same space as others and then watching them hit milestones you thought would be yours by now. The tension of feeling happy for them while quietly wondering, “Why not me?”We end with a reminder you might need to hear: your path is yours. Your timing is not behind, it's just different. Other people's wins are not your losses. Let them be proof, motivation, and fuel for what's still coming.New episodes drop every Wednesday at 12. Tap into the polls, leave a comment, and tell us your story. We're in this together.
Brewery creates beer with infused bear poop as special ingredient, Thief steals costumed 6-foot taxidermy bear off Michigan front porch, We've a got the ever-popular 'Florida Man' Headline of the Week Contender combo platter: Central Florida Man caught in 'sexual performance' with vacuum, deputy says...
Anna and Raven discuss the top 3 stolen items from hotels. Producer Justin on the other hand stayed at a hotel this weekend where he was almost positive, he was leaving with the full-sized products in the bathroom because they were so good. The Doomsday clock is ticking and may actually be... moving? Raven thinks this is a joke, Anna is a little worried. How would you know end of days are coming? Anna dn Raven discuss. Anna caught Raven in the act of something she hadn't seen in years during the show yesterday. He was balancing a check. Who does that anymore? They discuss old school habits that are now embarrassing. Anna has been getting ads for “Culturally 30+ bars”. A dream for women who are too old to party with those in their 20s. Producer Sophia discusses the ways she knows she is in a cultural 30+ club. Trending today is Sydney Sweeney and her pretty illegal stunt that may have gotten her in more trouble than she imagined it would. The reason she did it checks out, though. HUNGRY EYES! Yes. Anna has them. Her obsession with Harvest Snap Veggie chips has gotten to the point where the scale is on the rise. Who would have thought vegetable chips would fluff you up! Free Solo took place live this weekend, and Alex made it out alive! Anna and Raven have some thoughts on this whole idea. Anna, Raven, Producer Justin and Producer Sophia put their abilities to the test and attempted to climb a building too. It didn't work. Mary and Luke's teenage son brings his friends over all the time after school, and they eat everything in the house. Dad has had enough; these kids are eating all their food and groceries are expensive. He wants to ask the kids to leave some cash or tell his son to stop bringing kids to their house. Mom thinks that it's part of being a parent to a teen! Boys eat a lot, and they just need to budget for it. They're not going to limit the amount of chips and soda they buy just because their son is lucky enough to have so many friends. Plus, she likes that they're the “hang out” house. Donna has a chance to win $500! All she has to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can't Beat Raven!
SEGMENT 12: TRUMP AIMS TO END THE CHINA LOBBY Guest: Lee Smith Smith argues China operates as marauder, thief, and killer, wrecking world trade and undermining American manufacturing while enriching the China lobby Trump calls "globalists." The Trump administration learned not to trust Xi Jinping after COVID lies shattered any remaining confidence, signaling determination to dismantle this corrupt arrangement.1905 SHANGHAI
On this episode of The Opportunist, a rising model with a double life, Adva Lavie conned fellow models and wealthy older men, leaving a trail of betrayal in her wake. The episode unpacks how looks, access, and opportunity fueled a years-long scheme hiding in plain sight.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.