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When tabletop gaming & improvisation collide you get the role play scene. To Chris and I, building and perfecting these moments of role play between party members is one of the most rewarding parts of the hobby. In today's episode we dissect what type of content makes for a good role play scene and try our best to break down some words of wisdom for you to try at your table. Enjoy! Mat. -————— Role Play Chat is a biweekly(ish) podcast where your hosts Chris and Mat sit down and take deep dives into #ttrpg related topics (such as #DungeonsandDragons, Fates, Warhammer or Call of Cthulhu) and other tabletop #RPGs. Where to you find us? Twitter: @role_play_chat Email: contactroleplaychat@gmail.com Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean or wherever you find your podcasts! ( https://anchor.fm/roleplaychat ) Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/roleplaychat -————— Music: https://www.bensound.com
In this short discussion we look at several key points that Perfect Horizons Institute founder Professor Chris Halvorson makes (in 2016, no less) about a more philosophical approach to the Urantia revelation. To Chris's credit, he brings several ideas worth exploring, including the difference between fact and truth and how it applies to introducing others to the revelation. P.S., kudos to anyone who can tell me where I got the music at the end. See you at www.UrantiaRadio.net
To Chris, or not to Chris?
Welcome to the post-series commentary! Today we'll be doing a round-table Q & A session where we get a chance to ask each other questions. For your convenience, I have listed all of the questions discussed and their approximate time-stamp below. Part 1: Ask the Players 1. To all (from Nathaniel): How did character vision match end result? 2. To all (from Nathaniel): Favourite session/moment? (31 min) 3. To Kirk (from Richard): Was Bear always going to turn out to be your son? (53 min) 4. To Chris (from Filip): How/when did the religious aspect of Zero develop? (55 min) 5. To Chris (from Kirk): Who was Janus? (1hr 3 min) 6. To Richard (from Chris): Why was QB a Samoid? (1 hr 13 min) 7. To Richard (from Filip): Why "Quick Brown Fox"? (1 hr 15 min) 8. To Filip (from Richard): What was in the shed that was opened with the key you gave your sister? (1 hr 16 min) 9. To Kirk (from Filip): Was it tough playing Kattix? (1 hr 21 min) 10. To Chris (from Kirk): Is it tough to play the face of the party? (this is in response to the previous question) (1 hr 28 min) 11. To Richard (from Kirk): Why did you play a maverick, knowing you wouldn't be captain? (1 hr 33 min) 12. To all (from Chris): What motivated your actions in session one? (1 hr 37 min) Part 2: Ask the GM 1. From Kirk: Why did you choose "Edge of the Empire"? (1 hr 44 min) 2. From Richard: Why did you pick on QB? (1 hr 51 min) 3. From Filip: What were some other questions we could've asked the Creuss on Cormund? (1 hr 55 min) 4. From Chris: What was at the bottom of Fixta? Could we have "really seen"? (1 hr 58 min) 5. From Richard: Did you have multiple endings? Would you have let us die? (2 hr 6 min) 6. From Kirk: What places did we miss? (2 hr 15 min) 7. From Richard: Who caused the Jorun pox? (this occurs while we're still going through question 6) (2 hr 17 min)
Dishonorable Mention records this week's episode from the Tampa Bay WaVE sound studio and we've never sounded better! The guys have a lot to talk about so this is longer than usual. But who doesn't like more Dishonorable Mention Podcast? 1:00: Chris sent a tweet against what conspired at the Trump Rally and received some mixed responses. What drives a crowd to chant “send her back?” Is anger shrouding people’s judgement? What does this mean for the 2020 election?9:45: To Chris: is it harder to be a Republican candidate now than it was ten years ago?19:41 : Ernest pitches a bill to Chris about teaching a media literacy course to High School seniors to help students translate to society.27:49: We’re recording in the Tampa Bay Wave sound studio. We commend the opportunities the Wave gives local start-ups to be successful.33:49: We’re all apart of the Tampa Bay community because we love the region; what drives you to help the community and watch it grow?44:43: Ernest wrote an entire column about hugging(!?!) When is hugging appropriate? We segue to cultural norms in the city.55:48: Who would be your dream podcast guest? Political, cultural, or historical.1:08:13: This week’s #FloridaMan Story.1:09:58: Let’s talk about the Rays, Pinellas County, and the Imagine Clearwater downtown expansion project.1:18:51: Chris tells us a tale. (You don't want to miss this one.) 1:22:01: Host shout-outs!
We recently hosted a conversation between Chris Cochella, Founder & Co-Owner at Brackitz, and Marilyn Gorman, Lean Startup Co. Faculty Lead, focused on how the desire to find better engineering toys for his son turned into an idea to create a toy to help promote STEAM learning in young children. In Chris and Marilyn’s conversation, they discuss: - What problem drove Chris to start Brackitz. - The process Chris went through to test his early assumptions with his customers (teachers and students). - The importance of letting your curiosity fuel you. And much, much more… Like many new product beginnings, the idea behind Brackitz came out of a personal need. After he started a science program at his kids’ elementary school, Chris Cochella, founder and co-owner of Brackitz toys, realized that there wasn’t a lot of hands-on science or engineering tools available for young children. To Chris, this was a problem. Right now, the National Science Foundation says that the declining interest in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) is a national concern. As Chris was looking more into the issue, he discovered that spatial play and spatial reasoning is a very strong predictor of STEAM related things, including degree attainment and math skill development in children ages three to four. In a world where kids are increasingly on digital devices, how do we get them to willingly put those devices down and start playing more with their hands? Email us: education@leanstartup.co Follow Lean Startup Co. @leanstartup https://leanstartup.co/education
Tear ducts, prepare thy selves for this 21st edition of Scoring At The Movies, as we analyze the best film we’ve covered yet: Field of Dreams.This ghost story has a sense of humour, along with a midlife crisis, father/son regret, spirituality...and lots of corn. Kevin Costner was the ideal choice to head up the eclectic Field Of Dreams cast. He’s given a lot of credit for this movie, but writer/director Phil Alden Robinson did a masterful job of walking the tightrope and finding the correct It’s A Wonderful Life type tone. To Chris’ dismay, it also shares a major plot point with Jimmy Stewart’s Christmas movie—money woes. Also, while the miscast Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe doesn’t hurt the picture, he’s just too scary and New York-y for that role. Fortunately, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones and especially Burt Lancaster are perfectly cast.Dig into our lengthy teeth-rattle about one of the sweetest and oddest sports movies ever made.Twit us: @moviefiend51 and @scoringatmovies
Tear ducts, you may empty! The 21st edition of Scoring At The Movies analyzes the ever-lovin’ out of the best film we’ve covered yet. This ghost story has a sense of humour, along with a midlife crisis, father/son regret, spirituality...and lots of corn. Kevin Costner was the ideal choice to head up the eclectic Field Of Dreams cast. He’s given a lot of credit for this movie, but writer/director Phil Alden Robinson did a masterful job of walking the tightrope and finding the correct It’s A Wonderful Life type tone. To Chris’ dismay, it also shares a major plot point with Jimmy Stewart’s Christmas movie—money woes. Also, while the miscast Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe doesn’t hurtthe picture, he’s just too scary and New Yorky for that role. Fortunately, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones and especially Burt Lancaster are perfectly cast. Dig into our lengthy teeth-rattle about one of the sweetest and oddest sports movies ever made. Twit us: @moviefiend51 and @scoringatmovies In 2 weeks: Happy Gilmore
Chris Stratis came to the point where he questioned everything he believed about fitness, and decided to put his focus towards having a body that works for the long term. To Chris, fitness isn’t about the abs and biceps. Yes we want to look good, and yes, training should create a positive outcome. But why wreck your longevity for gains? The goal in training is to improve heart strength, mobility, stability, balance, strength, to counter the effects of sitting and bad postures, and yes lose weight and reach our goal in the process. Humans are also meant to be able to get in certain positions and be able to stabilize our bodies in those positions and move through ranges of motion in those positions.We talk about how Chris has been able to help office workers with up to 35 years chronic pain, out of pain; athletes hurting within their sport, getting out of pain; squash players feeling & moving better and pain free on and off the court. Also, racket sport players who are now able hit all those shots they once missed as their mobility increases. Every golfer Chris has trained can now hit the ball farther and straighter.If you enjoyed this episode, an iTunes review would be SO appreciated! It's super easy to do right within the Podcast app.SHOW NOTES: IMPORTANT LINKS Chris Stratis website and blog.Chris nominates Brad Hall and Darcia Fenton to come on the I Love Kelowna Podcast. Thank you so much to Karen Humes for nominating Chris! The I Love Kelowna Podcast has been downloaded thousands of times. It has a growing audience of people who are keenly interested in Kelowna and the Okanagan. To find out about ways to make a lasting impression on this growing audience, please send me a message.Follow me on Social Media:I Love Kelowna Podcast on FacebookInstagramLinkedinLuke Menkes Kelowna RealtorMy Personal Facebook PageIn this episode, we discuss #strenthtraining, #balancetraining, #mobilitytraining, #cardio, #fitness, #holisticfitness,#exploreKelowna, #KelownaNow, #YLW, #YVRtoYLW, #YEGtoYLW, #ExploreYLW, #YYCtoYLW, #Relocation, #KelownaViews, #handpickedkelowna, #kelownalife, #kelownaliving, #exploreBC, #Kelowna, #Okanagan, #podcast, #RealEstateSupport the show (https://paypal.me/lukemenkes)
This week, the Supreme Court decided not to hear the marriage equality cases that were pending in Virginia, Indiana, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Utah. By doing so, they legalized same-sex marriage in many states immediately (including our neighbors to the north!), and paved the way for others to follow soon. Fairness Campaign Director Chris Hartman joins us this week to talk about the decision, what it means, and what it doesn't—particularly for those of us in the Bluegrass State. He also brings us news from Berea that makes this week bittersweet: After over three years of trying to pass an ordinance that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, the measure was voted down by the city council. We talk about the fight there and the dedicated Bereans who fought tirelessly for fairness. Chris also sits in for our Juicy Fruit segment this week, where the topic du jour is labels. Actor Raven-Symone received much side-eye this week for telling Oprah that she doesn't identify as African American, but as American, and she doesn't identify as gay or bisexual, but as a "human who loves humans." To Chris, it seems apropos to what he heard in Kentucky this week. "Those sorts of platitudes are exactly what we have faced in Berea and the other cities where people love to say, I believe in fairness for everyone, I don't wanna discriminate against anyone, everybody should be treated with human dignity, but I don't support [...] creating protected classes,'" he says. Chris also pointed out the tendency of younger people to eschew labels—or in some cases, to identify as queer rather than specifically gay—because they don't remember a time when those labels were more necessary for solidarity and community building. "They don't want a closet to exist. I don't think any of us do. But we came from a place where closets were necessary." Jaison gives Raven the benefit of the doubt. "I saw it more as an indictment of society's racism and homophobia," he says. "She said, 'If I allow you to label me as lesbian, if I allow you to label me as African American, I also allow you to insert upon me all those stereotypes that you think about blacks, and think about lesbians.' I just think that because she isn't a student of queer studies or black studies, she doesn't have the language to articulate that in a way that sounds better." The consensus in our studio seems to be that if you're comfortable with yourself and confident in your identity, labels shouldn't make you uncomfortable. "That's cool and all, that you don't do the label thing," Kaila says, "but thank god we had people like Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Zora Neale Hurston—people who weren't afraid to claim blackness, who weren't afraid to claim queerness. Thank god for those people."