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Episode Summary: In this episode of the Work at Home Rockstar Podcast, Tim chats with Yoav Gilad, CEO and co-founder of Green Block, Inc.. Green Block helps real estate investors accelerate their growth by funding deals quickly and efficiently. Yoav shares his journey from small-scale real estate flipping to building a successful lending business that now supports about 50 investors annually. He opens up about lessons learned—like the unexpected surprises of managing rental properties—and how word-of-mouth marketing helped scale his business. Tune in to discover how Yoav leverages AI tools, virtual assistants, and financial strategy to streamline operations and grow his company. Who is Yoav Gilad? Yoav Gilad is an experienced real estate investor and entrepreneur who has been working full-time in real estate since 2017. As the CEO and co-founder of Green Block, Inc., he has participated in hundreds of real estate investment deals—as a buyer, seller, and lender. Before entering real estate, Yoav worked in content management for Hagerty and Petrolicious. His passions include family, friends, music, and, of course, cars. Connect with Yoav Gilad:

Welcome back to the Club!Hope you enjoyed the GotY podcasts because the proper show is back on! Emmett is back with Al and Graydon, and we are all looking forward to the new year of 2025 and asking…Is Gaming Cooked? Everyone has their hopes resting in the games of Grand Theft Auto VI and Switch 2, but will they be enough to stop layoffs and corporate greed running rampant in the games industry? We'll ask that and more in this week's episode.In the Watcha Playin segment, Emmett talks about his time with Eternal Strands and Alien Rage, Al talks about their time with Avowed and Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and Graydon talks about his time with Epic Mickey. Timestamps Start 00:00 TotS: Is Gaming Cooked?    11:12                               Sony in 2025 (State of Play Recap)    11:41                               Nintendo (Switch 2)    54:27                               Microsoft (Xbox AI)    1:14:00                               Games Were Looking forward to in 2025    1:40:07                               Al Bought Too Many Games Again (ft. Josh Miller)    1:57:46                               Whatcha Playin?    2:10:28                               Eternal Strands    2:10:38                               Alien Rage    2:17:46                               Avowed    2:20:56                               Halo: The Master Chief Collection    2:37:54                               Epic Mickey    2:43:40                            Housekeeping    2:56:49 Housekeeping: VGU.TV Game of the Year 2024 The Crush House | VGU Test Drive Episode 2 - Mobile Suit Gundam III (1982) | O Say Can UC? A Beginner's Guide to Gundam - VGU.TV Episode 1 - Mobile Suit Gundam I & II (1981) | O Say Can UC? A Beginner's Guide to Gundam - VGU.TV Episode 3 - Char's Counterattack (‘88) & Hathaway (‘21) | O Say Can UC? A Beginner's Guide to Gundam  Dreamcore l VGU Test Drive The 24 Best Video Essays of 2024 - VGU.TV It's A Little Thing: It's What the Writing's Feeling Welcome to the Thing: We recorded this before the Super Bowl Ludocene: Game Discovery From People You Trust by Andy Robertson — Kickstarter Valve E3 2014 The Musical Xbox Pushes Ahead With Muse, a New Generative AI Model. Devs Say ‘Nobody Will Want This' | WIRED  How Halo: CE Convinced Me to Start Collecting Retro Physical Media Again Check out YouTube Channel here!⁠⁠Follow us on Bluesky, @vgu.bsky.social!⁠⁠Like us on Facebook!⁠⁠Follow us on Instagram!

Dan watches a catfight among the Goddesses.Based on a post by DustinMidnight, in 9 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories.Chapter 5It took Dan and Annabelle about an hour to drive to Dan's childhood home. It was an old house, but well-taken care of. The front porch lights were on when Dan pulled into the driveway. He sat for a minute before finally shutting off the car's engine.Dan took a long deep breath and popped his neck. In the passenger seat, Annabelle smiled, clearly excited for what was about to happen.“I can't wait to meet your parents. I wonder what they'll think of me.” She looked at Dan, a placid expression in her eyes.“I'm sure they'll like you.” Dan returned her expression with a bemused smile. He wasn't really sure that was true. His parents were usually friendly, but he wasn't sure how Annabelle might act. It wasn't even that she was a god, it was that she barely kept her hands off him, even with other people around. Oh, God, what if Mom tries talking about grandkids, or notices our rings? He shuddered at the thought.“Well, whatever happens, I'm sure it'll go well,” proclaimed Annabelle. She bounced out of the Challenger, and Dan followed her up the porch steps and to the front door. She stood to the side as Dan knocked, not bothering with the doorbell. It had been broken for a couple of years, and Dad hadn't really bothered to try to fix it. He was getting up there in age, and fighting with electrical work wasn't worth it.The door opened after a couple of minutes. Standing there was a man who looked like Dan, but older with long, graying hair and a finely trimmed salt-and-pepper beard. He stood 6'6", taller than Dan, and looked down his nose at the two people at his door.“Hey, Dad,” Dan said. The old man nodded, looked over at Annabelle, and nodded again. Dan sometimes described his father as having the expression of a grizzly bear that looked calm but could growl at any moment.“Dan, how's it going?” With a large smile, his dad's arms opened up as he suddenly gave his grown-up son a big hug. Dan groaned as the tight squeeze pushed some air out of him. Annabelle giggled at Dan looking like he was being crushed by the older man. Soon his father let go of his son and smiled at Annabelle.“And who might this young lady be?” he asked.“I'm Annabelle. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Fremont.”“Please call me Gabriel. Mr. Fremont was my father.” He suddenly brought her into a tight hug. As he wrapped his arm around her and picked her a few inches off the ground, Annabelle squealed with delight. Dan was not expecting that. His father put his wife down and then groaned, rubbing his back,“Christ, I swear, Dan, don't get old.”“Well, I'll try not to pick up a box wrong and blow my back out,” Dan said with a chuckle, patting his dad on the shoulder.“That, too. Now, I will say, she is a catch. Look at her. She's so cute you could pick her up, put her in your pocket, and walk away.” He smiled and gestured to the two of them to step through the door. Annabelle giggled while tilting her head. “Honey, is that them?” An older woman's voice called from the back of the house.“Yeah, Sarah, they just walked in,” Gabriel called out. Dan and Annabelle took their jackets off, and Dan's mother walked into the foyer. Sarah was a short, plump standing around 5'4". “Dan it's so great to see you, and same for the pretty lady,” she said. She gave each of them a big ol' hug.“Heavens to Betsy, what have you been eating? Must not be much. You look as skinny as a railroad spike. Come on, you two, get in here. Dinner's almost ready.”Away from the pleasant moment with Demand Annabelle, Vanessa was shivering. Even with her jacket, it was rather cold. She wasn't sure why she was out here. All she knew was Joe had brought them here.“What are we doing here, Joe?” she asked the man who was currently wearing a white business suit.“I told you, we're here to help some people out. Now I need you to trust me on this.” A dashing smile appeared on his face, practically glowing in the dark alleyway. He pointed towards the other side of the street.“Now, I need you to head over there. Just stand around for a few minutes, and you'll see a little girl walking down the street. She's about ten years old, and maybe a little dirty. I want you to keep an eye on her, and when she reaches the crosswalk, grab her and pull her back about fifty feet. That's all you've got to do.” He chuckled and snapped his fingers, pointing toward where Vanessa should stand.“Why?” she asked. “What's going to happen? I mean, seriously, why me, if you know what's going to happen?”The corners of Joe's smile turned up a bit more.He assured her, “Don't question it. It's against certain rules for me to interfere, but for someone like you, such a beauty, you can do something. Don't worry, I'm sure nothing will happen to you.” He chuckled, patting her shoulder. Vanessa screamed, feeling pain ripple through her stomach as though she was being stabbed. She bent over and took heavy breaths until Joe pulled away.“Sorry, I got a little angry. But please, my dear, just do this for me. You'll feel real good about yourself, and you'll be doing a good deed.” He gave her the thumbs up, and his other hand moved through his slick black hair.“If you insist,” Vanessa said. Inwardly, she shuddered, imagining him doing God knows what he could do. Somehow he had gotten her to do random things — move objects around, convince a couple of guys not to work in certain spots. She remembered how just the other day, she needed to seduce this one woman and convince her to invite her back to her place. It was embarrassing; she hated every second of it. By the end of the night, she had snuck out barely clothed.She wasn't entirely sure what this was all about, but whenever she tried going against Joe's wishes, she felt a pain hit her in random parts of her body. It Wouldn't go away until she agreed to do what he said.“Fine, if you insist.” Vanessa bit her lip and hurried across the street as Joe had directed. She leaned against a wall and kept an eye out. Suddenly she saw the petite girl Joe had described. bundled up in a coat, with a backpack slung over one shoulder, she humming a little tune as she walked. As she passed, Vanessa fell in step behind her until the girl got to the crosswalk.That was when she grabbed the girl, yanking her backward in large strides for over fifty feetThe young girl screamed,“What are you doing?! What the heck?! Someone help me!” Her screams were suddenly drowned out by a loud squeal of tires. Vanessa let go just as a car swerved at high speed through the intersection and crashed into a building on the far side with a loud crunch. The car's front end pretty much disintegrated. Vanessa left the girl as she ran back across the street to check on the driver. His face was against the now-deflated airbag that had emerged from the steering wheel, and he stirred enough to show he was alive. She took out her phone to dial 9-1-1.A hand reached from behind her and grabbed the phone. She turned to see Joe Liesmith, who said, “He'll live. His kind, the drunkards, somehow always manage to live. Don't worry.” Joe took a deep breath. Vanessa could have sworn she saw white light emerging from his nose, as he looked so relaxed.“Just what I needed. Plus, hey, you're a hero. If you hadn't pulled her back, that little girl would have died. Now come on. We need to get going. We have a lot of work to do. Hopefully, when this is all over with, you'll be rewarded. You'll get your Dan back.” He chuckled, and handed Vanessa back her phone as the two of them began walking away.Dan and Annabelle were in the middle of their meal, enjoying the well-done steak with baked potato and corn.“So how did you two meet?” his mother asked with a smile as she cut a piece of her steak. Dan answered, “Well, we met at the store. We bumped into each other's cart. I joked that we should exchange numbers, so we could contact each other for insurance purposes. It just kind of happened.” He laughed and nervously scratched the back of his head. He bit his lip while Annabelle nodded and continued the story.“Oh, yes, we ended up meeting at a bar and had a few drinks, and really, it was a magical time.” She picked the ear of corn off her plate, but froze with it halfway to her mouth. Dan noticed her eyes looked milk white. Her face twisted into a horrified expression. Gabriel looked over at her, clearly concerned, and the same for Sarah.“Honey, are you okay?” Sarah asked, reaching over as if to pat her back. Just then, Annabelle began screaming, so loud it could have been mistaken for a Banshee in a fit of unholy rage, echoing off the walls. Everyone else in the room had to suddenly clap their hands over their ears to dull out the noise.She stopped just as suddenly as she'd started, putting the corn back on her plate as she muttered,“I'm so sorry! I— I— ”She grabbed her mouth and ran off to the small bathroom under the stairs. The door slammed with a loud bang, but the sound of vomiting could still be heard from the other side of the wall.“Dan, is she okay?” Gabriel asked.Confused, Dan replied, “I don't know. I've never seen her like this before.” He got up from his seat and walked to the bathroom door, giving it a light knock and asking,“Annie? Are you okay?”“I'm — blurrg! Fine, just give me a — blurrg— minute!” There were a few more retching noises, and eventually the door opened. Annabelle was hunched over the toilet. Dan saw what looked like pure black sludge in the bowl and almost retched himself. “What happened?” he asked.“Something wrong— The natural order was messed with. Someone was fucking with death, keeping someone alive.” She inhaled deeply through her mouth.“Is everything okay?” Gabriel called out from the hallway. Annabelle coughed as she stood up, unsteady on her feet at first, and then snapped her fingers. The sludge that had run down her shirt disappeared. She quickly reached over and flushed the toilet, but the sludge seemed to vanish into thin air rather than go down the drain. The bowl was left clean and sparkling as she closed the lid.“Yeah, just something hit me wrong. I'm so sorry,” Annabelle assured them as she walked back to the table. Dan followed her, surprised at how quickly she seemed to go back to normal. They were going to need to have a serious talk about this when they got home.“Oh, sweetheart, do you think it was something you ate?” Sarah asked as Annabelle sat back down. “We're all eating the same thing now, but what did you have earlier today? Do you need to lie down? We could set you up in Dan's old room so you could rest up a little.”Annabelle smiled, her body now more relaxed.“It'll be okay. I think it might have been something from earlier. But it's passed now. I'm so sorry if I ruined your dinner.”“Oh, it's all right. Just as long as you're okay. I can get you something else to settle your stomach — maybe some saltines and 7-Up? Just relax and take your time. Besides, we can talk some more. Oh, I know! We could get Dan's baby photos of him in the bathtub naked!”“Mom, NO!” Dan shouted in horror. Sarah giggled with her hand over her mouth.“Oh, honey, I wouldn't do that to you. Maybe in the future. We don't want to scare the poor girl off just yet.”“Ha, I don't think he'll be getting rid of me that easily,” Annabelle giggled, as she rubbed her foot against Dan's leg under the table.“Well, is that so? Our home is your home, so if anything happens, we're here for you.” Gabriel smiled as he raised his glass in a toast. The other three at the table drank from their own glasses.After some cake for dessert, Dan managed to move the conversation into the foyer, where Sarah was still suggesting that he and Annabelle stay longer, even as they had their coats on. Finally, he managed to convince his parents that they needed to go.“Please come on by again when you have a chance. Anytime,” said Sarah. Annabelle nodded excitedly.“I might just do that. You guys seem great. And I've got to get that recipe for the rub you put on the steak. It was divine,” she said with a chuckle. Dan rolled his eyes at what was obviously supposed to be an inside joke.“Well, come earlier next time to help cook, and I'll show you all my secrets,” Sarah said with a laugh. Dan sighed as they headed off towards the Challenger. As they pulled out of the driveway, they could see Gabriel and Sarah waving from the front porch. Annabelle waved back.As they were halfway down the block, Dan asked,“So, what happened tonight? I mean, I've never seen you get sick before. I wouldn't have thought you even could”“Just — I don't know what happened. All I know is someone or something messed with fate. Someone was meant to die, but somehow it got interrupted, and that person lived.”“But isn't that a good thing, preventing someone from dying?” Dan asked as he made a turn.“It's not that simple. There needs to be a balance, as fate dictates. That person is kind of a wild card now. Really, when someone messes with fate and prevents a person from dying when they're not a god of death, it can cause chaos and destruction. Last time this happened, it didn't end well,” Annabelle murmured as she leaned back, closing her eyes.“What happened last time?” Dan asked while keeping his eyes on the road.“There were two events in the last hundred years. One of them involved a god of war who felt mercy for a soldier and prevented him from dying by convincing another soldier not to kill him. Turns out that soldier was Hitler, and I think you know what happened there. The other time, it was john Wayne Gacy.”“Yikes, that is bad…” Dan responded as he glanced over at her. She looked so relaxed, seeming to be close to falling asleep. Especially with her current body that toned down her normal beauty and curves, it almost made Dan forget that she was a goddess.“It can be bad, though whatever happens with that survivor, only the future will tell. Going back even further, there have been some good results — but there might be chaos, too. Dan— I think I'm gonna sleep a bit. Wake me up when we get home.”“Of course. Rest up — you've earned it, Annie.”“Thank you,” Annabelle said. She sighed, and her head flopped to the left, almost falling on his shoulder. His heart nearly skipped a beat, but he concentrated on his driving, not even bothering to turn the music on.He drove the rest of the way just listening to the road noise mixed with Annabelle's quiet breathing, occasionally looking over to see the goddess snooze. He finally pulled into his parking space and turned the engine off. He watched her for a minute and couldn't help but think,Maybe it's not too bad, us being married. He sighed, then nudged her a bit and quietly said,“Hey, wake up there.”He shook her on the shoulder, but Annabelle brushed him off. He got out of the car, and as he walked around to the other side, he briefly wondered what it would be like to be a god. With a sigh, he opened the passenger door, extricated the goddess from the seatbelt, and put her over his shoulder. The enhanced strength she had given him was really coming in handy as he carried her off. He brought her all the way to their apartment and put her into bed, taking her shoes off and putting a blanket over her.Dan stayed up a little while longer. He tried watching something on TV, something about mythology, but all he could think about was the goddess in his own bed. He was also worried that something was happening that was messing with the balance of nature. There was a feeling he just couldn't push away — a bad feeling that there was something wrong with the world.In the early hours of the morning, Dan suddenly heard a crashing sound coming from the living room. Dan groaned and looked over, seeing Annabelle still asleep. He got up and walked into the living room. As he turned the corner, he saw the apartment's front door broken open.“What the hell?” he exclaimed, seeing the door hanging off the hinges. As he stood there confused, a creature ran right into him. It growled and screamed as it seemed to scurry along.“Holy fuck! Shit!” Dan screamed.“Where is Goddess!?” It growled as it ran up the wall, clawing its way into the kitchen, rummaging through the pantry, throwing cereal boxes to the floor haphazardly.Dan could see it was a small creature, around three feet tall, with long red hair and black eyes, long pointy ears and slightly reddish skin. It seemed to be wearing a plumber's jumpsuit. It suddenly turned around to hiss at Dan, who couldn't help but scream.He recovered enough to yell, “Hey, quit throwing my food,” grabbing a broom and quickly banging it against a cabinet. The creature hissed at him again, then jumped up and ran back into the living room.“Where is Goddess?!” it growled once again. Dan turned the living room light on to see that the creature was messing with his TV It ripped the back off and appeared to be doing something with the now-exposed circuit boards. The television turned on, flipped through a bunch of channels quickly, and settled on a porn movie.“She's asleep, damn it! Now quit fucking with my television!” Dan grabbed a souvenir baseball from the mantel above the fireplace, throwing it at the little devil. It missed by a mile, hitting the TV square in its flat screen and leaving a crack in the glass. Dan groaned in annoyance and ran at the creature. The goblin met him halfway, lunging at him, screaming, and latching onto his face.“Motherfucker!” Dan screamed himself. He lurched forward, trying to slam it against the nearest wall, trying to get it off him. It wrapped its legs around his face as it once again demanded,“Where is my goddess?!”With its body against his face, Dan realized that he was dealing with a female. A female what? Who knew? He was groaning, and she was grunting as he kept slam her into the wall.He felt her relax slightly, and he managed to pull the little thing off him and throw it out the doorway. He took a deep breath as he saw it bang against the opposite wall of the hallway. Hearing a chuckling sound behind him, he turned to see Bast sitting there in her cat form, her tail swaying.“Why didn't you help me?” he grunted.“‘Cause it was too much fun, and how often do you see a gremlin headbutt a human in the ass?”

On this week's show we look at the “Must Keep” TV brands and 5 surefire signs it's time to upgrade your TV according to Tom's Guide. We also read your emails and look at the week's news. News: Netflix Boots Legacy Subscribers Off Its $11.99 Basic Ad-Free Plan Stars and APMC pioneer game-changing VICTORY+ Sports Network LG Introduces Its First Curated Content Channel YouTube TV Still Dominates, But Frndly TV & Philo See Strong Growth in 2024 Other: Dear Roku, you ruined my TV My Media for Alexa ‘Must-Keep' TV Brands A survey of 1,400 U.S. consumers aged 12 and up conducted in May found Netflix was the top choice for consumers for the fifth straight year, with ABC, Prime Video, CBS and Fox all finishing in the top five. Full article here… 5 surefire signs it's time to upgrade your TV It's no secret that TVs always improve year-over-year, whether that's because they offer higher brightness, better color vibrancy, better contrast or some mixture of the three. That said, unless you have plenty of cash to spare and make it your passion project, it's unlikely you're upgrading every year. Full article here…

Storytelling goes beyond just film and TV… It's a powerful tool that can be used to revolutionise employer branding, humanise organisations and attract top talent. How? By capturing authentic employee moments that forge an emotional connection. In Episode 110, I'm joined with actor, writer, voice-over artist (and old school friend!), Des Yankson. We chatted about Des' experience in the film & TV industry, the elements that make a great story, and how organisations can take inspiration from traditional film and TV to elevate their employer branding content. Subscribe to get more episode drops, news and events https://www.theengagingemployer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/employercontentmarketing/message

www.run4prs.com We are entering the winter season right now and many athletes are forced to run inside for safety purposes. Sometimes people run inside as a preference during the winter. We are going to do a deep dive into the topic of treadmill running today. The treadmill is a great tool that often gets a bad rap in the running community for a variety of reasons. Winter running is here! The negative temperatures and icy roads can leave runners without a safe place to run. We talk about dressing for various temperatures for easy runs and races. Learn the importance of footwear & when to take your run inside. Running outside in the winter doesn't make you more hardcore BUT we take a deep dive on the differences between running on the treadmill vs outside. Have you ever had your garmin and treadmill not match pacing? We cover that too!  When was the first time you started to use the treadmill? We have a bit of a neutral stance on the treadmill If treadmill is your only option due to weather or young kids: it is great If you don't have access to a treadmill, the alternative might be that you don't run It is a great tool BUT it is not everything You shouldn't use the treadmill as a clutch You shouldn't use the treadmill as a way to handicap you from running outside - Why do you think the treadmill gets a bad rap? - A lot of people can run faster on the treadmill than they can outside? - You can hold onto the railings -It's flat, there is no weather/wind - Your Gamin isn't accurate on it - No races are taking place on a treadmill - It might not be calibrated correctly -Why do some people hate the treadmill? - I can't run fast or focus on it - I would 100% rather run outside - Run to be in nature - Some people are better at it than they are and it's frustrating -Why do some people LOVE the treadmill?Is  Allows them to run with young kids at home Allows them to run in dark, in hurricane Allows them to run when they are tired/need to watch something on TV It's just a great tool -At what point should you to treadmill vs outside? - Is treadmill running real running? - Will your garmin be accurate on the treadmill? -Does your fitness translate?

An early holiday gift, for all you rudies out there!00:00 – Party Like It's… – All I Want for Christmas is You (All I Want for Christmas is You '17)03:03 – Matt Wixson's Flying Circus – I Have a Snowman (Jeffy's First Christmas '11)05:20 – MU330 – Xmas Card (Crab Rangoon '97)07:16 – the New Limits – Everyday will be Like a Holiday (Everyday will be Like a Holiday '17)10:30 – Rayner – the Snow Miser (ft. Heat Miser) (the Snow Miser '17)13:12 - Half Past Two - Holiday (Arose Such a Clatter 2020 '20)16:03 – the Notables – Blue Christmas (a Notable Christmas '08)17:39 – Sean Arawjo feat. Nellie McKay – This is Not the Year (for Mistletoe in the Workplace) (This is Not the Year '18)19:34 – Backyard Superheroes – This Christmas (Let's Get Elfed Up '19)22:56 – Heavyball – Office Party (When Can You Start? '19)25:53 – the Shop – Come Down '68 (a Christmas Party with the Shop '15)30:04 – North Pole United – Christmas Spirit of '69 (L.A. X-Mas / Christmas Spirit of '69 '10)33:34 – the Action! – Deck the Halls (Tangled in the Lights '12)35:21 – Bite Me Bambi – Holiday Cheer (Holiday Cheer '19)39:01 - Call Me Malcolm - All I Want for Christmas is a Pony with a Jet Pack (All I Want for Chirstmas is a Pony with a Jet Pack '14)41:32 – the Toasters – Rudy Christmas A Jail (Christma-Ska '98)44:08 – Slow Gherkin – Shed Some Skin (Shed Some Skin '98)48:10 – MU330 – Three Days 'til Christmas (Winter Wonderland '99)50:54 – Cartoon Violence – Overtime (Christmas Bonus) (Christmas Special '10)54:36 – Sonic Boom Six – It's Always Christmas When I Think of You (It's Always Christmas When I Think of You '13)57:51 – Reel Big Fish – Whatever U Celebrate (Happy Skalidays '14)1:01:05 – the Holophonics – Christmas Shoes (MaSKArades Vol. 4: Happy SKAnukkah Now Redux '14)1:04:30 - Lollypop Lorry - Magic Moments (Two Christmas Songs '20)1:06:59 – the Intercepteurs – It's Snowing on the TV (It's Snowing on the TV '20)1:10:25 – Cut Capers – All Alone on Christmas (All Alone on Christmas '20)1:12:11 – the Magnetics – Christmas Present (Christmas Present '20)1:14:56 – the Slackers – Dreidel (Hanukkah '09)1:18:17 – Alex Dominish – Winter Wishing (Winter Wishing '20)1:21:02 – Mr. Incommunicado ft. Haley Green – Have a Merry Christmas (Have a Merry Christmas '20)1:24:26 – We Are The Union – I'm Working Retail for Christmas (I'm Working Retail for Christmas '20)1:27:00 – Super Hi-Fi – Auld Lang Syne (Yule Analog Vol. 1 '14)

On this week's episode, I discuss the differences between writing for TV versus film and the differences in the development phases. We also go into ways to create your own material and what to really focus on. Tune in for much more!Show NotesFree Writing Webinar - https://michaeljamin.com/op/webinar-registration/Michael's Online Screenwriting Course - https://michaeljamin.com/courseFree Screenwriting Lesson - https://michaeljamin.com/freeJoin My Watchlist - https://michaeljamin.com/watchlistAutogenerated TranscriptMichael Jamin:If you write something great, the actors will come out of the word work to be in it, and you don't even have to pay 'em because they're getting footage and they're also being involved in something that could be really great and could blow up and could make their careers. But if the script's no good, you're going to have to beg 'em to do it because what's in it for them other than bad footage that they can't use? It'sListening to Screenwriters. Need to Hear This with Michael Jamin.Hey everyone, it's Michael Jamin. Welcome back to another episode of Screenwriters. Need to Hear this. I'm here with Phil Hudson again. Hello, Phil.Phil Hudson:Hey everybody. Good to be back.Michael Jamin:Hello, everybody. Today we're going to talk about something, well, something I think is very important. How about that? The question is, should you write for film or tv? I think a lot of people, at least from social media when they leave comments, I think a lot of people really aspire to be film writers because they have their story and maybe they think it's more prestigious. Maybe they like the idea of going to walking down a red carpet and seeing their work on a large screen. And so I just thought I talked to you about my feelings about film versus TV and why I greatly prefer working in television. And I think anybody who works in film is crazy. So it's not that they're crazy, but it's just like, wow. I see a lot of advantages for working in film. And to be clear, I am a TV writer, but I have sold a couple of movies and after selling those movies I was like, I don't want to do that again. I'd rather work in television, but I definitely see the appeal that people have. So I thought I may shed a little light on what my perspective is. That sounds good with you, Phil.Phil Hudson:I think this is an exciting topic and we were just talking before we started recording, the industry's changed even since I started studying this craft. Seriously, back then there was a viable feature market and it seems like it's gone the wayside, and I've seen the transition over the last decade with filmmakers and screenwriters coming into tv. I think because the money's better, there's more work, there's more creative freedom, and I'm sure you'll talk about it, but there's that saying of the director runs the film set and the writer runs the TV set.Michael Jamin:Yeah, if you want creative control, we have lots to talk about, but if it's creative control that you want, then you want to be in TV because the writer's in charge. If you want to be in charge in a film, then the director's in charge. Often the writer's not even invited to set. The writer has no say that will be rewritten. The director might hire multiple writers to rewrite. So if you think if it's about your vision, unless you are shooting yourself, forget it. You are really an afterthought. And like you said, they are making far fewer movies now than they were even 15, 20 years ago, probably a third as many. And when you look at the titles being released, you got a lot of remakes. You got a lot of sequels, you got a lot of reboots. Yeah, I mean, so they're makingPhil Hudson:Another, it's largely IP based material too. So it's other books that have blown up and they buy the rights to that. They then make that.Michael Jamin:So it is because they're easier to market, which is why you have Fast and The Furious 13, everyone knows that and it's why you have it, Indiana Jones five, because everyone knows it's just easier to market. And even Barbie, I don't know if it's Greta Go's Dream to make, when she was approached to write Barbie, she's probably Barbie, do I have to Barbie? What about my original idea? So obviously she wrote the Barbie movie and turned it into something very unique and special. But I can't imagine as a child, she grew up thinking, I want to write a movie about Barbie. They came to her with an offer and she turned into something unique and creative, but I don't think she came, maybe I shouldn't speak, but I can't imagine she brought the Barbie idea to them. I think they had to move the ip and yeah,Phil Hudson:I'm certain that's the case, but even then because of the success of Barbie, now Mattel is talking about creating their own cinematic universe,Michael Jamin:Right? Right. So get ready for more gi whatever it is. I don't know. Is that your dream? Now, indie filmmaking, by the way, is a completely different topic. Maybe we can brush on it a little. My area of expertise is definitely not independent filmmaking, but that's a whole different,Phil Hudson:But that's what I went to film school for and that's the Sundance world that I kind of been in. So I'm familiar with that. And there's a bit of a merge there. And we can talk about tko. Waititi is a really great example of that because he came out of the indie film world. He was a Sundance kid, and then he started doing more prolific stuff. And while I was touring for quasi handling social media for the broken lizard guys, that's one of the conversations we had with their, one of the Searchlight VPs of publicity. And she was like, yeah, Tika, he does one for us, we do one for him. You do Thor, you want to do Thor? Awesome. We'll make invisible Hitler. And it's a way for them to incentivize. But I would say Clin Eastwood, I would say even look at Christopher Nolan, that's the way it works. You get this deal at these big studios, I'll make your billion dollar film, and then they let you make the film you want to make, and one is going to make a ton of money, may win some awards, the other one's going to win some awards because they have the talent.Michael Jamin:So if it's your aspiration for me, just the thought of working film, you go, okay, I'll write a film and maybe I can sell it. But then, okay, then how many times are you going to sell a, it is hard to sustain that career. Whereas in television, oh, I know there's a TV show and maybe they have whatever, 10 or 13 episodes a season that sounds like you can make a living that sounds like you're working more steadily. And when I broke in, by the way, it's 22 episodes, so I was like, oh, okay, these people work all the time. And for 10 seasons, that sounds to me that was the lure of a steady paycheck was in television, maybe less so today, but certainly more so than being a filmmaker.Phil Hudson:Yeah, that's fascinating. One thing that's standing out to me from this conversation really just echoes what you've been saying throughout the history of the podcast, and we're approaching two years of this podcast, and that is you have to get out and do it yourself. Nobody's going to do it for you. You can't rely on anybody else. You have to get up and do it. And even the gre Gerwig, the Tiger Boy, tee Tees, they had a name for themselves as filmmakers before the big studio came with the big bag of money. They were the value, and that's where they came to take advantage of them, right? Yeah. Greta Gerwig has the way to make her film stand out in her way and her style, and that's why it's a big hit. I don't think it's largely because it's Barbie, it's because of what she did with Barbie that made it work. But that's something she has honed and developed over years and years and years of hard work before she hit it big.Michael Jamin:And also my friend Chrissy Stratton, who I'm going to have back on the podcast at some point, we had her run before. So I met her on King of the Hill. She's a writer on King of the Hill. But then she went on to a very long career, almost as long as mine, working in various TV shows. She might be just one or two years behind me, pretty much equal. And she works all the time in tv, but she had this film that she's been dreaming about for whatever, 10 or 15 years and then decided, you know what? I'm just going to make a short. And so on her own dime. And she raised the money. She's a successful TV writer, but in film, she's the no one. So she started from scratch and she called in a lot of favors and shot a movie on by raising her own money, real low budget.And we'll talk more about this journey and why she's doing it, but it's not like, even though she's big in tv, she's a no one in film. So it's kind of a level playing field. And one of the thing, well, I know I'm jumping around, but I just so you're aware, as I mentioned about creative control in film, well, lemme tell you about the experiences that I went through. So my writing partner and I, we wrote a writing sample, a feature sample. I was dreaming it was going to get sold, but he was like, it's not going to get sold, whatever. But I was like, maybe it will. We wrote a sample, our agent shopped it around, no one bought it as predicted, but there was a producer who was very interested in working. He's like, this is great. We can't it, but let's try coming up with some ideas together and sell those.And so we worked with this producer and we wound up selling two more ideas, but every step of the way, it was kind of exhausting. We're coming up with ideas, we're writing drafts, we're giving it to him. He's got notes we're not getting, and you're doing, it's called free revisions. You're doing notes after notes. We sold it to the studio, but the producer is basically the gate. So until the producer's happy with the draft, the studio will never see it. And so this is what free revisions is. So you're doing constant rewrites for the producer.Phil Hudson:This is a big deal for the W G A, by the way. It's a very big deal. It's part of the strike too.Michael Jamin:Yeah. I don't know what's going to obviously happen with it. And you're doing a lot of free work, which you're not getting paid obviously, and the studio's not seeing any of it. And then you get finally the producer's happy, you give it to the studio and then the studio has notes and then, okay, now you're again. So they say, do a revision. And again, you go back, you start doing the revision, you've turned into the producer and the producer's like, eh, I don't think it's good enough fellas. I need to do more work and more work. And then finally you turn that revision to the studio. I was at one point producer who I liked quite a bit, really good guy, but he also had development people working under him. So at one point his development person left, he brought in a new one, and now this new person has a new direction that we're going, oh my God.It was like, this is a never ending hell. That's how I felt. It's just a never ending hell because you have to please them. And I understand this is how the game is played, but I was like in tv, it doesn't work this way in tv, if I'm a writer on staff, I turn in my draft to the showrunner. If I'm not the showrunner, the showrunner has notes, great. Turn in another draft, we're done. Shoot, we're going to shoot it. And of course the network will have notes, but it's so much more streamlined because you have a timetable, we have to shoot this thing on Friday, so you can't keep this up in development hell for a year, which is what happens if you're doing film. You could be in hell forever on this. I was like, work done. And that'sPhil Hudson:The term too. It's development health, what you said. That's an industry term for what that is.Michael Jamin:And the money, in terms of the money, I got paid way more in TV than I do in film. SoPhil Hudson:That's what I was about to say. I just said, we talked about the podcast, that experience I had where that guy signed the script, signed the contract to write a script for that thing, and it kind of fizzled out, but the numbers on it were, it's like $160,000 to write a screenplay. Well, the average I understand is about six months to go through the whole process to write a script more than that. But then you have the notes and you have the feedback and you got all that stuff. So you're going to do one, maybe two of those a year. Well, you can go get an M B A and then go get a six figure paycheck that's going to pay you more than that. AndMichael Jamin:Just so you know, the movie's not getting made and it has nothing to do with you or it's just like it's a miracle movies. It's a miracle when a movie gets made. So if you want to see your work on the screen, even if it's been rewritten to death, forget it. Most movies just do not get made. So you're okay, but you used to make a good living writing movies that never got made. Maybe it's less so now because they're making because they're buying fewer. But back in the day, you could be a very successful screenwriter and never have a word of yours onscreen. But in TV it's different.Phil Hudson:One question that comes to mind for me, Michael, when you talk about free revisions and development, hell, you also advocate that writers write and they write for free. And if you don't want to write for free, don't do this because that's what this job looks like.Michael Jamin:Yeah.Phil Hudson:Right. What's the difference between the experience with the free revisions and the notes with the producer versus your definition of free writing?Michael Jamin:I mean, we're talking about two things. We're talking about improving your craft to write, to learn how to write. And so a lot of people just write one script and they think, well, I'm going to sell it and I'm done. Give me a paycheck. And my point is then you put it down and write another one and then write another one. And you'll notice that script number five is vastly better than script number one simply because you're getting better at writing. But the free revisions I'm talking about for these producers, when you become a professional at some point, I got to take home money. This is not a hobby for me. This is how I make my living. So I just didn't enjoy the process. I just thought like, ugh, it is no fun. It takes the joy out of it.Phil Hudson:Yeah, no kidding. So we have to write. We have to write. That's part of writing. Being a writer is writing. But what the WGA is fighting for is that writers should be paid for all of the professional rioting where other people are making money off of the sweat of their back. They're taking advantage of that situation because a bit of a power dynamic there where the producer has control and obviously they want to maintain their relationship and they want to make it as good as they can be. So I'm not saying it's a negative or a nefarious approach to it, but it's still a writers are sitting there not getting paid.Michael Jamin:I understand the producers are protecting their brand and they have a closer relationship with the studio. I get it. But they're not the ones doing all that work for free. So I just like, this is not appealing to me. I'd much rather work in television. Like I said, you have more creative control. You're onset. And again, in features, what would've happened had these two features of ours been made. It didn't come to this and I didn't expect it to, but we sold two features and at both times we're finally done. We give both final drafts to the studio. The studio is happy with it. The studio executive were working with happy. They'd given all our notes and revisions. They were very happy with the script. Now they give it to their boss who has the green light, they have the power to green light. And the boss reads it over the weekend, not interested.It was like, it's over. It's it. It was almost on a whim. Nah, what else you got? And it's like there's no argument. There's no more convincing them, it's dead because they just don't want to make that movie. And often they don't want to make that movie simply because the movie that did well that weekend was an action movie and your movie's a comedy and they want to make more action movies now, or it's as simple as that. Or someone put out a comedy movie that weekend that bombed and forget it. We're not doing comedies anymore. And so it could have nothing to do with the quality of what you wrote. This is what the marketplace suddenly changed and now it's dead. So this is how it is.Unless you are making your own movie. And if you make your own movie, that's great, but do it on a dime. On a dime. I say I had a nice conversation with someone, someone asked me to, it was a couple of days ago, they wanted to book some time with me for a consultation, which I occasionally do. And he really nice guy, but he had self-financed some projects and I was like, you spent too much money on that. Don't put so much money into your own projects in the beginning until you really get spend a couple thousand. That's what you can do it on. That's what I recommend.Phil Hudson:And in the indie film side of things, the goal is to not spend your money. It is actually to find investors. And the question is, why would people invest in an indie film maker who's made no money? A lot of people are looking for tax write-offs and they want to be involved in Hollywood. They want to feel like they are producing being part of that because they probably have that desire, that dream, and they chased the paycheck rather than their art. And so now that they've got the money, they would rather invest in another artist to be a part of that. And so my friend's dad is just this awesome guy, and he just texted me out of the blue two years ago and he had a bunch of stocks vest and he cashed out and he was like, Hey man, if you ever have something you want to make, let me know. I've got some cash lying around. I'd love to put towards that.Michael Jamin:Oh wow.Phil Hudson:But that comes out of a relationship of trust that I have with the guy. It alsoMichael Jamin:Is, and it might come with strings attached. It mayPhil Hudson:Be, and it probably will,Michael Jamin:It may be, and this is not how it works in TV and tv. So in film you might have a ton of executive producers because they help chip in for 5,000 bucks. You can become an executive producer of my movie. People do that and TV doesn't work that way. Tv, that's all financed by the studio. So it's not that kind of model. But in film, you write a check for 5,000, or if you write a bigger check for 50,000 and the person says, I'll give you 50,000 if you cast my daughter as the lead, or if you make these changes to the script, do you want to do it or not? That's up to you. How much do you want that money?Phil Hudson:I think that's really where the question of art versus craft comes into play, because in that situation it might be a little bit more art, it might be a little bit more of your decision. Well, that's going to ruin my vision for what I have or destroy the theme of this piece, and I'm doing it myself because it is an expression of myself, and that is art. And you might turn down the money out of integrity for the art there, but you might also take the paycheck because you've got kids who need diapers,Michael Jamin:Right? And so some people, sometimes people are very naive about the whole thing and they're like, you writers suck, or This is the garbage. Do you know how hard it's to get something made? And do you understand that I also need to make money?Phil Hudson:Oh man, we do the webinars every month and we do, we started to do this v i p q and A after, and we were testing it out, but we had a member of your group she joined and she was telling us about how she has made two or three indie films and she had put up this money and she was going to shoot it in the forest. And the film, the films that got shut down because of wildcat or a cougar, like a mountain lion or something, came in and ruined the whole thing. None of the actors want to come back. And she knew this was a thing that could happen. And so she was asking the question about hobbling together, her footage to make something producible. And it's just heartbreaking because a good story, you can't really do that. The story should mean something.And that's someone who's in there doing it. I think they're doing it on their own dime, and that's just heartbreaking to hear. But I've got other experience where my buddy Rich, he's produced a bunch of any stuff. He's done stuff with Michael Madson, done some stuff with major players, knows a bunch of people, and he was telling me about this film that he was working on for years and years and years. And they shot the whole film and then it got locked down in post because one of the executive producers who wrote the check wouldn't sign off on the final cut. And so it could getMichael Jamin:Final cutPhil Hudson:And it got stuck and they were arguments and they had to work through and it was like five years. And the end result they got out of it was a worst film because the producer had too much say and wanted edits. So understanding story structure, you look at it, it is a hobbled together piece of crap that has a couple big names in it,Michael Jamin:Right? Yeah. I don't even think you need, well, I don't want to talk about big names, but, and I felt bad for this woman in the v I b talk. But here's the thing, I also think you need to figure, be cautious on how producible is this movie you want to make. You didn't have to do a movie, write a movie that take place in the mountains. You could have written a movie that takes place in someone's apartment, and if you think I'm nuts, go watch the whale, which takes place in someone's crappy apartment and was amazing and beautiful because their writing was beautiful and the acting matched it, but the set was ugly. And anyone could have shot that in their own apartment. And that's on you as the writer is like, you don't have to write a movie. I would be cautious about writing anything with kids, because kids are really hard to have on set first of legally. You need to have tutors, you want to bend the rules. Kids can only work a certain amount of hours. And what you do on your independent film, that's your business, but to be up and up, that's the truth. And kids, they get tired, they lose focus, and they want to horse around. So I would be careful about having kids. I'd be careful about doing anything that requires characters getting wet because costume changes are bitch, when you're wet and at exterior locations, the same thing. Back noise, street noise, people being disruptive, a leaf blower.But you can write something very compelling in a controlled set where you don't have to worry about any of this stuff as long as the writing is good. It's all about the writing.Hey, it's Michael Jamin. If you like my videos and you want me to email them to you for free, join my watch list. Every Friday I send out my top three videos. These are for writers, actors, creative types. You can unsubscribe whenever you want. I'm not going to spam you and it's absolutely free. Just go to michaeljamin.com/watchlist.Phil Hudson:I'm having a flashback. So my thesis film that I did, I took a crew, we rented a van, we took our equipment, we drove to Utah, negotiated all these things because of relationships. I had to get it cheap, shooting in friends' houses, borrowing a friend's truck, doing all of these things. Flew in a couple of indie actors from LA to be in my project. And while we were going through, you just start getting hit with every single thing you have planned, start shifting based off of, there's cloud cover now because you're outside, it's starting to snow. Lots of beautiful things happen. Like we're shooting on a pump jack, which an oil deck, an oil derrick is, what you think about 'em is pump jacks that big swinging arm pump. It's a training school that agreed to let us shoot on theirs that was donated. And there's moving in the background, makes the production value go through the roof, what we had.But then at the same time, while we're driving, a deer jumps out and my friend's truck when my actor's driving hits the deer, and then we're driving the next day to go to the set to shoot the exteriors. And we need that truck. And then it blows part of the engine and we can't use the truck anymore. And I'm rewriting on the fly and my friend's daughter is casting this role using their house, and she's just this sweet little girl and she has two lines and she gets stage fright and she can't do it. And so we have to put her sister in who's too young. And so I have to scrap those lines and rethink how do I get this emotional moment across? And then at the end, when we're done filming, the little girl comes up and says, I'm ready now.Michael Jamin:Yeah, great.Phil Hudson:And they're heartbreaking. Heartbreaking because we're done.Michael Jamin:And that said, whatever, I would take inventory if you decide to do this Indio thing, because as a way of getting discovered, as a way of breaking in, which is great. I would just take inventory of what you have that's in your control. If you're a truck driver and you have a Mack truck, alright, maybe you're shooting the truck. I mean, that's an interesting set.Phil Hudson:Well, it's your life that ties in the right what you know, you can add reality veracity to that.Michael Jamin:If you have a storage locker, the same thing. If you're allowed to shoot there, you're probably not. But what little you have could be interesting. You don't think it's interesting because it's your life, but we think it's interesting. We don't live your life.Phil Hudson:While you were talking, I was just thinking of Robert Rodriguez, who's arguably one of the biggest directors on the planet. And he came from this in world where he did on mariachi. He documents all of this in a great book, the Rebel Without a Crew. And he donated his body to science to fund it. And he went to the small town in Mexico. He went in for clinical trials for a, to get the money, borrowed a camera that didn't have audio. Went to a town in Mexico where he would summer, borrowed friends and family and a best friend to play the roles, did the whole thing. And then stayed up at night in an editing bay at a local TV station to edit his film and did it and blew up because he thought, and all he wanted to do was to sell it to a Spanish language channel and ended up selling it to Sony or whoever, Sony Columbia or something.Michael Jamin:And now you can make it for a fraction. You could edit it all on your laptop, you canPhil Hudson:Edit it on your phone. You shoot the whole thing on yourMichael Jamin:Phone.Phil Hudson:But the story was good. Why did it sell? Why was it a big deal? It's because he knew how to tell a compelling story, and he just used what he had to do thatMichael Jamin:Job. So we're in agreement here. If you want to do an indie film, great. Just don't spend a lot of money. Also, you don't have, if you write something great, the actors will come out of the word work to be in it, and you don't even have to pay 'em because they're getting footage and they're also being involved in something that could be really great and could blow up and could make their careers. But if the script's no good, you're going to have to beg 'em to do it, because what's in it for them other than bad footage that they can't use?Phil Hudson:I dove headfirst into this stuff when I was first starting, and I would write a script, do one version of it, one draft, and then I would shoot it, do a casting call. People would show up, they'd want to be in it. We'd be on set. And they'd very quickly realized I had no idea what I was doing and I didn't, but I just had the gumption to make it happen. And I remember my lead calling me out one time or shooting this shot, and he's like, dude, what are you doing? We're here. You're not even using light to help add subtext and value. And he's talking about how when you're walking up the stairs, well, if you shot it this way through here, there's a cage and a shadow being cast on my face and emotionally, my character's going through this inner turmoil with his relationship and there's all this.And I was like, I have no idea what you're talking about, because I had no clue. And I wasted time and energy and money doing it, and I was a valuable learning experience for me, and I got that lesson out of it. So yeah, your point, do it as cheap as you can because learning, you're just learning. And that is the school of hard knocks, not the school of theory and philosophy. It's get it done. You're going to learn. You're going to make a lot of mistakes. You're not going to sell the first thing. It's probably not going to win any awards. And if you do, awesome, you did it now, but you're most likely not. And that's okay. It's reps, reps, reps, reps.Michael Jamin:Yes. And I have a lot of respect for people who do it. And even if they come up with something terrible and crappy, well, guess what? They did it. Guess what? They put a lot of energy and work into something and their next piece will hopefully be better. And most people just dream of it. And most people will just say, here's my script. Make my dream come true. But the other people say, here's my script. I'm going to make my dream come true. And it may take long, a long process, but it's putting the work in so good for them.Phil Hudson:Yeah. My first class I went in, I had some credit transfer credits from when I was first in college. So when I went to film school, I was up, maybe I was basically a year ahead when I got there, and I had to take a couple of freshmen film classes because they were requirements. And I remember intro to film, film 1 0 1, we're in this big IMAX theater on our campus, and Peter Grendel, our professor my age is teaching. And his big point from the first lesson was the percentage of people who say they want to be filmmakers versus the people who make films is very different. It's like 0.0001% make a film. He said, so even if you put in all the time, energy, and effort needed to make an indie film that does nothing goes nowhere, you have still done something most people will never do. But most people talk about doing, and that's something to take pride in.Michael Jamin:My daughter shot a little scene in college. She got a scene, a little film that someone wrote, and it was just two people. It was short. It was like three minutes of a young woman. She was the girl and a boy sitting on a staircase talking about something, and it was too short to go anywhere. But I was like, that's interesting. You could have done something. It's easy to shoot. You're just two angles and a master on a staircase. If they had spent a little more time with the script, I go, there's something there for sure. It's something compelling about a boy and a girl who are dating and whatever they were talking about. I was like, it's something small. And the writing, it's about the writing. It's not about anything else as far as, and the acting. But yeah, I mean, just as an experiment, can I write something compelling about two people on a staircase talking about something? And we've seen this stuff. Here's a good one. Mount is a good example, but in Pulp Fiction, when Samuel Jackson and Travolta in that car are talking aboutPhil Hudson:The crown royale with cheese,Michael Jamin:That's interesting. That's interesting. Fun dialogue. You still need a story on top of that. But it's rich, and we all remember it because, or the scene or that small little scene, if you had shot that small scene where Samuel Jackson's talking about, he's in that guy's, there's young guy's house. He breaks the first scene where there's five college kids or whatever that they're threatening. They owe them money. And Samuel Jackson's talking about he's clearly a killer, but he's reformed. He's found Jesus, and he's struggling though. He's struggling to do the right thing. If you shot that one scene and it's an apartment building, that's it. You have a couple guy on a couch and a guy and two guys holding fake guns, that one scene is very interesting and compelling. If that's your movie you made, I want to see more. And it doesn't cost a fortune to write that scene. There's no special effects, I guess in the end had some fake bullets or whatever. But that's it, that that's all you need, A thug, a street thug who's a murderer, but he found Jesus and he's trying to do the right thing. Yeah.Phil Hudson:Yeah. That's great. That whole scene is fascinating. And that's for anybody listening, wanting to learn how to write great dialogue or understand characters. The fact that what's so interesting about that cheeseburger conversation is they are killers, and they're not talking about when we get there, we're going to shoot 'em in the face, or here's how we're going to dispose the body. They've done this so many times that this just, we can talk about why they put cheese on a burger. It's stabs quo. And the story's there because they're talking about the wife and the foot massage and all that stuff as they're standing in the hallway and it just happens and they kick the door and they know let's beat thugs. Right? ButMichael Jamin:How easy are both those scenes? I mean, the first one's a little harder in a car, but they're both very easy in terms of shooting, that wouldn't cost neither one of those scenes cost a fortune. It's all about the writing and the acting will support the writing.Phil Hudson:Yeah. I mean, that's Tarantino like Reservoir Dogs. It's a warehouse. It's a warehouse with some flashbacks outside. The whole thing takes you in one room,Michael Jamin:But even let's say reservoir drugs, which obviously was the one that really made him. But the point I'm trying to make is just write, because you don't have to write a whole movie, just write one compelling scene that promises something really on its own. You're like, I'm hooked. And maybe there's more to it.Phil Hudson:That ties back to your fractals podcast too, which has really stuck with me. And I think about it every time I sit down to write, when I'm structuring scenes and acts and I'm structuring my story, if you can't do a scene, well, how could you do a short, well, if you can't do a short, well, how could you do a full blown act or a TV pilot if you can't do that? Well, how can you do a two hour feature?Michael Jamin:We shot that episode, that podcast episode a long time, probably over a year ago, but it was called something about fractals. I think it wasPhil Hudson:Just called fractals.Michael Jamin:Yeah. And the point I was making is anybody who knows anything about fractals, they're patterns that repeat nature. So if you see a tree, it has a trunk in branches, but if you look at the leaf on the tree, the leaf has a trunk in branches, and then if you look at the cells, so it's about these repeating patterns. And so my point is, for movie, you have to want to write a compelling movie, right? But break down the movie into acts, and each act has to be compelling. Then break down each act into scenes, and each scene is compelling. And then each line has to be compelling. And so you're really just repeating patterns over and over, but on a larger scale. And so if you point out, if you can't write a compelling act, if you can write a compelling scene, how are you going to write a compelling act? Just start with writing a scene. That'sPhil Hudson:It. Yeah. Write the scene, write the scene, write the scene over and over and over again. You can churn out scenes. Even if you just took a week and just focused on one scene, how much better is that going to be than taking a week and powering through 50 pages?And I'm not advocating by the way that you shift your writing style, and it's not necessarily what you teach as the process that we do in Hollywood, and we've seen in TV rooms. What I'm saying is as a writing exercise, getting in your reps to practice the craft of writing, you're going to get faster return. Drilling. This thing, and I talk about this all the time, it's Josh Watkin's making bigger, small circles bigger. So how do you pull back and zoom in on something and focus on the detail work inside of that thing? And in Jujitsu's transitions in this, it's how do I get into a scene fast? How to get out of a scene fast? How do I display things through subtext? How do I have people say things without saying things? What's the thematic thing? What's the energy coming in? And the energy come out? That's all the detail. That's just a film condense. So focus, just do that while you're doing the other stuff.Michael Jamin:That's a good point. And I was going to also say, I'm guilty of this too. When I'm writing my, well, I finished my book, but when I was writing it, I'd have a scene in my mind. I wanted to get to the next scene where also some great stuff was going to happen. And then I kind of just got a little lazy in my transitions. And then when I'd read it again, I'm like, what's going on in this transition? Can I make this transition interesting? Do I have to be lazy and sloppy? Is there a goal to be found in the transition? And then I'd realize, oh, that's kind of where there's some interesting stuff is, so I'm guilty of it too. But you have to be aware. It's not just about a race, and you're not just racing to get to the next scene you are whenPhil Hudson:We talk about enjoy the journey and enjoy the process. This is what we're talking about. You have to love doing this because it ends up getting you somewhere better than where you were before. And the other quote, I believe I've said on the podcast who really stood out to me was an interview with Kobe Bryant, and he just said that nothing he does on the court, he hasn't practiced a thousand times, right? So he's in there practicing, practicing, practicing. He shows up, and you hear this all the time in interviews with other players from the Lakers, they say that they would show up their first day and they'd want to show up early to put in the work. And Kobe Bryant was already there practicing free throws, practicing free throws.Michael Jamin:You're talking about the greatest player or one of the greatest players in the N B A hasty was already there, was acting as if he was a rookie who had never taken a shot in a basketball court.Phil Hudson:All the money, all the skills, all the fame, known name, 70 hour work weeks, just putting in the work.Michael Jamin:If the greatest player has to do it, why do you think you don't have to do it?Phil Hudson:LeBron James, he makes what? A hundred million a year off of all of his endorsement deals. I read, I think in Sports Illustrated, it's like 9 million a year goes into taking care of his body just in trainers massage therapy.Michael Jamin:Wow.Phil Hudson:Why? Because that's his tool. That's his instrument. Your tool is your keyboard or your typewriter, your pad and paper and pen, and you don't need, here's the cool thing. You can write a lot of things without needing a fancy computer or fancy software. You can just sit down and practice this with a pad of paper and a Panama napkin.Michael Jamin:What's your commitment to getting better at the craft? And I get why people just want to, they want fast results, but it's not a fast result kind of game. I don't know how we got here from, should you be a TV writer or a film writer?Phil Hudson:Well, I think we're talking about indie film, we're talking about the process of indie film versus features, but all of this relates it's skillset. And I know you talked about for you, you liked TV writing, and I think with the time we have left, I'd love to hear what are the benefits that you found in TV writing? And I think they tie directly into this, which is there's more work, there's more time to sit, and you do this more than writingMichael Jamin:A feature. But not only that, I feel like TV writing, being a TV writer has helped me improve my writing all around because every week, including writing novels. Including writing films, because every week you have to come up with a new story, and it's the repetitiveness, the repetition of, okay, let's break a story. This week we got to break a story. Next week, we got to break a north story next week. And constantly coming up with new stories, even though they're half hour as opposed to an hour and a half. It's that repetition that really makes you really good. And that's why I feel, and I'm not the only one who thinks this way, if you want to watch a really good comedy, you watch tv, you don't turn to film, although there are some really funny films, pound for pound, you go back to tv.It's that action. That's where the good writers really get good. I'll see a comedy. I don't even know how many come. I tried watching one of these streamers, I'm like, oh, comedy, I'll watch this. And it's terrible. This is terrible. From some unknown, have they spent some time in a TV writer's room? They would know, no, this is not acceptable dialogue. That's not an acceptable joke. You just learn so much by being in television, I feel. And then you could go to TV or a film if you have an opportunity. But the learning ground, I feel, is in tv.Phil Hudson:Yeah. Have you seen The Bear?Michael Jamin:I saw the Pilot. I haven't watched the Rest. DudePhil Hudson:Blew my mind, and it feels like one of the most dramatic films, TV shows I've ever seen. It's short form. It's a comedy, it's a sitcom. It's got all the enemies for these comedy, and it makes you laugh, it makes you cry. It's all those notes, and you just look at it, and I looked up the creator and it's like, man, this guy has produced some of the greatest standup comedians in history. Chris Rock, just tons of people. And it's like, yeah, you're learning this from being around and doing the work. And then that translate into what I think is one of the best comedies on tv,Michael Jamin:AndPhil Hudson:It's great.Michael Jamin:I got to watch it. The problem is Cynthia's already seen it, and so I got to watch it alone, make time to watch it alone.Phil Hudson:I get it. I'm married. I understand.Michael Jamin:Yeah. But there it is. I hope that helps. Yeah.Phil Hudson:One thing I just wanted to add to this conversation was when I first got into this, the advice was really centered around, is this a TV IT idea or a film idea? Not necessarily are you a film writer or a TV writer? And I just wanted to get your thoughts on this. I hear this advice all over the place. The question was, is this something that could end or is this something that could continue? Is this the kind of idea that there's a clear defined ending to this, right?Michael Jamin:I feel likePhil Hudson:TV might've changed that now with our long form, eight to 10 minute, like a TV series ends up being a longer form film. But at the same time, I think there's some weight in that, which is something you tie back to in comedy. Your character doesn't really change at the end. They reset. I'd love your on that.Michael Jamin:Yeah. So if you're coming with a film, is this a TV idea or a film idea? If the character goes on a complete journey, Rocky and Rocky finally wins or goes the distance. It's not a TV show because he's not going to go. It's not a fight of the week. It's just like you take a street bum and you turn into, he went the distance, so it's done. That's it. They made sequels. Sure. Each sequel is basically a remake of the first one, and none of them are as good as the first one because you took a character. The only reason they did sequels is because they, Hey, we can squeeze some more money out of this. The story was over, I'm sorry, the story was over. It was a beautiful story, but it's not like a world of Rocky and Nikki and the gang hanging out that would be hanging out at the training facility at the boxing club. That would be sunny. It's always sunny in Philadelphia, which is fine. That's a TV series. They're just hanging out, people hanging out. So is it a world you're creating, or are you taking a character on a full emotional journey?Phil Hudson:Yeah, and that's an interesting, John Wick one is just great. It's great. It's a great film. John Wick two, I kind of like more than John Wick one because we get into the world, but I wouldn't want John Wick two if I hadn't seen John Wick one and felt like it was satisfying at the end, and you're kind of bummed. The other thing, this is just my thing as a writer, I really hate when characters suffer to the nth degree of suffering and just wrecking, this guy just got his life back and now you're going to ruin his life in the second film. It's a bit of a bummer.Michael Jamin:Yeah. But yeah, so that's what I ask, Yousef, are you creating a world, especially in sitcoms, this is your family. I think of it as, cheers. Do I want to hang out with these people week in and week out? Do I want to let them into my living room? Is that what it is? Because I certainly don't want to let some movies, no. Some movies, no, I don't want to The quiet place quiet. I don't don't want to let them into my living room week after week. That's unsettling to me. Great movie, not a TV show.Phil Hudson:Children are men. Children are men. One of the most impactful films I've ever seen. Haven't watched it again, so many,Michael Jamin:Right? It's enough. Right, right, right. GotPhil Hudson:The lesson. Move on.Michael Jamin:Right. Yeah.Phil Hudson:Great answer, Michael. Thank you. Bye. It was great.Michael Jamin:Alright, everyone, thank you so much. Phil and I have more to talk about. We have some exciting stuff to talk about coming up in future episodes, but thank you so much and for what are we going to talk about, Phil? We got to promote, we have a watch list, our newsletter,Phil Hudson:We got all about it. So you can go to michaeljamin.com/newsletter to join the watch list. You can also go to /watchlist. A lot of people know that one, but you've got that. It's a weekly newsletter. You've got the free lesson. It's the first full free lesson. You've broken into three parts. AMichael Jamin:Screenwriting lesson,Phil Hudson:Right? A screenwriting lesson. If you want to learn more about the very first lesson you ever taught me as a mentor about screenwriting, which I think you were taught, and I think you've taught lots of other people, is what is the definition of a story. So go get that michael jamin.com/free. I think we get three to 500 people a week sign up forMichael Jamin:That thing. Oh wow. That's crazy. We also have, we've been doing free webinars and now right now the schedule's up. We're doing it every three weeks instead of every four weeks. So you can come to that michaeljamin.com/webinar and it's free. Come sit in and thenPhil Hudson:Touring for a P orchestra. That's going to be coming up, I think, at some point, right?Michael Jamin:Yeah, hopefully. But we're hoping that our book, my book is going to drop. I'm really happy with the way it's coming up, but we're doing the audio book now, and so maybe we'll talk a little bit more about that. Maybe we will talk more about that in a different episode. Yeah, if you want to come see me on tour or be notified when my book drops as an audio audiobook as well, Michaeljamin.com/upcoming, and the audiobook is really nice. It's really because I got some music. I have a composer on it. We'll talk about it now. I guess. Anthony Rizzo, who is the composer on Maron, well, I'll talk about it in the next episode. We'll open up, talk about that. So go there, michaeljamin.com/upcoming if you want to see me on tour or be notified me the bookPhil Hudson:Drop. And for everybody watching this, this is going to be a bit out of order, so it'll be the next episode that I'm in. Right? Because the next one, I think you got Steve Lemi comingMichael Jamin:Up. Yeah, Lemi is coming up for episode 100 from Broken Lizard. Alright, everyone, thank you so much. Until next time, keep writing. Thank you, Phil.Phil Hudson:Thank you.This has been an episode of Screenwriters. Need to Hear This with Michael Jamin and Phil Hudson. If you're interested in learning more about writing, make sure you register for Michael's monthly webinar @michaeljamin.com/webinar. If you found this podcast helpful, consider sharing it with a friend and leaving us a five star review on iTunes. For free screenwriting tips, follow Michael Jamin on social media @MichaelJamin,writer. You can follow Phil Hudson on social media @PhilaHudson. This podcast was produced by Phil Hudson. It was edited by Dallas Crane Music, by Ken Joseph. Until next time, keep writing.

This episode is dedicated to the people of Ukraine.  We talk to two leading figures in the Georgian wine scene - John Wurdeman (Pheasant's Tears) and Irakli Cholobargia (National Wine Agency) - to get a sense of what the feeling is in the region, and what wine people are doing and can do to help. Georgia, like Ukraine, is a former Soviet nation on the Black Sea that has had part of its territory occupied by the Russian military. These people are uniquely qualified to comment on the horrific events unfolding in Ukraine. There's talk of tension, anger, fear, boycotts and suffering. Wurdeman dubs the conflict, 'fratricide,' but notes Georgians are forced to mute their opposition for fear of reprisals by Russia. Before the war broke out, 70% of Georgian wine exports went to Russia and Ukraine. That will have serious implications. But it's not all doom and gloom. There is talk of kindness, solidarity, peace and generosity. 'You can see the flags of Ukraine all over Georgia,' says Cholobargia. Winemakers in Georgia are sending wines to Ukrainian importers to help them fund humanitarian efforts. What's more, Wurdeman's UK importer Les Caves de Pyrene is funding transportation for Ukrainian refugees to stay with winemaking families across Europe. 'So hopefully we can have a little bit of love in an otherwise big nightmare,' says Wurdeman. We also find time to touch on how and why Georgian amber (or orange) wine is so well suited to food matching, and how Georgia's ancient wine history is informing its present evolution.  A final thought from John Wurdeman: 'The Georgian format for feasting is where you have an elected toastmaster and different subjects are touched upon: love, parents, children, nature, God, neighbours and so forth. And everyone's encouraged to expand upon it and have a dialogue. It's a wonderful way to get to know people, and a wonderful way to solve problems as well. It certainly seems to be more effective than NATO or the UN today! So maybe these international organisations should adopt the Georgian feasting model and we would find peace more quickly.' If you'd like to support the excellent initiative by Les Caves de Pyrene, click here to access the crowdfunding (JustGiving) page to relocate Ukrainian refugees with winemaking families.To learn more about Georgia, check out Peter's brand new wine & travel series - The Wild Side of Wine on WineMasters.TV It features everything from neolithic picnics in the middle of a thunderstorm to a winemaking centre for a ghostly cave city. Via Stalin, power cuts, a 400-year-old-vine, a vineyard with 400+ wine grape varieties - and a feast of wine, food and song.The trailer for this show, plus all the usual details from this episode, are on our website: Georgia 4 Ukraine show notes on susieandpeter.com

From the darkened cinema to the football field to the airport screening line, the US government inflated the actual threat of terrorism and the necessity of an aggressive military response. Original Article: "US Military Propaganda in Film, Sports, and TV: It's Everywhere" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.

From the darkened cinema to the football field to the airport screening line, the US government inflated the actual threat of terrorism and the necessity of an aggressive military response. Original Article: "US Military Propaganda in Film, Sports, and TV: It's Everywhere" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.

Refugees have been fleeing Iran, as the economic situation there worsens, with food prices going up, and shortages of clean water and power. Meanwhile, there are fears among some people that the country is about to become more oppressive, with a new, hard-line president in charge. It is these conditions which have prompted many Iranians to escape. Iranian Kurds in particular have been seeking sanctuary in the Kurdish part of Iraq. But life there is not always easy. And among this community in exile are armed groups, determined to overthrow Iran's Ayatollahs. Some of these groups have now come under aerial attack as Lizzie Porter explains: Have they changed or not? That remains one of the crucial questions about The Taliban, as they secure their hold on Afghanistan. Last time they ran the country in the late 1990s, women were excluded from most public roles, and forced to cover up from head to toe. Music was banned along with most other forms of entertainment. With the Taliban now back in power, some detect a new tone: they give news conferences, they have said they want to work with the international community. But this week, the Taliban said that women would not be allowed to study alongside men, nor can they take part in sport. And there've been reports of revenge killings, carried out against those who worked for the previous government. For Sahar Zand, this has all brought back memories of the time she met a senior Taliban representative, one who did at least admit to having watched TV: It must have seemed like a good idea at the time. Last month, Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, called a snap election. Polling suggested he was popular among voters, with many crediting him for a relatively smooth handling of the Covid crisis. This, it seemed, might be the moment to go to the country and perhaps win a majority of seats, something which eluded him last time round. But the election takes place on Monday, with some predicting the Prime Minister will lose power altogether. One particular area where he's having to defend his record is on the environment, which is proving to be an unusually important issue in this contest, as Jatinder Sidhu now reports, from Canada's west coast: There was a time when Papal visits were relatively simple affairs. The Pope showed up in a country, held a mass or two for some of his flock, and glad-handed all the right people, both religious and secular – perhaps expressing his admiration for whichever country he was in, and his best wishes for those who run it. But it's not quite so simple with the current Pontiff. Pope Francis has a reputation for speaking his mind with unprecedented frankness, and that's what happened this week when he travelled to Hungary. The Hungarian Prime Minister, Victor Orban, does also have quite a reputation for plain speaking, with hardline views on Islam and immigration in particular. So what happened when the two met? Nick Thorpe was in Budapest finding out. September may sound too early to be thinking about Christmas, but for some people, September is precisely the month when it's most on their minds. These are the pine seed pickers of Georgia – every year at this time, they climb their country's giant fir trees, to get hold of the pine cones which grow on them. Inside, are seeds which are then planted to make Christmas trees. In fact, most of the Christmas trees in Europe are grown from seeds that come from Georgia – it's a huge business. And yet as Amelia Stewart found out, the work of those who do the actual seed-picking is often poorly paid, and can also be very dangerous.

Sharon Playhouse Sunday, August 22 - 3pm JOHN DAVIDSON ​ Star of Stage, Screen and TV It was John's performances in the major showrooms of Las Vegas that established him as one of America's foremost entertainers. But you've got to see him live! While he still is. American audiences probably know him best as the TV host of The Hollywood Squares, and That's Incredible! , as well as the guest host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (80 evenings, more than any other singer). Remember when he co-starred with Sally field in the TV series The Girl With Something Extra? (And had a crush on her, by the way. Now, she never calls.) John arrived on Broadway where he debuted in Foxy, starring Burt Lahr. later he would star in State Fair and won a Theater Guild Award for playing Curly in the Broadway revival of Oklahoma! TV producer Bob Banner molded John's career by casting him in (his TV debut) in The Fantasticks. He then hosted his own daytime talk show, too many beauty pageants, as well as The Kraft Summer Music Hall with regulars George Carlin, Flip Wilson, and Richard Pryor. He's also a movie star! You might know him now from his Disney films including The Happiest Millionaire. Tickets and More Information

In this week’s episode we’re celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in Wales and abroad. We speak to Gareth Smith, PhD student at Cardiff University and contributor to the Wales Arts Review, about the newest season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. We discuss how the UK Drag Race highlights the intersection of class, gender and sexual identity, how the season has improved its representation of the UK and the Welsh Queen we are rooting for. In the second segment, we chat about the latest drama from Channel 4, It’s a Sin, and we take a look back at the life and works of artist Cedric Morris. Finally, we’ll be letting you know about events across Wales that you’ll definitely want to check out our What’s on, Wales? Segment. Follow us on Twitter @WalesArtsPod and send us a tweet if there are any topics that you think we should be talking about. You can email us at podcast@walesartsreview.net if you would like your project or event to be featured in the ‘What’s on, Wales?’ segment of our next episode, and you can also leave comments while supporting the podcast at www.ko-fi.com/walesartspod   Links to Articles Discussed: Gareth Smith, ‘TV | RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season Two’ https://www.walesartsreview.org/rupauls-drag-race-uk-season-two/) David Llewellyn, ‘TV | It’s a Sin – First Look – Russell T Davies’ https://www.walesartsreview.org/its-a-sin-first-look-review/ Norena Shopland, ‘LGBT Stories from Wales | Cedric Morris’ https://www.walesartsreview.org/lgbt-stories-from-wales-cedric-morris/ What’s On, Wales? Parthian Books’ Talking Translation: www.talkingtranslation.org/ Jodie Marie’s ‘The Answer’ album release: https://www.jodiemarie.co.uk/ Heddwch Nain/Mamgu (The Peace of Grandmother): Contact Siân Wyn Siencyn at siencyn.tomos@btinternet.com to join the Zoom meetings. Bringing Africa to Wales Film Festival: For full details, the festival programme and to book tickets, visit: www.chapter.org To register your interest for the workshops and Q&As, visit: www.watch-africa.co.uk Music: ‘Vienna Beat’ by Blue Dot Sessions From the Free Music Archive (www.freemusicarchive.org) CC by NC (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)

What would you do Christmas day if it wasn’t for Christmas movies and TV – It’s one of the big things at least we are allowed to do and we have to look forward to tomorrow. Newstalk's own Screentime presenter John Fardy joined us with recommendations on what to watch this Christmas. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.     Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.  

You know it’s that time of year again… holiday season! And this year… well, we’ve been blessed with so many new ska and ska/punk holiday songs! Honestly, it was hard to whittle it down to these selections, and I finally got to fit on the Slackers playing “Dreidel” (mainly because I managed to get this episode out during Hanukkah this year!) but I think I ok, I hope you enjoy this bonus gift of an episode this week! 00:00 – the Intercepteurs – It’s Snowing on the TV (It’s Snowing on the TV ’20) 03:26 – Cut Capers – All Alone on Christmas (All Alone on Christmas ’20) 05:12 – the Magnetics – Christmas Present (Christmas Present ’20) 07:55 – the Slackers – Dreidel (Hanukkah ’09) 11:14 – Alex Dominish – Winter Wishing (Winter Wishing ’20) 14:02 – Mr. Incommunicado ft. Haley Green – Have a Merry Christmas (Have a Merry Christmas ’20) 17:26 – We Are The Union – I’m Working Retail for Christmas (I’m Working Retail for Christmas ’20) 20:00 – Super Hi-Fi – Auld Lang Syne (Yule Analog Vol. 1 ’14) Visit the website at http://www.23Ska.com to find links to band websites and songs featured in this episode. Find & follow the show on: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/23minofSka/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/23minofSka Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/23minofska/ Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/23min-of-ska?refid=stpr 23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix If you'd like to submit your band for a future show email: submissions@23ska.com Any other questions or comments, please email: podcast@23ska.com RJ is also the co-host of another ska podcast, check out On the Upbeat at https://linktr.ee/ontheupbeatska Airdate : December 14th, 2020

In a new data-led marketing world, driven by technology, marketers are being left behind. The obsolescence of marketing has begun, declares Raja Rajamannar, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer and President, Healthcare Business, Mastercard, in this excerpt from an upcoming podcast on Beet.TV It is imperative that marketers understand AI, Augmented Reality and other emerging technologies to remain relevant. Already the role of CMO has eliminated from major companies, he notes. Much of Rajamannar’s thesis around the crisis in marketing and a way forward is laid out in his forthcoming book: Quantum Marketing: Mastering the New Marketing Mindset for Tomorrow’s Consumers. It comes out in February, published by Harper Collins

Nobody seems to be talking about video capture and streaming from the next gen consoles, despite the huge livestream scene, and Justin is concerned about whether it will be allowed for sure or not. Are we safe in just assuming they will allow video capture devices for streaming? Justin isn't so sure. Andre Bones popped in for the second time, this time without violence and he had some interesting stuff to say about next-gen console production. Are the manufacturers going to push the digital ecosystem even harder and force brick and mortar retail out? Andre Bones has some words about that, and admitting things he probably shouldn't be. What is good TV? It has changed so much over the last few decades, and nothing shows it more than critically acclaimed David Lynch television show, Twin Peaks. We discuss the difference in budgets from older TV versus modern TV and when things started to shift with Game of Thrones. To round things out on this episode we dicuss the latest trend in flexing game developers use to promote their game, how much dialog voiced, or otherwise, is written for their games. Instead of the typical podcast promo we would insert in the middle of the episode, we have the special grindhouse style audio trailer we created for The Cabinet Podcast's #AllTheHorror episode for this year. Make sure you go give them a listen! thecabinetpodcast.com As usual, here are all the links you need in life: Check out our website at litgamingarena.com Join our Guilded community! chat.litgamingarena.com We're also on Twitter! www.twitter.com/litgamingarena AND we are on Instagram! @litgamingarena And of course Facebook www.facebook.com/litgamingarenaCO Sound effects obtained from www.zapsplat.com Give our Podchaser list a BIG heart! https://www.podchaser.com/lists/Alternate-Reality-Radio-107Zzr3Wr5 And find our friends here: www.gamingpodcastalliance.com www.missingrollplayerfound.com

Say Cheese! The gang is throwing it back celebrating National School Picture Day! Excuse us if you hear a microwave while going off during tonight's show we're just warming up our dinners to eat in front of our TV's later. Jamie Foxx, after striking a deal with Netflix, strikes another deal in tonight's Hollywood Happenings. I guess you could say he's got the power.... After reporting on this about two months ago, Seth & DW finally reveal who won the bidding rights for The New Era of Fresh Prince and why they are really going all out. HBO Max stepping in the video game world? Jay Leno is back. PLUS in the Junk Drawer would you try and cheat your favorite "game show" you watch on TV? It's Thursday which means it's another week of Stump D.W. that & more. Brought to you by BODYARMOR, The Shirt Factory and Adventure Family Fun Center. Streamed with Streamyard. #onlyyoucan

Jim frets over the national news, then talks about his new TV (It's "smart"!) and his recent viewing of the current cut of "Acting Like Nothing Is Wrong". Then begs for your spare change. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jim-hoffmaster/support

Is Ramy the best show currently on TV? It's right up there, so Chris and Dan discuss the first episode of that. They also flashback to the 1983 film The Right Stuff. And then there's the fourth installment of the Trip To movies which takes Brydon and Coogan to Greece. Oh yeah... there's also the season finale of the Always Be Watching TV Masters trivia competition. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/always-be-watching/message

Independent Bishop Michael Cox has called for the cancellation of the remainder of “Normal People” saying it will be an outrage to broadcast full frontal nudity scenes. He said  “It will be an outrage if RTE go ahead and transmit this. Morally it is wrong. Showing a grown man fully naked on TV? It would offend any right-minded human being.”  But are normal people, as in you and me actually having any sex at the moment? What about single people who rely on one night stands or tinder to find love? And are couples living in different households secretly meeting up for a passionate rendezvous?  Henry McKean talks us through the lack of intimacy, lust and love in Ireland.

Proverbs in 365 Devotions For more go to braggingonjesus.com Proverbs 20
:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise. There are quite a lot of things in life that can lead us to brawl; that is, to quarrel or fight, and there are a whole lot of things that can lead us astray. One thing I want to be careful of… and that is I do not want to ever assert the traditions of men one way or the other over the truth of Gods word like the Pharisees did. So I am not here to convince anyone about whether they personally should drink alcohol. I believe this verse is addressing… yes alcohol in particular but the being led astray by something this world offers… It’s a heart thing; it’s about the things we seek and where we let these things in life lead our hearts… will it lead us in a closer walk with the world or a closer walk with the Lord? I was thinking of what Moses told the children of Israel before they entered the promised land about loving the things of the world and how those things would lead them astray and causes cause them not to be glad in the Lord. Moses had just listed a long list of woes that would come to Israel if they treasured the physical things God would actually give them as a blessing… if their gladness shifted from being in God to these things. Deuteronomy 28:46 They shall be a sign and a wonder against you and your offspring forever. 47 Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things, It’s pretty clear that whatever we lust after or love or have an obsession about in the world… whatever captivates our heart will lead us astray and cause our spirit to brawl or be at odds with the Holy Spirit. Today Solomon talks about wine and strong drink which is definitely a big issue for many. Look, we all have certain things that we are more susceptible to in life than others… things that can tug at our heart strings and tempt us to be drawn astray. And it is no secret alcohol has been a big stumbling block historically for mankind. In todays verse I... But I want to go for the inner spiritual truth here… what is it that God wants us to internalize… What truth here is going to transform our inner being and bring us true joy and worship in the Lord. I think it is always those things that are akin to the the Holy Spirit. If we keep that in mind as we interpret Gods word I think it will serve us well. Notice what Paul says right after he describes the fruit of the Spirit: Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. So in closing I will mention two things I think are important in what we are talking about. One, turn away from those things that pull on our heart and encourage us to be lead astray from delighting in God. It may be something lustful on the internet or social media or TV… It might be drugs or alcohol or food or a a purchase of some item that might not be very good for our relationship to the Lord. And secondly, not only turn from those things but to desperately reach for the things that do satisfy with are the things of God. The Apostle Paul uses phrases like “pressing on” and “straining forward”. Philippians 3:13 Brothers,... So that's our goal in life… we have turned away from sin… that repentance and now we walk, reach strain or press toward the things of God the rest of our life. And we do so not only for our own conscious sake but for others as well. 1st Corinthians 10:31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32 Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, 33 just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved. Pray

Coming down from the high of interviewing a Rap God a week ago, Grey and I are back to baseball. Well kind of... we mostly speculate about the speculation coming from the known speculators about all things baseball. In other words we discuss those verkakte plans all over Twitter and the internet. We talk a little food, a little love, a little life, as well as movies and TV. Is there anything else for us to do besides movies and TV? It's the only thing holding society together at the moment. Someday historians will look back at this period and will be inspired to pen the book "How The Tiger King Saved Civilization". In the future this is less ridiculous, mostly because we all dress like Kevin Nash in the 90s. Anyway, it's the latest episode of the Razzball podcast.

Life is stressful right now; let’s talk about fashion. This week on the podcast, Kate welcomes back friend of the show Emma Fraser of Primetimer, SyFy Fangrrls, Vulture, Collider, and more to discuss the first season of Netflix’s fashion reality competition show, Next in Fashion. Before we focus in on the fashion, though, there’s a full week of TV to discuss. Noel and Kate kick things off with the comedies, including the premiere of It’s Personal with Amy Hoggart, the series finale of Fresh Off the Boat, and a catchup with Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Then we move to reality for a bit, to talk RuPaul’s Drag Race’s season 12 premiere and catch up with HBO’s McMillion$, and we round out the week with some superhero TV, Black Lightning, The Flash, and Supergirl’s big 100th episode. Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts on Next in Fashion, the week’s TV, and what shows you’re using to de-stress in this tense world. Season Spotlight: Next in Fashion with Emma Fraser (1:10:53) Our Week in TV It’s Personal with Amy Hoggart premiere (6:34) Fresh Off the Boat finale (13:18) Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (17:26) RuPaul’s Drag Race premiere (21:03) McMillion$ (29:41) Black Lightning (40:37) The Flash (47:49) Supergirl (53:25) Music Featured:  “Superstar” as performed by the cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

Life is stressful right now; let’s talk about fashion. This week on the podcast, Kate welcomes back friend of the show Emma Fraser of Primetimer, SyFy Fangrrls, Vulture, Collider, and more to discuss the first season of Netflix’s fashion reality competition show, Next in Fashion. Before we focus in on the fashion, though, there’s a full week of TV to discuss. Noel and Kate kick things off with the comedies, including the premiere of It’s Personal with Amy Hoggart, the series finale of Fresh Off the Boat, and a catchup with Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Then we move to reality for a bit, to talk RuPaul’s Drag Race’s season 12 premiere and catch up with HBO’s McMillion$, and we round out the week with some superhero TV, Black Lightning, The Flash, and Supergirl’s big 100th episode. Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts on Next in Fashion, the week’s TV, and what shows you’re using to destress in this tense world.Season Spotlight: Next in Fashion with Emma Fraser (1:10:53)Our Week in TV It’s Personal with Amy Hoggart premiere (6:34) Fresh Off the Boat finale (13:18) Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (17:26) RuPaul’s Drag Race premiere (21:03) McMillion$ (29:41) Black Lightning (40:37) The Flash (47:49) Supergirl (53:25)Music Featured: “Superstar” as performed by the cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

Every tiny decision you make shapes your future. Make the right decisions. ㅤ ... ㅤ Edited by: @benlionelscott Spoken by: Les Brown, Jocko Willink, Eric Thomas Footage by: NEER, Morgan Taylor Bradley, Nina Klein, whatnot, Slash Dynamic, Chad Saechao, Michael Lloyd, Revolver Amsterdam, Lime Studios, Casta Diva Buenos Aires, patricio caram, Héctor Montaño Music: Mark Petrie - Makalu ㅤ ... ㅤ What is there that you know you need to do, that you want to do this, but for some reason or another you've been holding back? For some reason or another you just have not been able to work through the procrastinating, or putting it off, or justifying. And you know you ought to do this, you really wanna do this, but you don't know why you haven't done it. There's times when you're looking at it and you say, I know I need to do this but I don't feel like it. I don't wanna do it. But I don't accept that. I don't accept that I am what I am and that that is what I am doomed to be. No. I'm fighting. I'm struggling, and I'm scraping, and kicking, and clawing at those weaknesses to change them. In order to begin to reinvent your life, you've got to make a conscious, deliberate, determined effort. That you really got to put all of yourself into it. There must be discipline. Discipline calls for strength, and fortitude, and will. It won't accept weakness, it won't tolerate a breakdown in will. It will put you on the path to strength, and health, and intelligence, and happiness, and freedom. What kind of decisions are you making right now? And where are those decisions going to take you? You get one shot, opportunity comes once in a lifetime. You better make the kind of decisions that's gonna take you to the NBA. You better make the right decisions that's gonna take you to the NFL. You better make the right decisions that are gonna help you to graduate. When the alarm goes off in the morning, are you gonna get up or are you gonna roll over and sleep more? Then are you gonna go workout or you gonna go watch TV? It's little decisions like that that put you on the right path. It's one thing to talk about your destiny, it's one thing to dream about your destiny, but it's another thing to make the decisions to wake up when you know you're supposed to wake up, to write when you don't feel like writing that paper, to say no to that party that you know is not gonna help you, saying no to quitting when you still got 100 more shots to make, saying no when your body's saying stop, but you put in 50 more push-ups. You can't just talk about it, you gotta be about it.

On this week's episode of 'Giant Mess', host Neal Lynch talks about... 00:01:00 - 00:08:32 (LIFE) I was walking my daughter Brielle around the neighborhood in her stroller when I encountered a man who said a line that haunts me. Not to be dramatic, but I also face the biggest decision of my life and I’m the most indecisive dude on the planet. 00:08:33 - 00:19:38 (TV) 5 movies that will relate to season 4 of Stranger Things 00:19:39 - 00:26:11 (TV) South Park Season 23, Episode 3 “Shots” review Randy Marsh celebrates a milestone, but his wife Sharon is miffed. Eric Cartman is scared of getting his vaccination shots, so Cartman’s Mom enlists Big Mesquite Murph. 00:26:12 - 00:37:20 (TV) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 14, Episode 3 “Dee Day” review Dennis, Mac, Charlie, and Frank try to do an unknown scheme while doing whatever Dee wants because it’s her day. 00:37:21 - 01:12:54(TV) The Sopranos Season 6 Second Half (2007) review Christopher gets what’s coming to him. Bobby becomes the #3, eats it at train store. Sil gets it outside the Bing. Paulie Walnuts is a survivor. Tony’s clipped. 01:12:55 - 01:16:56 (TV) Mr. Robot Season 4, Episode 1 review 01:16:57 - 01:20:18 (MOVIES) Fight Club came out 20 years ago 01:20:19 - 1:21:12 (MOVIES) Team America World Police came out 15 years ago 01:21:13 - 01:23:38(MOVIES) Joker dominated box office, Gemini Man stumbled, Jexi flopped 01:23:39 - 01:25:23 (MOVIES) ‘New Mutants’ trailer dropped two years ago and movie still hasn’t come out yet 01:25:24 - 01:25:50 (MOVIES) Zoe Kravitz will be Catwoman in “The Batman” with Robert Pattinson 01:25:51 - 01:29:29 (MOVIES) HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ premieres October 20th. Zack Snyder’s ‘Watchmen’ movie took place in a universe where Batman didn’t exist. 01:29:30 - 01:42:12 (MOVIES) ‘El Camino: The Breaking Bad Movie’ review 01:42:13 - 01:59:02 (MOVIES) Review of ‘Brightburn’ starring Elizabeth Banks and Roy from The Office 01:59:03 - 02:18:31 (METS) Mets managerial moves and offseason predictions 02:18:32 - 02:54:00 (GIANTS) Giants week 6 loss to the Patriots, preview of Week 7 against the Cards and the impending trade deadline 02:54:01 - 2:54:50 (DEVILS) The Devils are winless. "Giant Mess" is a sloppy show for NY Giants and Mets fans hosted by a Giants-Mets fan who's a giant mess. CALL: (862) BIT-1986 to leave a voicemail Subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIqBGbBgLX2XzgyPe2kRg3Q?sub_confirmation=1 Follow me on: https://neallynch.com/ https://twitter.com/realcinch https://www.youtube.com/user/realcinch/ https://www.instagram.com/realcinch/ https://www.facebook.com/giantmess --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/neal-lynch/message

On this week's episode of 'Giant Mess', Giants-Mets fan Neal Lynch talks about... 00:01:06 - 00:19:44 (TV) ‘South Park’ Season 23 Episode 2 “Band in China” recap and review Randy Marsh sees an opportunity for Tegridy Farms in China; Stan Marsh starts a band called “Crimson Dawn” to work out his frustration over having to move away from South Park. Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse make cameos. 00:19:45 - 00:35:44 (TV) ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Season 14 Episode 2 “Thunder Gun 4: Maximum Cool” recap and review and how it might’ve been a commentary on the James Bond franchise, particularly the latest release “No Time To Die”. Dolph Lundgren! 00:35:45 - 01:05:27 (TV) The Sopranos Season 6, Episodes 1 - 11 (2006) recap and review 01:05:28 - 01:23:47 (MOVIES) My review of Ma -- and how it relates to Joker 01:23:48 - 01:41:00 (MOVIES) Most Dangerous Movies of 21st Century 01:41:01 - 1:44:04 (MOVIES) DC is exploring solo movie for Lex Luthor 01:44:05 - 02:09:01 (METS) Mets fired Mickey Callaway - who should be the next manager? Joe Girardi, Buck Showalter, Luis Rojas, David Cone, and Carlos Beltran. Top 10 moments from 2019 season 2019 Grades for Mets players, manager, and GM. METS INTERESTED IN PIRATES CF STARLING MARTE What do we do with Yoenis Cespedes in 2020? Brodie Van Wagenen explains the Robinson Cano / Edwin Diaz trade. Zack Wheeler will probably leave in free agency. Metsmerized Online suggested 3 pitchers who could replace Wheeler in free agency. 5 lessons Mets can learn from playoff near-miss of 2019 02:09:02 - 02:47:00 (GIANTS) Reacting to the Giants’ Week 5 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Giving up on the run, becoming one-dimensional, Jon Hilliman vs. Eli Penny Pat Shurmur’s play-calling Defending our offense Saquon Barkley’s out, Sterling Shepard’s out, Evan Engram’s out, so Golden Tate and Darius Slayton will have to step up We’re 16 point underdogs Shurmur on the run play that ended in a safety. It’s pointless watching or reading Shumur’s press conferences and interviews. Dexter Lawrence is a beast DeAndre Baker -- just when I thought he was on the right path, he breaks down. Nate Solder needs help. Oshane Ximines is the most productive pass rusher "Giant Mess" is a sloppy show for NY Giants and Mets fans hosted by a Giants-Mets fan who's a giant mess. CALL: (862) BIT-1986 to leave a voicemail Subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIqBGbBgLX2XzgyPe2kRg3Q?sub_confirmation=1 Follow me on: https://neallynch.com/ https://twitter.com/realcinch https://www.youtube.com/user/realcinch/ https://www.instagram.com/realcinch/ https://www.facebook.com/giantmess --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/neal-lynch/message

On this week's episode of 'Giant Mess', Giants-Mets fan Neal Lynch talks about… 00:01:10 - 00:46:58 (MOVIES) 00:01:10 - 00:08:07 (MOVIES) Breaking down the first trailer for Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of Harley Quinn with Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ewan McGregor, and Rosie Perez. 00:08:07 - 0:11:44 (MOVIES) Breaking down the first trailer for The Gentlemen with Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Colin Farrell, and Hugh Grant. Written and directed by Guy Ritchie. 0:11:45 - 00:35:15 (MOVIES) Reviewing Friday the 13th Part 2 with Amy Steel as Ginny, John Furey as Paul, Adrienne King as Alice, Kirsten Baker as Terry, Stuart Charno as Ted, Warrington Gillette as Jason, Walt Gorney as Crazy Ralph, Marta Kober as Sandra, and Tom McBride as Mark. 00:35:16 - 00:41:26 (MOVIES) Reviewing TimeTrap, an indie sci-fi movie about students who try to rescue their professor after he gets stuck in a cave 00:41:27 - 00:46:58 (MOVIES) Between Two Ferns: The Movie with Zach Galifianakis Jon Hamm John Legend and Chrissy Teigen Dave Letterman Aqwafina Paul Rudd Benedict Cumberbatch Peter Dinklage Will Ferrell 00:46:59 - 1:54:45 (TV) 00:46:59 - 00:50:13 (TV) Stranger Things 4 promo - “We’re Not in Hawkins Anymore” 00:50:14 - 1:16:52 (TV) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 13 review and Season 14 Episode 1 reaction 1:16:53 - 1:27:56 (TV) South Park Season 23 Episode 1 review “The Mexican Joker” and how the new Joker movie feels a lot like The Interview with Seth Rogen and James Franco 1:27:57 - 1:54:45 (TV) The Sopranos Season 5 Review Steve Buscemi as Tony Blundetto worked Robert Loggia as Feech didn’t work Adriana and Christopher’s relationship Billy and Phil Leotardo Johnny Sack Finn and Meadow are annoying What to expect in Season 6 Junior’s dementia Bobby’s the worst 1:54:55 - 2:15:34 (METS) 2019 was the most fun I've had watching a non-playoff Mets team probably ever Pitching staff under Dave Eiland vs. under Phil Regan: The Zach Wheeler Dilemma Pete Alonso breaks the rookie HR record and needs to get signed a long-term contract. So fitting to have Dom Smith hit the 3-run walk-off homer to beat the braves So fitting that Adeiny Hechavarria repeatedly crushed us Edwin Diaz set some (bad) records this season Jacob deGromination Joe panik is open to returning to Mets in 2020 Nationals plan to offer Rendon $215M, can the Mets compete? 2:15:35 - 2:49:35 (GIANTS) Landon Collins and Ereck Flowers trashing the Giants. Looks like Daniel Jones was the right choice over Dwayne Haskins Wayne Gallman had a big day -- 100 yards from scrimmage 2 TDs (1 receiving, 1 rushing) but fumbled Jon Hilliman looked good on short yardage but fumbled Danny Dimes looked human, but still showed off the legs and his ability to escape, has the 3rd highest QBR behind Dak and Mahomes Ryan Connelly out of the season torn ACL. Josiah Tauaefa promoted -- he’s among PFF’s highest-graded rookies this preseason Golden Tate coming back -- Bennie Fowler and TJ Jones released Janoris Jenkins named NFC defensive player of the week "Giant Mess" is a sloppy show for NY Giants and Mets fans hosted by a Giants-Mets fan who's a giant mess. CALL: (862) BIT-1986 to leave a voicemail Subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIqBGbBgLX2XzgyPe2kRg3Q?sub_confirmation=1 Follow me on: https://neallynch.com/ https://twitter.com/realcinch https://www.youtube.com/user/realcinch/ https://www.instagram.com/realcinch/ https://www.facebook.com/giantmess --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/neal-lynch/message

Do you like TV? It doesn't matter if you like TV! Because that's is all we talk about. We're talking Stranger Things, GLOW, Big Little Lies and more! 

The struggle is what will make you great. ㅤ ... ㅤ Edited by: @benlionelscott Spoken by: Tony Robbins, David Goggins, Jocko Willink Footage by: NBA, Mike Ross, Palmetto Coast Media, OMRI COHEN, Ryan Gajewski, Nike, Francis Pollara, Emrys Roberts, Friedemann Leis, Lucas Preti, Nike, Tk Kayembe, Anas Tolba, Fede Y Marcha, Lasse Martinussen, Adam Joshua Bentel, Gocream, Jamie Keith, SHIROD.G, Stefanie Soho Music: Really Slow Motion and Giant Apes - Transgenic ㅤ ... Michael Jordan, I remember I interviewed him years ago, and I said, "What makes you the best in the world? Is it skill, is it talent, is it ability, is it background, is it training?" He said, "I didn't even make the high school basketball team my sophomore year, I was cut. What it is, is everyday I demand more from myself than anybody else could possibly expect. I don't compete with other people, I compete with what I'm capable of." I don't negotiate with myself. "Well maybe I'll do it tomorrow, I'm gonna do this, or maybe I'll wait two more minutes until I'm ready." There's none of that sh*t with me. I go, "I say, we do." I'm not here to discuss this sh*t with my mind. There's mind, and then there's soul and spirit. My soul f*cking knows, when I say jump, you f*cking jump. I'm not here to have a discussion with you. Does it happen every day of my life? No, and when I find it's not working, I step back up and condition it. How do you build a muscle? You don't build muscle because you were born with it, we're all born with muscle, but if it developed, you trained it. And that means you had to find something that you valued more than your pain. You had to use your pain and say, "I'm gonna use it to become more." If you were to write a book about your life and hand it to somebody, would that book change their life? If not, you better get to f*cking work. Through self-discipline, through tons of repetition of the same thing that you don't want to do, you develop armour for your mind. Your mind is like "Okay, we suffer every day. It's what we do. we do stuff that sucks every day." So then when the sucky stuff comes, you're ready for it. You have to struggle. You have to struggle, the bigger the struggle, the bigger the peace. Wake up in the morning time and win the battle against yourself. If you think that you've given everything, you really haven't. If you have an excuse about "My mum wasn't there, my dad wasn't there, I got bullied in school, I was fat." Don't want to hear it. You have a lot more to give. Go out there and change the way that you look at things. Change your attitude and make something negative into a positive. It's usually not this big decision that you make that impacts your life, it's really just a bunch of little decisions that you make that impact your life. When the alarm goes off in the morning, are you gonna get up, or are you gonna roll over and sleep more? Then are you gonna go workout, or are you gonna go watch TV? It's little decisions like that that put you on the right path. When you make your decision, make the right decision. If you got one of those days where your mind is being weak, shut your mind down, it gets no vote. Set up your gear, set up your weights, and do the work. Just do the work. Don't put it off until tomorrow. Don't voluntarily do anything tomorrow that you should be getting done today. Get it done today. Don't wait. Attack it, destroy it, and move on. Decide to be better, decide to get better, decide to get after it.

News may have dominated televisions this week, but there was a lot of interesting and memorable TV as well. Noel and Kate kick things off with their week in TV, including the stunning finale of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, a fun Fresh Off the Boat, a return-to-form The Good Place, the premiere of Outlander, a knowing Charmed, and clever DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Afterward, we dive in with Amazon’s new drama from Mr. Robot’s Sam Esmail, starring Julia Roberts, which may actually be most notable for its irresistible half-hour episodic runtime.Spotlight: Homecoming (1:00:38)Our Week in TV It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia finale (17:07) Fresh Off the Boat (23:20) The Good Place (27:59) Outlander premiere (36:15) Charmed (43:37) DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (46:09)

Listener Submission: "Dear Mamas, I watched the State of the Union address last night. Why was Nancy Pelosi looking so sour and squishing up her face? Doesn't she know she's on national TV?" It wasn't just Nancy, there were plenty of other Democrats being ugly as well. We took this question to the Mamas, Teri​ and Denise​, on last night's "What Would Mama Do?​" and got their insight into some of the "adult temper tantrums" exhibited at the State of the Union address."What Would Mama Do?" is sponsored by Moor Coffee Company​, and airs every weeknight on American Ground Radio​. Listen live 6-7 PM on 101.7 FM/710 AM and on keelnews.com.

Listener Submission: "Dear Mamas, I watched the State of the Union address last night. Why was Nancy Pelosi looking so sour and squishing up her face? Doesn't she know she's on national TV?" It wasn't just Nancy, there were plenty of other Democrats being ugly as well. We took this question to the Mamas, Teri​ and Denise​, on last night's "What Would Mama Do?​" and got their insight into some of the "adult temper tantrums" exhibited at the State of the Union address."What Would Mama Do?" is sponsored by Moor Coffee Company​, and airs every weeknight on American Ground Radio​. Listen live 6-7 PM on 101.7 FM/710 AM and on keelnews.com.

Listener Submission: "Dear Mamas, I watched the State of the Union address last night. Why was Nancy Pelosi looking so sour and squishing up her face? Doesn't she know she's on national TV?" It wasn't just Nancy, there were plenty of other Democrats being ugly as well. We took this question to the Mamas, Teri​ and Denise​, on last night's "What Would Mama Do?​" and got their insight into some of the "adult temper tantrums" exhibited at the State of the Union address."What Would Mama Do?" is sponsored by Moor Coffee Company​, and airs every weeknight on American Ground Radio​. Listen live 6-7 PM on 101.7 FM/710 AM and on keelnews.com.

Welcome to Season 2!!! This week extra-special guest Jerrika Mizrahi (Facebook) (Twitter) (Instagram) (YouTube) joins Morris to answer one not-so-simple question: How do you play 90s games on a modern TV? It’s a retro console and retro cable extravaganza!Show NotesRu Paul’s Drag RaceHigh-dynamic-range video (Wikipedia)Super Nintendo (Wikipedia)PlayStation 2 (Wikipedia)PlayStation 3 (Wikipedia)PlayStation Vita TVPlayStation 4 Pro (Wikipedia)Sega Saturn (Wikipedia)Sega Dreamcast (Wikipedia)ファミコンミニ Famikon Mini (Engadget)NES Classic Edition aka ‘NES Mini’PlayStation 1 (Wikipedia)Nintendo Switch (Wikipedia)PerfidiaJerrika’s incredible modded SNES:Steve Jobs and the back of cabinetsUpscalersXRGB-mini FRAMEMEISTERChun-Li (Street Fighter Wiki)Anti-Anti-AliasingN64 Anti-AliasingSCART connector (Wikipedia)RGB 21-pin connector (Wikipedia)RCA connector (Wikipedia)BNC connector (Wikipedia)Coaxial cable (Wikipedia)10Base2 (Wikipedia), Ethernet over coax cables with BNC connectors.S-Video connector (Wikipedia)D connector (Wikipedia)VGA connector (Wikipedia). Morris incorrectly refers to this as a ’d-pin connector,’ perhaps because it’s a “15-pin DE-15 connector.”Dreamcast VGA Box (Wikipedia)The Toro connects to a Sega Dreamcast and has both SCART and VGA outputs.List of Dreamcast homebrew games (Wikipedia), including a number of tiles released in 2017 (!)Jeff Atwood on TIS-100, an assembly language programming game. Recent discussion on Hacker News indicates that the TIS-100 architecture is in some ways similar to the GreenArrays GA144.This American Life Episode 284: Should I Stay or Should I Go? has an excellent story about golden masters.John Siracusa talks in depth about game controller design on Episode 49 of Hypercritical, “Pinching the Harmonica.”Season 1 of Ru Paul’s Drag Race was shot with very, very soft-focus.N64 UltraHDMIComputer History Museum (Silicon Valley)The Living Computer Museum (Seattle) maintains a number of historical systems in working order. In fact, they’re even online! You can request an account to log in remotely here.Information Processing Society of Japan Computer Museum is an excellent (albeit online only) source of information about historical Japanese computer systems.

This week on AwesomeCast 336, we’re talking about awesome things in technology with Sorg, Chilla, and Mike Pound, including: We have our special (?) Valentine’s Day episode of AwesomeCast! Sorg is filling in for Dudders sharing some Porn Hub news as his Awesome Thing Of The Week. Speaking of Porn Hub, Sorg is telling us how they are doing some SexEd materials. Porn Hub sends news releases to mainstream media outlets with actual news content. Chilla’s Awesome Thing Of The Week is a VR desktop for Mac. Mike is pulling the discussion back to Valentine’s Day with Bernie Singles website rival of Trump Singles. Fan Of The Show Brandon shared an automated buoy that saves lives. That pixel enhancement tech you see on TV? It’s a thing now thanks to Google. Mat Weller shared Grip Gear movie maker set for this week’s show. He has Sorg’s interest. Like gaming? How about Retro Blox via Brandon? A Kickstarter mod console that lets you play retro games. With the scare and concern about the potential for NASA to go away, hackers have rescued and cataloged data. IBM Watson has been in lots of discussion. It has been tasked with a review of cyber security. Pokemon GO is celebrating Valentine’s Day with pink pokemon. E3 is open to the public! Is the next new blue collar job coding? Amazon came out with their own conferencing solution – Chime. After the show remember to: Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Follow these awesome people on Twitter: John Chichilla (@chilla), Mike Pound ( and Mike Sorg (@Sorgatron). Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos? You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast! Remember to check out our friends at River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) – and our replay over there! Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.net for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST!

This week on AwesomeCast 336, we’re talking about awesome things in technology with Sorg, Chilla, and Mike Pound, including: We have our special (?) Valentine’s Day episode of AwesomeCast! Sorg is filling in for Dudders sharing some Porn Hub news as his Awesome Thing Of The Week. Speaking of Porn Hub, Sorg is telling us how they are doing some SexEd materials. Porn Hub sends news releases to mainstream media outlets with actual news content. Chilla’s Awesome Thing Of The Week is a VR desktop for Mac. Mike is pulling the discussion back to Valentine’s Day with Bernie Singles website rival of Trump Singles. Fan Of The Show Brandon shared an automated buoy that saves lives. That pixel enhancement tech you see on TV? It’s a thing now thanks to Google. Mat Weller shared Grip Gear movie maker set for this week’s show. He has Sorg’s interest. Like gaming? How about Retro Blox via Brandon? A Kickstarter mod console that lets you play retro games. With the scare and concern about the potential for NASA to go away, hackers have rescued and cataloged data. IBM Watson has been in lots of discussion. It has been tasked with a review of cyber security. Pokemon GO is celebrating Valentine’s Day with pink pokemon. E3 is open to the public! Is the next new blue collar job coding? Amazon came out with their own conferencing solution – Chime. After the show remember to: Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Follow these awesome people on Twitter: John Chichilla (@chilla), Mike Pound ( and Mike Sorg (@Sorgatron). Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos? You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast! Remember to check out our friends at River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) – and our replay over there! Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.net for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST!

A day in the life of a cruising couple. Carolyn Shearlock, husband Dave and poodle Paz live aboard their catamaran, Barefoot Gal. They’re currently exploring The Bahamas. They’ve lived aboard boats for many years and Carolyn’s well-known website, The Boat Galley, is a mine of information that’s popular with cruisers all over the world. One question Carolyn gets asked is: What do you do all day? Well, here’s her answer - a day in the life of Carolyn, Dave and Paz straight from the horse’s mouth. Ever wondered where a boat dog does her business? Can’t imagine what to do when there’s no TV? It’s all in this latest podcast from the inimitable Carolyn Shearlock. For more great tales from around the world, visit www.boatradio.tv

Life and death on network TV - It’s the week that the broadcast network announce cancellations and renewals, and so we take time to survey the dead and the living, at least a little bit. Plus, Tim beseeches the Emmys on behalf of “The Americans”, and Louis C.K. figures out life after “Louie.” Host Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.

I just don’t have the time If you find yourself complaining you don’t have time to do what want because you’re too busy, here’s 12 suggestions of how to free up your time and energy. They come from our guest on episode 72 of the Changeability Podcast, Rob Cubbon, who shares interesting insights into the drains on our time and energy that sap us of the will to achieve what we want in life. If you recognise the name it’s because we talked with best-selling author Rob Cubbon in episode 58 about his book: ‘Free your thoughts: How I re-programmed myself for happiness and how you can too.’ We realised there was one aspect of the book that deserved wider coverage, so invited Rob back to discuss his advice on how to free up your time and energy. The rationale If you spend your time involved in negativity, you’re not using that energy and time for more positive pursuits. Look at your habits, would you have more time and energy if you did without them. What are these activities and habits we’d be better off without? How to free up your time and energy Don’t watch the news – The news has the potential to affect your beliefs and colour your views. It can make you feel stressed and doesn’t on the whole galvanise you into action. Don’t buy or read newspapers and avoid the websites of newspaper or media companies – Newspapers and media companies perpetuate myths and prejudices, especially about other countries and religions. Furthermore, we tend to buy those that reflect our existing views of the world around us. Don’t watch TV – It’s a potentially huge drain on your time. Be aware of the, time you spend in front of the TV rather than just switching it on for the sake of it, or having it on in the background. If you particularly enjoy watching television, try being more conscious of the programmes you watch. Another strategy is to use a favourite programme as a reward when you have finished an activity. We live in an age where you can watch programmes when you want, so be selective in your viewing. Don’t compare yourself to others - All comparisons between yourself and others, in terms of success or indeed other criteria, is futile and a waste of time. You are not that other person; you are your own individual self. Your ultimate success is dependent on you and your endeavours, so compare yourself only to yourself and measure your own improvement over time. Ditch your friends – Well don’t ditch them all, but consider seeing less of those who are a negative influence on your life, sap your energy or hold you back. Travel can broaden your experience of others as can being part of a mastermind group, which brings you into contact with those who enrich rather than rob you of energy. Don’t blame anyone or anything – Blame is rarely going to do you good, it’s a negative emotion whether blaming yourself or someone else. You can benefit from finding out what went wrong and why in a situation, so it won’t happen again, but blame itself serves little or no purpose. Don’t worry or anticipate that more bad things are going to happen – Accept that things will happen to you but don’t focus on them. Because your focus will be on fear, and the anticipation of pain or worrying will stop you doing the things you want to in life. And so often the pain is never as you anticipate, so in this sense it’s an exercise in futility. Ape the characteristics of those who are happy and successful – If you see yourself being petty and judgemental, imagine the persona of who you are trying to become. Ask yourself if the trait you’re exhibiting at this present moment is conducive with that persona. If not, look to and mimic those that do exhibit the traits you see as admirable. Don’t complain – Complaining increases the stress on you and doesn’t free up your time or energy. It is sapping. Find a more positive language to describe what’s going on, rather than complaining. This in turn helps lift your thinking on a subject. Talk in terms of a solution rather than a problem. Don’t identify with abstract concepts – Avoid identifying yourself by concepts such as your religion, politics, or affinity with certain groups (like a football team). You are aligning yourself with something, which is not you and can ultimately be a cause of unhappiness. By aligning yourself with one group, you are in effect misaligning yourself from another group. Stop beating yourself up – Do what you can and stop beating yourself up about what you haven’t or should have done. Don’t take Rob’s advice – Rob’s final words offer an interesting perspective. His tenets sound prescriptive but ultimately are just suggestions to save your time and energy. A final thought We’re not saying you have to do any or all of the above, but suggest that these are potential drains to our time and energy. Of course ultimately it’s for each of us to decide what we want to do with our lives. But maybe, when you catch yourself complaining about not having the time or energy to do something you’d like to, this list will serve as a reminder of where to look first to free your greatest assets - time and energy. Episode 72 of The Changeability Podcast Hear Rob and us discuss how to free up your time and energy on this week’s episode of the Changeability Podcast, as Rob joins us from a shared working space somewhere in the world. If you’d like to find out more about Rob and what he’s done to change his life and work, you’ll find him at www.RobCubbon.com  Resources mentioned on the show Gretchen Reuben – The Happiness Project Rob’s book - Free your thoughts: How I re-programmed myself for happiness and how you can too. What’s next? Which of the suggestions do you agree with? Which don’t you agree with? How do you free up your time and energy? Do you practice any of these suggestions yourself and why? Let us know in the comments below.      

A new Transformers movie brings ire to Nathan and we learn what we look for when a Steam sale hits. Luckily, some Death Note and rewatching Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt keeps the blues away! Also, House of Cards might be the most well written show on TV? (It kind of has to be).

Your Dog Prefers The New HDTV. When you purchased that new high-def TV, you were probably thinking how crisp the picture appears to you. Did you know that your dog couldn't see what we saw with your old TV? It just looked like the horizontal hold needed to be adjusted because all your dog saw were lines going up and down. Today's new Digital Television delivers the signal differently, and yes your dog can see the same picture you see, but probably not the same colors. Red is still white to the canine eye. That Slobbery Kiss Doesn't Necessarily Mean Fido Loves You Perhaps because human beings form such strong bonds with dogs, we tend to assign human-biased traits to their behavior. The technical word is Anthropomorphism. We project our own feelings onto our furry-family members. And more often than not, we're wrong. That slobbery kiss beckons back to early wolf behavior and the regurgitation of food. While it is a positive behavior, it has nothing to do with kissing. Christo's Son Following in Father's Footsteps Environmental Artist Christo's son, Cyril, has created a stunning photo book of elephants. His message is poignant. Elephant populations are declining because of illegal poaching and the destruction of our environment. Cyril and his wife Marie describe their journey and mission. Cyril guests this week on Animal Radio® Do Dogs Feel Guilt? We may think those puppy eyes are expressing remorse or even guilt for something your dog did wrong. Truth is that canines don't feel guilt, and this look was developed to appease you according to Alexandria Horowitz. The psychology professor tops the best-selling book list with Inside Of A Dog, and she's Animal Radio's special guest this week. What's Bloat? Why is it so common? Many breeds are predisposed to stomach bloat. This can actually be fatal if the stomach flips upside down. A surgical procedure can almost alleviate bloat. A blind listener is selecting a service dog and needs help deciding if bloat will be an issue. H1N1 Sicken Cat and Ferrets The Swine Flu Virus has touched our four-legged family members. Reports of cats and ferrets contracting the H1N1 virus have put us on full-alert. Dr. Julie Levy has the truths and myths about how the virus can affect our animals. Levy says if we get the flu, we shouldn't spend time close to our pets. While dogs don't seem to fall victim to this brand of flu (they have their own dog flu), felines and other domestic pets are at risk! Animal Radio® has complete coverage of this important news event. Dogs Allowed - No Kids A German eatery has opened touting the dog-friendly policy. May not seem different, but the owner has decided not to allow kids or children. He says they're noisier and dirtier than the four-legged clientele. So far, not too many complaints about the policy. Is this something we should try in America? More