Podcasts about Ultima

Documentarul „Cămătarii" a împărțit deja societatea în două și a stârnit dezbateri aprinse. Este o radiografie dură sau o expunere care nu-și avea locul? Am profitat de conjunctura creată și l-am chemat la noi chiar pe Anghel Damian, regizorul din spatele acestui proiect curajos și controversat. Trecem dincolo de ecran pentru a înțelege de ce a ales să pună reflectorul pe o felie atât de neagră a realității noastre și cum a fost primită această oglindă pusă în fața României. "Nu s-au născut niște criminali. Au devenit niște criminali pentru că..." O discuție foarte bună despre cum s-au intersectat, de-a lungul deceniilor, rețelele de influență cu politica, sportul, televiziunea și show-biz-ul de la noi. Cum se vede adevărul prin vizorul regizorului? Aflăm în acest episod. 00:01:36 - Călduri de început de vară și cumpărători de sezon, mitul „te trage curentul", Salonul Internațional de Carte Bookfest și cea mai vândută carte a editurii Humanitas – „Noul ghid al nesimțitului", semnată de Radu, pe care o vom oferi și comunității noastre de membri. Vă recomandăm cu căldură și „Ultima transhumanță", un film documentar complex regizat de Dragoș Lumpan. Foarte bun. 00:40:54 - "Când Cămătaru nu marchează". Cu Anghel Damian 02:27:20 - Spuma filelor vă aduce Știu pe cineva - Robert Șerban, Cântece pentru cei cu inima frântă - Ayelet Tsabari, Pe spinarea tigrului - Zülfü Livaneli, Zsömle s-a dus - László Krasznahorka, revista MATCA, Pe unde înoată urechinii - Lucian Dan Teodorovici. Anunțăm cu bucurie parteneriatul cu Pilot Books. 03:01:52 - Andrei Borțun, fondator Bucharest Design Festival 03:42:11 - Oale, ulcele și tigăi cu platouțe și pițuci.

「Astell&Kern「A&ultima SP3000」のフルAndroid OS化アップデートが提供開始」　アユートは、同社が取り扱うAstell&Kernブランドの「A&ultima SP3000」において、フルAndroid OS対応などを行うファームウェア・アップデートが配信開始したことをアナウンスした。

Space is the place_jazz e dintorni Ultima puntata prima dell`estate, con Patricia Brennan, Roots Magic, Marylin Mazur, Eve Risser, Mulatu Astatke, Cosmic Ear, The Messthetics e Roberto Ottaviano. Buona estate Per diffondere questa puntata: https://www.radiotandem.it/space-is-the-place-del-9-giugno-2026 Tutti i podcast di Space is the place: https://www.radiotandem.it/space-is-the-place

Lionel Messi, Selección Argentina, Scaloni y Mundial 2026: analizamos la previa del debut y el desafío de defender el título conseguido en Qatar 2022.Bruno González, desde Barcelona, repasa el estado del plantel, las señales que dejan los entrenamientos, el posible equipo ante Argelia y por qué el colectivo sigue siendo la principal fortaleza de la Selección Argentina rumbo a una Copa del Mundo histórica.Compañía de Selección Argentina, todos los viernes.

Richard Garriott is back with the latest installment of his famed Ultima series - this time published under his own newly founded company Origin Systems! Will all the improvements, peripherals, and accessories be worth it?! Ben and Wes find out while also taking the time to rate and review Sirius Software's Capture the Flag, Atari's Firebeast, and Stern's Minefield in today's episode!Website -https://historyofvideogamespodcast.comYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@historyofvideogamespodcast1994Twitter - https://twitter.com/HistoryofVideo1Email - historyvgpodcast@gmail.comHosts - Ben & WesMusic - Arranged and recorded by Ben

En realidad fue la penultima sesion con la cuenta en tiktok de acme_o (2da ronda) ya que despues de esta recibimos en ban permanente, algo que solo nos muestra lo preocupados que estan de este tipo de convesaciones...

Too much of a good thing is still a good thing in heaven. It's heaven. I don't know how I can make this more clear. Anyways, rather predictably, someone is just not that into it and everyone else has an amazing time.Fabula Rasa - a portmanteau of "Fabula Ultima", the game system we are playing with, and "Tabula Rasa" which means "Blank Slate".Fabula Ultima © 2024 Need Games and Rooster Games. All rights reserved.Ilvarii Fyranell was summoned by MakNox Vantus was grunted by JessGuy Techni was accented by PaulVanadell Lovitt was given life thanks to LillieEverything else was slapped together by MattIf you like this show, definitely check out friends of the show Daniel's Dread Tales and Dice FiendsMusic in this Podcast was "Nasha feat. Yu Hayashi" by Ryuzaki Ichi and "Far Eastern Sheep, dancing with Telecaster" by Let's talk

Prima diretta da Parigi con Vanni Gibertini a bordo campo a osservare il secondo Slam stagionale. Ultima giornata di primi turni che vede impegnati Arnaldi, Cocciaretto, Darderi e Sinner. Buone vittorie per Cobolli (su Pellegrino) e Paolini, bella impresa di Cinà alla sua prima vittoria Slam, anche Berrettini in buona forma.Con Luca Baldissera collegato dall'Italia, come al solito si commentano gli eventi principali del torneo e si risponde alle domande degli spettatori.---Anche per il 2026 ritorna il GoFundMe per le trasmissioni di Vanni Gibertini e Luca Baldissera. Raccontare il tornei di tennis dal posto è un valore aggiunto insostituibile, ma i costi sono ormai diventati difficilmente gestibili senza un aiuto, anche piccolo, da parte degli appassionati che ci dovessero ritenere meritevoli. Le donazioni per le passate stagioni sono state fondamentali, un ringraziamento enorme, di cuore, va a chiunque sarà tanto generoso da continuare, o iniziare a partecipare a questa iniziativa.Per il 2026, abbiamo finalmente un titolo: "Close Call", il tennis raccontato da vicino.https://www.gofundme.com/f/close-call-dirette-e-trasferte-2026-luca-e-vanni

Patti welcomes witchy author Jenny C. Bell back to The Witching Hour to discuss her new book, “Divergent Witchcraft: An Inclusive Approach to Making Magick,” which uses education-based strategies to make beginner witchcraft more accessible through short sections, exercises, and journal prompts. Jenny shares her background as a special education teacher, her Catholic upbringing and early spiritual experiences, and how health and workplace struggles led her to write. They talk about favorite witches in literature (including Ultima from “Bless Me, Ultima”), how witchcraft is becoming more accepted among younger generations, and how feminism and divine feminine/masculine concepts connect to the craft. Jenny recommends meditation, journaling, and altar building as foundational practices, shares paranormal experiences, and explains where to find her work, community, and upcoming projects.

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Ultima di campionato e notte della verità. Con l'Inter scudettata ormai da settimane, tutte le attenzioni vanno alla corsa Champions e alla lotta salvezza. Noi facciamo il punto con mister Gianni De Biasi.Più nel dettaglio, il Milan di Max Allegri ha bisogno di tre punti contro il Cagliari per blindare l'Europa che conta. Vediamo cosa ne pensa Carlo Pellegatti.Situazione analoga per la Roma, impegnata sul campo del Verona. Con una vittoria Gasperini potrebbe festeggiare il ritorno in Champions League del club capitolino dopo sette anni di assenza. Sentiamo le ultime in casa Giallorossa con Massimo Caputi.Situazione opposta in casa Juventus: dopo la rovinosa sconfitta casalinga contro la Fiorentina, i Bianconeri devono solo battere il Torino e sperare in buone notizie dagli altri campi. L'impresa è ancora possibile? Lo chiediamo a Guido Vaciago.Spazio poi agli altri sport. Cominciamo con il ciclismo e con Pier Augusto Stagi che ci racconta cosa è successo nella tappa numero quindici del Giro d'Italia.

Ultima carrellata dei film dal festival di Cannes del nostro inviato Marco GrifòArgomenti:00:00 Fjord di Christian Munju04:22 Kokurojo di Kiyoshi Kurosawa09:04 Minotaur di Andrey Zvyagintsev13:20 Amarga Navidad di Pedro Almodóvar16:52 The Man I Love di Ira Sachs20:37 Hope di Na Hong-jin25:27 Notre Salut Emmanuelle Marre29:57 Her Private Hell di Nicholas Winding RefnIl nostro canale Telegram per rimanere sempre aggiornati e comunicare direttamente con noi: https://t.me/SalottoMonogatariSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2QtzE9ur6O1qE3XbuqOix0?si=mAN-0CahRl27M5QyxLg4cwApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/salotto-monogatari/id1503331981Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNmM1ZjZiNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==Logo creato da:Massimo ValentiSigla e post-produzione a cura di:Alessandro Valenti / Simone MalaspinaPer il jingle della sigla si ringraziano:Alessandro Corti e Gianluca NardoPer la gestione dei canali social si ringrazia:Selene Grifò

Ultima diretta da Trento in occasione del Festival dell'Economia 2026.Passa a trovarci dai nostri studi in Piazza Fiera Gregory Alegi, professore di Storia e Politica delle Americhe all'Università Luiss Guido Carli. Con lui parliamo del vertice dei Ministri degli Esteri della NATO di oggi, con il disimpegno degli Stati Uniti e di un Trump diviso tra impegno negoziale con l'Iran e l'incriminazione del cubano Castro, per poi tornare sulla questione Flotilla-Ben Gvir, con Tajani che chiede unità europea nelle sanzioni al ministro israeliano. Nel nostro spazio settimanale dedicato alle buone notizie, ci concentriamo sulla riapertura delle attività scolastiche in Emilia-Romagna dal 31 agosto. Con noi il Presidente Michele De Pascale.

Ultima puntata di Quiet Please in collaborazione con Decathlon. Siamo stati al Centrale ad ammirare la giornata storica di Jannik Sinner, e poi parliamo dell'impresa di Elina Svitolina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Avec Ingrid Astier, Giancarlo De Cataldo, Thomas Clerc & Alessandro Piperno Entretien mené par Fabio Gambaro Dans le cadre du festival Italissimo C'est un mariage exclusif, qui dure depuis 1956. Pour célébrer les 70 ans du jumelage entre la Ville éternelle et la Ville Lumière, quatre écrivains sondent la présence de la cité dans leur travail. Une relation à double sens. D'un côté, comment représenter la ville, la raconter, la faire vivre ? De l'autre, comment elle influence elle-même le créateur : par son caractère, ses évidences, ses mouvements invisibles… Alessandro Piperno, le portraitiste romain tragi-comique, et Giancarlo De Cataldo, écrivain-magistrat qui de romans en scénarios met au jour l'architecture criminelle de la capitale italienne, dialogueront avec une voix majeure du polar français, Ingrid Astier, qui a écrit Paris de la Seine jusqu'au toits, et l'auteur Thomas Clerc, célébré pour son Paris, musée du XXIe siècle. À l'occasion des 70 ans du jumelage entre Paris et Rome À lire – Alessandro Piperno, Un air de famille, traduit de l'italien par Jean-Luc Defromont, Liana Lévi, 2025 – Giancarlo De Cataldo, La Svedese, traduit de l'italien par Serge Quadruppani, Métailié, 2025 – Ingrid Astier, Ultima, Gallimard, 2025 – Thomas Clerc, Paris, musée du XXIe siècle : le 18e arrondissement, éditions de Minuit, 2024

Resumen informativo con las noticias más destacadas de Colombia y el mundo del miercoles 13 de mayo 7:00am.

După 7 ani și 7 luni, Upgrade 100 Live @ Radio Guerrilla a ajuns la final. ___Marian Hurducaș, realizatorul producției în ultimii ani și Dragoș Stanca, fondator Upgrade 100 și cel care a inițiat proiectul în FM au avut un ultim dialog live și au tras concluziile în acest ultim show în acest format.În tot acest timp, Upgrade 100 Live a însemnat 352 de episoade, cu 312 invitați unici (unii au si revenit) care au răspuns pozitiv provocărilor noastre pe teme de tehnologie, business și politici guvernamentale.Arhiva a adunat peste 365 de ore de înregistrări în regim live, adaptate în format podcast, adică peste 15 zile de conținut audio continuu. Vă mulțumim pentru această călătorie, mulțumim și Radio Guerrilla care ne-a fost o gazdă bună atâta timp. Continuăm... în diverse forme, formate si culori ;)

Questo episodio l'ho registrato in live su Instagram.Senza tagli. Senza filtri. Senza proteggermi troppo.Prima volta per me.Perché a 4 giorni da Rivoluzione Gentile sentivo il bisogno di raccontare una verità che non avevo mai detto davvero: prima del primo retreat mi ero detta“non lo rifarò mai più.”In questo episodio vi porto dentro tutto quello che normalmente non si vede:la paura, la pressione, la fatica emotiva, il sentirsi esposti… ma anche la potenza incredibile degli incontri umani veri.Se siete genitori e ultimamente vi sentite stanchi, soli o sbagliati… credo che questo episodio vi arriverà molto più di quanto immaginate.Ultima possbilità per ESSERCI qui: https://elenacortinovis.com/retreat-rivoluzione-gentile-2-0/

George Simion este în studioul Europa FM. Guvernare AUR–PSD dacă trece moțiunea? Liderul AUR, George Simion, vine la „România în direct”, cu Cătălin Striblea. Ultima zi înainte de votul care poate demite guvernul Bolojan. Marți se va dezbate și vota moțiunea de cenzură depusă de PSD și AUR. A fost semnată de 254 de parlamentari, însă sunt tot mai mulți aleși din opoziție care spun că nu o vor vota, deși au semnat-o. Șansele ca moțiunea de cenzură să treacă sunt foarte mari. AUR și PSD au susținut că nu vor guverna împreună. Liderul AUR a declarat însă că „niciodată să nu spui niciodată”. Ce va face AUR dacă trece moțiunea de cenzură împotriva guvernului Bolojan? Vrea George Simion un guvern cu PSD? Pe cine vrea AUR premier?

George Simion este în studioul Europa FM. Guvernare AUR–PSD dacă trece moțiunea? Liderul AUR, George Simion, vine la „România în direct”, cu Cătălin Striblea. Ultima zi înainte de votul care poate demite guvernul Bolojan. Marți se va dezbate și vota moțiunea de cenzură depusă de PSD și AUR. A fost semnată de 254 de parlamentari, însă sunt tot mai mulți aleși din opoziție care spun că nu o vor vota, deși au semnat-o. Șansele ca moțiunea de cenzură să treacă sunt foarte mari. AUR și PSD au susținut că nu vor guverna împreună. Liderul AUR a declarat însă că „niciodată să nu spui niciodată”. Ce va face AUR dacă trece moțiunea de cenzură împotriva guvernului Bolojan? Vrea George Simion un guvern cu PSD? Pe cine vrea AUR premier?

29/4 Prosegue lo stallo sui negoziati. WS trump ha detto ai suoi di prepararsi a un lungo blocco. Brent a 111$. Gli Emirati danno l'addio storico all'Opec, cosa cambia? Hormuz petroliere iraniane ammassate vicino al blocco. Usa minacciano sanzioni secondarie a banche che supportano raffinerie cinesi nell'acquisto di petrolio iraniano. Fed, oggi l'ultima di Powell: attesi tassi fermi. La tecnologia cerca di ritrovare slancio dopo il warning di OpenAi: stasera i conti di Alphabet, Amazon, Meta e Microsoft. Sam Altman smentisce il WSJ: clickbait. Tra due settimane Amazon inizierà a vendere i suoi prodotti. Intanto a Oakland inizia il processo, Musk: a nessuno dovrebbe essere permesso di rubare a una charity. Altman: Musk agente di ipocrisia. Disney: vendetta di Trump su Kimmel, FCC ordina revisione di tutte le stazioni televisive. Jamie Dimon (JPM) verso deterioramento del credito, ci sarà una qualche crisi dei bond. James Comey ex Fbi incriminato per la seconda volta. Anthropic Futures in verde.  *** Questo episodio è offerto da Scalable Capital   Investire comporta rischi  Interesse p.a. lordo variabile su liquidità illimitata. Condizioni e distribuzione della liquidità su scalable.capital/conto-deposito-non-vincolato*** In Asia Nikkei chiusa per festività. Bene Hang Seng, scivola il Kopsi. Cina: import GNL ad aprile verso minimi in otto anni. Australia: aumenta l'inflazione. Sud Corea supera la borsa di Londra.  Futures EU in verde, attesa per inflazione in Spagna e Germania. Bce, aumentano aspettative di inflazione. Peggior credit crunch dal 2023. Italia, giovedì il Def in Aula. Essilux, Milleri: LMD in Delfin? Semplificare è cosa buona. Lovaglio in Mps la scelta migliore. Kone verso acquisizione di Tk Elevator.  UBS profiti +80% nel primo trimestre a 3mld euro.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever wondered why top CEOs and world-class fighters use hunger as a secret weapon to sharpen their focus and outwork everyone else? I gathered highlights from previous show episodes about fasting. I chat with Kyle about how he uses a clock to manage hunger. Joel Staley explains the science of fasts that go for days. He breaks down how insulin works so you avoid starvation. I share how aminos keep muscle and help the brain. We look at how Jack Dorsey and George Saint Pierre use hunger to get focus. I explain how giving the gut a break leads to repair. This show gives you a way to build willpower. I want you to see how hunger makes you a hunter Key Takeaways Intermittent Fasting as a Framework: A 16:8 structure acts as a "nutritional insurance policy" to manage cravings and prevent overeating during busy seasons. The 24-Hour Autophagy Curve: Completing a 24-hour fast provides three and a half times the cellular cleaning (autophagy) benefits of a 16-hour fast. The 36-Hour Euphoria: Entering deep ketosis around the 36-hour mark often leads to a state of high energy and mental clarity. Hormonal Growth: Prolonged fasts (48–72 hours) can skyrocket human growth hormone (HGH) by up to 2,400% in men. Brain Health and BDNF: Fasting stimulates Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, which can increase learning speed and mental sharpness by up to 400%. The Role of Aminos: Utilizing leucine and glutamine during a fast protects muscle mass, supports neurotransmitters, and aids gut repair. Resources Website: https://milliondollarbodylabs.com/ Book: The Million Dollar Body Method Lean Energy Stack: https://milliondollarbodylabs.com/pages/lean Instagram: @_milliondollarbody Guests: Kyle and Joel Staley Supplements/Tools: Element packets (sodium), Ultima electrolytes, Lumen breath tool

Ultima puntata del podcast congiunto con Eurodevotion riguardante la Regular Season di Eurolega e sono arrivati i verdetti definitivi. Se per le qualificazioni playoff-play-in c'era solo un caso da risolvere, gli accoppiamenti erano molto aperti. Parliamo di come è finita la regular season, cosa ci aspetta nei playin e cosa potrebbe aspettarci ai playoff svelando che siamo stati qua a parlare sette mesi...potenzialmente del nulla.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/backdoor-podcast--4175169/support.

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Alexandra Teslovan, în vârstă de 19 ani, își va face debutul la Campionatul European de Raliuri, competiție ce va avea în Andaluzia în perioada 17-19 aprilie a.c. Tânăra spune ce înseamnă pentru ea trecerea în liga profesioniștilor și cum va încerca să facă față din punct de vedere emoțional unei curse de o asemenea anvergură. La nici 20 de ani, Alexandra Teslovan se anunță una dintre speranțele motorsportului românesc. Tânara va debuta la Campionatul European de Raliuri, sub soarele Cordobei acolo unde va avea loc prima etapă, la care vor participa piloți cu nume de pe tot continentul. Drumul Alexandrei până la o competiție de o asemenea anvergură nu a fost deloc ușor. A început să conducă la Academia „Titi Aur” la vârsta de 12 ani, iar pasiunea a început cu nenumăratele ore petrecute alături de tatăl său, Adrian Teslovan, cel care a transformat motorsportul în al doilea job, obținând în ultimul deceniu o mulțime de titluri naționale. În 2021 a participat în Campionatul Național de time attack și super slalom. Doi ani mai târziu a debutat în Campionatul Național de Raliuri și la finalul sezonului a câștigat Trofeul Rally Start. Ultima cursă la care a participat a fost Raliul Harghitei, dar Alexandra a mai participat și la alte probe din motorsport cum ar fi, viteză în coastă, time attack, super slalom și slalom paralel, care este tot un circuit, doar că e pe macadam: două mașini sunt pe circuit, una pleacă dintr-o parte, una dintr-alta, și cel mai bun timp câștigă. Când era mică se juca și cu păpușile și cu mașinuțele, fără să aibă o preferință anume. Era o combinație fată-băiat, dar acum e mai băiețoasă decât majoritatea fetelor. Totuși, pentru o fată nu e ușor să porți echipament gros și ignifug, mai ales vara, în condițiile în care în mașina sa de curse sunt undeva la 50 de grade. Latura sa feminină își face însă adesea simțită prezența. De pildă, frumoasa tânără arătă că știe și să pozeze nu doar să piloteze. Înaintea startului sezonului la raliuri, Alexandra a participat la un shooting, unde a demonstrat că se pricepe foarte bine să fie și model. „M-am simțit foarte bine la ședința foto. Am avut și un fotograf foarte bun, pe Mihnea, cu care mă înțeleg foarte bine. Și până la urmă, nu am teamă de cameră”  - Alexandra Teslovan, pilot în Campionatul Național de Raliuri. De la shooting, direct în infernul Europeanului de Raliuri După ședința foto inedită, Alexandra a schimbat însă blugii, tocurile și geaca de piele pe „bestia” 4x4 cu care va debuta, în premieră, în Campionatul European de Raliuri. Asta pentru că gândul i-a zburat la Cordoba, unde imediat după Paște va începe aventura vieții sale! Alexandra își va face debutul în Campionatul European de Raliuri cu o adevărată „bijuterie” pe 4 roți, care marchează trecerea ei în liga profesioniștilor.   „A fost un pas necesar, în opinia mea. Până la urmă, dacă nu fac pasul acesta acum, când sunt tânără și la început, nu știu când îl mai fac. Mașina cu care voi concura în campionatul european este total diferită cu tracțiune în față. Am trecut la 4x4, de la aspirat, trecem la turbo, deci s-au schimbat atâtea lucruri încât e complet alt stil de driving. Așa că, da, e mult mai puternică” - Alexandra Teslovan, pilot în Campionatul Național de Raliuri.   Anul acesta va fi unul foarte încărcat pentru tânăra care în curând va împlini 20 de ani. Ea va concura în 3 campionate, în țară la raliuri și la Super Rally și afară, în european. Pentru prima dată, tatăl ei nu o va însoți! În Andaluzia, în prima etapă de european, sub soarele Cordobei, miza va fi și una profund emoțională. Pentru prima dată într-o cursă de o asemenea anvergură, Alexandra nu-l va avea pe tatăl ei în parcul de service, ci va pleca la drum într-o formulă inedită, de familie.  „Cred că o să am emoții încă din avion și o să fie foarte interesant. O să vină cu mine doar mama și mătușa mea, pentru că sora mea are examen, așa că trebuie să ne împărțim și tata rămâne acasă” - Alexandra Teslovan, pilot în Campionatul Național de Raliuri. Atunci când nu se luptă cu secundele pe probele speciale, Alexandra redevine fanul numărul unu al vitezei. Urmărește cu sufletul la gură Formula 1, unde are deja favoriți clari pe care îi susține de la distanță:  „Un pilot preferat? Cu siguranță Lando Norris o să fie, dar acum că a început și Kimi să meargă și când are zile bune și mă bucur... Deci și Kimi și Lando, dar Lando o să fie mereu”. În afara emoțiilor Alexandra va trebui să gestioneze și conduita noii sale mașini de competiție, mult mai puternică decât precedenta.

Destined to be in the industry, Jussi developed his first text-adventure games in elementary school and built his first team in high school. 12 years ago, he co-founded Zaibatsu Interactive – the leading mobile co-development studio in Finland. He's worked on multiple blockbuster IPs, the latest being Squishmallows Match – a match-3 puzzle co-developed with East Side Games with the beloved brand by Jazwares.

Vincenzo Susca"Bello da morire"L'arte e il pubblico dal kitsch al wowMimesis Edizioniwww.mimesisedizioni.itDa tre secoli l'arte scivola fuori dalle sue cornici per confondersi con la vita: dalle metropoli moderne alle avanguardie storiche, dalle esposizioni universali alla televisione, fino ai filtri di Instagram, alla skincare e alle vetrine digitali. Nel vortice che unisce kitsch, spettacolo e quotidianità, la bellezza esonda dalle gallerie, dai musei e dalle accademie in cui era custodita e si fa contagiosa, virale: copia e incolla, muta, prolifera, invade gli interstizi dell'esperienza. Diventa carne. È una bellezza gassosa, elettrica, algoritmica e, in fondo, tossica.Solleva la gente comune allo statuto di performer e trascina l'arte nel ritmo convulso dell'emozione pubblica, tra NFT, Labubu, cuoricini, botox e unicorni. Sgorga da luoghi inattesi – dalle strade ai feed, dai musei alle webcam passando per Dall-e e ChatGPT – trasfigurando corpi, immagini e oggetti, tanto da annientare il confine tra esistenza, arte, media e merce.Nel paesaggio febbrile di una tale estetica diffusa, dove ogni gesto è scena e ogni volto icona, la bellezza non consola né salva: seduce, altera, sacrifica. È gioia tragica, splendore effimero in cui il soggetto si dissolve nella performance, l'oggetto diventa feticcio, tutto vibra, lampeggia e si dissipa. In una sudorazione generalizzata, l'onda del "wow" – delirio estetico e apogeo porno del kitsch – sommerge tutto. Ogni distanza svanisce: restiamo a bocca aperta, stupefatti e spaesati. Ultima forma di verità dopo la Verità, siamo creatori e creature di un'arte inedita e inquietante, irresistibile e fatale. Bella da morire.Vincenzo Susca è professore ordinario di Sociologia dell'immaginario all'Università di Montpellier Paul-Valéry, dove integra il LEIRIS. Direttore della collana L'imaginaire et le contemporain per Liber éditions, collabora con diversi festival, centri di ricerca, gallerie e riviste. Recentemente ospite delle università PUCRS di Porto Alegre (2026), Carleton di Ottawa (2026) e Kookmin di Seul (2024), è l'autore di una serie di opere, tradotte in varie lingue, sul rapporto tra media, immaginario e vita quotidiana, fra le quali Transpolitica (2008, con D. de Kerckhove), Gioia tragica (2010), Pornocultura (2016, con C. Attimonelli) e Tecnomagia (2022). Ha curato molteplici manifestazioni artistiche e scientifiche e ha scritto, con A. Béhar, la pièce teatrale Angelus Novissimus.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

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Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series on Majora's Mask. Though it might come off as fairly negative, due to some of the hang-ups we've had while playing, we still love the swing of this game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Roughly Zoras/Gorons Issues covered: crunching and putting in developer commentary, the tone of dialog, spending another week, getting the notebook, hoping for an alien mask, layering things on the world, maximizing their opportunities, opening up spaces, changing your identity, adding special abilities via wearables, keys that aren't keys, shifting your player mentality to get the non-resetting items, feeling like you wasted time, not playing Zelda "the right way," not knowing what the rewards for side content will be, going against the formula, being yanked around over a scarce resource, wanting you to go in the hole, crutching on Tatl and being in the right spot, the time pressure and proposing a solution, a laost generation of games, changing play style, de-3DS-ifying, investing in fan theories and creating new ideas and works, using suspended/quick saves, hardware and game motivations, quality of life. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Eyes Wide Shut, Metroid (series), Ultima, CalamityNolan, MatPat, BenDROWNED, Inscryption, Daniel Mullins, Mark Garcia, Mario Golf, Golden Sun, Final Fantasy (series), Fire Emblem (series), PSP, Game Boy, SquareSoft, Dwarf Fortress, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers. Next time: More MM and Takeaways Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp YouTube Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com 

With the Wicked Weaver defeated, the trio of Antistrophe, Caoimhe, and Nicky return to their hunt for the crest of the western hall, and their search will lead them into places unlike any they've ever seen. Meanwhile, in the High Masque, tensions grow as the newest members of House Deadwind continue to make new connections among rival clans of Alteros. Will they find the masks they need to open the door before suspicions solidify into peril? This week on Perpetua: The Castle Eschatonica 06 Perpetua Guide [Community Addendum Part 04] I'm Alukard83, and I thought it would be nice to get together a section listing all of the Villains we've encountered at this point. Remember: This isn't ever enemy or even every badguy, it's every Villain. That's a specific thing in Perpetua: It's someone who has their own pool of special points they can use (Ultima points) and it's someone who gives the party Fabula points when they show up. So far, this is them, in order of appearance. Draconic Elf Woman (Name Unknown) Unlike most Villains (who seem to be campaign-specific), this lady can pop up in both the eastern and western scenarios really early on, though players might not realize it at first.  The Little Snail crew can bump into her at the 'top' of the Dragon Tower, where you can get a close up on her scales and talons. And then team ABC can see a reflection of her in Burzin, where her Elven qualities are really played up.   It's the same basic character model, but it seems like maybe the textures were different, or she had some sort of special effect in the reflection? I wonder why different parts of her were emphasized in those different places? Genuine Sincere You don't actually see him second, but you do see his handiwork. He tries to assassinate Vinnor Jekk, Veile's mentor and member of the Luminaries. Genuine is an old crimeworld friend of Nicky, and is now part of the Night's Own, a group loyal to Caliginia.  Eventually, the party has to fight him if they want to escape from Calstega Bay. He escapes that fight when it breaks bad for him, but his location after that remains unknown. Caliginia, Fated Darkness Speaking of the Night's Own… This Goddess of Darkness first shows up at the end of the first big story arc in the Little Snail campaign and kidnaps Vinnor Jekk. It's not exactly clear what her motives are (or what her connection to Veile is), but given her actions it's pretty clear she's trying to stop Veile from reaching the White Lectern ritually halting the cycle. Aisling Revanj She's a hexcloak with a specialization in Fire. She showed up at the very end of the Burzin boss fight and prevents Lady Teribald from revealing the identity of the mysterious Elf that visited the town. Are the two of them connected? Where do the rest of the Hexcloaks fit in here? Atlas We don't know much about this ancient architect. Elena found evidence of him tied to Rilspur and the rest of the Passikan megadungeons. We learn that the Passikans themselves never existed in Perpetua, but somehow their ruins do. And that was Atlas' doing. Weird. He says they're going "to return," but what does that even mean? Marshal Opal You first meet the Marshal at the cooking competition in Calstega Bay, but eventually come to learn that this military commander of the Valte is part of Nights Own later on in the main story. What we know about her is that where Commodore Onyx is more focused on the Valte sky armada, Opal leads the ground troops (and specifically the ones searching for clues and relics related to the Perpetuan cycle). Interesting!  And hey, what the hell is up with the Night's Own anyway (or as I like to call it "The Fell Organization, since that's what Elena calls it in dialog, and I think she rocks).  Thereus Aegir Leader of the Hexcloaks, clearly the biggest A-Hole in the whole game so far. You first directly encounter him in Cenn, City of Iron Chains. Personally, I can't stand people like this, who act all high and mighty and who try to manipulate and provoke you into either fighting them or fighting for them. I cannot wait to kick this guy's butt, big time. Elom The big angry dragon mole laying siege to Cenn.  So like, we all see it right? This is just "Mole" backwards. Is that how all the dragons work? D.G. Flay Aegier is the biggest a-hole, but this weird pied piper guy might be the evilest villain so far. At least, that's how he feels. He's slimy and creepy and all those bugs he's associated with? NO thanks. Reminds me of the villain from the movie with the weird aliens. 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Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series on Majora's Mask. We finally get into a dungeon and also talk more about tone, weirdnesses in the save system, and other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Past the Swamp Dungeon Issues covered: the horror of becoming a deku, the Lynchian lens, production realities and narrative, liminal spaces, archetypes, Nordic or Tolkienesque influences, turning down the audio, thinking about other Zeldas, being exposed to something edgy as a youngster, parenting influences, being unclear about how one beat a boss, not teaching the player, feeling punished, overindexing on character, trying not to blame the player, feeling the time pressure, layering gameplay on the world, the strange ways the faeries are hidden, discussing what persists, the notebook and the perfect day, being weird that you can leave and not knowing the rules, having to make a 60 hour game, revisiting the save owls, fast traveling (and a little diversion into game history). Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: American Werewolf in London, Twin Peaks/David Lynch, Drew, Jim Henson, Dr. Seuss, God of War: Ragnarok, Lord of the Rings, Stephen King, CalamityNolan, Outer Wilds, Groundhog Day, Death Loop, Deadly Premonition, Ultima (series), Dragon Quest (series), Hitman, Dwarf Fortress, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: More Majora's Mask! Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp YouTube Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com 

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What if the real secret to business growth is not creativity but competition? I sat down with Chris Dreyer, founder of Rankings.io, who built one of the fastest-growing legal marketing companies by mastering SEO, niche focus, and relentless execution. Chris shares how his early work ethic shaped his path, why he chose the highly competitive personal injury space, and how treating business like a math-based game helped him scale. You will hear how content, reviews, and authority drive Google rankings, why most lawyers misunderstand marketing, and how narrowing your focus can actually expand your results. I believe you will find this useful as Chris shows how discipline, data, and consistency can turn any business into an unstoppable force. Highlights: 00:56 – How early work and family habits built a strong work ethic05:00 – Why taking the hardest job created resilience and grit12:12 – How serving people helped develop communication and confidence24:22 – Why choosing a competitive niche leads to greater success37:08 – What it takes to rank at the top of Google consistently51:16 – How doing free work early builds skill and long-term growth Bottom of Form About the Guest: Chris Dreyer is the CEO and Founder of Rankings.io, the category-defining SEO agency built exclusively to help elite law firms and personal injury lawyers dominate Google's organic search results. Under his leadership, Rankings.io has become synonymous with measurable results, helping attorneys secure life-changing cases through visibility at the exact moment potential clients are searching for help. The company has achieved what few in the legal marketing space ever have, earning a spot on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies for eight consecutive years, proof of both sustained growth and relentless execution. Beyond Rankings, Chris is a builder of platforms and a voice of authority in legal marketing and entrepreneurship. He is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author of Niching Up: The Narrower the Market, the Bigger the Prize, where he details how focus creates outsized impact. He is also a seasoned real estate investor and the host of the Personal Injury Mastermind podcast, where he interviews top attorneys and business leaders shaping the future of law. His influence extends across respected councils and networks, including the Forbes Agency Council, Rolling Stone Culture Council, Business Journals Leadership Trust, Fast Company Executive Board, and Newsweek Expert Forum, cementing his reputation as both a practitioner and thought leader. Chris's path to entrepreneurship has been unconventional yet relentlessly instructive. Once a world-ranked collectible card game competitor, he carried that same strategic mindset into business. After earning a History Education degree, his first professional role was as a detention room supervisor, hardly glamorous, but it provided the unstructured time that sparked his obsession with digital marketing. He began experimenting with affiliate sites and, at his peak, managed more than 100 properties simultaneously. This side hustle soon eclipsed his day job, propelling him into full-time entrepreneurship. When affiliate marketing's golden age waned, Chris pivoted into legal SEO and quickly carved out a niche. Along the way, he also became a top-ranked online poker player, honing skills in risk management and probability that would serve him well in scaling his companies. Today, Chris runs Rankings.io with the same competitive fire he once brought to cards and poker, driven to outthink, outwork, and outlast the competition. His mission is simple: help the best personal injury law firms win more cases, build enduring legacies, and dominate their markets. Ways to connect with Chris**:** website: rankings.io https://x.com/chrisdreyerco https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisdreyerco/ https://www.facebook.com/chrisdreyerco https://www.instagram.com/chrisdreyerco/ About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! 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Transcription Notes: Michael Hingson  00:04 What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't what's in front of you, but rather what you believe Welcome to unstoppable mindset where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. I'm your host. Michael Hingson, speaker, author and advocate for inclusion and possibilities. This podcast explores how the beliefs we carry shape the way we live, lead and connect with others. Each week, I talk with people who challenge assumptions, face adversity head on and show what's possible when we choose curiosity over fear, together, we focus on mindset resilience and the small shifts that lead to meaningful change. Let's get started. Hi everyone, and welcome to another edition of unstoppable mindset. Today, our guest is Chris Dreyer. Chris, Chris has formed a company called rankings.ai. And I'm going to let him describe what all that is about. And he's done some pretty interesting things with it. It has been on inks top 5000 companies, growing companies for the past eight years. Eight years is a long time, which is pretty cool. So I'm sure he's got lots of adventures and lots of stories to talk about. So Chris, welcome to unstoppable mindset. We're glad you're Chris Dreyer  01:35 here. Yeah, thanks for having me, Michael. I'm excited to chat. Michael Hingson  01:39 Well, let's start with kind of the early Chris growing up and all that, and see where we go from there. It sounds Chris Dreyer  01:45 good to me. So yeah, Michael Hingson  01:46 let's go. Why don't you tell us a little bit about Yeah, school and all that stuff. Chris Dreyer  01:51 Okay, yeah, let me, let me, and then you just cut me off at any point, because I can be a long Michael Hingson  01:55 talker the so can I? I Chris Dreyer  01:56 know what you mean. I, I grew up in a very small city, elkville, Illinois, my high school had 100 people in it. I was a graduating class of 28 I grew up, I would say it's kind of weird. My mom and dad, if they heard me say poor, would not love me saying poor, but I we weren't. We were certainly at the bottom of middle class or the upper or poor. I had a lot of chores. I every single weekend, I cleaned a law office with my mom or did something at the farmers market. So and at the time, it wasn't work. It was just what we did as a family, right? I didn't even understand it. We had, we didn't have city water. We had to get a truck and bring in our water, and we had well water, right? And in my family, and that was, that was early on, right? My dad was a milk carrier. My mom was a cook and and ultimately, they did better over the years and made more money. But it started off, it was a lot, a lot of grit, perseverance, working hard. And I like to share that, because my parents work ethic is very strong, very dependable, very consistent. And that's kind of where I got my drive. But that's, that's kind of how I grew up, small, small town, you know, a lot of side hustles with the parents. And once I went to college, I got that, that shock of, oh, here's a whole bunch of go from 100 to, you know, 20,000 Yeah, it's a bit of a shock there. 03:35 Where'd you go to college? Chris Dreyer  03:36 Yeah, I went to SIU, Southern Illinois University. There in Carbondale, Illinois. I actually live in Carbondale today. And, you know, I went to college. I was always had that entrepreneurial bug, and, but I went to college, it was kind of to make mom and dad happy to get that degree and, but I just knew that I was going to own my own business. And I kind of had that conversation with them out of the gate, but so I was a terrible student. Partied a lot, you know, chase the women, so to speak, and but somehow, ended up with a degree, got a job at a high school as their JV basketball coach, and I started doing internet marketing on the side to make a little extra money because I had some downtime. And by the end of my second year teaching, I was making about four times the amount doing that that I was teaching. So that was kind of my sign, and to go pursue that full time, and that's what I did. That's when I left to do affiliate marketing and digital marketing full time was after Michael Hingson  04:41 that second year, of course. Now the real question is, you were chasing the women? Did any of them 04:44 chase you? Oh yeah, oh yeah. Just Michael Hingson  04:49 want to make sure it's reciprocal here. Yeah, that's that's pretty cool, though. And I was going to ask you, and you sort of answered it, about your workout. Ethic and so on. I find that if people do grow up in an environment where they're working and they appreciate what they do get and the amount of work that they do, and they develop a strong work ethic, or their parents have it, they generally do as well, although sometimes there's some rebellions, but still, ultimately, the right stuff shows through. Chris Dreyer  05:24 Can I tell just a brief story about that? My mom, when I turned 16, it was like, you're getting a job, son, right? And it was not, we had, we were fine without, but it was like, so she took me to this place. It was called Ken's antiques, and they used to do the semi truck deliveries of aluminum, and I used to go to auctions and unload furniture. And I asked her, I was like, Why did you take me there? Well, you know, why didn't you take me to the mall? Why didn't you know to go work at a the buckle or the gap or something, you know, why did you take me? There she goes. Well, I knew if you could, if you could succeed here, you'd be fine anywhere, because it was the hardest job that I could think of. And I was like, Oh, really, thanks, Mom. Like, send me to the to the hardest job that you could think of and see if I could thrive. And I did well there. But that just kind of goes to show you the mindset that my mom had racing me, which also kind of, you know, attached to me as well. Michael Hingson  06:26 Yeah, well, and I can appreciate course, now looking back on it, of course, but I can appreciate what she said, because if you can survive in one place, and you can if it's if it is a tough job and you approach it the right way, then you'll probably be good anywhere, and there you go. Chris Dreyer  06:47 Yep, yep, to her credit, it was a very tough job. It is as still to this day, the hardest job from a physically demanding perspective that I had, but, but yeah, and it was good. It built resilience, you know, kind of helped me get that that put that true grit on and yeah, so that's kind of my background. Michael Hingson  07:08 I never did really work at a job growing up, my brother did. He worked at a restaurant and so on and bus tables and did other things. But I remember, when he got his first job, he went and applied at a at a restaurant, and the owner or manager, I guess probably both said, so, you know, we'll, we'll consider you. Would you do us a favor? There's some weeds out in the in the front, would you go pull those? And he said, within about a half hour, he got the whole place completely cleaned up of weeds. And the boss came out and said, You did all of that. And my brother said, Yeah. And guy said, You're hired. You know, amazing, you know, because my brother didn't even realize, I think at first, that that was really a test, but it was, and of course, he passed, which was cool. That's a great story, but I never got really to do much work. I kind of was more the intellectual guy in the family, and finding jobs would have been a little bit more of a challenge for me. I did do some babysitting, but that was about all I could do. I've been blind my whole life, and a lot of the jobs that were available in Palmdale, where I grew up in Southern California, were not jobs I was going to realistically be able to do anyway, but I could babysit, and that worked out pretty well. Yeah, yeah. So I mainly studied, Chris Dreyer  08:41 love it. So So studied. Can I? Can I do the reverse interview? What's some of your your top motivational books, business books? Because I'm sure you've got some that just pop top of the dome. Well, sort of, kind Michael Hingson  08:55 of, I really have a slightly different idea about that, but I'll tell you, I've read a number of the main books in the whole motivational and and management world. One Minute Manager is a book I appreciate a great deal. And I also like Dale Carnegie books like How to Win Friends and Influence People. But for me, I point out, and even to this day point out that I've learned more about teamwork and trust and leadership from working with eight Guide Dogs for the last 61 years than I ever learned from all the management and leadership books and everything else that's out there, mainly because working with dogs, you have several things that are An issue, first of all, respecting them and the job that they do, knowing that you're really forming a team with a guide dog, where each member of the team has a job to do. So in my case, the dog, and the case of people who use guide dogs, the purpose of the dog is to make sure that we walk safely as. We're walking somewhere, but my job is to know where to go and how to get there, and then I have to learn how to communicate that to the dog, and also be the leader of the pack in the truest sense of the word, which also means that if the dog is upset, or there is any kind of an issue with the dog, I have to figure out what that is, and I have to read what is going on so that I understand that and can then figure out what is occurring and make sure that the dog stays happy so it's you. There's so much to learn about trust, and one of the main things I've learned over the years is while dogs do, I think love unconditionally, unless they're just so badly traumatized by somebody for some reason they don't trust unconditionally. But the difference between dogs and people is that dogs are open to trust a whole lot more than we are. We have just had so many things go on. We read we bought them in the newspapers, we see it on the news and so on. Nobody trusts anyone. The feeling is basically everyone has their own hidden agenda, and so you can't trust anyone. And so there's very little communications today. There's very little real interaction. And people, by definition, don't trust. Dogs are open to trust, and you can earn their trust, and likewise, they get to and can earn your trust, and it is a it is a combination and kind of thing. So what I really learn when I go to get a new guide dog every time is I'm learning how to form a team with this other dog who doesn't speak the same language I do, who doesn't think the way I do. But I have to figure out what this dog does, what this dog is all about, and I'm the one that has to become the leader of the of the team and make things work. So I think that working with a dog is a lot more of a practical experience kind of thing than just reading about whatever there is to read about in books and so on. So that's why I say that. I think I've learned a lot more by working with dogs than I ever got from all the management books in the world, any of the Tony Robbins books, or any Chris Dreyer  12:07 of those. I love, every bit of that I just I was on x the other day, and it was talking about the the new CEO for Starbucks, right? Because the former CEO was McKinsey trained, right, but didn't have any actual experience at the helm. And then they brought back the former CEO of Taco Bell over to Starbucks, and the stock immediately shot up because of the application aspect of it. He had, he had done the job and been in the grind. So it's kind of interesting, kind of corollary there. But yeah, thank you for sharing. I was really intrigued, and I had to jump in and and ask, Michael Hingson  12:45 Oh, fair question, and then this is a conversation, so nothing wrong with asking questions on either side. So it's perfectly fine to to be able to do that well, so what did you do right out of college? Chris Dreyer  12:59 Right out of college, the one thing I'll tell you that I still to this day, I call myself an introvert. I don't think that, you know, introvert, extrovert. I think we have the tendencies at all times to be either one, right? But I think for me, I was more shy, but I built a lot of friends because I played sports and I knew them in college, and then they met, they introduced me to their friends. Because you got to imagine, when I had a class of 28 kids, it's like super small community versus, you know, everybody I'm interacting through their connections and their extended connections. So through college, I'd say the main education thing I got was, I did get a job waiting tables for three years, and so I got a lot of client service training, dealing with people having a ton of conversations through that, through my through my job, and also through my personal relationships with my friends and and other, you know, Students at the University, but so I think that kind of helped, helped me succeed afterwards, but afterwards, really, when I student taught at Heron, they saw my work ethic. They saw a shoe up, that I showed up, that I listened and I took action. So they, they hired me immediately, and I did the same when I was a JV basketball coach. I never missed a practice. Was always on time. Really tried to develop the kids and bring the most out of them, treated the parents well, and so I think that's what I did well, and it kind of put me in the position to have time to learn internet marketing. So I think that's kind of how it all started, Michael Hingson  14:47 when I was getting my teaching credential at UC Irvine, and I also got my master's degree in physics from there. But I student taught at the local high school, at University High School, and I student. Taught two classes. One was a physics class, and it was kind of for they called it dumbbell physics, but you know, it was kids who were sort of interested in science, but really didn't know where they wanted to go. But the other class was algebra one, and I remember one day I was teaching, and one of the students asked a question, and I didn't know the answer to it, and I probably should have, but I didn't. But what I said was, I don't know the answer right off, tell you, what do you mind if I look at it tonight, get you the answer and bring it back tomorrow. And the kid who was an eighth grader, actually accelerated, so it was high school algebra one, but he was from the eighth grade. He said, Sure, so I went home and found the answer in the book, when I should have known that, but anyway, came back in the next day, and even before I could say anything, he said, Mr. Hingson, I went home and got the answer, and I said, Well, come up and write it on the board. And one of the things that I did with with all of my classes when, of course, we had blackboards and all that, back in those days, I would want a student to come up and be the board writer, because they write a lot better than I do. And so we, we had pretty good competitions of people who wanted to write on the board. They all thought it was kind of fun, and I did spread that wealth around, but Marty came up and I said, now you got to explain what you're writing. And he had actually found the answer, which was cool, but my master teacher was also the football coach, and when I first told Marty and the rest of the class, I don't know the answer, but I will get it after class was over, Mr. Redmond said you did something that's absolutely amazing and was absolutely the right thing to do, and most people wouldn't do it. And that was you admitted you didn't know the answer, but you would go get it rather than trying to blow smoke, because these kids can see through that in a second. And he said, So you did the right thing, and I've always felt that's the way to do it. If I don't know the answer, I'll go figure it out, but I will also tell you that I don't know the answer, and you can decide whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I think it's a good thing, to be honest, Chris Dreyer  17:22 I couldn't agree more. Michael Hingson  17:25 And so it was fun. And and what the the other part of the story, and I think I've told it a couple times on the podcast, is 10 years later, I was at the Orange County Fairgrounds, and this kid comes up to me, Well, he was, he didn't sound like a kid anymore. And he said, Mr. Hingson, do you know who this is? Deep voice. And I went, No, not right off. And he said, I'm Marty. I'm the guy that was in your algebra class 10 years ago. Nice to be remembered, but, but he he also just remembered what happened. And I think he even said it was so cool that I was honest with him about it, which was, you know, a life lesson anybody should learn. Chris Dreyer  18:09 That's incredible. That's incredible. So Michael Hingson  18:10 it was a lot of fun. Well, so you student taught and so on, but eventually you ended up deciding to go into the entrepreneur world. But you also were a card collector, right? A game collector, yeah. Chris Dreyer  18:25 And in high school, I played this collectible card game. I played a combination of two. I mean, most people are familiar with Magic, The Gathering, but I also played this other game called Legend of five rings. And both, you know, the collectible card games, but they're really math based games based upon advantage and and, you know, you so now it's applicable to today. I can look at any whether it's Pokemon or whatever card game there is. It's, it was very, you know, it's force based, you know, benefits to attack and things like that. It attributes everything. But anyways, I played it competitively, and I was a top I was a world ranked player at one time. I won four state championships or CO days. No one had done that at the time in a two consecutive years, and it was just a top player, and when you get to the top, you become friends with the other top players, and then you talk strategy and and that even takes you to an even higher level. And so I did that, you know, for many years, competed all over the country. It was a great experience. And so, yeah, that in my house. My dad very so he had, he was a civil engineer. He has an engineer degree, but he was traveling. He was on the railroad at all times, and he wanted to stop traveling, so he accepted this job as a mail carrier so he could stay put. And. Yeah, and that's what he did. He retired as a mail carrier, but, you know, a top math expert to the to the point where there would be conversations where you could, like, I couldn't understand him, right? He couldn't understand himself, right? And, and, and there's many conversations in different aspects of this. But when we played games, whether it was Yahtzee or monopoly or whatever, every game, there was a math based lesson to it, like, which dice you rolled for advantage at Yahtzee, which ones to hold after the first roll. Poker games, pitch games, Rummy, every single game it was, it was game theory. It was math on what was the precise the best role, like Monopoly, the best properties and the probability to get an orange property over other properties and and how much you should spend at certain points of the game. And I realized saying that outline that's that that's not normal. Some people just play yatse and roll the dice and they roll what they want, and some people play Monopoly and just buy the properties they want. That was not how games were played in my household, and it was very applicable to poker and to the collectible card games. Michael Hingson  21:22 Yeah. So how often did you want to buy Boardwalk and Park Place? Chris Dreyer  21:28 Not often. But I mean, so there. That was just how I was brought up. And yeah, and it turned into a lot of what I do today. Michael Hingson  21:42 Actually, I always like free parking. We had a thing where any money and and any kind of thing that you had to pay on all went into the free parking pot. So getting free parking was always fun. Oh yeah, but yeah, I hear what you're saying. I love monopoly and love to even play it against the computer, which was always a kind of a neat thing to do, but played Monopoly against other members of my family. Some we actually made a Well, we took a regular Monopoly board, and I think my father outlined the entire board and all the squares using elmer's glue so that we had raised lines for me to look at. Then we also did things to mark the paper money so I could tell what bills I had and and so on, and even Braille the cards. And I still have that game to this day, very neat, which is kind of cool, but monopoly spun. Chris Dreyer  22:36 Yeah, there's a lot of games that you know, there's no winner. You take my wife wants to play Scrabble all the time, and I'm like, there's just not a winner in Scrabble. Because if I challenge you on a word, and I'm right, you're wrong. You're mad if I beat you, you know, and then if I lose, it's not fulfilling for me. That's one of those games. There's no winner. Michael Hingson  23:02 I have a friend who plays Scrabble with his mother all the time, and and he, I think he loses more than he wins, but he's always proud when he beats her. And he's almost 60, so you know, she's, she's older than he is, but they, they play and have a lot of fun with Scrabble. Chris Dreyer  23:21 That's incredible. That's Michael Hingson  23:22 great. Yeah, it is kind of cool. But anyway, so you eventually decided to go off and go into the entrepreneurial world, and you started your company, or went well, when did you actually start the company? Chris Dreyer  23:37 Started the company officially in 2013 it was attorney rankings.org, that was the original name. Now it's rankings.io, I worked at a few agencies previously, while I was also doing the affiliate marketing, and kind of got to see the agency world of providing, you know, the professional services space. And after working at a few agencies. Thought that I could do it right. I got the confidence from the competence, and that's when I launched it. 2013 we've always been focused on legal. The difference today is primarily, we're focused on a sub niche of legal for personal injury law. And, you know, we work with other practice areas, criminal defense, family law, etc. But really personal injury is the is 85% of our business. Michael Hingson  24:27 So what is it that rankings.io? Does, Chris Dreyer  24:31 yeah, we do digital marketing. We do search engine optimization now, AI search, we do pay per click paid social web design. A lot of performance marketing, I would say more performance, less creative and branding. And that's what we do. We work with the top, the biggest pi firms, personal injury law firms in the country. We're in chiefs, I think every state we work with about. 250 law firms across the country. Michael Hingson  25:03 What made you decide to focus on law in the beginning? Chris Dreyer  25:09 Yeah, I'll say a few reasons. One, I had an experience working with attorneys, and I liked working with them. So there was the like component when I worked at an agency, I had a few firms that would I spoke with, and I enjoyed it. The second thing was, if I'm being honest, the status like I wanted to tell my parents that I did marketing for lawyers, and not just, you know, any industry. And then the other thing is, is I'm very, very, very competitive, and I kept seeing and hearing these reports about more and more attorneys going to law school and and just all this competition for legal and the thing that I differ you hear a lot of coaches and mentors. They'll say, hey, go to the blue ocean. You know, everyone's read the blue ocean book, or, you know, Peter thiel's zero to one, and everyone thinks so, go where there's no competition. And I'm like, That's fine if you're Elon or Peter Thiel or Zuckerberg creating something new, but if you're going into an existing category, you want to go where there is competition, because it demands expertise, and that's the way that I've looked at it. Like, you take the agency perspective, I don't want to go to, you know, lawn care, SEO like, do they really want to do search engine optimization? Do they really have a ton of competition? Maybe that's not a great example. But you get my point where, if you go into the city, there's a ton of personal injury law firms, but there's only a few that can rank at the top. And there's, they're all trying to gather cases from one another, so they want an expert to help them, you know, get that visibility. And that's, that's the mindset that Michael Hingson  26:58 went into it. What strikes me is interesting, though, is that with all of that, you bring a very competitive level to what you do. And I'm not sure that I find that a lot of people necessarily even do that, so you consider even search engine optimization to be a very competitive thing, I don't want to say sport, but you consider it all about competition, and you want to really bring the best and the most significant aspects of it to what you do. And that clearly has to show up when you're talking about Inc ranking you in the top companies for eight years in a row. Chris Dreyer  27:47 Yeah, it's very status orientation. You know, that's why I like working with trial attorneys. There's a winner and loser in court, and there's only one top position in Google or on these llms, and it's, who's gonna win, who's the best? Yeah, and it's right there for everyone. Here's here's the tally. Everyone can see who's the best. And I've always loved that. I think I heard a podcast recently by John Morgan. He's the founder of Morgan, Morgan, right? Of course. And you know, he's always a character and funny to listen to, but, yeah, he talks about being insatiable. Like, how did you grow this? He's like, Well, I'm insatiable. I I want to continue to grow. And for me, it's, it's the exact same thing. It's like, I'm insatiable. We hit a milestone. I want the next milestone. It is the game that I'm playing. I am playing like my hobby is my business. I enjoy it. I look forward to a Monday. It rewards me mentally. I enjoy the people I work with. And that's that's how we're at you know, Inc, 5008 years in a row, we'll definitely be on the ninth year next year, due to our growth this year. And it's that's just, that's just how I treat it. It's just a big game. And, you know, like any game, you play Sim City, whatever, you get a little bit more money, you get a little bit more buildings, right? You do a little bit better, you hire more talent, you expand your capabilities, and you just, if you don't stop, you're going to Michael Hingson  29:22 continue to grow. But it's a game in the mathematical sense, and it's it's a game in the the productive sense of what you're trying to do is, isn't the game just, although you obviously have to have fun in what you do, otherwise you wouldn't enjoy doing it. But it's a game in the mathematical sense of the word, oh, 100% Chris Dreyer  29:44 and so many people don't understand what I'm about to say. But like, every move that you make is a move based upon leverage in some capacity, yeah, and you take, because our time is all limited. You take. I'll give you some examples, like from a from a distribution perspective, hosting my podcast or being on your podcast is going to have more listeners than if I go speak on stage, if I go speak on stage now that that has its own benefits of authority and and different you know, belly to belly relationships from a trust perspective, but from a distribution perspective, I would be better off doing more podcasts than I would speaking on stage, sure. So there's an advantage there, right? And then there's also advantages through pricing arbitrage, and it's if, if I hire labor and talent in in the Midwest, and I pay them above average fees and salaries, and I pay my employees well, but compare that to New York or California. And I think some people, you know, these are things that they don't talk about, but when you start to look at leverage closely, it's everywhere. Capital, economies of scale, if I you know, there's leverage based upon my my buying power in certain areas, and that's what I look for. It's an interesting way to make decisions. Is based upon that leverage component. Michael Hingson  31:20 Do you think that that works in other kinds of arenas, other than just what you do? Chris Dreyer  31:27 Oh, I won 1,000% yes, yeah. It works in you could see it. You know, the closest would be, closest arena would be sports. There's so many, whether it's the salary caps or the talent of one person's labor based, you know, what they can do from a utilization or capacity versus another one's people talk about it on the business side of like, you know, You have one software programmer is worth, potentially 1,000x another one just because of that individual's capabilities. So it's literally everywhere, and it's also dissecting different scenarios into fractional leverage. So I'll take give you a different way of thinking about this. Is like, you take a an SEO specialist, a top tier SEO specialist might be 100 200 grand, right, technician, right? But you you break down their capabilities into the smaller parts. You know someone that just writes, someone that just does the title tags and the website, and someone that just does the links and that, like you can assemble, that individuals that that superstars talent through the FRAC breaking it down from a fractional perspective. It's just a big game of puzzles and how you get there and you look at like what your competitors are doing and how you can, I wouldn't say, exploit in a negative way, but, but what I mean is how you can take advantage in a positive way to to help your business succeed, right? Michael Hingson  33:15 Well, do you so if, if you're playing a game like football, of course, everybody, every team, wants to crush the other team, and it's all about winning and beating the heck out of the other guy. Is that really the way you view it, in terms of the game, as you play it, and do you enjoy being able to just crush the competition? Or is it a different mindset than that? Chris Dreyer  33:42 That's a really good question, because I am an abundance mindset. I don't think everything is a zero sum game. It's, I'll tell you something super nerdy. I was talking to my chief of staff the other day that he's we're big gamers, big nerds. And he, we were talking about Warhammer 40k and the dwarves in that game have a book of grudges. So anybody that that goes against the dwarves, they they're listed in the book of grudges, right? Yeah. And it's like all the dwarves are trying to, you know, right? This wrong. And I kind of look like that. I'm like, treat people respect like, you know, abundance zero, you know, like, abundance mentality. Do the referral thing until it's like, okay, you've done X, Y and Z, and I could give you examples of x, y, z, and it's like, okay, well, you're not my friend. You're not my ally, so now you are a true competitor by all since you know, by all definitions, right? That's how I've treated it. Michael Hingson  34:48 And so it isn't the joy of just beating everybody in sight. No, which is different, which is cool, because certainly. I would, I would also bet, though, that you have people who are competitors, but they're not unfriendly, so you can absolutely, yeah, you can develop Chris Dreyer  35:10 working relationships. Rattle off, and we have great conversations. We're friends, and people are surprised when they see us, and we're friendly, and it's like, no, it's like, we have families, we have life. We want to do good work. We want to and it's so you can absolutely have that too. Yeah. Michael Hingson  35:27 Why did you decide to specifically choose personal injury Chris Dreyer  35:33 for me? And it's this is turning into the math conversation. But really, I looked at our revenue, and it was like over 70% of our revenue. Was from less than 50% of our clientele. And it was a clear directional signal to pursue this area. And that's it was the math like, these are our best clients. They pay the most, they stay the longest we could do the best work. Also the PI space is the Super Bowl. Is the major leagues. In the legal arena, it's, it's very difficult to rank. There's a lot of competition versus, you know, I get a family law attorney. I don't care what market you're in, Los Angeles, it's like a sneeze to get them the number one or two? Yeah, it's and I like that. I like the competition. I like having to work at it and be creative and think about different things to try to obtain that top position. Michael Hingson  36:33 Yeah, well, so I would, I would presume that John Morgan's happy with you. Chris Dreyer  36:40 I, you know, I had Dan Morgan as a keynote for my 2024 conference, his son. And I haven't personally talked to John. I think he's well, he says he's retired, but he's not really retired, yeah, right. The I couldn't work with Morgan and Morgan, I can have a great relationship with them, but I can't work with them because they're in every market, and my I would, they would be my only client, so that's why, but certainly have a great relationship. I've got a text relationship with Dan, but yeah, they, I think they do everything in house. Michael Hingson  37:20 Anyways, you don't want to be the consularity for Morgan and Morgan, in other words, Chris Dreyer  37:25 your only client, right, right? That would put a lot of risk on the old client concentration problem, Michael Hingson  37:33 and it would, but still. So what does it mean for a law firm to dominate Google's organic search. And I guess the other question is, why is that the legal battleground that personal injury lawyers can't really ignore? Chris Dreyer  37:53 There's, there's so much here. Okay, where do I go? That's a lot of take. You take any channel, broadcast television has been the main vehicle for channel for distribution. It's the lowest CPMs cost per 1000. The distribution is very wide, because an individual doesn't know typically, when they're going to be in an accident, right? So you got to have a lot of reach and touch a lot of individuals. There's also radio and billboards. But typically, even if they watch you on television or hear you on the radio or what have you, they still convert. They go to Google to make that conversion that go to the website. Typically, it's not always and and things are changing due to these llms and the native experiences on platform. But even today, it's still the final destination before they contact a firm. So it's really important that you show up at the top of Google to capture all of those opportunities that you've advertised for in other mediums. Michael Hingson  39:09 How do you do that? Chris Dreyer  39:12 Well, so you know, I'll say, I'll try to simplify for the audience. Let's just keep it really, think of like a Venn diagram of, you know, the three circles overlaying and you've got the middle. You have to do all three. The first one is you have to have excellent content. You have to have, you know, if you're an auto accident attorney, you have to have content about auto accidents. You have to have, you know, you have to have content that targets phrases and words that consumers will search for, right? It starts with the content. It has to be thematically and topically relevant. Has to be excellent content. The second component would be related to. Views. You got to get Google reviews to show up on in the LSA, the local services ads location, you have to get reviews to show up in Google Map Pack. You need reviews now on Yelp to show up on and be discovered on these different llms, particularly a chat GPT. And just due to how okay for the SEO nerds listening, let me explain, because typically when you get reviews on Yelp and when you get reviews or recommendations on Facebook, they aggregate that information to other sites, which is then the listicles that form the basis of discovery for these llms. So you got to have a review background. So content reviews and then links. Google, the way that they differentiated, again, way against lo AOL was they use links as a categorization method. So if you're trying to win an election, you want to get as many votes as possible. If you're trying to win the first page of Google, you want to get as many high quality links as possible. High quality being authoritative, relevant, trustworthy, you know, sites that get a lot of traffic, so you need great content, lot of reviews and links. That is the very 8020, high end summer summary of of how to rank in Google search and on the llms, yeah. Michael Hingson  41:24 Well, and how does LinkedIn fit into what you do? Chris Dreyer  41:29 LinkedIn is a bit different. I you know LinkedIn more B to B platform. I think if you're a business attorney or a B to B firm, it's an excellent channel. I use it from a distribution perspective. I get a lot of reach. I get a lot of followers on there. A lot of attorneys congregate on there. And it's a great, you know, channel for recruiting talent, and it's cited frequently if you have some type of reputation perspective that you want to control around your name. LinkedIn typically ranks in one of the top three positions for your name if you have your profile set up properly. So yeah, it's, it's, it's got great distribution from a leverage perspective, and, you know, has other applications as well. Michael Hingson  42:15 If you were starting a law firm today, or you were advising someone who's starting a law firm, how would you deal with and start their marketing efforts? How would you organize marketing for them? Chris Dreyer  42:28 Yeah, in the beginning I would, I would do almost all performance marketing. I would not do. I would do very little with brands, because you need to get on your your cash acceleration cycle is very poor. From a PI perspective. I'm always thinking from an injury law firm perspective, because, you know, if you get an auto accident case by the time they get treatment and go through the whole process, you know, it could be 12 to 18 months before you get paid. So you know, I would think about performance marketing, Facebook ads, Google ads, LSA, SEO, a lot of the ads platforms that are, you know, very performance driven. That would be the majority of my investment. Facebook ads. So in a vacuum, you know, different markets are, there's different channels that are more effective. But in a vacuum, I would say today, right now, Facebook ads would be the best platform, the best channel for that, Michael Hingson  43:29 because so many, because it has such a high volume of viewers, or what Chris Dreyer  43:34 they're well, it's just the cost per lead. The amount that you pay on that platform to reach your target prospect is going to be cheaper than say, you go to Google ads and you're paying $600 a click for a phrase, or, you know, it's just now, there's, again, this is in a vacuum. There's very effective Google Ad strategies you can get, you know, creative with performance, Max campaigns and and different strategies. But I would say just in general, Facebook ads out of the gate would be one that I would start with, and I would start the SEO early, just because it takes time to develop. Michael Hingson  44:14 Yeah, well, that makes sense, and it does take a long time, and I think a lot of people don't necessarily understand how all of that works, but it's still something that they should, should deal with Chris Dreyer  44:28 1,000% and, you know, it's, it's a game of, it's a long game, but it, you know, even SEO can be on a shorter time horizon, if, if You're, like, if you target Car Accident Lawyer in that phrase and that segment, then sure, yeah, 12 to 18 months is, you know, you know, even two years before you start to get some visibility. But you target dog bites, you target, you know, some other case types that aren't as competitive like you can get traction sooner. Michael Hingson  45:00 Hmm, well, and that kind of brings up the question you You talk a lot about, and you wrote a book about niche. Why is it that going into like a smaller niche can yield sort of a greater opportunity, or by narrowing focus, you're creating bigger opportunities? Why is that? So? Chris Dreyer  45:22 What comes top of mind? Some of the biggest, the most important reason is it all centers around this word focus. When you focus in a single area, you become better. Well, because you were better, you can you can at your you can charge more because you're worth it. The other thing is, is when you focus on a single area, you you can create, create repeatable processes, and everything is not bespoke when it comes in. So you can set up your internal productization of a certain area. You it makes training easier by immersion. So there's a lot of benefits, even even the perception aspect of it, right? So when you think of like, who's better, a generalist versus a brain surgeon, you think a brain surgeon is a specialist. And you think, Well, who do you think, just offhand, whose fees would be higher? Well, you think the brain surgeon would would charge higher fees. And so from a perception perspective, and when you're thinking about trust, the that's the other one, right? You would think from a trust perspective, they would be more qualified because they're in this certain area. So, and when we're trying to convert someone in sales, it's always a conversation based upon trust. So those are some of the main advantages, the one heavy, heavy disadvantage. Disadvantage is Tam, total addressable market. It's you focus on personal injury. You're at 50, 60,000 firms. You focus on all law firms. United States, you're at 400,000 law firms. So there's trade offs for you know, there's pros and cons on both sides well Michael Hingson  47:03 and and that makes sense, but there is a lot of merit to the to the whole concept of specializing, and you've proven it with what you do, and you continue to be pretty successful about it. And then that makes a lot of sense, but you also do something else that I think is interesting. You've written a book, niching up, you've got a podcast, you have other things that you do, and, of course, just the company itself, but you put all of that together, and all of that not only has to help your brand, but it makes you more visible in the marketplace overall. Don't you think? Chris Dreyer  47:42 Yeah, it certainly does, and it is our flywheel, right? It's somebody that's on my podcast could be a potential quote in my book, and I have a personal injury lawyer marketing book, right? And there's quotes from the pod. I have now a quarterly magazine that goes out. We could cherry pick a couple episodes, you know, to include in the magazine. We have retreats that are quarterly. They're, they're in person that, because we have a community, they're easier to to fill. We have a yearly event for personal injury law firms called, you know, Pim con. So it's all this, this flywheel that kind of compounds over time due to the community aspect, Michael Hingson  48:25 but people obviously react well to it, because you continue to be successful. Chris Dreyer  48:32 Yeah, and I think the biggest thing for me is I am I am not the the expert. I am bringing on the experts in their field, the people that are eating their own dog food, so to speak, right? They're practicing what they preach. It is, I can orchestrate a great conversation because I know the space and can ask very specific questions based upon my knowledge. But I'm bringing on, you know, Dan Morgan's on the pod. I've had, let's see Morris Bart. You know, I've had frank Azar in Colorado. I've had the biggest of the big pi attorneys on sharing what works for them, which, which is very valuable, because it's not, you know, some, you know, a consultant or me or whoever, speaking about like, Oh, this is how you can grow a law firm. It's no this is the owner of a law firm explaining how he or she is growing their law firm right, Michael Hingson  49:31 and providing that advice for other people, which also helps you gain trust, which is pretty cool. What's the best way for an attorney who wants to stand out to truly build authority in the market? Chris Dreyer  49:50 Well, if you're if you're b Look, okay, so there's a couple types of firms. If you're a trial attorney and you want to get peer referrals, I would say. See, I would say start a podcast would be one of the best ways, you know, interview your peer, interview other attorneys around the country, talk shop, you know, speak at C les. You know, do the those types of aspects it, you know, a podcast. I'm not saying it's not good for B to C, but it's, it has to be a different type of podcast. So I think, I think B to B, if you're a litigation attorney, a podcast would be great if it's B to C. That's, that's tricky. I think I think probably social media in some capacity, but really it's just sharing your knowledge on a platform and being consistent. Michael Hingson  50:51 Yeah, consistency counts for a lot, and it is something you can you can show is being relevant in almost any kind of business. I mean, look at McDonald's. One thing you can generally tell about McDonald's is that their quarter pounder is going to taste the same everywhere, and it's going to be the same and, and, and companies and people can learn a lot by seeing a company that truly develops that level of trust, 51:24 yeah, couldn't agree more. Michael Hingson  51:26 And that's pretty important to do, to be able to get someone who is going to earn that trust by vigorously working to earn that trust. And so there's something to be said for that, needless to say, so you've built a very large company. What would you say are some of the pivotal moments that sort of helped shape your trajectory? I know you've talked about some things, but what, what kind of really, are the things that stand out that really helped you create all of that? Chris Dreyer  52:00 I think in the beginning, I did a lot of free work, and had to prove my work, prove my abilities. I think so many people just want to charge a lot out of the gate. And I think there's when you do things for people, they're more willing to reciprocate. And it from an application perspective, it makes you better. So I did a lot of free work early, a ton of free work. I took a lot of jobs or contracts that maybe not, maybe for certain, that I wouldn't take today, that were just not perfect, but like they were my opportunities that I didn't, you know, let them pass by. I think hiring the right people, having super high standards is incredibly important, people that share your values. In the beginning, I used to, every time I heard a speech or taught speech speaker talk about culture values, I used to kind of roll my eyes and say I just didn't get to get to work, right? But now I know it's more important than ever that they share my values, right? Because they're important to me, and that's how you move forward. And I think the other one, if I had to say, the bigger I get, the more important good data, is to make decisions like, if I just don't have good data, it's very difficult. I'm just guessing and and the better the data, the better decisions well. Michael Hingson  53:32 So the the other thing that comes to mind when you talked about doing a lot of free work and jobs that you wouldn't necessarily take today, I don't know how much it really entered into your mindset, but think of all the knowledge you gathered by doing that that you might not have ever gotten. Yeah. Chris Dreyer  53:49 I mean, that's true, and a lot of other people wouldn't have done those jobs, so that's kind of some unique perspectives. Michael Hingson  53:56 Yeah, I when I hired sales people, one of the first things I always told them was, you're coming into this be a student for at least the first year. Don't hesitate to ask questions of your customers, because they're not if you gain their trust at all. They're not in it to see you fail. They want you to succeed, but they want to be able to trust you. And so there's a lot to be said for being a student, asking questions and learning from that. I agree. I agree, which makes a lot of sense. What's the biggest misconception that lawyers typically have about marketing? Chris Dreyer  54:33 They underestimate how many dollars and what it takes for someone to actually be memorable or build a brand. I talked to, I heard Alex hermosi talking recently about, you know, no one really knew who Jennifer Lawrence was before the mockingbird movie, and they spent $50 million on advertising for that movie. And then, oh, suddenly, everyone knows who she is. But it took $50 million To do so. I think a lot of times people think they oversaturate a channel when they haven't even scratched the possibilities or the capabilities of a particular channel. Michael Hingson  55:10 How do you help lawyers break through that misconception? I agree with what you're saying. I hear it a lot, in so many ways, but how do you break through that and get them to understand the value. Chris Dreyer  55:22 It's a dance, yeah, you know, I try to get them to look at the blended cost to acquire a case, as opposed to, you know, the CAC to LTV ratio, versus trying to pinpoint each individual channel and but it is try to try to solve with data and proof over, you know, guesses, but or promises, but it is always a song and dance. Michael Hingson  55:52 The data and proof is out there. If people can learn to look for it, it's, it's, the reality is, mostly it's not a guess, but you have to know where to look or learn how to find the data to be able to get the answers that you need to demonstrate that marketing is just as valuable as anything else. I mean, there's so many strong lessons about marketing. We talked about Morgan and Morgan, but think about it, he's out there doing TV commercials all the time, and I'm sure that that's helping his company. He and Ultima continuing to to grow, and now they got the boys all in it. And the reality is they've demonstrated that they understand something about what marketing is all about. I remember back a long time ago when it was taboo for lawyers to even advertise. And then a couple of companies out here started to do it. And finally, people realized there's a lot of value in marketing. Chris Dreyer  56:50 Absolutely. And Michael, I should have said this in advance. I've got a I got a hard stop, I got a I got a hat, I got a client call here in two minutes. Michael Hingson  56:59 Well, then let me just ask, is there anything else that you want to add? Or how can people reach out to you if they'd like to do that? Chris Dreyer  57:06 Well, first of all, I really enjoyed our conversation, so thank you for having me. Yeah, you know, for anybody that has a question or wants to connect with me, the best way to get in touch with me is by email. I'm an inbox zero guy. It's Chris, C, H, R, i s@rankings.io I'm most active on LinkedIn. You'll just do a search for Chris Dreyer, and you'll find me cool. Michael Hingson  57:29 Well, I want to thank you for being here, and I want to thank all of you for tuning in today, wherever you are, I'd love to hear from you. Love your thoughts on the podcast. Give us an email at Michael h i at accessibe, A, C, C, E, S, S, i, b, e.com, also, you can listen to any of our podcasts. They're all available. And you can find us at Michael hingson.com/podcast and you can see and hear all the episodes that you want from there. Please give us a five star review and great rating wherever you're listening and watching us, we value it a lot. And if you know anyone who you think might be able to be a good guest, love to hear from you. Chris, you as well. If you know anybody else who you think ought to be a guest, I'd love to definitely get your help to bring them on, because we're looking for all the people who want to come on and show that we're all more unstoppable than we think. But again, I want to just thank you for being here today. Chris Dreyer  58:20 Thank you, Michael. I really enjoyed it. Michael Hingson  58:26 Thank you for being here with me on unstoppable mindset. I hope today's conversation left you with a fresh perspective, a new insight, or at least something worth thinking about if you're ready to go deeper into the ideas that shape how we see ourselves and others. I have a free gift for you. Head over to Michael hingson.com and download my free ebook, blinded by fear. It explores the invisible beliefs that hold us back and shows you how to reframe them so you can move forward with clarity and confidence. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast, leave a review and share this show with someone who can use a reminder that growth starts with mindset. When people think differently, we all move forward together. Thanks again for listening, keep learning, keep questioning and keep choosing to live with an unstoppable mindset you.

Cu trei luni intarziere, nenumarate sedinte tensionate si amenintari privind ruperea Coalitiei, Parlamentul a dat votul final pe bugetul de stat. Imediat după vot, liderul PSD, Sorin Grindeanu, a criticat din nou „încrâncenarea” premierului și a declarat că sunt multe motive ca Ilie Bolojan să fie schimbat din funcție. AUR a anuntat ca va contesta bugetul la Curtea Constitutionala.     Uniunea Europeană gândește măsuri pentru limitarea prețurilor la energie Romania, alaturi de alte 9 state, a cerut oprirea politicilor verzi in timp ce alte state doresc accelerarea sistemului. În contextul crizei energetice provocate de războiul din Iran, statele cer amânarea eliminării alocărilor gratuite, avertizând că politicile climatice actuale riscă să distrugă nucleul industrial al Europei. Ultima zi de campanie în Franţa pentru alegerile locale Duminică are loc turul 2 al scrutinului pentru a-i desemna pe primarii următorilor 6 ani. Dacă în 95% din cele circa 35.000 de comune franceze edilii au fost aleşi din primul tur, mai sunt aproape 1.600 de comune în care oamenii sunt chemati din nou la urne. Este vorba mai ales de oraşe mari şi medii.

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series on Majora's Mask. We talk a bit about getting stuck, the structure, and do some extended catch-up on email. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up to Swamp Dungeon Issues covered: making it feel different, long-winded save mechanics, interrupting your play, expecting it to be okay to let the world end, the threatening moon, how games hold up, the usual strategy for reuse: more of the same, making the main mechanic out of a minor Ocarina mechanic, recontextualizing models and similar locations, the groom mask and the new interactions, constraining locations you can reach, the audio mix, being able to control for when certain events happen or not, being unclear on whether the water is poison, searching high and low for a bottle, a non-Nintendo moment, implying that the player could have been prepared, looking forward to more masks, reusing your engine, platform architecture converging, changing goals requiring changing programs, a podcast guidebook, Tim's annotated notes, finally having a list, recency bias, convergence of mechanics in AAA games, a story of a dev inspired by events and the podcast, asset flips, Majora's Mask inspiration.  Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: CalamityNolan, Outer Wilds, Melancholia, Stranger Things, Wind Waker, Ultima, Hitman, GameCube, Oddberry Games, Vitor, Eye of the Beholder (series), Doom (series), Fallout (series), Monkey Island (series), Warren Spector, Origin Systems, Apple ][, PlayStation, Xbox, Unreal, Republic Commando, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, Mystery Dip, Carlos, Dark Souls, Deadly Premonition, Hollow Knight, Ubisoft, Anthony Vaccaro, Synersteel Studios, Eric Heimberg, Sandra Powers, Nicholas Vaccaro, Maria Vaccaro, Valley of Shadow, What Remains of Edith Finch, The Witness, The Talos Principle, Raymond, Drew, David Lynch, Takashi Tezuka, Twin Peaks, Link's Awakening, Dwarf Fortress, Mors, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  Next time: More Majora's Mask Links: Valley of Shadow via Steam  Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp YouTube Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com mailto://devgameclub@gmail.com

Muchas mujeres dicen amar a Dios… pero en su rutina se dejan de últimas.Esto no es falta de disciplina, es falta de coherencia entre lo que crees y cómo vives.En este episodio hablamos de identidad, hábitos y la raíz de esa desconexión que te tiene cansada, ansiosa y estancada.

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L'italiano piu' importante ti sempre è... Chi potrà mai essere, ma più che altro, chi decide chi è l'italiano più importante di sempre? Non ci crederete mai, o forse lo avete gia indovinato. Trascrizione interattiva e Vocab Helper Support Easy Italian and get interactive transcripts, live vocabulary and bonus content: easyitalian.fm/membership Note dell'episodio How to Eat Like an Italian in Italy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMESW_LNHTI&t=1s L'italiano piu' importante ti sempre... Chi potrà mai essere, ma più che altro, chi decide chi è l'italiano più importante di sempre? Non ci crederete mai, o forse lo avete gia indovinato. Una strana classifica che ha creato alcuni problemi quando è stata fatta, e oggi con Raffaele cerchermo di capire se ci sono proprio tutte le persone importanti o se manca qualcuno. Abbiamo parlato di alcuni personaggi: Mara Venier, presentatrice della televisione italiana. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara_Venier Vittorio Sgarbi, critico d'arte e politico, e "opinionista" della televisione italiana. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Sgarbi Io (Matteo) e Raffaele sicuramente questa volta la pensiamo allo stesso modo, ma come è possibile che Dante non è nei primi tre?! Ci vuole tanta pazienza. Passiamo poi ai dialetti, o alle lingue, che convivono in Italia con l'italiano. Ma che cosa vuol dire, sono dialetti o lingue? E poi chi li parla? Quando? E' una cosa un po' complessa ma molto molto interessante, e cerchiamo di chiarire almeno un po' chiacchierando a proposito di un articolo de il Sole 24 ore infodata.ilsole24ore.com/2026/02/21/in-40-anni-chi-parla-dialetto-e-passato-dal-32-al-96/ Trascrizione Raffaele: [0:23] Buongiorno Matteo. Matteo: [0:25] Buongiorno, come va? Raffaele: [0:27] Ultima puntata invernale. Matteo: [0:31] Ah, non ci avevo pensato, di già? Raffaele: [0:34] Eh, tecnicamente per la data di pubblicazione sì. Matteo: [0:38] Noi però invece faremo ancora qualcosa... ... Support Easy Italian and get interactive transcripts, live vocabulary and bonus content: easyitalian.fm/membership

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Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin a new series on The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. We of course set the game first in its time and at Nintendo before turning to the opening and the feel of the game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Through the first Clock Tower entry Issues covered: our ten-year anniversary, 2000 in games, a little timeline of Zelda, making a sequel on a short development cycle, reusing engines and making a better version of your game, reusing technology, switching from cartridges to optical media, asset reuse for characters, pricing changes and getting your money's worth, falling into the warm bath, consumptive conservatism, the strange opening and some title cards, us not remembering things about Navi, choosing the legend based on the hardware or the design idea, fitting the legends together, a continuation of Ocarina, film analogues, wanting to be in the room where it happened, presenting a known quest fabric to present you with not knowing very much, getting your ocarina back to reuse a mechanic, Skull Kid as marionette, getting new masks and therefore new powers, a diversion into a film, an unsettling feel to conversations, talking about RPGs and feeling the pressure of the main plot (or not), a lower-priority feature, thinking about your audience and what types of players you have, writing quality to support your main quest, admitting you're a video game, a debatable priority, building it into your character, how we play games heroically or not, where's the wish fulfillment.   Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: PlayStation 2, The Sims, Deus Ex, Final Fantasy IX, Diablo II, Baldur's Gate II, RE: Code Veronica, Chrono Cross, Pokemon Yellow, Thief II, SEGA DreamCast, Spyro: Year of the Dragon, Vagrant Story, SSX, Skies of Arcadia, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Paper Mario, No One Lives Forever, Donkey Kong Country (GBC), Crazy Taxi, Soul Calibur, Jet Set Radio, Star Wars: Starfighter (series), Smuggler's Run, Eiji Aonuma, Shigeru Miyamoto, Uncharted 2, Mass Effect 2, Ultima (series), Warren Spector, Richard Garriott, Ultima Underworld, Jedi Knight, Outlaws, Full Throttle 2, RTX Red Rock, Gladius, SquareSoft, Nintendo 64/GameCube, Twilight Princess, Roblox, Fortnite, Minecraft, LEGO, Capcom, Groundhog's Day, Outer Wilds, Rogue, Run Lola Run, A Trip to the Moon, Georges Méliès, Breath of the Wild, King of Masks, ColonelKovalyo, Morrowind/TES (series), Fallout (series), Metal Gear Solid, Republic Commando, Halo: Infinite, Paul Crocker, Troy Mashburn, Justin Dinges, Richard Lemarchand, Clint Hocking, Naughty Dog, Crystal Dynamics, Insomniac, Spider-Man (series), Sucker Punch, Ghosts of Tsushima (series), Sasha, Symphony of the Night, Lani Lum, Hitman (series), Dwarf Fortress, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  Next time: More Majora's Mask! Notes: The word Brett was searching for was "optical" media. We regret the brain fog and blame the cold medicine. Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp  YouTube  Discord  DevGameClub@gmail.com 

Lords: Jin https://awesomedonut.github.io/ Brad https://rainwarrior.ca/ Topics: The shareware games business model Thoughts on how to define femininity? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqloPw5wp48 The Great Molasses Flood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrnRNfXm_k4 Entrance by Rainer Maria Rilke https://poemsintranslation.blogspot.com/2010/10/rilke-entrance-from-german.html Combining magic and science in science fantasy. Microtopics: Lizard for the NES. Retrofuturism in ancient China. Silkpunk Origins. Ultima-inspired indie RPGs from 1994. Passing around public domain games on floppy disks. Registering shareware to get rid of the nag screen. Adventure game hint books as a second channel of income. Asking your mom to get a money order to register the shareware version of Impulse Tracker so you can get the Stereo Wav Writer. Front loading all the good levels in the shareware episode and selling the crap in the registered episodes. The Ur-Quan Masters. Printing to PDF. Uploading your music to mp3.com. Cracking shareware using a known plaintext attack. Drawing an image with so much entropy that the Save Robot dances for longer than usual and then plays a sad sound. A three hour deep dive on the very popular vampire novel Twilight. Going online and googling masculine and/or feminine traits. The Four Pillars of Femininity. Pants: they're for barbarians. Whether Stephanie Meyer was trying to write a treatise on idealized gender roles or whether she was just writing what she thought was cool and fun. Popular depictions of women who are masculine in behavior but feminine in appearance. Why can't your girlfriend both look like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and eat hamburgers like Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Why women work so well as horror protagonists. Do people cry less in Marvel movies? Someone crying so hard in a movie that you start to worry about the actor's social life. Tolkien adding a second female character to Lord of the Rings just so he can make the "I am no man" linguistic joke. Boston: it's not a year. Painting your giant molasses tank brown so it's harder to notice that it's leaking. All the children in town walking up and licking the giant leaking molasses tank whenever they feel like a snack. Waking up in a pile of dead bodies with your mouth full of molasses. Big Enough to be Horrible. Getting your architectural plans approved by a government body. Gilding the lily when the lily is already extremely memetic. Fame: look what it does to people. Building a giant tank of anything in the middle of a city. Where do you put your 50 million gallons of molasses? What happens if you poke the Demon Core with a screwdriver? Scientists getting too excited to keep being careful. A black and slender tree. A word kept in the mouth to grow. Eveningfall. Putting a tree in the sky while you're creating the world. The game you're making giving you ideas about the game you're making. Navigating the scientific method in a fantastical universe. Lit RPG. Dungeon Crawler Carl. Using a quarter of the words in your novel to explain the rules of the world like a board game manual. Jedi using their powers to boil water for tea. Enslaving Jedi to run your steam engine with their mind powers. Jedi Inflation. Two words that sound good together and now it's your name.

Este tema me apasiona porque mezcla tres ingredientes explosivos: la ingeniería, la gestión empresarial y el puro instinto de supervivencia. A menudo vemos a gigantes como BMW, Porsche o Volkswagen y pensamos que son instituciones inamovibles, como si siempre hubieran estado ahí y siempre fueran a estarlo. Pero la realidad de la industria del automóvil es mucho más cruel. Hoy vamos a hacer un recorrido cronológico por unos cuantos modelos, en concreto 12+1 -usar esta “trampa” es un guiño que hago siempre como homenaje a nuestro querido Ángel Nieto. 1. Ford 1949 "The Shoe" (1949). El renacer tras la guerra. Empezamos justo después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ford estaba en una situación crítica. Henry Ford, el fundador, se había vuelto una figura errática y la gestión de la empresa era un caos absoluto. Perdían 10 millones de dólares de la época al mes. 2. BMW Isetta (1955). El huevo salvador. A mediados de los 50, BMW estaba literalmente en la ruina. Su estrategia era un desastre: fabricaban el 501 y el 502, berlinas de lujo con motores V8 que eran maravillosas técnicamente pero que nadie en la Alemania de la posguerra podía comprar. 3. BMW 700 (1959): El "no" a Mercedes. Si el Isetta les dio aire, el BMW 700 les dio la vida. Para finales de los 50, la presión de Daimler-Benz para absorber a BMW era asfixiante. 4. Volkswagen Golf Mk1 (1974). El fin de la era del aire. Volkswagen estuvo a punto de morir por culpa de su mayor éxito: el Beetle o Escarabajo. Se obsesionaron tanto con el motor trasero refrigerado por aire que ignoraron que el mundo estaba cambiando. 5. Chrysler "K-Cars" (1981). El milagro de Lee Iacocca. Esta es una historia de cine. Chrysler estaba en quiebra técnica. Lee Iacocca, que acababa de ser despedido de Ford, llegó a la presidencia y tuvo que pedir al Congreso de los Estados Unidos un préstamo garantizado para no cerrar. Su argumento era: "Denme el dinero y les daré un coche que América necesita". Ese coche fue la plataforma K. 6. Peugeot 205 (1983). "Contigo al fin del mundo". Peugeot a finales de los 70 era una marca gris. Habían comprado la división europea de Chrysler y las marcas Simca y Talbot). Y la gestión fue catastrófica. Estaban perdiendo dinero y su imagen era la de coches para gente muy mayor que no quería llamar la atención. El proyecto M24 era su última bala en la recámara. 7. SEAT Ibiza Mk1 (1984). El orgullo español. En España conocemos bien esta historia. SEAT se había separado de Fiat de malas maneras. Se quedaron sin tecnología, sin diseños y con una fábrica enorme que alimentar. El Gobierno español les dio un ultimátum: o hacéis un coche propio que se pueda exportar, o cerramos. Y así nació el Ibiza. 8. Aston Martin DB7 (1994). El puzle más bello. Aston Martin a principios de los 90 era un "zombie". Hacían el Virage, un coche pesado, carísimo y artesanal del que vendían poquísimas unidades. Ford compró la marca, pero no quería gastar mucho dinero. Le encargaron a Ian Callum diseñar un coche "barato", para los estándares de Aston, usando lo que hubiera en la estantería de piezas de Ford y Jaguar. 9. Porsche Boxster 986 (1996). El salvador de Stuttgart. Hoy Porsche es la marca más rentable del mundo, pero en 1992 estaban al borde del colapso. Sus procesos de fabricación eran lentos y costosos. Los rumores de que Toyota iba a comprarlos eran constantes. Entonces, decidieron hacer algo radical: traer a consultores de Toyota para que les enseñaran a fabricar de forma eficiente. 10. Bentley Continental GT (2003). Del club de campo al siglo XXI. Bentley era, durante décadas, la "marca B" de Rolls-Royce. Coches pesados, lentos y que solo compraban aristócratas británicos. Cuando el Grupo Volkswagen ganó la batalla por la marca, mientras BMW se quedaba con Rolls, tenían que hacer algo para que Bentley no fuera una ruina. 11. Nissan Qashqai (2007). El invento del Crossover. A principios de los 2000, Nissan Europa no levantaba cabeza. El Almera y el Primera eran coches correctos, pero totalmente invisibles frente al Golf o el Mondeo. La marca perdía dinero en el continente y se planteaban la retirada. Entonces, en lugar de hacer un "Almera nuevo", decidieron arriesgar con algo que nadie entendía muy bien. 12. Volvo XC90 (2015). El renacimiento sueco. Tras ser propiedad de Ford, Volvo fue vendida a la china Geely. Muchos pensaron que sería el fin de la esencia sueca, pero fue al revés. Geely les dio el dinero y les dijo: "Haced el mejor coche que sepáis hacer". El XC90 de segunda generación fue ese coche. 12+1. Tesla Model 3 (2017). El infierno de la producción. No podíamos cerrar esta lista sin el coche que cambió las reglas del juego actuales. En 2017, Tesla estaba a pocas semanas de quedarse sin efectivo. El Model 3, su primer coche "de masas", era una pesadilla de fabricar.

Today we explore the best part of a casino, upgrade the Spaceship Rita, and make narrative progress!Fabula Rasa - a portmanteau of "Fabula Ultima", the game system we are playing with, and "Tabula Rasa" which means "Blank Slate".Fabula Ultima © 2024 Need Games and Rooster Games. All rights reserved.Ilvarii Fyranell was summoned by MakNox Vantus was grunted by JessGuy Techni was accented by PaulVanadell Lovitt was given life thanks to LillieEverything else was slapped together by MattIf you like this show, definitely check out friends of the show Daniel's Dread Tales and Dice FiendsMusic in this Podcast was "Phuniaya" by ゆうり and "Cassette Tape Dream" by しゃろう

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we comment on ten years of doing this podcast. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Note: we recorded our first podcast on Feb 26th, 2016. This episode reflects that date. At the time, we actually banked a few episodes, and decided to hold off a week to do that. We never banked an episode again :)   Issues covered: ten years of podcasting, counting series and games, what kind of gamer are you?, balance in all things, the types of games Brett went deep on, games that exemplify Tim's games, first-person shooters and third-person action adventure, earliest games we played, latest game we played, surprise moments, the butter knife returns, knucklehead stealth, crazy world-altering moments, singing reviews, our longest series, how many interviews, the backstory of Daedalus, cultural sensibility, a grotty fish stew, staying under the radar, cramming features in at the end, pitching vs shipping, how many community episodes we've had, having a community game server, the charity event, getting to understand streaming, praying at the shrine of humility, more than 500 hours of podcasts, keys that aren't keys, the team makes the game, tell them less so they can discover more, the importance of constraints, mortality, letting the player choose, how long are we going to keep this up, knowing when to end, a little thanks each way, fueling us.  Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: June, Infinite Backlog, The Evil Within, Resident Evil, Trespasser, Ultima (series), Souls-likes, Bloodborne, MYST (series), Obduction, Cyan, Eye of the Beholder, Might and Magic (series), Kaeon, Kingdom Hearts, Arkham Asylum (series), Halo (series), Shadow of the Colossus, Legend of Zelda (series), Portal, Deus Ex, Thief, Dishonored, Prey, Colossal Cave Adventure, Adventure, Rogue, Fez, Dwarf Fortress, Plundered Hearts, Final Fantasy Tactics, Apocalypse Now, Shenmue, Deadly Premonition, Morrowind, Hitman (series), Clint Hocking, Splinter Cell, Spelunky, Fez, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Metal Gear Solid, Calamity Nolan, Final Fantasy (series), Sebastian Deken, Lani Lum, SW: Republic Commando, Tim Schafer, Dave Grossman, Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, Randy Smith, Greg LoPiccolo,  Sean Vesce, Zack Norman, Janos Flosser, Sam Lake, Ken Levine, Borut Pfifer, Julian Gollop, Fallout, X-COM: Enemy Unknown, Star Wars: Starfighter, Andrew Kirmse, Daron Stinnett, Darren Johnson, Reed Knight, Kim Swift, BioStats, Minecraft, LostLake, Mors, mysterydip, Defeating Games for Charity, Video Game History Foundation, Eternal Darkness, Shigeru Miyamoto, Brad Furminger, Marcus Aurelius, "Jenny," Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  TTDS: 11:15 Next time: TBA! Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp YouTube  Discord  DevGameClub@gmail.com 

Chances are, you either grew up with a Commodore 64 or you knew someone who did. From Space Taxi to Ultima, it was the other side of 80s gaming across North America and Europe. Now the C64 is back. Last year, a YouTuber and hardcore retro computer superfan bought the Commodore brand and, building on a popular FPGA project, relaunched the C64 for a modern audience of longtime fans and curious newcomers alike. Sinistar picked one up, and he is here to walk you through exactly why he loves it. Press B To Cancel also on YouTube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel Want to support the show? Donate via our Patreon and gain additional Discord perks and behind the scenes clips. Press B is a member of the SuperPod Network; a gaming collective of fellow podcasters and shows. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme. Find out more at http://pressbtocancel.comRead transcript

NUREMBERG AND THE POST-WAR SILENCE Colleague Charles Spicer. At the Nuremberg trials, Ribbentropappeared a broken man, attempting to call amateur spies like Conwell-Evans as witnesses to prove his pre-war desire for peace, a defense that ultimately failed to excuse his war crimes. His widow, Anneliese, later wrote memoirs obsessing over social slights in London, displaying a detachment from the reality of the Holocaust. Conversely, in the "Ministries Trial," Lord Vansittart denied his connections to the German resistance, likely because admitting to these chaotic back-channel efforts was too uncomfortable for a Foreign Office that preferred the narrative of inevitable total war. Consequently, the Anglo-German Fellowship, despite having had government approval, was brushed under the carpet of history, its role in attempting to avert catastrophe largely forgotten. NUMBER 15 1945-46 TRIBUNAL JUDGES.

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