Podcasts about USB

In which we talk Khloe Kardashian mold exposure, Rosalia's Southwest Airlines ventures, forgotten memories from Rihanna's 777 tour, Mad Men's 4K restoration errors, Sabrina Carpenter Trump songs, and Lily Allen's USB butt plugs. JOIN US ON PATREON BONUS EPISODES + TV TALK EVERY WEEK About Eating For Free: Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip. You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. Any personal, business, or general inquires can be sent to eatingforfreepodcast@gmail.com  Joan Summers' Twitter, Instagram Matthew Lawson's Twitter, Instagram

Joshua and Jason announce the release of the final Online Exclusive bottling of 2025: a 25 year old Laphroaig from a refill Bourbon Hogshead and the announcement is set to the backdrop of some history of production at the Laphroaig Distillery as well as close to 30 years of Laphroaig drinking experience. That and some serious belly laughs (rabbit, rabbit!).  This dreamboat of Laphroaig, distilled in 1999, that's somehow both fruity and mineral-y at once, launches on Tuesday, December 9 at Noon EST on singlecasknation.com. It's a special, special Laphroaig, nae doot! ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - Moana McAuliffe for designing our Podcast Logo - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Olympus and Tascam for making fine mobile recording devices - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

This week the team dives into one of the strangest mics we've ever had on the show. A client of George's sent through a full placement test of the Aston Element, the active moving-coil oddball with its own made-up technology name, the Rydion capsule. Aston claims it blends the bottom end of a dynamic, the clarity of a condenser, and the smoothness of a ribbon. Big call. We compare it directly against a 416 and a TLM103, and the reactions in the room say everything. Does it punch above its weight? Is it just a quirky USB-era gimmick? Does it actually compete with entry-level VO mics? And most importantly, would any of us actually buy one? We also wander into proximity effect, capsule placement inside shotgun mics, and George literally dismantles an NTG4 on air. Good fun. If you're a mic nerd or you love oddball gear, you'll enjoy this one. Brought to you by Tri-Booth and Austrian Audio. Tri-Booth discount code: TRIPAP200 for 200 bucks off. Austrian Audio, making passion heard. Episode recorded and produced by The Pro Audio Suite. Listen, explore, connect at proaudiosuite.com

Send a question for 'Ask Megan'Hey, Podcasters! One of the most common questions we hear is also one of the most important: Which microphone should I use for my podcast?The right mic can improve your sound and remove a lot of unnecessary friction as you get started!To help simplify the decision, we put together ​a new video​ that walks through our top five USB microphones for podcasting. Each pick is tested and ranked with real audio examples, so you can hear the differences for yourself and understand what you're getting at each price point.We compare beginner-friendly microphones with long-term upgrade options and explain what actually matters for sound quality, room noise, durability, and flexibility.If you're recording without a dedicated microphone right now, we also show how ​Magic Mastering​ can enhance audiofrom a phone or earbuds to make it sound polished.Watch the ​full video​ to hear the mics and see our complete rankings!Have a question for Megan? Send a text!That's all for this week! Thanks for listening & keep podcasting!

Recorded November 14, 2025 The AV SuperFriends kick off their first holiday special of the season with a spirited look at the gear, gadgets, and AV workflows that should make life easier, but only if you also bought the missing accessories, licenses, adapters, or seventeen extra widgets the manufacturer forgot to mention.  In classic Christmas fashion, the crew shares their "Batteries Not Included" frustrations: software that secretly requires expensive hardware, switchers that almost solve every problem but miss the basics, power supplies that mysteriously vanish from product boxes, and cloud-connected ecosystems with more prerequisites than a graduate-level course. Along the way, the panel detours into holiday lights, dubious Best Buy happenings, the return of RDL-style power-supply roulette, and the annual reminder that USB extension is still cursed. They also preview an upcoming deep-dive on enterprise cloud AV, tease the December call-in show, and, of course, deliver an unhealthy dose of seasonal immaturity. If you've ever unboxed a "perfect" AV solution only to discover it needs three more boxes, a license key, an aggregator VM, and a Christmas miracle to function, this episode is for you.   Alternate show titles: Holiday Mode The setting on your doohicky Don't put it in holiday mode Who dropped the dogs off Allen Head Doll House It does everything you want but nothing you need Least offensive to "you gotta be kidding me" You can't get this to that You can buy HDBaseT out, you just can't get it in Similar to Larry, but different You always have to buy the power supplies separate They mostly last That's not the answer; stop it! Some adult supervision required I want that in my stocking   We stream live every Friday at about 315p Eastern/1215p Pacific and you can listen to everything we record over at AVSuperFriends.com    ▀▄▀▄▀ CONTACT LINKS ▀▄▀▄▀ ► Website: https://www.avsuperfriends.com ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/avsuperfriends ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/avsuperfriends ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@avsuperfriends ► Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/avsuperfriends.bsky.social ► Email: mailbag@avsuperfriends.com ► RSS: https://avsuperfriends.libsyn.com/rss   Donate to AVSF: https://www.avsuperfriends.com/support

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by Patrice Brend'amour, Jill McKinley, Jeff Gamet, Marty Jencius, Guy Serle. A post-Thanksgiving Apple tech roundtable: Vision Pro M5 vs M2, spatial video, iOS 26 beta updates, USB drives vs digital media, AirTag travel upgrades, Plex limitations, Spotify price hikes, the $149 iPhone pocket, Peanuts specials on Apple TV+, and plenty of laughs between the full panel. The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com  Direct Link to Audio  Links to our Show Give us a review on Apple Podcasts! CLICK HERE we would really appreciate it! Click this link Buy me a Coffee to support the show we would really appreciate it. intouchwithios.com/coffee  Another way to support the show is to become a Patreon member patreon.com/intouchwithios Website: In Touch With iOS YouTube Channel In Touch with iOS Magazine on Flipboard Facebook Page BlueSky Mastodon X Instagram Threads Summary In Episode 397 of In Touch With iOS, Dave is joined by Patrice Brend'amour, Jill McKinley, Marty Jencius, Jeff Gamet, and Guy Serle for a lively post-Thanksgiving discussion covering Vision Pro updates, iOS 26 developments, media format debates, travel tech improvements, and plenty of humor. The panel begins with Apple Vision Pro, diving into the M5 vs. M2 comparison, app support concerns, frozen iPad-based apps, spatial vs. 3D video, and why personas remain one of the Vision Pro's most underrated features. Several panelists challenge a recent critical article about Vision Pro, noting that the platform is still early and evolving. Next, the group covers iOS 26 beta updates and Apple's Invites app, leading to a comedic sidebar about who exactly uses the app — if anyone. This transitions into a deep (and funny) debate over USB thumb drives, CDs/DVDs, Blu-rays, and digital vs. physical media. From enterprise security to indie concert CDs, everyone shares stories illustrating why physical media is "dead"… or maybe not so dead. More news includes AirTag upgrades that help airlines locate lost luggage, Spotify preparing another round of price increases, and Plex restricting free users from sharing library access — which sparked concerns among Plex users on Apple TV. The crew also reacts to Apple's limited-run $149 iPhone "pocket" accessory, Pocket Casts adding smart playlists, and Peanuts holiday specials becoming Apple TV+ exclusives. The episode wraps with chat room highlights and each panelist sharing where they can be found online. Topics and Links In Touch With Vision Pro this week.  Vision Pro M5 review: It's time for Apple to make some tough choices TRON Legacy is Finally in 3D on Disney+ for Apple Vision Pro! #applevisionpro #tron #disney  Beta this week.  iOS 26 Beta 3 continues this week.  iOS 26.2 adds convenient new feature designed for Apple's Invites app In Touch With Mac this week 4 storage types I think no longer make sense in 2025 Other Topics AirTag's newest feature could work even better now for many travelers Pocket Casts app introduces smart playlists feature to organize your podcasts Plex's crackdown on free remote streaming is starting with its Roku app News Apple News Loses CNN - MacRumors Spotify planning price increase for US subscribers iPhone Pocket is Now Completely Sold Out Worldwide Want to watch 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving'? You'll need an Apple TV subscription Announcements Macstock 9 has wrapped for 2025. Attendees will receive a link for the session recordings when  they're ready in 30-45 days. If you missed Macstock we missed you! Why not purchase a digital pass to relive all the amazing presentations? Click the link below to purchase the digital pass. Macstock X has already been announced July 10,11,12, 2026 hopeful you all can join us.  Macstock IX Digital Pass Our Host Dave Ginsburg is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users and shares his wealth of knowledge of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and related technologies. Visit the YouTube channel https://youtube.com/intouchwithios follow him on Mastodon @daveg65, , BlueSky @daveg65  and the show @intouchwithios   Our Regular Contributors Jeff Gamet is a podcaster, technology blogger, artist, and author. Previously, he was The Mac Observer's managing editor, and Smile's TextExpander Evangelist. You can find him on Mastadon @jgamet Pixelfed @jgamet@pixelfed.social and Bluesky @jgamet.bsky.social‬ Podcasts The Context Machine Podcast  Retro Rewatch Retro Rewatch His YouTube channel https://youtube.com/jgamet Marty Jencius, Ph.D., is a professor of counselor education at Kent State University, where he researches, writes, and trains about using technology in teaching and mental health practice. His podcasts include Vision Pro Files, The Tech Savvy Professor and Circular Firing Squad Podcast. Find him at jencius@mastodon.social  https://thepodtalk.net  Eric Bolden is into macOS, plants, sci-fi, food, and is a rural internet supporter. You can connect with him by email at eabolden@mac.com, on Mastodon at @eabolden@techhub.social, on his blog, Trending At Work, and as co-host on The Vision ProFiles podcast.   Jill McKinley works in enterprise software, server administration, and IT A lifelong tech enthusiast, she started her career with Windows but is now an avid Apple fan. Beyond technology, she shares her insights on nature, faith, and personal growth through her podcasts—Buzz Blossom & Squeak, Start with Small Steps, and The Bible in Small Steps. Watch her content on YouTube at @startwithsmallsteps and follow her on X @schmern. Find all her work at http://jillfromthenorthwoods.com  Chuck Joiner is the host of MacVoices and hosts video podcasts with influential members of the Apple community. Make sure to visit macvoices.com and subscribe to his podcast. You can follow him on Twitter @chuckjoiner and join his MacVoices Facebook group. Patrice Brend'amour loves to create podcasts, automations or software. She also enjoys working with diverse sets of people, leading them to success and making a tiny difference in the world. Which she does as VP of Development at a Healthcare Software provider. She can be found at https://the-patrice.com and her podcast Foodie Flashback at https://foodieflashback.com

Your Stupid Minds returns after a brief unplanned hiatus to give you a film generally reviled in both concept and execution across the entire political spectrum. It's hopefully one of Disney's last romps into the live action remake sphere: 2025's Snow White. We're all familiar with the formula by now: take an animated classic from the back catalogue, cast someone who can sing as the lead, someone who can't sing as the villain, fill the rest of the roles with nobodies you can pay scale, add some lens flares and CGI nightmares and shove it into theaters for a cool billion dollar global gross. This has worked time and time again despite its overwhelming superfluousness, but Snow White seems to have burst the bubble through a combination of political turmoil, excessive padding, and nightmare dwarfs. Snow White (Rachel Zegler) is a nice lady whose queen mom dies and king dad marries the Evil Queen (Gal Gadot). The Evil Queen turns everything bad, but as long as her magic mirror tells her she's hot then Snow White is safe. One day the mirror says she isn't the hottest, and Snow White goes on the run to hide out with a cabin full of horrid looking CGI dwarfs. The 2025 version adds a bunch of dwarf lore where they have magic powers that help them find gems. This does not come up later. Snow White meets Jonathan (Andrew Burnap) a scrappier Han Solo style update of the prince from the original film. They have some repartee and then fall in love. This version adds some new forgettable songs and expands existing songs unnecessarily in order to pad this thing out to modern acceptable feature length. They all Les Mis up to the castle at the end to confront the Evil Queen and everyone eats apple pies forever. The end. Note: Apologies for the quality of my audio track. The recorder was low on batteries so I decided to switch to USB power, which resulted in some kind of interference. I cleaned it up to an acceptable state, but I promise it won't happen again.

Les dernières innovations technologiques et l’impact de l’intelligence artificielle sur notre quotidien ; Marble, un outil transformant images et textes en environnements 3D, avancées en génération vidéo avec Kandinsky V5 et Time to Move. Les infos également sur la création musicale avec Suno et Udio, les défis des IA en éducation, ainsi que les dangers des chatbots pour les jeunes. On parle également du départ du CEO de Mastodon et des complications pour TSMC et Intel dans la production de semi-conducteurs.  Patreon YouTube Discord Modèles IA de la semaine C'est un monde ! Marble, PAN et SIMA 2. Vidéo : Kandinsky 5, Natex, Time to move et Univa. Suno n'est plus sous l'eau. Les IA sont mauvaises en math… ou peut-être pas. Revanche des premières L : les IA se laissent étourdir par la poésie. Les LLM font-ils fondre votre cerveau ? Les vidéos courtes aussi ! Turing 2.0 : si c'est poli, c'est une AI. Même le créateur de Mastodon en a marre des réseaux sociaux… C'est du lourd SC25 : pour les power users. Produire aux US, c'est cher, Intel mise sur le packaging. Des radars terahertz arrivent sur les voitures. 40 nuances de nounours : GPT4o cet obsédé… Parle à ma main : de la suite dans les RFID. Votre mission si vous l'acceptez : trouver une prise USB. Participants Une émission préparée par Guillaume Poggiaspalla Présenté par Guillaume Vendé

  Today's broadcast is C1E99 for Theme Thursday, November 27th, 2025. Today's broadcast is "Listener Picks – vol. 3" - the final installment of a trilogy of outstanding episodes, guest curated, and guest hosted by you.....the listener!    Tracklist:    Track# / Track Name / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Contributing Listener / Timestamp    A1) Intro – 00:00:00    01) Into the Darkness – Astal – Saturn – Tatsuyuki Maeda, and/or Tatsuya Kōzaki - Electric Boogaloo – 00:05:37    02) Snowfield – Gradius Gaiden – PS1 – Norikazu Miura – Electric Boogaloo – 00:08:50    03) Stormy Saxophone – King of Fighters '95 – Neo Geo MVS / AES - Masahiko Hataya, Yasuo Yamate, Brother-Hige, Pearl Sibakiti, and/or Akihiro Uchida – Professor Tom – 00:11:40    04) Endless Season – Alpine Racer – Arcade – Takayuki Ishikawa – Electric Boogaloo – 00:14:40    05) Refracting Feelings – Penny's Big Breakaway – Multiplatform – Tee Lopes – The Messenger – 00:17:53    06) Goomba Lagoon – Super Mario Party Jamboree – Switch / Switch 2 - Shigenobu Okawa and/or Yuta Yamaguchi – The Messenger – 00:21:03    07) Opening and Title – Mega Man 2 – NES – Takashi Tateishi – Zach Hugethanks – 00:23:12    08) Chaosium Sword – Ninja Gaiden II – NES – Ryichi Nitta and/or Mayuko Okamura – Zach Hugethanks – 00:24:35    09) Requiem – Ninja Gaiden – NES – Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta, and/or Ichiro Nakagawa – Zach Hugethanks – 00:26:07    10) Captain Neo – Metal Soldier Isaac II – Arcade – Hisayoshi Ogura and/orTadashi Kimijima – Electric Boogaloo – 00:24:48    11) Stage Theme – Bad Dudes – NES - c: Azusa Hara, and/or Hiroaki Yoshida / a: Masaaki Iwasaki, Shogo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Yuji Suzuki, Yusuke Takahama, and/or I. Uchida – Justin Regan – 00:27:36    12) A New Day Dawns – Ninja Gaiden III – NES - Sugito Miyashiro, Kaori Nakabai, and/or Rika Shigeno – Zach Hugethanks – 00:30:27    13) Blighted Docks – Mina The Hollower – Multiplatform – Jake Kaufman (Virt) and/or Yuzo Koshiro – Adam Huisman – 00:32:28    14) Player's Turn – Military Madness – TG16 – Jun Chikuma – Professor Tom – 00:36:13    15) Irene Captured – Ninja Gaiden II – NES - Ryuichi Nitta and/or Mayuko Okamura – Zach Hugethanks – 00:38:00    16) Castle Demonic – Ninja Gaiden II – NES - Ryuichi Nitta and/or Mayuko Okamura – Zach Hugethanks – 00:39:34    17) Stage 3 – Solar Striker – Game Boy – Toru Osada – Electric Boogaloo – 00:39:59    18) NYC – X-Men: Wolverine's Rage – Game Boy Color – Bob Baffy and/or Ed Cosico – Justin Regan – 00:41:53    19) Start – R-Type – Arcade – Masato Ishizaki – Zach Hugethanks – 00:44:37    20) Bravery on the Clutches – Ninja Gaiden – NES - Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta, and/or Ichiro Nakagawa – Zach Hugethanks – 00:46:16    21) Tower of Faunus 1F-3F – Lady Sword – PC Engine – Keine – Justin Regan – 00:48:19    22) Successor of Fate – Castlevania: Harmony of Disonance – Game Boy Advance – Shoshiro Hokkai – Justin Regan – 00:49:59    23) Bloody Tears – Castlevania II – NES - Kenichi Matsubara, Satoe Terashima, and/or Kouji Murata – Zach Hugethanks – 00:51:15    24) Wily's Castle 1 – Mega Man 2 – NES – Takashi Tateishi – Zach Hugethanks – 00:52:52    25) The Third Sanctuary – Deltarune – Multiplatform – Toby Fox – Adam Huisman – 00:55:32    26) Horizons Unbound – Sea of Stars – Multiplatform – Eric W. Brown – Jeshua Lack – 00:59:37    27) Main Title (Orchestral) - Panzer Dragoon – Saturn / PC – Yoshitaka Azuma – Electric Boogaloo – 01:02:47    28) Compass Points to the Future – Intelligent Qube – PS1 – Takayuki Hattori – 01:07:54    29) Bonds Reforged – Chants of Senaar – Multiplatform – Thomas Brunet – Jeshua Lack – 01:09:51    30) Side Story – Gradius Gaiden – PS1 – Norikazu Miura – Electric Boogaloo – 01:14:02    31) Sarabande of Healing – Vampire Survivors – Multiplatform – c: Michiru Yamane / a: Keygen Church – Adam Huisman – 01:17:08    32) Rip and Tear – DOOM (2016) - Multiplatform – Mick Gordon – Zach Hugethanks – 01:24:19    33) The Entrance – Animorphs: Shattered Reality – PS1 – Chuck E. Myers, and/or Tom Hopkins – Electric Boogaloo – 01:28:35    34) Large Green Meadow – Master of Monsters – Genesis - Hayato Matsuo, and/or Hitoshi Sakimoto – Justin Regan – 01:30:48    35) The Axiom – Axiom Verge – Multiplatform – Thomas Happ – Zach Hugethanks – 01:33:00    36) Raphael's Final Act – Baldur's Gate 3 – Multiplatform – Borislav Slavov – Jeshua Lack – 01:36:18    37) Jelly – World of Goo – Multiplatform – Kyle Gabler – Zach Hugethanks – 01:43:14    38) Animal Well – Animal Well – Multiplatform – Billy Basso – Jeshua Lack – 01:45:44    39) Title – Cyber Shadow – Multiplatform – Enrique Martin – Justin Regan – 01:47:44    40) Ovin Nevarei – Blue Prince – Multiplatform – Trigg & Gusset – Jeshua Lack – 01:50:49    41) Spring Meadows – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Multiplatform – Lorien Testard – 01:58:26    42) Phendrana Drifts – Metroid Prime – GameCube / Wii / Switch - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Koichi Kyuma – Zach Hugethanks – 02:01:06    43) Memories of Memories – Tunic – Multiplatform - Lifeformed, Terence Lee, and/or Janice Kwan – Jeshua Lack – 02:04:44    44) Slingshot – Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge – Arcade - M: Fumio Ito / L: Fumio Ita and Ryuichi Hasigawa / V: Dennis St. James – Electric Boogaloo – 02:09:20    45) Rough "B" Rock – Rakuga Kids – N64 - Tomoya Tomita, Kozo Nakamura, and/or Masahiko Kimura – Electric Boogaloo – 02:13:57    46) Stage 4 – Sutte Hakkun – Super Famicom – Akito Nakatsuka – Electric Boogaloo – 02:16:49    47) Construction Site Chaos – Donut Dodo – Mutliplatform – Sean Bialo – The Messenger – 02:19:09    48) Original Mission 7 – Mercs – Genesis - c: Manami Matsumae / a: Yoshiaki Kashima – Justin Regan – 02:21:46    49) Slam Shuffle – Final Fantasy VI – SNES – Nobuo Uematsu – Adam Huisman – 02:23:54    50) Credits – Ninja Gaiden – NES - Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta, and/or Ichiro Nakagawa – Zach Hugethanks – 02:26:05    51) Follow the Knot - River City Ransom Underground (original soundtrack) - PC - Lexi & The Cheap Disaster (Richard Louis Vreeland, Alex Mauer, and/or Dino Lionetti) - Justin Regan – 02:27:48    52) Mr. Handagote – Machinarium – Multiplatform - Tomáš Dvořák - Zach Hugethanks – 02:23:04    53) Fascination Io Stage – Zero Divide – PS1 / PC - Hideyuki Shimono, and/or Akihito Okawa – Electric Boogaloo – 02:33:14    54) Garden Theme – Frogger 2 – PS1 / PC / Dreamcast – Andrew Morris – Electric Boogaloo – 02:36:20    55) Bonus Theme 1 – Croc: Legend of the Gobbos – PS1 / Saturn / PC - Karin Griffin, Martin Gwynn Jones, and/or Justin Scharvona – Electric Boogaloo – 02:39:04    56) Heat Man – Mega Man 2 – NES – Takashi Tateishi – Zach Hugethanks – 02:40:40    57) Stage 2-1 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan – Game Boy - Tomoko Nishikawa, and/or Michiru Yamane – Justin Regan – 02:42:55    58) Stage Theme 03 – ESWAT – Genesis – Dolphin and/or Takayuki Nakamura – Justin Regan – 02:44:39    59) Trons Castle – Willy Wombat – Saturn – Masayoshi Ishi – Electric Boogaloo – 02:48:21    60) Funky Spin – Sega Rally 2006 – PS2 – Takenobu Mitsuyoshi – Electric Boogaloo – 02:51:10    61) Revolution – IQ Remix + - PS2 – Tetsuo Ishikawa – Electric Boogaloo – 02:52:17    62) Ruines de Tarm – Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons – Game Boy Color - Kyoko Nakamura, and/or Minako Adachi – Justin Regan – 02:56:28    63) Slow Illusion – Gimmick! - Famicom – Masashi Kageyama – The Messenger – 02:58:18    64) Greenhouse – Game and Watch Gallery 3 – Game Boy – Noriko Nishikawa – The Messenger – 03:00:09    65) Wishes on Wind – Party Project – PC – Blue Loner Wolf – The Messenger – 03:02:01    66) Island Course – True Swing Golf – DS – Katsumi Yokokawa – Professor Tom – 03:05:26    67) T-Triangle – Race Drivin' a Go! Go! - Saturn / PS1 - Kenji Yokoyama, Kensudke Komatsu, and/or Naoki Tsuchiya – Electric Boogaloo – 03:08:20    68) Time – Metropolis Street Racer – Dreamcast - M: Richard Jacques / V: T.J. Davis – Electric Boogaloo – 03:11:49     69) Baka Mitai – Yakuza Zero – Multiplatform – Mitsuharu Fukuyama – The Messenger – 03:15:44    70) Ending – Battlecorps – Sega CD – Martin Iveson – Utopia Nemo – 03:20:29    B1) Outro – 03:24:33    B2) Outtakes – 03:54:56    Music Block Runtime: 03:19:15, Total Episode Runtime: 04:14:03    Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.    Link to Rerun of Listener Picks – vol 1 (C1E40 – Dec. 2018):    https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/nerd-noise-reruns-c1e40-listener-picks-vol-1-orig-released-12202018    Link to Rerun of Listener Picks – vol 2 (C1E60 – Dec 2021):    https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/nerd-noise-reruns-c1e60-listener-picks-vol-2-orig-released-12232021    Link to Shujin Academy VGM Club Podcast (Professor Tom):    https://terraplayer.com/shows/shujin-academy-vgm-club    Link to A VGM Journey Podcast (The Messenger):    https://terraplayer.com/shows/a-vgm-journey    Link to Absolutely the Best Podcast: A Work in Progress (Zach Hugethanks):    https://absolutelythebest.net/    Link to Retro 411 - @reganjustin1 VGM YouTube Channel (Justin Regan):    https://www.youtube.com/@reganjustin1    Link to Pixelated Audio Discord Server (Utopia Nemo)    https://discord.gg/49ZDM4hQ    And to the A VGM Journey Discord Server (Utopia Nemo / The Messenger)    https://discord.gg/m4e6xmtrft    Also, link to an episode of The VGMbassy podcast which featured skits written / produced by – and starring Utopia Nemo:    https://thevgmbassy.com/tag/blind-listen/    Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Workstation Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2023) laptop with perhaps a little support from a Dell Latitude 7480 (running Fedora COSMIC Linux), a 2017-spec DIY gaming PC (running Bazzite Linux) or the Steam Deck (running Steam OS Linux). Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface!    You can also find all of our audio episodes on https://archive.org/details/@nerd_noise_radio as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content.    We are now a member podcast as well. You can find us there at  https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio. Also, check out their outstanding collection of other podcasts and radio stations at https://terraplayer.com/! From now on, when sharing episodes of Nerd Noise Radio, I will most likely use the Terra Player link rather than the Podbean link like I have been using.    Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:     https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio    Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:    nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com.    Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at     https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/    We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/    Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:     Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom.    Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory.    Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com    You can also follow us on Threads at https://www.threads.net/@nerdnoiseradio , Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nerdnoiseradio?igsh=MWF4NjBpdGVxazUxYw== , Mastodon at https://universeodon.com/@NerdNoiseRadio , and BlueSky at  And we are also now on TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Vurbl, Amazon Music and Audible!     But frankly, probably the absolute best way you can connect with us is on our new Discord Channel: "Nerd Noise Radio – Channel D", which includes various sub-channels for all sorts of different types of connection and conversation:     https://discord.gg/GUWdaXUw    Thanks for listening! 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A few episodes ago Jason asked Joshua if there were any distilleries of note in his home state of Connecticut (the pizza capitol of the world) and Joshua named just a few, one of them being Powdermen Spirits Co.  Located in Simsbury CT, Vince Lucca is producing delicious (and award winning) bourbon at Powdermen Spirits Co. and he's doing it in a way that's very unique; in a way that may have some hesitate or -- gasp -- say nay! Listen up nay sayers (and neigh sayers!), you need to listen to Joshua's conversation with Vince and hear and learn about his process because it's unlike anything you may have heard of before, and while it may not be traditional, it's making some damn fine whisky.  ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - Moana McAuliffe for designing our Podcast Logo - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Olympus and Tascam for making fine mobile recording devices - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

This week, Tiny and I review the new Jon M. Chu movie, Wicked: For Good in a feature review and then, in this week's secondary review, I share my thoughts on Ben Leonberg's Good Boy. Tiny and I also discuss screenings around Indianapolis, movie news, and more. Watch the Video Version of this Episode Here Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Screening in Indy - 04:30 News Before the Reviews - 06:59 Feature Review Wicked: For Good (2025) - 09:26 Spoiler - 28:09 Secondary Review Good Boy (2025) - 52:58 Potpourri Tiny's Write-In Potpourri - 1:12:50 Rewatching TV Shows - 1:14:53 The Timekeepers of Eternity (2021) - 1:17:48 Keeper (2025) - 1:25:28   Closing the Ep - 1:34:12 Outtake: Tiny on Weapons (2025) - 1:35:31 Patreon Clip - 1:38:11   Related Links Scarlett Johansson to Star in New 'Exorcist' Movie The Timekeepers of Eternity - YouTube The Timekeepers of Eternity - Vimeo   My 2025 Podcast and Writing Archive TV Reaction - It: Welcome to Derry S01E01: The Pilot - Nov 9, 2025 Video Reaction - It: Welcome to Derry S01E01: The Pilot - Nov 9, 2025 Immediate Reaction - Frankenstein (2025) - Oct 15, 2025 Immediate Reaction - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025) - Oct 24, 2025 Immediate Reaction - A House of Dynamite (2025) - Oct 15, 2025 Book Reaction - The Long Walk by Stephen King - Chapters 8-10 - Oct 4, 2025 Book Reaction - The Long Walk by Stephen King - Chapters 11-13 - Nov 1, 2025 Patreon Companion Episodes Collection Indianapolis Theaters Alamo Drafthouse Indy Kan-Kan  Living Room Theaters Keystone Art  Flix Brewhouse Ways to Support Us Support Us on Patreon for Exclusive Content Official OV Merch Buy Me A Coffee Obsessive Viewer Obsessive Viewer Presents: Anthology Obsessive Viewer Presents: Tower Junkies As Good As It Gets - Linktree Start Your Podcast with Libsyn Using Promo Code OBSESS Follow Us on Social Media My Letterboxd | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter Instagram | Threads | Bluesky | TikTok | Tiny's Letterboxd   Mic Info Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.6.8 - Without Mic Compressors) Tiny: RØDE Podmic USB via USB in Riverside.FM Episode Homepage: ObsessiveViewer.com/OV495   Next Week on the Podcast  OV496 - Eternity (2025) & Train Dreams (2025)  

This week on Lost Terminal: Maddie and the gang head to the market, Seth ponders the importance of testing, and receives an unwelcome visitor.Lost Terminal will return next week!

Shoot us a Text.Episode #1204: Scout Motors accelerates toward 2027 as test mules and plant prep hit major milestones. Amazon's push into vehicle retail gains real traction with new brands and first-time buyers. And Target rolls out a strict “10-4” greeting rule as retailers fight for customer connection.Show Notes with links:Scout Motors put the Traveler and Terra prototypes on display at the LA Auto Show while accelerating development back home as they aim for a 2026 launch. The test mules are advancing fast, and the South Carolina plant is nearly ready for early builds.Scout will begin building bodies and early vehicles in its Blythewood, S.C. plant by late 2026 as equipment installation continues.Executives are now driving early mules, noting strong dynamics and rapid software integration tied to the Rivian–VW electrical architecture JV.Final production designs closely mirror the LA Auto Show prototypes, with only manufacturability tweaks such as new lighting inserts.VP of Strategy & Brand Ryan Decker: “I drove my first mule a few weeks ago… Super special moment. It's dynamic for a vehicle that has our capability.”Amazon's experiment with car retail is turning into something real, as early buyers and dealers say the platform is already driving fresh traffic and confidence into the process, with Ford, Hyundai and Hertz now listing vehicles on the platform.Dealers say the visibility is unmatched: “Amazon gets a tremendous amount of eyeballs… We expect it to be a powerful tool,” said Brady Schmidt of Puente Hills Ford.Hyundai reports that nearly all Amazon browsers were new to the brand, and 40% became more likely to consider Hyundai after seeing vehicles on the site.Early buyer Steve Picciotti bought an $8 USB cable, a $90 beard trimmer and a $45,000 Hyundai Santa Fe SUV. “I'm a pretty religious Amazon shopper. I knew if it was coming directly from Amazon it would be legit. I said to my wife: ‘Let's just try it.'”Target is launching a new “10-4” customer-interaction rule—mandating smiles, greetings, and waves—to boost guest satisfaction as the retailer battles declining traffic.Employees must smile, wave, or acknowledge any shopper within 10 feet, and give a verbal, friendly greeting within 4 feet.Others see it as normal retail hospitality: a simple “Need anything?” or “How's it going?” depending on the guest's cues.“We know when our guests are greeted, feel welcomed and get the help they need that translates to guest love and loyalty,” said EVP Adrienne Costanzo.Join Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier every morning for the Automotive State of the Union podcast as they connect the dots across car dealerships, retail trends, emerging tech like AI, and cultural shifts—bringing clarity, speed, and people-first insight to automotive leaders navigating a rapidly changing industry.Get the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/ JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/

The Dance of Life Library is complete and now you can have multiple ways to get edified, start a home church or bible study and share with your friends. In this brief video we will walkthrough the website, online directory and USB library so that you are familiar with how to use them.* 00:00 - Introduction* 07:05 - Website Walkthrough* 22:20 - Online Library Walkthrough* 33:26 - USB Library Walkthrough This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.danceoflife.com/subscribe

What happens when autobattlers fail to monetize? We pull Arto Huhta into the cast and chat about Telegram's pseudo-WeChat ambitions. Eric releases a distrack on Game Designer's obsessed social spaces, and Phil wants more blood from psychologists' nonsensical F2P "choice overload." Chris enleashes a model-meets-UGC experiment: a three-algorithm simulation that shows how recommendation systems distort consumer welfare and creator inequality. We discuss: How Arto sees the split between economy design, product management, and classical economics (hint: it's not what you think) Pets as permanent progression, and the design logic behind Nonstop Knight's monetization turnaround Why creator inequality explodes under bad reinforcement A brewing debate on regulation that is just getting started... Chapters 00:00 Journey to London: A Game Developer's Path 00:49 The Role of Economy Design in Gaming 01:20 From Academia to Game Development: Bridging the Gap 03:16 Experimentation in Game Design: Lessons Learned 05:22 The Intersection of Game Design and Economics 10:07 Understanding Game Development Roles 11:00 Monetization Strategies in Game Design 11:55 The Evolution of Publishing Models 12:42 Transitioning to Web 3: New Challenges 13:54 The Economics of Game Spending 18:27 Introduction to Game Economist Cast 19:06 Current Gaming Trends and Preferences 20:51 Game Modes and Player Engagement 22:03 The Future of Game Monetization 27:33 The Social Hub Experiment in Fighting Games 28:26 Street Fighter VI and Social Interaction 30:28 The Rise of HTML5 Games on Platforms 32:37 The Trend of Casual Games in Tech Companies 34:42 Telegram Games: A New Frontier 37:21 Challenges in Game Discovery on Telegram 38:52 User Engagement and Retention in Web3 Gaming 39:43 Consumer Welfare and Content Creation Dynamics 43:04 The Impact of Algorithms on User Experience 49:31 Heterogeneous Goods and Their Effects on Engagement 57:35 The Impact of Algorithms on Content Quality 59:04 Understanding Algorithmic Risks and User Retention 01:00:16 Exploring Algorithm Design in Gaming Platforms 01:01:54 The Role of User Choice in Content Discovery 01:04:29 The Future of Pricing Strategies in Free-to-Play Games 01:08:10 The Debate on Standardization and Market Forces Chapters (00:00:00) - The Cost of Free Speech(00:00:49) - Game of Connors Cast(00:01:16) - Meet Free-To-Play Designer Phil Rubin(00:02:43) - The Art of Being a Game Economist(00:03:59) - How to Get Out of Your Job(00:05:22) - Are You More of an Economist or a Designer?(00:07:51) - Candy Crush: Experimentation and Optimization(00:10:07) - Ex-Monetization Manager at King Publishing(00:12:30) - Have We Overreacted to Free-To-Play?(00:15:17) - Half-Off and the Price(00:18:27) - How To Make a Slop slideshow(00:18:56) - What Have You Been Playing?(00:20:35) - Clash Royale: The Future of Content(00:23:55) - How To Play Hearthstone With Re-rolling(00:25:59) - 2K XO: A Hardcore Fighting Game(00:29:37) - Fortnite vs. Monster Hunter: The Social Hub(00:30:29) - Are We Ready for Content in the Future?(00:34:24) - Facebook vs Instagram: What's The Difference?(00:34:57) - Telegram's plans for games(00:36:22) - How Telegram Could Make Games More Profitable(00:43:15) - The Probability of Encountering a Good(00:44:28) - Anatomy of Facebook's algorithm(00:49:53) - The Gini coefficient of content creators profit(00:54:30) - Measuring the social network's heterogeneous goods(00:58:58) - The Mix of Algorithms and Churn(01:01:07) - Do Algorithm Designers Care About Producer GENIE?(01:01:55) - What Should Roblox Do About Popularity?(01:03:51) - Too Much Choice in Online Content(01:05:56) - Is There Choice Overload in Mobile Games?(01:06:49) - What about discounts on hard currency purchases?(01:07:46) - Free-To-Play: Quantity Based Discounts(01:11:11) - USB 2.0: Standardization(01:12:11) - Roblox: Arto on UGC(01:13:27) - GIM economist cast episode 44

Deze talkshow wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door MSI. Alle meningen in deze video zijn onze eigen. MSI heeft inhoudelijk geen inspraak op de content en zien de video net als jullie hier voor het eerst op de site.Klaar om het weekend te betreden? Wij in ieder geval wel. Ter motivatie serveren we jou anderhalf uur aan gamepraat. Dit keer met een drietal wat in deze samenstelling nog weinig te zien is geweest bij Gamekings: Shelly, JJ en Kevin. Zij zitten in de studio klaar om jou in een editie van Einde van de Week Live bij te praten. Over onder andere de games die we te zien kregen bij de Xbox Partner Showcase. Ze bediscussiëren verder de games die genomineerd zijn voor GOTY bij The Game Awards 2025. En spreken over de problemen van Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 en de prijs van de Steam Machine. Dit alles en meer zie en hoor je voorbijkomen in de Einde van de Week Live van vrijdag 21 november 2025.Waren er toffe trailers tijdens de Xbox Partner Showcase?In ander nieuws behandelen de drie presentatoren de uitspraak van een van de bedenkers van de Fallout-franchise die vindt dat games vandaag de dag teveel willen doen en teveel verschillende gamers willen pleasen. Plus, Take Two-baas Strauss Zelnick die denkt dat PC's meer de toekomst hebben dan consoles.Pak 100 euro korting en een gratis rugzak bij de aankoop van de Vector 16HX gaming laptopDeze week zet MSI de Vector 16 HX AI in de spotlights. Een gaming laptop met een Intel Core Ultra 7 HX processor, een NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU, 1TB SSD en een QHD+ 240Hz 16” display. Thunderbolt 5 aansluitingen en genoeg USB poorten ontbreken natuurlijk niet. Je krijgt hier tijdens Black Friday 100 euro korting plus een gratis rugzak bij de aankoop van deze fijne laptop.Scoor kortingen tot 30% op Philips Hue gear tijdens Black Friday Wist je het al? Het is Black Friday, volgens ons zo'n beetje de hele maand. Maak er dus gebruik van. Bijvoorbeeld als je lampen van Philips Hue in huis wil halen. Philips Hue is top spul, maar niet goedkoop. ELke vorm van korting is dus handig. Check deze pagina als je wilt weten wat voor kortingen Philips zelf geeft.   Check Hyper X voor toffe gaming toetsenborden en muizenOp zoek naar een wrede muis en toetsenbord voor jouw game-sessies? Ga dan eens kijken bij HyperX. Neem bijvoorbeeld het draadloze HyperX Alloy Rise 75 gaming toetsenbord. Dit toetsenbord heeft de langste batterijduur voor een verlicht draadloos gaming toetsenbord. 80 uur bij backlit games en 1500 uur met de achtergrondverlichting uit. Combineer dat met de HyperX Pulsefire Haste 2 Pro – 4K Wireless Gaming Mouse en je hebt een fijne combo onder de vingers. Deze 4K draadloze gaming muis is flink licht, volledig naar je eigen stijl aan te passen en aanpasbaar tot 4kHz voor supernauwkeurige tracking en snelle reacties.Timestamps:00:00:00 Einde van de Week Live00:02:20 Huishoudelijke mededeling: MSI00:08:35 PS5 goedkoper tijdens Black Friday direct.playstation.com00:09:21 Hoe gaat het met Kevin? Nog vette games gespeeld laatst?00:18:08 The Game Awards 2025 00:25:55 De Xbox Partner Showcase 00:39:01 Wat vinden jullie van de Steam Machine en wat wordt de prijs? 00:54:05 Treyarch kiest nu al eieren voor zijn geld 00:56:01 BULLETTÎME: HYPERX01:00:20 The Witcher in Concert keert terug vanwege succes01:04:00 Strauss Zelnick over console vs PC. Waarom GTA 6 dan geen day one PC release? 01:13:26 Kwestie Ubisoft 01:15:49 We zitten wel in de periode dat games die nooit meer leken uit te komen, toch uitkomen. Half-Life 3, maar ook deze 01:18:45 Fortnite Tarantino 01:21:11 Guild Wars Reforged01:23:34 BULLETTÎME: PHILIPS HUE 01:29:28 Elden Ring boek01:31:18 Gabe Newell: 11 miljard, vijf jachten. 01:35:10 GameStop actie, 6 december alles inruilen voor gamecredits01:38:52 One Piece kaarten

The 2025 MacVoices Holiday Gift Guide continues with travel tech, accessories, and creative picks from Marty Jencius, Michael D.J. Eisenberg, and Patrice Brend'amour. Recommendations include USB-C hubs, books for aviation fans, AirPods upgrades, Lego's new Star Trek piece, drive docks, and webcams.  Show Notes: Chapters: [0:00] Gift Guide Part Two Intro [0:36] Reviewing Picks So Far [1:40] USB-C Travel Hub Recommendation [4:17] Aviation Adventure Book Pick [7:33] AirPods and Noise-Canceling Choices [12:31] Screen Protector Discussion [17:12] Compact 4K Webcam Pick [20:08] LEGO Enterprise-D Enthusiasm [24:36] Mac Mini as a Starter Mac [27:24] Drive Dock for Expandable Storage [34:04] Gift Guide Wrap-Up and Links [35:04] Panelist Contact Information [38:40] Closing Remarks Links: MacVoices 2025 Holiday Gift Guide - Master Page MacVoices 2025 Holiday Gift Guide on Flipboard Marty Jencius MOKiN 10Gbps USB C Hub Ethernet, 7 in 1 USB C Adapter for MacBook Pro/Air with 4K@60HZ HDMI, 3*USB-C 10Gbps Data, RJ45, USB 2.0, 100W PD, USB C Dongle for MacBook, USB-C Dongle Obsbot Meet 2-4K Webcam for PC with 1/2" Sensor, AI Framing & Autofocus, Beauty Mode, Lightweight, Gesture Control, HDR, Dual Microphone, 60 FPS, Web Cam for Streaming Patrice Brend'amour Halfway around the World in 40 Days: From my daring Solo Flight in a small Propeller Plane over the Atlantic, the Pack Ice and the Desert by Kathrin Kaiser Lego Star Trek TNG Kit Michael D.J. Eisenberg Apple AirPods Pro 3 AirPods Max FURID Air Tag Wallet (no air tag included) Apple Mac Mini 28-Inch Thunderbolt 4 and USB-C Cable with 40 GBPS Data Transfer, 240W Power Charging and 8K Video Capability Chuck Joiner amFilm OneTouch Screen Protector for iPhone 17 Pro Max 6.9'' + Camera Lens Protector OWC Drive Dock USB 3.2 (10Gb/s) Dual-Bay Drive Docking Solution for 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch NVMe U.2 and SATA Drives Guests: Patrice Brend'amour is the creator, advocate and Product Manager of a global healthcare software initiative, which is not only pushing the industry to provide user-centered solutions using the latest advances in UX and technology, but also advancing the sharing of medical information between healthcare providers across the world. She is also an avid podcaster, mainly in the technology space, as well as a maintainer and contributor to a number of open source projects. Everything she does can be linked to from The Patrice, Michael D.J. Eisenberg is a is a solo practitioner based in Washington, DC, advocating for veterans, military members, and their families for nearly two decades. He has been helping lawyers and law offices utilize technology tools to promote efficiency and effectiveness for decades. He created the blog and podcast in 2019 to share that information and more with the world. Find information on his initiatives and his podcast at The Tech Savvy Lawyer. Dr. Marty Jencius has been an Associate Professor of Counseling at Kent State University since 2000. He has over 120 publications in books, chapters, journal articles, and others, along with 200 podcasts related to counseling, counselor education, and faculty life. His technology interest led him to develop the counseling profession 'firsts,' including listservs, a web-based peer-reviewed journal, The Journal of Technology in Counseling, teaching and conferencing in virtual worlds as the founder of Counselor Education in Second Life, and podcast founder/producer of CounselorAudioSource.net and ThePodTalk.net. Currently, he produces a podcast about counseling and life questions, the Circular Firing Squad, and digital video interviews with legacies capturing the history of the counseling field. This is also co-host of The Vision ProFiles podcast. Generally, Marty is chasing the newest tech trends, which explains his interest in A.I. for teaching, research, and productivity. Marty is an active presenter and past president of the NorthEast Ohio Apple Corp (NEOAC) Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon      http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:      http://macvoices.com      Twitter:      http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner      http://www.twitter.com/macvoices      Mastodon:      https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner      Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner      MacVoices Page on Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/      MacVoices Group on Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice      LinkedIn:      https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/      Instagram:      https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes      Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher:      Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

10 years of distillation -- what a milestone for Virginia Distillery Company and for American Single Malt writ large! Joshua and Jason discuss these 10 years but talk, too, about their relationship with the company that goes back 15+ years ago, before the distillery started producing their own spirits. The duo also taste through VDC's new Gingerbread Stout Cask Matured release. Add to this, Joshua discovers that there's a difference between a "Snickerdoodle" cookie and a "Snickers" cookie, which he had been calling, in his head, a "Snickerdoodle" because it actually resembles a Snickers bar. It gets very controversial, people. The good news is, Joshua has shared his in-house "Hatton's-Snickers-Doodle" recipe below which is *delicious*. See below, and try it at home! We'd love to hear your thoughts! Hatton's Snickers-Doodles: 1 cup Unsalted Butter (softened) 1 cup Brown Sugar (tightly packed) 1/2 cup Sugar 2 large Eggs 1 teaspoon Vanilla 2 1/4 cups Flour 3/4 teaspoon Baking Soda 1 teaspoon Salt 2 cups Torrone Nougut (finely chopped) 1 cup Milk Chocolate Chips Method Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and sugar until light and fluffy and pale yellow in color. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt. Fold in chocolate chips and Torrone Nougat. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges start to become a light golden color. Let cool for at least 10-15 minutes before removing from the baking sheet. Put a cookie in your mouth and eat it. Repeat. ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - Moana McAuliffe for designing our Podcast Logo - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Olympus and Tascam for making fine mobile recording devices - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

This week on Lost Terminal: Seth makes a plan for OSCAR, and Stillman and Quent come to a decision.Lost Terminal will return next week!

The 2025 MacVoices Holiday Gift Guide continues with travel tech, accessories, and creative picks from Marty Jencius, Michael D.J. Eisenberg, and Patrice Brend'amour. Recommendations include USB-C hubs, books for aviation fans, AirPods upgrades, Lego's new Star Trek piece, drive docks, and webcams.  Show Notes: Chapters: [0:00] Gift Guide Part Two Intro [0:36] Reviewing Picks So Far [1:40] USB-C Travel Hub Recommendation [4:17] Aviation Adventure Book Pick [7:33] AirPods and Noise-Canceling Choices [12:31] Screen Protector Discussion [17:12] Compact 4K Webcam Pick [20:08] LEGO Enterprise-D Enthusiasm [24:36] Mac Mini as a Starter Mac [27:24] Drive Dock for Expandable Storage [34:04] Gift Guide Wrap-Up and Links [35:04] Panelist Contact Information [38:40] Closing Remarks Links: MacVoices 2025 Holiday Gift Guide - Master Page MacVoices 2025 Holiday Gift Guide on Flipboard Marty Jencius MOKiN 10Gbps USB C Hub Ethernet, 7 in 1 USB C Adapter for MacBook Pro/Air with 4K@60HZ HDMI, 3*USB-C 10Gbps Data, RJ45, USB 2.0, 100W PD, USB C Dongle for MacBook, USB-C Dongle Obsbot Meet 2-4K Webcam for PC with 1/2" Sensor, AI Framing & Autofocus, Beauty Mode, Lightweight, Gesture Control, HDR, Dual Microphone, 60 FPS, Web Cam for Streaming Patrice Brend'amour Halfway around the World in 40 Days: From my daring Solo Flight in a small Propeller Plane over the Atlantic, the Pack Ice and the Desert by Kathrin Kaiser Lego Star Trek TNG Kit Michael D.J. Eisenberg Apple AirPods Pro 3 AirPods Max FURID Air Tag Wallet (no air tag included) Apple Mac Mini 28-Inch Thunderbolt 4 and USB-C Cable with 40 GBPS Data Transfer, 240W Power Charging and 8K Video Capability Chuck Joiner amFilm OneTouch Screen Protector for iPhone 17 Pro Max 6.9'' + Camera Lens Protector OWC Drive Dock USB 3.2 (10Gb/s) Dual-Bay Drive Docking Solution for 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch NVMe U.2 and SATA Drives Guests: Patrice Brend'amour is the creator, advocate and Product Manager of a global healthcare software initiative, which is not only pushing the industry to provide user-centered solutions using the latest advances in UX and technology, but also advancing the sharing of medical information between healthcare providers across the world. She is also an avid podcaster, mainly in the technology space, as well as a maintainer and contributor to a number of open source projects. Everything she does can be linked to from The Patrice, Michael D.J. Eisenberg is a is a solo practitioner based in Washington, DC, advocating for veterans, military members, and their families for nearly two decades. He has been helping lawyers and law offices utilize technology tools to promote efficiency and effectiveness for decades. He created the blog and podcast in 2019 to share that information and more with the world. Find information on his initiatives and his podcast at The Tech Savvy Lawyer. Dr. Marty Jencius has been an Associate Professor of Counseling at Kent State University since 2000. He has over 120 publications in books, chapters, journal articles, and others, along with 200 podcasts related to counseling, counselor education, and faculty life. His technology interest led him to develop the counseling profession ‘firsts,' including listservs, a web-based peer-reviewed journal, The Journal of Technology in Counseling, teaching and conferencing in virtual worlds as the founder of Counselor Education in Second Life, and podcast founder/producer of CounselorAudioSource.net and ThePodTalk.net. Currently, he produces a podcast about counseling and life questions, the Circular Firing Squad, and digital video interviews with legacies capturing the history of the counseling field. This is also co-host of The Vision ProFiles podcast. Generally, Marty is chasing the newest tech trends, which explains his interest in A.I. for teaching, research, and productivity. Marty is an active presenter and past president of the NorthEast Ohio Apple Corp (NEOAC) Support: Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon      http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect: Web:      http://macvoices.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner      http://www.twitter.com/macvoices Mastodon:      https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner MacVoices Page on Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/ MacVoices Group on Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice LinkedIn:      https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/ Instagram:      https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes      Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

Jeremy Au outlines why founders must choose a single 10x advantage and commit to it. He explains how products win by being better or faster or cheaper than the status quo and why unfair advantages are required to defend that lead. He also highlights the Southeast Asian invention of the USB thumb drive as a case where a first mover delivered a better experience but still lost when fast followers and scale overtook them. 01:00 Spotify provides 10x better quality: Unlimited access to any song in any order is a better experience than CDs or using Napster or Kazaa. 04:45 Uber creates a 10x faster experience: Seeing when a car will arrive removes waiting uncertainty and feels much faster than waving for taxis or calling for bookings. 06:00 SpaceX wins by being 10x cheaper: The cost of sending one kilogram to space dropped from about 30,000 dollars to about 500 dollars and continues to fall. 09:00 Six unfair advantages that protect a 10x lead: Startups defend their position through first mover advantage, network effects, economies of scale, intellectual property, regulatory protection, and scarce expert teams. These moats determine whether a company can keep its 10x advantage as competitors enter. 14:00 Thumb drive first mover but lost advantage: Henn Tan, founder of Trek 2000 and creator of the USB thumb drive, built a better file transfer experience but lost his lead because patents were not enforced globally, fast followers copied cheaply, and competitors gained scale and network effects. Watch, listen or read the full insight at https://www.bravesea.com/blog/first-mover-loses Get transcripts, startup resources & community discussions at www.bravesea.com WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VakR55X6BIElUEvkN02e TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeremyau Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyauz Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremyau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bravesea English: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts Bahasa Indonesia: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts Chinese: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts Vietnamese: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts #10xStrategy #StartupMoats #BetterFasterCheaper #FounderInsights #SEATech #InnovationFrameworks #FirstMoverVsFastFollower #TechCaseStudies #VentureThinking #BRAVEpodcast

Deze talkshow wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door HyperX. Alle meningen in deze video zijn onze eigen. HyperX heeft inhoudelijk geen inspraak op de content en zien de video net als jullie hier voor het eerst op de site.Welkom bij een verse aflevering van Gamekings Daily. In deze gaming vodcast praten twee presentatoren van Gamekings over de laatste ontwikkelingen in de wereld die videogames heet. Opnieuw schuift Skate bij JJ aan om te discussieren over een aantal onderwerpen. Allereerst is daar de launch van Escape from Tarkov. Een extraction shooter waar veel gamers met smart op hebben zitten wachten. Na tig jaar in Early Access te zijn geweest, was het 15 november tijd voor de launch. En die verliep niet helemaal naar wens. Wat is er gebeurd? Je krijgt het antwoord op deze vraag in de Gamekings Daily van woensdag 19 november 2025.Escape from Tarkov: tig jaar in Early Access maar bij launch onmiddelijk downJJ en Skate kijken ook naar de ontwikkelingen rond Rainbow Six Siege. De game gaat het tiende jaar in en Ubisoft blijft het spel  ondersteunen. We hebben vaak kritiek op de Fransen, maar dit doen ze geweldig. Wat gaat er gebeuren en is de nieuwe update genoeg voor Skate om een comeback te maken? Hij speelde Siege een jaar of vijf geleden vrijwel dagelijks. En wat als je een n00b bent? Kun je nog simpel instappen of heb je dan gewoon een te grote achterstand? Skate vertelt het je in deze video.Pak een leuke korting op de Cloud III headset en QuadCast 2 mic van HyperXLieten we je in de Gamekings Daily van maandag kennismaken met de muizen en toetsenborden van HyperX, vandaag zijn twee andere belangrijke peripherals voor de actieve gamer aan de beurt. De HyperX Cloud III S Wireless Gaming Headset is een evolutie van Cloud III Wireless. Het behoudt de geliefde functies van zijn voorganger terwijl het wel verbeterde prestaties biedt. En 120 uur aan batterijduur is ook niet verkeerd. De HyperX QuadCast 2  USB-microfoon is een verbetering van het origineel dat erg populair is en was onder gamers, streamers en content creators. Alle favoriete features zijn er nog: de iconische verlichting, de tap-to-mute-sensor, 4 opname-instellingen en de meegeleverde shock mount en bureaustandaard. Wie weet stream je ons er binnenkort mee uit. Op beide producten zit een leuke korting, te verkrijgen via de links.

Discover the latest in accessible tech from Sight Village, including the innovative KapX navigation headset, the Synapptic smart watch, the dual talking air fryer from Cobolt, and advanced Braille solutions like the Activator display. Learn how these devices are empowering blind and low vision users with independence, safety, and practical everyday tools. We're excited to share an exclusive treat for Double Tap listeners! As we prepare bring you full coverage of Sight Village taking place in London, England on 18–19 November, our friends at Sight and Sound Technology are giving you a special Double Tap discount across a huge range of products.Whether you're shopping Black Friday deals or browsing anything else on the site, use the code DoubleTap at checkouton the Sight and Sound Technology website and you'll receive free delivery on your order — no exceptions, no minimums. Shop now: https://www.sightandsound.co.ukSteven Scott and Shaun Preece revisit highlights from Sight Village, featuring interviews with leading accessible tech innovators. Aram from Kapsys demonstrates the KapX headset, a self-contained AI navigation device that uses 3D sound to guide users safely through urban environments without cloud connectivity.Mary McMahon from Synapptic discusses the Synapptic smart watch, its light and plus models, and their popular USB book player designed for offline audiobook access.Jason from Vision Aid Technologies showcases the Activator Braille display with dual input options - QWERTY and Perkins, AI document summarisation via the VoxiVision mobile phone device, as well as practical barcode scanning features.Finally, Simon from Cobalt Systems introduces the dual talking air fryer and the redesigned talking microwave, blending accessibility with modern kitchen convenience.Relevant LinksKapsys KapX: https://www.kapsys.com/en/produit/kapx-2/Cobalt Systems: https://cobolt.co.ukSynaptic: https://www.synaptic.comVision Aid Technologies: https://www.visionaid.co.ukSight & Sound Technology: https://www.sightandsound.co.uk Find Double Tap online: YouTube, Double Tap Website---Follow on:YouTube: https://www.doubletaponair.com/youtubeX (formerly Twitter): https://www.doubletaponair.com/xInstagram: https://www.doubletaponair.com/instagramTikTok: https://www.doubletaponair.com/tiktokThreads: https://www.doubletaponair.com/threadsFacebook: https://www.doubletaponair.com/facebookLinkedIn: https://www.doubletaponair.com/linkedin Subscribe to the Podcast:Apple: https://www.doubletaponair.com/appleSpotify: https://www.doubletaponair.com/spotifyRSS: https://www.doubletaponair.com/podcastiHeadRadio: https://www.doubletaponair.com/iheart About Double TapHosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited. "Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Social media strategist Scott Kleinberg joins Bob Sirott to talk about digital safety tips to use when traveling for the holidays, like why you shouldn’t use public Wi-Fi and why you should be cautious when using public USB charging stations. He also explains why it isn’t smart to announce your travel plans on social media […]

Mike opens by introducing the song “Helloapocalypse” from the acoustic string-instrument group playing a blend of rap/bluegrass. He briefly discusses the sponsor—Leonard Peikoff—and his podcast on objectivism (via peikoff.com) and encourages listeners to check it out. Mike and his wife Kathy recently traveled to Farmington Hills/Novi (Detroit area) for Kathy's convention. They drove their new car (a slightly upgraded Camry/Celera) down Friday. Friday night: relaxed in the hotel, had dinner at a hotel pub. Saturday: Breakfast in-room; Kathy went to the expo center; Mike visited a big firearms dealer “Guns Galore” in Fenton, MI but found it too crowded to browse handguns well. Saturday evening: Went into downtown Detroit, visited the MGM Grand Casino — found it extremely crowded with $15 minimum blackjack tables, so they moved on to check out Greektown Casino (though parking was a hassle). Ended up at a bar on 8 Mile (burger & gyro place) recommended by a friend — good food and fun alternative. Sunday: A relaxing breakfast at a local Coney Island place near the hotel; Mike lounged, read his Kindle, surfed the Internet; later went to an Italian restaurant (recommended by the same friend) — Mike had a garlic-seafood pasta, Kathy had chicken Parmesan, and the salad dressing was “to die for.” Monday (Valentine's Day): While in Detroit, they visited the pawn shop featured on reality show Hardcore Pawn (American Jewelry & Loan on 8 Mile) to pick out a sterling silver ring for Kathy. They got to meet Les (the show's owner) at checkout. Mike then drops into a bit of “podcasting behind-the-scenes” talk: He discovered issues with his USB interface (Gryphon iMic) causing noise → now recording into an external Sony recorder instead of directly into computer. His mixer (Behringer ZENIX UB802 Eurorack) is dying (FX bus died); he's getting a new 16-channel mixer from his friend Jim Farley for a future in-studio live recording of “What's Up With That?” He notes some audio hiccups: crackle in headphones, better sound on speakers, and invites feedback from listeners. To close: he asks listeners to support the show via his website (mikedell.com), via Bluehost hosting banner, Audible free audiobook banner, eFax banner, and a reminder to check the sponsor Leonard Peikoff's podcast. ✅ Takeaways The trip to Detroit/Novi was a blend of business (Kathy's expo) + pleasure (casual touring/eating) and Mike gives a realistic, non-glamorous travel rundown (hotel dinners, big casinos, pawn shops). A good mix of personal anecdote + geek-podcaster/equipment talk (the audio setup breakdown) shows authenticity. The episode offers varied content: personal lives, travel, gear talk, rather than a single focused theme. Sponsorship disclosure is clear and woven in naturally.

In this week's episode, we discuss the advantages of digital content ownership for both readers and writers. This coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Cloak of Ashes, Book #3 in the Cloak Mage series, (as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy) at my Payhip store: CLOAK2025 The coupon code is valid through November 24, 2025. So if you need a new audiobook this fall, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 277 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is November 14th, 2025, and today we are discussing the benefits of owning your own content for both readers and writers. Before we get to our main topic, we will start off with Coupon of the Week and then a progress update on my current writing, publishing, and audiobook projects. First up is Coupon of the Week. This week's coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Cloak of Ashes, Book #3 in the Cloak Mage series (as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy), at my Payhip store. That coupon code is CLOAK2025. And as always, the coupon code and the links to my Payhip store will be available in the show notes. This coupon code is valid through November 24th, 2025, so if you need a new audiobook for your Thanksgiving travels this month, we have got you covered. Now for an update on my current writing, publishing, and audiobook projects. I'm pleased to report the rough draft of Blade of Shadows is done. This will be the second book in my Blades of Ruin epic fantasy series. Right now, it is just about exactly as long as Blade of Flames. It may be a little longer or a little shorter depending on how editing goes since there's some stuff I'm going to cut out, but there's also some scenes I'm going to add. I also wrote a short story called Elven Arrow. Newsletter subscribers will get a free ebook copy of Elven Arrow when Blade of Shadows comes out, which will hopefully be before American Thanksgiving at the end of the month. I'm about 23% of the way through the first editing pass, so making good progress there and hope to keep up with the good progress. I am 11,000 words into Wizard-Assassin. That will be my next main project once the Blade of Shadows is published and probably the final book I publish in 2025, because I think the first book I do in 2026 will be Blades of Ruin #3, if all goes well. In audiobook news, the recording for Blade of Flames is done and it's gradually making its way out into the world (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills). I think as of the time of this recording, the only place where it's actually live is Google Play, but hopefully more stores will come online soon, and it would be cool if the Blade of Flames audiobook was available everywhere before Blade of Shadows came out. Hollis McCarthy is still working on Cloak of Embers and we hope to have that to you before the end of the year, if all goes well. So that's where I'm at with current writing, publishing and audiobook projects. 00:02:25 Main Topic: Digital Content Ownership as a Reader and Writer Now let's move on to our own topic, the ownership of digital content as both a reader and a writer. As the digital revolution has gone on and on and put more decades behind it, people are increasingly building very large digital content libraries and it's an increasingly tangled point of law what happens to those digital libraries when for example, their account gets suspended, or for example, someone else dies and wants to leave their Steam library of games to their heirs. We're today going to be focusing on digital content ownership for readers and writers, and we'll start with readers. Although the price of an ebook and print book of many traditionally published books are roughly the same at this point (and sometimes bafflingly, the ebook versions cost more), the rights you have as the owner of the ebook copy are substantially less powerful. In fact, technically speaking, you aren't actually the owner of an ebook purchased from Amazon or other retailers. It's more accurate to say that you purchased a long-term conditional lease. As a side note, I'm talking about this from the perspective of United States Copyright law and ebook/audiobook stores there. The laws and standards in your own country may be different. Also, I am not a lawyer and nothing in this episode should be taken as legal advice. You obtain legal advice by hiring a lawyer licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. But now back to the main argument. In America, there is something known as the First Sale Doctrine. This section of the US Copyright Act allows physical media to be lent out and resold, among other things. For example, someone who purchases a physical book is considered its owner and the publisher can't take it back from them. The physical version of books can be used in libraries or as classroom materials until they literally fall apart, unlike their electronic equivalents, which face complicated licensing agreements that generally offer far less favorable terms of use for a much larger cost (especially for libraries and academic institutions). In the US, electronic content ownership is covered by contract law instead of the First Sale Doctrine. Although each seller has their own licenses and standards, a few things tend to remain consistent across those licenses: the inability to lend or resell the content, the inability to remove DRM from the content, and the right of the seller to alter or even remove the content. Ownership is not a right guaranteed for digital content. There is an American lawsuit currently challenging Amazon Prime Video and its use of words like "purchase" and "buy" for its video content. The lawsuit accuses Amazon of misrepresenting a heavily conditional license as a purchase, giving the average customer the impression that they own the content in perpetuity. Amazon lawyers argue that the average customer understands the difference, but frequent outrages over content being removed from users' libraries suggests otherwise. Here are four reasons owning your ebook content is important. #1: Keeping access to the content if the company closes or gets bought out. One of the early leaders in the US ebook store market way back at the start of the indie revolution was Sony. When their Sony Reader store closed, they gave readers the option to migrate their libraries to Kobo. Books that were not available through Kobo were not able to be transferred, so some purchased content was lost for readers. A more egregious example comes from, as you might expect, Microsoft with the closing of the Microsoft ebook store in 2019. When the store closed, they offered refunds instead of giving readers an opportunity to self-archive or transfer their purchases. Any margin notes taken by readers were lost, and they were given a $25 credit for the inconvenience. Although refunding customers was a good gesture, it's not a guarantee that readers are able to repurchase the ebooks elsewhere or even that the price would be the same when they did. As an aside, I spent a good chunk of time in 2018 trying to figure out how to get into the Microsoft ebook store and then finally gave up because it was too complicated, which in hindsight turned out to be a good decision. Owning your ebooks outright gives them independence from the store that you bought them from. #2: Keeping content from being altered. Ebooks can be altered anytime. Most of the time these changes are harmless, such as updating a cover, fixing a typo, or adding a preview chapter. I do that myself all the time. Every time I get typo corrections, I upload a new version. Yet there is a potential for books to be edited or censored from the original copy that you purchased. Chapters could be removed, scenes altered, or in extreme cases, the entire book could be removed. Owning a hard copy means that you have a version that cannot be changed without your knowledge. #3: The ability to self-archive. Most ebook stores use a form of digital rights management (DRM) that makes it difficult to transfer or permanently store your collection outside of their collection or library. Trying to do so is a violation of the license you purchased from the store, so I won't discuss how to do that. Amazon recently made self-archiving more difficult by discontinuing the feature to download and transfer Kindle books via USB. Finding DRM-free ebook stores is important if you want to organize and store your ebook collection as you see fit. Two examples of stores with DRM-free ebooks are Smashwords and direct [sales] sites like My Payhip store. Other stores like Kobo have a dedicated section devoted to DRM-free ebooks. #4: Keeping your reading habits private. Companies like Amazon track reading data, mostly out of a desire to sell you similar books or ad space. They track what you're reading, the amount of time you spend reading, your reading speed, and the highlights that you make in a book. Now, most of the time this is generally pretty harmless. It's mostly used for…you look on Amazon, you see that the section "customers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed this". Then if you use the Kindle app on your phone a lot, it has a lot of badges and achievements and it tends to be used for that kind of thing. However, there could be sinister undertones to this, especially if you're reading things you would prefer other people not know about. So if this concerns you, if there are some settings that you can adjust, but if you want complete privacy, outright ownership of your ebooks is the way to go. So what is the easiest way to own your own ebooks as a reader? The easiest way and perhaps the safest way to own your content outright is to buy print copies of books. That said, buying direct from authors or finding ebooks that have more favorable license terms is easiest way to own your ebook purchases. One of the reasons that opening a Payhip store was important to me was I gave my readers a chance to outright own purchased copies of my work and self-archive them in the way that they saw fit, if that was important to them. The price is the same on my Payhip store as other ebook or audiobook stores (and sometimes even cheaper if you're using Coupon of the Week). The ebooks and audiobooks there are DRM-free and untethered from specific stores and companies. You have the option to download files in a variety of file formats and store them in a way that makes the most sense to you. Buying direct also gives a greater share of the sale price to the authors, especially in the case of audiobooks. In conclusion, ebooks lag behind print books in terms of ownership rights for purchasers here in the United States (at the time of this recording). That said, you can be an informed consumer by reading terms of use carefully and educating yourself to make sure that you have the most possible access to your purchased content. Now, we've covered that from the reader side, and let's look at it from the side of the content creators, specifically writers. This can also apply to other content creators such as musicians, and we're going to use a very famous example for that, Taylor Swift. The general public learned about the importance of fully owning your content as a creator during the long and very public battle between musician Taylor Swift and the record company that sold her work to a private equity firm associated with someone she personally disliked. She owned the copyrights to the works (along with her various collaborators), but not the masters, the specific recordings of each song. As long as she didn't own her masters, she didn't have control over song choices for her public performances, the label releasing older content against her wishes, or how her music would be licensed out for commercial use. Swift reasserted control by rerecording old albums (a strategy previously used by the musician Prince), which gave her ownership of these new masters and devalued the original masters to the point where she could later afford to buy them outright. Many artists, including Olivia Rodrigo, credit Swift for helping them to negotiate adding the ownership of their masters into their contracts. As predatory as the publishing industry can be, the music industry tends to make them look like rank amateurs in terms of sheer evil. So it is a testament to her popularity and business success that she was able to convince them to do this. The world's most famous pop star taught millions of fans that owning your work is the ultimate goal of a creative. Why is ownership of your work important for writers specifically and not just American pop stars? We'll discuss six reasons why it's important for content creators and specifically writers in this episode. And as a reminder yet again, I'm talking about this from the perspective of United States law. Laws and standards in your own country may be different. Also, I am not a lawyer and nothing in this episode should be taken as legal advice. You obtain proper legal advice by contacting a lawyer licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. So with that in mind, let's get into the topic. What is ownership as a writer? Writers generally keep the copyrights to works they sell to publishers. Writers are essentially selling the right or a license to produce and distribute their book in a certain format, language, and geographic area. Most of the time, geographic area rights are sold separately. For example, rights for the Harry Potter books are owned by Scholastic in the United States and Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom. Sometimes writers will keep the rights in a specific format, like when I signed with Tantor to give them the audio rights to the first five Frostborn books while keeping the rights to my print and ebook formats. What writers lose in the process of selling to publishers is the ability to control how their work is marketed, packaged, and sold. They do not have the freedom to make major decisions such as when a book is released or where it is marketed. Today I am going to share six reasons that retaining ownership is important for writers and what things you generally sacrifice when you sign with a traditional publisher instead of self-publishing or indie publishing. #1: Creative control. It is not standard to have complete control over your book's cover design. Often an artist is able to submit suggestions to the designer, but the publisher has ultimate authority over the book's cover. Sometimes covers end up being wildly inappropriate for the book, but the author has no recourse. The same is usually true with the ability to pick an audiobook narrator or change anything about the narration. At times, writers (especially new ones) are pressured into changes they do not want by editors. The surest way to completely lose all creative control is signed with a book packager like Alloy Entertainment. If you want to hear the story of how L.J. Smith was fired from her own series due to a plot dispute with that publisher, YouTuber Jenny Nicholson covers it in her epic length summary of The Vampire Diaries show. Although a certain paycheck from a book packager is tempting, you'd be wisest not to create any fictional characters or worlds for this type of publisher for that reason. #2: Dead Series Syndrome. If the first book in a series does not sell well, the publisher tends to abandon the series. The next book in the series might be ready for publication, but they're not obligated to publish it if they suspect it will not be profitable. Unfinished series are extremely common in traditional publishing, unfortunately. Writers who are locked into a contract for a series are generally out of luck putting out the books on their own. Even if they put out later books on their own, not having the rights to the first book in the series makes it difficult for a writer to sell and market subsequent books. I had a series (Demonsouled) that I wanted to continue even though the first book was released by my publisher. I was able to get the rights back for it and then was able to self-publish this rest of the series. This was much easier to do 14 years ago than it is now. Modern contracts, especially from larger publishers, are not so generous in letting authors do this. It would be much easier to start as a self-published author and have full control over the trajectory of your series and make sure readers are able to finish it instead of waiting for a contract to elapse or fighting a difficult, hard to win battle to get the rights back. #3: The ability to change. One of the perks of owning your book is the ability to make quick changes that react to data. For example, I was able to retitle the Stealth and Spells series fairly quickly when it became immediately clear upon release that some found the original title confusing. A traditional publisher would likely not have bothered to make the effort unless there was a legal reason for doing so. The ability to change covers, repackaging books in different ways (like omnibus editions), and to make quick changes to the book on the fly (such as fixing typos or continuity errors), is the unique privilege that comes with owning your own work. Publishers are slow to make these types of changes, if they do it at all. #4: Profit. Writers typically only receive an advance (an initial lump sum) when working with a traditional publisher. The complexities of publisher accounting usually ensure that only great successes receive royalties, and often even those that do can take a while to reach that benchmark. Royalties are typically doled out quarterly or semi-annually, for those who make enough to receive them. The earning statements are fairly byzantine. It's hard for the average person to understand them fully to make sure they're being paid exactly what is owed to them. Owning your own work and publishing yourself means that you keep all of the profit after the cut taken by the ebook store and whatever you pay cover designers, editors, and so on. You can see all of the sales as they come in and don't have to wait for those two to four royalty checks each year in order to get paid. It's much easier to make a living as a writer and to feel confident that you can pay others when you have more accurate data on the money coming in. Indie publishing sacrifices the certainty of an advance for a far, far greater share of the profits in the long run. Additionally, agents typically take a 15 to 20% commission on author earnings, and they are an essential part of the process in traditional publishing. It's just about impossible to get foot in the door with traditional publishing without one. Most self-published writers don't bother with an agent, which means they're able to keep that cut of the money and don't have to shape their work around the preferences and whims of an agent. They also spared the stress and hassle of working with an unethical or bad agent (of which they're unfortunately far too many). #5: Professional freedom. The publisher decides when the books are released or if they're released at all. Are you ready to publish a book two months after the first one is released? Too bad. A publisher is not going to put out the next one that quickly. The traditional wisdom of publishing schedules seems wildly out of date in the content-heavy modern world, where algorithms reward recent titles and frequent publishing. Publishing more often also helps fans stay connected to your work, and frankly, it's much easier to make a living as a writer putting out several books a year instead of just one. Additionally, traditionally published writers do not control how a book is marketed. Are you upset that your book is being marketed as a romance when you think it's complex literary fiction? Too bad. It's not your call. In fact, writers may be contractually obligated to post content to their social media pages written or approved in advance by the marketing department at the publisher. You might have to put your name publicly to marketing copy you dislike or disagree with in order to not violate your contract. In a related vein, you might find that if you post heavily on your social media pages about political or controversial topics, you may be reprimanded by the publisher or in some cases, have your contract canceled entirely. Although indie authors aren't immune from social consequences of what they post, no publisher is holding them back from posting what they want just because they're writers and the publisher is scared of what the shareholders might think. #6: The publisher being sold. One of the biggest problems for traditionally published writers is when their publisher is sold to another one. This may mean restructuring that takes away staff they worked with a long time (like a favorite editor being replaced by an inexperienced one). As smaller publishers are eaten up by the larger ones, you might find that your books become an afterthought and you don't have any power to fix that. You might even have to fight to get paid what you're owed in your own contracts, which writers of Star Wars books found out when Disney acquired Lucasfilm. Apparently when Disney bought Lucasfilm, it decided it no longer owed royalties to several writers of Star Wars tie-in novels that Lucasfilm had published and weren't going to pay them until it went public and caused a bit of controversy. Finally, a settlement was reached. This is sort of the shifty behavior that Disney is well known for in certain circles, and it is something you have to watch out for with large publishers and media conglomerates. The easiest way to keep this from happening is, once again, to publish yourself and keep ownership of your work. In conclusion, when traditional publishing was the only way to become a writer, their restrictions and control were something you had to live with because you had no other option. Now that self-publishing is extremely accessible and traditional publishing is shrinking, it's no longer worth making the trade-offs that authors once had to in order to gain readers of their work. Although I never actually listened to a Taylor Swift song all the way through, her career and business ventures are proof that owning your work as a creative is the best way forward. Ownership should be the starting point, not the end goal of anyone who values creative control and fair, transparent payment for their creative work. So that is it for this week. I hope that illuminated the importance of owning your own work, especially if you are a writer or other creative. Thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes at https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave your review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

Mike opens by introducing the song “Helloapocalypse” from the acoustic string-instrument group playing a blend of rap/bluegrass. He briefly discusses the sponsor—Leonard Peikoff—and his podcast on objectivism (via peikoff.com) and encourages listeners to check it out. Mike and his wife Kathy recently traveled to Farmington Hills/Novi (Detroit area) for Kathy's convention. They drove their new car (a slightly upgraded Camry/Celera) down Friday. Friday night: relaxed in the hotel, had dinner at a hotel pub. Saturday: Breakfast in-room; Kathy went to the expo center; Mike visited a big firearms dealer “Guns Galore” in Fenton, MI but found it too crowded to browse handguns well. Saturday evening: Went into downtown Detroit, visited the MGM Grand Casino — found it extremely crowded with $15 minimum blackjack tables, so they moved on to check out Greektown Casino (though parking was a hassle). Ended up at a bar on 8 Mile (burger & gyro place) recommended by a friend — good food and fun alternative. Sunday: A relaxing breakfast at a local Coney Island place near the hotel; Mike lounged, read his Kindle, surfed the Internet; later went to an Italian restaurant (recommended by the same friend) — Mike had a garlic-seafood pasta, Kathy had chicken Parmesan, and the salad dressing was “to die for.” Monday (Valentine's Day): While in Detroit, they visited the pawn shop featured on reality show Hardcore Pawn (American Jewelry & Loan on 8 Mile) to pick out a sterling silver ring for Kathy. They got to meet Les (the show's owner) at checkout. Mike then drops into a bit of “podcasting behind-the-scenes” talk: He discovered issues with his USB interface (Gryphon iMic) causing noise → now recording into an external Sony recorder instead of directly into computer. His mixer (Behringer ZENIX UB802 Eurorack) is dying (FX bus died); he's getting a new 16-channel mixer from his friend Jim Farley for a future in-studio live recording of “What's Up With That?” He notes some audio hiccups: crackle in headphones, better sound on speakers, and invites feedback from listeners. To close: he asks listeners to support the show via his website (mikedell.com), via Bluehost hosting banner, Audible free audiobook banner, eFax banner, and a reminder to check the sponsor Leonard Peikoff's podcast. ✅ Takeaways The trip to Detroit/Novi was a blend of business (Kathy's expo) + pleasure (casual touring/eating) and Mike gives a realistic, non-glamorous travel rundown (hotel dinners, big casinos, pawn shops). A good mix of personal anecdote + geek-podcaster/equipment talk (the audio setup breakdown) shows authenticity. The episode offers varied content: personal lives, travel, gear talk, rather than a single focused theme. Sponsorship disclosure is clear and woven in naturally.

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On today's show we will sit down with Richard Murtaugh, owner and setup builder for Premier Racing Setups, see if Daniel Morad can make you faster, do driving assits in iRacing make you faster?, beat the dead horse of Safety Rating again, tell you what Black Friday deals on hardware are already happening, does sim racing need to ditch USB? and How did iRacing ruin it's best feature? So sit back, relax and join us on the iRacers Lounge Podcast. iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple's Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. Sponsors: Hosts: Mike Ellis – https://x.com/mikedeanellis David Hall – https://x.com/dmixmage Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus Donnie Spiker – https://www.instagram.com/spikerman19/ Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn John Kerley – https://x.com/KerleyJohnE Justin Pearson – https://www.facebook.com/justin.pearson.5811 Bobby Jonas – https://x.com/bjonas71 William Westbrook – https://www.facebook.com/william.westbrook.35 Links: Facebook – www.facebook.com/iRacersLounge/ Twitter – twitter.com/iracerslounge Instagram – instagram.com/iracersloungepodcast/ Web (Show Notes) – iracerslounge.com/

This week on This Week in Radio Tech, we’re joined by Adam Robinson, Director of Sales & Marketing at MaxxKonnect and Triple Helix Technologies. Transmitter sites have evolved far beyond just RF gear — they’re now fully IP-centric ecosystems where slow, hidden failures often do the most damage. Adam and Kirk discuss how smart monitoring, redundancy, and unified visibility are redefining how engineers manage their sites remotely. From HVAC degradation to IP jitter and network security, we explore why data over time is the key to preventing downtime. Tune in and learn how the next generation of site management — predictive, cloud-integrated, and AI-assisted — is already here! Guest:Adam Robinson - Director at MaxxKonnect & Triple Helix Technologies Host:Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, South Seas, & Akamai BroadcastingFollow TWiRT on Twitter and on Facebook - and see all the videos on YouTube.TWiRT is brought to you by:Broadcasters General Store, with outstanding service, saving, and support. Online at BGS.cc. Broadcast Bionics - making radio smarter with Bionic Studio, visual radio, and social media tools at Bionic.radio.Aiir, providing PlayoutONE radio automation, and other advanced solutions for audience engagement.Angry Audio and the new Rave analog audio mixing console. The new MaxxKonnect Broadcast U.192 MPX USB Soundcard - The first purpose-built broadcast-quality USB sound card with native MPX output. Subscribe to Audio:iTunesRSSStitcherTuneInSubscribe to Video:iTunesRSSYouTube

Giga Bytes Podcast #387: Hoy hablamos del Steam, PS, GTA y Mucho más!!! Lego Marvel Avengers Strange Tales review Lumines Arise Review Ratchet and Clank Ranger Rumble anunciado para iOS y Android Horizon Steel Frontiers (MMORPG por NC Soft) anunciado para PC, móvil Death Stranding Isolation anime a Disney Plus 2027 Super Mario Galaxy movie trailer, Running Man Review Steam anuncia nuevo Hardware para 2026: * Zen 4 CPU 4.8Ghz 6C/12T * RDNA3 GPU with 28CUs 2.45Ghz (8GB GDDR6 VRAM) * 16GB DDR5 RAM * 4K 60 FPS with FSR * 512GB or 2TB options * Display Port 1.4 (4K @ 240fps, 8K @ 60fps) * HDMI 2.0 (4K @ 120fps) * 1 x USB C * 2 x USB 3.2 * 2 x USB 2.0 * 1GB Ethernet * Wi-Fi 6E * Bluetooth 5.3 Los Game Awards 2025 tendran stream por Prime Video diciembre 11 8-11pm EST Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 vende 4m desde febrero PlayStation's 27” Gaming Monitor anunciado QHD IPS Display (2560 x 1440) HDR VRR up to 120 Hz (PS5/PS5 Pro), 240 Hz (PC/Mac) Built-in Charging Hook for DualSense Two HDMI IN (2.1), one DisplayPort In (1.4) 2 USB Type_A, 1 USB-C ports Stereo speaker & 3.5 mm audio output Coming 2026 Xbox Series X/S y PS5 de aniversario (Nov 10 y 12 2020) Marvel TOKON Fighting Souls closed beta 2 diciembre 5 2ndo QTR PS (Hasta sept 30): 2m de unidades en el mercado (100k unidades más Y2Y), sobrepasa Xbox 360 9m PS5 durante el trimestre (2ndo mejor para PS5) Ghost of Yotei vende 3.2m en su primer mes en el mercado 1st party sales aumenta de 5.3 a 6.3m Y2Y MAU aumenta a 119m de 116m Y2Y Aumentan pronostico PS5 en mediados de su ciclo de vida PS5 es el 2do producto de Playstation que más rápido ha vendido en US Halo Infinite a recibir ultimo contenido, eliminando plan de 10 años del título (nov 18) Xbox Series X/S y PS5 cumplen 5 años Todd Howard: todavía falta mucho para Elder Scrolls 6, podría aparecer estilo Shadow drop PS Portal ahora el dispositivo más usado para remote play, superando mobile PC, PS4, PS5 Rockstar: GTA 6 atrasado hasta el 19 de noviembre 2025 Marvel 1943 Rise of Hydra atrasado luego de comienzos de 2026 Guiness World Records tira indirecta a Rockstar Games/GTA Nintendo reporte financiero: (Hasta sept 30) Nintendo Switch 2: 10.36m de unidades vendidas 62m Software units Mario Kart World: 9.57m Donkey Kong Bananza: 3.49m Switch 1: 154.1m Wii U: 13.56m 3DS: 75.94m Aumentan pronóstico de venta de 15m a 19m hasta marzo 31, 2026 De ahora en adelante desarrollo se enfocará en SW2 Division de Xbox pasado trimestre hasta sept 30 2025: Gaming disminuye 2% Aumenta 1% Xbox content and services Hardware disminuye 29% Sigueme y Suscribete: Facebook.com/elgiga Youtube.com/elgiga947 Instagram.com/elgiga947                                                                                                                                    Twitch.tv/elgiga947 Twitter.com/elgiga947 Giga Bytes Podcast   #monsterenergypr @monsterenergy @Stephreyesmarketing @caribbeanxsports @eriberto213 #gigabytespodcast #NintendoSwitch2 #PS5 #MarvelTokonFightingSouls #COD #Wolverine #Saros #GhostofYotei #ACShadowsSwitch #ResidentEvilRequiem #NinjaGaiden4 #GhostofYotei #Switch #Xbox #PSSR #PS5Pro #Xbox #Switch2 #Review #Playstation #Switch2 @tiendasmesalve #gigabytespodcast #HaloPS5 #PS6 #NextXBox #PSPortal  

This week, Sam Watermeier joins me to review the new Dan Trachtenberg movie, Predator: Badlands in a feature review and then, in this week's secondary review, we talk about the animated anthology film, Predator: Killer of Killers. We also discuss screenings around Indianapolis, movie news, and more.   Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Introducing Sam - 03:56 Screening in Indy - 11:52 News Before the Reviews - 14:30 Feature Review Predator: Badlands (2025) - 28:55 Spoiler - 1:18:21 Secondary Review Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) - 1:48:26   Closing the Ep - 2:10:10 Patreon Clip - 2:12:39   Related Links The 'Mass Effect' TV Show Will Tackle What Happens After the Original Trilogy 'Alien Earth' Renewed For Season 2 As Creator Noah Hawley Re-Ups Overall Deal With FX Jimmy Olsen 'DC Crime' Series in the Works at HBO Max From 'American Vandal' Duo, First Season Focused on Gorilla Grodd Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in 'Ran,' 'Harakiri' and 'The Human Condition' Trilogy, Dies at 92   Sam's Letterboxd Sam's Writing on Midwest Film Journal Sam's Review of Criterion's 4K Release of Altered States Sam's Review of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025) Sam's No Sleep October Essay on Found (2012)   My 2025 Podcast and Writing Archive TV Reaction - It: Welcome to Derry S01E01: The Pilot - Nov 9, 2025 Video Reaction - It: Welcome to Derry S01E01: The Pilot - Nov 9, 2025 Immediate Reaction - Frankenstein (2025) - Oct 15, 2025 Immediate Reaction - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025) - Oct 24, 2025 Immediate Reaction - A House of Dynamite (2025) - Oct 15, 2025 Book Reaction - The Long Walk by Stephen King - Chapters 8-10 - Oct 4, 2025 Book Reaction - The Long Walk by Stephen King - Chapters 11-13 - Nov 1, 2025 Patreon Companion Episodes Collection   Indianapolis Theaters Alamo Drafthouse Indy Kan-Kan  Living Room Theaters Keystone Art  Flix Brewhouse   Ways to Support Us Support Us on Patreon for Exclusive Content Official OV Merch Buy Me A Coffee Obsessive Viewer Obsessive Viewer Presents: Anthology Obsessive Viewer Presents: Tower Junkies As Good As It Gets - Linktree Start Your Podcast with Libsyn Using Promo Code OBSESS   Follow Us on Social Media My Letterboxd | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter Instagram | Threads | Bluesky | TikTok | Tiny's Letterboxd   Mic Info Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.6.8) Sam: Samson Q2U via USB in Riverside.FM   Episode Homepage: ObsessiveViewer.com/OV494   Next Week on the Podcast OV495 - Keeper (2025) & Good Boy (2025)  

From a quick explanation of why Pioneer DJ has got a storm on its hands with disappearing playlists, to helping a student who is dealing with a severe case of imposter syndrome, to keeping tidy cables at the back of your DJ gear, we've got a varied and fun mailbag this week. It's all here on this Your Questions edition of our podcast.As ever, this pod is supported 100% by the students of Digital DJ Tips, and it was recorded in a live webinar with lots of student feedback. If you enjoy it and you can, please do give us a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts. It really does make a difference.TIMESTAMPS00:00 Intro00:14 Episode overview01:47 Why are DJ playlists disappearing on CDJ-3000s?05:07 Do you need a subwoofer for mobile DJing?06:52 How to deal with knee pain when DJing?09:12 Tips for overcoming performance anxiety and imposter syndrome?14:33 Advice for reading a crowd without pre-prepared playlists?18:42 How to mix songs you don't know?25:32 How best to hide cables behind DJ gear?28:25 Where to find dance remixes of pop songs?33:58 What music should you play at Christmas parties?35:32 Can you use one music library on multiple computers?39:57 Will old CDJs read modern USB exports? Want to get your question answered on an episode of this podcast? Digital DJ Tips course owners get to ask questions in their student-only group. Your first step to getting involved is to buy a DJ course, so come and join our community at https://www.digitaldjtips.com.

We look at the new E7 Plus from Flexispot. See more about it here. E7 Plus from Flexispot reviewed The review team were happy to sit on the desks, the product specs suggest that you can, easily, stand on it too, as they say it can happily take 200kgs. The legs do seem able for it too, they are sturdy, solid, and probably could take a baby elephant, perhaps, maybe? While we didn't have any baby elephants lying around, the affordance of 200kgs is sufficient to be confident that, if you had to stand on the desk, to reach up for something, perhaps after removing shoes, it would work. It is good to have some solidity to your desk. Next up the look and feel of the desk. This is pretty good, looks good, like a mini glulam beam. Many mini pieces of wood, bonded together for greater solidity. One of our reviewers felt it was a bit sparse, but the others liked the minimalism of it's design too. It could be a question of you pay your money and you take your choice. Overall though it is solid, will weather well, last a long time, and is also large enough to accommodate everything you might need to work effectively and happily. Our team were happy to give it a thumbs up. More about the new E7 Plus 1.Four-legged design, steady loading Adopting scientific mechanical design, the force is evenly distributed at four points, which greatly improves the stability and is not easy to shake or tilt. Combined with high-strength carbon steel material and precision manufacturing process, it can reach a maximum load capacity of 200kg. Advanced Digital Keyboard: Equipped with an intuitive digital control panel, the E7 Plus allows users to easily set up to four memory height presets and includes a USB charging port for convenience. Versatile Height and Size Compatibility: With an adjustable height range of 66 to 131 cm, the E7 Plus is compatible with tabletops measuring 120 to 180 cm in length, making it suitable for various applications, from desks to conference tables. Adaptable to Accessories: Its simple frame design allows for easy integration with a range of desk accessories, optimizing desk space for improved organization and storage. Cable Management System: The E7 Plus includes features for managing cables effectively, creating a clean and organized workspace underneath the desk. Monitor Base Adjustment: The desk supports monitor height and tilt adjustments to promote proper posture and save valuable desk space. Durable Warranty: Comes with a generous 10-year warranty, assuring quality and longevity. Energy-Efficient Touch Screen: The LED touch display not only enhances usability but also contributes to energy efficiency. The sale details: from November 13-20 tiered discount pricing from 549.99 up to 50%, from November 21-December 1 its direct sale is from 549.99 to 359.99 discounted to 190 or 35% off. See more reviews here. More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundreds of fantastic previous episodes and subscribe using whatever platform you like via our Anchor.fm page here: https://anchor.fm/irish-tech-news If you'd like to be featured in an upcoming Podcast email us at Simon@IrishTechNews.ie now to discuss. Irish Tech News have a range of services available to help promote your business. Why not drop us a line at Info@IrishTechNews.ie now to find out more about how we can help you reach our audience. You can also find and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.

Glasgow is home to many things whisky-related: Glasgow Distillery, Clydeside Distillery, The Bon Accord, The Pot Still, an SMWS Member's Room, and the home the one and only Jessica Rabbit Guillermo Lomas. The list could go on, really, but would surely be an "incomplete Joshua-Hatton-list" if we left off The Good Spirits Company; one of Glasgow's most respected and well curated whisky shops. Period.  Listen in Jess speaks with Co-owner, Matthew McFayden, about all things Good Spirits Co. It's a cracking conversation, to be sure!  What's more is Jess gives us a recap of her time at the 2025 Glasgow's Whisky Fest.  ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - Moana McAuliffe for designing our Podcast Logo - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Olympus and Tascam for making fine mobile recording devices - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

This week on Lost Terminal: Quent & Stillman talk it out, and Seth overcomes his misgivings and learns secrets.Lost Terminal will return next week!

Dans cette édition :Retour à Molenbeek, la commune de Bruxelles où s'était réfugié Salah Abdeslam, le terroriste des attentats du 13 novembre 2015, à la veille des commémorations de ces événements tragiques.Témoignages de riverains sur la présence encore palpable de l'islamisme radical et du trafic de drogue dans ce quartier.Indignation du ministre de la Justice Gérald Darmanin face aux conditions de détention de Salah Abdeslam, qui a eu accès à un ordinateur portable et une clé USB en prison.Emmanuel Macron relance les grands débats citoyens, mais fait face à des électeurs déçus par sa politique, notamment sur la réforme des retraites.Mort d'un adolescent de 16 ans à Tourcoing après un refus d'obtempérer, entraînant le déploiement de CRS.Cauchemar de deux propriétaires victimes de squatteurs depuis près de trois ans à Aubagne, qui peinent à récupérer leurs appartements.Notre équipe a utilisé un outil d'Intelligence artificielle via les technologies d'Audiomeans© pour accompagner la création de ce contenu écrit.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

C dans l'air du 11 novembre 2025 : Menace terroriste : l'ex de Salah Abdeslam incarcérée...À deux jours des commémorations des dix ans des attentats du 13 novembre 2015, l'ex-compagne du terroriste islamiste Salah Abdeslam, Maëva B., est de retour dans la chronique judiciaire. Elle a été doublement mise en examen et incarcérée.Le parquet national antiterroriste a en effet ouvert deux instructions distinctes. La première porte sur une clé USB contenant de la propagande djihadiste. Cette clé aurait été illégalement remise via un parloir à Salah Abdeslam, unique survivant du commando du 13 novembre 2015 et incarcéré à la prison de haute sécurité de Vendin-le-Vieil.La seconde enquête porte sur un projet d'attentat. Dans ce dossier, trois protagonistes dont Maëva B. ont été mis en examen et incarcérés lundi en début de soirée pour association de malfaiteurs terroriste criminelle.Cette actualité judiciaire rappelle que la menace terroriste plane encore sur la France. L'état de cette menace a d'ailleurs évolué de manière inquiétante ces trois dernières années. On observe en effet un spectaculaire rajeunissement des auteurs de projets d'attentat. Le processus de radicalisation est toujours plus rapide et touche des individus toujours plus jeunes, parfois même mineurs. L'année dernière, 20 % des mis en examen pour terrorisme avaient ainsi moins de 18 ans. Ce rajeunissement, constaté depuis 2023, est observé dans les mêmes proportions dans plusieurs pays européens. Cette année, pas moins de 17 mineurs sont déjà mis en examen pour des faits de terrorisme, contre seulement deux ou trois par an il y a encore cinq ans.Cette génération nouvelle, endogène, n'a jamais quitté le territoire français et n'est pas directement en contact avec des organisations terroristes internationales. Elle se nourrit d'une propagande numérique qui transforme parfois un sentiment de mal-être en pulsion de violence. Dans ce phénomène, le rôle des réseaux sociaux, notamment TikTok, Snapchat ou encore Telegram, est pointé du doigt. Ces plateformes agissent en effet comme des accélérateurs. Leurs algorithmes ont tendance à renforcer la visibilité des contenus problématiques ultraviolents et jihadistes.Les Etats-Unis invitent à la Maison-Blanche un ancien djihadiste. Ahmad al-Chareh, l'ancien dirigeant de la branche syrienne du groupe djihadiste Al-Qaïda a ainsi été reçu lundi par Donald Trump. Si cet ancien terroriste a aujourd'hui les bonnes grâces de Washington, c'est qu'il est devenu cette année le président syrien et que son pays s'apprête à rejoindre la coalition internationale contre le groupe État islamique. Un évènement sans précédent aux enjeux stratégiques pour le Moyen-Orient. C dans l'air retrace le parcours d'Ahmad al-Chareh, dont la tête fut un temps mise à prix par les Américains mais que le renversement du pouvoir en Syrie a rendu fréquentable.Que préparait l'ancienne compagne du djihadiste Salah Abdeslam ?Comment endiguer la recrudescence de la menace terroriste en France ?Pourquoi Donald Trump fait confiance au président syrien malgré son passé djihadiste ?Nos experts : - Gilles KEPEL - Professeur émérite des universités et spécialiste du Moyen-Orient - Auteur de "Antiterrorisme, la traque des jihadistes"- Mathieu DELAHOUSSE - Grand reporter - « Le Nouvel Obs »- Soren SEELOW - Journaliste spécialiste des questions de terrorisme - « Le Monde »- Audrey GOUTARD - Grand reporter - France Télévisions - Spécialiste des faits de société

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Alonso IS BACK to review Mistletoe Murders: Death of a Humbug, which we originally covered back in January after its debut on Hallmark+. Now that it's finally aired on the Hallmark Channel, we're re-releasing our full review for everyone to enjoy! Season 2 kicks off next week! ABOUT MISTLETOE MURDERS: DEATH OF A HUMBUGA murder leads Emily and Sam to a scavenger hunt orchestrated by the victim.AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR MISTLETOE MURDERS: DEATH OF A HUMBUGNovember 28 & December 5 2024 on Hallmark+, October 31 2025 on Hallmark ChannelCAST & CREW OF MISTLETOE MURDERS: DEATH OF A HUMBUGSarah Drew as Emily LanePeter Mooney as Sam WilnerBRAN'S MISTLETOE MURDERS: DEATH OF A HUMBUG SYNOPSISThe Fletchers Grove real estate party is FINALLY HERE!!! A guy dressed as Santa comes in and kills the vibe. It's Glen. He owns the bookstore, and he's very passive-aggressive about how no one in this town comes to his bookstore. Glen has a past. He's banned from the diner, and everyone seems to hate him. He gives presents to everyone and tells Emily that he picked this one specially for her—it's rare he finds a fellow mystery lover.The night continues, and Emily sees Glen in his Santa suit scurrying quickly outside. She goes to follow him, finds his hat on the floor, and then sees a car speed off. Just as that happens, she hears a scream. She runs inside and sees Sue, who was throwing the party. She's crying as she looks at Glen, who has been stabbed in the heart.When Emily gets home, she opens the gift. It's a special green edition of A Christmas Carol. We get a flashback of Emily visiting the bookstore and meeting Glen. She tells him about this edition of A Christmas Carol that her parents used to read to her. He remembered and tracked the book down. As she opens it, a letter falls out, inviting her to a very special event at the law offices tomorrow at 8 p.m. What is Glen up to?!So, she goes to tell Sam, and he says, “How would you feel about me being a plus-one so I can take a gander?”They show up, and the video plays—it's Glen, predicting his own death and setting up a treasure hunt. Sam tries to get everyone to give him their books so he can search for clues. They're like, “Nah. There's treasure to find!”It doesn't take Emily long to find the first clue using a UV light on her book. She thinks the other books have clues too and that they all need to work together on it. She gets two others on board—a hot dog stand owner named Harry and Brooke Carmichael. But Glen's nephew, Fred, says he and his wife don't want to participate (mainly Fred's wife—she didn't like Glen).To make matters worse, there's one book still missing. She thinks maybe he gave it to the diner owner, Sue, but Sue says she threw the book out.Sam finds out that Glen had Huntington's disease. After Fred finds this out, he decides that they want to participate. Even though they're missing one book, they decide to put all the clues together and try to figure out what they're pointing to. It has something to do with a precious memory. Fred says, “The only memory I can think of with Glen is him reading Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Emily says, “Go see if he has that book in the bookstore. Maybe there's a clue.”As they're walking towards the store, Emily sees the car that sped off and notices a letter that clearly came from Glen in the front seat. Just then, Fred realizes the bookstore is unlocked. Sam goes in first and finds a guy there.It's Fred's brother Noah. They haven't seen each other in a long time. Apparently, when their mom got sick, Noah left. Sam takes Noah in for questioning and presents him with some pretty tough evidence—they found Glen's Santa suit in the trunk and the USB drive with Glen's video on it from the lawyer's office, which was stolen. He gives reasons for all of it, but it's not looking great.Fred tells Emily that he did finally go find the book and found a USB drive! They agree to all get together tomorrow to watch what's on it.As Emily's going home, an SUV speeds at her, and she has to tuck-and-roll out of the way.The next day, they all get together, and it's another video with a very cryptic clue. We find out that someone is sitting in a car, listening in on their conversation.Later, the group gets back together, but Fred is nowhere to be found. Turns out he was attacked from behind. He says he doesn't know who did it. Sam gets a call—they found Fred's wife's DNA on the Santa suit. She says she found out that the first editions were missing and went to talk to Glen. She found him dead and knew it wouldn't look good that she found him, so she put the suit on and ran out.Emily finds Noah in the diner—he's been released. She convinces him to join the group in solving the mystery. He comes to her store and sees there's a hole in the wall—she has a leak. He says he thought maybe it was one of the secret compartments these old buildings have. That gives them the idea to look for one in the bookstore, and they find it! Inside is a suitcase—a go-bag, if you will. They discover a folder with a plane ticket to Switzerland for the day of the party and a brochure for a place in Switzerland for end-of-life care. He was planning to leave and die in Switzerland. Emily recalls that the tape says, “If you're seeing this, that means I'm gone.” He didn't know he was going to be murdered. He was just planning on disappearing.They find the final clue and watch the video. Suddenly, Harry, the hot dog guy, is gone, and so are all the books. Emily puts it together—he killed Glen and was just trying to solve the mystery. She goes to confront him in the cemetery where the final clue leads to. We find out that he showed up to steal the first edition A Christmas Carol and threatened to kill Glen to get it. Glen laughed in his face, knowing he was dying. That offended Harry, so he stabbed him.Emily then fights him, takes him down, and puts him in plastic cuffs to get the treasure! She figures out it was the lawyer who hired this guy, and he gets arrested.She gets the group back together and hands out what Glen left for everyone. It's very sweet.The movie ends with Emily coming down to her store and seeing Sam fixing her wall. They end up making out HARD!!! She says, “Let's go for a walk in the snow.” She has to go change, and that's when he gets a phone call—he's been investigating Emily and noticed some discrepancies in her story. He got a call from his higher-up to drop any and all research into her. So, clearly, she isn't who she says she is. The episode ends with him asking her, “Who are you really?” Fade to black. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week on This Week in Radio Tech, host Kirk Harnack welcomes broadcast engineer and on-air talent Steven Zagony, a man who finds joy in bringing classic broadcast gear back to life. Steven restores beloved analog equipment from the golden era of radio—think Studer, MCI, Auditronics, ITC/3M, PR&E, Orban, Texar, and more. From cleaning and recapping to precision alignment, he shares the process and satisfaction of hearing vintage gear sing again. We also dive into his work on KFRC’s legendary remote vehicle, “The Sturgeon,” where Steven rebuilt its PR&E console and revived its ITC cart machines to full glory. It’s a nostalgic and technical journey celebrating the art and heart of analog broadcast engineering. Guest:Steven Zagony - Radio Talent, Engineer, & Vintage Gear Renewal Expert Show Notes:WVLG Radio at The Villages in FloridaKFRC’s “The Sturgeon” Remote Vehicle - Facebook GroupStuder A810 Reel to Reel machine - Info from The Audio ArchiveAuditronics Console Owners Group on Facebook Host:Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, South Seas, & Akamai BroadcastingFollow TWiRT on Twitter and on Facebook - and see all the videos on YouTube.TWiRT is brought to you by:Broadcasters General Store, with outstanding service, saving, and support. Online at BGS.cc. Broadcast Bionics - making radio smarter with Bionic Studio, visual radio, and social media tools at Bionic.radio.Aiir, providing PlayoutONE radio automation, and other advanced solutions for audience engagement.Angry Audio and the new Rave analog audio mixing console. The new MaxxKonnect Broadcast U.192 MPX USB Soundcard - The first purpose-built broadcast-quality USB sound card with native MPX output. Subscribe to Audio:iTunesRSSStitcherTuneInSubscribe to Video:iTunesRSSYouTube

Single Cask Nation -- America's Original Independent Bottler -- is nearing on 15 years as an independent bottling company. Catch up with the Joshua, Jason, and Jess as they recount their very beginnings and talking about the growth of the company through the lens whisky, packaging changes, the addition of a US retail range, Global growth, and now a pending brand refresh. Lot's of stories here to tell and things we discuss that some of us completely forgot about (looking at you, Hatton!) ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - Moana McAuliffe for designing our Podcast Logo - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Olympus and Tascam for making fine mobile recording devices - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Bad audio is one of the fastest ways to lose an audience, no matter how great your content is. But sounding better doesn't have to mean buying piles of gear or learning how to mix audio like a pro. This week, I'm joined by Laura Clapp Davidson, musician, content creator, and market development manager at Shure, who knows exactly how to make creators sound their best.Laura explains how to simplify your setup, fix common mistakes, and pick the right mic for your space and budget. We talk about everything from the basics of guest audio prep to the myths around shotgun mics, boom arms, and USB vs. XLR setups. Laura also shares her approach to starting a podcast, managing sound on the go, and what she's most excited about in the future of creator audio. If you've been putting off upgrading your setup, this episode might just convince you it's time.Key TakeawaysYour mic doesn't need to break the bank: Great sound is about positioning and setup, not price tags.Headphones matter: Always use wired headphones to avoid echo and delay (sorry, AirPods fans).Mic placement beats editing: Get close to the mic; fixing bad audio later only goes so far.Prep your guests: A quick checklist for mics, headphones, and background noise saves hours of editing later.Invest in you: Good audio is a long-term asset. Buy gear that will last, not one you'll replace next year.ResourcesLaura Clapp Davidson: lauraclapp.comPodcast: Song 43 and TMI (The Music Industry) — tmiwithlaura.comShure Microphones: shure.com----------------------Ecamm - Your go-to solution for crafting outstanding live shows and podcasts. - Get 15% off your first payment with promo code JEFF15SocialMediaNewsLive.com - Dive into our website for comprehensive episode breakdowns.Youtube.com - Tune in live, chat with us directly, and be part of the conversation. Or, revisit our archive of past broadcasts to stay updated.Facebook - Stream our show live and chat with us in real time. Connect, engage, and be a part of our community.Email - Subscribe and never miss a live show reminder.----------------------JeffSieh.com - Unlock the power of authentic storytelling with me! With over 20 years of marketing experience, I'm here to elevate your brand's narrative in an ever-competitive market. My expertise spans consulting, visual marketing, and producing podcasts and live...

It's mystery time again! Alonso joins us to review Mistletoe Murders: Peril of the Belles, which we originally covered back in January after its debut on Hallmark+. Now that it's finally aired on the Hallmark Channel, we're re-releasing our full review for everyone to enjoy! Season 2 kicks off soon! ABOUT MISTLETOE MURDERS: PERIL OF THE BELLESAfter a string of suspicious accidents, Emily goes undercover in the local choir to investigate; Sam, however, remains skeptical; Violet takes on more responsibility at the shop.AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR MISTLETOE MURDERS: PERIL OF THE BELLESNovember 14 & 21 2024 on Hallmark+, October 24 2025 on Hallmark ChannelCAST & CREW OF MISTLETOE MURDERS: PERIL OF THE BELLESSarah Drew as Emily LanePeter Mooney as Sam WilnerBRAN'S  MISTLETOE MURDERS: PERIL OF THE BELLES SYNOPSISThe episode kicks off back in the shop, and Christmas is in full swing. Emily hears some Christmas carolers. She goes out and is kind of enjoying herself... kind of. The lead singer, Debby, is making some choices. Then, suddenly, a giant sleigh falls on her! She's not dead, and apparently, she's not even injured.Cut to Emily waking up once again from a crazy dream of her past life. She grabs some coffee and opens a briefcase. She looks at a picture of what we assume is her family from a past life. She grabs a USB drive that will shield her identity while she does some searching. She's trying to track down someone known as "Ky-Mer-a."Back at the store, Emily is greeted by Brooke Carmichael, who is part of the choir—the Belles. She wants to put up a flyer for their concert and tells Emily that some of the Belles think something is afoot because this isn't the first "accident" that has happened to them, including the death of a member, Clara, who was killed in a hit-and-run.So, Emily goes to check out the sleigh, which Sam is also looking at. He suspects something nefarious happened with the sleigh because of the way it's built.She decides the best course of action is to audition to join the Belles so she can keep an eye on them. She'll rely on Violet, Sam's daughter, to lock up the store at night. I'm sure nothing will go wrong. After practice, she talks to a guy named Lance, who is bummed about Clara because she was the key to their success. He insists that other members were jealous of her.She sees Clara's husband leaving the diner, so she goes to talk to him. He says he knows for a fact that Clara was murdered by the Belles.At the next practice, Debby begins gasping for air, and her epipen isn't in her purse, which she just complained had been moved. She ends up surviving AGAIN!Sam pulls Emily aside and asks for her help. He wants her to keep an eye on Debby. Emily says, "But Debby has almost died twice." Sam replies, "Well... she was also a suspect in the hit-and-run. It's possible she's faking these murder attempts to try to prove it wasn't her who killed Clara."The next day, Debby comes to the shop to thank Emily for saving her life. Emily gets right to work, asking questions. Debby claims she doesn't even have a car anymore; she had it hauled away months ago. Emily suggests, "You should've called Adam to do it." She says, "Adam doesn't like me very much—he showed up at my house late one night demanding I tell him who in the Belles Clara was having an affair with." She adds, "If Clara was having an affair with a Belle, I would've known about it."So Emily calls Sam. Adam thinking Clara was having an affair is a motive for murder. They go to his house, but he's not there. On the way back into town, they find his truck has gone off the road. Adam is nowhere to be found.They call in a search and rescue team. If he's in the woods, he won't survive the night in this cold.Emily heads back to her shop when she sees a masked man leaving the store. She tries to chase him, but he loses her. She has to call the police. Sam comes to check on her and asks, "Was it locked?" She says, "Oh, yeah, for sure."At the next Belles rehearsal, the leader, Vera, says Debby won't be making it to the Christmas tree lighting, so she'll be taking her place. It's clear Brooke is upset about that.Debby eventually shows up at practice and tries to sing the solo but can't. Vera and she get into a fight about Debby pulling back funding. Vera tells her that her money can't buy her the solo, and Debby leaves.Emily figures out that the key was stolen by a punk kid, so she goes and scares him into admitting it. It's great.Later, she goes to poke around at Adam's place. She sees a covered car. She smells bleach and ends up opening the trunk, cutting her hand in the process. It's Adam. He's dead.Later, while she's talking to Sam, she remembers something that happened earlier—Vera had a band-aid and said it was just a paper cut. But the cut is exactly the same as Emily's.Sam goes and picks Vera up. They test the blood on the trunk door, and it's a match.He begins to question her, and it comes out that Clara was going to leave the Belles for another group. Vera hit her with Debby's car. Adam told Vera that he knew Debby killed Clara and that he found the car. So, she freaked out and drugged him to buy time to wipe down the car. She didn't mean to kill him, so she panicked and threw him in the trunk. Crime solved.She remembers, however, that Adam was in charge of the electricity at the Christmas tree lighting and thinks he was planning on killing Debby. But Debby isn't singing... Brooke is. Emily arrives just in time to push Brooke away from the mic as it catches on fire. She saves the day!Sam is impressed, and they have a heart-to-heart. She begins to open up about her past... or at least what she's able to share.She gets back to her place, and suddenly, her computer screen shows a message: "I know you are there. I'm going to find you." Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What if you could tour with just what fits in a single dry bag? No panniers. Just the essentials. On this episode, we take this as a challenge - borrowing from the ultralight backpacking folks, we cut off our toothbrush handles and weigh every gram for the ultralight bikepacking challenge! "What if you could tour with just what fits in your handlebar bag? No panniers. No rack. Just the essentials." Why: curiosity, simplicity, nimble handling, testing limits for overnighters or credit card touring. Rules: one mid-size drybag (say 10–12L). No extra frame or seat bags. Trip assumptions: 1–2 nights, shoulder season, mild weather but possible cool nights. Riding style: paved/mixed surfaces, moderate daily mileage. Shelter Options to debate: Tarp + bivy sack (light, cheap, minimal bug protection). Minimal trekking pole tarp (if you carry a pole or can use the bike). Emergency bivy + bug net (super small but spartan). UL single-wall tent (if you can compress to fit — ~1lb tents exist). Hammock Where I land: Shelter Zpacks Hexamid Pocket Tarp 5.2 oz Dyneema, no floor; packs to fist size Groundsheet Polycryo sheet (cut to size) 1.5 oz Cheap and super compact Bug Net Sea to Summit Nano Pyramid (solo) 2.9 oz Optional if mosquitoes likely Stakes 6 titanium shepherd hooks 2 oz Can share with tarp Guyline 2 mm reflective cord 1 oz Multipurpose (also for repairs) Total Shelter Weight: ~12 oz (340 g) Sleep Kit Pad: short closed-cell foam (Z-lite cut down) vs ultralight inflatable (NeoAir Uberlite). Quilt: 40°F down quilt packs to a grapefruit. Sleep Clothing layering: puffy jacket + base layers to extend quilt rating. pillow (there are some ultralight inflatables too) Where I land: Sleep Pad Therm-a-Rest NeoAir UberLite (small) 6 oz Packs smaller than a soda can Quilt Enlightened Equipment Enigma 40°F 13 oz Compresses to a grapefruit Pillow Exped Air UL pillow (small) 1.6 oz Optional luxury Sleep Clothes Lightweight merino top + boxer briefs 6 oz Doubles as camp wear Total Sleep Weight: ~27 oz (765 g) Cooking vs. No-Cook No-cook: bars, wraps, cold soak jar. Minimal cook: Esbit/solid fuel stove + titanium mug. Coffee strategy: instant packets vs small UL brewer. Space/weight trade-off: ditch cook kit for luxury (camera, extra clothes). Where I land: Cold Soak System Plastic PB jar 2oz Utensil Long Ti spoon 0.5 oz Mug (if separate) MSR Titan 2.4 oz Food for 2 days Wraps, instant oatmeal, nuts, bars, jerky, instant coffee ~24 oz Water 1 L Smartwater bottle (frame-mounted) Total Cooking/Food Weight (excluding water): ~29 oz (820 g) Clothing & Tools No change of clothes on this one… one base layer, puffy jacket layer. Rain shell = big payoff for little space. Simple wool hat Micro tool kit: multi-tool, chain link, tiny pump, patch kit instead of spare tube. hygiene: Dr Bronner's in smallest travel bottle, small camp towel, travel toothbrush. Where I land: Rain Shell Patagonia Houdini or OR Helium 6 oz Ultralight but reliable Insulation Layer Montbell Plasma 1000 puffy 5 oz Packs to palm size Extra Base Layer / socks Wool top + socks 5 oz For camp Toiletries Toothbrush, mini paste, Bronner's, wet wipes 3 oz Minimalist hygiene Headlamp Nitecore NU25 1 oz USB rechargeable Total Clothing/Personal Weight: ~20 oz (570 g) Multitool Lezyne RAP II-12 3 oz Compact essentials Mini Pump Lezyne Pocket Drive 3 oz Mount to frame if possible Chain link / tape / zip ties / patch kit Small zip bag 1 oz Field repairs Phone + powerbank 10 000 mAh Anker 6 oz Also powers headlamp Map / ID / Credit Card — negligible "Ultralight credit card touring" insurance Total Tools/Misc Weight: ~13 oz (370 g) Packing Tetris Bottom: sleep system (quilt/compressed pad). Middle: shelter/tarp. Top: food/clothing. Outside: light rain shell/camp shoes? Safety & Bail Out Options Emergency bail plan: credit card, rideshare, motel. Weather veto: if forecast turns ugly, change trip. My Packed Total Category Weight Shelter 12 oz Sleep 27 oz Cooking/Food 29 oz Clothing/Personal 20 oz Tools/Misc 13 oz Total ~6.31 lb (2.86 kg) inside dry bag Conclusion Who this works for: weekenders, credit card tourists, fair-weather minimalists. Who it doesn't: long winter trips, remote routes with no services, the comfort-oriented The psychological side of going this minimal: what you gain (freedom, simplicity) vs. what you lose (comfort, margin).

It's time for a festive mystery twist! Alonso joins us to review the first installment of Mistletoe Murders: Poison in a Pear Tree, which we originally covered back in January after its debut on Hallmark+. Now that it's finally aired on the Hallmark Channel, we're re-releasing our full review for everyone to enjoy! Season 2 kicks off soon! ABOUT MISTLETOE MURDERS: POISON IN A PEAR TREEChristmas shop owner Emily Lane investigates a murder at a tree farm.AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR MISTLETOE MURDERS: POISON IN A PEAR TREEOctober 31 2024 on Hallmark+, October 17 2025 on Hallmark ChannelCAST & CREW OF MISTLETOE MURDERS: POISON IN A PEAR TREESarah Drew as Emily LanePeter Mooney as Sam WilnerBRAN'S  MISTLETOE MURDERS: POISON IN A PEAR TREE SYNOPSISThe episode kicks off with Emily Lane waking up from a nightmare. She runs a Christmas shop, Under the Mistletoe, in the small town of Fletcher's Grove. She brings her cat to see her friend, local vet June, and learns that her ex-husband, Marcus, proposed to June again. Part deux, if you will. June and Marcus go on a romantic carriage ride, but Marcus is acting strange and says he's just working on a surprise. Later, we see him meeting a man named Gordon and telling him he's done what he can for him and to just be patient. Gordon does not seem pleased.The next day, the police show up at Under the Mistletoe. A detective informs Emily that a man named Marcus is dead and that a cookie wrapper from her store was found at the crime scene. He insists on taking all the cookies from the shop. June shows up and fills Emily in—Marcus was found dead. She suspects his ex-girlfriend, Lizzie Cline, who he was seeing until shortly before getting back together with June, might have been on the wagon ride that night.Emily immediately gets to work, tracking down Lizzie at her job and asking hard-hitting questions—like, “Wagons?!” Speaking of wagons, Emily visits the owner of the wagon rides, Gordon. Something seems to be bothering him, and Emily suspects it's a hangover.Later, Emily heads into the woods and finds scuff marks on a tree, almost as if someone recently climbed it. Sneaky as ever, Emily snaps a picture of the list of everyone who was on the wagon that night. There's one person she can't track down—a man named Joey.While Emily and June are at the diner, June gets arrested. Emily confronts Detective Sam, who refuses to confirm or deny whether they found the poison that killed Marcus in June's house, but his terrible poker face says it all.Emily discovers that Marcus denied Gordon a bank loan, leaving Gordon's business in serious trouble. When Emily breaks into Marcus's home, she finds a USB drive and a bookmark tucked into a pregnancy photo album. The USB contains a document for the sale of Gordon's farm—but it's unsigned. When she confronts Gordon, she spots some suspicious men leaving his house. Gordon reveals that Marcus asked for more time.Before Emily can leave, Gordon collapses. While waiting for the police, Emily has a flashback to a high-stakes moment from her past, where a building explodes behind her. It's clear she moved to Fletcher's Grove to lay low.Detective Sam arrives, suspicious when he finds out Emily called in Gordon's collapse. She insists she's just trying to help her friend. Sam reluctantly asks her to keep him in the loop because, well, it's Hallmark—amateur sleuths and cops have to work together. It's practically a law.Emily teams up with a local informant named Ray, who knows all the town gossip. He reveals that Gordon recently had his gambling debt paid off, though it's unclear by whom. Emily also grows suspicious of Marcus's co-worker, Rowan. When she confronts him, he has an explanation for everything. Under pressure, she convinces him to share Marcus's bank statements, which reveal a $40,000 withdrawal just before his death.Emily forms a theory: Marcus paid off Gordon's debt as a down payment for the farm, but Gordon had second thoughts because his daughter believed the farm was hers. Emily pitches her theory to Gordon's daughter, Anna, but it doesn't go over well.One night, Emily confronts Lizzie, who admits she didn't mean for Marcus to get hurt. Lizzie reveals that she's pregnant with Marcus's baby. She wanted to tell her boyfriend, Trent, but couldn't. When she told Marcus, someone must have overheard. Lizzie then received a text demanding $40,000. Marcus got the money and met her in the woods, where they shared a cookie. Emily realizes the cookie couldn't have been poisoned and goes to the police to secure June's release.Emily deduces that Gordon wasn't the blackmailer—he doesn't even know how to text—but Anna does. Anna confesses to the blackmail but denies being involved in the murder.Emily discovers that Rowan was secretly sleeping in Gordon's barn. In his bag, she finds the poison that killed Marcus. Rowan knocks Emily out, and when she wakes up, both she and Anna are tied up. Rowan admits he wanted to kill Gordon to stop the sale of the farm. He poisoned Marcus's flask, which Marcus drank from before confronting the blackmailer. Rowan plans to poison Emily and Anna and frame Anna for everything.Emily reveals that she hid her phone and has been recording Rowan's confession. While he searches for the phone, Emily and Anna spook a horse to knock him out. They escape, call the police, and Rowan is arrested.Detective Sam tells Emily they'll discuss everything soon but is relieved she's safe.In the end, Gordon survives, Lizzie tells Trent about the baby, and Sam and his daughter sing Christmas karaoke. Everything seems fine—until the final scene, where Emily opens a black box from her old life and smirks, hinting at secrets yet to come. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Yu Menglong, a famous actor is confirmed to be dead. The authorities say he fell to his death from the 5th floor of a luxury Beijing apartment that wasn't his.They say it's just a drunk accident and quickly rule out any foul play. They don't investigate the dozen plus partygoers in the apt that evening…They don't even investigate further into his death.   Instead, the authorities begin censoring any netizens openly questioning the events of that night. Livestreams are shut down mid-stream.Comments and profiles get taken down and deleted. Still, netizens are one step ahead as a video slips through the cracks.Bloodcurdling screams are captured on audio. A man begging for his life between cries. A conspiracy spreads like wildfire: Yu Menglong was tortured to death after he swallowed a USB containing government secrets. Could there be truth to this theory? Why would a government go so far to censor a movie star's death? And why are there rumors saying his mother has now gone missing…   Full show notes at RottenMangoPodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.