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"Benimm dich doch mal!" Dieser Satz ist Mitch in den letzten Wochen mehrmals durch den Kopf gegangen, wenn er Maurice im Restaurant beim Essen zugesehen hat. Dabei ging es nicht mal so sehr um das Essen, sondern viel mehr um das Besteck! Denn keiner nutzt das Besteck so kreuz und quer wie Maurice.Neben diesem geschmackvollen Unterschied besprechen die zwei auch geschmackloserer Sachen wie zum Beispiel die neuesten Fettnäpfchen, in die Reality-Star Georgina Fleur gestolpert ist. Dazu mischt sich auch noch der größte YouTuber der Welt in die Revue mit ein.. Was Mr. Beast und die Dachboden Revue verbindet? Finde es selbst heraus!
This Christmas season, we are doing a special Christmas Classics Drive-In series! We will be reviewing Christmas movies we believe have stood the test of time (50 years or older)! Brandon Knight joins Joshua Noel to start us off by discussing "It's a Wonderful Life"!.What is the famous line from It's a Wonderful Life? How old was Jimmy Stewart in the movie It's a Wonderful Life? What is the main message of It's a Wonderful Life? How much money did George Bailey get at the end of It's a Wonderful Life? What was the mistake in It's a Wonderful Life? Was Mr. Gower really drunk in Its a Wonderful Life? What is the significance of the bird in It's a Wonderful Life? Who was the angel in It's a Wonderful Life? We discuss all this and more in this one! Join in the conversation with us on Discord now!.Support our show on Captivate or Patreon, or by purchasing a comfy T-Shirt in our store!.Check out last year's Christmas Drive-In series:https://player.captivate.fm/collection/1a64b548-2f00-4348-bd87-0c15222b16d8.Listen to all of our film reviews:https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6a01e00d-cfd7-4041-a7a4-1fd32c545050.Check out all of Joshua's episodes:https://player.captivate.fm/collection/642da9db-496a-40f5-b212-7013d1e211e0.Check out our other episodes with guests like Brandon:https://player.captivate.fm/collection/0d46051e-3772-49ec-9e2c-8739c9b74cdeMentioned in this episode:Anazao Ministries Podcasts - AMP NetworkCheck out other shows like this on our podcast network! https://anazao-ministries.captivate.fm/
Warning: this episode contains strong language.For the past two weeks, Lynsea Garrison of “The Daily” has been talking to people who were part of a movement, known as the resistance, that opposed Donald Trump's first term as president.With Mr. Trump preparing to again retake the White House, she asked those past protesters how they might react this time.Background reading: Was Mr. Trump's election a setback for women? Even women do not agree.Nonprofits have vowed a new resistance. Will donors pay up?For more information on today's episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Rent the Runway? Don't mind if I do! Or do I? Bicoastal beauty Courtney O'Donnell joins us to chat about the sick world of clothing rental services targeting those of us who cannot COMMIT (because of our moral shortcomings). Plus: Are sunglasses a scam? Is Junie B. Jones a huge bitch? And finally: Was Mr. Bean silent… or was he SILENCED?! NYC: See George's standup show on May 22! Tickets: https://littlefieldnyc.com/event/?wfea_eb_id=890549305947 LA: Come to StraightioLab Live at the Bourbon Room on May 28! Tickets: https://bourbonroomhollywood.com/tm-event/straightiolab/Subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/straightiolab for bonus episodes twice a month and don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On our 80th episode of Fabulous Film & Friends what better way to follow up a Road House podcast than by looking at the highlights of pioneering gay director John Schlesinger? We're talking about 1969's Midnight Cowboy starring Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Sylvia Miles, Bob Balaban and Barnard Hughes as well as 1971's Sunday, Bloody Sunday starring Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murry Head and Dame Peggy Ashcroft topped off with 1975's The Day of the Locust starring William Atherton, Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, Bo Hopkins, Pepe Serna, Geraldine Paige, Richard Dysart, Lil' Jackie Earl Haley, an even littler Billy Barty and Mrs. Lovey Howell, herself, Natalie Schaeffer. I'm joined this week by the reliably ab-fab crew of my kid-sister and lit major Roseanne Caputi as well as the sensitive cowhand himself, actor, photographer and snappy patter producer par excellence Gordon Alex Robertson! Okay, before we don the fringed suede jackets and find a spot on 43rd St., the synopses: In Midnight Cowboy big, dumb Texan Joe Buck quits his job as a dishwasher and hops on a Greyhound to the big town, New York City with dreams of making his fortune as a male prostitute servicing rich, bored housewives on Park Avenue. After a series of cringe-inducing misfires, Joe finds himself penniless and living in a squalid, condemned apartment with a sickly, limping con man named Enrico “Ratso” Rizzo. With Ratso serving as Joe's manager the only place they can go is straight down. Barely surviving a New York winter, Joe's fortunes finally start to change for the better until a dying Ratso implores Joe to get him to Florida. Sunday, Bloody Sunday slowly--ever so slowly-- catalogues the highs and lows of two middle-aged, upper-class Londoners, one man, Dr. Daniel Hirsch, a perennially single doctor and one woman, Alex Greville a divorcee who both find purpose and vitality in a love triangle with Bob Elkin, a young sculptor in his 20's. The three must deal with abrupt change, loss and acceptance when Bob the sculptor moves to America. The Day of the Locust, based on the 1939 novel by Nathaniel West, follows the course of three, tragic dreamers who came to Hollywood with eyes toward stardom but end up victims of its cold-hearted excess: Tod Hacket, a somewhat idealistic --if a bit rapey set designer from Yale-- who is in love with Fay Greener, a beautiful but talentless day playing actress who refuses to date men that aren't wealthy, and none other than Homer Simpson, a simple, religious and socially awkward accountant who naively takes Fay in to live with him. Was Mr. Schlesinger an all time great? Or a one hit wonder? Find out! Watch this podcast on Youtube: https://youtu.be/rVaMo465c8A Follow FF&F on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fabulousfilmandfriends
Rich brings the cheese & Covino asks about the Vikings/Raiders barn-burner! Was Mr. Davis right about the Eagles? They talk Lions rut, Rams hanging tough & the big, mediocre AFC battle gets dissected! Covino talks FIGHTS & a crazy fight with a Cowboys fan goes viral. Does Dallas have a real home-field advantage? 'LAST ONE STANDING' sports trivia has something wild happen in the very 1st category! Plus, Lakers small banner, Ravens get some love & Rich does next level Ohtani-money-math on a Macintosh!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Was Mr. Big a big Mistake? On today's episode, we ponder this truly haunting question. Also discussed: the return of The Jacket, Charlotte's belt drama, Miranda's intern oppressors, Hamptons drama, erotic breadmaking and more!Today's episode is brought to you by Dipsea! Our listeners get an extended 30 day free trial when you go to DipseaStories.com/Outfit!As well as, Nutrafol. Enter the promo code OUTFIT to save FIFTEEN DOLLARS off your first month's subscription.Want to hear EVER MORE bitchy commentary on the new And Just Like That season? Become a Patron and hear our exclusive And Just After That after show! Patreon.com/EveryOutfitWE HAVE A HOTLINE! Call us with your thoughts on And Just Like That and we may just play your call on our after show! Call 323-486-6773
Financial Advisor Jayson Thornton, CFP reacts to a Video Take Down Demand from Rabu Gary. Was Mr. Gary apart of a $500 Million Ponzi Scheme Trader Domain? Call-In Financial Talk Show hosted by Financial Advisor Jayson M. Thornton, CFP. Pocket Watching with JT is all about giving you smart money tips to help you reach your financial goals! *Disclaimer* Financial Coaching during Livestreams is NOT personal financial advice, No CFP-Client relationship is established by calling into the show or submitting a question by email or text. Cash App $PocketWatcherJT email PocketWatcherJT@gmail.com Follow ig @JTPocketWatcher Twitter @JTPocketWatcher Certified Financial Planner owned by POCKET WATCHER LLC
Turntables & Tea has its most personal episode while diving into Ed Sheeran's new album. Charlie and Cory didn't go into this as the biggest Ed fans. Was Mr. Sheeran able to change their minds? Find out as you listen to all the tea on this visual album that tackles love, loss and family. You don't want to miss this one, even with your "eyes closed"! Twitter-https://twitter.com/turntablestea Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/turntablesandteapodcast Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/turntablesandteapodcast/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/turntablesandtea/support
This episode begins with a brief note of an upcoming endoscopy and how hungry Mr. Bartley is! Then the episode deals with Poe's life in Richmond immediately after returning from England.Was Mr. Allan in a significanly better position financially when he returned from England?How did Mr. Allan become “super-wealthy/“Who is Thomas Ellis?Who is Joseph Clarke?Was Richmond an industrial city during this period?On what river is Richmond located?Why was Blackwood's Magazine of interest to Poe?Who inspired “To Helen?”Who was Poe's first adult love?Why did Poe admire Lord Byron?00:01 Introduction01:02 Endoscopy02:21 The Allan family return to Richmond06:24 Poe's position in Richmond society08:33 Richmond as a city15:23 John Allan as a merchant and father18:17 European publications that influenced Poe20:26 Impressions of Lord Byron22:52 Future23:09 Sources23:44 Outro
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – As I look around the United States, I am not only seeing people that are not only more “tolerant” of, but encouraging immorality and antagonism to religion. Does this explain not only the ever-expanding federal government, but its continued failures? Was Mr. Adams correct, that the Constitution...
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – As I look around the United States, I am not only seeing people that are not only more “tolerant” of, but encouraging immorality and antagonism to religion. Does this explain not only the ever-expanding federal government, but its continued failures? Was Mr. Adams correct, that the Constitution...
Piff the Magic Dragon joins us in the sauna to talk Penn & Teller: Fool Us, America's Got Talent, and life as a magical dragon headliner in Las Vegas. Add us on Instagram: Piff the Magic Dragon: https://www.instagram.com/piffthemagicdragon Jen Kramer: https://www.instagram.com/jenkramermagic Andrei Jikh: https://www.instagram.com/andreijikh Don't Sweat It: https://www.instagram.com/dontsweatitclips Subscribe to us on YouTube: Piff the Magic Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/ @piffthemagicdragon Andrei Jikh: https://www.youtube.com/AndreiJikh Jen Kramer: https://www.youtube.com/JenKramerMagic 00:00 - Piff the Magic Dragon 01:08 - Who is Piff the Magic Dragon? 03:38 - Was Mr. Piffles trained? 05:51 - What was the inspiration for Piff the Magic Dragon's costume? 08:54 - When was Piff the Magic Dragon first hired? 13:54 - Has Piff the Magic Dragon ever bombed on stage? 20:09 - How did Piff the Magic Dragon get on Penn & Teller: Fool Us? 25:01 - How did Piff the Magic Dragon get offered a show in Las Vegas? 29:59 - Piff the Magic Dragon's Shania Twain story 34:12 - How did Piff the Magic Dragon decide to do America's Got Talent? 40:05 - Jen Kramer is a dragon whisperer 44:45 - Piff the Magic Dragon's experience with Neil Patrick Harris 49:23 - When did Piff the Magic Dragon land his current show? 52:44 - Piff the Magic Dragon's new special on YouTube, “Reptile Dysfunction” 57:53 - Has Piff the Magic Dragon invested outside of his show? 59:48 - Piff the Magic Dragon, Jen Kramer and Andrei Jikh do the Charlier (One-Handed) Cut #podcast #magician #comedy #magic #dragon
Last time we spoke about the end of the infamous First Opium War of 1839-1842. The Qing tried to procrastinate as much as they could in the face of a goliath force wrecking havoc upon them. Their cannons were simply outmatched and as a result the British armada was easily brushing aside their war junks and fortifications. Many horrible battles were fought and countless Qing commanders took their own lives in shame after defeat. The closer the British forces got to Beijing the more desperate the Qing became and eventually Emperor Daoguang was forced to send diplomats to negotiate a peace. The result was the infamous treaty of Nanking a utter humiliation for the Qing dynasty, marking the beginning of the century of humiliation for China. Britain grabbed Hong Kong, the Qing would pay 6 million taels of silver in reparation. But the treaty made zero mention of why the war had occurred at all, Mr. Opium. Was Mr. Opium gone..no by no means was he. #18 This episode is The Trade of Poison and Pigs Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on the history of asia and much more so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. So the last time we left off, on October 12th of 1842, the last $6 million dollars of payment reached the British armada and they finally departed from Nanking. The tension between the Chinese and British was still raging however. In fact there would be another skirmish so to say. In november of 1842, opium merchants decided to bring their wives for a trip from Whampoa to Canton violated a Chinese taboo against mixing of sexes. The Chinese residents of Canton seized and burned the Union Jack flying over the British factory there. Defenders of the American factory shot 5 rioters before the Qing police managed to calm things down. Then the shipwrecked survivors of the Ann and Nerbuda were grabbed from jail and beheaded by angry Chinese. This pressed Pottinger to threaten retaliation and soon the viceroy of Canton, Yiliang rushed to the scene to arrest the ringleaders of the executions and sent them to Beijing to be punished. The British press, such as the Illustrated London News hailed the Treaty of Nanking as “It secures us a few round millions of dollars and no end of very refreshing tea. It gives an impetus to trade, cedes us one island in perpetuity, and in short puts that sort of climax to the war which satisfies our interests more than our vanity and rather gives over glory a preponderance to gain,”. Now just like the Treaty of Nanking itself, the press made zero mention of the reason for the war in the first place, Mr. Opium. Now with Hong Kong island in the hands of the British, it would be used as an offloading point for opium, go figure. Despite the horror of the war, the demand for the opium was still raging and thus the poisonous relationship between the two empires remained alive. Now not everyone in Britain was jubilant about the situation. The Times of London condemned the opium trade and criticized the treaty of Nanking quite a bit. They went a step further by calling the victors of the war “early victorian vikings” a nickname that would soon denote the raping and pillaging that would occur in the second opium war. Alongside this the Anglican Church members of the Tory party railed against opium. On January the 4th of 1843, Lord Aberdeen, the new boss of Pottingers foreign office told a British envoy to China “The British opium smugglers must receive no protection or support in the prosecution of this illegal speculation”. An order from the Council gave Pottinger the power to quote “forbid the opium traffic in Hong Kong”. For Pottinger's part, he paid lip service to this by issuing lukewarm threats on August 1st of 1843 ““Opium being an article the traffic in which is well known to be declared illegal and contraband by the laws and Imperial Edicts of China, any person who may take such a step will do so at his own risk, and will, if a British subject, meet with no support or protection from HM Consuls or other officers.”. Officially, at the least and to what degree it mattered, there would be no more gunboat diplomacy nor gunboat protection for opium smugglers. Now as you can imagine there were those who saw the dollar bill signs such as Jardine & Matheson who could not help themselves. They were not alone, the British Exchequer also wanted to see tax revenues from the opium trade to balance the budget. At the time of the first opium war, the opium trade accounted for 10% of the Exchequers budget. James Matheson sent a letter to a colleague indicating he was untroubled by the status of parliament and Pottingers tiny threats because he knew it would come to nothing, “The Plenipotentiary [Pottinger] had published a most fiery Edict against smuggling, but I believe it is like the Chinese Edicts, meaning nothing, and only intended for the Saints [High Church Anglicans] in England. Sir Henry never means to act upon it, and no doubt privately considers it a good joke. At any rate, he allows the drug to be landed and stored at Hong Kong.”. And so the opium smugglers simply ignored their homelands attempts to stop them. The opium trade did not just continue it would increase. The end of the first Opium War was not the end at all to the opium problem. In fact British parliament was coming to the conclusion the only resolution to the issue was the legalization of opium in China. As countless had done before, many in parliament were shifting culpability to the users and their leaders rather than the dealers. Many blamed Emperor Daoguang, stating he did nothing to halt the distribution and use, which is simply a lie and a dumb one. The Opium smugglers and English textile manufacturers were purchasing the mouths of members of parliament to promote their interests. Now back to the “early victorian vikings”, the heroes of the war such as Sir Henry Pottinger well he was rewarded the grant post of Governor of Madras, and an annual pension of 1500 pounds. Charles Elliot was sent to the backwaters of Bermuda, Trinidad and in a rather symbolic fashion ended up in Napoleon's place of exile, St. Helena. Jardine & Matheson both left China and entered parliament as Whig supporters. Jardine died in 1843 to an undiagnosed and painful illness leaving Matheson to represent the seat of Ross and Cromartry in parliament from 1847-1868. Jardines death produced a bit of a myth that he was cursed from the opium trade, but Matheson lived to the ripe age of 91 so take that with a grain of salt. Jardine & Mathesons Qing counter party, Houqua died from diarrhea, so I guess ⅔ could be said to have some sort of curse on them. As for the heroic figure of Lin Zexu, his effigy became a cynosure at a museum with a plaque under his statue stating he destroyed 2.5 million dollars worth of British property without mentioning that the property was opium. The Emperor forgave Lin Zexu in 1845 and allowed him to return to service, but as for Yilibu the Emperor shunned his ass into exile. The Treaty of Nanking can be better seen as a truce, or perhaps in the same regard as the treaty of versailles. The interval between the two opium wars was that of an armed truce rather than a peace. After the first opium war, Opium began to get into the port of Shanghai, then onto the Yangtze river which provided a highway for it to infiltrate the Chinese hinterlands. The Chinese population were becoming more and more addicted to the substance as the British traders became more addicted to the profits. The grand vision of the English textiles penetrating China's market turned out to be a complete waste. The Chinese preferred their own homespun cloth and failed to buy the British products while the British could not stop their increasing demand for Chinese silk and of course Tea. Now while the British addiction to Tea did not result in weeks of den dwelling and intoxication, they were still very much addicted and this contributed to another trade imbalance. Yes the silver was flowing again out of Britain and back to China, by 1857 the British would be paying China 15 million for silk and tea. Despite the enormous demand for Opium, the Chinese were spending 7 million on it, 1.5 million on cotton textiles from India and another 2 million from Britain still leaving Britain to owe back 4.5 million. And the Chinese policy of only accepting silver never changed. After the first Opium war, the illicit trade became known as the Poison trade. Around the same time another terrible commerce began nicknamed the Pig trade. The “pigs” in this case were referring to coolies who were either hired or literally kidnapped and forced into indentured servitude overseas. Britain had outlawed such practices back in 1807, but this did not stop the trade and it differed little from African slavery. Interesting thing to note here, the term “shanghaied” was born from this situation. When coolies were drugged up and thrown onto ships often from Shanghai, this is how that term was born. For the Chinese part, often the Qing officials would open up their jails and hand over prisoners. As indicated in a letter complaint to the foreign secretary, lord Malmesbury from a British official in Canton “iniquities scarcely exceeding those practiced on the African coast and on the African middle passage have not been wanting…the jails of China [have been] emptied to supply ‘labour' to British colonies…hundreds [of coolies] gathered together in barracoons, stripped naked and stamped or painted with the letter C (California), P (Peru) or S (Sandwich Islands) on their breasts, according to destination.” Now the British wanted to keep the poison trade rolling, but the pig trade was really infuriating the Chinese. This led many of the opium merchants to push for action to be made to stop the pig trade. Powerful lobbies pushed the British parliament to enact the Chinese passenger act of 1855. While this act did not outlaw the trade of coolies, what it did do was codify and improve the conditions in which coolies could be transported to their place of labor. In 1850 the Daoguang Emperor died and within his will he begged for forgiveness for agreeing to sign the shameful treaty of Nanking. His fourth son became his successor, Xianfeng who was 19 at the time he took the dragon throne. Unlike his more industrious father, Xianfeng did not care much for government. Xianfeng was married to a Manchu princess, but he chose to spend the majority of his time with his concubines, one named Cixi who will become one of the most important figures in modern Chinese history. Cixi participated in the selection for wives for Xianfeng alongside 60 other candidates. She was one of the few candidates chosen to stay and Xianfeng became obsessed with her to the point he spent most of his time in bed with her while taking puffs from his opium pipe, oh yes the emperor even took up the illicit drug. Cixi ended up bearing his only son and this earned her the rank of co-empress with the title of Empress of the Western Palace, Xianfengs actual wife held the title of Empress of the eastern palace. As the mother heir, Cixi held enormous influence at the imperial court. Now going way far into the future, Emperor Xianfeng would die in 1861 after a very short life of overindulgence and he would leave his 6 year old son, Zaichun as his successor. A day before his death on his death bed he made an imperial edict that 8 men would act as a regency council to aid his son, later to be enthroned as the Tongzhi emperor. He gave the 8 men power of regency, but indicated their edict must be endorsed by the Noble Consort Yi and the Empress Consort Zhen, these being Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress dowager Ci'an. However Cixi performed a palace coup against the regency council and installed herself and Xianfengs first wife as co-regents, who would rule China until her son came of age. After the death of the co-empress, Cixi ruled China alone until 1908, yeah 1908, this woman was a monolith of modern Chinese history and not looked upon too favorably mind you. Cixi's was an opium addict which is shocking given the incredible power grab moves she made and the amount of dominance she held over the Qing dynasty. Many historians believe she stuck to an opium maintenance dose that prevented both impairment and withdrawal. Anyways she will be a large part of the story in the future, but I just wanted to give you a taste of her now. Meanwhile in China countless disasters were occurring both man made and from mother nature. The high government office of the Qing dynasty which was filled by those who had to pass the rigorous imperial examinations, well that system had guaranteed the competence of the ruling class, but something had changed. Now anyone who had around 800 pounds could get around the examinations and this led a flood of mediocrities, albeit rich ones to come to power. These people proved to be unequal to the responsibilities they had simply purchased and the once industrious and highly educated Qing bureaucracy decayed rapidly. Adding to this was a horrible natural disaster. In 1856 the Huang He River overflowed and destroyed thousands of acres of rice paddies. The capital began to starve and with such a drastic problem came drastic solutions. As had happened to China countless times before, the decay of the Imperial court combined with famine amongst the people would lead to one if not the worst rebellion in human history. Now I would to stipulate this here, there is going to be two large events that will both require a number of episodes each, but both events overlap. The Taiping Rebellion of 1850-1864 and the second opium war of 1856-1860. I will be covering both separately and in depth, beginning with the second opium war than the Taiping Rebellion afterwards. However it's impossible to talk about one without the other, so I will sprinkle information here and there and apologize for the tease. Now the Taiping Rebellion is a colossal event in modern Chinese history. It began in the southeastern province of Guangxi. At its zenith the Taiping rebels controlled 17 provinces in south and central China. It was the most destructive civil war in human history causing massive hardship via military action, religio-political repress and retaliations and wide scale famine as a result of mother nature. All told the estimations for deaths because of this civil war are unreal, somewhere between 20 to 30 million people. Now like I said I will have an entire mini series on the Taiping Rebellion, so I will not be going into any fine detail, but for now I want to at least explain a bit about why it is going on in the background. The leader of the movement was a man named Hong Xiuquan, the 4th son of a hard working rural family in Guangdong. His family was Hakka, they are a minority group in southern China with a unique culture that differed from Han Chinese. Hong's family did everything they could to get enough money so their son could get a good education and attempt to pass the first imperial examination in order to become part of the scholar-gentry class. Hong failed his first two attempts and was left humiliated so he left home and went to Canton where he hoped to continue his studies in order to pass a third time around. In Canton Hong came across Protestant missionaries and studied some of the bible under them. When Hong attempted the imperial exam for a third time he failed yet again and because of this he had a nervous breakdown. Hong began to suffer delirium and a series of dreams or what he called visions that would change his life and that of China. He found himself talking with an older bearded man with golden hair and a younger man whom he referred to as “elder brother”. The younger man gave him a magical sword and taught him how to slay demons. Now as I may have mentioned in a previous episode my first degree is in neurobehavioral sciences, but you don't need a degree in the field of psychology to know Hong probably was schizophrenic. At first he did not associate these weird visions with anything else nor act out, instead he worked for 6 years as a village schoolteacher, still studying to give the imperial examination a 4th go. In 1843 Hong failed the imperial examination a 4th time and it broke him. His ambition to become a member of the scholar Gentry class was shattered and he suffered a full nervous breakdown. He apparently was catatonic for a month and would come out of this stupor sporadically screaming things like “kill the demons”. These demons he spoke of he later identified as the traditional Chinese gods and the Emperor of the Qing dynasty. As he gradually recovered from his breakdown, Hong began to reread Christian texts until he came to the sudden realization that the men in his visions were God and Jesus. With some quasi logically thinking, he began to explain to himself that he failed the imperial examination because he had a greater purpose and because he referred to Jesus as Elder brother in his dreams, he must be the brother of Jesus. Yes folks, Hong Xiuquan the self proclaimed brother of Jesus Christ. Hong returned to Canton in 1847 to study the bible more thoroughly under an american southern baptist missionary named Isaacher Roberts. Shortly after he relocated to eastern Guangxi in a rugged area known as Thistle mountain where he began preaching and developing a new doctrine. Many converts flocked to Hong, notably many Hakka's and other minority groups, hell even triads joined in. The triads of course had inner motivations such as wanting to overthrow the Manchu and reclaim the ming dynasty. Hong afterall was saying they all had to destroy the demons and restore China on the path of righteousness. Now again I don't want to get into the finer details, but in 1851 Hong began a rebellion using thousands of his converts known as the God Worshippers. Hong's doctrine was that of opium abstinence and he attracted countless opium addicts to his flock and helped cure them of their addiction. In many ways the Taiping movement was something like a 12 step program for recovering addicts, but it also encompassed so much more. It including communalism, socialism, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor Robinhood mentality and it was quite Marxist. Hong had his forces take all the plunder and funds and pooled it in a common treasury shared equally by members of the collective. Hong advocated to abolish private ownership of land and impose the death penalty on those trying to hold onto their wealth. He also made a long list of taboos including alcohol, gambling, tobacco, prostitution, concubinage, the pig trade and other forms of slavery. And before any of you start screaming at your headphones, by far and large many including Hong did not follow these rules, like I said it was very Marxist, haha shots fired. Hong called his movement the Taiping Tianguo “heavenly kingdom of the great peace” and named himself the heavenly king. The Taiping talk of expropriating land scared the hell out of Beijing and even Queen Victoria who received news of the rebellion. The obvious actions took place, the emperor sent forces to quell the insurrection in guangxi province. The emperor sent Zhen Zuchen at the ripe age of 67 to exterminate the rebels. Zhen was a devout Buddhist, but he respected the god worshippers and targeted the Triads. By 1850 China had suffered 4 years of famine, right at the time the emperor began to escalate his attacks on the Taiping. Because of Zhen's choice of only targeting triads, the emperor choose to bring out of retirement and disgrace none other than Lin Zexu. Lin Zexu was given the task of eliminated the Taiping, but at the ripe age of also 67 he died while en route to Guangxi. Lin Zexu never got his last hurrah chance to redeem himself. So by 1851 the Qing forces performed horribly and were repulsed from Thistle Mountain by the Taiping rebels who were armed with pikes and halberds for the most part. Cool side note, women fought alongside men for the Taiping and there was a real attempt at equality amongst the sexes, keyword attempt. Hong eventually adapted the ten commandments for Chinese sensibilities. He named the emperor a false god in his first commandment and added complete obedience to himself and his officers as the 4th. The commandments led Hongs rebel group to become a bonafide theocracy. By the fall of 1851 the Taiping ranks had grown to a whopping million, mostly built up from starving peasants fleeing famine torn areas of Guangxi. The Qing sent forces against them in Thistle mountain only to lose each time. Ironically a major reason the Taiping kept winning battles may have been because of their opium ban. Some sources estimate the Qing military engaging the rebels in this region may have been suffering 90% opium addiction rates, which is insane if thats true. Regardless by september 25th of 1851, Hong felt confident enough to move out and this led his army to conquer vast amounts of territory. By January 12th of 1853 Hong's forces took the city of Wuchang after blowing up its gates and massacring all the Manchu people they could find deeming them demons. At this point Hong set his eyes on a very grand prize, the old capital of China, Nanjing. Nanjing was being defended by only 7000 Machus alongside 6000 Qing regulars. Hong tossed 80,000 men and women soldiers into a siege of Nanjing on february 28th and after two weeks they blew a hole it Nanjings walls. Now I don't want to spoil anymore and honestly everything I brutally summarized will be covered much much more indepth, but what you need to know is Hong established his own capital, the heavenly kingdom in Nanjing. He builds up his forces even more, performs wide scale reforms and creates a very large administration. The Taiping become a very real threat to Beijing and honestly could have overthrown the Qing dynasty at multiple points. The Qing for their part in the later 1850's were not only dealing with the bloodiest civil war the world had ever seen, but we're fighting western forces cause the second opium war was raging. And that is what I am building towards folks, trying to lay this rather insane 3d chess table of stuff going on simultaneously. Now I said it before, but much like the Treaty of Versailles, the Treaty of Nanjing caused more problems than it solved and simply led to another war. China was humiliated by the conditions of the treaty, it surrendered her symbolic and practical forms of sovereignty to Britain. That bitterness was simmering since 1842 and like a powder keg would eventually explode in 1856. In february of 1856, a french priest named Abbe Auguste Chapdelaine, god the old french names are dreadful haha, well Abbe was converting a village called Xilin in the province of Guangxi, ironically in the center of the Taiping rebel control. So Mr Abbe was arrested and imprisoned, they tossed him in a cage and set it up in the village square. Chapdelaine was in violation of Chinese law because he was performing missionary work in China's interior. Another thing that did not help his cause was the fact he shared the same beliefs as the Taiping…well I mean not exactly mind you he was a catholic and the Taiping were on a more protestant footing, but tomato tomato. In fact Mr Abbe and the other Catholic missionaries were appalled by the bastardized proto protestant movement of the Taiping and they actually supported the Qing rule. Abbe was at the wrong place and wrong time so to say. On February 29th of 1856, Abbe was beheaded, dismembered and eviscerated by his executioners whom the rather hysterical French press claimed later took pieces of Abbe and cooked it and ate it, specifically his heart. Historians agree that the cannibalism story here was most likely urban legend. The French representative at Canton, Comte de Courcy was powerless and furious. He began sending letters to Cantons viceroy, Ye Mingchen, but took no military action to avenge the death of the priest. It seems Ye Mingchen believed the French had no stomach for a fight, so he sent Comte an insulting reply to his letters explaining that that atrocity was a simple case of mistaken identity “Chapdelaine dressed and spoke like a Chinese, nobody thought him to be french”. Well the French would not be alone in their grievances with the Qing. On October 8th, the 127 ton lorcha, the Arrow, a hybrid ship, it had a British hull but Chinese junk sails, was registered in Hong Kong as a British vessel. But in reality it was owned by a Chinese merchant and manned by a crew of 14 Chinese. Well the Arrow docked in Canton with a cargo of rice from Macao en route for Hong Kong. The Arrow's figurehead captain was a 21 year old Belfast native named Thomas Kennedy. His role on board was literally just to make the ship seem British owned and operated as British vessels held privileges because of the Treaty of Nanjing. Well on that day, Kennedy was not aboard the arrow, he had gone over to another lorcha captained by another figurehead captain named John Leach. Also aboard was Charles Earl, the captain of the Chusan. At 8am the friends were having breakfast when they noticed 2 large Qing warships flying the emperors flag, carrying 60 Qing marines, the ship was heading towards the Arrow. Qing officials boarded the Arrow and arrested her Chinese crew, bound them all and tossed them onto a Qing warship. Leach, Earl and Kennedy jumped into a sampan and rowed towards the warship. To make the situation a bit more fun, a Portuguese lorcha nearby stated later in testimony the Arrow had not had its Union Jack flying. Kennedy would claim the Qing marines pulled down the Union Jack. Regardless when Kennedy got to the warship he began protesting their seizure, but the Qing forces simply sent curses his way. Kennedy tried to smooth things over asking if just 2 of his crew could be allowed to stay on the Arrow as caretakers and the Qing officials agreed and handed 2 men over, but took the other 12 away. Now the Arrow might seem an unlikely prize for the Qing to seize since it was just carrying rice, but the Arrow had a dark past so to say. The Arrow had been built by the Chinese as a cargo ship, but it had been captured by pirates then recaptured by Cantons viceroy, Ye Mingchen who sold it at an auction to a comprador employed by a British firm. The comprador registered the Arrow as a British ship, but something the new owner did not look into was changing the existing crew of the ship which included 3 pirates. The Qing would use the presence of these pirates as a justification for seizing 12 of the crew. Later it would turn out the registration had also expired, so by that technicality it was not a British ship at the time also, don't you hate getting pulled over? Kennedy went crying about the seizure to the acting British consul, Harry Parkes who was the consular official of 4 out of the 5 ports opened by the treaty of Nanjing. The problem of Arrow's status did not deter Parkes who immediately went on the offensive. Parkes ranted about “the gross insult and violation of national rights the Chinese had committed”. Parkes began arguing about the treaty requiring the Chinese to first ask permission before arresting a Chinese citizen serving on a British registered ship. Parkes demanded that all 12 of the crew be handed over immediately. The Qing commander explained that one of the sailors was the father of a notorious pirate and suspected other of the crew to be pirates, hence he would hold them. When Parkes persisted in his demands, one of the Qing officials slapped him, uh oh. The humiliated Parkes, returned to the British consulate and wrote a letter to Ye Mingchen who ontop of being the viceroy of Canton was the viceroy of Guangxi, Guangdong and Imperial commissioner in charge of foreign affairs. “I hasten therefore to lay the case before your excellency Ye, confident that your superior judgment will lead you at once to admit that an insult so publicly committed must be equally publicly atoned. I therefore request your excellency that the men who have been carried away from the Arrow be returned by the captain to that vessel in my presence and if accused of any crime they may then be conveyed to the British consulate, were in conjunction with proper officers deputed by your excellency for the purpose, I shall be prepared to investigate the case”. Now Ye Mingchen was not the kind of Qing bureaucrat to whom adhered to lets say, the fine points of international law. Ye Mingchen had crushed the Taiping rebels within his two provinces of control with great brutality. He had executed every captured Taiping rebel along with their wives and children, sheesh. It is said in Canton alone the butchery was around 200 Taiping per day. Parkes also sent word to his superior, Sir John Bowring, the governor of Hong Kong. Parkes told him the crewmen were flying the Union Jack and deserved the same rights and protections as British subjects. Well Mr. Bowring was super excited at the opportunity that the Arrow's seizure had provided, he sent word back to Parks “cannot we use the opportunity and carry the city question? If so, I will come up with the whole fleet”. That fleet would consist of 16 men of war and 3 steamships all docked at Hong Kong harbor. Bowring wanted to at least be given permission to move out of the factories and set up shop within Canton proper as pertaining to the treaty of Nanjing. However that part of the treaty was written out properly in English while the Chinese translation literally stated instead that the foreigners and Chinese should remain segregated. The justification for this, we shall call it translation error, was the fact the Qing officials argued there was a ton of xenophobia in Canton. If the British came to live amongst the Cantonese, some might attack or even kill the British, thus segregation was for their protection. Lord Palmerston had given orders not to push the issue of British housing in Canton because he did not think the risks were even worth the reward, but his representatives it seems ignored these orders. After two days, Ye Mingchen responded to Parkes letter stating he could free 9 out of the 12 crew, but insisted on keeping the remaining three because they were former pirates. As for the Arrow, Ye claimed the captured crew swore an oath that the ship was Chinese made and owned. Ye sent the 9 crew with the letter as a show of good faith. Now at this point it seems obvious Parkes was looking to make a diplomatic point more so than get back the crew cause he refused to accept custody of them. Instead Parkes sent another letter to Bowring in Hong Kong suggesting the British should retaliate by seizing a Chinese junk, particularly one that was involved in grabbing the arrow. On october 14th, the British gunboat Coramandel boarded a Chinese junk without a fight and towed it to Whampoa. Turns out the British did not really think things through, as the ship ended up being a private craft, not owned by the Qing government. Ye Mingchen simply ignored the matter. Bowring then took the chance to inspect the registration of the Arrow, something Parkes had failed to do. Bowring soon discovered Arrows registry as a British ship had expired on september 27th, so by that technicality, the Qing had not violated British territoriality by seizing her. Despite Bowring learning the truth of the matter, this did not change his determination to goad Ye Mingchen into action. Bowring told Parkes to write a letter to the viceroy again on october 21st. This time the letter was an ultimatum. Ye Mingchen was given 24 hours to free all 12 crewmen and to provide an official apology and promise to respect all British shipping in China. If Ye did not comply “her majesty's naval officers will have recourse to force you to compel complete satisfaction”. Ye Mingchen was in a pickle, while he knew full well the British backed up their threats he also needed to save face. So Ye returned all of the crew, but refused to apologize and offered that in the future he would only consult with foreign interlopers over criminals like the Arrow's pirates. Ye wrote to Parkes “Hereafter if any lawless characters conceal themselves on board foreign lorchas, you, the said Consul, shall of course be informed of the same by declaration in order that you may act with the Chinese authorities in the management of such affairs,”. Ye also however offered a compromise to avoid similar incidents in the future by adding “Hereafter, Chinese officers will on no account without reason seize and take into custody the people belonging to foreign lorchas, but when Chinese subjects build for themselves vessels, foreigners should not sell registers to them… for it will occasion confusion between native and foreign ships, and render it difficult to distinguish between them.”. Well Ye's response was just what Parkes and Bowring needed to commence hostilities and that is just what they did. On october 23rd, Parkes ordered Rear Admiral Michael Seymour to seize and destroy the 4 barrier forts 5 miles south of Canton on the pearl river. The Coromandal was the first to fire upon one of the forts, the first shot of the second opium war. Two of the forts fired back on the British fleet before ultimately surrendering. 5 Chinese defenders died and they would be the first casualties of the war. Rear Admiral Seymour placed blame on the Chinese for the casualties reporting to Parkes “loss of four or five killed on the part of the Chinese [was] solely arising from their ill-judged resistance to our force.”. Seymours easy victory bolstered Parkes war mongering and drove him to bring the war straight to Ye Mingchen. Parkes wrote to Seymour “should Ye still be contumacious, I think that the residence of his excellency, which is not far from the waterside, should also in that case feel the effects of bombardment”. Yes this guy was pretty much an asshole. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. Well things got out of hand pretty quickly. The arrow incident while small in scale was just a match to ignite a growing powder keg. As Gandalf said “the board is set, the pieces are moving”. The second opium war had begun.
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The journey from our town to the metropolis was a journey of about five hours. It was a little past midday when the four-horse stagecoach by which I was a passenger, got into the ravel of traffic frayed out about the Cross Keys, Wood Street, Cheapside, London.We Britons had at that time particularly settled that it was treasonable to doubt our having and our being the best of everything: otherwise, while I was scared by the immensity of London, I think I might have had some faint doubts whether it was not rather ugly, crooked, narrow, and dirty.Mr. Jaggers had duly sent me his address; it was, Little Britain, and he had written after it on his card, “just out of Smithfield, and close by the coach office.” Nevertheless, a hackney coachman, who seemed to have as many capes to his greasy greatcoat as he was years old, packed me up in his coach and hemmed me in with a folding and jingling barrier of steps, as if he were going to take me fifty miles. His getting on his box, which I remember to have been decorated with an old weather-stained pea-green hammercloth moth-eaten into rags, was quite a work of time. It was a wonderful equipage, with six great coronets outside, and ragged things behind for I don't know how many footmen to hold on by, and a harrow below them, to prevent amateur footmen from yielding to the temptation.I had scarcely had time to enjoy the coach and to think how like a straw-yard it was, and yet how like a rag-shop, and to wonder why the horses' nosebags were kept inside, when I observed the coachman beginning to get down, as if we were going to stop presently. And stop we presently did, in a gloomy street, at certain offices with an open door, whereon was painted Mr. Jaggers.“How much?” I asked the coachman.The coachman answered, “A shilling—unless you wish to make it more.”I naturally said I had no wish to make it more.“Then it must be a shilling,” observed the coachman. “I don't want to get into trouble. I know him!” He darkly closed an eye at Mr. Jaggers's name, and shook his head.When he had got his shilling, and had in course of time completed the ascent to his box, and had got away (which appeared to relieve his mind), I went into the front office with my little portmanteau in my hand and asked, Was Mr. Jaggers at home?“He is not,” returned the clerk. “He is in Court at present. Am I addressing Mr. Pip?”I signified that he was addressing Mr. Pip.“Mr. Jaggers left word, would you wait in his room. He couldn't say how long he might be, having a case on. But it stands to reason, his time being valuable, that he won't be longer than he can help.”With those words, the clerk opened a door, and ushered me into an inner chamber at the back. Here, we found a gentleman with one eye, in a velveteen suit and knee-breeches, who wiped his nose with his sleeve on being interrupted in the perusal of the newspaper.“Go and wait outside, Mike,” said the clerk.I began to say that I hoped I was not interrupting, when the clerk shoved this gentleman out with as little ceremony as I ever saw used, and tossing his fur cap out after him, left me alone.Mr. Jaggers's room was lighted by a skylight only, and was a most dismal place; the skylight, eccentrically pitched like a broken head, and the distorted adjoining houses looking as if they had twisted themselves to peep down at me through it. There were not so many papers about, as I should have expected to see; and there were some odd objects about, that I should not have expected to see—such as an old rusty pistol, a sword in a scabbard, several strange-looking boxes and packages, and two dreadful casts on a shelf, of faces peculiarly swollen, and twitchy about the nose. Mr. Jaggers's own high-backed chair was of deadly black horsehair, with rows of brass nails round it, like a coffin; and I fancied I could see how he leaned back in it, and bit his forefinger at the clients. The room was but small, and the clients seemed to have had a habit of backing up against the wall; the wall, especially opposite to Mr. Jaggers's chair, being greasy with shoulders. I recalled, too, that the one-eyed gentleman had shuffled forth against the wall when I was the innocent cause of his being turned out.I sat down in the cliental chair placed over against Mr. Jaggers's chair, and became fascinated by the dismal atmosphere of the place. I called to mind that the clerk had the same air of knowing something to everybody else's disadvantage, as his master had. I wondered how many other clerks there were upstairs, and whether they all claimed to have the same detrimental mastery of their fellow-creatures. I wondered what was the history of all the odd litter about the room, and how it came there. I wondered whether the two swollen faces were of Mr. Jaggers's family, and, if he were so unfortunate as to have had a pair of such ill-looking relations, why he stuck them on that dusty perch for the blacks and flies to settle on, instead of giving them a place at home. Of course I had no experience of a London summer day, and my spirits may have been oppressed by the hot exhausted air, and by the dust and grit that lay thick on everything. But I sat wondering and waiting in Mr. Jaggers's close room, until I really could not bear the two casts on the shelf above Mr. Jaggers's chair, and got up and went out.When I told the clerk that I would take a turn in the air while I waited, he advised me to go round the corner and I should come into Smithfield. So I came into Smithfield; and the shameful place, being all asmear with filth and fat and blood and foam, seemed to stick to me. So, I rubbed it off with all possible speed by turning into a street where I saw the great black dome of Saint Paul's bulging at me from behind a grim stone building which a bystander said was Newgate Prison. Following the wall of the jail, I found the roadway covered with straw to deaden the noise of passing vehicles; and from this, and from the quantity of people standing about smelling strongly of spirits and beer, I inferred that the trials were on.While I looked about me here, an exceedingly dirty and partially drunk minister of justice asked me if I would like to step in and hear a trial or so: informing me that he could give me a front place for half a crown, whence I should command a full view of the Lord Chief Justice in his wig and robes—mentioning that awful personage like waxwork, and presently offering him at the reduced price of eighteen-pence. As I declined the proposal on the plea of an appointment, he was so good as to take me into a yard and show me where the gallows was kept, and also where people were publicly whipped, and then he showed me the Debtors' Door, out of which culprits came to be hanged; heightening the interest of that dreadful portal by giving me to understand that “four on 'em” would come out at that door the day after tomorrow at eight in the morning, to be killed in a row. This was horrible, and gave me a sickening idea of London; the more so as the Lord Chief Justice's proprietor wore (from his hat down to his boots and up again to his pocket handkerchief inclusive) mildewed clothes which had evidently not belonged to him originally, and which I took it into my head he had bought cheap of the executioner. Under these circumstances I thought myself well rid of him for a shilling.I dropped into the office to ask if Mr. Jaggers had come in yet, and I found he had not, and I strolled out again. This time, I made the tour of Little Britain, and turned into Bartholomew Close; and now I became aware that other people were waiting about for Mr. Jaggers, as well as I. There were two men of secret appearance lounging in Bartholomew Close, and thoughtfully fitting their feet into the cracks of the pavement as they talked together, one of whom said to the other when they first passed me, that “Jaggers would do it if it was to be done.” There was a knot of three men and two women standing at a corner, and one of the women was crying on her dirty shawl, and the other comforted her by saying, as she pulled her own shawl over her shoulders, “Jaggers is for him, 'Melia, and what more could you have?” There was a red-eyed little Jew who came into the Close while I was loitering there, in company with a second little Jew whom he sent upon an errand; and while the messenger was gone, I remarked this Jew, who was of a highly excitable temperament, performing a jig of anxiety under a lamppost and accompanying himself, in a kind of frenzy, with the words, “O Jaggerth, Jaggerth, Jaggerth! all otherth ith Cag-Maggerth, give me Jaggerth!” These testimonies to the popularity of my guardian made a deep impression on me, and I admired and wondered more than ever.At length, as I was looking out at the iron gate of Bartholomew Close into Little Britain, I saw Mr. Jaggers coming across the road towards me. All the others who were waiting saw him at the same time, and there was quite a rush at him. Mr. Jaggers, putting a hand on my shoulder and walking me on at his side without saying anything to me, addressed himself to his followers.First, he took the two secret men.“Now, I have nothing to say to you,” said Mr. Jaggers, throwing his finger at them. “I want to know no more than I know. As to the result, it's a tossup. I told you from the first it was a tossup. Have you paid Wemmick?”“We made the money up this morning, sir,” said one of the men, submissively, while the other perused Mr. Jaggers's face.“I don't ask you when you made it up, or where, or whether you made it up at all. Has Wemmick got it?”“Yes, sir,” said both the men together.“Very well; then you may go. Now, I won't have it!” said Mr. Jaggers, waving his hand at them to put them behind him. “If you say a word to me, I'll throw up the case.”“We thought, Mr. Jaggers—” one of the men began, pulling off his hat.“That's what I told you not to do,” said Mr. Jaggers. “You thought! I think for you; that's enough for you. If I want you, I know where to find you; I don't want you to find me. Now I won't have it. I won't hear a word.”The two men looked at one another as Mr. Jaggers waved them behind again, and humbly fell back and were heard no more.“And now you!” said Mr. Jaggers, suddenly stopping, and turning on the two women with the shawls, from whom the three men had meekly separated—“Oh! Amelia, is it?”“Yes, Mr. Jaggers.”“And do you remember,” retorted Mr. Jaggers, “that but for me you wouldn't be here and couldn't be here?”“O yes, sir!” exclaimed both women together. “Lord bless you, sir, well we knows that!”“Then why,” said Mr. Jaggers, “do you come here?”“My Bill, sir!” the crying woman pleaded.“Now, I tell you what!” said Mr. Jaggers. “Once for all. If you don't know that your Bill's in good hands, I know it. And if you come here bothering about your Bill, I'll make an example of both your Bill and you, and let him slip through my fingers. Have you paid Wemmick?”“O yes, sir! Every farden.”“Very well. Then you have done all you have got to do. Say another word—one single word—and Wemmick shall give you your money back.”This terrible threat caused the two women to fall off immediately. No one remained now but the excitable Jew, who had already raised the skirts of Mr. Jaggers's coat to his lips several times.“I don't know this man!” said Mr. Jaggers, in the same devastating strain: “What does this fellow want?”“Ma thear Mithter Jaggerth. Hown brother to Habraham Latharuth?”“Who's he?” said Mr. Jaggers. “Let go of my coat.”The suitor, kissing the hem of the garment again before relinquishing it, replied, “Habraham Latharuth, on thuthpithion of plate.”“You're too late,” said Mr. Jaggers. “I am over the way.”“Holy father, Mithter Jaggerth!” cried my excitable acquaintance, turning white, “don't thay you're again Habraham Latharuth!”“I am,” said Mr. Jaggers, “and there's an end of it. Get out of the way.”“Mithter Jaggerth! Half a moment! My hown cuthen'th gone to Mithter Wemmick at thith prethent minute, to hoffer him hany termth. Mithter Jaggerth! Half a quarter of a moment! If you'd have the condethenthun to be bought off from the t'other thide—at hany thuperior prithe!—money no object!—Mithter Jaggerth—Mithter—!”My guardian threw his supplicant off with supreme indifference, and left him dancing on the pavement as if it were red hot. Without further interruption, we reached the front office, where we found the clerk and the man in velveteen with the fur cap.“Here's Mike,” said the clerk, getting down from his stool, and approaching Mr. Jaggers confidentially.“Oh!” said Mr. Jaggers, turning to the man, who was pulling a lock of hair in the middle of his forehead, like the Bull in Cock Robin pulling at the bell-rope; “your man comes on this afternoon. Well?”“Well, Mas'r Jaggers,” returned Mike, in the voice of a sufferer from a constitutional cold; “arter a deal o' trouble, I've found one, sir, as might do.”“What is he prepared to swear?”“Well, Mas'r Jaggers,” said Mike, wiping his nose on his fur cap this time; “in a general way, anythink.”Mr. Jaggers suddenly became most irate. “Now, I warned you before,” said he, throwing his forefinger at the terrified client, “that if you ever presumed to talk in that way here, I'd make an example of you. You infernal scoundrel, how dare you tell me that?”The client looked scared, but bewildered too, as if he were unconscious what he had done.“Spooney!” said the clerk, in a low voice, giving him a stir with his elbow. “Soft Head! Need you say it face to face?”“Now, I ask you, you blundering booby,” said my guardian, very sternly, “once more and for the last time, what the man you have brought here is prepared to swear?”Mike looked hard at my guardian, as if he were trying to learn a lesson from his face, and slowly replied, “Ayther to character, or to having been in his company and never left him all the night in question.”“Now, be careful. In what station of life is this man?”Mike looked at his cap, and looked at the floor, and looked at the ceiling, and looked at the clerk, and even looked at me, before beginning to reply in a nervous manner, “We've dressed him up like—” when my guardian blustered out—“What? You will, will you?”(“Spooney!” added the clerk again, with another stir.)After some helpless casting about, Mike brightened and began again:—“He is dressed like a 'spectable pieman. A sort of a pastry-cook.”“Is he here?” asked my guardian.“I left him,” said Mike, “a setting on some doorsteps round the corner.”“Take him past that window, and let me see him.”The window indicated was the office window. We all three went to it, behind the wire blind, and presently saw the client go by in an accidental manner, with a murderous-looking tall individual, in a short suit of white linen and a paper cap. This guileless confectioner was not by any means sober, and had a black eye in the green stage of recovery, which was painted over.“Tell him to take his witness away directly,” said my guardian to the clerk, in extreme disgust, “and ask him what he means by bringing such a fellow as that.”My guardian then took me into his own room, and while he lunched, standing, from a sandwich box and a pocket flask of sherry (he seemed to bully his very sandwich as he ate it), informed me what arrangements he had made for me. I was to go to “Barnard's Inn,” to young Mr. Pocket's rooms, where a bed had been sent in for my accommodation; I was to remain with young Mr. Pocket until Monday; on Monday I was to go with him to his father's house on a visit, that I might try how I liked it. Also, I was told what my allowance was to be—it was a very liberal one—and had handed to me from one of my guardian's drawers, the cards of certain tradesmen with whom I was to deal for all kinds of clothes, and such other things as I could in reason want. “You will find your credit good, Mr. Pip,” said my guardian, whose flask of sherry smelt like a whole caskful, as he hastily refreshed himself, “but I shall by this means be able to check your bills, and to pull you up if I find you outrunning the constable. Of course you'll go wrong somehow, but that's no fault of mine.”After I had pondered a little over this encouraging sentiment, I asked Mr. Jaggers if I could send for a coach? He said it was not worth while, I was so near my destination; Wemmick should walk round with me, if I pleased.I then found that Wemmick was the clerk in the next room. Another clerk was rung down from upstairs to take his place while he was out, and I accompanied him into the street, after shaking hands with my guardian. We found a new set of people lingering outside, but Wemmick made a way among them by saying coolly yet decisively, “I tell you it's no use; he won't have a word to say to one of you;” and we soon got clear of them, and went on side by side. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greatexpectations.substack.com
That Does Suit Madame, a Podcast about "Are You Being Served?"
A warm welcome to the new Australian Kath & Kim podcast: “Look at Moi - Celebrating 20 years of Kath and Kim” with Rowdie Walden. It's nice, it's different, it's unusual. Check it out, doll. The new Elizabeth Line on the London Underground tube system with special guest: HRH Queen Elizabeth II. That Lower Ohio County Line of the Northern Mississippi Bus Company drops off a new candidate for our intern position (unpaid). We meet our Superfan and Special Co-Host: Mr. Bill! Token straight listeners! Check out Stranger Happenings, Mr. Bill's podcast about strange and unique history and bizarre occurances at StrangerHappenings.com “The Moment of Butch”. Mavis's unique system of categorizing hard boiled eggs with a hopeful grin. The opening credits and the oil painting that fades into the video of the episode. Was Mr. Humphries actually into Mavis?! Mrs. Slocombe's funeral look for Court. Miss Brahms remarks “Crippen's bird” when she sees Slocombe's black veil. Harvey Crippen was a 19th Century doctor who murdered his wife. His mistress, Ethel Le Neve, wore a black veil at his court case. We unpack (again) Benidorm: the actual place and the amazing comedy show. Mrs. Slocombe, while in Benidorm, called Dictator Franco “a berk”. Cockney rhyming slang = Berkeley Hunt, rhymes with …C U Next Thursday. Benidorm, Spain becomes a “Little Britain” (or at least Northern England) with low airfare and hotel packages. Note: Birmingham is -not- Northern England. Barrister = defends people in court. Solicitor = does legal paperwork, contracts, etc. Mrs. Slocombe is on the front page of the paper listed as “a pensioner”. How can a bus pass give away her age? Miss Lovelock and Captain Peacock are to ride a motorcycle? The staff help with the piglets on the hay ride. The Dick Turpin highwayman case! Mr. Bill is a UK TV expert! The eternal battle: Eastenders vs. Coronation Street? Straight men don't know Absolutely Fabulous? Is Mr. Rumbold a leather daddy?! We meet The Magistrates. We learn what “having a slash” means. We also learn that Mr. Humphries kept to himself to himself. Alfie Bass (Mr. Goldberg) was in The Beatles' movie, “Help” from 1965! The first lesbian(ish) interaction on the series between the Lady Magistrate and Miss. Brahams. People have known Mrs. Slocombe for “years and years- years and years and years….”. Ha! Mr. Moulturd doesn't doubt Mrs. Slocombe's veracity (at least back then). Hang the bird in the cellar! Mollie Sugden does a good faint. We finally see the real Tiddles. Mother Humphries has a mobile phone in 1992. The SNL Gap Girl sketch! The Youth don't like to speak on the phone (they text!). Mavis appears to be in LOVE with Mr. Humphries. (Fleur Bennett nails it) Electrocution lessons! Last of the Summer Wine ran from 1973 to 2010 and starred Trevor Bannister and Frank Thorton for years and years. Treat yourself to some That Does Suit Madame merch at our Bargain Basement podcast shop at imfree.threadless.com for t-shirts, mugs, tote bags, and more! Leave the show a voicemail at the Peacock Hotline: (662)-PEACOCK (662-732-2625) and find us on Twitter @DoesSuitMadame and #AYBS #AreYouBeingServed #ImFree #Britcom #comedy #MrHumphries #ThatDoesSuitMadame #GraceBros #podcast #LGBT #BlackLivesMatter #BBC #AreYouBeingServedAgain #GraceAndFavour #GraceAndFavor
Salida's Dynamic Duo, Dave Haynes and Terry West, announce a new date for Salida's Fantasy Con this May, has the arrest of "The Flash" star Ezra Miller sunk his new movie at Warner Bros., and Dave's review of Marvel's "Morbius"! Plus, we "Summon The Suit" and talk the latest episode of "Moon Knight" on Disney+. Was Mr. Knight's debut awesome, or a total let down? Fantasy Games & Comics is online! Shop the store online at FGandCS.com! Recorded live every Wednesday evening (usually) at Fantasy Games & Comics on the corner of F and 1st Streets in historic downtown Salida, Colorado. Come join us!
Was Mr.smith well within his rights to open hand smack Chris rock for an inappropriate joke or could he just have laughed it off to handle behind the scenes ? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/j-lovepodcast2/support
The FDA makes it official today. If you're over 50 and want a second COVID booster shot from Pfizer or Moderna you can get it now. The CDC is also recommending it. But is the data really there? Will it be free for everyone? We go In Depth into the decision behind the approval. New reports reveal a big mystery from the White House on January 6th, 2021--the day of the Capitol Hill riot. They say there's a major gap in the phone logs from former President Trump. Was Mr. Trump really not using his phone that whole time? Will Smith escapes legal punishment but what about punishment from the Oscars? A big meeting tomorrow could make history or could be not much of anything. Officials from Russia and Ukraine meet for peace talks in Turkey. There's some progress too but will it create enough momentum for peace? We go In Depth. We head to Ukraine where we talk to a journalist who was writing about culture and issues of the day but is now focused on helping people struggling during the war. The NFL tries to make it easier for women to coach in the league. We look into whether it'll actually work and if we could one day see a female head coach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The FDA makes it official today. If you're over 50 and want a second COVID booster shot from Pfizer or Moderna you can get it now. The CDC is also recommending it. But is the data really there? Will it be free for everyone? We go In Depth into the decision behind the approval. New reports reveal a big mystery from the White House on January 6th, 2021--the day of the Capitol Hill riot. They say there's a major gap in the phone logs from former President Trump. Was Mr. Trump really not using his phone that whole time? Will Smith escapes legal punishment but what about punishment from the Oscars? A big meeting tomorrow could make history or could be not much of anything. Officials from Russia and Ukraine meet for peace talks in Turkey. There's some progress too but will it create enough momentum for peace? We go In Depth. We head to Ukraine where we talk to a journalist who was writing about culture and issues of the day but is now focused on helping people struggling during the war. The NFL tries to make it easier for women to coach in the league. We look into whether it'll actually work and if we could one day see a female head coach. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week on the chopping block we have Wrong Turn (2003)! We started the month with the undeniable classic, so naturally this week we decided to break down a movie that might be a classic? We go into it much more in detail during the show, but this movie does make the answer more complicated than we expected. Do the moments of brilliance outshine the malaise of the rest of this movie? Was Mr. Protagonist a doctor or drug addict? Most importantly though, is it essential? ************************************************** TIMECODES 0:00 - Intro 1:09 - Spoiler Warning 1:43 - Synopsis 2:07 - Discussion 35:43 - Final Review 39:45 - Is it essential? 48:10 - Socials, Suggestions, Sign Off ************************************************** Rate and subscribe! Follow us below for more from us and join our Discord for a chat. We're always open to suggestions on future movies, games, shows, or books to review. ************************************************** Discord: https://discord.gg/aXsWGtFA6j Socials: @EssentialScares | Linktree ************************************************** Follow the hosts: @Corbangarang @TheRedWeenie @Asealpunter
The final show of 2021 is upon you! We almost made it to 50 this year. You can now rate us 5 stars on Spotify! Was Mr. Belvedere a butler, a housekeeper or a random werido? Scott says Randy Newman is a living legend. Mike wants to see another living legend in Gordon Lightfoot in January but the tickets are pricey! Luke and Scott are terrified to see what Gord has become physically. Alcohol is a hell of a drug! Keith Richards is miles ahead of him. Mike decided to spend time watching The Last Duel which leads to a long dismantling of Ridley Scott's last 25 years. We have 2 emails this week! One from Danny and one from Eric. Crypto holdouts will not give in! Big crypto is trying to destroy us and we will not give in. Eric asks us what NFTs are. Thanks for listening this year! See you in 2022! Give us your thoughts on any of this nonsense by emailing isitsafepod@gmail.com
Our hosts defend and define the concept of "real writing". Is Les Mis just fanfiction of the French revolution? Was Mr. Shakey-Shakespeare himself as highbrow as we think he was? It's all revealed in this week's mission.
Beate Rank und Tobias Kobier sind nicht nur E-Commerce-Pioniere (sie gründeten zum Beispiel mit Tradoria den ersten deutschen Online-Marktplatz), sondern auch Hundebesitzer. Und ihre Labrador-Hündin Jeannie hatte ein Problem: Sie vertrug ihr Futter nicht. Also wurde das Futter in der heimischen Küche mit hochwertigen Zutaten selbst gekocht. Dem Hund ging es bald blendend, und Rank und Kobier hatten eine neue Geschäftsidee: Sie wollten eine D2C-Marke für hochwertiges Hundefutter auf dem deutschen Markt etablieren. So entstand "Mr. Fred" Um die Qualität der Rezeptur zu gewährleisten, bauten Rank, Kobier und ihr Geschäftspartner Jürgen Weisenburger eine eigene Produktion in einer Werkshalle in Bamberg auf und holten eine Tierärztin als Beraterin ins Boot. Doch genauso wichtig wie der Inhalt war auch die Verpackung; und hier setzt Mr. Fred nicht auf die handelsüblichen Dosen oder Portionsbeutelchen ("Pouches"), sondern auch TetraPak-Kartons. Die sind nicht nur leicht stapelbar und deshalb besonders gut für den Versand geeignet, sondern auch deutlich nachhaltiger - und das passt zum Markenimage von Mr. Fred und den Ansprüchen der Zielgruppe. Für den Vertrieb setzt das junge Unternehmen vor allem auf den eigenen Shop, der über Paid Social-Anzeigen und Influencer Marketing beworben wird. Außerdem spricht Mr. Fred gezielt Tierärzte und Züchter an, um über Empfehlungsmarketing neue Kundengruppen zu erschließen. In diesem Jahr soll das Sortiment erweitert und eine zweite Produktionslinie eingerichtet werden, um die Produktionsgeschwindigkeit zu erhöhen und europaweit zu expandieren. Was Mr. Fred sonst noch für Pläne hat, erzählt Beate Rank im D2C-Durchstarter-Podcast.
The story of Tina Fontaine is a heartbreaking one. Her family is a look into the sad history of the treatment of indigenous peoples in Canada through the residential school system and a damning case that shows how the mistreatment continues still. Tina was a very young lady, still trying to figure out where she fit in this world.Her murder is still a topic of conversation. Was Mr. Cormier the murderer who got away with it? Is there another killer or killers out there who think they got off scott free? Either way, this is a sad story that still doesn't have a proper conclusion. Sources:A Place Where it Feels Like Home: The Story of Tina Fontaine by Daphne Penrose, a special report in accordance of The Advocate for Children and Youth Act.CBC News Global News BBC News Intro Song: Recurring Anomaly by Charles Holme
Paige Elmore From Reverie True Crime returns for Part Two on our series on Tom O'Brian's book, “Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties.” This time, Paige and Eric Fisk discuss specific aspects of Vincent Bugliosi, the prosecutor for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office in the infamous case against Charles Manson and the other members of his cult convicted for the Tate–LaBiancamurders of August 9–10, 1969. Who was Vincent Bugliosi, really? And why does author Tom O'Neil believe that he was a tainted prosecutor? How was Mr. Bugliosi compromised? What aspect of his personal life made him a horrible choice to prosecute what was known as “The Trial Of The Century?” And what about the conspiracy theory that Bugliosi was assigned to this case specifically to try the case in such a specific manner as to hide the Hollywood Elite and Law Enforcement members involved with Charles Manson? Was Mr. Bugliosi helping the CIA and FBI cover up the fact that Manson was an informant or test subject for MKULTRA? A special note to our listeners, we apologize for the slight sound of a fan and air filtration device in the background; we were trying to remove the smell of smoke that still lingered after a suspicious fire from the previous week. Thanks for listening. Show Page and Links: https://thefedorachronicles.com/truecrime/2021/CHAOS-Helter_Skelter-002.html The Fedora Chronicles products on Zazzle https://www.zazzle.com/store/fedorachronicles Support The Fedora Chronicles on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fedorachronicles The Fedora Chronicles Twitter: https://twitter.com/fedorachronicle The Fedora Chronicles Parler https://parler.com/profile/FedoraChronicles/posts
Paige Elmore From Reverie True Crime returns for Part Two on our series on Tom O'Brian's book, “Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties.” This time, Paige and Eric Fisk discuss specific aspects of Vincent Bugliosi, the prosecutor for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office in the infamous case against Charles Manson and the other members of his cult convicted for the Tate–LaBiancamurders of August 9–10, 1969. Who was Vincent Bugliosi, really? And why does author Tom O'Neil believe that he was a tainted prosecutor? How was Mr. Bugliosi compromised? What aspect of his personal life made him a horrible choice to prosecute what was known as “The Trial Of The Century?” And what about the conspiracy theory that Bugliosi was assigned to this case specifically to try the case in such a specific manner as to hide the Hollywood Elite and Law Enforcement members involved with Charles Manson? Was Mr. Bugliosi helping the CIA and FBI cover up the fact that Manson was an informant or test subject for MKULTRA? A special note to our listeners, we apologize for the slight sound of a fan and air filtration device in the background; we were trying to remove the smell of smoke that still lingered after a suspicious fire from the previous week. Thanks for listening. Show Page and Links: https://thefedorachronicles.com/truecrime/2021/CHAOS-Helter_Skelter-002.html The Fedora Chronicles products on Zazzle https://www.zazzle.com/store/fedorachronicles Support The Fedora Chronicles on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fedorachronicles The Fedora Chronicles Twitter: https://twitter.com/fedorachronicle The Fedora Chronicles Parler https://parler.com/profile/FedoraChronicles/posts
In this lesson, I will introduce you how past tense plain forms are used in the actual conversation. Verbs: きょう べんきょう した。 Did you study today? ううん、してない。 No, I didn't. うん、した。 Yes, I did. きのう おさけ のんだ。 Did you drink alcohol yesterday? ううん、のんでない。 No, I didn't. うん、のんだ。 Yes, I did. い-adjective: りょこう は たのしかった。 Was your travel fun? ううん、たのしくなかった。 No, it was not fun. うん、たのしかった。 Yes, it was fun. な-adjective: きょうと は きれいだった。 Was Kyoto beautiful? ううん、きれいではなかった。 No, it was not beautiful. うん、きれいだった。 Yes, it was beautiful. さとうさん は げんきだった。 Was Mr. Sato fine? ううん、げんきではなかった。 No, he was not fine. うん、げんきだった。 Yes, he was fine. Reference: Plain Forms in Past Tense https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Plain-Forms-in-Past-Tense-eoe8fp Twitter: https://twitter.com/yuyaman1986
In this first part of the episode, hosts Sha and Sharanya dissect your favourite characters from a book written more than 200 years ago! Was Mr. Darcy a heartthrob or a sexist? What does Nearly-Headless Nick have to do with this classic by Jane Austen? Was The Regency period named after a King Regent? Tune in now to learn the answers!
Mr. Waters presents Episode 24 of One Man, One Tree, and a Hill: Is Ronda to Rowady for the WWE? Ronda Rousey shook up the WWE World with her comments. We called in for a look into the business with Professional Wrestler and Stand-up Comedian, Dan Barry. We say farewell to school as the Mayor of NYC says the school will be closed down. Why did people hate on Mr. Rodgers? Was Mr. Rogers the last good Dinosaur? Follow Dan Barry's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedanbarry/ Check Dan out for Upcoming Wrestling and Comedy Shows: https://www.thedanbarry.com/
The train was on time. Kaumudi thought apprehensively for the umpteenth time. Should she board the train? Would Pinaki be heartbroken if she doesn't? What would his mother think about this decision? Was Mr. Basu right about Aarul? Listen in to Stories by Sneha and help Kaumudi make The Choice! Tune in for a new episode every Wednesday
Mr. Waters presents Episode 24 of One Man, One Tree, and a Hill: Is Ronda to Rowady for the WWE? Ronda Rousey shook up the WWE World with her comments. We called in for a look into the business with Professional Wrestler and Stand-up Comedian, Dan Barry. We say farewell to school as the Mayor of NYC says the school will be closed down. Why did people hate on Mr. Rodgers? Was Mr. Rogers the last good Dinosaur?Follow Dan Barry's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedanbarry/ Check Dan out for Upcoming Wrestling and Comedy Shows: https://www.thedanbarry.com/
In this free preview of the latest Between The Sheets Patreon special, covering the Global Wrestling Federation's journey from a Nigerian advance fee scam to launching as a TV-only wrestling promotion, Kris and David look at how the reporting on the physical location of the company's money was…less than stellar. Also: The biggest conflict of interest in the whole mess gets officially revealed. For the full show, go to Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become a patron for just $5/month. --- Full show description: You've asked for it for years. We've promised that we would eventually do it almost as long. And finally? IT'S HERE! Yes, Kris and David go back in time to 1990, when a mysterious Nigerian man named Mr. Olu Oliami visits Joe Pedicino's office and offers him $25 million to run a new national wrestling promotion. From there, just about everything falls apart. Where, exactly, is Mr. Oliami's funding coming from? Where is the trust that Joe thinks it's coming from headquartered and why does it keep changing? Just how suspicious was this before the internet made knowledge of Nigerian 419 scams widespread? Who was in on what? How were the wrestling newsletters complicit? Was Mr. Oliami real and is he still alive? What the hell does Jim Cornette have to do with all of this? What was Jerry Jarrett ever planning to sell to Joe and Olu's Kongi Sports and Entertainment? All that and a whole lot more in the best Patreon special yet. We hope you have as much fun listening to this as we had recording it. Timestamps: 0:00:00 Part 1: Initial hype (September-October 1990) 0:32:01 Part 2: Kongi buys the USWA? (November to December 1990) 1:25:45 Part 3: "USWA purchase” falls apart (January 1991) 2:07:32 Part 4: Actually the GWF is happening now (June-July 1991) 3:27:58 Part 5: Joe Pedicino: Fool or liar? (August-September 1992)Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/between-the-sheets/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
In this free preview of the latest Between The Sheets Patreon special, covering the Global Wrestling Federation's journey from a Nigerian advance fee scam to launching as a TV-only wrestling promotion, Kris and David look at how the reporting on the physical location of the company's money was…less than stellar. Also: The biggest conflict of interest in the whole mess gets officially revealed. For the full show, go to Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become a patron for just $5/month. --- Full show description: You've asked for it for years. We've promised that we would eventually do it almost as long. And finally? IT'S HERE! Yes, Kris and David go back in time to 1990, when a mysterious Nigerian man named Mr. Olu Oliami visits Joe Pedicino's office and offers him $25 million to run a new national wrestling promotion. From there, just about everything falls apart. Where, exactly, is Mr. Oliami's funding coming from? Where is the trust that Joe thinks it's coming from headquartered and why does it keep changing? Just how suspicious was this before the internet made knowledge of Nigerian 419 scams widespread? Who was in on what? How were the wrestling newsletters complicit? Was Mr. Oliami real and is he still alive? What the hell does Jim Cornette have to do with all of this? What was Jerry Jarrett ever planning to sell to Joe and Olu's Kongi Sports and Entertainment? All that and a whole lot more in the best Patreon special yet. We hope you have as much fun listening to this as we had recording it. Timestamps: 0:00:00 Part 1: Initial hype (September-October 1990) 0:32:01 Part 2: Kongi buys the USWA? (November to December 1990) 1:25:45 Part 3: "USWA purchase” falls apart (January 1991) 2:07:32 Part 4: Actually the GWF is happening now (June-July 1991) 3:27:58 Part 5: Joe Pedicino: Fool or liar? (August-September 1992)Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/between-the-sheets/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
The boys recap the Grey Cup, give an update on Jay's car, and Dan reads a lengthy Yelp review for a gentlemen's establishment. Plus; Is there really a Gretzky biopic starring Justin Bieber? Can Dan and Ben Teller co-exist on one podcast? Was Mr. Dressup Casey's father? Answers to these questions and more in Episode 12 of the Jay and Dan Podcast!
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