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This week's engaging episode features a conversation with Os Guinness, a profound advocate for faith, freedom, truth, reason, and civility. Os is an esteemed author and social critic and the great-great-great-grandson of Arthur Guinness, the famous Dublin brewer. With a bibliography exceeding 30 books, he provides insightful perspectives on our cultural, political, and social environments.Born in China during World War II to medical missionary parents, Os experienced the height of the Chinese revolution in 1949 and was expelled along with many foreigners in 1951. He later earned his undergraduate degree at the University of London and completed his D.Phil in the social sciences from Oriel College, Oxford. He currently resides in the United States.In this episode, Jonathan and Os delve into Scripture and discuss Os' latest book, The Magna Carta of Humanity. They explore global perspectives, including Os' views on America's polarization crisis, the recent changes in the UK with the new King, and the evolving role of the “Defender of the Faith” in the monarchy. Os also shares fascinating stories about his remarkable family history, from Christian brewers to pastors to his journey as a Christian author.To ask Jonathan a question or connect with the Candid community, visit https://LTW.org/CandidFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/candidpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/candidpodTwitter: https://twitter.com/thecandidpodTRANSCRIPT:The following is a transcript of Episode 256: Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom: Os Guinness (Reprise) for Candid Conversations with Jonathan Youssef.[00:01] JONATHAN: Today it is my special privilege to have Os Guinness on the program with us. Os is an author and social critic. He's written untold amounts of books. He's just like Dad, and it seems you have a new book out every six months or so, Os. Is that sort of the pattern, you get two out a year?[00:24] Os Guinness: Well, usually one a year, but COVID gave me the chance to write a lot more.[00:28] JONATHAN: Oh, well, I love it. Many of our listeners will, of course, be familiar with you, but there may be a few out there who don't. We have somewhat of an international audience, and I know that you have a very international background, having been born in China and raised in China and educated in England. There's a couple of things. I'm sure people are seeing the name Guinness and wondering is there a connection with the brewery? And of course, there is. But I wonder if you'd tell us a little bit of your family history and then we'll get to your own personal story.[01:00] Os Guinness: Well, you're right. I'm descended from Arthur Guinness, the brewer. My ancestor was his youngest son. He was an evangelical. He came to Christ, to faith, under the preaching of John Wesley in the revival that took place in the late 1730s, early 1740s. So he called himself born again back in those days and founded Ireland's first Sunday school, which of course, in this days was a rather radical proposition, teaching people who couldn't go to ordinary schools. And from the very beginning, care for the poor, for the workers and things like that were built into the brewery and the whole family status in Dublin. So that was the ancestor, and I'm descended from a branch of the family that's kept the faith ever since. My great-grandfather, Arthur's grandson, at the age of 23, was the leading preacher in the Irish revival of 1859. And we have newspaper accounts of crowds of 25,000, 30,000, and of course no microphone. He'd climb onto the back of a carriage and preach and the Spirit would fall. Ireland was not divided in those days, but in that part of the country, in the year after the revival, there was literally only one recorded crime.[02:33] JONATHAN: Unbelievable.[02:34] Os Guinness: This shows you how profound revival can be.[02:37] JONATHAN: Isn't it?[02:39] Os Guinness: His son, my grandfather, was one of the first Western doctors to go to China. He treated the Empress Dowager, the last Emperor, and my parents were born in China so I was born in China. So I'm part of the family that's kept faith ever since the first Arthur.[03:00] JONATHAN: You had mention that this is a branch of the family. Is there a branch of the family that's gone a different trajectory?[03:08] Os Guinness: Well, for a long time the brewing family was strongly Christian, but then eventually, sadly, wealth probably undermined part of the faith. But as I said, my family has kept it. They often say there are brewing Guinnesses, banking Guinnesses, and then they call them the Guinnesses for God or the poor Guinnesses.[03:36] JONATHAN: An amazing family lineage, and you're thinking of just the covenantal family through that line. And so you've got a book that came out this year, The Great Quest: Invitation to the Examined Life and a Sure Path to Meaning. And I know in the book you share a little bit of your own search for meaning and finding, because we all know that Christianity is really the only faith you cannot be born into in terms of you can be born into a covenant home and be taught the lessons of Christ and the church, but it's really a faith that has to become your own. It's not the faith that is transferred to the child. So tell us a little bit about your own story and your own coming to faith in Christ.[04:31] Os Guinness: Well, I was born in China, as I said, and my first 10 years were pretty rough with war, famine, revolution, all sorts of things. And I was there for two years under Mao's reign of terror, and in '51, two years after the revolution, my parents were allowed to send me home to England and they were under house arrest for another two years. So I had most of my teenage years apart from my parents, and my own coming to faith was really a kind of partly the witness of a friend at school but partly an intellectual search. I was reading on the one hand atheists like Nietzsche and Sartre, and my own hero, Albert Camus. And on the other hand, Christians like Blaise Pascal and G. K. Chesterton, and of course, C. S. Lewis. And at the end of that time, I was thoroughly convinced the Christian faith was true. And so I became a Christian before I went to university in London, and I'm glad I did because the 60s was a crazy decade—drugs, sex, rock and roll, the counterculture. Everything had to be thought back to square one. You really needed to believe what you believed and why you believed what you believed, or the whole onslaught was against, which is a bracing decade to come to faith.[05:57] JONATHAN: It really is. I wonder if you could walk me through that a little bit. I've read some of Camus and Sartre, and I mean, they're just such polar opposites about humanity and God. What were some of the things that helped you navigate through that terrain?[06:17] Os Guinness: Well, I personally never liked Sartre. He was a dull fish. And even later, when I went to L'Abri with Francis Schaeffer, we met people who studied under Sartre and people who had known Camus. Camus was warm, passionate. There are stories, we don't know whether they're true or not or just a rumor, that he was actually baptized just before he died in a car crash in January 1960. I don't know if that's true or not, or if that's a kind of death-bed conversion, but certainly his philosophy is profoundly human, and that's what I loved about so much of it. But at the end of the day, not adequate. You know his famous Myth of Sisyphus. He rolls the stone up the hill and it rolls down again. Rolls up, it rolls down again, and so on. A gigantic defiance against the absurdity of the universe, but with no real answers. And of course, that's what we have in the gospel.[07:19] JONATHAN: That's right, and it's sort of the meaninglessness of life, and I know a lot of high school, college students even seminary students have been deeply affected by some of his writing and have certainly felt, I think, what you're touching into there, which is that deeply personal—there's a lot of reflection in there that I think resounds with people. But as you said, it leaves you with nothing at the end of the day.So you've written quite a number of books across quite a range of topics. What is it that sort of stokes your fire, that kind of drives you? I know the Bible uses passion in a very negative, sinful sense, but it's a word we use a lot today. What is the passion that's driving you in your writings and your speaking?[08:12] Os Guinness: Well, you can never reduce it easily, but two things above all. One, making sense of the gospel for our crazy modern world. On the other hand, trying to understand the world so that responsible people can live in the world knowing where we are. Because in terms of the second, I think one of the things in the Scriptures as a whole which is much missing in the American church today is the biblical view of time. You take the idea of the signs of the times, David's men or our Lord's rebuked His generation. they could read the weather but they missed the signs of the times. So you get that incredible notion of Saint Paul talking about King David. He served God's purpose in his generation. That's an incredible idea that you so understand your generation that in some small, inadequate way we're each serving God's purpose of salt and light and so on in our generation.But many Americans, and many people around the whole world, they don't have that sense of time that you see in Scripture. I'm not quite sure why; maybe growing up in revolutionary China I've always had an incredible sense of time.[09:36] JONATHAN: You know, I think that's encouraging to hear. In our society, we get so fixated and caught up on the issues but there's almost this moment of needing to pull back and observe things from a higher perspective. And I think you do such a fantastic job of that.Let's walk through some of your more recent books, and then maybe get a peek under the curtain of what's coming, because I think you've got a couple of books that are on their way out. The Magna Carta of Humanity. This idea of Sinai and French Revolution as it sort of relates to the American Revolution. Tell us a little bit about the impetus for this and the thought process towards that.[10:25] Os Guinness: Well, the American crisis at its deepest is the great polarization today. But many people, I think, don't go down to the why. They blame it on the social media, or our former president and his tweets, or the coastals against the heartlanders and so on. But I think the deepest things are those who understand America and freedom from the perspective of the American Revolution, which was largely, sadly not completely, Christian, because it went back to the Jewish Torah, and those who understand America from the perspective of ideas coming down from the French Revolution—postmodernism, radical multiculturalism, the cancel culture, critical theory, all these things, the sexual revolution. They come from the ideas descended from Paris, not from anything to do with the Bible, and we've got to understand this.Now, the more positive way of looking at that, many Americans have no idea how the American Revolution came from the Scriptures, how notions like covenant became consitution; the consent of the governed or the separation of powers, going down the line, you have a rich, deep understanding in the Torah, the first five books of the Bible. and we've got to understand if we know how to champion these things today.But it's not just a matter of nostalgia or defending the past. I personally am passionately convinced this is the secret to the human future. What are the deepest views of human dignity, or of words, or of truth, or of freedom, or of justice, peace and so on? They are in the Bible. And we've got to explore them. So the idea from a gentleman not too far from you, Jonathan, who said we've got to unhitch our faith from the Old Testament, that's absolute disaster. A dear guy, but dead wrong. You've got to explore the Old Testament as never before, and then, of course, we can understand why the new is so wonderful.[12:46] JONATHAN: You know, Os, just going down that track a little bit, that's right; you can't have the New Testament without the Old Testament. The prophecies of Christ, the fulfillment, it all falls apart, the whole argumentation, everything almost becomes meaningless at that point. And I know the argument is that it's about the event of the crucifixion and the resurrection, but you don't have those apart from Genesis 3, of course, Genesis 1, all the way through till the end of Malachi. You can't separate these two testamental periods. It's ludicrous, and it creates so much damage, as you've said. [13:36] Os Guinness: Well you know, take some of the myths that are around today. They're very common even in evangelical circles. The Old Testament is about law; the New Testament is about love. [13:48] JONATHAN: Right.[13:49] Os Guinness: That's not right. That's a slander on the Jews. Read the beginning of Deuteronomy. The Jews, the nation, they are called to love the Lord with all their heart, soul and so on. Why did the Lord choose them? Because He loved them and set His affection on them. And you can see in Deuteronomy there's a link between liberty and loyalty and love. So right through the Scriptures, those who abandon the truth, apostasy, that's equivalent to adultery. Why? To love the Lord is to be loyal to the Lord and faithful to the Lord and so on. And we've got to see there's a tremendous amount about love, loyalty connected with liberty.I mean, a couple of weeks ago, a couple of professors writing in the New York Times said the Constitution is broken and it shouldn't be reclaimed. We need to move on, scrap it and rebuild our democracy. Now the trouble is constitutions became a matter of lawyers and law courts, the rule of law only in the Supreme Court. No, it comes from covenant. Covenant is all about freely chosen consent, a morally binding pledge. So the heart of freedom is the freedom of the heart, and we've got to get back—this is all there in the Old Testament. Did the Jews fail? Of course. That's why our Lord. but equally the church is failing today. So we've got so much to learn from the best and the worst of the experience of the Jews in the Old Testament. But to ignore the Old is absolute folly.[15:35] JONATHAN: Well, and thinking about the American Revolution and the impact of men, as you've already cited with your own family history, of Wesley and the preaching of George Whitefield in the Americas, which would have had a profound effect on the American psyche, and I think would have contributed a great deal to a lot of the writing of law and constitutional ideology.[16:02] Os Guinness: Well, the revival had a huge impact on all who created the Revolution. But some of the ideas go back, I think, to the Reformation. Not so much to Luther at this point, but to Calvin and Swingly. In Scotland, John Knox and in England Oliver Cromwell. You know, that whole notion of covenant. I mean, Cromwell said ... A lot of weird ideas came up in the 17th Century, but the 17th Century is called the Biblical Century. Why? Because through the Reformation they discovered, rediscovered, what was called the Hebrew republic—in other words, the constitution the Lord gave to the founding of His own people.So even someone like Thomas Hobbes, who was an atheist, they are discussing the Hebrew republic—in other words, Exodus and Deuteronomy. It had a tremendous impact on the rise of modern notions of freedom, and we've got to understand that.So the Mayflower Compact is a covenant. John Winthrop on the Arbella is talking about covenant. When John Adams writes the first constitution, written one, in this country, which is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, he calls it a covenant. And the American Constitution is essentially a national somewhat secularized form of covenant. And we who are heirs of that as followers of Jesus, we've got to re-explore it and realize its richness today.[17:44] JONATHAN: Turn on the news today and it feels like we're quite a distance from that. Even thinking about using a word like justice, you know, all this now it seems, to your point, this ideology from the French Revolution has really come to the forefront, certainly in the 60s, but there seems to be a new revival of this. What's contributing to that today in America?[18:17] Os Guinness: Well, James Billington, the former librarian of Congress, and others, have looked at the French Revolution, and remember only lasted 10 years in France, then came dictator Napoleon. But it was like a gigantic volcanic explosion, and out of it came their main lava flows. The first one we often ignore, which is called revolutionary nationalism, in 19th-century France and so on. You can ignore that mostly except it's very important behind the Chinese today.But the second one is the one people are aware of. Revolutionary socialism, or in one word, communism. The Russian Revolution, the Chinese Revolution. We're actually experiencing the impact of the third lava flow, revolutionary liberationism, which is not classical Marxism, communism, but cultural Marxism or neo Marxism. And that goes back to a gentleman called Antonio Gramsci in the 1920s. Now you mentioned the 60s. it became very important in the 60s because Gramsci's ideas were picked up by the Frankfurt School in the 30s, 40s, 50s, and the leading thinker in America in the 60s was Herbert Marcuso, who in many ways is the godfather of the new left in the 60s. I first came here in '68 as a tourist, six weeks. One hundred cities were burning, far worse than 1920, because of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Kennedy. But here's the point: The radicals knew that for all the radicalism in the streets, anti-Vietnam protests and so on, they wouldn't win in the streets, so they had to do what they called, copying Mao Zedong, a long march through the institutions—in other words, not the streets. Go slowly, gradually, win the colleges and universities. Win the press and media. Win what they call the culture industry—Hollywood, entertainment. And then sweep around and win the whole culture.Now here we are, more than 50 years later, they have done it. Now, in the early days, I'm a European still, I'm not American, people would never have believed that the radical left would influence what were called the fortresses of American conservatism—business, finance, the military—but all of those in the form of woke-ism have been profoundly affected. So America's at an extraordinary point in terms of the radical left being more power even than the French Revolution.[21:16] JONATHAN: Okay, so in thinking through that lines of reasoning, the people who are caught up in that today, the radicalism, is this just indoctrination? I guess what my point is, is it all intentional? Is it like Marcuso's intentionality of going through the halls of academia? Or rather is it that they've just been raised to think that this is just the way ... that it's the most opportune way to get your ideology out there?[21:56] Os Guinness: No, it's thoroughly intention. But of course, always there's a creative minority who eventually win over the majority who are hardly aware of it. You mentioned justice. I was on calls for a California pastor last year and I said to them, “You brothers have drunk the Kool-Aid.” They didn't realize how much of their understanding of justice owed everything to the radical left and nothing to the Hebrew prophets. So you know how the left operate. It analyzes discourage. How do ordinary people speak? And so you look for the majority/minority, the oppressors/the victims. When you've found the victim, which is a group, not an individual, you weaponize them and set up a constant conflict of powers in order to subvert the status quo.But as the Romans point out, if you only have power, no truth—and remember in the postmodern world God is dead for them, truth is completely dead following Nietzsche, so all that's left is power. And the only possible outcome, if you think it through logically (which they don't) is what the Romans call the peace of despotism—in other words, you have a power so unrivaled since you've put down every other power, you have peace. But it's authoritarian. That's where we're going increasingly today. You take the high-tech media and so on, a very dangerous moment for freedom of conscience, for freedom of speech, and for freedom of assembly. America is really fighting for its life. But sadly it's not. Most people are asleep.[23:43] JONATHAN: Well, and that's right. That's sort of the hinge point, isn't it? So let's talk just briefly about the education system. We're thinking sort of elementary, middle school, high school education system. So here in Atlanta there are sort of options that are presented to parents, right? There's the public school system; there's the private, often Christian, private school system; and then there's a home school option. And parents are all trying to navigate this. Now I'm sure you've heard arguments that you can send your kids to the public school because if Christians abandon the public school, then where is the witness, where es the influence with the greater population who are just asleep or whatever it is? If you send them out to the private school, your children will be protected, but how much exposure are they getting to thoughts and philosophies that if you sort of rein them in—And I guess this is really more to the home school spectrum, which is almost like an over-protection. These kids go to university and it's the first exposure they've had to some of these thoughts, and professors are going out of their way to convince these students that the way that they were raised was very fallen, broken; their parents were brainwashing them, etc. Just thinking about some of those differing options and thought process, how do you think through that as a thinker, as a social critic, as a Christian? How do you weigh into that?[25:17] Os Guinness: Well, you try and sort of isolate some of the different factors. So you've been talking rightly about the personal and the family concerns, which are fundamental absolutely. And I think that very much varies with the child. But with all of the words, home schooling, whatever, you want to keep them ahead of the game so they know what's coming. Francis Schaeffer often used to stress that. So people go to the secular university. Keep them ahead of the game so that they know what's coming and they know some preliminary apologetics so they know how to make a good stand and be faithful without being washed away. You've also—in other words, what you said is fundamental, I agree with that, but there's also a national dimension. So the public schools, and I'm not arguing that everyone has to go to them, but they were very, very important because they were the center of passing on the unum of the e pluribus unum, out of man, one. Put it this way. As the Jews put it, if any project lasts longer than a single generation, you need families, you need schools, you need history. It doesn't get passed on.So when Moses talked about the night before Passover, he never mentioned freedom, he never mentioned the Promised Land of milk and honey. He told them how to tell their story to children so that freedom could last. Now, the public schools used to do that, so you have people from Ireland or Italy or China or Mexico, it didn't matter because the public schools gave them civic education, the unum. That was thrown out at the end of the 60s. In came Howard Zinn and his alternative views, and more recently the 1619 project. So the public school, as a way of americanizing and integrating, collapsed. And that's a disaster for the republic.Now, take the added one that President Biden has added, immigration. As scholars put it, it's still relatively easy to become an American: get your papers, your ID and so on. It's almost impossible now to know what it is to be American, and particularly you say the 4 million who have come in in the Biden years, they're not going to be inducted into American citizenship, so the notion of citizenship collapses through the public schools and through an open border. It's just a folly beyond any words. It is historic, unprecedented folly, an absolute disaster.Of course, we've got to say, back to your original question, the same is true not only of freedom but of faith. So parents handing on, transmitting to their kids, very, very important.I would add one more thing, Jonathan. It's very much different children. My own son, whom I adore, is a little bit of a contrarian. If he'd gone to a Christian college, he might have become a rebel in some of the poorer things of some of them. He went to a big, public university, University of Virginia, and it cemented and deepened his faith because he stood against the tide and he came out with a much stronger faith than when he went in.[28:59] JONATHAN: I love that. I think you're right on with that. And I think it's good for people to hear and know the history and have awareness of this. Now I want to make a very subtle and gentle shift, and if you don't want to talk about it, that's fine. But you are a British citizen. Am I correct on that?[29:18] Os Guinness: I am.[29:21] JONATHAN: Queen Elizabeth has passed and now it's King Charles III and there's much talk about comments he's made in the past in terms of the Defender of the Faith. I read a quote from Ian Bradley, who is a professor at the University of Saint Andrews, he says, “Charles's faith is more spiritual and intellectual. He's more of a spiritual seeker.”Is this sort of a microcosm of what's happening in the UK, this sort of shift from the queen, who very much had a very Christo-centric faith, to Charles and sort of emphasis on global warming and different issues of the day? Is this sort of a microcosm of what we're seeing?[30:22] Os Guinness: Well, the queen had a faith that was very real and very deep, and she was enormously helped by people like Billy Graham…[30:29] JONATHAN: John Stott.[30:30] Os Guinness: --John Stott and so on. So her faith was very, very genuine. His? He's probably got more of an appreciation for the Christian faith than many European leaders today. So the Christian faith made Western civilization, and yet most of the intelligentsia in Europe have abandoned the faith that made it. So Prince Charles, as you say, a rather New Age spirituality, and he's extraordinarily open to Islam through money from Saudi Arabia. I don't have the highest hopes for him, although I must say the challenge of being king will remind him of the best of his mother. Even when the archbishop said in the sermon that he wanted people to know that Prince Charles had a Christian faith, I felt it was a glimmer of the fact he realizes, you know, his mother's position was wonderful, so it's very much open.Now I am an Anglican, as you are. Back in 1937, the greatest of all the Catholic historians on Western civilization predicted—this is 1937, almost a century ago—that the day would come in some future coronation when people would raise the questions, “Was it all a gigantic bluff? Because the power of the monarchy, and more importantly, the credibility of the faith, had both undermined themselves to such an extent it didn't mean anything.” I think we're incredibly close to that with King Charles. I also think, sadly, that the Archbishop of Canterbury, who preached wonderfully well yesterday, has done a good job in the celebrations and so on, the pageantry, but does a rotten job in leading the church as the church. And so the Church of England is in deep trouble in terms of its abandoning orthodoxy. It's a very critical moment. Will Charles go deeper or revert to the way he's been for the last few decades? I don't know. I'm watching.[33:02] JONATHAN: And then sort of just transitioning from there to what you see as faith in the United States. I think you have a new book coming out, Zero Hour America: History's Ultimatum Over Freedom and the Answer We Must Give. Let's bridge that gap between trajectory in the UK and now in the United States. What similarities and differences are you seeing?[33:26] Os Guinness: Well, in Europe the great rival to the Christian faith was in the 18th century, the Enlightenment. And it's almost completely swept the intelligentsia of Europe. Until recently, America was not fully going that way, and in the last decade or so it has. The rise of the religious nones, etc. etc. So in most areas that are intellectual, America too has abandoned the faith that made it. Of course, part of the American tragedy is the intelligentsia have not only abandoned the faith that made America; they've abandoned the Revolution that made America. So you have a double crisis here.Now, I am, like you, a follower of Jesus. I'm absolutely undaunted. The Christian faith, if it's true, would be true if no one believed it. So the lies of the nones or whatever just means a lot of people didn't realize in one sense that they're just spineless. If it's true, it's not a matter of popularity or polls. I like the old saying, “Damn the polls and think for yourself.” And Americans are far too other-directed. The polls are often badly formulated in terms of their questions. The question is, is the faith true and what are the answers it gives us to lead our lives well? And I have no question it's not only good news, it is the best news ever in terms of where humanity is today. So this is an extraordinary moment to be a follower of Jesus. We have the guardianship and the championship of the greatest news ever.[35:14] JONATHAN: Amen. Well, and let's make one final link there, which is we talked a lot about Western countries, the UK, the US, but you were born and spent quite a lot of time in China. Let's think about not necessarily specifically China, but non-Western countries. You travel quite frequently. What are you seeing in those non-Western countries that perhaps is giving you hope or positivity?[35:47] Os Guinness: God promised to Abraham in him all the families of the Earth will be blessed. DNA is in the heart of the Scriptures, and of course our Lord's Great Commission. But as we look around the world today, thank God Christian faith is the most populace faith on the Earth. So the one place it's not doing well is the highly modernized West. It is flourishing in sub-Sahara Africa. Or in Asia, where I happen to be born, in China—nothing to do with me—was the most rapid growth, exponential growth, of the church in 2,000 years. So I have no fear for the faith at all. And of course we believe it's true.But the question, Will the West return to the faith that made it? I hope that our sisters and brothers in the global south will help us come back just as we took the faith to them. And I know many African brothers and sisters and many Korean brothers and sisters, Chinese too, that's their passion. And we must welcome it. I know so many Koreans, what incredible people of prayer. Up at 5:00, thousands of them praying together. When I was a boy in England, prayer meetings were strong in churches. They're not strong in most American churches today. We've become highly secularized, so we've got a huge amount to learn from the Scriptures, of course, above all, but from our brothers and sisters in the rest of the world reminding us of what we used to believe and we've lost.[37:33] JONATHAN: What a great reminder. Well, Os Guinness, I know you've got a busy schedule and we're so grateful that you've taken the time to be on Candid Conversations. We've talked about quite a lot. We're going to put a link to your website in our show notes, and all fantastic books that you've put out and new ones coming out, and we look forward to hopefully having you on again in the future.[38:00] Os Guinness: Well, thank you. Real privilege to be on with you.[38:02] JONATHAN: God bless you. Thank you.

Host Brandon Contes interviews "Inside the NBA" host and co-host of "The Big Podcast with Shaq," Adam Lefkoe. Brandon and Adam discuss a wide range of topics including lots of talk about "Inside the NBA" and the crew, reporting that Doc Rivers was heading to the Milwaukee Bucks and the uneasiness throughout the night when that wasn't immediately confirmed, interviewing LeBron James after he broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's career scoring record, and more.For even more discussion, head over to awfulannouncing.com and follow us on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, TikTok, Bluesky, and YouTube: @awfulannouncing.-:55: Going viral-1:37: Building an audience after going viral-4:08: Building a career in sports media-5:52: Starting in the midwest-8:05: Syracuse grads entering sports media-9:56: "Seinfeld"-10:51: "SportsCenter" anchor?-13:29: Jerry Seinfeld-14:30: Being Shaquille O'Neal's co-host-18:35: Similarities between hosting podcast with Shaq and hosting "Inside the NBA"-20:37: Reason why Shaq was late Tuesday night?-22:29: Preparation changes when Shaq is late-24:21: First season working for TNT-29:28: Working in the bubble-31:07: Benefits of having Shaq there for the Tuesday show-33:19: Pressure of being compared to the Thursday “Inside the NBA” show?-35:37: Camaraderie between both shows-37:40: Ernie Johnson as an influence-39:29: Getting to know Charles Barkley-42:54: Will Charles retire?-43:54: What makes the “Inside the NBA” group so special?-46:56: Thinking of the future-48:42: “Monday Night Football” “audition” with Pat McAfee-51:31: Envisioning McAfee's dominance in sports media-52:33: Reporting the "Doc Rivers to Bucks" news-56:53: Worry about pushback on report-58:01: Hosting "NBA on TNT Tuesday" when LeBron James broke the career scoring record

"We're just 2 girls. Standing in front of a microphone. Asking you to cook for us.” Join the girls as they break down Valentine's Day and the celebrity-ness of the Super Bowl. Who attended? Who was booed? Why is Ice Spice there? We touch on the Taylor and Travis of it all - because, well, we just have to. Plus, shout out to the Class of 2006… how'd you like your halftime show?Then in deeper news - we make our predictions on where the Royals are heading after some serious health issues within the Firm. Is Kate ok? Will Charles abdicate? Will the brothers make amends? Does Harry have a Gmail account? Can Janette say Nostradamus enough times to update the algorithm on her phone?Tune in to the latest ChickChat - on The MESH Podcast Network… we predict you'll love it! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After 6 Seasons, Mr. Oleson finally gets to take center stage. Annoyed with being taken for granted for so long, Mr. Oleson decides to hit the open road with a mobile emporium business. Out on a business trip, he meets the jovial Molly Reardon who slowly starts to develop feelings for Mr. Oleson. Feelings that Mr.Oleson is started to develop as well. Meanwhile, back in Walnut Grove, Harriet is starting to feel the absence of her husband when he isn't there but also when he is. It's not until Mr.Oleson meets Molly's Father that he realizes what type of person he wants to be. How well do we REALLY know Mr. Oleson? Anyone else notice how little of Albert there was in this episode? Will Charles ever forget another wedding anniversary? Spotify Playlist Episode Track List —————— Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka Sorry I Love You - Magnetic Fields The Wearing of the Green  - Judy garland  Shake A Tail Feather  - The Five Du-Tones Day After Tomorrow - Tom Waits Cardigan  - Taylor Swift  Tracey - The Cuff Links  All mix up - 311

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Will Charles and Ashleigh be free of Catherine's plots or will Catherine retain the upper hand? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valerie-harvey/message

New Guest Expert! On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca revisits the royal affair between Charles & Camilla with Professor Nicoletta Gullace. An Associate Professor of Modern British History at the University of New Hampshire, Nicoletta gives new insight into this longstanding royal relationship and shares some fascinating thoughts about the public's reaction which has The Alarmist crew second guessing themselves. After, if you're a Patreon subscriber, tune in for the post interview discussion and reactions with Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early. Will Charles & Camilla stay in The Alarmist Jail?!Join our Patreon!We have merch!Join our Discord!Tell us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.comEmail us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram @thealarmistpodcastFollow us on Twitter @alarmistThe Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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It's race week in Monaco! The most iconic F1 race on the calendar and yet will there be enough action? Only time will tell, but historically it's pretty snoozy. This week we break down the rumors swirling in the Paddock, discuss the F1 Royal Wedding, and debate the intersection of sports and entertainment. Will the Merc upgrades be enough to put the silver arrows on poll? Will Charles free himself of the Monaco Curse? Will there be any drama in this race? We will eagerly await Sunday to find out! The Athletic article Danielle referenced: https://theathletic.com/4546604/2023/05/24/f1-drs-overtaking/ Follow Us: Instagram || TikTok || Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pushpush/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pushpush/support

Andrew won't leave.  Will Charles have to turn off the heat and lights? A former friend of Meghan's says she was ghosted once she got all royally dating.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We in the den for another one. Nyasha from QuickStop F1 chops it up with the family. We take off and the Wolf Fam put some pressure on us with fire questions. Can Mercedes develop through the season and be competitive? Is the W14 a prototype? Will Charles stay with Ferrari? Will Hamilton leave Mercedes? What if another team breaches the Cost Cap?  

Disclaimer: SPOILERS!! Juan, Kevin, and Marc review the 2022 film, "Brian and Charles", directed by Jim Archer, starring David Earl and Chris Hayward. It's love at first megabyte as lonely inventor, Brian, creates life and friendship in the form of a robot named Charles, who is made out of a washing machine and other random things. It's pretty fantastic until troubling neighbors come a-knocking and Charles wants to experience more of the world than the green pastures of Brian's quiet village. Will the cowardly Brian find the courage to stand up to a bully? Will Charles get to see his electric dreams come true? Is this a film worth investing an hour and a half into? We discuss all this and more in what is sure to be an a.i.-conic episode. Cheers!

A return to the occult shop yielded a much different set of information. The return of an old acquaintance has surprised our investigators, but the actions of Gregor Gregorius have stunned them even more. Will Charles' actions be the worst mistake he's ever made? We continue Berlin: The Wicked City Part II, Dances of Vice, Horror, and Ecstasy. Starring: Amy as Adalade Flynn as Fredrich Emily as Sebine (Dottie) Spencer as Charles   Want to leave a comment? -Email therancorsbrothel@gmail.com.  -Follow us on Twitter @Rancors_Brothel.

On a special episode of ChickChat, the girls recap the recent death and funeral of The Queen. Protocol, procedures, and pedigree play a huge part in these unique events and we're here for the {english} tea. Of course, they break down the tension between the “Fab Four” and make guesses as to how things will look in the coming year for the family. Will Charles be able to keep his cool? Will Harry return home? Why do the dogs go to Andrew? When did Charlotte become the etiquette expert? And can we get some more Edward in our lives, please?? Tune in for thoughts, predictions, and overall gushing of the events… it's a Royal Affair on ChickChat!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom died earlier today at the age of 96. She reigned over the United Kingdom and the broader commonwealth for more than 70 years. David marks this occasion with Ed Luce of the Financial Times. How should we think about the legacy of one of the world's longest reigning Monarchs? Is the Monarchy in the United Kingdom in danger of falling? Will Charles be able to succeed her? Find out the answers to these and other questions during this historic episode. Join us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom died earlier today at the age of 96. She reigned over the United Kingdom and the broader commonwealth for more than 70 years. David marks this occasion with Ed Luce of the Financial Times. How should we think about the legacy of one of the world's longest reigning Monarchs? Is the Monarchy in the United Kingdom in danger of falling? Will Charles be able to succeed her? Find out the answers to these and other questions during this historic episode. Join us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know his name...CW: NoneTranscriptPatrons Justin Schwarzer, Xeno, Curtis F Weber, Will Charles, Owen, DBXTech, and ProcrastiNathanCast & Crew:SCP-3208 was written by djkaktus and Doctor CimmerianNarrator - Jon GrilzKent - Damon AlumsD-9931 - Russ MoreHostetler - Brandon NguyenLang - Jesse Hall ____________Sound Designer - Travis McMasterMusic by Matt Roi BergerTheme Song by Tom Rory ParsonsShowrunner - Pacific S. ObadiahProducers - Tom Owen & Brad MiskaPresented by Bloody Disgustingwww.Bloody-Disgusting.com www.SCParchives.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scp_pod Twitter: https://twitter.com/scp_pod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scppod Discord: https://discord.gg/tJEeNUzeZX Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will Charles and Nicola Johnstone, Executive Director and Head of IP at UniServices respectively, join us on the podcast this week to discuss how New Zealand's largest university is making waves in the technology transfer space (for the last 2 years it was ranked number one in Time's Higher Education University Impact Ratings!). UniServices is the University of Auckland's technology transfer office, but as you will hear today, it is so much more than just that! Their vision is ‘Idea to Impact' and they have three approaches that they use to achieve this. They are also committed to unlocking the innovation potential of Māori knowledge which has been ignored for so long.  Tune in for a colorful conversation about some of their greatest achievements and greatest challenges, how they measure their success, their thoughts on corporate partnerships and technology transfer organizations, as well as their hopes for the future!    In This Episode: [00:52] Introducing today's guests, Will and Nicola, from UniServices at the University of Auckland. [03:04] Will shares what his journey in the technology transfer space has looked like to date.  [04:42] Nicola's background and what drew her to technology transfer.  [07:12] New Zealand's foundational document, and examples of the many lessons to be learned from the Māori worldview.  [10:33] What Will sees as the key to UniServices' success.  [12:15] UniServices' vision, and the three ways they turn this vision into reality.  [13:44] How UniServices differs from a traditional technology transfer office.  [14:58] The structure of Nicola's IP team at UniServices.  [16:28] How Will's Commercialization team at UniServices is structured.   [17:50] Impact that UniServices has created over the past few years.   [20:08] How UniServices supports start-ups that come out of the University of Auckland.  [27:43] UniServices' approach to social innovation.  [29:52] How UniServices addressed the issue of lack of diversity within their committees.  [34:08] The fundamental role of UniServices' corporate partnerships. [37:48] The University of Auckland's sophisticated philanthropic arm.   [39:02] Some of UniServices' most memorable success stories.   [45:26] Nicola and Will share the biggest challenge that they are currently facing.  [47:31] Programs within the University of Auckland that aim to enhance women and minorities' involvement in research and entrepreneurship.  [51:15] Value that Will and Nicola see in technology transfer organizations.    [54:28] Nicola's wishes for the future. [55:34] Will's wishes for the future.    UniServices: Website   Find Will: Email LinkedIn   Find Nicola: Email LinkedIn  

So now we know who Dion is ... Also! Will Charles take the offer to work at Ellesmere? We're discussing and analyzing episodes 163-166 of Let's Play by Mongie! SUPPORT MONGIE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/mongrelmarie LET'S PLAY VOLUME 1 ON AMAZON https://amz.run/4r6V MUSIC CREDIT: Isabella LeVan https://www.instagram.com/isabellalevan https://open.spotify.com/artist/3mHmktHG4sbkGsCORnaNT3?si=Nx2DvyOGQyatxudvD3ik9Q Connect with Girl Wonder:  My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/girlwonder My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTk-JbxxAnf5TKyeCchNRHA twitter.com/girlwonderpod instagram.com/girlwonderpodcast Email: girlwondersquad (at) gmail (dot) com Buy me a coffee: http://ko-fi.com/girlwonderpodcast

Cole and Charles gather around the campfire to debate Kendrick Lamar's Section.80 and pick its best song. Will Charles continue his streak of normie picks? Will Cole once again choose a deep cut? Cast your vote in the poll below and follow the LSS playlist, updated weekly. LAST SONG STANDING is a new show from Dissect and The Ringer. Each season focuses on one artist in attempt to determine their greatest song of all time by debating through their ENTIRE catalog. New episodes publish Thursdays on the Dissect feed. Hosts: Cole Cuchna & Charles Holmes Producer: Justin Sayles Audio Production: Kevin Pooler Theme Music: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mary is left in charge as Charles and Caroline head out on a two day trip to Twin Falls. It's not a luxurious suite, fancy train ride or tasty meals, but a trip away from home is still a trip for Caroline. While Laura has to deal with Mary being the authoritative figure at Plum Creek, the surrounding area is having, what they believe to be, are attacks on barn animals by a pack of wolves. When Laura and Andy Garvey, the son of new resident Jonathan Garvey, comer across a trapped "Dog" they rescue it and bring it home. Only to discover what they brought home was a she-wolf and her pups. It doesn't take long before this suppose-to-be-a secret is released into the community. With Harriet Oleson leading the charge or at least sharing the information with Judd Larabee, also a new resident whom happens to haver some history with Jonathan Garvey. Realizing the animals are not safe at his place Andy Takes them to Plum Creek. As little Carrie calls Laure in for Dinner, the pack of animals come down and trap the Ingallas girls, Andy Garvey, two pups, a she-wolf, and Bandit in the barn. Before long the pack finds its way into the barn, moving the group to even higher ground. In a long shot, Bandit, is sent out the window to retrieve Jonathan Garvey and help is delivered. And what is finally reavealed to the residents of Walnut Grove this assumed pack of wolves was actual a pack of wild dogs. Does anyone in Walnut Grove know what a wolf looks like? Will Mary ever want to be left in charge again? Will Charles build a roof of sorts for the chicken coop?

In this episode we learn more about Theo and his relationships with his father and others in the Arconia. Get ready to out your reading glasses on, this whole episode is very quit with little to no sound we just hear muffles and some background noise. What will Mabel and Charles find when they go sloothing, will Theo catch them? What will teddy think when Theo shows him what he has fou!nd? Will Charles and Jan seal the deal? Listen and find out! Thank you for tuning in if you could please rate/like/review wherever you listen to podcasts that would be amazing. Remeber season 2 of Only Murders in the Building begin stream June 28th only on Hulu

The Queen is getting older and slowing down slightly, Prince Charles is getting doing more, and for the past few years, even decades, there has been one thing on the public's mind. Today we try to understand the public's opinion on the question: Will Charles be a good King?

As "The Weakest Link" returns to the BBC, we speak with three creatives who've been intimately involved in the highly-successful quiz format. Lynn Sutcliffe (now M.D. of Mighty Productions) explains how she helped develop the initial idea of a week-long holiday competition into an intensive psychological battle. Next, Will Charles explains how the show's iconic lighting design came about, somewhat by accident. Finally, Aaron Solomon explains how he re-evaluated the format for modern audiences in his role of co-exec producer on NBC's version in the US.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-show-podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A quiet evening on the prairie is interrupted by...a twister. The action on scene lasts only moments but the repercussions last the remaining of the episode. Charles is not only struck upside the head by a wooden plank , he is also struck with questioning his faith and makes a rash decisions to move the family back to Wisconsin. However, the womenfolk in the family are trying to prevent this action. Unfortunately, practically overnight, the Ingallas end up with a potential buyer of the property. In fact, we come to find out the buyers 1) lived on the land 40 years ago 2) built the sod house and 3) also had an experience with a tornado on the land. hmmm...Ghosts of Walnut Grove past/present/future? While Charles is taking care of things to get ready to move, the episode's second story line kicks in....the budding relationship/feelings between Big Sister Mary and John Junior Sanderson. And it only took a tornado to bring them together. While these young lovebirds are exploring and being introduced to new feelings, Charles, after ignoring the advice from everyone...comes to a decisions that will affect the Ingallas family. However, the Potential Buyer of the land has some plans of his own. Will Charles soon realize that he needs to listen to the womenfolk in the family first? Now that she's had the experience, Will Laura respond sooner when seeking shelter during a tornado? Did we just finish season 2 with a relationship cliffhanger?

Another jam-packed reign, with possibly the most tricky and controversial ranking yet. A lot of deliberation was cut from the ranking segments! Will Charles the Bald make his father Louis the Pious proud, by reviving the glory of his namesake Charlemagne? Or will he be chopped up ... like a turnip?Once you have listened, what will you think of Charles the Bald? Was he a peak or a trough of the Carolingian period? Did he deserve the judgement we gave him? We are particularly keen to hear your thoughts on this one, so flock to our socials to let us know. Also BIG NEWS! We are doing a collaboration with the PONTIFACTS podcast over Christmas and talking about the patron saints of France. Which would you love to hear us cover? 

When Charles and Mr. Edwards arrive in Mankato with their fresh crop ready to sell, they are greeted with the news that this is a Bumper crop. Which sounds like great news but sadly, it's not. Unsure how to make ends meet, these two sign up for a freighting job that pays really well but can also be categorized as "high risk". Just how high of a risk? Enough to merit a $5,000 insurance policy paid to the heirs of accident victims. It's not like Charles, Mr.Edwards and another Hired hand named Murphy are left all on their own. There's Henry Hill, a man who has done this work a few times already. And although Henry Hill has plenty of experience with transporting this explosive material, Murphy doesn't feel comfortable working with a man who looks like that (His words, not mine). But, Henry Hill says men like Murphy stopped bothering him the day he was born and reckons it's only a 10 day job and can put up with it for that time. This caravan sets out on a slow trek that involves keeping a close eye for rocks and chuckholes, rising temperatures, down trees and even robbers. Meanwhile, Caroline, Grace Snider Edwards, and all the children are at home waiting for these men to make it back. Will Charles and Mr. Edwards reconsider their lives as famers since it never seems to be working out for them? Will we ever get to meet Henry Hill again? Why is Murphy a jerk even though he might have dealt with prejudices in his own life too?

When Walnut Grove gets its first bank, the possibilities seem endless for the town residents. However, first it has to be approved by the banker, Ebenezer Sprague…good luck with that. Doesn't matter if it's a loan or a donation, nothing is coming out of the Bank's Safe. In his off time, Ebenezer Sprague likes to spend it down by the water fishing. And that's how he meets Laura. Disregarding the whole don't talk to strangers, Laura makes a new friend who she meets up with after school and after her chores are done. Laura couldn't be happier with her new friendship and fishing buddy, that is until it's pointed out who her new friend really is. Will Ebenezer Sprague live up to the name he was given? Will Charles get a loan to help him farm 40 more acres? Was it worth is to actually open a bank if no one is getting help from it?

Season 1 Finale!!! It's time to celebrate and a have a good time. And that's exactly what the residents of Walnut Grove are planning with Founder's Day: A whole day of games, contests and Blue Ribbons. Regular Blue Ribbons, not Pabst Blue Ribbons. There is something for everyone at Founder's Day. Meanwhile, Charles is having a little bit of rivalry with Jim Tyler, former Bull of the Woods, who is helping out at Hanson's Mill while Mr. Edwards is on a supply run. Charles has his youth, work ethic and great attitude to get things done. Jim Taylor has years of experience as a logger and makes it known he could sure use the help of a real Logger and not a Farmer pretending to be one. It isn't long before these two men are feeling the tension. Tension so thick you could cut it with a crosscut saw. Will Charles be able to put this bull of the woods out to pasture? Will Jim Tyler prove he's got what it takes to be the best around? Who is going to win the most Blue Ribbons to take back home?

The knockouts start today and Charles, Danny and Neil are here to preview both Wales v Denmark and Italy v Austria. How will the Welsh get on without Ampadu? Do Austria stand any chance in Rome? Will Charles show his fantastic football knowledge? Farm, fence and moon chat all included for free! *Warning: This episode includes the world's most boring anecdote* ----- Make sure to press the follow button in your podcast app so you never miss an episode. Search https://my.captivate.fm/twitter.com/Euro2020ToMe (@Euro2020ToMe) and follow us on Twitter to join in the fun, and email us with your Euros stories, facts and adulation: euro2020tome@gmail.com Please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and/or Podchaser. It makes us smile and helps other people to find the pod and decide to listen to it. Thanks! It's All Euro 2020 To Me is produced by https://my.captivate.fm/vibrantsoundmedia.com (Vibrant Sound Media) Title Music "Building A Fort" is by Cody Martin Artwork designed by https://twitter.com/dpadesign2020?s=21 (DPA Design)

It's time to take a look at the Group of Hipsters... or Group B as it is known. Our preview is here! We've all tried a nice, frothy Belgian beer in our time and that might be all that awaits Eden Hazard, Kevin de Bruyne and the rest of Belgium's squad as the so called 'Golden Generation' enter the last chance saloon. Everyone's favourite kit manufacturer, Hummel's Denmark side have a lot to do if they are to repeat their exploits of Euro '92. Will Charles' soft spot for Kasper Schmeichel be enough to see them through the group stage though? Finland are definitely the most hipster team of the group. Don't believe us? Ask your mate with the beard comb who his 2nd team is this summer. See. Told you so! Ah Russia. After a decent performance on home turf at World Cup 2018, who would have thought we'd be talking about one of their players masturbating on the internet? No, me neither. Produced by https://my.captivate.fm/vibrantsoundmedia.com (Vibrant Sound Media) Title Music "Building A Fort" by Cody Martin Artwork by https://twitter.com/dpadesign2020?s=21 (DPA Design)

Will Charles slim the Royal Family to just SIX people?And did the Kate Middleton Mafia go on a PR campaign, because there sure have been a lot of Kate Is Wonderful articles lately.

Will Charles name Camilla Queen? How would that go over? That may be enough to keep the actual Queen around another 20 years.Meanwhile, that wonderful Kate Middleton is seen as a perfect Queen in waiting.

Happy April 1! The LoG are back to discuss the pilot episode of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's HBO sports comedy/drama Ballers. Who is Spencer Strasmore? Why is he popping pills? Will Ricky Jerrett get signed? Will Charles sell a car? APRIL FOOLS! Fast forward to 12:00 to begin the episode breakdown To support the LoG on Patreon visit: https://www.patreon.com/lordsofgrantham To buy LoG Merchandise visit: https://www.teepublic.com/user/lords-of-grantham-podcast

There's a new banker in town and he's not looking to make any new friends.   But that's exactly what he finds when he meets Laura at the fishing hole, until he finds out who she.  Can Laura win over the sullen money man?  Will Charles be able to buy more farmland?  Find out on this episode.  

The Ingallas family finally arrives in Walnut Grove, Minnesota on the Banks of Plum Creek. It's time to get some oxen, load some lumber and build a house…again. Charles makes a deal to get his dream of a wheat field going, but it comes with a catch. Will Charles, Caroline and the girls loss everything after they only just got here?

Well, we did it. We did a "part 2" instead of just totally abandoning the premise! The Mummy has captured Rebecca! Will Charles free her? Will the Halloween Superstore sell something that smells like the booster seat at a Shoney's? The answers to these questions and less are just a click away!

SPOILER FREE. Dylan calls an EMERGENCY meeting of the Friends Talking Fantasy Podcast to pitch The Poppy War Series by R.F. Kuang to Charles. Will Charles agree to add The Poppy War Series to our jam-packed reading schedule? Listen to find out!

Breaking News: Mr. Windy has been caught in another lie. Listen to our favorite fisherman do some crawfishin', some splainin' and let's just pile on the lies. Will Charles still be Running On Empty of can he make the move to High Cotton? Tune in and pass out.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://cash.app/$mrwindy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12:20 Gary Potter15:26 Memes of Production19:00 Joaquin Phoenix & The Joker25:35 Traditions for Proposals & Engagements39:25 Pope Leo X & Martin Luther43:15 Sugar Skull Tradition43:46 The Angel of Death45:00 Mystery of Faith Origins45:50 Will Charles write a certain book46:40 Does Charles Know Both Sides of WW255:10 Christopher Dawson59:10 Mary Losing Jesus in the Temple1:03:00 Choosing Different Devotions1:14:15 Shane Leslie's Ghost BookSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/tumblarhouse)

Hello X-Friends! This episode we're discussing the first half of X-Men Apocalypse, the long awaited follow to the excellent Days of Future Past. Does it continue the trend of mostly excellent X-Men movies? Will Scott and Jean kiss? Will Charles and Eric kiss? Will Gary and Jeremy kiss?!?! Listen to find out. Gary is on Twitter (https://twitter.com/garybuh), and Jeremy is too (https://twitter.com/jggreer). Duckfeed is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/duckfeedtv), which is a great place to support the show. Keep up with the podcast by checking out our Schedule Page (https://daysoffuturecast.com/schedule).

Richard Valentine, Patrick Doherty, Nigel Saunders and Will Charles discuss the ins and outs of live television, from switching cameras every few seconds to racing to hair and makeup between scenes. Live the drama with this gripping masterclass!

Intro Buckle up for a whopper of an intro full of stories, humour, and fun. Well, at least one of those. In this episode Kevin not-so-humble brags about visiting Iceland. Apparently he’s going with a company called Adventures with Geeks, which will be mentioned again in the recommendation section. Rob sounds like he’d really like to go; look for his GoFundMe page coming soon. Rob takes a deep dive into the world of Live Action RolePlay, LARP. Apparently he desperately wants to “scare some nerds,” which makes him sound like an extra from a DirecTV sequel to Revenge of the Nerds. What drove James to become a vigilante? What terrible, unspeakable horror formed his specific hatred of LARPing? Stay tuned true believer, for this episode reveals his dark origins. (Soon to be a major motion picture written by Rob Alderman and Kevin Stover. I hear Guillermo del Toro is interested in directing) ‘Nuff said! BTW, Jeremy’s still mia. The Show Welcome to AIB Theatre. Today’s show, Why Won’t it Blend or Appliance Un-plugged, is brought to you by Ninja Blender. It features a harrowing tale of customer support gone awry. Will Charles, played by Kevin, be able to get support for his problems? Zach, played by James, does his best to assist. Let’s just say that it’s a good thing James and Kevin already have jobs, because the reviews aren’t kind. This begs, or at least passive-aggressively mutters, the question, “How do you handle trouble clients?” James, Rob, and Kevin dive into this topic in today’s episode. Rob suggests staying humble with clients and being willing to apologize for the situation, even if you aren't taking responsibility. Often, clients just want to be reassured that you hear them, and they are usually willing to talk about why they are upset. If they aren’t willing to talk about it, then maybe they aren’t your client. According to Kevin, setting expectations is also super-important. Whether you run a product or services business, letting customers know what to expect up front can avoid a lot of confusion and pain later. That’s why I write these show notes as honestly as I possibly can; I want the reader to know what they can expect from this podcast. The hosts also discuss the idea of intervening on behalf of employees when a client becomes abusive or aggressive. Rob suggests that the customer isn’t always right, but they should always be treated with respect. I don’t even have a joke about that. That’s just a good policy. In the end, James proclaims that it all comes down to communication. So, there you go. You don’t have to listen to this episode now. With clients, with your friends, with your spouse, just communicate better. Our Recommendations Rob recommends an article from NPR way back in 2010 that explores how a mother’s pitch and tone soothe babies and how that same science can apply to adults. He likes to use his voice to hug clients when he’s not allowed to hug clients, which doesn’t sound creepy at all. I’m not sure how good the science in the article is, but Rob’s voice definitely puts me to sleep. Kevin shills for Adventures with Geeks, a company that organizes retreats for those who work in or around the tech industry. One of their upcoming events is an adult summer camp, and judging by the description, I would say that the people behind it got to attend “regular” summer camp instead of “Christian” summer camp. I think Christian summer camp ended more teenage relationships than...whatever teens are into these days. I may be a bit out of touch with teen culture. James decides to completely subvert the point of recommendations by recommending something that you literally cannot yet consume. He hawks his yet-to-be-named podcast about parenting, specifically dads reviewing children’s books. At the time of this writing, the podcast has still yet to be named, much less recorded. I will say this though, it will be refreshing to finally hear a middle-class, middle-aged white man telling people how to parent.  

This week we talk Kevin Smith’s True North trilogy, Geoff Johns clarifies some things about DC: Rebirth, Iron Fist has been cast, the second Daredevil season 2 trailer, and Paul tries to steer us into the skid.  Will your heroes survive?  How long will they be grounded?  Will Charles and Ibbott ever let them use the car, again? EXCLUSIVE: GEOFF JOHNS DETAILS "REBIRTH" PLAN, SEEKS TO RESTORE LEGACY TO DC UNIVERSE http://bit.ly/1Lwawoe   Games Of Thrones' Finn Jones Rumored To Be Playing Iron Fist http://bit.ly/1TcPRgQ   Filming of the Kevin Smith's final "True North Trilogy" film, Moose Jaws, begins http://on.fb.me/1RsvYN3   Marvel's Daredevil - Season 2 - Official Trailer - Part 2 - Netflix [HD] https://youtu.be/2Cn3DVV0LHY   You can find Travis at www.theblazingdefender.com   Hosts: Charles McFall, Paul Klotz, Brian Ibbott, and Chris Wisdom Producer: Mike Woodard Publisher:  Chris Wisdom Breaking the Panel is brought to you by the Giant Size Team Up Network. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakingthepanel/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/breakingthepanel/support

This week we talk Kevin Smith’s True North trilogy, Geoff Johns clarifies some things about DC: Rebirth, Iron Fist has been cast, the second Daredevil season 2 trailer, and Paul tries to steer us into the skid.  Will your heroes survive?  How long will they be grounded?  Will Charles and Ibbott ever let them use the car, again? EXCLUSIVE: GEOFF JOHNS DETAILS "REBIRTH" PLAN, SEEKS TO RESTORE LEGACY TO DC UNIVERSE http://bit.ly/1Lwawoe   Games Of Thrones' Finn Jones Rumored To Be Playing Iron Fist http://bit.ly/1TcPRgQ   Filming of the Kevin Smith's final "True North Trilogy" film, Moose Jaws, begins http://on.fb.me/1RsvYN3   Marvel's Daredevil - Season 2 - Official Trailer - Part 2 - Netflix [HD] https://youtu.be/2Cn3DVV0LHY   You can find Travis at www.theblazingdefender.com   Hosts: Charles McFall, Paul Klotz, Brian Ibbott, and Chris Wisdom Producer: Mike Woodard Publisher:  Chris Wisdom Breaking the Panel is brought to you by the Giant Size Team Up Network. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakingthepanel/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/breakingthepanel/support