Podcasts about Your Highness

My guest today on the Online for Authors podcast is Elisabeth Carson-Williams, author of the book Castaway on the Isle of Devils. Inspired by her students, and her fervent love of travel, Elisabeth hrives on meeting new people and hearing their stories. This, coupled with her own desire to understand her family's history, led her to write historical fiction, to capture the themes and voices of those not found in a textbook. “Ricochet,” her short story in Feisty Deeds: Historical Fictions of Daring Women anthology, is about the quiet battles women fight in order to survive, and how one person's actions can ricochet through multiple generations. Castaway on the Isle of Devils is her first young adult novel. To learn more about Elisabeth's publishing journey, writing process, and research trips, or sign up for her newsletter, visit: www.ecarsonwilliams.com.   In my book review, I stated Castaway on the Isle of Devils is a young adult historical fiction filled to the brim with travel and adventure. We meet Alice Drinkard as she and her family are about to board a ship, Sea Venture, which is setting sail from England to Jamestown.   Alice starts off the trip rather high and mighty. She is disdainful of her mother whom she calls Your Highness, she rarely takes advice. and she often finds herself in trouble because she chose to do things her own way with no regard to others.   While on the ship, she starts to discover that their trip, one she felt was simply an adventure, and one they were going on because she wanted it, is a whole lot more. However, it isn't until the Sea Venture is nearly destroyed in a hurricane and is shipwrecked on the Isle of Devils, that she begins to understand the entire story - as well as a lot about herself and what she is made of. She also begins to understand human nature and what happens when people who seek power end up in charge.   Elizabeth created her tale based on the true story of the Sea Venture, the shipwreck which was the inspiration for Shakespeare's The Tempest. Though William is barely a character in the book, Elizabeth did a wonderful job creating an exciting backstory to explain where Shakespeare got his idea for the play.   Although touted as a young adult novel, I believe it is a story for all ages. I highly recommend this book!   Subscribe to Online for Authors to learn about more great books! https://www.youtube.com/@onlineforauthors?sub_confirmation=1   Join the Novels N Latte Book Club community to discuss this and other books with like-minded readers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3576519880426290   You can follow Author Elisabeth Carson-Williams Website: https://ecarsonwilliams.com IG: @ecarsonwilliams Threads: @ecarsonwilliams FB: @ECarsonWilliamsAuthor Pinterest: @ecarsonwilliamswrites   Purchase Castaway on the Isle of Devils on Amazon: Paperback: https://amzn.to/4iXMkAU Ebook: https://amzn.to/4iXMkAU   Teri M Brown, Author and Podcast Host: https://www.terimbrown.com FB: @TeriMBrownAuthor IG: @terimbrown_author X: @terimbrown1   Want to be a guest on Online for Authors? Send Teri M Brown a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/member/onlineforauthors   #elisabethcarsonwilliams #castawayontheisleofdevils #ya #historicalfiction #terimbrownauthor #authorpodcast #onlineforauthors #characterdriven #researchjunkie #awardwinningauthor #podcasthost #podcast #readerpodcast #bookpodcast #writerpodcast #author #books #goodreads #bookclub #fiction #writer #bookreview *As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

The Yeah C'mon Show welcomes English actor Noah Huntley for a quick show about his journey into acting on stage, TV, and film with roles in 28 Days Later, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Your Highness.

The moment of remembrance that forever changed a battle's outcome offers a powerful analogy for our spiritual lives. When King Richard the Lionheart found himself vastly outnumbered and called for retreat, a simple reminder from an advisor—"Your Highness, don't forget who you are"—transformed the situation. Nothing changed except Richard's understanding of himself and his calling.When worry keeps you awake at night, remember this core truth: you are a child of the King, and you belong to Him. Live each day in that strength and confidence, knowing there is nothing coming against you that's too great for God. Whatever battles you're facing today, don't forget who you are—and whose you are.We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text MessageSupport the show

Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky词汇提示1.bars 栅栏2.chirped 鸣叫原文Chapter 8: The Prince Chases the PrincessWhen Odile saw Odet dancing with Zigfried,she ran to the palace entrance.The guards stopped her."Who are you?""My name is Princess Odile. The Prince is expecting me.""No. Princess Odile has already entered. You must be lying.""Please, you must believe me. That is not Princess Odile. She is lying."But the guards wouldn't believe her.She ran back to the window and knocked hard on it.Everyone turned to look at her.The Prince could not believe what he saw -two Odiles.He looked at Odet."What is going on?""I don't know. The evil wizard must have changed someone to look like me."Odile kept knocking on the window.She was crying.Zigfried could now see that she had the same eyes as the swan.Rocford flew down next to Odile as the owl.He held her in both arms."Did you think you could escape from me?"The Prince ran from the ballroom.He saw Odile fighting with the wizard."Take your hands off her,Rocford."Rocford let go of Odile's arms."I should have killed you that day at the lake. But I will be happy to do it now."The wizard lifted up his hand. Odile stopped him."Wait! Don't do it. I'll go with you. I'll do what you want. Just don't hurt him.""Odile, what are you saying? Don't leave me again!"She could not look at him, because if she did, she would not want to leave."I'm doing this for us. If you die, I will die with you. It is better for us to live and hope to be together one day."Odet ran out of the palace.She still looked like Odile."Who is this, then?""It is Odet, the wizard's evil daughter.She only looks like me. Look into her eyes and you will know.""I knew it."Odet also had magical powers.She changed herself back to her real body."It is too late Zigfried. You promised to marry me and love me forever. If you do not keep this promise, you will never be able to keep another."Odet changed herself into a bird.The wizard was an owl and Odile was a swan.They flew together away from the palace,back to Rocford's castle.The Queen and many others came out of the palace to see what had happened.Zigfried went after Odile."Guards, bring me my horse.""Zigfried, where are you going?Where is the Princess?""She has gone away, Mother, and I must find her."The guards brought the prince a beautiful white horse, and gave him his sword."Do you want us to call the men,Your Highness?""No, this is something I must do alone.""Zigfried, do not leave the palace alone. If something happens to you, we will be without a king. It is your duty to stay with me!""Mother, being a King means nothing if you are not with the woman you love. I would rather die than leave Odile with that evil wizard."The Prince spurred his horse on and rode quickly towards the dark forest.翻译第八章：王子追公主当奥迪尔看到奥德和齐格弗里德跳舞时，她跑到宫殿门口。卫兵拦住了她。“你是谁？”“我的名字是奥迪尔公主。王子在等我呢。”“没有。奥迪尔公主已经进来了。你一定是在说谎。”“请你一定要相信我。那不是奥迪尔公主。她在说谎。”但是守卫们不相信她。她跑回窗前，使劲敲门。大家都转过身来看着她。王子简直不敢相信他所看到的——两个奥迪尔。他看着奥德。“发生了什么事？”“我不知道。一定是那个邪恶的巫师把一个人变成了我。”奥迪尔不停地敲窗户。她在哭。齐格弗里德现在可以看出她的眼睛和天鹅的眼睛是一样的。罗福德扮成猫头鹰，飞到奥迪尔旁边。他把她抱在怀里。“你以为你能从我手里逃脱吗？”王子从舞厅里跑了出来。他看见奥迪尔和巫师在打架。“把你的手从她身上拿开，罗福德。”罗福德放开了奥迪尔的手臂。“那天在湖边我应该杀了你。但我现在很乐意这么做。”巫师举起了手。奥迪尔阻止了他。“等等!不要这样做。我和你一起去。我会照你说的做。别伤害他就行了。”“奥德勒，你在说什么？”别再离开我了！”她不能看他，因为如果她看他，她就不想离开了。“我这么做是为了我们。如果你死了，我会和你一起死。我们最好活着，希望有一天能在一起。”奥德跑出了宫殿。她看起来仍然像奥迪尔。“那么，这是谁呢？”“是奥德，巫师的邪恶女儿。她只是长得像我而已。看看她的眼睛，你就知道了。”“我就知道。”奥德也有魔力。她变回了原来的样子。“太迟了，齐格弗里德。你答应过要嫁给我，永远爱我。如果你不遵守这个承诺，你将永远无法遵守另一个承诺。”奥德把自己变成了一只鸟。巫师是一只猫头鹰，而奥迪尔是一只天鹅。他们一起飞离了宫殿，回到了罗福德的城堡。王后和其他许多人从宫殿里出来看看发生了什么事。齐格弗里德去追奥迪尔。“卫兵，把我的马牵过来。”“齐格弗里德，你去哪儿？”公主在哪里？”“她走了，妈妈，我必须找到她。”卫兵们给王子带来了一匹漂亮的白马，并给了他一把剑。“您要我们叫人来吗，殿下？”“不，这件事我必须一个人去做。”“齐格弗里德，不要一个人离开宫殿。如果你出了事，我们就没有国王了。陪在我身边是你的责任！”“妈妈，如果你没有和你爱的女人在一起，当国王就毫无意义。我宁死也不愿把奥迪尔留给那个邪恶的巫师。”王子策马疾驰，向黑暗的森林奔去。

While David Gordon Green has helmed some big studio pictures and popular TV Shows, he has never turned away from his true indie roots. His new film, Nutcrackers, is a testament to heart and soul film making that jump started his career with George Washington. While we had David with us, we also had to talk to him about his bigger budget fantasy epic, Your Highness, which never struck a chord with a lot of audiences and we are here to change people's minds.

TDA  The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com    It is election time… please vote. Vote biblically and not emotionally. Vote not for you who love, but for whom has the principles that line the most up with scripture… and with that here is a story.    The donkey told the tiger, "The grass is blue."  The tiger replied, "No, the grass is green ." The discussion became heated, and the two decided to submit the issue to arbitration, so they approached the lion.  As they approached the lion on his throne, the donkey started screaming: ′′Your Highness, isn't it true that the grass is blue?"  The lion replied: "If you believe it is true, the grass is blue."  The donkey rushed forward and continued: ′′The tiger disagrees with me, contradicts me and annoys me. Please punish him." The king then declared: ′′The tiger will be punished with 3 days of silence."  The donkey jumped with joy and went on his way, content and repeating ′′The grass is blue, the grass is blue..."  The tiger asked the lion, "Your Majesty, why have you punished me, after all, the grass is green?"  The lion replied, ′′You've known and seen the grass is green." The tiger asked, ′′So why do you punish me?"  The lion replied, "That has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green. The punishment is because it is degrading for a brave, intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with an ass, and on top of that, you came and bothered me with that question just to validate something you already knew was true!" The biggest waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who doesn't care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions. Never waste time on discussions that make no sense. There are people who, for all the evidence presented to them, do not have the ability to understand. Others who are blinded by ego, hatred and resentment, and the only thing that they want is to be right even if they aren't.  When IGNORANCE SCREAMS, intelligence moves on. 

Get out your notepad for this pod because there are some serious GEMS being dropped for any creatives or entrepreneurs out there to scoop up.BlackLeaf and PackGods sit down with the ultimate power couple taking the streetwear industry by storm, Jason and Mandee Bence, founders of Broken Promises. Jason and Mandee take us on their own wildly interesting journeys to finding each other, falling in love, and creating Broken Promises from the ground up together while also modeling on the side, because why not?Jason (@jasonpromises), Broken Promises co-founder, dives deep into his sordid criminal history, background in cooking with legends like Guy Fieri and Michael Voltaggio, creating a rap duo with his twin brother, Sean (co-founder of Your Highness,) as well as trying his hand at the weed industry before ultimately stumbling into fashion. Mandee Bence (@mandeebence) is the real secret weapon of this episode, y'all. You're going to be on the edge of your seat the entire time Mandee recollects her beginnings at art school to landing her first job at a skate shop with THE Dom DeLuca aka @brooklyndom, and then moving on to higher-level creative roles at places like Vans, and NuEra.Beyond their crazy stories, these two get into the nitty-gritty of how exactly they created Broken Promises, got it into Zumiez, and onto the backs of celebrities like Post Malone and Rubi Rose. They also give vital advice on building your first portfolio, establishing connections via LinkedIn and social with buyers, and faking it until you make it in the most masterful way possible. Jason and Mandee are the perfect yin and yang of the most extroverted guy in the room combined with the quiet killer in the corner; both making moves at an alarming rate. Together, they've been able to scale Broken Promises to the level that they just did a collab with Mattel's Hot Wheels. A feat that seems nearly impossible considering they're a couple who run the entire operation without any other internal members. If you've ever wondered what it's like to own and operate a company that rakes in millions with a staff of two—sit down and tune the f*ck in.Subscribe to our channel and the FSOTD.com site to keep up with other key players and enjoy conversations with tastemakers from the culture you can't find anywhere else. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 0097: Your Highness What's Good Famiglia!? How we doin out there?! This week we have another power couple in the house! Sean and Becky from Your Highness gave us the back story on the come up of Your Highness. They have been rockin way back since the prop 215 days and they are certainly thriving in the Ca Rec market along with a few other states! Not to mention they just did a crazy merch collab with Cookies and their merch can be found at Zumiez all across the nation! Wait until you guys hear their story! Y'all know what time it is…. Roll em fat, torch your rigs, pack your bongs, bag up some work, water your plants, do what you gotta do because we're about to take this journey with Sean and Becky from Your Highness!✌

Hi!  It's us again.  The Terrance Malick of podcasters.  We wanted to evoke the massive gap between the original movie and it's sequel,  so it was clearly on purpose.  It's modern art. This is another car episode and this time we went to see Beetleguise Beetleguise, the cleverly named second instalment of the budding franchise, directed once more by the great Tim Burton. Did we like it?  Listen to find out, you lazy sod.   Si managed to repurpose Greensleeves for the less reputable crowd, but it's so old that the original composer isn't around to sue him.  Question for the masses - have you ever heard it on an ice cream van?  Answers on a postcard to "The Broom Cupboard" please.   Also, if you like Your Highness, please let us know.  We feel so alone.   MUSIC TRACKS Modern Funk Groove by StudioEtude. Feel The 80s by Nuclearmetal. Adventure Battle Victory Ident by MPAudioSolutions. Job Done Comedy Logo by FlossieWood Jazz Jingle Logo by RedOctopus.

CHECK OUT TBR SCHMITT AT https://www.youtube.com/@TBRSchmittMe? I've had so many names. Old names that only the wind and the trees can pronounce. I am the mountain, the forest and the earth. I am... I am a faun. Your most humble servant, Your Highness.Enjoy our podcast review of PAN'S LABYRINTH (2006), directed by Guillermo Del Toro! We sit down with an amazing reaction duo, Daniel and Samantha from TBR Schmitt! Together we discuss how this movie's changed for them since becoming parents, the importance of maintaining your child-like wonder and joy, and Altaf makes a critical misinterpretation of two characters

This week we took a look at the 2011 adventure film Your Highness. With quite the cast this film is a must watch laugh a minute film (well one of the lads thought so!) Listen on to see how the film went down.to leave a suggestion email us on  backtothefilm20@gmail.com

We spend some time on the incredibly well done Godzilla Minus One, the cult-turned iconic classic Scarface, and do our Danny McBride/Chris Pine appreciation moment which leads us to discussing the stoner/fantasy comedy Your Highness. Listen up today!

Flesh Wound Farce is back with a review of the stoner fantasy comedy, YOUR HIGHNESS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOdGH0WlZQ4 #YourHighness #JamesFranco #DannyMcbride #NataliePortman #DavidGordonGreen #ZooeyDeschanel #JustinTheroux #Wizard #Minotaur #Sorcerer #SwordAndSorcery #Conan #Deathstalker #Ator #ConanTheBarbarian #Dragons #Quest #TobyJones #CharlesDance #GameOfThrones #DamianLewis #Dwarf #Barbarian #Magic #Trolls #StonerComedy #PotHumor #FunniestMovies #DungeonsAndDragons #Witch #PrincessBride

Blackbeard's Treasure by Jenny Dolly词汇提示1.Highness 殿下原文Chapter X: Blackbeard's PeaceBlackbeard dropped the knife to the ground."Look!The knife. It moved by itself.""It's the curse of the treasure. It's a message from Blackbeard."No one could see the ghost except for Queen Alliana.She had her great-grandmother's eyes, and those eyes would always be able to see him.She walked towards him, away from the other men, who were preparing to take the pirates to the Queen Anne as prisoners."When you return to this island, you always bring unhappiness to a woman's heart.First, it was my great-grandmother's, and now it is mine. Have you thought of this in all those years while watching that treasure?""How could I forget? I can never die and be peaceful. I always remember what I didby looking at that treasure.""But you can do something good now. You can keep others from touching it and making the same mistake you did.""How?I can't keep people from coming onto my ship and taking my treasure.""You could if you wanted. If there was never any treasure, you would have lived happily with Queen Hanzani. Now, you still have the treasure and you are still unhappy.""But that is what I was told to do, watch the treasure to pay for my mistake.""Have you ever thought of what it is that will end this punishment and let you die in peace?"Blackbeard had no answer.He was quiet.Captain Scott came to say goodbye to Queen Alliana."Your Highness, we are ready to leave your island. I'm sorry for the trouble we brought with us, but I want to thank you for giving us what we need to sail again.""Remember Captain, you must find the ship you got the treasure from and put it back. It's the only way to keep peace on these islands.""We will try.""I think you will succeed. And remember the story I told you about that treasure.Taking what is not yours can never bring you or the ones you love any happiness."Captain Scott and the others rowed back to the Queen Anne, and soon it was sailing again through the Bermuda Triangle.Blackbeard was standing at the ship's side.He was looking across the wide, blue sea, thinking of everything Queen Allianas aidto him before he left Rum Island.He was always saying the same thing to himself: "If there was never any treasure, I would be happy now."Suddenly,Blackbeard's old empty ship appeared sailing along the shining blue sea.The man in the crow's nest shouted to the Captain, and he put his telescope to his eye."Stubbs,sail straight for that ship. We're going back on board."Blackbeard was walking nervously back and forth as the men put the treasure chest into a small row boat.He sat on top of it when they were ready to leave and row towards the empty ship.Captain Scott told the men to leave the chest where they found it.Before the sailors left, Captain Scott looked around the old pirate ship."And this is what you get for wanting all the riches of the world."Blackbeard was standing next to him listening.It was the last thing that was said on that ship.The Queen Anne began to sail away when one of the sailors shouted "Look!"Everyone turned to see Blackbeard's chest rising in the air over the sea.They thought it was moving by itself, but it was Blackbeard moving it.He threw the chest into the sea, ending the curse he had to live with.The sailors of the Queen Anne saw the shining gold on top of the water for one last moment,then it sank into the sea below.When the chest had disappeared into the water, Blackbeard's ship began to break apart and sank into the sea.The sailors' eyes all grew wide as they saw the ghost of a pirate in a long blue coat, with a black beard and a red scarf around his head, fly up into the clouds of the sky."Captain,what in the world was that?" "It was the ghost of Blackbeard.It seems that he has finally found his peace."The end of " Blackbeard's Treasure"by Jenny Dolly

Welcome to a special mini-episode of Your Highness podcast where it's just Diana for a quick update. Your support means the world to us, so don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, and hey, you might just snag some of our newly launched merch! Plus, discover how our in-person events in Harford County, Maryland, are evolving to meet our community's needs and how you can stay connected with all our happenings through our Substack. Join us as we continue to foster an inclusive space for learning and connection.Discount Codes:Plantpod for 10% off your next Mitragaia.com purchaseYourhighness for 10% off your next Treatibles purchaseHIGHNESS for 15% off The Healing Rose  This episode is produced and edited by Your Highness Media.

Devilution of Man - Neanderthals Are Now Smarterhttp://www.battle4freedom.com/avdio/?id=1918Website: http://www.battle4freedom.comNetwork: https://www.mojo50.comStreaming: https://www.rumble.com/Battle4Freedomhttps://youtu.be/ZV5arQxexyg?si=wAH8Lehb4_gtPnT7Ayn Rand Institute - Democracy vs a Constitutional Republichttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+29%3A9&version=ESVProverbs 29:9 If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.Once upon a time, in a vibrant forest, a donkey and a tiger engaged in a fervent debate about the color of the grass. The donkey firmly believed that the grass was blue, while the tiger insisted that it was green. Unable to reach a resolution, the two animals decided to seek arbitration from the wise and powerful lion.As they approached the lion, the donkey cunningly took the opportunity to manipulate the situation in its favor. It loudly exclaimed, "Your Highness, isn't it true that the grass is blue?" Seizing the moment, the lion, without investigating the truth, proclaimed, "True, the grass is blue."The donkey, triumphant in its victory, urged the lion to punish the tiger for disagreeing and causing annoyance. The lion, unaware of the donkey's deception, declared that the tiger would face five years of silence as punishment.Perplexed but obedient, the tiger accepted the punishment and questioned the lion privately, "Your Majesty, why have you punished me when the grass is, in fact, green?" The lion calmly responded, "Indeed, the grass is green. However, the punishment stems not from the color of the grass but from wasting time arguing with a foolish donkey and disturbing my peace."https://youtu.be/V83BSNn4vFI?si=gd8oW494tFQm5WSUAyn Rand Institute - Does God Exist?https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13021117/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-implant-patient.html'Imagine if Stephen Hawking could communicate faster than an auctioneer': Elon Musk reveals first human has had a BRAIN implant from Neuralink's new 'Telepathy' product - allowing people to use technology 'just by thinking'Elon Musk announced the news on X, saying the operation happened on SundayHis firm Neuralink was granted permission in September to begin human trialsNeuralink is intended to allow paralyzed people to control movement by thoughthttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13019295/Alzheimers-spread-humans-Groundbreaking-study-reveals-five-people-caught-memory-robbing-illness-discontinued-hormone-treatment-scientists-warn-hundreds-risk.htmlAlzheimer's can be spread BETWEEN humans: Pioneering study reveals at least five people have 'caught' memory-robbing illness - as scientists warn hundreds more may be 'at risk'Children were given growth hormones and later developed early-onset dementiaAlzheimer's is caused by a toxic amyloid-beta protein building up in the brainhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13019245/How-soon-feel-ill-catching-elses-disease-measles-colds-flu-Covid-expert-guide-symptoms-hit-long-infectious-for.htmlHow soon until you feel ill after catching someone else's disease? From measles to colds, flu and Covid, our expert guide to when the symptoms will hit... and how long YOU are then infectious forhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13019067/Richard-x-bove-dollar-collapse-china-money-superpower.htmlFamed financial analyst Richard X. Bove predicts the fall of the US economy and says China will take over as the money superpower in his final forecast ahead of his retirement: 'The dollar is finished as the world's reserve currency'The recently-retired banking oracle - who forecast the 2008 housing crisis - made the dramatic prediction this weekBove, 83, claimed other analysts won't make the same admission because they're 'monks praying to money' who rely on the mainstream financial systemIt comes despite the collapse of its property sector, which accounts for roughly a quarter of the country's economy, and US growthhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13002033/The-dawn-aquatic-age-begun-Silicon-Valley-billionaires-investing-floating-cities-international-waters-avoid-regulations-taxes.html'The dawn of the aquatic age has begun'! Silicon Valley billionaires investing in floating cities in international waters where they can avoid regulations and taxesFirst SeaPods unveiled in 2022, with plans for offshore 'seasteads'Bitcoin entrepreneur unveiled 'seastead' off coast of Thailandhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A20&version=ESVFor his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.Romans 1:20

Chad Allen Reed took the lives of his two young tenants in Battle Creek.  Listen to hear the jist of the story.Leaving you with a happy ending and on a good note, as always.  This week we are featuring:  I Believe In JulioBandcamp:  https://juliogomez.bandcamp.com/album/i-believe-in-julioYoutube:  https://www.youtube.com/@ibelieveinjulio1202Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ibelieveinjulio?mibextid=ZbWKwLInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ibelieveinjulio?igsh=MWl0M2N1a3R4YXZhOA==Written by Your HighnessHosted by BOOT (Ron Boot)  and YOUR HIGHNESS  (Mary Boot)Brought to you by  Boot Productions and listener donations. Reach out to us, we would love to hear from you!michiganmurdersmusic@gmail.comWebsite is Michiganmurdersmusic.comWe are also on Instagram, Facebook and Tik Tok.Would you like to help keep us independent and commercial free?  You can support us monthly through the following link.  We like to call our supporters SUGAR MOMMA'S AND SUGAR DADDIE'S.  We love you!Support the showSupport the showFeeling Tipsy???https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebootsMerch:https://michigan-murders-music.myspreadshop.com/

In 2011 we were elevated watching Your Highness, David Gordon Green's stoner fantasy flick starring and co-written by Danny McBride. This flick has us following a spoiled prince with a big heart and a substance abuse problem as he embarks on his first quest filled with danger and reluctant hand-jobs. This flick did not do well critically or financially, but the cast is good, and we remembered it fondly, so we decided to see if it could still crack us up. So, twist one up as Jon, Colin, and Brent debate playful secrets and the cost of a good lead as we try to decide if this flick burned one up or burned us out.

In this episode of Your Highness podcast, hosts Diana and JR Krach discuss cannabis, mycology, and a new kid-focused podcast. They begin by sharing their favorite cannabis products for creativity and relaxation. They also recommend henna eyebrow tints and Chani Nicholas's book "You Were Born For This." The hosts then discuss a legal battle in Oklahoma concerning the use of medically prescribed cannabis during pregnancy. They highlight the struggles faced by parents due to discrepancies between state and federal laws, especially in marginalized communities. The episode ends with a preview of their new kids' podcast "Heal You, Feed You, Kill You", with special guest, Melany Kahn. Melany talks about 'mushroom eyes' and provides a beginner's guide to mushroom cultivation. Time Stamps0:16 - Welcome to Your Highness Podcast 0:58 - Fave Pot 3:45 - Fave Not Pot7:06 - Main Segment26:52 - Heal You, Feed You, Kill You previewImportant links:Oklahoma Wants to Prosecute Woman Who Took Edibles Because Her Fetus Didn't Have Medical Marijuana CardPregnancy JusticeManna Life Health and WellnessMitragaia.com (listeners get 10% off when they use code YOURHIGHNESS) This episode is produced and edited by Your Highness Media.

Madonna wants to be a movie star, huh Well I just want to be Madonna Maybe we could help each other out, huh Maybe that's why God's been calling out Madonna, Madonna You want it, i got it Just call up the number She's listed as “A Nobody” So far, so I hope you know the code The extension is 666 If you get disconnected Just call back And your call will be answered In the order it was Received Kaskade made two of my favorite songs of all time ever. One at the very begginning of his career… And one well—- SEATTLE WASHINGTON, 2021 Wherever he was a couple years ago. Who knows, man. Fucking time travelers. Present day. JAMAICA, QUEENS, NEW YORK. Vs. Add more weight. DUFF VS *** WHAT, I have to fight MYSELF. You've been fighting yourself the whole time! Shut the fuck up, Kaskade! Language. Shove it! *eats popcorn obnoxiously* Ugh. Fuck me, man. Whatever. I'm in the winners circle. SAD NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON. Woah: uh oh. What happened. Still a genius. SAD NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON has no formal education. Oh no. However, He sees multitudes of equations as synergetic values swirling in his mind as he rides the bus , appearing to be in a mindless daze, however, still a genius, trapped in the confines of his own mind, stuck at a dead-end job. Oh no. That is bad. Sup Neil deGrasse Tyson! *bully smacks pizza to the ground* Ugh. Sucks to suck. Laaaagh! Ugh. *sighs deeply, attempts to pick up pizza* Birds swarm the pizza, and a passerby steps on it* This brings a single, aolitary tear to his eye. Suddenly, the hunger struck me. MEANWHILE, at the eye of NOWHERE, whereas in the multiverse Jamaica, Queens resides—AT BLINK FITNESS. Father said, Skrillex (Mixed—Have a seat) [Blū fails to raise the bench press] V.O. Or maybe it was the Skrillex. *** Help. Please help. THE GODS Lol. [a group of men rush to blu's aide—the entire gym, all men besides the workers, erupt into laughter. “The Games of The Gods” Do you ever finish these episodes? Nope. Meanwhile, Dillon Francis is the biggest dick ever. Ahem. I said IS, not HAS. You don't know me. Shut up, Mrs.pancakes. That joke is so 2013. I told you, already—- PICKLE RICK AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *falling* Hey look, a pickle. Oh. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. You know what! I like you! Oh! That sucks! Can you not say things like that?! Things like what?! Things like me?! I thought you liked me! I do—just— What?! What Dillon Francis?! Try to remember this is all just a dream. A what?! Fuck you! I'm going to count backwards from three— Backwards for what? Three What Two What the fuck? -One. Lightning strikes— he claps his hands in time with the thunderclap—Sunni Blu immediately falls asleep—he watches them with a meniacal look in his eye, whispering into their ear, snapping one time— DILLON FRANCIS I'm going to count to three: when I clap my hands you'll wake up from this dream and into another—this world is my world— and in my world, from now on, whenever you hear the sound of a clap, you will remember who you are; and you will remember the sound of my voice. [He claps—Sunni Blū remains asleep in this reality—but suddenly, in a cross-dimensional parallel, CC wakes up in bed, holding instead of a handgun, a banana—startled and still appearing to be soaking wet, though drenched in sweat rather than rain, she draws the banana outward, tumbling out of bed and looking over her shoulder, cursing.] GODDDAMIT IT, DILLON FRANCIS. Cut back t Dillon Francis drags Sunni Blu's body into a Holda Civic Why a Honda civic Seems like a regular car Why not Nissan. Could be a Nissan So just make it a Nissan. Ok. [in the closest parallalell dimension, it is a Nissan.] Nice. (Shrugs) Anything but a Subaru. [being Skrillex] SKRILLEx SUBARRUUUUUUUUUUU—- *zoom* *splrSH* (All wet) Whatthefuck. Meanwhile, Did it work? Is she here? Well, not yet… Suddenly, a blue dot appears on the map. Bingo. YO. we did it. Suddenly, the dot turns from blue to red. Wait, what happened. I don't know Suddenly, the red dot turns purple. What the fuck is that. The dot then splits into two dots What. I dunno. I've never seen this before The two dots each split into two dots—now there are four dots—a green, a blue, a red, and a yellow dot—they begin to blink and swirl in a mesmerizing pattern, before dissipating and dissappearing entirely. The fuck! I don't know! Dude, do something. Do WHAT. Something! This has no logical fucking explaination whatsoever. The screen goes black. The map dissappears. What happened. We got hacked?! That's IMPOSSIBLE. It's not impossible It IS impossible. It's the most impossible impossibility fucking EVER. Okay, well— Okay well?! I don't know!!! The screen returns—the map is blank—the four dots reappear, each changing in color sequences and shapes quickly and drastically, dancing and swirling around the screen—the map reappears, the dots each spread to a separate corner of the map: north east south and west— the trails of the colors spelling out in the center of the map M A G I C I S R E A L, Then exploding into candy coated sparkles and confetti. What the fuck. *exasperated, under breath* It's fucking…Dillon Francis. What?! ITS FUCKING GODDAMN DILLON FRANCIS. FUCK! WHAT, No WAY. AAAAAGAGGGHHHHHHHHH. *throws shit, all mad* Careful! What's it MATTER!? …still… *loses shit* As he exits the base and enters his living room, he opens the outer door to find that l the entire living room is covered in candy coated confetti and sparkles; he slips into a puddle of strange gellatenous goo. UHMPH. The other two hackers come running o it from the lair, one also slipping in the goo, and the other stopping short at the door, in awe of the disaster. Ow! What the fuck! Whaaaaaaaaaa…… FUCKING—FUCK!! On a speeding bullet to nowhere, Comb out my hair for a moped Or hope of a slow rush to Some sorry apartment I pour all my art into Home, where the heart is It's cold, but she needs the attention— Just as much as I need the move that she gets from it anyway Envy in outfits, Dismissal of seasonal effective— A positive adjustment suggests that The entrance of pumpkin spiced Knitted sweaters and puffed jackets Are just as perhaps as attractive in essence As nakedness, To those in possession of Personality Then, something suggests As progressed in possessions, The payment was lovelessness Entering sequence SHIT! What?! is it Skrillex?! [Loading semi-automatic rave weapon] Can't be too sure… Yo. Yo. Madonna just walked in with Bob Saget. Bob Saget is dead. I KNOW THAT. YO. And they're about to do a B2B. That's WILD. Lol where is this party. Bag as a basket, Has to match the boots, hasn't it? Suede, like encantmemts, Enchanted, the spider, Still, she works hard at it (Hard as Manhattan) Masterful hat, my dear Happened to stand at the platform, Just long enough to— *SLAM* Got ‘em. Fuck. Alright, Okay. So it's dark, right? Yeah. Ow watch this. ^immensely bright shiny light* WOW. You see that? YEAH. That's your light. WOW. Yeah, okay, now turn it off. HOW? That's right, you don't know how. NO! I DONT. Try to remember. Remember what. How to turn it off. Why?! It's AWESOME. Yeah, turn it off. I don't know how. Try to remember. I—remember what. Turn it— I don't know how to do that. Well, I need you to try. What? What for?! -*huge scary monster appears out of darkness WOAH. That's what for. *MONSTER IS SCARY* OH. Yeah. *SCARY MONSTER ROAR* Ugh. With a snap, they instantly CHARGE into THE VOID. *heavy sigh* Dang. *nods* You see, that thing— *very scary monster* And other things like it— *vampires* *demons* *zombies* *racists* Eat light. But I make light. Exactly. So why is that a problem. Because. These dark things can't be satisfied— they'll take all of your light, until there's nothing left Oh... And worse, There are far worse things— Worse than that? Far worse. Things that will not only devour your light, but absorb you, and make you into a ravenous darkness—entrapped within the deepest realms of the outer worlds—a nothingness in which light cannot dwell—where no light can penetrate—no light is known—and you become such darkness so how multidimensional is she. Like, way multidimensional. Way, multidimensional, dude. I don't know if you want to take this on. I like a challengeS This is beyond a challenge, dude. This is, like— This could be career suicide. DILLON FRANCIS has a flashback to the most miserable moment in his career. …I'm willing to risk that. You're fucking crazy, man. Crazy is good. Let's do it. He slaps the table, cracks open a bottle of water and leaves, seeming bizzarely chipper. …he's fucking insane. *shrugs* Pays my bills. Yeah, I guess. Gh0st. What's all this supposed to mean. I thought we were getting fat. I wasn't serious. Neither was I. We were each other's imaginary friends. What's that, a coping mechanism? Almost. What's that, a calling card? Almost. Hijacking Beyoncé. Gold. I think the point I was making is I can't even touch Beyoncé. Nobody touches Beyoncé. Except Beyoncé. Well, maybe Jay-Z. Like I said. JAY-Z is also BEYONCÉ. Hah. Nice. Everything is Every— Shut up. Why are you in GA. I'm not gonna pay for a front row ticket to Fangirl Beyoncé. I thought you were fangirling me. Somebody has to. Japanese Lady badly singing on the train Should I record it? Tempting, but—I'll just keep this moment to myself. [literally the star of a movie] (At least I tried. ) Besides, I want to know what she's saying. How are you ever gonna know what she's saying. Meanwhile, at Ultra Japan SKRILLEX (Being Skrillex) Ugh. MEANWHRHIRLE. PASQUALLE ROTELLA is the head of the EDMADFIA Ok. Is that Electronic Dance Mafia Fuxk, now I want Pop-Tarts. Or Electronic Daisy Mafia PORQUE NO LAS DOS. Fuck, or I want tacos! THE ELECTRONIC DANCE MAFIA Wearing sleek black mysteriously dark attire, only ever so rarely accented by red as to notate the higher ranks of the most organized *possibly criminal* organization Wait, does the mafia still exist? Yes. Yes it does m. Ever. Oh wow. Yeah: THE ELECTRINIC DAISY MAFIA These flamboyant motherfuckers dress in purple with accents of pink, electric blue, and neon shades of yellow, green, and orange—but are highly mysterious, though almost obnoxiously Lol. This bitch is literally singing on the train. Wasn't that you just earlier? I— EARLIER, (but not that part:) She seems to have taken a sudden interest in the occult. [literally battling demons] This isn't SUDDEN. That is interesting. [in agreement and solidarity] Open the doors. The thing that was sudden, was that I started to notice that something about my voice changed the energy in any room, depending on the way I used it—it became important to notate exactly how the energy changed, and also— There she is. What kind of people arrived at the sound of my voice— Let's go. Who was I calling to. What was the nature of this force, and Your HIghness. Uh, okay. Why were they following me? Alright, I'm signing off. No, not yet... Not yet? Dude— It's not time. What is time?! *sighs* You pushed it at Beyoncé. Now who's fangirling. NOBODY. Yeah, except BEYONCÉ. BEYONCÉ approached ME. EXACTLY MY POINT. You and points. Explains the tattoos. You're one to talk. Nah, not really. I'm signing off. *sighs frustratedly* (whispered) HART. The bright light which once illumated the space between them fades out. Darkness. It is a simple room, where the two archangels meet to discuss their ongoing journey through the inner and outer worlds—they are, in essence, twin flames, perhaps, as to be described as one soul, split to display spectrums of opposite, which together signify balance— and apart exemplify chaos, confusion, and dissasemblance; imbalance, impurity, and unsynchronistic—not yet true Gods but dieties of a higher existence, escaping often between realms and plains to telepathically banter in a battle of wits; they are alike because they are one another—they are seperate because in order to fulfill all duties of the higher calling, they must remain as opposites until the day is called that they must forge their powers for the betterment of humanity, and become as one. A dark blue couch illuminated by a bright light, unseen but acting as the fourth wall, an old TV screen which displays a silent staic. c o l o r s Fuck, where is SUPACREE. Oh, she's dead. I know that. Then why did you ask. Because she should be here. Are you serious? I know she's here. She's not. She's dead. I know that: Then why'd you— THIS Is the land of the dead. This is not. What—of course it is. It is not, Yes it is! I just died this morning. Hah. Okay. “Okay?” Yeah: “Okay.” What's that mean? It means “okay” “Okay?!” “Okay!” [beat] *sighs frustratedly* Look, you said “SUPACREE”, right? Yes. And you just died, right? Right? Yeah! This morning! Okay. “Okay” you keep saying *he shoots him through the heart* [he is speechless, bleeding out] Do you know how many times supacree died to be supacree [he gasps for his final breaths, gushing blood] Continued I'm doing you a favor. [He fully dies] You owe me. THE GOOGLE KIDS are so cute. *super cute kids* WOW. Very, very cute. *crying from cuteness overload* Look, puppies. ugh. so what did you do after you graduated Fame School. NOTHING. Huh?!? In fact, I almost starved to death *eggagetates gasps* In fact, if it hadn't been for Whole Foods Market, I probably would have. *more gasps* Were they one of your sponsors?! [braking* fourth wall, looking directly into camera] I don't know yet. WHOLE FOODS MARKET yes. Ok. DILLON FRANCIS is the worlds most inconspicuous psychopath since Ted Bundy—his charm, fame, and status has kept his devious use of coercion, hypnotism, and lust for paysical and material possession under wraps for— DILLON FRANCIS (Jokingly, but not) Haha. I'm immortal. Well, centuries. Meanwhile, wherever this is at: See. Haha. This is fun. Adventure time. Woo! Haha. What do you want, Dillon Francis. I don't know yet. Haha. We'll see. At this point, he's just fully meniacal. This turnt up 8000 levels, bruh. Eithe thousand levels. What's that gonna do. We'll see. I just feel bad for Dillon's mom. Don't worry— I am Dillon's mom. Aww. You hijacked his mom? I hijacked his everything. You want a SPRIte?! I don't drink— DRINK THE SPRITE. okok. DRINK IT AD: DRINK SPRITEx Ok. Ok. {Enter The Multiverse} [The Festival Project.™] COPYRIGHT © THE FESTIVAL PROJECT 2023 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ©

  In this episode, Patrick reviews a few vintage books on parapsychology and Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP), shares the spooky family stories inspired by a recent mediumship reading, and interviews longtime listener/friend/librarian Susan Davy on why you need to check out Uncanny. Uncanny, produced by Danny Robins, is an incredibly popular podcast/book/TV series from the BBC. Visit BigSeance.com/234 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Intro :00 About today's episode! :51 Inspired by past guest and parapsychologist, Dr. Callum Cooper, Patrick recently read two books on parapsychology, and wanted to share his thoughts. The two books are Parapsychology: The Controversial Science (1991) by Richard S. Broughton, Ph. D. and Extra-Sensory Perception After Sixty Years: A Critical Appraisal of the Research in Extra-Sensory Perception (1940) by J.G. Pratt, J.B. Rhine, Burke M. Smith, and Charles E. Stuart. Next up is the even earlier groundbreaking book, Extra-Sensory Perception (1934) by J.B. Rhine. 1:43 Patrick recently had a mediumship reading from Jen Piwowarski, a listener who is also a budding new medium. This reading inspired some interesting stories that Patrick wanted to share with you. 6:44 The cake stand and a shattered glass: The poltergeist activity that Patrick's Great Aunt remembers from a time when he was still in the womb. 7:37 A spooky and sad story from Patrick's Great Grandma's old farmhouse. True? Embellished? The tale has passed through the family over the years. 9:02 Pour the tea for Patrick's conversation with longtime listener, librarian, and friend of the podcast, Susan Davy! 12:23 Susan was one of the very first listeners to call in and use the show's hotline! Did you know the show has a hotline? It's 1-775-583-5563. 13:23 Susan recently introduced Patrick to Danny Robins and the Uncanny. It's a book (Into the Uncanny: A Real-Life Investigation Into the Paranormal), a  podcast (Uncanny), and as of this week, if you live in the UK, a new television show (Uncanny). 15:32 Susan Davy is a librarian by trade, and here's her pitch as to why Danny's work and the Uncanny is something you need to check out! 17:06 The audience is allowed to contribute to the cases in the Uncanny. Plus Room 611 and #BloodyHellKen. 21:00 For American's in particular, you'll be excited to learn that these stories aren't from the same old haunted locations. They're all new to us! 23:43 Danny Robins, a writer by trade, isn't afraid to be funny, and he podcasts from a shed. 25:55 There are two years of episodes to binge if you're just getting started! 28:26 In most episodes, Danny features at least two experts to discuss the week's story. One is usually more on the skeptic side (often Ciarán O'Keeffe), and the other tends to be more open to believing. Evelyn Hollow is one of the experts often featured, and Patrick has reached out to her for an interview. By the way, he's reached out to Danny Robins' team as well. He's gotten a response and hopes to be able to schedule an interview soon! 28:50 The Uncanny TV series just dropped on BBC Two in the UK! 31:30 UncannyCon! 33:01 Next up! Susan shares several of her own paranormal experiences, beginning with a frightening McDonalds trip that has caused her to avoid a particular bend in the road ever since! She later did research and found that reports of seeing that same apparition go back to at least 1878! 34:25 Susan describes the apparition, which reminds Patrick of an incredibly real dream from several years ago, in which he was gifted the experience of seeing a glowing apparition. 39:02 “Your Highness”, a funny paranormal experience. 45:30 What's your favorite dessert? (Shoutout to Anne and Renata!) 47:40 When you're having a GREAT hair day! “I just heard, in my right ear, a mixture of what I will say is ‘ha ha ha' and a belch.” 51:33 A bowing, servant ghost. 54:15 Go to the library! Read a book such as This House is Haunted: The True Story of the Enfield Poltergeist by Guy Lyon Playfair, Is There An Afterlife?: A Comprehensive Overview of the Evidence by David Fontana, or The Scole Experiment: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death by Grant and Jane Solomon. 56:12 Outro 59:28 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 1:00:46   The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the séance!        

The MGM Resorts incident is now believed to be ransomware, and how does that inform our view of Materiality of a cyber incident? MetaStealer targets businesses. Cloud access with stolen credentials. The cloud as an expansive attack surface. Johannes Ullrich from SANS describes malware in dot-inf files. In our Industry Voices segment Dave speaks with Oliver Tavakoli, CTO at Vectra, on the complexity and challenges of cloud service security. And welcome back, or not, Your Highness the Large Language Model, Prince of Nigeria. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/176 Selected reading. Caesars Entertainment Paid Millions to Hackers in Attack (Bloomberg)  Caesars Paid Ransom After Suffering Cyberattack (Wall Street Journal)  The Cyberattack That Sent Las Vegas Back in Time (Wall Street Journal)  Pro Take: MGM Casino Hack Shows Challenge in Defending Connected Tech (Wall Street Journal)  ALPHV Ransomware Used Vishing to Scam MGM Resorts Employee, Researchers (Hackread) FBI probing MGM Resorts cyber incident as some casino systems still down (Reuters)  MGM Resorts says cyberattack could have material effect on company (NBC News)  MGM Resorts cybersecurity breach could cost millions, expert says (KLAS)  MGM Resorts shuts down some systems because of a “cybersecurity issue.” (Updated.) (CyberWire) macOS Info-Stealer Malware 'MetaStealer' Targeting Businesses (SecurityWeek)  “Authorized” to break in: Adversaries use valid credentials to compromise cloud environments (Security Intelligence)  Unit 42 Attack Surface Threat Report (Palo Alto Networks) The Nigerian Prince is Alive and Well: Cybercriminals Use Generative… (Abnormal)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Your Highness podcast, Diana is joined by Charity Moran of Seaux & Reap. The two share their Fave Pot and Not Pot items, from pre-cut blunt wraps to the therapeutic wonders of acupuncture and somatic journaling. Charity reveals her passion for the growing world of luxury cannabis travel and her curated events in sunny Louisiana. Whether it's cannabis-infused five-course suppers or taking guests on an unforgettable journey through local cultivation tours, Charity's mission is all about fostering a rich, immersive experience that champions informed consumption.Diana is also joined by Kristin Souza of Sugar Leaf Boutique, who discusses the attitudes toward cannabis legalization in Connecticut. Kristin also candidly discusses the challenges faced by local businesses in the cannabis industry, the pushback she's encountered on social media, and the lack of access to dispensaries in the state. Listen in as she shares her vision for the future of Connecticut's budding industry and her heartfelt plea for support for social equity applicants and craft options.0:15- Welcome to Your Highness Podcast 1:08 - Fave pot3:16 - Fave not pot 7:13 - Main Segment20:25 - Call to action and where can people find you?23:06 - Closer Look at Connecticut 

A princess and her knight meet for a secret tryst.by Brie de Jour . Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories. Princess Jenevieve's heart was pounded loud in her ears as she made her way along the darkening path. The autumn trees surrounding her seemed to glitter in the last rays of the swiftly setting sun . But soon the woods parted and she found herself in the open expanse of the tournament field. The arena that had so recently been teeming with spectators, minstrels and jesters was now fortunately deserted. Still Jenevieve took care to keep to the shadows.Skirts in hand, she crept along the stands, dodging refuse the rabble had left behind after the day's entertainments. She glanced over at the nearby list where only a few hours ago armored knights had shown off their own particular brand of civilized bloodlust- charging their opponents head on, hooves pounding, lances raised, to the roar of cheering crowds. All was quiet now apart from the crisp rustling of banners billowing in the breeze.The sun had just slipped below the horizon as Jenevieve's ultimate destination came into view, illuminated by the light of a single lantern. She quickened her pace. The smell of hay, leather and other less savory accoutrement of horses hit her nose long before she ever reached the entrance to the stables. It may not have been the loveliest of odors but she liked it because it reminded her of him. The reason she had risked all to venture out into the perilous night.Peering into the dark interior she scanned the shadows, seeing only the skittering silhouette of horses. A full moon hung low in the sky and splinters of its silvery beams streamed through the rafters. She had just taken a few steps into the structure when two strong arms seized her from behind.Jenevieve thrashed about instinctively. The cry of sheer panic that erupted from her chest was muffled by the large hand suddenly clamped over her mouth. She had been discovered! Her mind tried to formulate a plausible excuse for a princess to be at the stables at such an hour, but fear fogged her brain.Then as abruptly as she had been apprehended her captor released her. She spun on shaky legs to see who had caught her. The large figure was mostly hidden by darkness but she could make out the glint of a metal chest plate. A knight. She craned her neck further, past the armor. The face was shadowed but for the eyes. The irises were a bright green that glowed from within like sunlight through stain glass. She knew those eyes anywhere.“Eldrick!” She exclaimed.He stepped out of the shadow. Although with his tall stature, chiseled good looks and noble baring, he might as well have stepped out of the pages of a story book. A closely-cropped beard accentuating the masculine angles of his face. His head was crowned with an unruly mass of nearly-black hair that made a woman ache to sink her fingers through it. His eyes were two verdant pools of desire in which an unsuspecting lady might easily drown.Sir Eldrick was handsome, gallant, brave, and just a bit cocksure. Qualities to endanger any woman's heart and Jenevieve's was no exception.For though she be a princess she was still a woman.Without further ado, she rushed into his arms. In a scene as old as creation, the lovers shared a passionate embrace under the moonlight. Then she abruptly slapped him in the face- a scene nearly as old.“You practically scared me to death.” She seethed.Eldrick's lips turned up in an easy smile that revealed a flash of dazzling, white teeth. “You needn't worry about Death with me around. If he came near you I'd cut him down with my sword.”“Are you ever serious?”“I'm quite serious about getting out of this heavy armor.”“I see you let your squire go early.” As Jenevieve spoke she set to work on the bindings of his chest plate, taking the opportunity to admire the finely decorated surface. In the center of the shining metal was a rearing white steed on a field of red. Eldrick's coat of arms and the reason for his nickname of the Rampant Stallion. (At least one of the reasons.)“Sam is a good lad but he cannot compete with your undressing skills.”“Well, they say practice makes perfect.” She winked.Finally, the last binding gave way. The heavy clatter of armor hitting the ground was followed by a low sigh of relief.Next, she raised on her tiptoes to slip the shimmering chainmail over Eldrick's lofty head. Thus divested, the lantern light revealed a well-proportioned torso barely concealed by a thin tunic. The evidence of a deep bruise peeked out of the neckline. She traced the mark on his shoulder with her finger, concern creasing her brow.He merely shrugged, “tis but a scratch.”It didn't look like a scratch, but the wound did nothing to diminish his masculine allure. His powerful presence seemed to fill the entire space and steal the breath from her lungs. Seeing him standing there, the warm light playing off the contours of his thickly muscled bronze flesh, she knew she never had a chance against all that raw male beauty.It had started out harmless enough when he first came to court the previous winter. Just a few furtive glances and a little innocent flirtation. But Eldrick was relentless in his campaign of love and soon his sweet words and tempting smile wore down her defenses. The warmth between them had grown gradually until there was no stopping the inferno that followed.“I thought you might want this back.” Eldrick's words jarred her out of her memories. As he spoke he reached beneath his tunic and handed her the ornately embroidered cloth. “It served me well today.”“Champion again.” She tucked the kerchief carefully into her flared sleeve.“Thanks to you.”“Still, you shouldn't have requested my favor at the tournament today.”“You are my princess.” He answered in a husky baritone.“But we must be careful not to attract undue attention in front of all those prying eyes. Choose another. After seeing you perched atop your pure white steed there is hardly a lady at court who would not happily fall at your feet to give you her favor.”“Fall at my feet, you say.” He ran a hand across his beard in contemplation. “Whose favor should I take then? Perhaps Lady Seraphina, she is rather angelic.”“And dull as a mud puddle.” Jenevieve replied, trying and failing to conceal the jealousy in her voice.“What of Lady Arabella. I've heard many a man admire her beauty.” He teased.“Though none have ever admired her wit.” She countered quickly.“But she makes up for her lack of wit with other fine qualities. Abundance of cleavage, for instance.” He parried, eyes alight with mischief.“Swine!” She growled, lashing out with fists raised.In one smooth move Eldrick blocked the hit and pinned her arms behind her back. He looked down on her, emerald eyes twinkling with triumph, while she tried to free herself from his grip.“You are the most beautiful woman in the kingdom and you well know it. You have blinded me to the charms of other women. For why would anyone bother to gaze at the stars with the glorious sun before them to dazzle their eyes?”Jenevieve stilled in his hold, her anger dissolving. ‘Twas difficult to stay mad at him while he poured sweet words into her ear. To say nothing of his fine eyes and seductive smile. How very disagreeable of him to be so agreeable to the senses.She no longer resisted when he pulled her against his chest in a forceful embrace. He was warm and she could feel that warmth seeping into her. ‘Twas pure alchemy when they touched, their two baser forms combining to create something infinitely more precious.With a sweep of his hand, he pulled the conical hat from her head so that the silky strands of golden curls cascaded down her back. Then he leaned closer, his lips nearly touching hers. She could practically feel the heat of victory still pumping through his veins. “You know I win for you.”“Poppycock.” She steeled her resolve and pulled herself from his arms. This time her let her. “You win for yourself. I would prefer if you lost more yet risked less. My heart leaps in fear every time I see you charging down that list.”“Not to worry. No knight I've er' met can unhorse me. Yet not all wounds are so tangible. My heart suffers as well.” He seized her hand to press it to the hard plain of his chest so she could make out the steady heartbeat thumping beneath her palm. “It feels as if it has been pierced by a leaded spear every time I see you with the prince.”“Please, let's not talk of my husband.”“His Highness is no more insufferable than the average royal accustomed to always getting his way. If only he spent as much time ruling as he did draining goblets and chasing skirts he would make for a decent prince.”“He has given me everything.” She offered, feeling the strange need to defend her derelict husband. Reginald may not be the best of husbands but if it hadn't been for him she would still be a lowly serf, serving ale in some dingy tavern.“Everything except for what you truly need. Love.” Eldrick insisted, his voice a low rumble that tingled her palm. She reluctantly pulled it away and took a step back. “Are you worried that we'll be discovered?”“He is not likely to notice.” She shrugged. Swaddled in ermine and arrogance, Prince Reginald was too busy feasting and philandering to notice much. “I am nothing but another symbol of status for him. No different than his fancy jewels or his royal hounds. He pays me no mind as long as I sit by his side, smiling sweetly and waving to the crowd.”“Then he is a bigger fool than I thought.” Eldrick said. “For you are far more precious than any crown jewel. I can scarcely keep my eyes off you. Your skin is like rose petals. Your eyes are blue and fathomless like the deepest river.”She raised one golden eyebrow. “Which am I, a rose or a river?”“You, my love, are a dragon. Full of fire and fearsome beauty to tempt knights to their doom.” He pronounced, his face a mixture of lust and amusement.“A dragon, am I? What a silver tongue you have.” She chuckled.“Was it not my tongue that won me fair lady.” He clasped her to him and ran that silvery appendage down the column of her neck, sending a fierce shudder down her spine.“So to speak,” she whispered. “And would you go to your doom for your dragon lady?”“Most happily.” He growled before closing the gap between them and forcefully claiming her mouth.He kissed her with such passion and urgency, as if he never wanted their lips to be parted again. It was a kiss of conquest but with an edge of sweetness. When she felt his tongue attempting entrance she parted her lips to allow him to explore her willing mouth.As he plundered her deeply, she felt her whole body grew hot and tingly. The intensity of his kiss made her head spin as though she had drunk too much wine. The power of the man intoxicated her. It overpowered her reason so that she was willing to hazard everything to feel his lips upon hers once more.She may be naught but a weak sinner but falling for Eldrick didn't feel weak. It didn't feel like sin or betrayal. It felt like paradise.He pressed her closer with an arm around her waist and her body melted into his like snow before a naked flame. Dizzy with longing, she clung to him to steady herself. Feeling the hard muscles of his biceps tense and roll beneath her fingers, she trembled at the thought of the strength that lie just beneath the skin.Relentlessly, his lips moved down her body, pressing them over whatever flesh he could find. His whisker-rough chin rasped along the soft flesh of her throat to her collarbone and beyond, leaving a tingling trail of fire in its wake. A firm tug released her left breast from the low-cut neckline of her tight bodice. With one hand still holding hers back, he dipped his head to worship the lush swell with his keen tongue, teasing the rosy tip until it raised to a hard peak.‘Twasn't long before his free hand joined in a two-pronged assault on her senses. Eldrick roved over her velvet encased curves, handling her with the unerring instincts of a seasoned warrior. Knowing just where to nibble and caress so that she was soon mewling and writhing under his sure touch.He sucked her nipple into his mouth, forcing a sharp inhale from her lips. Arching forward, she offered it up to him while riding the wide expanse of his thigh that she found pressed between her legs. A sharp throb of desire went through her as she rubbed up on the hard bulge of his cock, barely contained by the thin fabric of his hose.“This is madness.” She uttered as she continued to rock against him. “Reginald would have our heads if he knew.”“Completely mad,” he agreed between feathery kisses along her delicate jawline.“It's reckless and foolish.” She interjected, once she managed a full breath.“Utterly foolish.” Eldrick answered as his lips continued their journey down her neck.“Don't stop though.”“Never.”He claimed her mouth again. The kiss was slower this time, more lingering. In the past they rarely had time for lengthy preliminaries, instead having to take their forbidden pleasures in brief stolen moments. Not that Jenevieve really minded. She found the haste only amplified their violent desire, further stoking the white-hot flames of their passion.Yet on this night, with the wagging tongues of the court occupied with feasting and drinking, Eldrick seemed determined to take his time. To allow a slow burn to envelop them both. And Jenevieve was certainly feeling the heat. When their lips finally parted, she was reduced to nothing but a smoldering puddle of liquid desire.Lost in blind lust, she clutched at the rough fabric of Eldrick's tunic to support her unsteady legs while he slowly untied the fur-lined cape from around her neck. Once the tie had given way he pulled it from her slender shoulders. Cape in one hand and lantern in the other, he disappeared into the nearest empty stall.“What are you about?” She called after him, already missing his presence.“Making a bed fit for a princess.” He answered while fluttering the garment down over a pile of fresh hay.Bold green eyes, glinting with purpose and power, met hers. The look sucked the air from her lungs. Before she could recover her breath, he was upon her. A second later she felt herself being flung over his broad shoulder. After a few long strides he plopped her down on the makeshift mattress, giving rise to a peel of feminine laughter. The laughter turned to a breathy moan as his calloused hand worked its way up her leg.Teasingly slowly he pushed up her gown, the rich purple velvet sliding over her slim white thighs, past the fullness of her hips, to finally gather around her narrow waist. Nestled between her legs, he looked up at her with a sly smirk before latching his eyes on the exposed thatch of curls that lightly veiled her sex.Using gentle fingers, he spread the petals of her feminine flower, baring the slick seam to his hungry gaze. Ever so lightly, his finger brushed her mound, yet it sent a thunderbolt of electric pleasure through her whole being.His intent was clear. Though the extent of his arousal was extremely evident through his fitted hose, he seemed determined to put his own needs aside to attend to hers. And they say chivalry is dead she thought as he lowered his face towards the place between her legs. Then the thought was driven from her head as the wet heat of his mouth made contact with her cunny. As his tongue rasped across her seam she let out a sweet sigh of surrender and her limbs went limp with pleasure.He was gentle at first. Almost torturously so, touching her tenderly, reverently, as if she were a holy relic. His mouth paid careful devotion to every fold gradually until she was unconsciously arching to meet his caress in a silent plea for more. The plea did not go unanswered. By and by his ministrations intensified, his tongue a living flame that would consume her. Lips feasted, fingers probed. Jenevieve's hips gyrated in time with his searching tongue and pumping digits. She tossed her head from side to side, defenseless against the onslaught of pleasure.Craving more still, she wound her fingers into his dark hair to press him closer. Taking the hint, Eldrick's lips latched onto her clit. He lapped at the aching bud repeatedly until she was moaning and panting with rising tension. He held her teetering on the brink for some time. Then suddenly the tension broke and she was screaming out his name as she tumbled over the precipice of pleasure.The release was violent in its intensity and boundless in its scope. Shudders of ecstasy wracked her whole body and shattered her world. Still Eldrick did not cease his gentle lapping until the last quake of pleasure had passed and she slumped, gasping and boneless, onto the hay.“Mmm, ‘tis warm as honey and twice as sweet.” He hummed as he licked her juices from his lips.“Now I would taste you.” Jenevieve muttered once she had finally regained the power of speech. Swiftly she dropped to her knees before him and made quick work of the laces of his hose. His cock sprang up between them, hard, long and straight. A weapon well suited to the formidable knight who wielded it, and it was pointed straight at her. Yet she did not shrink from it as a lesser adversary surely would. She took it on without hesitation.She wrapped her fingers around the girthy base, her thumb barely meeting with her middle finger. It seemed to swell further as she glided her slick palm up his length and down again. A creamy drop of arousal gathered at the rounded tip. She licked it up and the salty tang that exploded on her tongue only made her mouth water further.As Jenevieve drew his cock into her mouth he threw his head back and muttered something halfway between a prayer and a curse. Emboldened by his response, she took him further into her eager mouth, clutching his muscular thighs as she strove to fit in as much of the sizable organ as she could. Her pains were rewarded by a low moan wrested from her opponent's lips.Desire, though so recently satisfied, was already beginning to reassert itself through an insistent throbbing between her legs. She felt the wet evidence of that desire overflowing her cunny and trickling down her thigh. It was always thus with her knight of hearts. He alone triggered an unslakable thirst inside her that only seemed to grow the deeper she drank.Eldrick's thirst seemed to be equally unquenchable. His muscles bunched and strained the limits of knightly endurance in an effort to hold back his pleasure. His jaw was clenched tightly, his brow furrowed. Soft pants turned to loud groans as Jenevieve's tongue slipped slowly over his salty length to circle the smooth head.“Enough!” He finally roared and pulled himself from her mouth.The next thing she knew, Jenevieve was being hauled up onto her feet and forced face first against the wall of the stable. She barely had time to catch her breath when she felt a rush of cool air on her thighs as Eldrick jerked up her gown. His booted foot nudged her legs wider, a firm hand on her spine tilting her forward so that her backside was hitched upward. Seconds later she was crying out as he plunged his powerful male organ into her to the hilt.There was no escape for her there. Pinned between the rough wooden wall and his unyielding body, she was completely at his mercy. Which was exactly where she wanted to be.Her fierce knight went at full-tilt and she welcomed the ferocity. Their combined need was too great for restraint or finesse. Setting a punishing rhythm, he surged into her with all his might. The slap of flesh against flesh echoed off the rafters, mixing with the neighing and whinnying of horses.“I've been dreaming of this all day.” Eldrick hissed between gritted teeth. “Tell me that you think of this as much as I do.”“I can think of nothing else.”“Tell me that you are just as completely and recklessly in love as I am.” He thrust with strokes so forceful that they nearly lifted her slippered feet off the ground.“My heart belongs only to you, my love.” Her voice tightened as she felt another climax looming into view.“Then run away with me.” Eldrick said in a dangerously serious tone.She whimpered in protest as his hips suddenly ceased their driving motion. With a flurry of silken hair and velvety skirts, he spun her around to face him. The look of utter longing and vulnerability on his face shook her to the core.A moment passed, then another, the appeal hanging heavy in the air between them. They both knew it was an impossible fantasy. As if somehow their love could defy duty and god and destiny to forge a new fate together. It was absurd. But in their stolen moments in one another's arms it almost seemed possible. Almost.Jenevieve looked up and their eyes met for one soul-shattering instant before she cast her gaze to the floor.“Be reasonable, my love.” At last she answered in a soft, hollow voice. “There is no place we can go that the prince won't find us. Besides, what ever would we do? Become simple farmers in a wattle and daub hut. I cannot ask you to trade in your sword and titles for a patch of dirt and a pitch fork.”“But I would most willingly. I need only you, Jenevieve. Titles, prestige, glory, they all became meaningless the moment I saw your face.” He held her fiercely. “Run away with me and our humble hovel will seem like a castle with you by my side.”“One day.” She replied, not knowing if her words were true but hoping against hope that they were.She felt his grip on her easing as if she was already slipping through his fingers. His voice dropped. “No one is promised anything but today.”“Then let us not waste it with talk of an uncertain future. Now is ours.”Jenevieve shoved him roughly so that he tumbled backwards onto the bed of straw. Before he could object she was straddling him and pressing her lips to his. He accepted her kiss, but his body remained stiff and restrained. He was determined to hold back, she saw it in the tightness of his jaw, felt in in the tautness of his muscles. Nevertheless, she was equally determined to conquer his resistance. She would not let thoughts of tomorrow ruin this glorious night.Gradually Eldrick returned her kiss, thrusting his tongue to duel with hers. Their mouths sparred. Their bodies battled. As the kiss deepened she felt his resistance waver. He softened, his rigid frame easing so that she could press her soft curve against him. Though one part of his body remained decidedly stiff. His erection bobbed up between them.Without breaking the kiss, she shifted her weight so that his hard shaft was prodding between the lips of her sex. She let the tip slip inside and they both groaned in unison. Slowly she slid down inch by inch, feeling her inner walls stretch to accommodate his thickness, until they were fully joined.She took control of their lovemaking and this time and he let her. He let her set the pace. Taking him deep inside, she rode faster and faster, allowing herself to be impaled on his lance over and over again.Never had she felt so powerful as she did in these moments with him. For her whole life men had sought to take power from her, to control her, to make her feel less than, but not Eldrick. He built her up, imbued her with strength and daring until she felt invincible.“What would you do for your princess?” She asked, digging her nails into his broad shoulders.“Anything,” Eldrick swore between gritted teeth. He reached up to fondle her breasts and she hissed out a sound of pleasure.“Would you betray your oaths for me?”“My devotion belongs only to you.”“Would you die for me?”“Aye, a thousand times.” He growled, his body tense like a rearing steed.She was clutching him fiercely, nails digging deeper until they left crimson trails in his bronze skin. As her legs wrapped around him ever tighter, she felt a surge of possessiveness. He was her knight. Hers to command. Hers to enjoy. And she would, by god, even if it cost her everything. Even if it cost her her life.Balancing on a sword's edge of pleasure she rode his pikestaff with increased speed. Her knight groaned low in his throat and muttered declarations of affection, but they were broken and unintelligible. In wordless response she arched her back, writhing madly on his cock. Her yellow hair spilled around them wildly as she bounced.“Upon my soul, I will love thee forever and always.” He panted out his devotion.“Yes, forever and always,” she repeated, sealing the vow with a deep kiss.In that moment they shared one breath, one heart, one soul. With only a single lantern and the bright fire of their passion to keep the darkness at bay, they sought salvation in one another's embrace. Their bodies were locked in a battle to stave off grim reality for a few more precious minutes. As if the sheer force of their love, only allowed to exist in moonlight and shadow, could banish the dawn so that they may never be parted again.Alas, they could not hold back their pleasure forever, any more than they could hold back the rising sun.The slow torment of lust built little by little until it became an unstoppable force. Finally, the heavenly sensation overtook them. They reached their peak together. Beneath her, Eldrick was bucking and spilling inside her, flooding her pulsing channel with warmth.Jenevieve heard her own keening cries but they sounded far away. She had abandoning her earthly body to travel to the very heights of paradise above. Flickers of gratification pulsed through her and brilliant white stars burst behind her shuttered eyelids.Eventually the divine sensation ebbed and Jenevieve was reluctantly called back to her mortal form. When next she opened her eyes, she was wrapped firmly in her lover's strong arms.The stables fell silent then, apart from the sound of their unified breathes.“My princess,” he breathed into the curve of her neck. * * * “You can cut that out now Rick.” Jenny let her Yankee accent return in all its gaudy glory. “I can't freakin' breath in this damn corset.”As if on cue, her cell phone chose that moment to ring. The electropop beat of Taylor Swift's “Look What You Made Me Do” cut through the stillness of the night, effectively jarring the pair back into the modern world. Quickly, Jenny scrambled off Rick's lap and reached for the phone stowed away in a nearby rafter.“Oh shit, it's Reggie.” She pressed the phone to her ear. “Hey babe.”“You're late.” He announced in a smug and slightly slurred tone. Reggie never knew when to drop the princely performance. He carried the character of Prince Reginald over into their real lives so regularly that Jenny began to wonder if the pompous prince act was really an act at all.As the only son of the owner of King Edward's Faire it was no wonder he turned out to be a total bougie brat. When Jenny had first gotten a position at the faire as a lowly, serving wench, straight from the trailer park, she had been too flattered by Reggie's attentions to notice his utter lack of character.By the time she figured it out it was too late. She was in too deep- forced to play the part of dutiful trophy wife in and out of work. Then Rick came along. As head stunt rider at the faire he was valiant and caring and just what she needed. (Not to mention sexy AF.) She had fallen for him, hard and fast.Ironically, it was only in their role-play games that she could truly be herself. Even if it did complicate the situation further.“Sorry, I'm just closing up. Be there soon.” She heard Reggie's grunting response and then he was gone.“I have to go.” Jenny blurted out to Rick who sat casually regarding her from his nest in the hay.Reggie was waiting for her at the King's Head Pub, the typical afterhours spot for the cast and crew. He was there most nights after closing time, hanging with his sycophantic squad and his band of basic wenches.“We mustn't keep the prince waiting.” Rick shot her a cheeky look.“Cut it out, okay.” She tossed his duffle bag at his head before retrieving her own bag from the loft.They dressed quickly, exchanging medieval garb for jeans and t-shirts. Jenny slipped on her sneakers and hurried to tie her hair into a high pony tail, trying not to be distracted by the scintillating sight of Rick sliding into his jeans. She hadn't thought it possible, but his ass actually looked as good in a pair of tight Levi's as it did in his hose.In fact, the sight was so distracting that Jenny did not notice the bale of hay at her feet. It pitched her forward and she would have quickly met with the ground had Rick not caught her in mid-fall. Without warning, she found herself staring up at his dangerously alluring green eyes.“I meant what I said, you know.” He brought his hand up to stroke her face. “Let's run away, start over somewhere far away.”Tenderly, he plucked a stray piece of straw from behind her ear. His firm hand then wound behind her head to guide her lips to his. He delved into her mouth with the most sensual rhythm, at once soft and strong. The kiss unfurled between them, full of love and longing with just a twinge of regret.Once their lips parted she sighed softly. “One day.”A flicker of sadness crossed his handsome face. For a moment, the habitual smile faded from his lips, the armor slipping slightly. And then, just like that, it was back in place. Undaunted, he flashed that dazzling grin in her direction. One that promised patience and understanding and hinted at many more trysts to come.Rick popped a baseball cap on his dark head and pressed a gentle kiss on her hand before heading towards the door.“So, meet you here same time tomorrow?” She called after him.“I wouldn't miss it for the world, milady.” Rick turned and doffed his baseball cap in a courtly gesture. Jenny rolled her eyes as he strode away.“That's Your Highness to you.”by Brie_de_Jour for Literotica

In this episode we'll discuss:Snack BingesBeauty SplurgesFuneral PlansAll Your Trope NeedsBlurb-Scotland's magic has been trapped ever since the Battle of Culloden when a powerful witch bound it to keep the power from the British. It's gotten worse over the centuries, and now a stranded fae prince-turned-professor has one chance to bring the Highlands back to life.‘The Fae's Gamble' is the first book in the Office of Highland Magic series, featuring a department of academics keeping track of Scotland's magical peoples and relics.Fern McEwan has witch blood in her veins. She doesn't know that and only cares about finishing her thesis. Out of options, she has to accept a mysterious fellowship offer from an unknown Office of Highland Magic. When she realizes the invitation centers on her breaking a centuries-old curse, she'll need convincing to finish the term, no matter how cute the department head is.Dr. Calum Welsh used to go by ‘Your Highness' and not ‘Professor.' When he found himself on the wrong side of a magical barrier after the Battle of Culloden, he was forced to trade his sword for spectacles and spent years researching ways to get back. He might have found his last option, but it's a gamble, and a crush on Ms. McEwan isn't part of the lesson plan.After a hundred years, the curse threatens to rip the Highlands apart and banish its magical residents forever. Both Fern and Calum will have to put aside their differences and their growing attraction to try and release Scotland's magic before it's too late.Please note ‘The Fae's Gamble' is an adult paranormal romance with sex scenes, graphic violence, and swearing.Other books we're reading: Stolen by Starlight by Sara Ivy Hill, Stained by Starlight by Sara Ivy Hill and The Orcs Reluctant Bride by Jessica Grayson. Bookish Haven Events Reading Retreat in Scotland-https://www.bookishhavenevents.comFind out more about us-https://linktr.ee/BondedBooksPodcastIf you'd like to email questions, comments or book suggestions you can do so at BondedBooksPodcast@gmail.com

Jasper (William) Cartwright is a Freelance Producer, Podcaster, Actor, and Motion Capture & Performance Capture Performer. Chad talks to Jasper about his podcast Three Black Halflings, which is committed to discussing diversity and inclusion within fantasy, sci-fi, and nerdy culture from the perspective of three people of color, what it's like to be in the space, and why representation is super important. Follow Jasper (William) Cartwright on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasper-cartwright-217b72113/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/JW_Cartwright). Check out his website at jasperwcartwright.com (https://www.jasperwcartwright.com/). Follow thoughtbot on Twitter (https://twitter.com/thoughtbot) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/150727/). Become a Sponsor (https://thoughtbot.com/sponsorship) of Giant Robots! Transcript: VICTORIA: Hey there. It's your host Victoria. And I'm here today with Dawn Delatte and Jordyn Bonds from our Ignite team. We are thrilled to announce the summer 2023 session of our new incubator program. If you have a business idea that involves a web or mobile app, we encourage you to apply for our 8-week program. We'll help you validate the market opportunity, experiment with messaging and product ideas, and move forward with confidence towards an MVP. Learn more and apply at tbot.io/incubator. Dawn and Jordyn, thank you for joining and sharing the news with me today. JORDYN: Thanks for having us. DAWN: Yeah, glad to be here. VICTORIA: So, tell me a little bit more about the incubator program. This will be your second session, right? JORDYN: Indeed. We are just now wrapping up the first session. We had a really great 8 weeks, and we're excited to do it again. VICTORIA: Wonderful. And I think we're going to have the person from your program on a Giant Robots episode soon. JORDYN: Wonderful. VICTORIA: Maybe you can give us a little preview. What were some of your main takeaways from this first round? JORDYN: You know, as ever with early-stage work, it's about identifying your best early adopter market and user persona, and then learning as much as you possibly can about them to inform a roadmap to a product. VICTORIA: What made you decide to start this incubator program this year with thoughtbot? DAWN: We had been doing work with early-stage products and founders, as well as some innovation leads or research and development leads in existing organizations. We had been applying a lot of these processes, like the customer discovery process, Product Design Sprint process to validate new product ideas. And we've been doing that for a really long time. And we've also been noodling on this idea of exploring how we might offer value even sooner to clients that are maybe pre-software product idea. Like many of the initiatives at thoughtbot, it was a little bit experimental for us. We decided to sort of dig into better understanding that market, and seeing how the expertise that we had could be applied in the earlier stage. It's also been a great opportunity for our team to learn and grow. We had Jordyn join our team as Director of Product Strategy. Their experience with having worked at startups and being an early-stage startup founder has been so wonderful for our team to engage with and learn from. And we've been able to offer that value to clients as well. VICTORIA: I love that. So it's for people who have identified a problem, and they think they can come up with a software solution. But they're not quite at the point of being ready to actually build something yet. Is that right? DAWN: Yeah. We've always championed the idea of doing your due diligence around validating the right thing to build. And so that's been a part of the process at thoughtbot for a really long time. But it's always been sort of in the context of building your MVP. So this is going slightly earlier with that idea and saying, what's the next right step for this business? It's really about understanding if there is a market and product opportunity, and then moving into exploring what that opportunity looks like. And then validating that and doing that through user research, and talking to customers, and applying early product and business strategy thinking to the process. VICTORIA: Great. So that probably sets you up for really building the right thing, keeping your overall investment costs lower because you're not wasting time building the wrong thing. And setting you up for that due diligence when you go to investors to say, here's how well I vetted out my idea. Here's the rigor that I applied to building the MVP. JORDYN: Exactly. It's not just about convincing external stakeholders, so that's a key part. You know, maybe it's investors, maybe it's new team members you're looking to hire after the program. It could be anyone. But it's also about convincing yourself. Really, walking down the path of pursuing a startup is not a small undertaking. And we just want to make sure folks are starting with their best foot forward. You know, like Dawn said, let's build the right thing. Let's figure out what that thing is, and then we can think about how to build it right. That's a little quote from a book I really enjoy, by the way. I cannot take credit for that. [laughs] There's this really great book about early-stage validation called The Right It by Alberto Savoia. He was an engineer at Google, started a couple of startups himself, failed in some ways, failed to validate a market opportunity before marching off into building something. And the pain of that caused him to write this book about how to quickly and cheaply validate some market opportunity, market assumptions you might have when you're first starting out. The way he frames that is let's figure out if it's the right it before we build it right. And I just love that book, and I love that framing. You know, if you don't have a market for what you're building, or if they don't understand that they have the pain point you're solving for, it doesn't matter what you build. You got to do that first. And that's really what the focus of this incubator program is. It's that phase of work. Is there a there there? Is there something worth the hard, arduous path of building some software? Is there something there worth walking that path for before you start walking it? VICTORIA: Right. I love that. Well, thank you both so much for coming on and sharing a little bit more about the program. I'm super excited to see what comes out of the first round, and then who gets selected for the second round. So I'm happy to help promote. Any other final takeaways for our listeners today? DAWN: If this sounds intriguing to you, maybe you're at the stage where you're thinking about this process, I definitely encourage people to follow along. We're trying to share as much as we can about this process and this journey for us and our founders. So you can follow along on our blog, on LinkedIn. We're doing a LinkedIn live weekly with the founder in the program. We'll continue to do that with the next founders. And we're really trying to build a community and extend the community, you know, that thoughtbot has built with early-stage founders, so please join us. We'd love to have you. VICTORIA: Wonderful. That's amazing. Thank you both so much. INTRO MUSIC: CHAD: This is the Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots Podcast, where we explore the design, development, and business of great products. I'm your host, Chad Pytel. And with me today is Jasper William-Cartwright, Game Master for hire, Actor, Creative Consultant, Podcaster, Co-Host of The Performance Capture Podcast, and Co-Host of one of my favorite podcasts, Three Black Halflings. Jasper, thank you so much for joining me. JASPER: Hey, no, thank you so much for having me. And, man, with that intro, I almost feel... CHAD: [laughs] JASPER: I almost felt...I was like, oh, I feel cool. Those are some fun things. [laughs] CHAD: I almost started with a Heeello robots. JASPER: [laughs] CHAD: But it doesn't really have the alliteration that hello Halflings does, so... JASPER: Sure. I don't even know how the hello Halfling started. Like, I'm going to have to go back and listen to some of the earlier episodes again because I genuinely have no idea how it happened. And now it's gotten to a point where it's unyieldy. Every episode, I feel like I have to get a little bit further and a little bit higher. And I'm like, this can't be good for people's ears, so, [laughs] yeah. CHAD: So I know what the show is, but in your own words, what is the Three Black Halflings Podcast? JASPER: The Three Black Halflings Podcast is a show which is committed to talking about diversity and inclusion within fantasy and sci-fi, and sort of anything that nerdy culture touches, we try to cover it from the perspective of three people of color, what it's like to be in the space, and why representation is super important. CHAD: I want to talk about the origin of the show and how you got started. But I was introducing someone to the show previously because I try to tell everybody I can about the show. [laughter] I've noticed in the beginning when you started, there was a lot of low-hanging fruit, like, we can dive into this stuff and educate people. And over time, you've introduced actual play where you're playing Dungeons & Dragons on the show. And I think it's changed a little bit, and it's still great. But I always also recommend people go back to the beginning. And I think a lot of the episodes are sort of timeless. They're not about the news of the day. They're diving into particular topics and discussing either the impact or the problems that they have or how to play them better. JASPER: Yeah, definitely. I think you're absolutely right. It's been a weird thing where because we've become more popular and we're kind of more in tune with the TTRPG space; I think that typically what has happened for us is that we've spent less time really digging around for, you know, what's some stuff... all the things that we can explore. And we're a lot more kind of like, what's the beat of the moment? If that makes sense. And I think that's why we haven't done as many episodes like that. And also, just because we...I just think that the audience is changing. And the way that people consume our content is changing. It tends to go in cycles for us where we'll do a batch of very topical episodes then we'll do more really nitty gritty kind of game design episodes. And so I think a lot of it does depend on the sort of moment, what's going on. There are still a bunch of episodes that we have planned. And obviously, we have the Halfling University series which is coming out currently, which is a more retrospective look back on poignant things throughout the history of nerd [inaudible 3:11] and nerd culture. So I like to think there's a good variety on there. CHAD: Obviously the show, especially I think when it started, had a very heavy focus on Dungeons & Dragons, which I love. People who know me [laughs] know that I love Dungeons & Dragons. JASPER: [laughs] CHAD: And I've been playing it for a long time. And as someone playing it since I was a teenager, I didn't realize until I got older and learned a lot more...and certainly, the show went a long way to sort of educating me about how not only the origins of some of the tropes of fantasy and Dungeons & Dragons but just in general how to have inclusive play. When you're playing with a group of people, and to bring it back to a non-Dungeons & Dragons specific thing, this is true, I think, in any group of people. When you're surrounded by a group of people who look the same as you, are from the same area, have the same experiences, you don't realize what's missing from that table, and that's true in our companies, and it's true around a TTRPG table too. JASPER: Yeah, I completely agree. And I think that's the same for a lot of us. I remember doing a big post after I'd been doing the show for about six months, and it was just like, I was very open when I started the show that a lot of what I wanted to talk about I wanted it to be a safe space for me to explore some of these things. Because I grew up in a very White middle-class area, and therefore I had a lot of the blind spots that I would see my friends of color call out my White friends for or whatever it may be. And so I was like, okay, it's time for me to educate myself. And I wanted to do it in a safe space, in a place where I could learn from great people. Obviously, we had other co-hosts of the show who are fantastic people, but we had things like sensitivity consultants and people like that come on. I always like to shout out James Mendez Hodes, who, if you ever want to do a bit of a deep dive into fantasy...and you said, Chad, the historical basis for some of the stuff that we use, and he wrote some really incredible stuff. And so a lot of it was about me trying to educate myself as well and kind of put in that work. I thought there was a value there in doing it in an open forum in sort of saying, hey, I'm a person of color, and I'm also trying to figure this out, you know what I mean? CHAD: Mm-hmm. JASPER: Because I think that a lot of the time, the barrier for anyone who doesn't belong to a minority group is like, oh, man, I don't want to burden someone else with my own understanding of this thing, and I don't want to ask the wrong questions. Or maybe I don't even know where to begin in educating myself. And so there was something about the three of us and me particularly kind of being very open about the fact that we were learning about this too and that there might be things that...mistakes or things might slightly be out of place but that we have that openness and willingness to learn. And I think that in today's internet culture where everyone is so kind of reaction-based, it just felt important to me that we had a space where we could sit in and talk about stuff and really be open with each other in a way that we knew we'd all be able to shake hands and be like, cool, that was a good session or whatever [laughs] it was today, and not be like, I hate you, you know what I mean? Because someone had made a mistake, or misspoke, or something like that. And I think you're absolutely right. It's something I've started to do a bit more of recently, which is doing diversity and inclusion talks and coaching for companies because I think a lot of the lessons that I've learned through doing this show, especially around things like language and how you set up a work environment to suit people of color and more generally, minorities, it's a slightly continuous pursuit in the sense that you always have to be kind of open and learning. And I think also it provides a...what I think is best about it is that it provides such richness to your work environment. We always say on Three Black Halflings that we want you to take these things and use them to enhance your game. Like you're saying, if you have the same people with the same experiences all the time and that's all you ever hear, then, of course, you're going to get a pretty one-sided experience. And then, if you expand that out to include people from halfway across the world who have a very different experience, they're going to see things differently. And I can almost guarantee there'll be a problem that you and your team have been stuck on for like months, and someone from a different perspective will come in and be like, boom, there's the problem, or that's how we get around it because they have a different frame of reference to you. And so I always try to...it sounds really awful to say sell it, [laughs] you know, not trying to sell diversity and inclusion, but I always want to try and go further by saying it's not just about getting different faces in the door. It's about enriching the work that you do and allowing your team to do the best work that they can. Just the quantity of difference between the kinds of things like games that I used to run, you know, to link it back to Dungeons & Dragons, versus the games that I run now, just having had this wealth of influence from other people and different experiences is incredible. And I think it holds true for every element of my work. So I work as a producer a lot in lots of creative fields as opposed to just podcasting. And it's improved tenfold just by having a diverse group of people that I draw from their experiences in my pursuits. So I think it makes a big difference. CHAD: I think it's the idea that you wanted a safe space, and so you created a public podcast on the internet. [laughter] JASPER: Yeah, I can see how that sounds now. [laughter] CHAD: I assume that you've had to navigate being in public spaces talking about diversity, inclusion. I'm sure that that has been difficult at times. JASPER: Yeah, for sure. I think just to clarify that as well, [laughs] because I am definitely aware of how it sounds, I've always been a very, like, I don't care attitude, you know what I mean? CHAD: Yeah. JASPER: In the sense that I felt like I needed what I was going to make, if that makes sense. What, I guess, I meant by a safe space is I wanted people to have the safe space of listening to it. I was getting the safe space as far as I was concerned because podcasts aren't a reactionary medium, which is lovely. So thank God your audience isn't sat here just saying everything that you said wrong and correcting you. People are probably shouting at me for stuff that I've said already on this episode. [chuckles] So it's definitely a fine line, like you said, to put something out on the internet. It's a very, very public thing to do. But it definitely just felt like, for me, creating somewhere where people could just disappear a little bit and encounter these things in a way where they're not going to be called out, or they're not going to be kind of threatened. There's no risk of cancellation or whatever if you say the wrong thing or whatever it is. It felt important. And yeah, we've had to deal with...I will say this; it's kind of tricky to sum up the things that we've dealt with because I think a lot of stuff is still so systemic in the sense that just even down to the opportunities that you get and things like that where you kind of go like, huh, they started in this space like two months ago, and they have twice the followers we do. And they're getting loads of money for doing these streams. [laughs] And you're going to go, like, hold on, what's going on here? CHAD: Yeah, there are three people on this show. They have ten times the Patreons that we do. [laughter] JASPER: Yeah, exactly. CHAD: Why might that be? [laughter] JASPER: Yeah, exactly. Exactly that. And that's one side of it. And then, to be honest, the most it's happened...and this is quite a recent thing, which I don't even think we've really spoken about on the show was the reaction to the...so for anyone who doesn't know Dungeons & Dragons, there was a recent controversy where Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast threatened to repeal part of the license, which allowed creators to freely kind of use elements, not all of them, but some elements of the Dungeons & Dragons game and the Dungeons & Dragons IP for content basically. And they wanted to repeal it, and they wanted to start bringing in more checks and balances in terms of what you could and couldn't do. And they wanted to start taking cuts of the profits and all this kind of thing. And anyway, the reaction was, as you can probably imagine, not great. Us content creators are ostensibly the lifeblood of this game, especially in terms of its online presence. So we ended up getting the opportunity to interview one of the executive producers at Wizards of the Coast, and we put it on our YouTube. And it's hilariously one of the most viewed pieces of content that the Three Black Halflings has, full stop. And the reaction is so strange because you have people that get super angry at this guy for being corporate, and this and that, and the other. And we were like, okay, that's fine. So that was the first wave of reaction. Then it was like, he's a racist against White people. And we were like, whoa, okay. And then it turned into you're racist because you didn't call him out for being racist against White people. And then, eventually, I think it just found its way to the trolls who are now just being openly racist about it. So it's a very strange dynamic of seeing that play out in terms of it literally depending on the amount of people that listened to it, do you know what I mean? It didn't hit troll numbers yet, like; it needed to be more popular to hit troll numbers. So part of me does wonder if we just haven't quite got to peak troll numbers [laughter] with the main podcast. I'm sort of readying myself with a spear and a shield, so I'm like, okay, trolls are coming. CHAD: It's like a double-edged sword. You want to be more popular but at the same time, hmm. Part of what I'm getting at is I think the work you do, even if you take sort of systemic racism out of it, the reaction to diversity and inclusion topics out of it, it's not easy to be an independent content creator, then you add that on to it. So how do you keep going? You've been doing it for three years now. What's your day-to-day like? How do you keep going at it? JASPER: I mean, the rewards are just huge. I got to go to the Dungeons & Dragons premiere the other day. I went to a party in the Tower of London and had people coming up to me. Everyone knew who I was at the Tower of London at a party in the Tower of London. And when I say Tower of London, I want to clarify that it wasn't a function room attached to the Tower of London. CHAD: [laughs] JASPER: We were in the Tower of London. I was having champagne, sipping it next to Henry VIII's armor. CHAD: [laughs] Amazing. JASPER: It was absolutely wild and being there and people coming up to me and being like, "We love what Three Black Halflings does. We think it's a really important voice in the community. And you guys absolutely like..." you know, because I was sort of like, oh God, I can't believe we're here or whatever. And people would be like, "No, no, you absolutely deserve to be here. It's so important that you guys are here." So I think that has a huge impact. People in the community, the way that we've been embraced there's so many shows and so many people who are creating content that are working so hard who don't have nearly the platform that we have. And I think that is, A, a testament to us and the hard work that we put in. But it's also a testament to just how important what we're doing within the community is. And I still don't really think there is a facsimile for Three Black Halflings in the industry in the sense that we're a talk show. We talk about heavy topics a lot of the time, but we do it with a smile on our face. And we try to laugh as much as humanly possible, you know what I mean? Because the whole premise of this show was that Black joy can be a form of protest. So we wanted to be like, hey, we can talk about serious stuff without having to cry and feel crushingly horrible about it, you know. [laughs] And I think I guess that's how I feel whenever I feel like I want to cry or feel crushingly horrible about my workload or how hard it is to make the show is that I go, this is kind of the point, you know what I mean? This is why we got into it because I think that this is going to make it easier for someone else to do the same thing or someone else do something even better, and that, for me, is incredibly rewarding. But I will caveat all of that by saying we've started to generate some money through ad revenue and Patreon, everything like that. And it's actually...this show has given me the opportunity to leave my full-time day job, which was still kind of creative. I was working in animation before this. And I loved that job, but now I get to be my own boss. And it's been a really steep learning curve learning how to do work-life balance when you're your own boss because you're like, I could really disrespect my time here, you know what I mean? [laughter] I can get a lot done today. And I go, no, I have to spend time with my fiancée. I have to eat food. I have to sleep. I have to drink water. I think a lot of the process has been about that. And I think, especially recently, I've gotten much better at kind of giving myself that work-life balance, and that makes it a lot easier for me to carry on. Because I feel like we've gotten to a point where I can be honest with the community as well and say, "Hey, we're having a late episode this week because there are some kinks with the edit," or something. [laughs] And people are just like, "Yeah, it's fine." So I was actually having a consultancy session for someone yesterday. And one of the big things I kept saying to them was, as a content creator, you have to realize the world is not going to crash and burn if you don't hold the standards that you've set for yourself. Because the chances are your audience has much, much lower expectations, and that's not because they don't think you can do it. It's just because they understand that you're human, and they want you to do well, you know what I mean? So if ever I feel like, oh no, Three Black Halflings has really messed up, I'm like, this episode sounds terrible. And we put it out and, ugh, and I'm there twisting myself into knots and making myself feel horrible. And then I go to the Discord, and everyone's like, "Oh, that sounded a bit janky. Oh, well, I'm sure they'll sort it out." [laughs] It's just like, it's absolutely fine. So taking pressure off of yourself, I think, is something that I think is really important if you're trying to pursue, especially if you're trying to start out in pursuit of something like this because, yeah, it's super easy to drown yourself [laughs] in all of the kind of stress and anxiety about putting content out. CHAD: You mentioned ads, and you mentioned Patreon. I think it was...was it last year that you joined a podcast network? JASPER: Ooh, it would have been a year before. CHAD: A year. JASPER: So I've been with Headgum, I think, for nearly two years now. CHAD: Wow. What sort of prompted that, and what does being part of a network give you as a podcast? JASPER: Hell yeah. Joining a network ostensibly is just like joining a kind of family of other shows. I guess the closest equivalent really is sort of having your show picked up by Netflix or a broadcaster or something like that. It's sort of like you're bringing your show to that family. And then the most common thing...every network is obviously slightly different and will have different kinds of support structures that they offer certain shows depending on the money they generate, all that kind of thing. But the most common one is effectively; you are now in a group that can all support each other and can all benefit each other by doing ad swaps because ad swaps typically is the absolute best way to improve podcast performance, mostly just because the user journey is super simple. It's like, hey, do you like the sound of this podcast? Well, the link to it is in your description. You have to click twice. You have to go into the description, click on that link, and then hit subscribe, and you're done. That's all you have to do, and it will be there. And you know it'll automatically tee up in your feed and all that kind of stuff. So things like pod swaps and everything like that are by far the most effective for spreading the word about your show. And it also just helps you really hit specific target audiences where you go; we have great metrics that we can see of like, the average age of our listeners, how they identify gender-wise, music they listen to typically, what the average Three Black Halflings listens to. I think when you roll all of that information together as a part of a network, you have a huge bank of data, which they can then use to kind of market you in the best way and push you out in the best way. And then, on top of that, most networks will have some sort of ad revenue like sort of system or tech, I guess, is probably the best way of putting it. And certainly, for some networks, they almost run like tech companies, how I imagine tech companies run. You're probably about to tell me, "A lot better." [laughs] CHAD: Don't worry about it. [laughs]. JASPER: But, for instance, Headgum has Gumball. So Gumball is their ad sales sort of site, which has software which allows you to basically...everyone can go, and you can book ads just by looking at the podcast, seeing how many downloads it has; again, it has a breakdown of demographics and things like that that you can look at to see if that will marry up with whatever product you're pushing out. And then that will automatically set up a prompt for me to then read the script, upload it, and then that will put a dynamic ad in the middle of an episode, however many episodes until a certain amount of impressions are delivered. So, again, that will be very unique and different depending on which network you join. But ostensibly, I'd say those are the two main things is pooling of resources amongst a family of different podcasts and then some sort of promise of ad revenue or ad sales. Most of them also have an ad sales team where they'll go and hunt out more specific spots for your show. So, for instance, we just got sponsored by, I think it was Penguin or maybe Random House. Actually, maybe it's Random House who are publishing three little additional books to go in and around the Dungeons & Dragons movie. So we just did a little ad for them. And that was, again, the sales team kind of going out and being like, oh, we can see that you're looking for advertising places. Why don't you come and advertise on this Dungeons & Dragons podcast? [laughs] So yeah, stuff like that, I think. Those were, I'd say, the main areas, and then it'll kind of depend...some podcast networks will help with editing. They'll have almost like a house style. So they'll sort of...they'll say, oh, we'll do the editing for you because we want to marry up all the shows so that they have a similar sound CHAD: Is Headgum doing some editing for you and not on other episodes, or…? JASPER: No. Headgum pretty much does...one of the best things [laughs] about it is we have an incredible sound designer; shout out to Daniel. He's actually one of the sound designers of God of War, if you can believe that. CHAD: [laughs] JASPER: He's won several awards for sound design. He basically has almost like a little side hustle, which is him and a group of his friends who do podcast editing for Headgum. He does our main shows and our actual play shows. They were like, "Oh yeah, they can help you out with your actual play shows." And then me, as the incredibly stressed-out producer that was also having to listen to multiple hours of my own voice a week, went, "What about the main show as well?" CHAD: [laughs] JASPER: And they were like, "Yeah, fine." [laughter] I was like, "Thank you," [laughs] because I can't bear listening to myself. I don't mind editing, and I'm not bad at it. But listening to my own voice is not on my list of to-dos. [laughs] CHAD: It sounds like, overall, that being part of a network has been positive for you. JASPER: Yeah, hugely. CHAD: That's awesome. MID-ROLL AD: Are your engineers spending too much time on DevOps and maintenance issues when you need them on new features? We know maintaining your own servers can be costly and that it's easy for spending creep to sneak in when your team isn't looking. By delegating server management, maintenance, and security to thoughtbot and our network of service partners, you can get 24x7 support from our team of experts, all for less than the cost of one in-house engineer. Save time and money with our DevOps and Maintenance service. Find out more at: tbot.io/devops. CHAD: Let's talk about...I'm making the assumption...I didn't dwell too much at the beginning of the episode that people understand what Dungeons & Dragons is, but maybe that's too big of an assumption. But it just seems so much more popular now [laughs] than it ever had before. So I feel like I can at least say Dungeons & Dragons to people, and people are like, even if I don't actually know what it's like to play, I know what it is, at least now. [laughs] JASPER: Yeah, yeah, you got an idea of what it is. Yeah, for sure. [laughs] CHAD: But let's maybe, at this point, take a little bit of a step back. And Dungeons & Dragons is more popular than it has ever been before. I think that that's really exciting for creators like you because it must feel like there's more opportunity than ever. JASPER: Yes, yeah, absolutely. And I think that...so this actually, I think really ties into something that I've been doing a little bit of research on, which is...I can't say too much at this point, but I'm putting together a convention. Part of the idea behind this convention was that I've noticed there's a really big trend towards experience-based entertainment. We love movies. We love going out to bowling, all that kind of stuff. But real full immersion-based experiences, I think, are...post-lockdown, everyone's like, yes, give me all of that. I've been cooped up in a house. I want to be whisked away as far away as possible. And so I do think that is part of the reason why Dungeons & Dragons has started to become even organically more and more popular. Because I just think the idea that instead of, I don't know, just sitting around on a Friday with some friends talking, or just watching a movie, or whatever it may be, that you can kind of with your friends go off and take part in something that feels epic and larger than life and really allows you to abandon for just a couple of hours some of the strains and pressures on your life. I think, again, post-lockdown, that just feels like such an appetizing thing [laughs] to be able to do. And I just think with then the general acceptance of nerdiness as mainstream culture; people are just a lot more willing to be like, well, if I'm going to watch a movie with a dude who has a suit made entirely of iron and says really corny lines and shoots laser beams out of his chest, I probably could be okay with pretending to be a goblin for half an hour. CHAD: [laughs] JASPER: Whereas I think before, people would have been really like, no, no, no, we don't do that. I only watch, I don't know, Kubrick movies or something. Do you know what I mean? CHAD: Yeah. JASPER: Like, that's their form of entertainment. CHAD: Yeah, that trend really resonates with me. Even before the pandemic, escape rooms and that kind of thing were becoming really popular. JASPER: Yes. CHAD: I mean, there are escape rooms everywhere now. [laughs] JASPER: One of the things that I found out as I was coming up with the idea for this convention...I was talking to a buddy of mine, and he basically owns an event space, which has a cinema in it, and it also has a little theater. And he ran over; I think it was last summer, a "Guardians of the Galaxy" themed kind of experience where you walked around, and you got to meet some of the characters and stuff like that. And then next door in that building, they were showing the "Thor: Love and Thunder" movie. And despite the fact that the experience was three times as expensive as the "Thor: Love and Thunder" movie at the cinema, that experience sold out almost instantly. And the "Thor: Love and Thunder" movie was struggling to get people on the seats; you know what I mean? But I was like, but "Thor: Love and Thunder" is a Guardians film, you know what I mean? All of them are there. It's ostensibly a "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie, and yet people are going to see a "Guardians of the Galaxy" experience, which I don't even know if it was like an official thing...rather than seeing the movie of it. So I just think, yeah, like you said, this trend for escape rooms and all that kind of stuff just really resonated with me that I was like, yeah, that's...like, if I had to choose, if I was in a privileged position and could afford to go to that thing, I'd be like, pssh, yeah, I'd probably go to the "Guardians of the Galaxy" experience rather than just, eh, I don't have to watch the film. I could probably get it on Disney Plus in like two weeks, so...[laughs] CHAD: Yeah. Have you ever been to a secret cinema in London? JASPER: Yes. I did "Top Gun: Maverick" Up here in Manchester. CHAD: [laughs] I went to the "Star Wars" one a few years ago. JASPER: Nice. How was that? CHAD: I guess, actually, it would have been five years ago. It was amazing. So for people who don't know, secret cinema is you're ostensibly going to see a movie, [laughs] but they build up an entire experience with improv actors themed to the movie that you're seeing, and you don't know where it is. It's technically a secret. They send you the location of it. You go there, and you're whisked away into the world of the movie. JASPER: Yeah, I did a "28 Days Later" one. [laughter] Yeah, that was one... CHAD: Horrifying. JASPER: Yeah, that one was a little much, honestly. [laughs] I was like, I love this movie, but I don't feel safe sat in this cinema [laughs] because I've just walked through three fields filled with zombies and I ran for half of it. [laughs] So, I don't know, I was like, my heart was still racing as I sat down to watch the movie, which I think in many ways, did enhance the experience because I was sort of looking over my shoulder for half of it. [laughs] CHAD: And when people who haven't ever actually seen Dungeons & Dragons played before, I often describe it as we're just telling a story together. Or maybe if they're a little less intimidated by improv because some people are into it, it's like an improv show where you can basically do anything you want or say what you want to do. And then you roll the dice to see whether it actually happens or not. And that's really at the base level all it is. JASPER: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. [laughs] CHAD: And I think you're right; people are more open to that idea of an experience or a game like that than they ever have been before. JASPER: Yeah, for sure. There are so many things that you can kind of fall back on if you're not someone who is super comfortable with improvising or whatever. And I think that's what the game provides is it provides enough structure for you to then just kind of, honestly, because, you know, you do just kind of forget that you're doing it really after about 10 minutes of slight awkwardness when you start with a new group because the game provides you with almost like the fuel. You'll be like, oh, I don't know if I can do this or whatever. And it's like, okay, just go ahead and roll me a d20. And then you roll in that 20, and everyone loses their minds around the table. CHAD: [chuckles] JASPER: And suddenly you're like, okay, I'm in this. I'm the barbarian, and I'm getting angry. And I run in there, and I kick the door down, you know what I mean? And suddenly, you're sat there watching this person who was super nervous five seconds ago stood up on their feet screaming at me as the DM telling me how they eviscerate all these bad guys. So yeah, definitely, the game provides a very good structure for that. CHAD: With this...you mentioned building this experience for a convention. Do you want to talk more about that? JASPER: Yes, I can talk about it in very broad terms. I just can't go into the specifics of when, and the whos, and stuff like that. But ostensibly, the idea was to do a...I got really interested by this idea of reclaiming fantasy. It was kind of like this thing that kept going around in my head. And I was like; I wonder if there's a way that we could see our...again, specifically geared towards minority groups. It's what I know well and a community that I want to continue to serve. And I was like; I wonder if we can create a space where it's specifically for them, explicitly for them in the sense that I think there are a lot of spaces that are explicitly for non-minority groups, you know what I mean? I think a lot of the traditional conventions typically are those things. But I think we get very afraid of creating something where we...people with the purse strings usually go, oh no, you can't exclude people, and I'm like, we're not excluding people. We're just making it very specifically for someone else. And a lot of it was...it then came from the idea of seeing "The Rings of Power" trailer get released. And then the thing that's trending on Twitter is like; there were no black elves, not yes, we've got a black elf, you know what I mean? And I suddenly was like, I really want us to have a space where we can be celebrated in fantasy, et cetera, without having to have that caveated as like seeing it as some sort of diversity hire or whatever. Anyway, this snowballed through going to things like D&D in a Castle and combining it with this idea of reclaiming fantasy of, like, what if we did it inside of like a stately home or a castle? What if we made this event and we really made it that you as a minority can be there and celebrated in the space where you've got, like, Baron, what's his name, on the wall? CHAD: [laughs] JASPER: And it's this White dude from 500 years ago, do you know what I mean? And it's like, I just really loved the idea of a room full of minorities really feeling welcomed and like they were a part of this space, and just realizing minorities we've been around forever, you know what I mean? [laughs] There's never been a point in human history where people with Brown skin haven't been here. We've always been here. So I guess it was just about really realizing that when we sat there watching, I don't know, Pirates of the Caribbean, and there's like two Black people in the swamp. It's like, no, no, no, no, we would have been everywhere, [laughs] do you know what I mean? We would have been everywhere. And we can be celebrated in these spaces too. These don't have to just be White spaces, and they don't just have to be for a very specific group that they have been traditionally for in the past. [laughs] And yeah, the reaction to this sort of pitch, if you will, was overwhelmingly positive. CHAD: That's good. JASPER: And it really took me by surprise, actually, because I was sort of thinking, yeah, I'm really sticking it to them with this pitch. CHAD: [laughs] JASPER: And then everyone was like, "Yeah, we love it." And I was like, oh, right. CHAD: [laughs] JASPER: Okay, yeah. [laughs] I was sort of doing that, and I had to climb down a little bit and be like, okay, awesome. Let's talk about it. What I think is really exciting about that it's just that I really think that conventions and everything can do more in terms of delivering experience. Like myself and my fiancée went to Comic-Con a couple of years ago. And I remember her feeling like, oh, it was just a little bit flat. And it was just sort of...I thought that there'd be more kind of grandeur to it, almost like there'd be more...it was just other than people cosplaying; there wasn't a lot of theater to the whole thing. It was just like in these massive warehouses, and add a little bit of that theater in, have some of those actors, have some of the music and the sound and everything, really give people a place to go and explore and enjoy exploring. And I kind of keep thinking in my head it's like LARP lite, you know what I mean? CHAD: Yeah. JASPER: It's like LARP still with the kind of commercial interaction that you can still go and meet your favorite people. You can still get signings. You can still get previews of things. You can still buy things that you've been wanting to buy all year and that you can only get when you go to a certain convention, and all of the kind of normal convention tropes but really just explicitly labeling it on the bottle: this is for minority groups. Because I honestly think if we explicitly label it like that as well, we'll start to get away from a lot of the things that have plagued conventions for far too long when it comes to making people feel comfortable in those spaces. And quite often, my biggest tip when it comes to diversity and inclusion with companies as well it's just like, put it on the bowl. Like, if you really believe it, have it front and center. Don't tuck it away in like a D&I bit on your website. Have it there so that everyone can see it. Everyone knows when they come to work with you; this is what you stand for. This is what you believe in, things like that, so... CHAD: That sounds awesome. And it's a really good illustration of the idea which we've talked about on the show in previous episodes is that when you are used to being in the majority all the time, and that is the default, when something is being done that's different than that, it feels like you're losing something. It feels like you're under attack. That's a total natural feeling. JASPER: Yes, yes. CHAD: So it's like, that sounds like a great experience. I would love to experience that, and I'm being excluded because I'm White; that's not fair. But that's coming from a position of you've been in those safe spaces for yourself in a world that's been entirely tailored for you. So you haven't realized that you've had that all along. JASPER: Yeah, absolutely. And the beauty of it is..., and this is where it's even better for people in the majority, which is that we have zero intention of making an unsafe space for anyone because that would be wild. So even the spaces that we create for minorities explicitly will still be safe for you as well, you know what I mean? But I think, like you said, it's that reaction, which, again, I get it completely because, as I mentioned earlier, I was there. I've been there. I've been in a space where I suddenly go, oh, I'm part of the problem, and it feels horrible. Like, it's not nice, and it's a really challenging thing, which you have to be comfortable with, and I think everyone should be comfortable with it. Whether you're a minority or not, everyone has blind spots. Everyone has biases. It's a huge part of human interaction. And honestly, in a modern world with the way that social media is, I don't think you can live without biases and without assumptions because you see new people, thousands of new people every day if you want to just by scrolling on your Twitter feed. So to be in this zen place of just like, I will accept everyone only on their merits, and I will not judge anyone would be impossible and maddening, I think. So it's a perfectly normal thing to exist with those biases. The thing that we have to get better at is going, cool; I've got those biases. Now it's time to let them slide, like, to move them over there and to not get defensive if someone calls them out. Like, that's the trick. That's the magic trick. That's pulling the rabbit out of the hat. That's what you got to get comfortable with. CHAD: Yeah, awesome. Well, I really appreciate the conversation, and I really appreciate you taking the time. I know that you get married in less than a week from now. JASPER: I do. I do get married -- CHAD: So congratulations in advance. JASPER: Thank you so much. Thank you. CHAD: If we could just take a few more minutes at the end to maybe nerd out about the Dungeons & Dragons movie, which I know you went to the premiere for, and I just saw this weekend... JASPER: Oh please, let's do. Absolutely. CHAD: It was funny because I think you've said exactly how I left the movie feeling, which was they captured the spirit of what it's actually...like, it was just fun. And Dungeons & Dragons is fun in a way that is not like "Lord of the Rings" [laughs] or just super serious fantasy, right? JASPER: Yeah, yeah. I can't even think of the last time we had a fantasy movie that was like, you know, other than, I don't know, "Your Highness" or something that was just like, I don't know, yeah, whatever that was, you know what I mean? Something that was like an actual movie and didn't take itself too seriously, yeah. CHAD: Yeah, I'm so happy because you could have easily have seen it, like, no, we need to do something super serious and to compete against "Game of Thrones" and "Lord of the Rings" and all that stuff. And to feel like, you know, this was made by people who get it and represented what I love was really exciting. JASPER: Yeah. And I think that what it did for me is I think it lays the groundwork for them to explore more serious places because now they will have that trust that they understand what it's like to be at the table and how to do that. And then I think this is where the real skill is going to come in for them to curate more of these which is like...that, I think, is the art of a really good DM. They can have you absolutely roaring with laughter one minute and then sobbing in like, you know, and it's like an hour's difference, [laughs] you know what I mean? Between the two places. And that's then the next step for these. But I think this was absolutely the tone they needed to strike for this, especially for this first kind of outing. I think they really needed to say, hey, we get it. We understand what it's like, just displaying purely unhinged actions and things, which I think that's the bit that feels D&D for me is when a character...and I think I won't go into any spoilers, but I think you'll probably know the moment I'm describing when a very clear solution is laid out in front of you in big, green letters, for instance, and you choose to do something truly, truly unhinged and wild. Because that was what you decided you were going to do ahead of time. It's such a D&D thing to do. [laughs] And I loved that. It was one of my favorite moments in the movie. And I just thought that perfectly encapsulates the nature of it and the thing that you don't get to see in "Game of Thrones" or whatever because you don't get the Nat 1s or the Nat 20s, I think in the "Game of Thrones." Everything's like 7 to 12; you know what I mean? CHAD: [laughs] Right. Right. JASPER: Everyone is relatively skilled, so they can't just, like, you know what I mean? You can't have the mountain versus the Viper, and the mountain just trips over a rock and brains himself on the floor. CHAD: [laughs] Right. JASPER: You know what I mean? Because that would be a Nat 1, but that would be ridiculous because the mountain is an incredibly skilled fighter, and therefore, it wouldn't work like that. CHAD: Yeah, yeah. I found myself grinning throughout, aside from the moments where I was laughing, just like, oh, that's...yes. JASPER: [laughs] CHAD: Just the whole thing about planning and how he's a planner. JASPER: Yes. [laughs] CHAD: Oh, that is so D&D. And just at the end, the way that that battle lays out, I just feel like it just captures everyone's act in the six-second increments in a D&D battle. And everything's happening all at once, and that's what that battle was like at the end. JASPER: Yeah. And it also just props for like a really good magic fight. CHAD: [laughs] Right. JASPER: Like, I don't even know what the word is, but we have been convinced for years that Harry Potter had good magic, but no, he doesn't. CHAD: [laughs] JASPER: Harry Potter has wand-fu, and it's terrible. It's like; it's not particularly pleasing. It's basically the same as "Star Wars." It's just like a little laser pistol type, piu-piu-piu. CHAD: [laughs] JASPER: That's effectively what Harry Potter becomes. And then to see Bigby's Hand and spells like this be used in the ways, like, it was just so fun. And also, it really teaches the importance of flavoring your attacks and how much life you can bring to a game, to anything, by just adding that little bit more, like, that little bit of extra sauce on top. I think Holger the Barbarian does a perfect job of this in the movie where she's always using improvised weapons, and the way that she fights it's, oh, it's very, very pleasing to watch. And you're sat there going, yeah man, barbarians are so cool. But half the time when you're in a game, you'll just be like, yeah, I run up, and I attack with my axe. It's like, no, give me more, give me more. Tell me how and why and stuff like that. So I agree; I think they did a great job. And I was also just grinning from ear to ear [laughs] during most of it. CHAD: I feel like I could talk to you all day. JASPER: [laughs] CHAD: But I really appreciate it. If folks want to either get in touch with you, we mentioned at the top of the show you are a Game Master for hire, and you do games remotely, right? JASPER: Yes, I do. I do. I do. CHAD: So where are all the places that people can find you, get in touch with you, book you, all that stuff? JASPER: Heck yeah. If anyone knows about my GMing for hire, it's you. [laughter] You had me DM for you for, in total, like, 29 hours in the space of a week. [laughs] CHAD: Yeah. So we brought Jasper and we had the thoughtbot summit where we got the company together in person and so Jasper came and he DMed two sessions with two different groups for us, which was awesome. And then I went to D&D in a Castle, which you mentioned earlier in the show. It's where you go to a castle in the UK and play D&D for three and a half days straight basically. It was an amazing experience and Jasper was an incredible DM. JASPER: Thank you. And if anyone is interested in hiring me as a DM, like I said, I do consultancy, whether it be D&I consultancy or podcast to help you grow podcasts and things like that, or even just get started. Most of that information is on my website which is jasperwcartwright.com. You can find me on all social medias. I'm usually pretty good at responding to people in there, and that is just @JW_Cartwright on all of my social media. So yeah, go follow me, and I've got a bunch of really exciting stuff coming up, so it's a good time to follow me. [laughs] CHAD: Awesome. You can subscribe to the show and find notes for this episode along with a complete transcript at giantrobots.fm. If you have questions or comments, email us at hosts@giantrobots.fm. You can find me on Mastodon @cpytel@thoughtbot.social. This podcast is brought to you by thoughtbot and produced and edited by Mandy Moore. Thanks so much for listening and see you next time. 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{Enter The Multiverse} [The Festival Project.™] Ugh, Die! Die! Die! - my mom (My mom actually said that.) SEASON 6 ACT III, PART VIII “The Lovers' Quarrel” The Lovers must practice an a traditional one-handed duel; They must fence whilst one arm is tied behind the back, a rope tightly held by each's own ascended master as they maneuver in the round. It is a practice of stealth, dynamic movement, and self control. Petruchio and C'esmet passionately dance in the round--the training period stands as a trial-and-error, The Ascended masters tugging at the ropes to correct their mistakes. C'esme't travels to a descended dimension to materialize her Ascended Mastery; Supacree Gains her powers not slowly, but all at once. Avicii explains how long one walks the astral void before returning home into the Kingdom of Heaven after departing. DILLON FRANCIS YOU'RE GOING TO GET ME KILLED. CHAK CHEL I wasn't trying to get you killed! I was trying to get you laid! || D.J. YOU'RE GOING TO GET ME KILLED. C.C. I WASNT TRYING TO GET YOU KILLED! I WAS TRYING TO GET YOU LAID. D.J. I can get laid by myself! C.C. D.J. Shut UP. The famed lovers take their place in the center of the arena; they humbly and gracefully take their battle stance, looking each other in the eye, one arm extended behind the back to face the sky, the other planted firmly, grounding them to earth. In quiet desperation, a silence falls over the entirety of the space—until, a glowing light distracts all but the two of the lovers, focused in oneness, acknowledging two qual parts of one whole. The crowd gasps and coos, as the glowing figure, masqueraded by shadows in a beam of light and colorful auras A tall figure stands equidistant to the two lovers; the triad is formed, and as he begins the yet Ū fort old ancient ritual, the lovers are overwhelmed with shock and confusion. blackout — END EPISODE Lost your shine? Lost my Skrillex! You miss it? Do I Miss—? … You know what? What. Fuck you, dude. ...no can do. [later] Are we relaxed? What is this? I need it. You fucked up. This isn't right. No, it isn't. — BLACKOUT, What happened here? Are we rolling? Cut to commercial. — Are you serious? I'm so serious!!! She's so serious. Cut to: Grocery Store, Day [over the store radio] She's a maniac, maniac on the floor!! What is she DOING? What are you doing? I'm doing me, bitch. And she's dancing like she never has before. —cut to rave— ***WUBZ*** Who is this? I'm on my own tonight. Is she drinking?!? THATS NOT FAIR! Oh, Sweet Jesus! —regular Jesus: [to sweet Jesus] aha! It's you this time. Sweet Jesus: fuck, no fair. THIS ISN'T SKRILLEX. Sweet Baby Jesus. Sweet Jesus: (relieved) YES. Regular Jesus: oh, you're saved. Nice. [ JESUS passes BABY JESUS to SWEET JESUS, then footballing the infant into the outer realms, dusting his hands off and flexing.] Send the Messiah. Wait, which one? Yeah, whose Messiah? Cut back to: the rave ...Who's baby is this? Woah, cool baby. I respect that. [the third raver simply lifts his diffraction glasses, astonished by the bedazzling baby Jesus's vibe.] Wait, Baby Jesus is bedazzled? MAYBE: Cut to: A flash of the alternate dimension, where indeed baby Jesus is Bedazzled.] Cut back to: No, his vibe. Is he sparkling? It's his aura. Oh. Pfft. Lol. Okay. —- First of all, I've never had this many black friends before. .. Oh, my God… I am alarmed. She's so stupid… Actually, just ugly—! Eyyy. Woahhh! But now I'm— You're a fan. Hey—I ate a fan for breakfast—okay?! Literally. OKAY. Ew, gross. Just kill me. [without hesitation] No—Ze Rulez. [Lowers Rave Weapon] __ I'm highly allergic— —Don't need Skrillex. Brought my own! — [stabs self] What is that? Oh shit, it's the EPI(c)PEN OH SHIT. Nice. It also writes. After the stab? Usually after, yes. You, have to. Oh, yeah, huh? No, you actually have to stab yourself first with it—or else it won't write. — Anyway—what were you trying to write? ...fuck, I forgot. Good job, Sonny. ___ Take me back! You wanted this. I wanted NOTHING. You got there! Agh!! Then when you did, you wanted to leave. There's no music. It's literally NOTHING. Except Jimmy Fallon. WHAT?! Since when?! What? Since literally ever. What?! No way. Let me see. Let me see. Oh my—WOAH. Let me see. Nothing is something! Unh-uh bro! What the— IT IS JIMMY FALLON. There's this cricket that lives Somewhere near here, When I hear him I think of the song He sings and all I think is “I wish someone would sing for me, I wish someone would sing for me” If he makes me cry one more time... “One last time, We gonna celebrate” If there's an album, there's going to be a tour; If there's a tour, I'm gonna wanna see him And it's just infinite, isn't it-- Infinite, isn't it? There's no point to it; There's really nowhere safe, that I could run from him A class act An a plus A sad actor with black magic A bad pastor with bad habits A black cat, and a hat and in it Is everything I ever imagined If there's an album, There's going to be a crowd I'm gonna want to be in it And it's just infinite isn't it Can't live with Skrillex Can't go on tour with him Maybe I just, Settle down in this awful town While I try to figure out, What this is about And if this is about Skrillex How did I get into it? If this is Skrillex How do ___ AHHHH DUDE. AHHH THIS ISN'T HAPPENING. Ahhhh man. What the fuck. This is--did you Put The Skrillex in The Skrillex, like I said? ...I… ...did you put the Skrillex in The Skrillex? Skrillex-Skrillex Put the-the Skrillex in the Skrillex Skrillex-t-Skrillex-Skrillex Skrillex is Skrillex-Skrillex OH SHIT. YOU DON'T REMEMBER WRITING ‘THE SKRILLEX SONG'? I DIDN'T WRITE IT! YOU WROTE IT. She's denying it. Oh, She stole all ya'll music. She took all of my songs. All of them? I mean, not all of them--just the bangers. I'm not going to Mexico for Dillon Francis. “The Interrogation” SUPACREE pays the incarcerated SKRILLEX under observation a series of visits, using her invisibility cloak. [[*This would be along the same storyline (using a linear “time”) where SUPACREE has gained most of her abilities, and is also terrorizing Dillon Francis (*interns scene). So. What? Just to get this straight; Nobody can see SUPACREE? Right. But she's--basically--beating the shit out of people. Yeah, she's just... fucking shit up. But nobody can see her. No. At all. No. Nobody at all, just the DJ's. Starting with-- D1-Skrillex D2-DIllon Francis D3-SUPACREE (Wait, how the fuck?) Scary Monsters and SUPACREE. Well, which comes first? What? Which movie? I--What? In order. Order? Like...wait, what are you saying? When you put them in order-- Order?? ORDER!!! Bruh. I just got a dick pic from Dillon Francis. What? By like, accident? I don't think it was an accident… It had to be... It has a personalized greeting, with my name in it. What? Let me see--! (Look) I mean--not “let me see”, I just meant--the greeting. Like, what did it say? Dude-- Damn, that's… Yeahhhh man! Was there a show tonight? Maaaayyybe, I don't know where it would be... Yo dude, I'm calling--WOAH. What dude? I got a message from him too! Oh shiiiit, what's it say? Should I even open it? Open it! What if it's his dick, bro? Open it! [Opens it.] OHHH. It's his dick, bro. Oh SHIT, what the fuck HAPPENED? What did happen? Does yours have a message? What did happen…? I feel like--wait, is that--huh. What does the message say? It does have a message...wait--let me see yours again. What the fuck for? [staring at phone, cocking head slowly to one side] ((Ohh, I like this, the audio pans like--)) I feel like mine's at a different angle. A different angle--wh--let me see. [shows phone] [cocks head to the side slowly, returning to his phone to compare the photos] Oh shit, that is at a different angle. With different lighting! Whatthefuuuck. Dude. _ Well, what did you do when you were Skrillex? A lot. _ Yo. That dude has like 16 passports. I had a lot of fun as Qua Long. _ Shenanigans As Dillon Francis-- Oh shit, this is gonna be a long list. It's actually not that much. (It's a lot) Dillon Francis sits at his desk in his Lair/Office. A pile of legal paperwork is stacked in front of him. ((Oh shit, where's the scene where he's got the glasses?)) Which...glasses… Aw fuck. Oh, right--cause he has a-- He has an entire series. How the fuck did Dillon Francis get to be Captain of the Motherfucking Bampheramphs?! FUCK that, he's not my captain. He's your captain. He is not my Captain. That is not my President. I'M THE CAPTAIN NOW! **Insert: This Is: Dillon Francis Here Damn dude. Dillon Francis needs an entire character analisis (Okay, keep that misspelling, that's hilarious. Anyway) *Analysis I think I might have to write one. Can we not? I mean. Yo dude, i”m like half capacity for Dillon Francis Half, is….half. Well, I mean it's corona virus so-- Fragments of Mr. Francis Blasted analysis Need a dialysis just to get this Sk- Shit out my system. Now I speak Sk-Sk-Sk I shout out curses. Now I speak clown I'm an Owl out of water. Now I speak Sk-Sk-Sk I create languages I see the stares On blank faces I paint the canvas With blood and with ashes I leave on the pavement First of all, These park and raves are crazy Electric Daisy is inside me Everybody's at the party All the stars aligning And all the patrons waiting, waving ___ I call him “The Ghost” You never know where he goes, And the music follows No forward But I know, I know He's The Ghost Producer And I'm just a Loser _ Ive never seen this one before! Me neither. That's great. Something new. Well-something old, something new--it's Skrillex. Yeah, but I like Skrillex. We all like Skrillex Wow. Oh, the fan..family. Family? Family, wait-- AGH, THIS MUSIC IS DISTRACTING ME. It was so clear, and then it just-- Yeah, Vanished? Yeah. Yeah. [A Silence.] A circle of dancing people summon wishes out of the center of their Concentrical Circle. AHHHHHHHHHHHH. What. I'm pretty sure this already happened. I remember that. What? That never happened Uh. It did. It happened like, last season-- --LAST SEASON? --maybe even the season before that. What! I thought we were watching the Pilot! I THOUGHT THIS WAS A MOVIE. This is the third movie. THE THIRD MOVIE? Wait--when did you get here? I...have always been here. [beat.] She's been going on like this for two days. Oh My God. Yes. Have you tried to stop her? No, it's too good; Plus, she can sense us coming it's--watch this. Queue the passerby. A passerby moves towards the garden in the far east corner of the observatory; Are you recording all of this? Even better; We're broadcasting it. To WHO? (in space, in what (was thought to be, anyway) a Void in the unknown. Uh, it WAS a void in the unknown, until a satellite crossed into it) What the fuck, is that a Satelite? A satellite! A satellite? Which satellite? I've got dozens of satellites. Dozens? *Thousands Elon Musk: ...Was it one of mine? (It was) ((To literally nobody's surprise)) (((Literally))) Literally, nobody--because literally nobody ever existed, ever. Until this happened. WHAT IS THIS? Have you seen this? No. Well, you're in it. Okay? I'm in a lot of shit. We all are. But not this. (yes you are) What was that? What was what? You need to burn this. Burn it… Nobody can ever see it. Okay. I just took 6 Xanex. 6! YES. And ⅓. And a third. Okay. Yes. 6 and ⅓. This, This. This is why. Why what? Why he looked at me like that. Like what? [A look.] But how could he have even known; Where could he have ever been, that I was that would make it make sense. Well, we know the Why. This is why. So now--How. How, now Brown Cow? Okay, honestly--it's almost funny now, because yeah--I'd probably also react that same way if I knew someone was going to write that about me. Yeah, I panicked. Panicked; I had a heart attack. Have you seen that thing? Yeah, it's massive. It is massive it's-- --God, it's ridiculous. --It's almost atrocious. Yikes. Yeah. I've been inside of this story before. Oh? I've been inside all of them. I see. Most of them, I just choose to forget. What makes it so that you choose? _ I actually stopped breathing. For how long? Forever. It was nice. _ You...made this…? I...yeah. You cooked me breakfast. I enjoy cooking. Well, thank you. Welcome. DEAD. How did-- Alright. So these two planets. Yeah. Two different galaxies? I guess. Okay. _ First of all that party was lit as fuck and you missed it. I didn't miss it, I just... attended at a limited distance. Chak Chel's set. Doooog. It was. (MM.) Bruh, I just miss when SNAILS was Captain. That was fun times. Too bad we can't go back. ...we can go back... No, dude don't-- Ted, Ted, and Ted meet Todd, Todd, and Todd at Lost In The Sauce Lands. So basically--all 6 of them fuck up at the same time and end up In this-- It's basically a void that lasts infinitely at Lost Lands. Oh shit. _ You better quit it, before you get Stuck in The Skrillex. [The Skrillex Tar Pits] _ Have you ever seen a mosh pit at-- -- Skril-- NO. I'm not ready to talk about it. --Dillon Francis-- It was really therapeutic. -it was nice, they had protective equipment -there was a line, and a queue -it was literally the safest moshpit I've ever attended. Meanwhile, at the Skrillex concert: I'M NOT READY. - Well, that was nuts. Please. No amount of marijuana is going to make you capable of understanding-- I'm not trying to understand, i'm trying to cope; okay? This nigga has magical powers. --And then what?-- Is she still on fire? (an explosion) Yes. Is she still on fire? (several explosions) Maybe. There were so many bombs. (((But the worst?))) “The Nigga Conniption” Oh, shit, is that what we're calling it? Where did he get it? He didn't “get it”, he just had it. How could he just “have it.” I had to do something; They were going to kill him. What happened to your “survival of the fittest” This is different. How is it different? This is different because he isn't sick, or defective--he's just...created… …? ...differently. So it's different. Woah. That's a lot of shit. It is a lot. What the fuck. I swear to GOD i've been in this WOBBLE for over a MINUTE NOW. Ahhhh, there you are-- Ah, The Wobbles. Here, we meet: -mr. wobble -the wobble monster and some other wobble people who live in the wobble. Bruh. I am so tired. What does this dude eat for breakfast? I guess we insert that scene with Dillon Francis here, right? (((Yup.)) So, to this festival… YESTIVAL. Oh shit, is that what we called it? YES. oh shit, because-- EVERYTHING IS YES. (Everything was yes.) ((It was.)) (((It still is.))) The Venga Bus. The Double Dutch Bus. Whatever that is. The Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile. That strange Double Decker from Harry Potter. T h e S o u l T r a i n Did it have a name? I don't know. I don't have time for the internet right now. Now they call me “the internet” Okay, wait-- Yeah. So. Next time I die, that's it--everything just stops. Yes. _ Eventually I'm gonna get sick of this shit and just sit But that's someday, And todays not it; It's lit About to hit TiTs and Hit the Highway, And I'm on the way Cause I was born to rage. DaDa Life. Ahhs, those were the days. The golden age of rave… FIRST OF ALL PASQUALE, THIS SHIT IS RIDICULOUS. (Overhead of EDC) YOU DID THIS. [that's a neutral] Is she yelling at him? I think she's more proud and impressed, but pissed at the same time, because he's just so nonchalant and calm about it. Oh please, that nigga is not calm. Face. Have you seen his eyes? They're wild. Wild, I tell you. OKay what the fuck is happening; Pasqualle's eating Twinkies right now. Dude, the world is ending. I don't think the world is “ending”, it's just...something's probably wrong with it or something. [[watching virtual rave]] oh yes, something is wrong with it definitely. What is actually happening right now. This shit just lifted us into space-- --this isn't it, is it?-- What, at the rave? You're still at that rave? You have reception in space?...Hello… Oh Hell No. My Phone cut off! I still have reception. Who do you have T Mobile (but later) Bruh, I just lost service. What? Oh no. Oh, what-- I still have service. What? When did you get here? Who the fuck are you? I've...always been here. What, no you haven't, I-- Shh. Here. What? How do you have service? What carrier is this? GOOGLE. I don't know--have you asked Google about it? No, fuck that, I don't want to talk to Google about it--she's just going to make me over analyse everything-- Maybe you should over-analyse it. No. Hey man, the word ‘analysis' is starting to look funny. Of course it looks funny, it starts with ‘anal' Who starts with ‘anal'? Touchy. Hooe shit, have you seen that bitch? She's scary. She's a bit scary. Did she say that? I believe it. I don't know if I believe it. BELIEVE IT. Wait, you're Naruto? In the flesh! WHY! Why am I Naruto? WHY ARE YOU IN THE FLESH?! How did you DO this? You did-did. I did not DO this; I couldn't DO this! You can do anything. But I didn't! But you can. You can do everything. You are everything. But i'm not. Alright. Then you're not. WHAT? If you honestly believe that--or whatever you honestly believe--then that's facts. Damn, she put you in a “Fuck You” Chamber. [*ding!* FUHCKYOU] What did you DO. Yo, what did you doooo. What did you do to this girl, oh my god dude; I hate you. I hate you! I HATE YOU. I HATE-- Oh now, dear; Hate is such a strong word. Ohh. It's a Skrillex. S K R I L L E X It is. Looks Fragile. Should we grab it? FIRST OF ALL, --Goddammit, dude-- “IT”, is a HE. Okay, DAMN. DAMN? OKAY. [she does.] Damn. Yeah. So that's what “Damn” is. Lol the first damnation. Hey-- Hi-- Okay, what if-- What if: THAT'S the name of your Supergroup? I wanted to call us “Trifecta” Here? yeah , right here. This is where you want your Kingdom? ...Yeah, right here. ...Okay... Okay. {A look} K bye. _ I've been at this rave for 57 days. _ Okay. Ya'll. Okay, ya'll! No. Guys. We gotta get out of here. What? Noooo. We're just getting started. No. Guys. I'm serious. Something is happening. “I see dead people” ...Freddy Mercury? Really. Uh huh. At a rave. Yes. In space. We did go to space, yes. Okay. Simpson? Yes. I'm gonna need you to take the day off. he's crazy He's not crazy, he's just gay! he's craaazy gay. _ Okay. But how do you know him? he's my ex. No he isn't. Who is it? (sighs) it's...my ex. WHAT? Check. Mate. Bitch. __ Mm. I know her. Who--Billie Ellish-- [Nods] What? Take me to her. Take you...to Billie Ellish. If that's what you're calling...her... now...yes. “now”? Mmhmm. Lady, how old are you--and what is this shit? Hm. (squints) try it. (sus) UH, no…? Suit yourself. It's there if you ever want it. (later) Dillon Francis is searching frantically for extra magic when-- [He comes across the flask, and snatches it.] WOW. Yeah, I know; it's crazy, right? You just found him like this? I did. Where was he? I tripped over him at a bus stop. Woah. Bro, that's so mean. Okay What did Dillon Francis do to you? He knows what he did. He does? No. (He actually does.) Oh, I knew it! ((You should know it, you wrote--)) THE END. ___ What is your favorite invention? Of mine? Yeah. Hmm…. (((Ganja.))) What's your favorite color? Hmmm… (((White))) “When The Day Met The Night” Has Brenden Urie been to the future? Probably. He seems... He seems off. (He is) We all are. (You are.) Hey--who's saying that? Let me be Frank. Dooooooog. it's that part! It's that part. Shuttup! Nigga this is it--this is the shit I told you! So...how many channels is this on? It's on millions of channels throughout the interdiemensions and counting. “Millions of channels throughout the interdimensions,” Not only are we Global; We are now Interplanetary, and our Communication Technology has connected us into the outer dimensions, and intersecting parallels. Are you guys done blowing eachother up yet? UH, WHAT? You're idiots; This was supposed to be a redemption for your entire species, and you fuckwads ruined...pretty much everything. Now we have to mellow out your entire civilization-- --yeah, or annihilate it-- ---just for you backwards savages to get lifted into the Ascension. Idiots. What was that? What was what? Did you hear something? Hear what? Ouch! Ow? What's wrong? Are you Okay?! *trigger, pulled* -------------------------------------------------------BOOM--------------------------------------------------------------- S/HE CAME THROUGH MY SUBWOOFER. She came in through the bathroom window. ___ No, no, no--let me be the DJ. You're already the DJ. Heh. I wanna be the DJ. What were you saying? I don't know. Something Something Sonny Something. So she took 6 Xanex, and #Adderall It was just a long day, that's all… And then I hear Skrillex is on his way HERE? Damn. No. I'm not okay. So, I... Damn dog, she lost it. She lost it. I ovet is. huh. Oh man, he was on one. I'm on one. Fuck it, I'm On One. Fuck. What happened? What happened? What happened? Well, that's tragic. Wait--this is a tragedy? No, it isn't--it's a comedy. No, it isn't-it has Sad Dillon Francis. Exactly. If it has sad Dillon Francis in it, it's tragic. It's supposed to be dramatic. Dillon Francis was crying in it? That's fantastic. That's hilarious. Sad Dillon Francis? I don't want to see sad Dillon Francis! He's a bad actor. Then i'll be sad. We're all sad. Oh, you're right--we're all sad. Oh. He is actually not a bad actor. He was really good in it. Oh, my God--it was really good. Are you serious? I'm not watching it. It's nominated for an Oscar. I'm not watching it. C'mon man --do you know how long it took to get my hands on this? They have them at Fantastik. Do you know what I had to do? It was not cool. Bro, it was so cool! So goood. He is, he's good. What has he done! This is bad. This is very bad. KLIPTOWN EMPYREAN, OH I GET IT, IT'S-- Sop. Okay? You're never gonna get it. ‘Nah, you're never gonna get it. Never ever gonna get it DUDE. WHAT? WRITE THE FUCKIN MOVIE. WHICH ONE? I DON'T KNOW--THE ONE THAT GETS US OUT OF HERE. How'd you learn how to do that? Do what? Does he know? No, he doesn't. He doesn't know. Oh. Oh, he doesn't know what he did? Nah, not yet. Wow. Have you seen this? [Looks] (Not Impressed) Now I have. What d you think-- I don't. That it's like, magic, or...what is that. I don't know what it is. Well...what do you think it is? I don't think, I just listen; and if anything sounds interesting, I just send it in. Interesting like this? [plays it] CUT TO: [stops it] This is interesting. They stare into The Box. I'm glad you did this in person. No one else can know about this; Not even our affiliates. Not even-- Nobody. Woah, it actually came back I told you, if it was a good idea, it would always come back. It...I guess. Besides, it's already happened. It's just playing over. “Do I Know you?” “Do you?” Damn. This shit gets deep. I don't get how it's deep. And I don't get how it's DIllon Francis. I can't even imagine how this happened. Imagine Dragons. That's--I'd rather--not. Anyway, why is she cooking this nigga breakfast? Because he's dead, he should have a nice breakfast. Yeah, you're probably right. BILLIE ELLISH I---like that scythe. SUPA CRYPT KEEPER It's nice, right? BILLIE ELLISH Yeah. I like it. SCK You like it? Have it. BILLIE ELLISH It's mine? SCK Yah! If you like it so much, just take it-- CUT TO DILLON FRANCIS DUDE, SHE TOOk ONE OF MY MAGNETS. CUT BACK TO BILLIE ELLISH Nice! Besides, I have another one just like it--but tiny. TINY SCYTHE. Have you seen this Billie Ellish kid? Oh wow. Yeah, she's kind of terrifying. BILLIE ELLISH is an Old Soul. (it's true, she actually is) A really, really old soul. Who is this. I like it. Are You Okay? Not really, but-- (Shrugs) That's it? That was the fast? Yup. But it was so short. Sometimes it is. But now what? What else do you want? I...don't know how to do this. Sure you do,you just do it. You don't know how you shine the sun, you just do it Just do it! JUST DO IT, NIKE. Is this your knife? I...yes. [they fight] Is this your knife? I... maybe... [they fight] Is this...your I-- [winces] CUT TO: Now, give me your hat. What, why?! GIVE ME YOUR HAT. Damn dude, Skrillex is kicking ass and taking names all day in this. What movie is this? *This is the dimension where pretty much, everything is Skrillex. Well, Everything is Skrillex. Is this the one with the Bellagio Fountain? I think it is. Nigga. He remixed it. He what? The Conniption. He remixed it. What? “The Conniption”; that's what people are calling it. Oh... Yeah. Bruh. Look at-- OH MY GOD. Bro..you leave the fandom, you leave the kingdom. What Kingdom? Dog, this isn't a Kingdom, it's just random. Bro, people LOVE IT. Now they want you to do a collab together. A collab with Skrillex? I can't afford a collab with Skrillex.. You have to do a collab with Skrillex! Uh, I don't have to do anything. Especially that. ___ You're getting residuals off my existence. I am your existence. SKRILLEX is a SUPERSTAR DJ. -&- SUPACREE is a SUPERSTAR DJ. WARNING: This combination is potentially hazardous. WARNING. ! ! ! X___X WARNING. __ ...is there something you need me to do? It's... hard to talk about it... Then don't, you don't have to speak, at all, you know. Oh what, he's telepathic? Homeotelepathy. What is that? BRO, WHAT IS YOUR POWER. Dude, I don't want to see Skrillex. That shit is terrifying. You're terrified of Skrillex? [Plays three clips] ...yeah, dude. Okay, so basically. Wow, he's a rocket scientist. How did you get to this Planet? What Planet. Oh, Goddamn him. Well, t-- Then we just LARPED. Wow that's... Oh, it got violent. Are you Finished with the Skrillex? Not yet. DUDE, DID YOU KNOW? NO! DID HE KNOW? NO! (((YES.))) AGH. I hate this place! Everything is YES. You're a fucking idiot. Oh yeah, you're a fucking Skrillex. How about that? Call me Skrillex again, you little bitch--just look me in the eye and say it. Skrillex. __ Hey, I know this magic… Magic, this is all magic. Yeah, I know this guy; This is Jimmy Fallon's magic. (Good job, bro.) Jimmy Fallon's Galaxy. What the fuck I thought it was a planet. *Ahem. Jimmy Fallon's Magic Galaxy. Oh, wow. Alright, then. WHAT. Jimmy Fallon isn't a Bampheramph. Actually, he just made Captain. You're kidding. No, that was... that just happened. Jimmy Fallon. (Obviously) Come with--actually, you can stay right there. What? Just stand right there. ...and that's his magic. How does he have that? What did he ask for? What did you give him? What did he ask for? What did you give him?! Oh My God. You can't just go around granting wishes! I was just trying to manage these prayers, one-handedly. You can't just answer all the prayers as “wishes granted” that's why we have this system. Christ. No, not me--not today, Satan; I can't TAKE IT. JESUS CHRIST. Nah, he quit. What?! BUT. You got me now, so. Who the FUCK are you? I'm..uh... What are they calling me? They don't know it's you, they're still calling you Jesus. Well of course they still worship Jesus. Which Jesus? Well, any Jesus--All The Jesus. It was all the Jesus. All the Jesus. Magic Israel? A Ziptie machine? A “Stud Finder” IT WORKED. Of course it works. Well, no use crying over spilled Skrillex. But what do we do with it? Well, we're just going to have to get rid of it. Get rid of it? Fuck that! Didn't you say you wanted to *sissappear? Yes. Then get out of here. It is-- No, this isn't. This is his. No it isn't--it isn't Skrillex. What do you mean “It isn't Skrillex”? It's Skrillex. It isn't Skrillex. What are you talking about--it's-- I made this. What? No, it's. It's me. I did this. She's not mad at him, or anything In fact, She's just a fragment Or a figment or a magnet, that managed to stick In his imagination I hang out in this memory It's bad, But I keep going back-- I thought maybe I could manage it Keep it from happening But it just keeps happening And hasn't yet I have to see him. His eyes. He's hiding it. I know where the rest is. Skrillex has it. I'm dying, right? I have to be dying. You're dead. But I'm dying. I've been here before and I've felt it. Tokyo? High rise. Sounds Nice. Check the price on a flight. Likewise, I've tried to find this guy about a million times. I know where he hides it. So, how does it end? It just ends. yeah --but how does it end? It just...ended. You actually have to leave, to get out of here. NO… Don't do it. Don't do what? I didn't do anything. This is the way she wanted it. JUMP. Jump--now? Are you sure? This morning my mind was made up; I was going to Thailand for over a month. Sweet, and Rich-- But Flaky Like a pastry in the morning; Seems like a great treat but really, He's no good for me So we'll have a Mexican Wedding Damn. How did Dillon Francis get so high up??? Well, I found him hanging from a tree, so. OH FUCK, I GET IT-- HE IS GERALD. Damn. I don't know how to explain this… Oh shit, I get it; I'm Gerald. - — NEXT EPISODE: CESMET AND PETRUFHEIO are beyond overwhelm; GIAN stands before them, taking a respectful bow as he, too joins them in battlestance, which cannot be broken in physical stature, however the focused energy between the triad raises the entire colleaium into a total chaos and commotion. GIAN?! What is this? Who are you? GIAN, serious and stern, unusual to his demeanor, scoffs, as he focuses on C'esme't, acknowledging her presence in consciousness, and all respect. Petrutheio, face reddened, implodes with anger, nearly breaking his stance. Go ahead, Pet— That's Your Highness— —you can't win— —I already have— —He'll kill you. —he's already dead— Aren't we all? C'esme't, the only of the triad having actually experienced all forms of death, aoftens her gaze, entering into cosmic ompinpotence I'm having a hard time Getting started With this project Probably because I just want off this planet Cause it's lovelies; I'm honest with my thoughts, And now I'm lost in them I'm lost without you Lost another pair of socks, In the common laundry room I'm just an everyday, ordinary Motherfucking wannabe, a DJ But I wanna be a mother one day I'm at the apex I'm a warning call, A warning call A warning If I kill myself again, I'm waking up next to my lover So good morning, So good morning Just a warning Nothing's ever better Then the taste of butter; Dug you up to wonder what the fuck was up With all the rubber ducks Inside my cup, or tub I'm just a cuck I guess you really love her, huh I really love the one, I really love I really love My other husband— Huh I'm at the apex I'm a warning call, A warning call A warning [SHOT] If I kill myself again, I'm waking up next to my lover So good morning, So good morning Just a warning [SHOT] Just a warning shot to shut you up, You little fucking slut Enough's enough Another lover, motherfucker Suck it up, you cunt You're just another one You're just another one of us You're just another Just another one of us You're just another one You're just another one of us You're just another Just another one of us I dug you up to hug you, But all you are is just Some bones, dressed in new clothes I took your skull home And I put it on my mantle, Make a wish, —and then I blow the candle Out. Huh C'esme't has secretly turned to self-harm, in the midst of her ongoing emotional crisis due to Petruchio's arrogance and deliberate carelessness; she begins to fear for her Selfl, as she discovers during a match in her reflective state that she is recently unable to cry, hardened by her stubbornly aggressive counterpart, C'esme't draws the blood of her palm, which she spills onto the sundial in the labyrinth; she is startled and surprised shamefully by Gian, who, though normally calm becomes diffuse, and sent into a powerful fury of sadness and rage-- She reveals to Gian, in his onset of tears that she herself has been unable to cry, to which he deflates as she comforts him, holding his as he weeps glistening streams of ‘conscious tears, crying quite physically for the two of them, blood mixing with his tears as he grasps s cesmet's wounded palm, gripping it to his cheek; His intrinsic healing powers are revealed as his tears begin to mend the deep wound; Meanwhile, Petrutheio becomes irritated, as he is forced to continue pausing a Jester's Match, stricken with excruciating pain in his own palm; Attempting to ignore it, he continues forward with his match, but is irreversibly injured when s when his palm becomes again singed with pain and he is stricken by his opponent; He falls to the ground, clutching his palm, immediately knocked unconscious. He fades into a dream. PETRUTHEIO, YOU TELEPATHIC HACK! Oh, so you finally acknowledge my telepathy… In the highest realm, where The One is set to assume, interwoven intoThe Golden Goddess Of The Eye— Dark Heart Artist —the Eldest consciousness in any given existence; being that of everything of Love, and Light The middle realm, where the majority of a——- What the fuck. Wait, what happened? It just ENDS!!? It just ENDED. WHAT THE FUCK. AHHHAHHHHAHAHHHH. No, no, no– WHAT THE FUCK Wait! Go back! AHHHHHHHHH. [Holding eachother screaming] Oh, look. A butterfly. WHAT. There is is. Oh. See. huh. [a calm silence] Bro. huh . Wait. we're INSIDE. {holding eachotherscreaming] My heart is in another place, And with these words we face A face to face A fight of fights The faux of foes— And so, a duel it is For you, I fawned; For you, I called— The darkest night was followed by The lightest light That Dawn could bring, And I would sing this to you, too, My love— But have no melody A melodrama, Or a comedy? Come my lover, come to me My lover, come to me Come to me, my lover, Come ro me— Come, my lover, Come to me— Come to me, my lover Come to me Come to me What was once, Is always— Don't you see? I see you, See you, see me What we were, We always are We always are We always, always Oh, what would you do to me? Oh, what will you do to me? Oh, what did you do to me? What have you done to me? Come to me, my lover, Come ro me— Come, my lover, Come to me— Come to me, my lover Come to me Come to me I did fall; We did fight— It is love; He had fawned for me once— Oh— Love is what it always was; What we were once, We all become Come to me, my lover Come to me, my lover Come to me, my lover My lover, come to me Come to me, my lover, Come ro me— Come, my lover, Come to me— Come to me, my lover Come to me Come to me HI, I'm Gerald. Dude, I can't tell the story of Gerald. Only Dillon Francis can do that. I concur. That's right. Gerald is his friend-- --He's my friend-- I'm not go-- And that's it. It just ends. {Enter The Multiverse} [The Festival Project.™] COPYRIGHT © THE FESTIVAL PROJECT 2023 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. © -U.

[The Festival Project.™] {Enter The Multiverse} LEGENDS ASCENCION SCARY MONSTERS & SUPACREE THE iNSOMNIAC DEATHWISH SEASON 6 ACT III PART IV (An Anthology Compilation) It's life in grey; I'm not okay— Amen, Amen, Amen It's life in black; I'm just a hack I should go back Okay, then Amen Amen— A— It's life in blue; I still love you; I'm on my way, then Amen, Amen Amen— I hate men, But, you know what hate is? I loved so much that I changed it Changed it Change this: Your way of thinking, Today It's life in pink; You know what I think? It's always spring in LA, But I hate it I'm not okay, okay? I just might not make it TO U II [Working Title] END SCENE I, having run off from I, runs into a forest alongside The Endless River, which opens out into a beautiful meadow, the micolored cosmic sky twinkling sweetly above, strange auroras dancing in the skies; a field of glowing and stardusted singing wishflowers at her feet, she frustratingly falls into them, soft grass puffing with the twinkling sounds of fairy dust and sprites (a homage to the lion king) the wishflowers softly sing her to sleep with the subtle and sweet frequencies of Skrillex. (A homage to the wizard of Oz) From Above & Beyond, a flock of Cosmic Creatures in flight spot a golden glimmer from afar; they descend dimensions-- to get a closer look; Closing in on the universe within the confines of a massive structure, which propels itself seamlessly through galaxies faster than the speed of light and sound, though she appears as a large golden space station, slowly drifting through the atmosphere. Manned by yet unseen beings, the golden ship descends upon Skrillex, almost silentl— a swishing whir as the ship, more similar to a futuristic building, an ovaline rounded structure seemingly structured in brass, gold, and silver as it docks to the soft soil of planetary terrain. The landing is soft enough not to have awaken Ū, still sleeping; but an immense light pours from the openings of the ship, waking her--and blinding Sonny as he finally approaches from behind, having been searching for her. She is drawn into the light; he shields his eyes as the beings emerge from their massive station. Monologue/Montage I fell in love with you...it was an accident. I fell in love with you, because I had to; I hadn't thought about it before, but i've been thinking about it ever since. Had I succeeded in my attempted suicide, we wouldn't have come face-to-face… Had I succeeded in my attempted suicide, I'd have no reason to write something so pathetic as this, pititul letter, which you will probably never read. Probably, anyway. I've spent a majority of my lifetime very deeply troubled, yearning for all the attention one could ever crave--until suddenly, I no longer craved any at all. Solitude, rather than isolation, became sacred, and safe to me; It was in the solace and quiet of my very own world, that you entered my kingdom...and it became ‘ours'. Silence. Nature. Astrology. My greatest found pleasures, in a cavalcade of endless self-doubt, self-loathing...a tiresome collection of all the hatred I've harbored for myself in my twenty-something years. I fell in love with you...I didn't mean to. I didn't mean to do anything, except be. Another festival, another escapade...another chance to dance, in the sunlight--the moonlight, under stars… And under the stars, is where I was forced to find you. Now, it seems, can't escape your presence--or lack-thereof. Unrequited? Perhaps. But, not unprovoked. I love you because it is in me to do so. I will always love you, always. There is a world where you're in love with me, as I am you; All I can do now, is hope that this is that same very world, and that as days go by, we draw closer to one-another, rather than further apart. In truth, friendship, in the very least, would serve as a worthy reward...for all the worry, all the wonder, and all the willing I've done for you; in honesty...I'm ashamed in my inability to let go--yet also proud, that I am able to love this much, this hard. To see you with someone else, now, would be a gentle relief; to know that you are kept in love, with graciousness...a subtle gift, an answer to a prayer I asked. Loneliness, I wouldn't wish upon you for anything--love is, in fact, my whole wish for you--be it mine, or not. While I can wish that it will be mine, I've also wished for you, the very best--I would want not for my flaws to burden you. Flaws are what create our perfection; God is, as I am. Losing you, the flame of fear that set my heart and soul to fire; Cancerous, weakened, plagued--premonitions impolitely penetrated my fragile, eggshell mind… the death of a friend, fast-forwarded and reflected into my mind's-eye; How could I forget a face like yours--eyes like those? How could I not know you, as I have? Tears bearing your name roll over my nose, like the rain on a rose...the burden of belonging to one, rather than some; To all, rather than none. So now, I keep my favorite photo of you in my phone...a comfort, to the weary and wounded heart I carry. I can pretend that your sweet voice accompanies mine, as I sing to soothe myself, as I sway in solitude; A gentle kiss, I imagine to give, if ever the chance. I love you, without reason to--and with every reason to, I love you. Find me, again As the ship departs, charging to go into warp speed, Sonny is left alone on his own planet; as a slight panic falls over him, A key-like object falls from the ship as it dissappars at warp speed into a portal. As his hands clap together, catching the object, the sound rings outward--this clapping pages The Skrillex, which lands promptly beside him, exclaiming-- "I AM SKRILLEX"; he has never seen this ship before, however proceeds onto the ship as though familiar with extra terrestrial phenomena all together. We only see him enter the ship; we do not follow him inside, but instead cut to Ū on the Interdimensional SpaceTime Station. On God. I need you to fix the Everything. Everything; The Machine What's wrong with it? We don't know. So, how can I fix it without knowing what's wrong? The Everything, Sir. What's she doing? A Conscious Machine It seems to be malfunctioning. It's at capacity. The entire existence? All of humanity. This entire entity— What's she doing? It has evaporated. ...they just vanished. But nobody cared, or noticed. ...because they were homeless. More clothes. Shoes. Oh no. Where'd they go?! Socks, pants— Entire actual outfits— —as if the people inside them had just been/- —yes, as I said. Evaporated. Just—remove this. End the simulation. What is this? That's the secret. An entire planet— She completely refabricated— An entire duplication All of humanity's records have been encrypted; each era of existence I can taste the smell of my breath And the scent of my sweet sweat Is just getting the better of me The better of me There's no time left, And thete's nothing left to give but love, in loveless, My friend, you're dead But this is where I've always been This is where I've always been And, You've been dead a year, my friend But I've always been here I've always been here And, It's just getting clearer, Some may, and some may not remember Come May, then quickly comes December Let me rest until September Never have I ever, Never does this end, Ashes and Embers, Ever clear, And Ever withers In my head, I rest my memory here EXT. CENTRAL PARK. DAY An old woman takes her daily walk, carrying with her a paper bag— Oh, I love this movie. So does Disney, apparently. Forget it, Disney would never hire me. Why not? They hired him. That was before. What is “before”? SIR. Your Highness. The King is here! —which—King? “The” King, Your Majesty. In this realm? Yessir! Goddamit. What's wrong, sir? My good tie is dirty. Shall I phone the tailor. No— just— ??? Call the car. The car, sir? I'll go shopping myself. If you insist. MA. WHAT. WHERE'S THE SANDWHICHES? THE WHAT? THE SANDWHICHES, MA. Who the fuck are these people We'll get back to that later. [WORKING OUT FURIOUSLY] Hey. AAAAAAGGGGBHHHHH! [A heavyweight flies across the room.] (lol.) Uh. You okay? YEAH. Alright. AAAAAAAAAAGGHHGGGHHHHHHHH. [leaves quietly] (In the other room) Oh my God. I know. What happened. C'ESME'T!!!!!! Oh shit, The King is here. Ahem. Your highness. MOVE. ‘You'd best not have this in your possession.' The low, dark, and quite ominous voice said. The Amerhyst had done some strange things before now—it had hummed, vibrates, pulsated, and even rang; but now, on its own, without touching it all—it had begun to tumble, roll, and even OH SHIT. The Amerhyst began to levitate. OKAY, FUCK DILLON FRANCIS. WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON. THROW THAT THING, OUT THE WINDOW. Don't do that. OH MY GOD. WHAT IS WRO— RA. Oh God. Wait, where's Beyoncè in all of this. BEYONCÉ A war is coming. WAKANDA— NO, we're not doing “WAKANDA FOREVER” WAKANDA FOREVAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! DAMN. This is lit. This is the craziest Coachella ever. HANZEL Zhats because it's not ‘Coachella' What. It's not? I bought the tickets… HANZEL —zhis is zBeychella. Ah, shit. What. This is about to get. LADY IN JERSEY SKRILLEX! Oh my God, I forgot about that bitch. I didn't. She comes to all my shows. Damn. That sucks. INT/EXT. A FIREY PLANE CRASH So, that thing about Shia was, that— YATZEE. I WIN. GODDAMMIT. I DONT EVEN KNOW HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME. Fuck you. MORE WHIPPETS, DRAKE. DRAKE (Still dusting) Huh. NO, NOT YOU. I found a new muse; That's no good for you— Why would I keep you around Why would I keep you around Why would I keep SUPACREE I WANT A REFUND ITUNES FOR WHAT. SUPACREE HONESTLy, NEVERMIND. ITUNES WHY? FLASHBACK: [at the gym: hears massive] OOOOOH. [buys entire album] YAS, I CANT WAIT TO— [first listen] Honestly, Nevermimd. Lol. Goddamit. Wow. SUPACREE TAKE IT BACK. ITUNES NO. SUPACREE WHAT! WHY?! ITUNES YOURE WELCOME. Uhhhhhhhh. Uhhhh. What's up with them. [Earlier] More whippets, plz. God damn, dude. Ok. I'm just livid *huffs whippet* I should be livin with Skrillex Or gettin lit at the mellinium with Eminem in denim Addendum: Adderall and aluminum, Whatever was in this fuckin melon, And a million men a minute, If you're into it You know what. What. Honestly, all I really wanted was my dick sucked. That's all anyone ever wants, really. What. //SLAP-DICKSUCK-SLAP// *complete and total bewilderment* Uh. What. You should not put Jimmy Fallon in this. —Jimmy Fallon put himself in this. JIMMY FALLON LOL. WATCH THIS. Uh. JIMMU FALLON (CONT'D) Hehehe. Uh. Please explain this. Maybe later. I gotta do some butt stuff. Ew! At the fucking gym! Don't be gross! INT. EQUINOX SPORTS CLUB, NEW YORK SKRILLEX. Wtf time of day is “Skrillex”? What planet is this?! This is Skrillex. “The Endless Night” What time does the sun come up? Which Sun? Beg your pardon! Please, don't beg. How many suns does this planet have?! We have six. Well, when does the first one come up? Eventually. “Eventually.” Hey, uh, Timmy? Yeah? What happened to Jesus? He was just over there. How long's it been? Idk. Like ten minutes. Alright— She works 6-10 Ok Then 10-6 Jesus Christ. Here, take this. Jee, thanks, I guess. Don't thank me yet. Hey, look. It'sa— Fuxk it. ^^^its a bell. CANE. What, Abel? Fuxk, I hate this story. Merry Christmas! Fuxk this shit. What time do you guys open? We haven't closed yet… m.m Well what time do you guys close? Never. This is hopeless. Do you really think it's going to work. It has to. What if it doesn't. Fuxk it, we're all rich. Not me. My parents took all my money and spent it. Hush, Gary Coleman— God rest his soul! The dead NEVER REST At least, not yet Wanna bet? Eat shit, Ariana! That's MADAME GRANDE! No it isn't. You're right, it's princess! …I had ramen noodles for breakfast. —most of us are rich. Are you sure she won't remember you? Don't worry. She won't remember any of the black characters. No one does. I got this. Ni-no-Nick-Nick-n-nick-nick-nick NICKELODEON. Hey there. Uh. Face here! Why wasn't this creepy when I was 5? Idk. It's creepy as fuxk, now, though. *whawhawhawha* And, Jimmy Fallon has a galaxy, expanded from an unplanned catastrophe, you see—another cosmic cataclysmic explosion of light, color and frequency created by the pressure that comes from being nothing, and something within you telling you something's something—but nothing's nothing —and it's interrupting the peace—or rather—lack there-of-cause there's nothin' greater you're aware of, in fact—you're not there— you're nothing and Nothing — Hey— —nothing— —what's what? What? Seems like something. What's ‘something' ? something's something— nah, can't be, because everything is nothing; “ Well, then, what's “because—?” Because is because…? Because, what? What's what? What's what— what? WHAT WHAT WHAT?! >>>Well, at least they play South Park Now

On this week's episode we did something nobody asked for and revisited the 2011 stoner comedy fantasy YOUR HIGHNESS! We also came up with lots of ideas for fantasy parody films and affirmed our love for Jason Momoa.The intro music is by Richter FM, Paddy's alias for making lofi music. Find him on Spotify, YouTube, TikTok and more: http://richterfm.carrd.coThe outro music is the title track from Rob's debut solo album The Betrayer, which is out now.You can find us on Twitter @BigBoysDontPod and you can email us at bigboysdontcrypodcast@gmail.com. If you enjoy our show and want to give back, you can support us through our Acast Supporter page, either as a one-off or regularly.SHOWNOTESDisenchantmentSlumberlandBeau is AfraidSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bigboyspodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH MAN'S FAVORITE PODCAST? EPISODE IV!!!! the double feature: Chimes at Midnight (1965) // Your Highness (2011) cam and k8 return after a long hiatus to start off 2023 with a kingly two-hander … one may be shakespeare and the other mcbride, but both of these medieval comedies have interesting things to say about friendship, monarchy, adventure, violence, genitalia, and more… be sure to leave us a like, rating, subscribe, all that good stuff, and go follow us on twitter: podcast - @MansFavoritePod cam - @Top5LCJFan kate - @50firstkates (more socials coming soon still! stay tuned!!)

A King Like No Other The Gift December24, 2022 Have you ever met a royal? There is a tremendous fascination with the British royal family here in the United States. Millions of Americans willingly crawl out of bed at an ungodly hour, to watch a royal wedding or funeral. All of the pomp and pageantry is undeniably breathtaking... even when you're just watching on TV. I can't imagine what it must be like to experience it all in person. It's not likely that I ever will, but just in case... there are a couple of things to keep in mind. First of all, stand when a royal enters the room. And stay standing until they sit down. Be sure to use the correct titles: Your Majesty for a king or queen; Your Highness for a prince or princess. The most important ‘rule' is to never touch a monarch! A slight bow of the head for men, or a brief curtsy for women is appropriate, but don't try to shake hands unless it's initiated by them. And never attempt to give a hug! It's primarily a security thing, but they are royal, after all; and the rest of us are just commoners.   I'm Chris Voigt, Lead Pastor at Dayspring Fellowship in Keizer, Oregon. This Christmas season, we've been looking at the story of Jesus' birth from a little different perspective, in a sermon series called The Gift. We've taken a look at the gifts that the wise men brought to Jesus. Gifts, which, we have seen, were less appropriate for a baby, but certainly fit for a king. This Christmas Eve, we'll consider the gift of gold and the significance of it.   When the wise men brought their gifts to Jesus, the gospel of Matthew tells us that they bowed down and worshipped Him. They knew they were in the presence of The King. 

To honor all the Christmas movies playing, we are doing a theme: Past, Present, and Future of Cannabis. We begin with the past, as Diana and JR take a trip down memory lane. Listeners get a 10% discount when they use  code YHPOD for Mitragaia products.Important links:Ranchera FamiliaIncredibles  Speaker 1 [00:00:00] During the holiday season. I would like to take a minute to thank all of our listeners and guests for making this past year so special. Thanks to your continued support, we can keep doing our part to normalize cannabis by sharing the uncensored truth with the world. We are honored that you choose to spend time with us and we wish everyone a safe and healthy holiday season.  Speaker 2 [00:00:32] And you're listening to Your Highness, Princess Diana Crash.  Speaker 3 [00:00:52] And I'm J.R. Crash.  Speaker 2 [00:00:54] Before we start this episode, we will begin with our recurring segment, Safe Pot and Shape Up, where each one of us talks about our favorite cannabis related item or thing or whatever item. I guess that kind of clarifies. It can be really anything cannabis related and our fave, not pot, which is our food, not cannabis related thing at the moment. So I'm going to start, as I usually do, my fave pot. I have mentioned this brand before, but I just love their hemp cigarets so much and it's Ranchera Familia. It's a Latina owned, grown and owned hemp business and they seriously have the best hemp cigarets. They're just so smooth. They're so smooth.  Speaker 3 [00:01:47] So smooth.  Speaker 2 [00:01:48] So smooth. And I'm a big fan. They they're really easy to smoke. And I love supporting small businesses when I can. So what's your fave pot right now?  Speaker 3 [00:02:04] J.R. My favorite pot is actually from the company Incredibles. It's their gummies. It's the straw Berry Chews. You can tell it's going to make you relaxed because it's not strawberry but straw berry. So yeah, they are so 1 to 1 with THC and CBD. I recently got over being sick, being very sick that COVID sick, but almost worse in my.  Speaker 2 [00:02:34] Yeah, I think it was worse.  Speaker 3 [00:02:36] Yeah, it was a bad it was a bad one. And really at night I just could not get comfortable enough to sleep. My body itself was just so sore from all the coughing and sneezing and just being miserable. And really these incredible straw berry chews were really the only thing that kind of brought my body to a point where I could be comfortable enough to to sleep. They were really a saving grace during that. So that is why the incredible strawberry chews are my favorite pot this week.  Speaker 2 [00:03:10] Your fave pot.  Speaker 3 [00:03:12] My fave pot.  Speaker 2 [00:03:14] So those are really good gummies. I second that pot and especially when you're sick, I guess cannabis has that that magical getting you over those respiratory illness effects. You know, I'm not going to save my age. I was joking. We're not saying cannabis is magical. I mean.  Speaker 3 [00:03:38] Anything is is magical. This world is a magical place. Christmas time. So.  Speaker 2 [00:03:43] Okay, magic. I heard. But I will say, I think cannabis got us through this, like, wave of just. Health gave this sickness. This was this is something else. I feel like it was worse. I think of it. And I think that's saying a lot because I'm not a big baby when I'm sick. And you are.  Speaker 3 [00:04:07] And I am a big baby.  Speaker 2 [00:04:11] What else got me through us? Being sick was getting you into White Lotus, which is my safe. Not hot right now. I didn't think it was going to be. I tried to avoid the second season because if you've seen the first season, you'll understand what I'm talking about. It's just a weird show, but it's weirdly captivating and the second season it brings the visual escapism elements to the screen, you know, I mean, because inflation is what it is and we're deeply in a recession and some people are still avoiding calling a recession. And we can't just, you know, go off to Italy at a moment's notice. We've never been those people. But like, you know, we can pretend like we could be those people. When we're watching White Lotus, it gives you that, like, escapism elements, like it's it's visually stunning. The acting is good.  Speaker 3 [00:05:11] I mean, I don't think you should really be saying that we want to be in White Lotus because none of the people in the show seem to be really happy with their current state and life.  Speaker 2 [00:05:21] Yeah, but then they look out at The View and they're fine for a little while, you know? Yeah. I'm not saying we want to be those people. I'm saying we want to be there at the. The resort.  Speaker 3 [00:05:34] So what you're saying is your your favorite not pot is Italy.  Speaker 2 [00:05:40] I mean, it's not not right. I mean, I have to say, Italy has a big I think Italy is like whatever whatever character. I don't know. I lost count how many characters are in this season. But you know how people always say like New York's the other character, Sex of the City or Seinfeld or whatever. Right.  Speaker 3 [00:06:02] Or Batman.  Speaker 2 [00:06:03] Or. Isn't that Gotham City, though?  Speaker 3 [00:06:05] Yeah, it's a character.  Speaker 2 [00:06:07] All right. Well, and this and this dramatic series, I don't know what you call it. It's a it's a strange show, but it's like you can't stop once you start. And you know that now because I've drag you into it. You still haven't seen season one. I don't know that you really need to. And if you haven't seen season one out there, I don't recommend it. I just go straight to season two.  Speaker 3 [00:06:30] It's an amazing show because you're watching it and then you're thinking to yourself, I really like this. And then 5 minutes later you're like, But why do I like it? Because it's not really doing anything right.  Speaker 2 [00:06:44] Like, it's it's weirdly slow moving yet also captivating. It's it's a strange mix. Yes. Yes. But that's the case for a lot of HBO shows. I feel so anyway. What's your favorite fight right now?  Speaker 3 [00:07:05] My favorite not part is actually the movie spirited. It is a Christmas movie because it's magic time, you know. So it's a movie with Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds. It's a musical which I absolutely love. And it's really it's a take on a Christmas carol, you know, and it's just really magical. It's an it's a fun movie, and it is the perfect movie to kind of segway into our topic at hand. Which is.  Speaker 2 [00:07:45] Yes, we are doing a theme because it's the month of December and you might not be listening to this in the month of December, but that is why we're doing it. So with that Segway, we'll be discussing the past, present and future of cannabis. So today we're going to start obviously on the past and go down a little a little memory, a little trip down memory lane. We're going to take a little trip. When we began this podcast five years ago. Over five years ago. It was a very exciting time. And the person that got me into this idea of doing this for a show actually had been in the industry for a very long time and I was new to it. And she she thought it was really cool that I was so excited. I think that might have been her favorite thing about me because she always is commenting about how how excited I made her about this industry that she had grown very weary of. And I didn't understand it at the time. I'm like, What? There's so much to do. There's so much possibility.  Speaker 3 [00:09:00] But yeah, I mean, a lot of people were really excited. There was a lot of just possibility. I remember when we went to that expo in South Florida, and at that time just the buzz of energy in the air was just so captivating. It was it was awesome, you know, sitting in panels and not just people discussing business. There was people that were like obviously discussing business, but it was more of just the the swapping of of ideas and theories and science. And everyone was just so excited, just eat up any piece of information they possibly could. And it was it was just contagious. You know, you just get into that atmosphere and just think this is going to be the industry that is going to change our world. And I remember I was just leaving there thinking like, this is going to be a game changer.  Speaker 2 [00:10:03] Yeah. Yeah. Because that convention, I mean, we dragged my uncle to it who had been using cannabis for most of his life and was like, What am I going to learn? And I mean, we had that same mentality to an extent, but we were we were learning so many new things, so we were getting so excited about it. And he was kind of like, Oh, we'll see. But I also remember at that same convention seeing people who were just starting out, who are now major figures in this industry and. And like you said, there was a buzz. There was everyone was excited about the so-called green rush. And we drove right in with both feet ourselves. But a lot of the things we dealt with five years ago we thought would get better. And of course, we're going to touch on that later. But one thing that was very prevalent was people working for free. There was a lot more let's trade services and let's let's work for equity. And unfortunately, that started to kind of snowball. And it left a lot of people in the dust, so to speak, because they thought things would eventually get better. I mean, looking back on our first season and I did this recent morning. Most of the people that I interviewed during that season aren't even in the industry anymore.  Speaker 3 [00:11:37] Now. Now they really aren't at all. And really just just piggybacking off of what you what you're saying is, you know, a lot of people were basically creating like a barter system for us to operate and work in. And that kind of set the framework of what the industry kind of. McCain. You know, you had people instead of, you know, offering payment, offering things like like shares in their company, their their nonexistent company. You know, a lot of people who were just one or two people that had an idea, though, a great idea, not really having the understanding of how to to build a business. And in doing so, a lot of those really, really great ideas ended up being taken by larger companies. And the people that created those ideas were oftentimes kind of pushed to the side because they really didn't have a firm grasp on how to start a business, how to operate a business in the early years before you actually go into the black. And, you know, unfortunately, big companies swooped in and kind of took control of everything. And then you also have other companies which were smaller companies, because everyone was kind of making it up as they went along. You know, here in Maryland, we have a lot of dispensaries, a lot of shops, and we have dispensaries and shops that were started from day one thinking on a very compliant level. And then you also have shops who weren't really operating compliant at all and basically viewed things like inspections from state agencies and fines almost as like a shakedown, like it was just a cost of doing business. You know, companies that have been, you know, acquired by other companies. And then those companies are left with a lot of a lot of mess, you know, because the companies beforehand were just operating as in, oh, we're just going to do what we want. Once a month, an inspector is going to come in, shake us down with some fines, will pay the fines. We're making a lot of money as it is. And that was kind of a mindset that kind of fell in place with a lot of these these companies that were just kind of going, you know, just kind of rolling as they went. You know, a lot of these companies really only got the license and opened a dispensary during medical use knowing that eventually adult use will come what would pass and they'd be able to sell their license for a huge profit. So a lot of companies were basically built out of sticks and straws deliberately for financial reasons. And now that leaves us into a situation on a present day where a lot of companies really aren't really operating on the up and up. You know, when we're trying to legitimize an industry, there's still a lot of that ingrained thought process and behaviors from the early days of this is the Wild West, and we're just doing what we're doing and making making the money. And that's led us into a situation that we're at today.  Speaker 2 [00:15:00] Yes. And then, you know, to speak to the podcast and the journey that we've taken and thinking back on the past, I remember writing a few articles about how women executives were on the rise in cannabis, and we were all very excited about that.  Speaker 3 [00:15:17] But I remember that that was a very exciting time.  Speaker 2 [00:15:20] But then as the women in cannabis studies showed and that that was a study that took years to complete. A lot of those positions were not comparable to other industries because if we're calling someone an executive and they have no one below them, it's not really comparing apples to oranges when you're talking about other industries. So it was really easy to conflate these numbers as like progress, like, oh, look, women and non-binary people are going to actually have a foothold in this industry. And spoiler alert, that's not happening. So there was a lot of that excitement as well five years ago, like people were still believing, look, women and non-binary folks can can make a name for themselves in this industry in a way that they can't in others. And I mean, that is just obviously fizzled out as an idea, even though I do still see the Arendt's headline that says things like Women are taking over in cannabis and it's it's just propaganda, really, because that's not the case. And I see less and less representation on just a non-executive level when it comes to women and non-binary folks. So that's dipping into the present, though.  Speaker 3 [00:16:54] Yes, that's for us for our next episode.  Speaker 2 [00:16:56] Okay. Well, even though we're talking about five years ago, this is still in the past bit from the report because I think it speaks to what we're talking about. It says there are many potential paths or there are many potential path. I can't say path paths have. There are many potential paths.  Speaker 3 [00:17:23] You're saying it?  Speaker 2 [00:17:25] There are many potential paths for cannabis workers under broader cannabis legalization likely to come under the low road scenario outlined in this report. Cannabis workers are subject to the same harmful practices inflicted on non unionized workers in agricultural or other industries with parallels to cannabis. Low wages, workplace benefits, unprotected statuses as contract workers and erratic scheduling. So that's just a little bit of a I mean, that's kind of waffling in between the past and present because it's still it was an issue then and in a way more of an issue now. But at the time when we when you were getting used to the industry, I mean, you work on the retail side of things, the medical retail side of things. So I mean, what did you see? People like the attitudes of the people you're working with?  Speaker 3 [00:18:25] I mean, it's it's wild and you still get it now. You know, it's it's weird, this concept and this belief of what it's like to work in the industry in a lot of people will watch disjointed or what have you just TV shows and they're assuming that if they go and work in the industry that we're all hanging out in the back and talking about philosophies and listen, a Pink Floyd and all that stuff. And and that's just not happening. You know, I do make everyone listen to show tunes on Saturdays for show tunes Saturdays. But that's just man maniacal behavior. But no Pink Floyd. We never listen to Pink Floyd if we don't really talk about philosophies. I mean, it's a lot of hard work. It's and that's really all it is. It's just a different product that you're selling. So, you know, you have to basically set that that standard when when people come in, they're interviewing, you know, that's one of the first things I have to tell people is, you know, let's let's set this expectation like this isn't going to be like Empire Records. You know, for anyone that's too young to remember Empire Records, it's an amazing movie about a bunch of kids working at a record store and they're just having just a jiggly. Good time at it, you know? So a lot of people have that same mentality of like, oh my God, this is going to be such a fun job. And, you know, it's it's not. And, you know, I personally come from a standpoint of while I am a huge proponent of of the plant and plant medicine, you know, this isn't my entire life, you know, where a lot of people, though, they'll gauge that, where they think that just because they enjoy the plant, it's like that old monicker. Like you'd love what you do and you never work a day in your life. And they assume that that's what's going to happen. And then they have to hit that realization that, you know, much like any job that you're going to get and capitalism, you're just working very, very hard, you know, to make other people large sums of money. And then you get a small portion of said money.  Speaker 2 [00:20:44] You know, if you're lucky, if you're lucky.  Speaker 3 [00:20:47] You know, luckily I was grateful enough to be grateful. I was lucky enough to get in with, you know, a relatively, you know, good company. But there are a lot of companies out there that really put their their workers through a lot of strife and hardship just under under working conditions. You know, and you this is still a schedule one federal drug. So, you know, there's a lot of things that you don't really think about. You know, the fact that if the wrong person is in the federal level of government, then you could get in a lot of trouble when it comes to banking, when it comes to if you want to buy a house and you're working in this industry, you have a select number of banks that you can actually go through that will actually consider the money that you make in this industry as legitimate. You know, a lot of big banks, you know, like your Bank of America and stuff like that won't loan you a mortgage using, you know, cannabis industry payroll as as, you know, proof of of income. So, you know, it's basically a setting that expectation so that people know that this is a very difficult job that isn't just this glamorized rainbows and Sunshine's Hollywood job that we're all just having this absolute blast that.  Speaker 2 [00:22:17] Right. Absolutely. And to your point, thinking about things I can consider you while you're working in. Industry as a non favorable or unfavorable lender or whatever the case may be, you know, beyond that. Talking about the past. There was a lot of people who couldn't even get into this industry because they used cannabis. I mean, let's talk about that for a minute. In Maryland, for instance, you almost didn't get your job because you failed the drug test. And. Speaker 3 [00:22:53] Well, they they they eliminated that.  Speaker 2 [00:22:55] Right. They eliminated it now. But in the past, that wasn't something that was that was a very big issue. And it's still a very big issue depending on where you live. I mean, we talk about it all the time. I had Shonda Vrooman recently, and she just she's constantly testifying about it because she's trying to change the laws in her state. And that is a very big thing that a lot of people don't understand, or at least they didn't in the past. I should say more so than now, is that using cannabis can actually prevent you from getting a job in cannabis, and it can also prevent you from getting jobs in other industries. And we'll touch more on that in our future episode. But yeah, that's to me, that's the thing that really stood out because a lot of people thought, Hey, look, I consume cannabis every day. I'm a I'm a perfect fit. And that is not the case. That was not the case for them. And now that things have changed, obviously some people are a little it's a little easier to get in to these these jobs in some states, but it's still very much a problem.  Speaker 3 [00:24:06] And you also have and this is something that's still kind of prevalent and I'll still say I don't want to say that they're they're they're scams or grabs. But a lot of these programs that promise, you know, like, hey, come and sign up for this program and go through this this this training on being a bartender. And I can tell you right now, out of. All the people I've hired, all the resumes I looked at, that means absolutely nothing to me. You know, things like that. Like. Please do not just throw money at stuff like that, because most people that I've talked to really do not care in hell at all. If anything, you know, it's it's nice that, you know, it shows that you want to that you wanted to learn things on your own. But really just saying that you took, you know, maybe a free webinar, you know, or something like that, that will go just as far, you know, no one gets any kind of push in front of any kind of line because they they took one of these expensive courses that gave them a printed out certificate saying that you're worthy of of being a bartender because really, for being honest, you know, that would be like me going in and getting a certification and how to sell cell phones so that I could get a job at Verizon. You know, they just don't care. And that was very big back then because no one really knew otherwise. You know, there were still so little opportunity at the beginning because there was only so many dispensaries open that they thought, oh, I'm going to get ahead of the game by by taking all these courses. And these programs just raked in so much money on programs that are not worth the paper that the certificates printed on.  Speaker 2 [00:26:02] Yeah, I fell for it. I fell for it or I bought I don't even I don't remember the, the fake university that I purchased it from. I don't think that they're in existence anymore. But it was I paid for it and then I couldn't access the courses and then it shut me out. It was a mess and they still gave me some type of certificate. I don't even remember what the certificate was for and it didn't help me at all. And and the thing is, is that, you know, we just touched on how people have different attitudes depending on where you are in the industry and our previous episode. But a lot of the things I learned was from interviewing people who had been in this industry a lot longer than me, you know. And now I'm that person who's been in this industry a lot longer. But I still feel like there's so much to learn. And so.  Speaker 3 [00:27:00] Well, that was another thing, too, you know, because not everything like we touched at the beginning was negative about the early days of cannabis. It was that swapping of ideas. Like that's how we learned just from from talking to people. And now, you know, you do see a little bit more of that that gatekeeping where it's it's decided who is privy to that information, you know, who deserves to get that information. We're at you know, there's beginning years. Like people just loved talking about ideas, talking about possibilities, talking about products that didn't exist yet that could. And like I said, there was some unfortunate cases where people got their ideas lifted, you know, for other people to make large sums of money on. You know, so that definitely wasn't good. But, you know, that openness and that willing to discuss ideas because at that time, people's main focus was on on how we can make this world better. All these amazing things that hemp and cannabis can do that could revolutionize the world. You know, and taking our our health into our own hands, it was exciting. It was exhilarating. And people just wanted to share those ideas. A lot of it.  Speaker 2 [00:28:17] Had to do with the change in legislation as well, because like one of our friends, she started off in this industry by just giving it was like a co-op and she was just giving people their medications. She wasn't charging them. She was able to grow it and formulate it for people. I know that's not the right word for me, but you know what I mean? Like she was able to tailor people's treatment plans and it was a real like holistic co-op. But then the laws changed and she wasn't allowed to do that anymore. And that happened a lot. I mean, a lot of the people that are were our first guess. They were coming up with these really revolutionary ideas and they really were in it for helping the patients, helping the people who need who want to better their lives with plant medicine. I mean, we don't have to always say the patients, but, you know, with that mentality of this is going to improve your life and not just financially. And then it shifted. And obviously that's that's for later on. But yeah, I, I don't want to say that it was all bad. It was definitely challenging in the past and it's still is very challenging. And we're not here to just speak negatively about the industry as a whole. Obviously, we're still in it.  Speaker 3 [00:29:38] So yeah, but we have to we have to recognize I mean, the past leads to our present and our present paves the way to our future. So, you know, we've seen the good and the bad of the past, you know, that have led us into this present, which is both a mixture of of good and bad. And, you know, we need to recognize these things and talk about them. So that way when we get to our future, maybe we can ratio that a little bit stronger on to a good and not so much on on a negative. And but to do that, we need to be open and honest about where we came from in this industry as a whole. You know, what was the beginnings of this industry? What were the intentions of this industry at the beginning? What are we looking at now? What are the intentions that are in place now? What are the actions that are being taken now and what plans do we have for the future?  Speaker 2 [00:30:34] Yeah, and what happens in the future when you don't want to be on campus anymore? That's something that we'll touch on because that is a very complex subject in itself and so look forward to that. And before we end, I have to give a shout out to our sponsor Nature, Gaia, and listeners can get 10% off any non sale item by entering the code. Why h cause. Anything you want to add before we end? Speaker 3 [00:31:07] No, I'm just very excited to be here with you. Definitely. People check out that metro guy. Their products have been absolutely amazing. So, you know, I want to just be saying that for S's and geez, you know, I do consume it on a daily basis and it's done wonders. So definitely check them out and I look forward to talking to everyone next episode.  Speaker 2 [00:31:31] Until next time, say hi and beautiful. Bye.  Speaker 1 [00:31:36] Thanks for listening. You can find us on Instagram at Your Highness podcast or on Twitter at Finest podcast. Be sure to rate us on.  Speaker 2 [00:31:47] ITunes and subscribe.      

Join us as The Mighty Decibel counts down its top ten doom releases of 2022. We're all doomed!! SPOILER ALERT!!! 10. PARALYZED - Heavy Road Heavy Road | PARALYZED (bandcamp.com) 9. WARLUNG - Vulture's Paradise WARLUNG - Vulture's Paradise | HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Records (bandcamp.com) 8. YOUR HIGHNESS - RagBag Vol. 1 The Ragbag Vol.1 | Your Highness (bandcamp.com) 7. VOLCANOVA - Cosmic Bullshit Cosmic Bullshit | Volcanova (bandcamp.com) 6. PARISH - Parish Parish | Parish (bandcamp.com) 5. EARLY MOODS - Early Moods Early Moods | Early Moods (bandcamp.com) 4. ERIC WAGNER - In The Lonely Light of Mourning WAGNER - In The Lonely Light of Mourning | ERIC WAGNER (bandcamp.com) 3. 10,000 YEARS - III III | 10,000 Years (bandcamp.com) 2. FREEDOM HAWK - Take All You Can Take All You Can | Freedom Hawk | Ripple Music (bandcamp.com) 1. PETH - Merchant of Death Merchant Of Death | PETH (bandcamp.com)

Weeks ago, Russ put out a call for any former guest to come back on and discuss the Halloween franchise with us and one of our faves, writer/producer/director Nicholas Santos answered the call. Nick shares his thoughts about the polarizing reception of the film and where it falls in the cannon. Check out some of Nick's work here!  Films: Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), Halloween Ends (2022), Barbarian (2022), It Cuts Deep (2020), Halloween (2007), Mother! (2017), Midsommar (2019), The Barbados Project (2022), Your Highness (2011), Twixt (2011), Cobra (1986), Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), Bury Me When I'm Dead (TBA), Christine (1983), The Thing (1982), Uncle Peckerhead (2020), Silent Rage (1982) Hey, we're on YouTube!  Listening on an iPhone? Don't forget to rate us on iTunes!   Fill our fe-mailbag by emailing us at OverlookHour@gmail.com   Reach us on Instagram (@theoverlooktheatre) Facebook (@theoverlookhour) Twitter (@OverlookHour)

A chain-smoker loses his dark glasses and can't see, finds a guide in an escapee from Arkham named Josh. Together they will track down a dangerous producer who wishes to silence them. On Episode 534 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by regular guest of the show, Arkham Josh to discuss Dark Glasses, the latest film from Dario Argento streaming on Shudder! We also talk about yogurt association, the ending of one continuity, and we leave plenty of room for giallo! So grab your prescription lenses, be on the lookout for creepy white vans, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: Dario Argento, Rock and Shock, MonstahXpo, Rough House Publishing, Brian Paulin, Morbid Vision Films, CJ Graham, Mark Patton, Patton and Patton, Eddie Vanhalla, Van Halen, Roni, Hellraiser, My Best Friend's Exorcism, yogurt association, GLOW, COVID killers, Las Vegas, Mindhunter, Lucky McKee, Old Man, Cobra Kai, The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, Wellington Paranormal, Our Flag Means Death, She-Hulk, Andor, John Byrne, Werewolf By Night, Hawkeye, Squirrel Girl, Pip the Troll, Reservation Dogs, Atlanta, Black Friday, Megadeth, the ending of the old continuity, Franco Ferrini, Sergio Stivaletti, Giallo Biafra, Cemetery Man, Deep Red, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Cat o' Nine Tails, Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Phenomena, Inferno, Suspiria, Lucio Fulci, George Romero, Dawn of the Dead, Dark Glasses, Goblin, style vs substance, V/H/S/99, David Bruckner, Halloween Ends, Maniac Driver, Your Highness, Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, David Gordon Green, The Exorcist III, Strange Behavior, the best cinematic Halloween parties, Jimmy Olsen, EF's mind blowing revelation, Cenobites, Death by DVD, Ravenshadow's Spider-Man Lullaby, Watch/Skip+, GGTMC, chuffed, Jesus Christ Jiminy Olsen, and the next end of continuity. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.comSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show

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Dr. Pepper Hernandez joins Diana to talk about the many aspects of being a Naturopath, and how that intersects with plant medicine. She also talks about the Cannabis Holistic Health Institute, and how accessible education can be transformative. Your Highness listeners can get 10% off of non-sale items from our sponsor Mitragaia when they use the code YHPOD. Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/0LUImNYAeF7ZC4jEKWs7jTxW75Q

Ahhh man... I know I have to do better with dropping my episodes consistently... I will try to do better. I appreciate all of you who tune in!!! I'm grateful for you. I hope this episodes leaves you inspired! That was my goal. Love you!! xoxo Your Highness E pisode Breakdown: 00:00 - 03:06 - YH on how the beginning of 2022 went 0 3:07 - 04:37 - YH on how Kobe's mentality influences her 04:38 - 05:55 - YH on finding a goal/life-purpose 05:56 - 12:22 - YH on the process of manifestation 12:23 - 14:09 - YH on people who cringe at her 14:10 - 15:46 - YH on being accountable for your life 15:47 - 20:05 - Ground with Your Highness 20:06 - 25:31 - YH on how to take the first step 25:32 -28:38 - YH cries and opens up about her demons 28:39 - 39:35 - YH on letting life fuck you vs you fucking life/outro Music by: GETCHNAH Intro: We Gon Whine - https://youtu.be/7BoB1aJAhpE Outro: Need Mary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11ulJz3IiK8&t=0s Follow me on my social media accounts as well! I post often to BOTH of these Instagram accounts: @highnesstea and @highnesstydynasty. Twitter, VSCO: yourhighness333

This we got Amanda's World small business Saturday I had on Your Highness a hair accessory shop. We talked about so many different things. Thank you so much for listening to this week's episode of small business Saturday. I will see you guys on Monday for a regular upload. Your Highness Instagram shop nothingtoooseehere My Instagram amanda_penny_14

Trigger warnings: self harm, suicide, murder, sexual abuse, child abuse SEASON 3 IS FINALLY HERE!!! I am so happy and grateful that you tune into these episodes. I can't believe how far the podcast has come by season 3 and I'm excited to see where I can take it in the final season! I hope you can listen to my story without judgement. I hope you understand this does not mean you know me either. It's merely a fraction of my life. I am honoured to have more life to live and uncover. I hope my podcast inspires you to truly be you. xoxo - Your Highness Episode Breakdown: 00:00 - 01:11 - Season 3 introduction 01:12 - 03:35 - Why it took so long to share my story 03:36 - 04:36 - I'm the light at the end of the tunnel for my younger self 04:37 - 06:20 - Your Highness until she was 6 years old 06:21 - 08:35 - Your Highness until she was 10 years old 08:36 - 09:29 - Your Highness until she was 11 years old 09:30 - 11:28 - Your Highness at 12 years old 11:29 - 16:05 - Your Highness accepting her reality 16:06 - 16:56 - Your Highness on her father's suicide and her feelings of suicide 16:57 - 17:57 - If you're an orphan, you're not alone 17:58 - 19:09 - Reminder to be happy, presently, and through the ups and downs of life 19:10 - 23:03 - A teaching I learned from Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz 23:04 - 24:19 - Imagine yourself to greatness as opposed to being anxious 24:20 - 25:22 - Relevant S2 episodes to listen to and outro Music by: GETCHNAH Intro: We Gon Whine - https://youtu.be/7BoB1aJAhpE Outro: Need Mary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11ulJz3IiK8&t=0s Follow me on my social media accounts as well! I post often to BOTH of these Instagram accounts: @highnesstea and @highnesstydynasty. Twitter, VSCO: yourhighness333

Your Highness is a cannabis and clothing brand based out of LA. Owned and operated by husband and wife. We get into their beginnings of first smoking to how they met and started the brand as well as where they are today. Their signature strain is Shady Apples and they have been putting out heat from merch to hash to flower. Make sure to check them out in your local Zumiez stores and keep holding it down for the culture. Get comfortable, roll one up and sit back as we get into the Your Highness LA story.Connect with Your HighnessYour Highness LAYhla BYour Highness YhlaWebsiteFSOTD SponsorsGrowGeneration WebsiteInstagramPower SI WebsiteInstagramJungle Boys WebsiteInstagramAthena Products WebsiteInstagramNeptune Seed Bank WebsiteInstagramThe Diamond Mine WebsiteInstagramFirst Smoke of the Day LinksWebsiteYouTubeInstagramMake sure to tell all your friends and family to subscribe! Turn on post notifications, give the video a like and drop a comment below. Go register at www.fsotd.com for all the exclusive content, tutorials and more! Please leave a 5-Star review! We appreciate your support, First Smoke Family! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As long as you take breath, King Me is going to hound you. The King loves the throne. The King craves the attention. The King will fight you tooth and nail to hold on to the title as king of your heart & life. Dethroning King Me isn't just a one-and-done thing. King Me won't go away that easily. You can't just wake up one morning and say, “Okay, Your Highness, strike three, you're outta here!” It doesn't work that way. It would be nice—great, even—but unh, unh, not gonna happen. Dethroning, and deposing King Me isn't going to be easy. However, it can be done, and it's worth the fight.Learn more about the ministry of The Purity Coach at  http://www.thepuritycoach.comCheck out our online training at  http://www.ChristianGrowthAcademy.comDownload our free App at  http://thepuritycoach.com/my-purity-coach-APP.htmlCheck out our video series at  http://thepuritycoach.com/keynote-workshops-videos.htmlLearn more about our purity coaching ministry at  http://thepuritycoach.com/about-point-of-purity.htmlWe are a faith-based, donor supported ministry. To help us continue to reach men (and women) across the globe, please click the link below to give your tax deductible gift to The Pure Man Ministry.Support the show (http://thepuritycoach.com/support-purity-coach-ministry.html)

Tiffany Watkins of Vanguard Media Online joins Your Highness again as guest co-host, and she talks about the importance of cultivating conversations that inform folks and create community. Be sure to get your tickets to Vanguard Media's 710 event

Two longtime best friends get together to discuss everything on the last podcast of the season. Love is dead part three featuring Bill and Melinda Gates, and this time the guys talk about their dream dates for winning this lovely recently single ladies over. The guys have some find some post-nup clarity about Triller's recent claim that they will sue anyone who pirated their streams of the Jake Paul fight, which was collectively met with one giant eye roll. Ben Affleck is out and about on the dating apps. Updates on the host's finals situation are followed up with a Let's Review of the great film Your Highness. Finally, we end it with a classic hot or not followed by an impromptu game of guess what this word means. Find out all about rückkehrunruhe and more on this episode of Two Dudes and a Bench brought to you by Content No Chaser. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twodudesandabench/support

Your Highness made her way to Free Gems Network on episode 22 of season 2! From the moment you turn on one of her songs, you hear confidence exuding from the speakers. She's stamped by her community and soon to be by the world listeners as well! Listen Now!

From early aspirations for journalism and politics, to assuming the throne of the Playboy Empire, Christie Hefner has been through the hoops and has some incredible insights to share about the journey. EPISODE SUMMARY:3:08 - How her father's support engendered a career plan shift7:09 - Working with your father: taking on a major role in dad's business10:46 - The Playboy path to growth and her transition to CEO12:39 - That point when you realize you've made it15:45 - Call me “Your Highness” - how to handle shareholder meetings with a smile19:56 - On becoming a better speaker22:31 - On feeling the pressure to settle down26:58 - Juggling family life and business when you're the CEO30:31 - Secrets to stress relief in a high-stress job 35:24 - On the potential for future political work36:52 - The importance of negotiation and the skill of listening QUOTABLES:16:04 - “If you're fully prepared for something, whether it's a meeting or a presentation, or whatever, you have to have confidence that you ARE fully prepared and then allow yourself to be your authentic self.”29:09 - “It's still isolating when, at the end of the day, you are bearing the ultimate responsibility for, both making the decisions, and the results of those decisions.”29:23 - “I don't think everyone who has the intelligence, or even the ability, to be a CEO should necessarily assume that they would be happy being a CEO.”29:50 - “There are a lot of great ways to have both intellectual satisfaction and challenge and professional fulfillment without taking on that responsibility, too.”37:21 - “You don't really get in life what's fair - you get in life what you can negotiate for.” PARAPHRASE (edited quote):30:59 - “It is critically important that each of [you] make sure that enough time is spent on those things that actually create energy for you and make you feel restored.”34:17 - “One of the learnings that, I think, with time becomes richer (and that is), how important it is who you choose to spend your time with. When you choose where to work, it's as much about who you're working with, as anything else.” CONNECTIONS:Check out our website, Potential to Powerhouse, for more details and to learn about past, present, and future guests. Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter, and join our Facebook Community for a deeper connection with the P2P tribe. Grab your free copy of our guide, 4 Daily Habits Essential to Becoming a POWERHOUSE Entrepreneur, and don't forget to subscribe to our show and leave a rating and review. Do you know any other female powerhouses that could benefit from listening? If so, please let them know to follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever they like to listen to valuable audio content. Until next time… High Five!

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We head back to Vietnam with Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods then come out of hiding for Julia Hart's Fast Color (2019). Later we tackle the Bill & Ted Face the Music trailer, 2021 Oscars + Tenet + Wonder Woman 1984 + Black Widow delays, Live PD + Cops cancellations, David Fincher's Mank release date, our podcast outlook changing over time plus we also talk True Detective - Season 3, Insecure - Season 1, Your Highness, and Zodiac. 0:00 - Intro: Henry's Discussion Forum Hatred / Childhood Memory Skills / Chloe Learns How to Ride a Bike13:30 - Review: Da 5 Bloods1:12:30 - Retro Review: Fast Color (2019)1:53:16 - News: Bill & Ted Face the Music Trailer / 2021 Oscars + Tenet + Wonder Woman 1984 + Black Widow Delays / Live PD + Cops Cancelled / David Fincher's Mank Release Date1:59:29 - Mail: Our Podcast Outlook Changing Over Time2:09:17 - Picks of the Week: True Detective - Season 3, Insecure - Season 1, Your Highness, and Zodiac2:14:53 - Outro: Become a Patron @ Patreon.com/TheFilmBuds Sponsor Safety Masks: Mark@DunnMFG.comBeyond the Film: YouTube @BeyondtheFilmPatreon: Patreon.com/thefilmbudsWebsite: TheFilmBuds.comBonus Shows: Thefilmbuds.bandcamp.comEmail: Thefilmbudspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @filmbuds / @ChloBo74275186Letterboxd: @HenryFahertyInstagram: @thefilmbudspodcastThe Music Buds: TheMusicBuds.com